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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Anything Goes (play), 28 (film), 201 Appell, Don, 38, 58–59 Abraham, Jim, 196 archy and mehitabel (TV show), 108 Abramowitz, Joseph, 43 Arthur, Bea, 236 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Astaire, Fred, 214 Sciences, 182, 222, 281 August, The (film), 228 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (film), 196, 265 Avera, Tom, 65 Act One (book), 118 Azzara, Candy, 228 Adams, Don, 166, 168 Adams, Joey, 43–44 Back Alley Opera (play), 107 Adams, Lee, 108, 132–133, 142, 144, Backwards to Forward (projected film), 146–147 270 Admiral Broadway Revue (TV series), 1–2, Bad News Bears, The (film), 216 61, 63–69, 80, 82 Ball, Lucille, 253 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’s Younger Balsam, Martin, 149 Brother, The (film), 209 Bancroft, Anne (second wife), 3–4, Airplane! (film), 196, 267 8–9, 131–139, 141–142, 144, 146, Albertson, Jack, 182 151–152, 154–155, 157–162, Alexander, Jason, 278 169–170, 173, 175–177, 180, 182, Algonquin Round Table, 154 188, 190, 193–195, 209, 214, (play), 1–2, 145–148, 152, 223–224, 227–228, 230, 233, 236, 172, 188, 272 240, 243, 245–246, 249–250, Allegro (play), 90 252–253, 264–265, 269, 271, Allen, Fred, 186 273–274, 276, 279–281, 283 Allen, Steve, 118, 120, 253 Bankhead, Tallulah, 93 Allen, Woody, 110–111, 216, 226, 253, 272 Bart, Roger, 276, 281 All-Star RevueCOPYRIGHTED(TV series), 93 Barthel, MATERIAL Joan, 179 Ally McBeal (TV series), 265 Basehart, Richard, 137 Almaviva, Rita, 146–147 Basserman, Albert, 266 American Comedy Awards, 253 Baum, Edward, 90–91 Annie Get Your Gun (play), 143 Baum, Florence (first wife), 87, 90–91, Annie Hall (film), 226 95, 102, 123–125, 129–130, 132, Annie & the Hoods (TV show), 209 143–144, 149, 160 Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man Baum, Leonore Douglas, 90–91 (TV show), 193 Beach, Gary, 276, 281 Anthony, Lysette, 265 Bean, Orson, 165

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Beatty, Warren, 177 Bosley, Tom, 149 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 265 Boulanger, Nadia, 132 Begelman, David, 6, 195 Boyle, Peter, 198–199, 202 “Begin the Beguine” (song), 47 Bracken, Eddie, 106–108 Behan, Brendan, 119–120 Bradley, Bill, 91 Belkin, Gary, 193 Brahms, Johannes, 48 Benjamin, Richard, 231 Brandeis University, 224 Benny, Jack, 43, 186, 241–242 Brando, Marlon, 262 Berghof, Herbert, 138 Bride of Frankenstein, The (film), 200 Bergman, Andrew, 7 Brighton Beach Memoirs (film), 31 Bergren, Eric, 230 Brighton Beach Memoirs (play), 31 Berkeley, Busby, 238 British Academy of Film and Television Berkowitz, Sol, 149 Arts, 157 Berle, Milton, 43, 57, 67, 105, 172 Broderick, Matthew, 276, 278, 280–282 Berlin, Irving, 27, 199 Brookman, Joe (uncle), 28 Berlinger, Milton, 43 Brooks, Albert, 271 Berry, Jan, 171 Brooks, Edward (son), 103, 123, 129–130, Besterman, Doug, 277 132, 144, 152, 195, 224 Best Laid Plans, The (play), 170 Brooks, Maximilian Michael (“Max”) “Betrayed” (song), 277 (son), 4, 8, 194–195, 209, 224–225, Beverly Hills Cop II (film), 251 241–242, 253, 260, 279–280 Bicycle Thief, The (film), 94 Brooks, Mel Big Business (film), 253 Academy Awards won and Billy Williams Quartet (music group), nominations, 2, 5, 157–158, 160, 68, 76 182–183, 272, 283 Birds, The (film), 217 as actor, 4, 156–157, 170, 180, 188, Black Bart (projected film), 8 198, 209, 213–218, 226, 237, 250, Blade Runner (film), 232 259, 261–262, 265–266, 269–270 Blair, Janet, 105 adolescence, 32–32, 53 Blankfield, Mark, 254, 261 army career, 45–49 (film), 2, 9–13, 195–199, birth of, 17 203, 205–207, 209–210, 225, 230, as businessman, 11, 157, 209, 227, 236, 239, 255, 258, 272, 283–284 230–231, 235, 240, 247–248, “Blazing Saddles” (song), 10 255–256 Bloomgarden, Kermit, 54, 149 career choices, 2, 4, 95, 106, 185, 192, “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (song), 28 217, 227, 260 Bogdanovich, Peter, 8 Catskills, working in the, 3, 15, 36–41, Bolger, Ray, 1, 145–146 151 Bologna, Joseph, 177, 231 childhood, 15, 17–20, 23–26, 261 Bonnie and Clyde (film), 177 comic routines, 27, 37, 39, 44, 55, Bonny, John, 210 114–117, 119, 121–122, 124, 215, Booth, Shirley, 164 220, 223 Borge, Victor, 145 death of parents, 18, 278 Borscht Belt Circle, 36 death of wife, 4, 280–282 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 311

