Thought for the day

Mel Brooks and Dick van Dyke have been alive during 40% of the USA's existence.





I'm almost hoping they'll outlive it!

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.

Mel Brooks plus Dick van Dyke together have been alive for 80% of the USA's existence ! Makes ya thimk, don't it?

@moonbus said
Mel Brooks and Dick van Dyke have been alive during 40% of the USA's existence.





I'm almost hoping they'll outlive it!

all sweetness and light
our future is bright


if the dam breaks open many years too soon
if there is no room upon the hill
if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
we'll see you on the dark side of the moon

@Bish said
“We mock the things we are to be.”
— Mel Brooks

Brilliant.

@moonbus said
One of the things I admire about Mel Brooks is that he is so in your face politically incorrect. I don’t think anyone today would dare to make Blazing Saddles.

@Bish said
Agreed. Thinking of comedy as a kindness, not as a cruelty, changes the rules.

@Bish said
This wasn't clear - I meant Mel Brooks thought of comedy as a kindness, not as a cruelty. He was the butt of all his jokes. So he had room to create Blazing Saddles.

Comedy is different today. It's not as much fun.

@Bish said
This wasn't clear - I meant Mel Brooks thought of comedy as a kindness, not as a cruelty. He was the butt of all his jokes. So he had room to create Blazing Saddles.

Comedy is different today. It's not as much fun.

@moonbus said
Self-castigating humor is fun, and Brooks was a master at it.

"The Jews! The Jews! The Jews are so poor, they have only ONE God!!"

YouTube

I'm pretty sure Gene Wilder was ad libbing here, and Brooks left it in--simply brilliant!