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bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 309 Index 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, All American (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, 165 309 bindex.qxd 12/18/06 2:07 PM Page 310 310 INDEX 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 Blazing Saddles (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 INDEX 311 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 Sid Caesar, 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 312 312 INDEX 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 & Mel Brooks 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 INDEX 313 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.