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Mel Brooks Blazes Wacky Trail

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Published May 24, 2008 at 8:00 AM EDT
Filmmaker Mel Brooks appears on stage at a Recording Academy Los Angeles Chapter event in Santa Monica, Calif., in April.
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Filmmaker Mel Brooks appears on stage at a Recording Academy Los Angeles Chapter event in Santa Monica, Calif., in April.

Actor, director, producer and comedian Mel Brooks talks with Scott Simon about his new Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, the movie and potential stage production of Blazing Saddles, and his long and successful career.

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