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as playwright

and press critics

pride about being Jewish

romantic relationships

as screenwriter

and self-analysis

and Sid Caesar

as songwriter

talks about himself and his career

talks about his work

television work and appearances

theater work

voice parts in animated films & TV

work habits

as writer

Brooks, Nicholas (“Nicky”) (son)

Brooks, Samantha (granddaughter)

Brooks, Stefanie (daughter)

Brooksfilms Ltd.

Brothers Grimm
,
The
(film)

Brown, Phil

Brown, Richard

Bruce, Lenny

Burnett, Carol

Burns, David

Burns, George

Buyse, Emile

Bye Bye Birdie
(play)

Caan, James

Caesar, Dave

Caesar, Florence

Caesar, Sid

Caesar’s Hour
(TV series)

Caesar’s Hours
(book)

Cagney, James

California Fruit Growers Association

Callas, Charles

Call Me Madam
(play)

Candidate
,
The
(film)

Candy, John

Cantor,
Eddie

Cantor, Pincus

Cape Playhouse

Capra, Frank

Carell, Steve

Carey, Ron

Carlisle, Kitty

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival
(recording)

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks: 2000 and Thirteen
(record album)

Carnival
(play)

Carradine, John

Carrey, Jim

Carroll, June

Carroll, Madeleine

Carroll, Pat

Carson, Johnny

Carter, Jack

Carter, Ray

Cassavetes, John

Catch-22
(book)

Cavett, Dick

Champion, Gower

Champion, Marge

Chandler, Evan

Channing, Carol

Chaplin, Charles

Chappelle, Dave

Charnin, Martin

Chopin, Frederic

Chorus Line
, A (play)

Clark, Ron

Clarke, Arthur C.

Clary, Robert

Coca, Imogene

Coffey, Joseph

Cohen, Eugene

Cole, Nat “King,”

Colgate Comedy Hour, The
(TV series)

Colman, Ronald

“Commuters, The” (comedy skit)

Como, Perry

Connery, Sean

Conrad, Joseph

Copland, Aaron

Coppola, Francis Ford

Corman, Avery

Cornfield, Stuart

Cosby, Bill

Costner, Kevin

Cotton Club
,
The
(film)

Crazy for You
(play)

Critic
,
The
(film)

Cronenberg, David

Crossbow Productions

Cruise, Tom

Cry
of Players,
A (play)

Crystal, Billy

Crystal, Jennifer

Curb Your Enthusiasm
(TV series)

Curtain Going Up
(play)

Dailey, Dan

Dali, Salvator

Dalton, Timothy

D’Amboise, Jacques

Danny Kaye Show
,
The
(TV series)

Darion, Joe

Dark, Alvin

David, Larry

Davis, Bette

Davis, Geena

Davis, Gwen

Death of a Salesman
(play)

Delgo
(film)

DeLuca, Rudy

DeLuise, Dom

Denoff, Sam

Denver, John

Destry Rides Again
(film)

Devil
,
The
(play)

De Vore, Christopher

De Wolfe, Billy

Diamond, Selma

Diamonds to Sit On
(book)

Dick, Andy

Dick Van Dyke Show
,
The
(TV series)

Dietrich, Marlene

Dinah Shore Show
,
The
(TV series)

Dinehart, Alan

Directing Workshop for Women of the American Film Institute

Doctor and the Devils
,
The
(film)

Donat, Robert

Donnelly, Ruth

Don’t Bother to Knock
(film)

Dorsey, Tommy

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Downey, Robert, Sr.

Dracula
(film)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
(film)

Dreyfuss, Richard

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(book)

Dr. No
(film)

Duet for One
(play)

Duke, Patty

Durning, Charles

Easy Come
,
Easy Go
(projected film)

“Easy to Love” (song)

Eddie Cantor Show
,
The
(radio series)

Ed Sullivan Show
,
The
(TV series)

Charing Cross Road
(film)

Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation

Electric Company
,
The
(TV series)

Elephant Man
,
The
(film)

Elwes, Cary

Enter Laughing
(play)

Ericson, John

Etheridge, Jeanette

Evening with Mel Brooks
, An (TV show)

Every Little Crook and Nanny
(film)

Eye Guess
(TV series)

Fabray, Nanette

Face Is Familiar, The
(TV series)

Faces
(film)

Fanny
(play)

Farmer, Frances

Farrelly, Bobby

Farrelly, Peter

Fatal Attraction
(film)

Fatso
(film)

Faynzilberg, Ilya.
See
Petrov
,
Evgeny

Feldman, Marty

Feldon, Barbara

Fellini, Federico

Ferrell, Will

Ferrer, Jose

Fiddler on the Roof
(play)

Fields, Joe

Fields, W. C.

Finch, Peter

Finney, Albert

Fiorello
(play)

First Deadly Sin
,
The
(film)

Flebus
(film)

Fly, The
(film)

Fodorski
(play)

Fonda, Henry

Fonda, Peter

Fontaine, Lynn

Ford, Whitey

Forever Amber
(film)

Year Old Virgin
,
The
(film)

Fox, Frederick

Frances
(film)

Francis, Freddie

Frankenstein
(book)

Frankenstein
(film)

Free to Be
...
You
&
Me
(TV show)

French Connection
,
The
(film)

Freud, Sigmund

From Here to Eternity
(film)

From Russia with Love
(film)

Fugard, Athol

Fuller, Frances

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A
(play)

Garr, Terry

Garry Moore Show, The
(TV series)

Garson, Greer

Gautier, Dick

Gaxton, William

Gaynor, Mitzi

Geffen, David

Gelbart, Larry

General Electric Theater
(TV series)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(play)

Get Smart
(projected film)

Get Smart
(TV series)