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decision on going into show business, 193, 197, 206, 211, 215–216, 29, 45 221–222, 239, 244–245, 250–251, as director, 4, 54, 171, 174, 177–180, 254–255, 259, 262, 267–268, 186–187, 195, 198–199, 203–206, 276–277, 282 214–215, 237, 259, 266, 283 pride about being Jewish, 3, 51 as a drummer, 32–33, 38, 41, 58, 151, romantic relationships, 3, 90–91, 183, 194 133–134, 144, 152, 159–160 education, 20, 23, 25–26, 32–34, 44, as screenwriter, 2, 172–173, 182, 52, 72 186–187, 193, 195, 198, 202, fears, frustrations, and personal 210–211, 215, 236, 249–250, 254, concerns, 5–6, 20, 24–25, 66, 69, 72, 259, 261, 283 76, 86, 102–103, 108, 111, 156, 162, and self-analysis, 1, 19, 57–59, 67, 105, 201, 207, 209, 222, 247, 249, 111, 129–130, 225–227 255–256, 260, 273 and , 58–59, 62–66, 69–70, film work, 1–2, 5, 7–13, 126–128, 72–73, 75–79, 82–84, 93, 99–102, 156–158, 171–183, 185–191, 109–110, 113 195–196, 198–207, 212–222, as songwriter, 2, 4, 10, 44, 47, 175, 180, 226–227, 236–240, 242–245, 187, 190, 218, 238–239, 244, 248–251, 258–270, 272, 280–283 272–274, 276–277, 281 first public comic roles, 36–41 talks about himself and his career, 1, 3, health concerns, 24–25, 70, 75, 77, 81, 23, 27, 29–31, 40, 51, 67, 75, 79, 85–87, 125, 201 85–86, 89, 100, 105, 113, 115–117, homes and residences, 8, 17, 21, 33, 121, 131, 141, 151, 159–160, 162, 66, 103, 123, 160, 162, 169, 224, 251 167, 169, 171, 185, 191, 197–198, jobs other than in show business, 52 201, 207, 209–210, 218, 225–226, marriages and divorces, 3–4, 91, 102, 246–247, 252, 257, 261, 268, 277, 111, 123–126, 129–130, 143, 149, 284–285 152, 160–161, 223–225, 243–244 talks about his work, 7, 10–11, other awards and nominations, 5, 157, 156–157, 166–167, 185–191, 167, 170, 216, 222, 253, 270, 277–278 195–196, 201–202, 204–205, 210, as performer, 4, 24–25 213–215, 217–220, 226–227, personal characteristics, 2, 9, 24, 81, 235–237, 239, 243–244, 248–249, 103, 153, 155, 189, 194, 200, 252, 257–258, 260, 266–267, 272, 220–221, 223, 225, 228–229, 275, 284–285 243–244 television work and appearances, 2, personal observations, 3–5, 25, 28, 43, 5–6, 64–65, 69–73, 76, 79, 83–84, 57, 86–87, 111, 123, 128–129, 169, 96–102, 108–110, 120, 123, 148, 185, 193, 197–198, 217, 229, 241, 162–171, 192–193, 209–212, 250, 252, 264–265, 269, 271–272, 253–255, 269–270, 278–280, 283 274, 279, 284–285 theater work, 2, 53–54, 89–90, as playwright, 1–2, 4, 145–148, 152, 106–108, 142–149, 170, 245, 185, 188, 273–274, 280 272–278 and press critics, 12, 107, 120, 147, voice parts in animated films & TV, 6, 157, 166, 179, 181–182, 190–191, 269–270, 280 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 312

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Brooks, Mel (continued) Cantor, Eddie, 16, 27–28, 44, 237 work habits, 71–72, 97, 99, 101–102, Cantor, Pincus, 38–39 126–128, 143, 146, 163–164, 174, Cape Playhouse, 1 178–179, 203–204, 220, 236–237, Capra, Frank, 258 239, 243, 249–250, 266 Carell, Steve, 283 as writer, 4, 151, 156, 163–164, Carey, Ron, 219, 236 169–174 Carlisle, Kitty, 117 Brooks, Nicholas (“Nicky”) (son), 103, Carl Reiner & at the Cannes 129–130, 132, 144, 152, 195, 224 Film Festival (recording), 121 Brooks, Samantha (granddaughter), 280 Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks: 2000 and Brooks, Stefanie (daughter), 103, Thirteen (record album), 10, 121 129–130, 132, 144, 152, 195, 224 Carnival (play), 145 Brooksfilms Ltd., 227, 230–231, 233, 235, Carradine, John, 108 240–241, 243, 246, 249–251, 255, Carrey, Jim, 196, 271 260–261, 284 Carroll, June, 89 Brothers Grimm, The (film), 203 Carroll, Madeleine, 217 Brown, Phil, 335 Carroll, Pat, 103, 193 Brown, Richard, 6 Carson, Johnny, 8 Bruce, Lenny, 172 Carter, Jack, 67, 236 Burnett, Carol, 9, 253 Carter, Ray, 64 Burns, David, 97 Cassavetes, John, 182 Burns, George, 118, 216–217 Catch-22 (book), 153 Buyse, Emile, 231 Cavett, Dick, 6, 148 Bye Bye Birdie (play), 132, 142 Champion, Gower, 61 Champion, Marge, 61 Caan, James, 214 Chandler, Evan, 261 Caesar, Dave, 70, 76–77, 82, 199 