Mel Brooks: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified title of Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Mel Brooks. Oct 31, 2026
Added Top Questions and noted the release of the documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026). Jun 26, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 24, 2026
Add new Web site: American Film Institute - Mel Brooks. May 28, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Mel Brooks on the love of his life, Anne Bancroft, and comedy that's not PC. Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Director's Guild of America - Perfect Timing. Nov 14, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Mel Brooks. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: CBC Radio - Mel Brooks on Q UNCUT. Aug 21, 2025
Add new Web site: The Official Masterworks Broadway Site - Mel Brooks. Apr 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Mel Brooks. Dec 16, 2024
Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Mel Brooks. Oct 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Mise en sc�ne: Dead and Loving it� Some Notes on Mel Brooks. Jul 29, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Independent - Mel Brooks: The comic genius and legend of stage, film and TV, for whom it's still springtime. Apr 16, 2024
Link added. Feb 10, 2023
Added the memoir All About Me! Dec 03, 2021
Add new Web site: CNN Entertainment - Mel Brooks: A comedic torch to light the way. Oct 19, 2021
Added the movie Toy Story 4 (2019). Jun 20, 2019
Noted that he lent his voice to various TV shows and films and included several such credits. Mar 27, 2019
Added his Emmy, Tony, and Grammy wins and noted that he had earned an EGOT. Oct 11, 2018
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Mel Brooks. Apr 09, 2017
Add new Web site: Official Site of Mel Brooks. Apr 09, 2017
Added photograph. Jun 04, 2014
Article thoroughly revised. Feb 04, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Mel Brooks. Jul 04, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Mel Brooks. Jul 01, 2011
Updated with the announcement of Brooks as a Kennedy Center honoree. Sep 14, 2009
New article added. Apr 03, 2009
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