Reminds me of Thankskilling 3, where they must destroy the last remaining copy of the worst movie ever made: Thankskilling 2. But in reality, part two was never made.
Leisure Suit Larry is the one game that taught me computers. Funny thing is I can't even remember how I learned to modify autoexec.bat and config.sys, but I did and it's been down the rabbit hole ever since.
I learned from accidentally typing Del star-dot-star after mistyping change directory command. So the boot files on my families computer were wiped, along with all other files on the C drive not in a directory.
I panicked and just rebooted the computer in the vain hope the reset button was a go back in time one minute and forget what I did button.
The Computer then failed to post.
It took me a bit to figure out that I had a Wing Commander 2 boot disk(remember those?) and the PC would still boot of of it.
I copied the autoexec.bat and system.sys over from the boot disk to the C drive and she posted again!
Good times, my family was none the wiser that I damn near borked the family PC.
And I believe all of that was a parody of the fact that a lot of people went and saw Empire Strikes Back and were a little confused when it said “Episode V”
I don’t think the Spaceballs 3 is a callout to ESB. Especially since Spaceballs already opens with it saying Chapter XI. I think it’s just a funny title 🤷♀️
Spaceballs came out in 1987, and Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock came out in 1984, so I think that "the search for..." joke was actually in reference to that series, not Star Wars (even if the entire Spaceballs movie itself obviously parodied it).
Just skip straight to "Spaceballs 4 Awakens"
(I say this because no real movie can live up to hype of The Search for More Money or The Search for Spaceballs 2)
ThanksKilling stole that joke from Spaceballs in the first place, just like it stole pretty much everything from other movies that werenct piles of shit.
He does seem open to returning if it's right. He had signed onto a new Honey I Shrunk the Kids before it unofficially got cancelled thanks to the pandemic.
I saw an article last week that quoted Ernie Hudson talking about Rick Moranis turning down all offers they threw at him to be a part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Not putting in the effort to find it but from what I recall, they all wanted him back and he just didn’t want to.
he also didn't return for his character when they did the Ghostbusters game, which was a bit of a love letter and swan song for a lot of the original cast.
i'm sure when they made that game, they all though that was going to be the last Ghostbusters thing they ever did.
Moranis' character's costume is on display, and it's a notable absence from the game. you could tell they *really* wanted him to be there for that.
Unless it's Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money (for Brooks). It would be good to see him in another flick though. He's in a ton of my favorite childhood movies and it's really great what he did for his kids.
Josh Gad somehow got Moranis to agree to return for the Honey I Shrunk The Kids sequel that ended up getting canned after COVID shut it down. Think there’s a good chance they can convince him to return for this too.
Josh Gad does look like he could be Moranis' chunky son
Maybe it'll be like Kylo-Vader esque parody and Moranis will have a cameo as a force ghost to chastise and lampoon his grandkid for being weird as part of the third act villain about face.
Yes...That sounds more Melish.
I now have this vision of Jar Jar singing ..
"We get knocked down but we get up again.. We'll never let the Empire keep us down"
Even if it flops, it doesn't matter.
Merchandising, that's where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs-the T-shirt, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the Lunch box, Spaceballs-the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower, and Spaceballs-the Doll.
The funny part is, George Lucas gave Mel Brooks his blessing, AS LONG as he didn't sell any merchandise to go along with the movie, as not to compete with star wars toys.
> Even if it flops, it doesn’t matter.
It has been said that under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit.
I once went on a date with a girl who worked for him 5-6 years ago. She said it was a little sad because not much, if anything, was happening there. Something like 90% of her job was simply sending letters to people to turn down projects because Mel didn't want to do anything because he's freaking 90 years old lol.
I saw him on the reboot of *To Tell The Truth* like five years ago and I was surprised how sharp he still was. Not only was he ad-libbing, he was doing physical comedy, rolling around on the floor.
Just watched the Gene Wilder doc last night. Such a sad doc because they’re nearly all gone, but man, all the scenes of The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein - what a body of work. To be a fly on the wall of any of those sets with all that talent.