Channing, Carol, 106, 108 Caesar, Florence, 82 Chaplin, Charles, 207, 252 Caesar, Sid, 57–73, 75–80, 82–85, 93–96, Chappelle, Dave, 261 98–103, 105–106, 108–110, 114, Charnin, Martin, 193 119, 123, 126, 128, 131–132, 141, Chopin, Frederic, 3 170, 178, 213–214, 216, 231, 236, Chorus Line, A (play), 277 253, 263, 272 Clark, Ron, 212–213, 216–217, 219, 236 Caesar’s Hour (TV series), 2, 5, 95–96, Clarke, Arthur C., 182 98–103, 108, 110–111, 126, 131, Clary, Robert, 89 143, 154, 166, 175, 192, 213, 216, Coca, Imogene, 61, 68, 71, 75–76, 80, 263, 283 94–98, 109–110, 170 Caesar’s Hours (book), 78 Coffey, Joseph, 179 Cagney, James, 30 Cohen, Eugene, 27, 30 California Fruit Growers Association, Cole, Nat “King,” 94 253 Colgate Comedy Hour, The (TV series), Callas, Charles, 220, 236 91, 171 Call Me Madam (play), 91 Colman, Ronald, 203 Candidate, The (film), 198 “Commuters, The” (comedy skit), 99 Candy, John, 250 Como, Perry, 133 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 313

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Connery, Sean, 262 Dick, Andy, 168 Conrad, Joseph, 75 Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV series), Copland, Aaron, 132 148 Coppola, Francis Ford, 264 Dietrich, Marlene, 8 Corman, Avery, 216 Dinah Shore Show, The (TV series), Cornfield, Stuart, 228 109 Cosby, Bill, 119 Dinehart, Alan, 52 Costner, Kevin, 261, 262 Directing Workshop for Women of the Cotton Club, The (film), 224 American Film Institute, 228 Crazy for You (play), 275 Doctor and the Devils, The (film), 232 Critic, The (film), 157–158, 160, 197 Donat, Robert, 217 Cronenberg, David, 232 Donnelly, Ruth, 96 Crossbow Productions, 157, 209, 227 Don’t Bother to Knock (film), 136 Cruise, Tom, 250 Dorsey, Tommy, 32 Cry of Players, A (play), 188 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 2, 85 Crystal, Billy, 263, 265 Downey, Robert, Sr., 188 Crystal, Jennifer, 265 Dracula (film), 264 Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV series), 279 Dracula: Dead and Loving It (film), Curtain Going Up (play), 89–90 264–268 Dreyfuss, Richard, 278 Dailey, Dan, 8 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (book), 209 Dali, Salvator, 197 Dr. No (film), 163 Dalton, Timothy, 232 Duet for One (play), 240 D’Amboise, Jacques, 107 Duke, Patty, 138, 161, 281 Danny Kaye Show, The (TV series), 212 Durning, Charles, 243–244 Darion, Joe, 106–107, 143 Dark, Alvin, 211 Easy Come, Easy Go (projected film), David, Larry, 279 171 Davis, Bette, 90 “Easy to Love” (song), 259 Davis, Geena, 232 Eddie Cantor Show, The (radio series), Davis, Gwen, 170 28 Death of a Salesman (play), 89 Ed Sullivan Show, The (TV series), 91 Delgo (film), 280 84 Charing Cross Road (film), 224, 233 DeLuca, Rudy, 213, 216–217, 219, 236, Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation, 258–259, 264 173 DeLuise, Dom, 9, 188–189, 213, Electric Company, The (TV series), 6 227–228, 236, 251, 261–262 Elephant Man, The (film), 230–232, 258 Denoff, Sam, 170 Elwes, Cary, 261 Denver, John, 217 Enter Laughing (play), 154 Destry Rides Again (film), 8 Ericson, John, 135, 136 Devil, The (play), 162 Etheridge, Jeanette, 233 De Vore, Christopher, 230 Evening with Mel Brooks, An (TV show), DeWolfe, Billy, 96 245 Diamond, Selma, 99 Every Little Crook and Nanny (film), 6 Diamonds to Sit On (book), 186 Eye Guess (TV series), 171 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 314

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Fabray, Nanette, 98–99, 103, 105 Funny Thing Happened on the Way Face Is Familiar, The (TV series), 171 to the Forum, A (play), 175, 276 Faces (film), 182 Fanny (play), 143 Garr, Terry, 202, 206 Farmer, Frances, 231–232 Garry Moore Show, The (TV series), 164 Farrelly, Bobby, 196 Garson, Greer, 203 Farrelly, Peter, 196 Gautier, Dick, 168, 211–212 Fatal Attraction (film), 251 Gaxton, William, 28 Fatso (film), 228–229 Gaynor, Mitzi, 117 Faynzilberg, Ilya. See Petrov, Evgeny Geffen, David, 273 Feldman, Marty, 198–199, 202, 213, 251, Gelbart, Larry, 99, 109, 216, 264 254 General Electric Theater (TV series), 109 Feldon, Barbara, 166, 168 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (play), 90–91 Fellini, Federico, 181, 204 (projected film), 283 Ferrell, Will, 280 Get Smart (TV