It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

By at 24 January, 2008, 9:32 am

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”     Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled […]

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It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

By at 24 January, 2008, 9:32 am

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”     Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled […]

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It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

By at 24 January, 2008, 9:32 am

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”     Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled […]

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It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

By at 24 January, 2008, 9:32 am

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”     Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled […]

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COMEDY TONIGHT: MEL BROOKS AT THE AERO

By at 23 January, 2008, 11:00 am

Mel Brooks will be appearing at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica tonight — and I am intending to go.   Last year Turner Classic Movies (TCM) aired “The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks” (a re-staged revived for this episode edition of the Dick Cavett Show directed by Robert Trachtenberg). I was lucky enough to […]

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