I have to rewatch Robin Hood: Men in Tights in his honor.
Mel Brooks is 100 today
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#22Hope for the best, expect the worst. Some drink champagne, some die of thirst. No way of knowing which ways it's going...hope for the best, expect the worst Happy birthday, Mr. Brooks.
That movie is so fun and intelligent and heartfelt, pure Mel Brooks genius
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#23Good thing Attenborough got there first so Mel can still play with lego's. I hope there is a reference in the new Space Balls for that. Such a funny little quirk.
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#24He's such an interestin guy, all his movies are extermely low budget. For example, he filmed part of The Princess Bride on a golf course, and at one point you an see the pin in the background. In the next scene, one of Humperdinck's knights is holding that very pin flag. I can't find mention of this anywhere other than my own posts about it lol but there are other easter eggs too.
You seem not to realise that Brooks did not write or direct The Princess Bride and as far as I know has no role connected to the film.
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#25Two days ago I was in Hamburg on a conference, where I visited the Miniature Wonderland. One of rooms has a miniature 'functioning' airport with planes taxiing etc. In one place near the hangars I noticed a small RV with wings with a small figure fueling it presumably.
I immediately knew I knew it from somewhere, but couldn't figure it out - only after about 20 minutes it hit me - Spaceballs!
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#26> Mel Brooks is 100 today
It's good to be the king.
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#27I loved his "Silent Movie" - saw it twice on the same day that it came out with two different batches of friends.