series), 2, 5, 165–170, Ferrer, José, 243 211, 283 Fiddler on the Roof (play), 154, 175 Ghostley, Alice, 89 Fields, Joe, 118 Gibson, William, 137–138, 188, 228 Fields, W. C., 196 Gillette, Anita, 145 Finch, Peter, 160 Gilliam, Terry, 196 Finney, Albert, 6, 188 Glazier, Sidney, 173–174, 179, 181, 186, Fiorello (play), 145 278 First Deadly Sin, The (film), 224 Godfather, The (book), 154 Flebus (film), 156 Godfather, The (film), 262 Fly, The (film), 232, 233 Gogol, Nikolai, 85, 103 Fodorski (play), 144 Going in Style (film), 224 Fonda, Henry, 138 Golda (play), 228 Fonda, Peter, 264 Goldbergs, The (TV series), 135 Fontaine, Lynn, 246 Goldblum, Jeff, 232 Ford, Whitey, 163 Goldenberg, Emanuel, 43 Forever Amber (film), 59 Goldfinger (film), 163 40 Year Old Virgin, The (film), 283 Goldwyn, Samuel, 73 Fox, Frederick, 68 Good as Gold (book), 155 Frances (film), 231, 241, 258 Goodman, Hal, 96 Francis, Freddie, 232 Good Morning, Vietnam (film), 251 Frankenstein (book), 198 Gordon, Bruce, 149 Frankenstein (film), 26–27, 200, 203 Gorilla at Large (film), 136 Free to Be . . . You & Me (TV show), 6 Gottwald, Harold, 54 French Connection, The (film), 202 Gourmet Club, The 153–155, 162 Freud, Sigmund, 86 Graduate, The (film), 177, 180, 281 From Here to Eternity (film), 94 Graham, Ronny, 54–55, 89, 238, 240, From Russia with Love (film), 163 242–243, 248–249, 254, 273 Fugard, Athol, 241 Grand Illusion (film), 94 Fuller, Frances, 125 Grant, Cary, 217 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 315

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Greene, Shecky, 236 (film), 216–222, 227–228, Greggio, Ezio, 269–270 249, 283 Gregory, Dick, 7 “High Anxiety” (song), 218 Gregory, Mollie, 228 Hiken, Nat, 103 Griffin, Merv, 211 Hilliard, Harriet, 172 Grimes, Tammy, 108 Hindenburg, The (film), 209 Gruskoff, Michael, 199–200 Hines, Gregory, 237 Guarnieri, Johnny, 241 Hirschfield, Alan J., 240 Guber, Peter, 200 Hirschfield, Gerald, 203 Guys and Dolls (play), 91 History of the World: Part I, The (film), Gypsy (play), 145 236–240, 248, 250, 272, 283 Hitchcock, Alfred, 217–218, 221, 249 Haberman, Steve, 258, 264 Hitler, Adolf, 3, 49, 172–174, 177, 181, Hackman, Gene, 202 239, 241–242, 266, 274, 277 Hamilton, George, 265 “Hitler Rap, The” (song), 245 Hamilton Dancers (dance troupe), 68 Hoffman, Dustin, 177 Hamlet (film), 246 Hollywood Variety (TV series), 120 Hanff, Helene, 233 Hope, Bob, 48 Hanks, Tom, 250 “Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst” Happy Anniversary (film), 117 (song), 190, 277 Hart, Moss, 117–118 Hopkins, Anthony, 230, 233 Harwood, Roland, 232 Howard, John C., 203 Have You Heard, Bronsky Is Dying How to Succeed in Business Without (projected play), 185 Really Trying (play), 276 Hayes, Bill, 68, 76, 93 Huffman, Cady, 276 Hayes, Isaac, 261 Hurt, John, 230–231 Heath, Bob, 156 Husmann, Ron, 145 Heavens Above! (film), 157 Hefner, Hugh, 236 Iceman Cometh, The (play), 52 Heim, Alan, 190 “I Get a Kick Out of You” (song), 28 Heller, Joseph, 18, 125, 153–155, 236, Ilf, Ilya, 186 241 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (film), 180 Hello, Dolly! (play), 273, 277 “I Love You As I Loved You When You Helton, Robyn, 12 Were Sweet Sixteen” (song), 48 Hennesy, Dale, 203 I Love You to Death (film), 246 Henry, Buck, 164, 166–167, 170 “I’m Fascinating” (song), 146 Henson, Jim, 226 Imogene Coca Show, The (TV series), Herlie, Eileen, 145 96–98 Herman, Jerry, 273 “I’m Tired” (song), 10 Hertzberg, Michael, 10, 188, 190 Inside Danny Baker (projected TV series), Heston, Charlton, 238 162–163 Hewitt, Christopher, 1, 177 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series), 149 “Hickenloopers, The” (comedy skit), 94, Inside U.S.A. (play), 113 99 In the Catskills (book), 35 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 316

