This wasn’t a misfire from a director who’d lost his touch. It was a love letter to a genre he knew inside and out.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT In the best scene of John Candy's best movie, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," Steve Martin's Neal Page berates Candy's Del Griffith, exasperated by their pre-Thanksgiving travel ordeal ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. MEGAN ARRINGTON-MARKS (Elizabeth) is an Indianapolis based actor, singer ...

After quietly helping Mel Brooks set the irreverent tone on “Get Smart” and “The Producers,” she had a long collaboration as a writer with the actor and humorist Marshall Efron. By Richard Sandomir ...

Most people have an "Uncle Buck" in their life — someone funny, who makes questionable life choices but has the purest heart. Mine was my late Uncle Bruce, whom we affectionately called "Buck," ...

Renowned comedian Mel Brooks is at the height of controversy after a comment he made on Adolf Hitler during a promotional event for the revival of The Producers in Los Angeles. "Hitler was bad to ...

Mel Brooks has once again found himself at the center of controversy – this time for a new gag about Adolf Hitler that's been branded "offensive and out of touch" by critics, though the 99-year-old ...

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“John Candy: I Like Me” opened the 50th Toronto International Film Festival this year. I attended the sold out screening and, while I was moved by the end of Colin Hanks’ documentary, I admitted in my ...

Mel Brooks is clearly a man of many talents. He’s a comedian, an actor, a filmmaker, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, the voice of a toilet monster in that one movie and, briefly, a Frank Sinatra ...

Over the years, Mel Brooks has helmed some hilarious films that have gone on to become cult classics! Here are his top 5 movies, as ranked by IMDb users!Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926, hailing ...