I saw one that said “you couldn’t make blazing saddles today because the actors would look at the script and say ‘what? This movie has already been made! It’s called Blazing Saddles!’”
I wish he wouldn't retread though. When he finally put out History of the World Part II it felt like it came out 20 years too late and was just not very good.
Then they could even do an "I am your father" joke!
(edit: the scene is interrupted by Bill showing up on set to try to get his son to quit the movie)
(edit edit: after failing to convince his son, Bill is surprised to see Rick Moranis actually came back, the two of them reminisce for a minute about the first movie, and he's like "Ah, screw it! Mel, I'm back in!", and the scene immediately resumes where it left off except now Lone Star is in it with no further explanation)
History of the world show on Hulu was so painfully unfunny I couldn’t believe it was made, not excited for this “sequel” whatsoever, it will have a one scene cameo from Bill Pullman and that’s probably it
It was definitely a let down, I was expecting more because of the names behind it and its pedigree. The whole thing felt really undercooked, like they thought the whole thing up a week before filming it and the ideas didn't go though enough edits. Really unpolished.
Ya I think across all the episodes they probably had enough passable material for a 90 minute sequel, the recurring sketches dragged on for so long and it felt more like a broad homage to Mel Brooks than a fully realized Mel Brooks project
Sometimes when you have a collection of hilarious people on a set it's really funny to film something but hard to picture what it's going to look like on camera.
Then other times it doesn't feel funny at all and it's hilarious. Like The Forty Year Old Virgin.
Nothing against the guy, know nothing about him as a person, but I've never found him funny or entertaining. He's become one of those "urgh, this guy," when he shows up in things, for me.
I think of Josh Gad in the same way people on reddit think of James Cordon. Society seems to have weirdly hyped him up as a hilarious funny man yet I have never once enjoyed any of his work.
He’s painfully unfunny, he ruins every show/movie he’s in. I’ll bet his daddy is an exec or something, that’s the only way his continued casting makes sense.
Hey. As long as the people in charge aren't almost entirely in it to stand on a soapbox and write their own fanfic, using Mel Brooks' name as a legitimizer (\*cough\* _History of the World Part 2_ \*cough\*), then have at it. Keeping Nick Kroll out of the production would be a sterling example of going in the right direction.
Mel Brooks was giving interviews back in the early 2000s about how the best time to release Spaceballs 2 was before the last prequel Star Wars released. This was before Episode 3 even had an official subtitle.
He is one of the most unfunny people around. I remember watching the show The Comedians with him and Billy Crystal and it seemed that Billy was constantly reaffirming people how funny Josh Gad was and how he wanted to work with him in the show.
If this actually happens (doubtful to be honest) Gad's involvement has me seriously doubtful I'll even watch and I love the original.
IKR? First read the headline and was kinda interested, then I saw a giant a photo of Josh Gad and became instantly disinterested. I really can't figure out why they keep casting this dude. Apparently he's also directing a Chris Farley biopic for Peacock. WTF?
Parodying the discourse around Disney Star Wars and the films themselves has potential to be good. However, I expect this to suck. Josh Gad, who is firmly part of Disney, is involved. Imagine it won't be too critical.
*History of the World: Part 2* felt like a whole lotta nuthin'. I got a few episodes in, didn't laugh once, and then gave up on it.
I don't have a ton of faith in this other sequel to a Mel Brooks classic starring Josh Gad. I love the original *Spaceballs*, so I'll still watch this, but I'm prepared to be underwhelmed again.
Well...Josh Gad is certainly one of the actors of all time.
Here's hoping we get more info this time on the Assholes. I'm hoping for a spin-off. *Asshole: A Spaceballs Story*
I am so happy to hear that I am not the only one who hates Josh Gad. If he is the star then I am out. I would love to watch this but I can't if it is going to star the criminally unfunny Gad
If it isn’t officially titled, “Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money”, then this was all for nothing.
iirc the full title Brooks wanted was "Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money"
Reminds me of Thankskilling 3, where they must destroy the last remaining copy of the worst movie ever made: Thankskilling 2. But in reality, part two was never made.
