Ray Richmond: Happy Birthday, Melvin Kaminsky! Mel Brooks turns 97
I lost count of how many times I saw "Blazing Saddles" at 15, at least a dozen of those on the big screen, which I flocked to every weekend.
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I lost count of how many times I saw "Blazing Saddles" at 15, at least a dozen of those on the big screen, which I flocked to every weekend.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of legendary comedy writer, actor and filmmaker Mel Brooks.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of legendary comedy writer, actor and filmmaker Mel Brooks.
Unlike many of his peers, the 50s-born US drummer didn't follow post-bop stickmen but idolised Krupa, playing with a host of swing veterans
Exactly 25 years ago, this native New Yorker finally escaped his hometown’s gravitational pull and flew off to a new life in Europe.