Ghostley, Alice

Gibson, William

Gillette, Anita

Gilliam, Terry

Glazier, Sidney

Godfather
,
The
(book)

Godfather, The
(film)

Gogol, Nikolai

Going in Style
(film)

Golda
(play)

Goldbergs, The
(TV series)

Goldblum, Jeff

Goldenberg, Emanuel

Goldfinger
(film)

Goldwyn, Samuel

Good as Gold
(book)

Goodman, Hal

Good Morning, Vietnam
(film)

Gordon, Bruce

Gorilla at Large
(film)

Gottwald, Harold

Gourmet Club, The

Graduate, The
(film)

Graham, Ronny

Grand Illusion
(film)

Grant, Cary

Greene, Shecky

Greggio, Ezio

Gregory, Dick

Gregory, Mollie

Griffin, Merv

Grimes, Tammy

Gruskoff, Michael

Guarnieri, Johnny

Guber, Peter

Guys and Dolls
(play)

Gypsy
(play)

Haberman, Steve

Hackman, Gene

Hamilton, George

Hamilton Dancers (dance troupe)

Hamlet
(film)

Hanff, Helene

Hanks, Tom

Happy Anniversary
(film)

Hart, Moss

Harwood, Roland

Have You Heard, Bronsky Is Dying
(projected play)

Hayes, Bill

Hayes, Isaac

Heath, Bob

Heavens Above!
(film)

Hefner, Hugh

Heim, Alan

Heller, Joseph

Hello, Dolly!
(play)

Helton, Robyn

Hennesy, Dale

Henry, Buck

Henson, Jim

Herlie, Eileen

Herman, Jerry

Hertzberg, Michael

Heston, Charlton

Hewitt, Christopher

“Hickenloopers, The” (comedy skit)

High Anxiety
(film)

“High Anxiety” (song)

Hiken, Nat

Hilliard, Harriet

Hindenburg, The
(film)

Hines, Gregory

Hirschfield, Alan J.

Hirschfield, Gerald

History of the World: Part I, The
(film)

Hitchcock, Alfred

Hitler, Adolf

“Hitler Rap, The” (song)

Hoffman, Dustin

Hollywood Variety
(TV series)

Hope, Bob

“Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst” (song)

Hopkins, Anthony

Howard, John C.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(play)

Huffman, Cady

Hurt, John

Husmann, Ron

Iceman Cometh, The
(play)

“I Get a Kick Out of You” (song)

Ilf, Ilya

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
(film)

“I Love You As I Loved You When You Were Sweet Sixteen” (song)

I Love You to Death
(film)

“I’m Fascinating” (song)

Imogene Coca Show, The
(TV series)

“I’m Tired” (song)

Inside Danny Baker
(projected TV series)

Inside the Actors Studio
(TV series)

Inside
U.S.A. (play)

In the Catskills
(book)

Iskowitz, Edward Israel.
See
Cantor
,
Eddie

Italiano, Anna Maria Louisa.
See
Bancroft, Anne

Italiano, Michael

Italiano, Mildred DiNapoli

“It’s Good to Be the King” (song)

It’s in the Bag
(film)

I Vitelloni
(film)

“I Wanna Be a Producer” (song)

Jack Carter Show
,
The
(TV series)

Jackie Gleason Show
,
The
(TV series)

Jackson, Anne

Jaffe, Leo

Jakers—The Adventures ofPiggley Winks
(TV series)

Jan and Dean (singing team)

Janus
(play)

Jeopardy!
(TV series)

Jesus of Nazareth
(TV miniseries)

“Jews in Space” (song)

Joan of Arc

Joe
(film)

Johnson, Alan

Johnson, Lyndon

Jolson, Al

Jones, David

Jones, James Earl

Jordan, Will

Kabelsky, Benjamin

Kahn, Madeline

Kallen, Lucille

Kaminski, David

Kaminsky, Basha (grandmother)

Kaminsky, Bernard (brother)

Kaminsky, Irving (brother)

Kaminsky, Kate Brookman (“Kitty”) (mother)

Kaminsky, Leonard (brother)

Kaminsky, Maximilian (father)

Kaminsky, Melvin.
See
Brooks, Mel

Kaminsky, Shlaimie (Samuel) (grandfather)

Karloff, Boris

Karras, Alex

Kasdan, Lawrence

Katayev, Yevgeny.
See
Ilf, Ilya

Kaye, Danny

Kazan, Lainie

Keaton, Buster

Keep Your Seats Please
(film)

Keller, Sheldon

Kelly
(play)

Kelly, Gene

Kelly, Glen

Kent, Allegra

Kidman, Nicole

King, Larry

“King of Broadway, The” (song)

Kinoy, Ernest

Kitt, Eartha

Klein, Larry

Kleinsinger, George

Kline, Kevin

Kopell, Bernie

Korman, Harvey

Kroll, Alex

Kubrick, Stanley

Kutcher, Benjamin

Ladd, Alan, Jr.

Ladies’ Man, The
(film)

Lady Vanishes
,
The
(film)

Laine, Frankie

Lancaster, Bill

Lane, Nathan

Lange, Hope

Lange, Jessica

Langella, Frank

Last Movie, The
(film)

Late Show with David Letterman
(TV series)

Laughter on the 23rd Floor
(play)

Laughter on the 23rd Floor
(TV show)

Lavar, Bob

Lawrence, Carol

Lawrence, Peter

Lawrence of Arabia
(film)

Lawrence Welk Show, The
(TV series)

Leachman, Cloris

Lean, David

Lee, Ngoot

Lengyel, Melchior

Lester, Dick

Les Visiteurs
(film)

Levine, Joseph E.

Levinson, Barry

Lewis, Jerry

Lewis, Richard

Liebman, Max

Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, The
(film documentary)

Life Stinks
(film)

Linn-Baker, Mark

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