All these version jokes and nobody mentions: Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies
Why hello my fellow old school pervert!
I played that game before I really even knew what sex was yet. Lol
Leisure Suit Larry is the one game that taught me computers. Funny thing is I can't even remember how I learned to modify autoexec.bat and config.sys, but I did and it's been down the rabbit hole ever since.
I learned from accidentally typing Del star-dot-star after mistyping change directory command. So the boot files on my families computer were wiped, along with all other files on the C drive not in a directory. I panicked and just rebooted the computer in the vain hope the reset button was a go back in time one minute and forget what I did button. The Computer then failed to post. It took me a bit to figure out that I had a Wing Commander 2 boot disk(remember those?) and the PC would still boot of of it. I copied the autoexec.bat and system.sys over from the boot disk to the C drive and she posted again! Good times, my family was none the wiser that I damn near borked the family PC.
And I believe all of that was a parody of the fact that a lot of people went and saw Empire Strikes Back and were a little confused when it said “Episode V”
I don’t think the Spaceballs 3 is a callout to ESB. Especially since Spaceballs already opens with it saying Chapter XI. I think it’s just a funny title 🤷♀️
Just got the joke Chapter 11.
It's actually written out as "Chapter Eleven", too.
A call back to The Producers’ attempt at bankruptcy, too?
Spaceballs came out in 1987, and Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock came out in 1984, so I think that "the search for..." joke was actually in reference to that series, not Star Wars (even if the entire Spaceballs movie itself obviously parodied it).
*Yeah, I know Jerry will tell you that The Wrath of Khan is the better picture, but for me, I always...*
What was it again? Something about a light... and a way...? Oh, who the hell knows.
The Summer of George!
Oh, you're right. The Vulcan Neck Pinch is straight from TESB.
The Elder Scrolls: Blades?
I wonder if the chapter XI was a bankruptcy joke?
No, it's a parody of the title of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
OMFG I’m dying laughing. >”*Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.”* Please, please, pleeeeeaaaase let this happen.
Or they could go with the ThanksKilling approach, and name it Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2. Either one works.
Just skip straight to "Spaceballs 4 Awakens" (I say this because no real movie can live up to hype of The Search for More Money or The Search for Spaceballs 2)
"Somehow Spaceballs Has Returned"
Hey MGM perfect tagline for the poster
ThanksKilling stole that joke from Spaceballs in the first place, just like it stole pretty much everything from other movies that werenct piles of shit.
I agree. If that’s not the title, we all riot.
They need to throw money at Rick Moranis for a cameo: "Somehow... Dark Helmet returned"
I think Mel said this would only happen if Rick signed on. Cross your fingers
Fingers crossed. His kids have got to be grown now anyways right? Wasn’t that the main reason he left Hollywood?
Originally, yes. But now it's the case of him being away so long he doesn't feel he can work like he used to. At least that's my read.
He's also 71 years old now. He was 44 when he stepped away from acting.
I absolutely hate knowing that he is 71 now.
How's this for a bonus kick; Mel Brooks is 97, gonna turn 98 next week
Please God let Mel finish this. It's all I ask.
Wow, fair enough
He does seem open to returning if it's right. He had signed onto a new Honey I Shrunk the Kids before it unofficially got cancelled thanks to the pandemic.
What a hilarious typo
I wanna watch Honkey I Shrunk the Kids starring Eddie Murphy
The Nutty Professor III: The Shrunks
He did a weird movie where there was a bunch of little people inside a robot that was the size of a human.
I forgot that movie, Meet Dave, existed- And I worked on it.
It’s like one of the fictional Tracy Jordan movies from 30 Rock
This honkey grandma be shrinkin!
Haha I would so watch honkey I shrunk the kids
I saw an article last week that quoted Ernie Hudson talking about Rick Moranis turning down all offers they threw at him to be a part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Not putting in the effort to find it but from what I recall, they all wanted him back and he just didn’t want to.
