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HOME/PEOPLE/MEL BROOKS
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Mel Brooks

ROLE FILMMAKERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN JULY 1, 2026
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Filmmaker known for Blazing Saddles and other comedies

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mention·The a16z Show·JULY 1, 2026

Mel Brooks made Blazing Saddles. And he screened it for the executives, I think at Warner Brothers. And nobody laughed. They sat there in stunned silence... And then they did a follow-up screening with the assistants and the secretaries who just like were howling with laughter the entire way through.

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