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Iskowitz, Edward Israel. See Cantor, Eddie Kaminsky, Leonard (brother), 16, 19, 23, Italiano, Anna Maria Louisa. 33, 38, 89, 91, 132 See Bancroft, Anne Kaminsky, Maximilian (father), 16–18, Italiano, Michael, 134 278 Italiano, Mildred DiNapoli, 134–135, Kaminsky, Melvin. See Brooks, Mel 138, 161 Kaminsky, Shlaimie (Samuel) “It’s Good to Be the King” (song), 238 (grandfather), 16, 18, 27 It’s in the Bag (film), 186 Karloff, Boris, 26–27 I Vitelloni (film), 181 Karras, Alex, 9, 12 “I Wanna Be a Producer” (song), 277 Kasdan, Lawrence, 246 Katayev, Yevgeny. See Ilf, Ilya Jack Carter Show, The (TV series), 67 Kaye, Danny, 44, 58, 145 Jackie Gleason Show, The (TV series), 91 Kazan, Lainie, 231 Jackson, Anne, 6 Keaton, Buster, 26, 196, 252 Jaffe, Leo, 200 Keep Your Seats Please (film), 186 Jakers—The Adventures of Piggley Winks Keller, Sheldon, 99 (TV series), 280 Kelly (play), 170, 174 Jan and Dean (singing team), 171 Kelly, Gene, 204 Janus (play), 109 Kelly, Glen, 274, 277 Jeopardy! (TV series), 6 Kent, Allegra, 107 Jesus of Nazareth (TV miniseries), 227 Kidman, Nicole, 280 “Jews in Space” (song), 239 King, Larry, 260 Joan of Arc, 115 “King of Broadway, The” (song), 277 Joe (film), 198 Kinoy, Ernest, 96 Johnson, Alan, 10, 232, 238, 243, 247 Kitt, Eartha, 89, 107 Johnson, Lyndon, 163 Klein, Larry, 96 Jolson, Al, 44, 47–48 Kleinsinger, George, 106 Jones, David, 233 Kline, Kevin, 246 Jones, James Earl, 8 Kopell, Bernie, 168, 211 Jordan, Will, 53, 172, 212 Korman, Harvey, 9, 219, 221, 236, 254, 265 Kabelsky, Benjamin, 43 Kroll, Alex, 148 Kahn, Madeline, 8–9, 202, 204, 219–221, Kubrick, Stanley, 182 236, 251 Kutcher, Benjamin, 52–53, 172 Kallen, Lucille, 61, 64, 68, 71–72, 79, 95–97, 100 Ladd, Alan, Jr., 200, 240, 250, 259 Kaminski, David, 43 Ladies’ Man, The (film), 126–128, 131 Kaminsky, Basha (grandmother), 16, 18 Lady Vanishes, The (film), 217 Kaminsky, Bernard (brother), 16, 18, 21, Laine, Frankie, 10 23, 33, 52, 89, 91, 132 Lancaster, Bill, 216 Kaminsky, Irving (brother), 16, 19, 23, 32, Lane, Nathan, 263, 275–276, 278, 52, 89, 91, 132 280–282 Kaminsky, Kate Brookman (“Kitty”) Lange, Hope, 228 (mother), 16–20, 28, 33–34, 44, 86, Lange, Jessica, 231–232 89, 91, 132, 161, 216, 224, 278 Langella, Frank, 188–189 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 317

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Last Movie, The (film), 199 Lunt, Alfred, 246 Late Show with David Letterman (TV Lupiano, Vincent A., 129 series), 276 Lynch, David, 230 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (play), 263 Lynde, Paul, 89 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (TV show), 263 Lavar, Bob, 229 MacLaine, Shirley, 6, 233 Lawrence, Carol, 89 MacNicol, Peter, 265, 267 Lawrence, Peter, 106–107 Mad (magazine), 204 Lawrence of Arabia (film), 189 Mad About You (TV series), 270, 272 Lawrence Welk Show, The (TV series), 106 Make Mine Manhattan (play), 60, 62 Leachman, Cloris, 202, 218–219, 236, Mame (play), 273 254, 280 Mandel, George, 153–154 Lean, David, 189 Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (TV series), Lee, Ngoot, 153 163 Lengyel, Melchior, 244 Manhattan (film), 226 Lester, Dick, 204 Mann, Hummie, 262 Les Visiteurs (film), 263 Man of La Mancha (play), 106 Levine, Joseph E., 170, 174, 181 Marceau, Marcel, 214 Levinson, Barry, 213, 216–217, 219, 236 March, Hal, 97 Lewis, Jerry, 123, 126–129, 131, 207, 231 “Marian” (song), 262 Lewis, Richard, 261 Marno, Anne. See Bancroft, Anne Liebman, Max, 6, 59–62, 64–65, 67–71, Marquis, Don, 106–107 73, 79–80, 93–94, 96, 99, 101 Marriage Is a Dirty Rotten Fraud Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, The (screenplay), 149 (film documentary), 269 “Married I Can Always Get” (song), 133 (film), 191, 256, 258–260 Mars, Kenneth, 177, 202 Linn-Baker, Mark, 231 Martin, Dean, 126 Lipstick (film), 227 Martinet, Katharine, 90 Lipton, James, 149 Marx Brothers, The 12, 196 Little, Cleavon, 8 M*A*S*H (film), 13 Little House on the Prairie (TV series), 212 Mason, Jackie, 236 Little Prince, The (film), 9 Mason, James, 160 Little Rascals, The (film), 269 Mata and Hari (dance team), 68 Livingston, Ben, 266 Matheson, Tim, 242 Lloyd, Christopher, 243 May, Elaine, 119 Lloyd, Norman, 107 May, Martin A., 136 Logan, Joshua, 1, 142–147 Mayer, Edwin, 244 Lollobrigida, Gina, 96 Mazursky, Paul, 181 Lombard, Carole, 241 McCarty, Mary, 61 Look Who’s Talking Too (film), 269 McLaren, Norman, 156 Love at First Bite (film), 265 Me and My Gal (play), 275 Lubitsch, Ernst, 241, 244 Medavoy, Mike, 198–200 Lucas, George, 248–249 Meehan, Thomas, 193, 242, 248–249, Lugosi, Bela, 265 273, 275, 277–278, 281, 283 Lumet, Sidney, 149 Meet John Doe (film), 258 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 318