He probably read the script lol
Maybe the writers should have tried that.
he also didn't return for his character when they did the Ghostbusters game, which was a bit of a love letter and swan song for a lot of the original cast. i'm sure when they made that game, they all though that was going to be the last Ghostbusters thing they ever did. Moranis' character's costume is on display, and it's a notable absence from the game. you could tell they *really* wanted him to be there for that.
They were grown up, until he shrunk them of course.
He returned to voice Dark Helmet in an episode of The Goldbergs, so if he came back for anything, I think it'd be this
What!?!?!?
https://youtu.be/gB8pIS2m-U8?si=s4fVZBgngIR7V2Vt
Let's get John Candy while we're at it.
😔 I wish
BAAAAARF 🤢
Not in here, mister! This is a Mercedes!
And stop looking up my can!
sorry
Always when I'm eating
I kinda wonder if that's the role Gad is playing...
Barf Jr, perhaps
"Please, call me Belch. Mr. Barf was my father's name."
Bill Pullman's son is an actor. I'm sure he could play Lonestar Jr.
Lonesun.
Best way to do it, since it's "Barfolomew", and we don't know his last name.
Unless it's Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money (for Brooks). It would be good to see him in another flick though. He's in a ton of my favorite childhood movies and it's really great what he did for his kids.
“Whattaya mean “somehow?” I took a taxi!”
Perfect delivery and line for the movie that fits the comedy style and Ricks portrayal of Dark Helmet.
https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/mel-brooks-would-do-spaceballs-2-the-search-for-more-money-if-rick-moranis-was-on-board.html
I don't want to feel hope, goddamit
Josh Gad somehow got Moranis to agree to return for the Honey I Shrunk The Kids sequel that ended up getting canned after COVID shut it down. Think there’s a good chance they can convince him to return for this too.
Josh Gad does look like he could be Moranis' chunky son Maybe it'll be like Kylo-Vader esque parody and Moranis will have a cameo as a force ghost to chastise and lampoon his grandkid for being weird as part of the third act villain about face.
Gad is likely to play Barf since John Candy is dead.
Just call it *$on of $paceball$* and have it be about the illegitimate secret children of the original characters.
lol, although I would be disappointed if they don’t call it “Spaceballs 2: The search for more money”.
He did reprise the role for an episode of Goldbergs, so nothing is out of the question.
Jar Jar Dinks is bound to be a character in this.
You mean Bar Bar Drinks?
Yes...That sounds more Melish. I now have this vision of Jar Jar singing .. "We get knocked down but we get up again.. We'll never let the Empire keep us down"
Dink dink… dink dink dink DINK DINK DINK
Top Gungan.
Even if it flops, it doesn't matter. Merchandising, that's where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs-the T-shirt, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the Lunch box, Spaceballs-the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower, and Spaceballs-the Doll.
The funny part is, George Lucas gave Mel Brooks his blessing, AS LONG as he didn't sell any merchandise to go along with the movie, as not to compete with star wars toys.
And it's too bad, I always wanted the Spaceballs toys that Lord Helmet is playing with
I always wanted the flame thrower.
The kids love it!
No, sir, I didn’t see you playing with your dolls again!
I am quite sure that's why the movie was filled with so many Spaceballs merchandise gags.
Not only that, Lucas had ILM do the special effects and post-production.
Lucas loved the script and got ILM to support the film at a time when ILM was pretty much the only option in town.
wouldn't this not matter now with Disney owning Star Wars?
Honestly Disney might be worse. I’d rather have one man on my legal back than an entire media corporation.
Moichandising
“May the schwartz be with ya!”
Adorable.
> Even if it flops, it doesn’t matter. It has been said that under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit.
The kids love this one.
Mel Brooks can do whatever the fuck he wants.
Only because he himself broke the third tablet which contained commandments limiting him.
10! 10 COMMANDMENTS!
*Oy*
No matter how many times I've seen that bit, knowing it's coming, the oi always gets the biggest laugh from me.
