Mel Brooks on HotAir

Mel Brooks

Oct 2020

Mel Brooks releases first political video to endorse Biden

Karen Townsend Oct 21, 2020 10:01 PM

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Coronavirus pandemic fatigue

Aug 2020

Lecturegram about Mongo: HBO Max adds “proper social context” to Blazing Saddles

Ed Morrissey Aug 14, 2020 12:01 PM

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What in the wide wide world of sports is a-goin’ on here?

Aug 2019

Sarah Silverman gets fired over blackface skit (Virginia Gov. unavailable for comment)

John Sexton Aug 12, 2019 4:01 PM

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“I was praised for it! It made me famous!”

Jul 2018

Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam on the BBC’s diversity push: ‘I’m a black lesbian’

John Sexton Jul 06, 2018 1:21 PM

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“BBC’s Head of Comedy puts Monty Python’s lack of originality down to a surfeit of education and racist bias.”

Sep 2017

Mel Brooks: ‘We have become stupidly politically correct’

John Sexton Sep 22, 2017 3:21 PM

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“…the death of comedy.”