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Meir, Golda, 228 Nabokov, Vladimir, 142 Melnick, Daniel, 163, 165, 170 Nadja (film), 264 Meredith, Lee, 177 Naked Gun (film series), 265, 267 Merman, Ethel, 28, 91 National Association of Theater Owners, Merrick, John, 230 216 Merrill, Robert, 68 National Lampoon (magazine), 204 Midler, Bette, 233, 253 Native Son (play), 38 Mike Douglas Show, The (TV series), 171 NBC Saturday Night Revue (TV series), Milk and Honey (play), 38 67, 69 Miller, George, 232 Neal, Patricia, 162 Miner, Worthington, 135 Nelson, Mark, 34 Minnelli, Liza, 214 New Faces (film) (1954), 90 Miracle Worker, The (film), 151, 157, 161 New Faces of 1937 (film), 172 Miracle Worker, The (play), 3, 138, 151 (play), 89–90, 143 Mobley, Roger, 163 Newhart, Bob, 119 Moby Dick (book), 72 Newman, Paul, 214 Monroe, Marilyn, 136 Newman, Rabbi, 91 Montague, Percy, 53 Nichols, Mike, 119, 159, 163, 177 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (film), Nielsen, Leslie, 265–267 196 Nightfall (film), 137 Moody, Ron, 144–145, 188–190 Nikolic, Djordje, 188 Moonstruck (film), 251 Niven, David, 117 Moore, Mary Tyler, 202, 253 No Laughing Matter (book), 125 Moranis, Rick, 250 “Nonentities in the News” (comedy skit), Morons from Outer Space (film), 249 65 Morris, Howard (“Howie”), 80–82, 95–96, North by Northwest (film), 217, 221 99–100, 166, 170, 218, 221, 236, 259 Noto, Lore, 172 Morris, John, 10, 190, 203, 218, 262 Nowhere to Go But Up (play), 149 Morrison, Toni, 241 Nude Bomb, The (film), 168 Mostel, Kate, 176 Nutt House, The (TV series), 254, 256, 261 Mostel, Zero, 2, 83, 144, 153–154, 175, Nye, Louis, 113 178, 180, 185, 187, 251, 273, 276 Mother Courage and Her Children (play), Oblong Club, The. See The Gourmet 151, 176 Club Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (film), 258 Ockrent, Mike, 275 Mrs. Miniver (film), 203 Odd Couple, The (play), 126 “Mrs. Robinson” (song), 281 Of Father and Sons (play), 280 Muni, Paul, 54 “Of Fathers and Sons” (comedy skit), Muppet Movie, The (film), 226–227 89–90 Murphy, Brianne, 228 Oh, God! (book), 216 Murphy, Eddie, 264 Oliver! (film), 188 Murray, Jan, 236 Oliver! (play), 145 Mussolini, Benito, 173 Olsen, Alfa-Betty, 172, 174, 180 My Favorite Year (film), 231, 241, 258 One of the Boys at the Globe Is a Girl My Son, the Hero (TV series), 171 (projected film), 240 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 319

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Open End (TV series), 162 Producers, The (film) (1968), 1, 2, 5, 49, Oppenheimer & Co., 255–256 52, 138, 174–182, 185–188, Orbach, Ron, 263 190–191, 202–203, 205, 215, 220, O’Reilly, Rosemary, 89 239, 244, 258, 272, 283 Oscar, Brad, 276 Producers, The (film) (2005), 280–283 Osterwald, Bibi, 97 Producers, The (play), 193, 272–279, 284 O’Toole, Peter, 231 Producers, The (TV documentary) (2001), Ouspenskaya, Maria, 265 278 Producers: The Book, Lyrics, and Story Padula, Edward, 142–143, 145 Behind the Biggest Hit on Broadway!, Paper Moon (film), 8 The (book), 278 Paris, Jerry, 211 “Professor, The” (comedy skit), 64–65, Parkington, Arthur, 91 114, 120 Parsons, Louella, 160 “Professor and the Jungle Boy, The” Password (TV series), 151 (comedy skit), 64–65 Paxton, Bill, 260 Professor Fodorski (book), 142 Peerce, Jan, 145 Pryce, Jonathan, 232, 245 Penn, Arthur, 137 Pryor, Richard, 7–8, 10, 236–237 Perelmuth, Jacob Pincus. See Peerce, Jan Psycho (film), 217, 221 Persky, Bill, 170 Pullman, Bill, 250 Peters, Bernadette, 214 Pumpkin Eater, The (film), 160 Petrov, Evgeny, 186 Pushkin, Aleksandr, 85 Phil Silvers Show, The (TV series), 103 Putney Swope (film), 188 “Physical Fitness” (song), 146 “Puttin’ on the Ritz” (song), 27, 199 Piazza, Marguerite, 68, 93 Puzo, Mario, 154 Picasso, Pablo, 7, 197 Pickens, Slim, 9 Radcliffe Radio Players, 135 Pillot, Leo, 63 Raid, The (film), 136 Pintoff, Ernest, 156–157 Randolph, Ann, 280 Places Please (TV series), 90 Random Harvest (film), 203 Planet Moron, The (film). See Rashômon (film), 94 (film) Raye, Martha, 93 Platt, Edward, 166 Reagan, Ronald, 259 Playhouse 90 (TV series), 137 Rees, Roger, 261 Pnin (book), 142 Reik, Theodor, 86 Pollack, Sydney, 258 Reiner, Carl, 10, 72, 76, 80, 94–96, Polly Bergen Show, The (TV series), 108 99–103, 109, 113–122, 148, 154, Pons, Lily, 94 170–171, 216, 228, 263–264, 270, Porter, Cole, 28, 47, 259 272, 281 Poston, Tom, 107, 165–166 Reiner, Estelle, 102, 228 Prager, Stanley, 124 Reiner, Rob, 121, 264 Prince of Egypt, The (film), 270 Reiser, Paul, 270 Prisoner of Second Avenue, The (film), Reitman, Ivan, 252 209 Reno, Jean, 263 “Prisoners of Love” (song), 175, 274 Return of Maxwell Smart, The (film), 168 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 320

