On the one hand, All About Me is a fairly light memoir in which it seems the subject never encountered much difficulty and in which everyone he every worked with is a nice, talented guy. It is also stuffed with many well-worn anecdotes and ancient jokes. On the other hand, it reads just like you’re having a conversation with Mel Brooks, and who wouldn’t want that? The nonagenarian comedy icon starts off with a conventional auto-biography detailing his Brooklyn upbringing in a lower-class Jewish home. […]
All About Mel
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks
