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It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks by Parish: Used
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Publication Date
- 2008-02-01
- Pages
- 340
- ISBN
- 9780470225264
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons Canada, The Limited, John
ISBN-10
0470225262
ISBN-13
9780470225264
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63196540
Product Key Features
Book Title
It's Good to Be the King : the Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Number of Pages
340 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-016533
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Parish, author of many books including "Katharine Hepburn: The Untold Story" and "Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flaps"), here traces the life and career of mirthmaker Mel Brooks from the Borscht Belt to Broadway. Born Melvin Kaminsky, he grew up as a Brooklyn classroom clown, honing his stage skills in the Catskills before arriving in WWII France as an army combat engineer. The bombastic Brooks clawed his way into early television as a writer for Sid Caesar: "I was aggressive. I was a terrier, a pit bull terrier. I was unstoppable. I would keep going until my joke or my sketch was in the show." Caesar's shows were a launchpad, catapulting Brooks into a multifaceted comedy career that embraced theater ("Shinbone Alley") and sitcoms ("Get Smart"), recordings (the 2000 Year Old Man series) and acting ("Mad About You"). He began directing in 1968 with "The Producers," followed by the equally hilarious "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein," Along the way, he picked up Emmys, Tonys, a Grammy, an Oscar and Anne Bancroft, whom he married in 1964. Brooks's probing self-insights and clever quotes abound. While his sense of timing, delivery and charming goofiness may not always translate to the written page, readers will be satisfied with the details unearthed by Parish's exhaustive research. 16 b& w photos. "(Mar.)" ("Publishers Weekly," January 1, 2007)
Dewey Decimal
B
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments.Introduction.1. Out of the Ashes of Despair.2. Born into the Spotlight.3. The King of the Street Corner.4. Hello and Good-bye to Brighton Beach.5. Swimming in the Borscht Belt.6. Off to War.7. Becoming Mel brooks.8. Hal Caesar!9. Smashing into the Ranks.10. Your Show of Shows.11. Living on the Edge.12. On the Torturous road to Success.13. Broadway, Love and Marriage.14. Farewell, Caesar.15. Unraveling.16. A Wacky Man for the Millenniums.17. A Season of Many Changes.18. A remarkable New Love.19. Back to Broadway and Beyond.20. Becoming the Critic.21. Getting Smart.22. Flaunt It, Baby.23. Jumping in Front of the Cameras.24. Back in the Running - Again.25. A Monster Hit.26. On the Hollywood Treadmill.27. Stretching His Career Horizons.28. A Mighty Monarch at Last.29. Next Stop, Outer Space.30. Back to Work.31. Comedy - Tonight!32. Carrying On.Mel Brooksa's Film, Stage, and Television Credits.Bibliography.Index
Synopsis
This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. Offering many insights into the wacky world of Brooks and his many collaborators, as well as an intimate look into his successful marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, It's Good to Be the King might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography you'll ever read., "I always learn something fr5om every juicy, well-researched, and information-packed volume of Parish's studies of Holly wood." - Rex Reed, columinst the New York Observer "Brooks's probing self-insights and clever quotes abound... Readers will be satisfied with the details unearthed by Parish's exhaustive research." - Publishers Weekly Fresh, funny, and insightful, It's Good to Be the King traces the extraordinary life and wide-ranging career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. From the Golden Age of Television to dazzling film comedy classics such as Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein to the Broadway triumph of The Producer,s Brooks's unique brand of slapstick, satire, and just plain silliness has withstood the test of time. Offering many stories from the wacky world of Brooks and his colorful collaborators,a s well as an intimate look into Mel's seemingly improbable, yet highly successful, marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, It's Good to Be the King might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography you'll ever read., This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. Offering many insights into the wacky world of Brooks and his many collaborators, as well as an intimate look into his successful marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, "It's Good to Be the King" might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography you'll ever read., With the runaway success of his Broadway musical version of The Producers , Mel Brooks is more popular than ever, and this fresh, funny, insightful book at last brings his distinguished career and colorful personal life into focus.
LC Classification Number
PN2287.B695P37 2008
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