Comedian and Filmmaker Mel Brooks
Brooks has made some of the funniest films in movie history, including The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles. His film The Producers was turned into the hottest musical now on Broadway. The Producers won 12 Tony Awards in 2001. Brooks won Tony Awards for Best Book (with Thomas Meehan) and Best Score. Now, Brooks is one of the few people who have won a Tony Award, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and an Emmy Award. Brooks won his Grammy for the famous comedy recording, The 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, his Oscar for the original screenplay of the movie of The Producers, and an Emmy for a recent guest appearance on the sitcom Mad About You. (rebroadcast; originally aired 6
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