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Return to Horror High (film), 258 Separate Rooms (play), 52 Reynolds, Burt, 214, 216 Seven Women (film), 162 Rich, Buddy (Bernard), 32, 182–183 Sex, lögner & videovåld (film), 270 Rich, Micky, 32 Shaffer, Peter, 153 Richmond, Bill, 127 Shakespeare, William, 244, 246 Ritz Brothers, The 12 Shane (film), 94 Rivera, Chita, 107 Shapiro, J. David, 261 Rivers, Joan, 250 Shaw, Artie, 32–33 Road Warrior, The (film), 232 Shawn, Dick, 177, 282 Robbins, Gale, 59 Shear, Barry, 171 Robertson, Cliff, 6 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 198, 201 : Men in Tights (film), Sherman, Thomas, 106 261–262, 265, 267, 272, 283 “ Rap” (song), 262 “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (song), 262 She Stoops to Conquer (play), 6 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (film), (play), 106–108, 143, 272 261–262 Shirley, Bill, 59 Robinson, Edward G., 30, 43, 118 Shoes, The (film), 156 Robots (film), 280 Shore, Dinah, 118 Rogers, Ginger, 214 Shore, Sammy, 236 Roman Scandals (film), 237 Short, Martin, 278 Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce, The (record (TV movie), 380 album), 172 Romeo and Juliet (play), 70 Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Roney, John, 53 Howard Morris Special (TV show), Roosevelt, Eleanor, 173 170 Roseanne, 271 Sid Caesar Invites You (TV series), Rosenblum, Ralph, 178–180 109–110 Rowe, Misty, 211 Silence of the Hams, The (film), 269 Ruben, Aaron, 96 Silent Movie (film), 213–217, 219, 283 Rubinek, Saul, 263 Silent Running (film), 199 Sillman, Leonard, 89 Saake, James, 243 Silverman, Fred, 212 Salkin, Leo, 122 Simon, Danny, 79, 108 Sandler, Adam, 280 Simon, Neil, 31, 79, 109, 126, 209, Sanford, Charles, 68 263–264, 271 Sanger, Jonathan, 230 Simon, Paul, 291 Sargent, Herbert, 193 Simpsons, The (TV series), 269 Saturday Night Live (TV series), 95, 279 Sims, Alastair, 188 Scared to Death (projected film), 249 Sinatra, Frank, 182, 218 Schopenhauer, Arthur, 27 Singin’ in the Rain (film), 204 Schwartz, Alan, 152, 219 “Singin’ in the Rain” (song), 204 Scott, Ridley, 232 60 Minutes (TV series), 3 Screw Loose (film), 270 Sledge Hammer (TV series), 254 Seinfield, Jerry, 271 Slender Thread, The (film), 162 Sellers, Peter, 157, 176, 180, 188 S.N.A.F.U. (projected film), 270 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 321

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Solarbabies (film), 232, 247 Sullivan’s Travels (film), 258 Something Happened (book), 155 Sumac, Yma, 135 South Pacific (play), 143 Susann, Jacqueline, 193 Spaceballs (film), 193, 248–251, 253, Susskind, David, 162–163, 170 257, 283 “Sweet Georgia Brown” (song), 245 Spaceballs (projected animated TV Swerdlow, Ezra, 249–250 series), 283 Spanglish (film), 280 Take Me Along (play), 145 Spellbound (film), 217 Tambor, Jeffrey, 259 Spencer, Alan, 254 Tar Baby (book), 241 Springtime for Hitler (projected book), Tars and Spars (film), 105 146, 156, 163–164, 172 Taylor, Renee, 177 Springtime for Hitler (projected Taylor, Robert Lewis, 142 screenplay), 173–174, 176 Tebet, David, 98 “Springtime for Hitler” (song), 2, 175, Ten Commandments, The (film), 238 180, 187, 190, 244, 273–274 Tenderloin (play), 145 Squeeze Box (play), 280 10 from Your Show of Shows (film), 6 St. Raymond, Anne. See Bancroft, Anne Teresa (film), 135 Stalag 17 (play), 135 Terry-Thomas, 171 Stalin, Joseph, 114 Texaco Star Theater (TV series), 57, 68 Stanley, Kim, 231–232 Tex X (projected film), 6–7 Starbuck, James, 68 That Was the Week That Was (TV series), Star Wars (film), 239 164 Star Wars (film series), 249, 251 Thelma & Louise (film), 259 Stein, Joe, 96, 154 “There’s Nothing