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Topic: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks in History of the World: Part I (1981) (20th Century Fox)

History of the World Pt 2 finally coming

Kylie Cheung
Mel Brooks attends the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival opening night after party in April 2018 in Hollywood (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TCM)

12 surprising facts about Mel Brooks

Mark Mancini - Mental Floss
Mel Brooks in History of the World: Part I (1981) (20th Century Fox)

Mel Brooks' "History of the World" at 40

Matthew Rozsa
Taika Waititi and Roman Griffin Davis in the film JOJO RABBIT. (Fox Searchlight/Kimberly French)

Joking about Nazis is trickier than ever

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga, and Lorene Yarnell Jansson in "Spaceballs" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios)

"Spaceballs" trips up Trumpers

Matthew Rozsa

the last laugh

Stephen Talbot

The Last Laugh

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mel Brooks (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)

Scott Eric Kaufman
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Mel Brooks in "The Last Laugh" (Tribeca Film Festival)

Humor and the Holocaust?

Gary M. Kramer
The infamous campfire scene from "Blazing Saddles" (Warner Bros.)

Comedy's strange, stinky taboo

Christopher Miller

Prachi Gupta
(Reuters/Phil Mccarten)

Mel Brooks really said that!

Stephen Deusner
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