Happy 90th birthday Mel Brooks!

[YoungDemCA]

Still as sharp and as funny as ever!

[GP6971]

1. I was trying to explain

the meaning of Blazing Saddles to someone in their mid 20s and naturally, they just didn't get it.

[underpants]

2. That and Young Frankenstein were released the

Same year 1974

[Initech]

3. President Skroob! Salute!

[kentauros]

9. It's difficult to pick the 'best' scenes from any of his movies.

But this is still my favorite from Spaceballs:

[Initech]

10. Spaceballs - one of my all time favorite flicks!

True story - first time I saw it was in 8th grade history class. It gets to the scene where Dark Helmet uses the Schwartz on the troopers' crotch and my teacher is like "OK that's enough of this" and starts playing Cool Runnings instead.

[kentauros]

11. That's funny!

I'm surprised your teacher didn't know about that part

[NobodyHere]

4. Sounds like I need to watch a Mel Brooks marathon tonight.

[Ford_Prefect]

5. You may want to start with the brilliant remake he did of "To Be or Not to Be".

It is as timely a response to Trumpian Nativism today as "Dr. Strangelove" is to cold war style bomb-them-back-to-the-stone-age ideology.

[closeupready]

6. Always felt he was a genius at comedy ...

K&R

[IgelJames4]

7. Truly an amusing guy

Happy b-day, Mr. Brooks. May you continue to live a long and happy life.

[Mc Mike]

8. He's great. rec, thanks, nt.