Like a Show on Steinberg, Norman, 7 Broadway” (song), 281 Stephanson, Pamela, 238 There’s Something About Mary (film), Stern, Leonard, 168, 170 196 Steve Allen Show, The (TV series), 165 39 Steps, The (film), 217 Stewart, Michael, 100, 108–109 This Is Your Life (TV series), 94 Stewart, Patrick, 232, 262 Thomas, Dylan, 232 Stiles, Norman, 210 Thomas, Marlo, 6 Stoppard, Tom, 153 Three Men and a Baby (film), 251 Storch, Arthur, 170 Three Stooges, The 196, 213 Straw Hat Revue, The (play), 61 Thurman, Uma, 280 Streetcar Named Desire, A (film), 94 “ ’Til Him” (song), 277 Streisand, Barbra, 8, 233 Tinker, Grant, 165–166 Strickfaden, Ken, 203 Titans, The (film), 171 Stroman, Susan, 275, 277–278, 280, 282 To Be or Not to Be (film) (1942), Strouse, Charles, 132–133, 142, 144, 241–242 146–147 To Be or Not to Be (film) (1983), Studio One (TV series), 135 242–245, 249–250, 283 Sturges, Preston, 258 Tolkin, Mel, 61, 64, 68, 71–72, 75, 84, Subject Was Roses, The (film), 182 95–96, 99, 101, 109–110, 115, 118, Sullivan, Ed, 120 143, 170, 186, 264 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 322

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Tolstoy, Leo, 2, 85, 284 Vertigo (film), 217, 219, 221 Tomlin, Lily, 253 Vogel, Irving “Speed,” 124, 129, 153 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Von Sydow, Max, 240 The (TV series), 148, 162 Voutsinas, Andréas, 177, 236 Tony Orlando & Dawn (TV series), Walk the Proud Land (film), 137 212 Wallace, Mike, 3, 51 Top Banana (play), 90 Wallach, Eli, 6 Torrence, Dean, 171 Warren, Lesley Ann, 259 Troublemaker, The (film), 164 Wasserman, Lew, 173 tummler, definition of, 36–37 Wayne, David, 106 Turning Point, The (film), 227 Weaver, Fritz, 145 Twelve Chairs, The (film), 5, 9, 186–191, Weaver, Sylvester “Pat,” 67, 69 193, 197, 220, 272, 277, 283 Weber, Steven, 265, 267 Twiggy, 232 Webster, Tony, 79, 95–96 Two for the Seesaw (film), 151 Welles, Orson, 38, 107, 236 Two for the Seesaw (play), 3, 137–138 West, Mae, 196 Two’s Company (play), 90 Whale, James, 26, 200 2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 182 What’s Up, Doc? (film), 8 2000 and One Years With Carl Reiner When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting & Mel Brooks (recording), 119 Begins: A Film Editor’s Story (book), , The (animated TV 178 series), 122 When Things Were Rotten (TV series), 2000 Year Old Man, The (recordings), 210–212, 261 2, 5 “When We Clean the Latrine” (song), 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School 47 (book/CD set), 122 Where’s Charley? (play), 145–146 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 Wilder, Gene, 2, 4, 6, 9, 128, 176–177, (book), 270 180, 182, 187, 198–202, 204–206, 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 209–210, 216, 240, 272–273 (recording), 122, 270 Wilk, Max, 96 2000 Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Williams, Andy, 120 Brooks (recording), 119, 133, 141 Williams, Billy, 68, 76 Two Women (film), 174 Williams, Robin, 271 Tynan, Kenneth, 118–119 Williams, Tennessee, 280 Wingfield, Peter, 238 Uger, Alan, 7 Wings (TV series), 265 Ullman, Tracey, 246, 261 Winters, Jonathan, 253 Uncle Harry (play), 37 Wish You Were Here (play), 143 Ustinov, Peter, 145 Wizard of Oz, The (film), 1, 145 Wolf Man, The (film), 265 Vagrant, The (film), 260 Women Who Run the Show (book), 228 Vampire in Brooklyn (film), 264 Writers Guild of America, 206, 216, 222, Van Patten, Dick, 211–212, 219, 250 244, 263 Van Sloan, Edward, 266 Wyner, George, 250 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 323

Yasbeck, Amy, 261, 265 126, 132, 143, 156, 166, 170, 192, Yiddish Philosopher, The (radio series), 27 197, 213, 231, 283 (film), 4, 27, 198–207, 209, 216, 219, 221–222, Zelenka, Sydney, 110 225, 230, 232, 240, 254–255, 258, Zombie Survival Guide: Complete 264, 283–284 Protection from the Living Dead, Young Frankenstein (projected play), 283 The (book), 224, 279–280 Young, Gig, 8, 9 Zucker, David, 196, 267 “You’re the Top” (song), 28 Zucker, Jerry, 196, 267 Your Show of Shows (TV series), 1–2, 5, Zuckerman, Buck Henry. See Henry, 67–73, 75–76, 79–86, 89, 91, 93–95, Buck 98–101, 109–110, 114–115, 120, Zuniga, Daphne, 250 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 324