Friday, October 5, 2012

HE WILL RECEIVE A LAUREL, AND HEARTY HANDSHAKE:  The American Film Institute will honor Mel Brooks with a lifetime achievement award next June, ceremonies to be broadcast on TNT. The EGOT winner appears to be the only AFI honoree to have devoted his career solely to comedy.

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  1. The only thing of value that came out of a questionable dating decision earlier this year was a CD copy of the 2,000 Year-Old Man. I'd never heard it before, but outbursts of laughter in public on the subway immediately followed.

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  2. Carrie Rickey10:02 PM

    Almost solely to comedy. Brooksfilm did produce Frances and The Elephant Man and Brooks himself tapped David Lynch to direct the latter.

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