He paired with lifelong friend Carl Reiner to create genius works including The 2,000 Year Old Man, and Brooks co-created Get Smart, the spy spoof sitcom. But Mel Brooks, who recently turned 98 ...

Fifty years ago, The Times’ Charles Champlin spoke to Mel Brooks for the opening of his feature directing debut, “The Producers,” starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. In 2001, it would be ...

(JTA) — You couldn’t Torquemada it: Mel Brooks is making a sequel to “History of the World: Part I,” the 1981 revue that delighted and/or appalled Jews with, among other segments ...