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All About Me!

All About Me!

By Mel Brooks

My Remarkable Life in Show Business. Ballantine Books, 2021.

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A brief summary of All About Me!

The marvelous memoir of the multi-award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director who, now in his nineties, has had one of the most esteemed careers in entertainment, written with all the wit and humor we’ve come to expect from the crafty comic that is Mel Brooks.

Key insights in All About Me!

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What do you get from this book? Laugh-out-loud anecdotes from one of the funniest entertainers of our time
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Inspired by the films and shows he saw, Mel Brooks knew early on that he enjoyed making people laugh
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Only someone like Mel Brooks would be recognized for his comedy during a situation like World War II
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The roots of the future were planted with one job, while writing for a popular comedy show established Mel’s name in the industry
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Collaborating on comedy albums and making a few TV appearances didn’t earn Mel much money, but it got his name out there
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Writing Get Smart allowed Mel to work on an idea about a musical producer that he’d had for a while
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Mel earned high praise and many laughs for his first directed film—and his second one, too!
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Blazing Saddles started a journey of satirizing popular movie genres, including horror
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After spoofing silent and Hitchcockian films, Mel decided to open his own production company
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In the next era, Mel decided to work on something truly epic—his hilarious version of historical events
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While Spaceballs and Life Stinks had very different tones and settings, they both had Mel Brooks’ brand of humor
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Robin Hood and Dracula were the lucky fictional characters to get the Mel Brooks treatment in the 1990s
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Heading back to NYC, Mel revived his first solo creation and released a new iteration of it
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read All About Me!

Those who love to laugh • movie buffs • comedians • Hollywood history lovers • theater goers • anyone who enjoys satires and parodies

About the author of All About Me!

A recipient of the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, Mel Brooks is one of the few people to have won each of the four major awards given in the entertainment industry: an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. He’s written numerous television comedies, and penned, produced, and directed many screenplays, including Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and The Producers. President Barack Obama also presented Brooks with the National Medal of Arts award in 2016.

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