Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The writer-director behind such classics as “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles” turns 100 years young on Sunday, June 28. Celebrate Mel Brooks’ comic genius with these “Sunday Morning” stories:

00:00 A profile of Brooks and his love affair with wife Anne Bancroft (2019)
10:17 Judd Apatow on creating a documentary about his idol Mel Brooks (2026)
18:23 Gene Wilder, star of Brooks’ “The Producers,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles” (2005)
28:10 Brooks’ long-time straight man Carl Reiner (2015)
37:51 Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks on surviving COVID lockdowns (2020)

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