
#329 - Mel Brooks: A Funny Guy
The Important Cinema Club
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The Importance of Context in Comedy
Young Frankenstein came out the same year as Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. It was not a huge box office success, but he did win the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. The movie really kicks into gear when there's that song about the Western town. "It feels like an introductory piece of this is the movie you're about to watch"
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