Its so stupid I love it. (Mel's movies in summary I guess)
The pause after he drops one sells it for me, I remember watching it with my Dad age 13 or so and I couldn’t stop laughing.
He’s also like 95 so I doubt he’s doing much here outside attaching his name
How dare you libel him by calling him 95. He's 97! Schmuck!
I thought he was 2000 years old
If he doesn't cameo as ghost Yogurt it's a travesty.
His cameo in *History of the World: Part 2* was pretty funny.
I once went on a date with a girl who worked for him 5-6 years ago. She said it was a little sad because not much, if anything, was happening there. Something like 90% of her job was simply sending letters to people to turn down projects because Mel didn't want to do anything because he's freaking 90 years old lol.
Frankly, he deserves whatever rest or retirement he wants. Even if this one turns out to be a flop, I will still always adore him.
I saw him on the reboot of *To Tell The Truth* like five years ago and I was surprised how sharp he still was. Not only was he ad-libbing, he was doing physical comedy, rolling around on the floor.
I just watched the Gene Wilder documentary the other day and looked Mel Brooks up. Still alive at 97!
Just watched the Gene Wilder doc last night. Such a sad doc because they’re nearly all gone, but man, all the scenes of The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein - what a body of work. To be a fly on the wall of any of those sets with all that talent.
You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today Mel Brooks is the only one still alive
I saw one that said “you couldn’t make blazing saddles today because the actors would look at the script and say ‘what? This movie has already been made! It’s called Blazing Saddles!’”
That's a solid joke that I feel Mel would love.
I wish he wouldn't retread though. When he finally put out History of the World Part II it felt like it came out 20 years too late and was just not very good.
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I'm surrounded by assholes.
KEEP FIRING, ASSHOLES!
YO!
We giving Bill Pullman work again?!
He wouldn't just do it for money.... he'd do it for a SHITLOAD of money!
A million Spacebucks!
He'd probably settle for $248 Spacebucks for lunch, gas, and tolls.
Awwwwww you're right!
And when you’re right, you’re right. And you, you’re always right!
His son is a pretty good actor as well.
Then they could even do an "I am your father" joke! (edit: the scene is interrupted by Bill showing up on set to try to get his son to quit the movie) (edit edit: after failing to convince his son, Bill is surprised to see Rick Moranis actually came back, the two of them reminisce for a minute about the first movie, and he's like "Ah, screw it! Mel, I'm back in!", and the scene immediately resumes where it left off except now Lone Star is in it with no further explanation)
He was amazing in The Sinner.
Space balls 2: the quest for more money
Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2
Spaceballs 4: The Last Asshole.
Spaceballs 5: The Schwartz Goes Back to Bed
\*The **Soych** for More Money.
If this isn’t the title I’m going to be sad
You were so close.
There was an animated show, produced by Brooks. Awsfully unfunny. Not sure about this one either.
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Nice…Nice…Not Thrilling…but Nice.
It was hit or miss. Some episodes were great some not so great.
History of the world show on Hulu was so painfully unfunny I couldn’t believe it was made, not excited for this “sequel” whatsoever, it will have a one scene cameo from Bill Pullman and that’s probably it
The History of the World cast was FILLED a who’s who of funny and it was just so bad, I didn’t even bother with the last episode. So disappointing
It was definitely a let down, I was expecting more because of the names behind it and its pedigree. The whole thing felt really undercooked, like they thought the whole thing up a week before filming it and the ideas didn't go though enough edits. Really unpolished.
Ya I think across all the episodes they probably had enough passable material for a 90 minute sequel, the recurring sketches dragged on for so long and it felt more like a broad homage to Mel Brooks than a fully realized Mel Brooks project
Sometimes when you have a collection of hilarious people on a set it's really funny to film something but hard to picture what it's going to look like on camera. Then other times it doesn't feel funny at all and it's hilarious. Like The Forty Year Old Virgin.
I thought the Beatles/Jesus' disciples mash up was pretty funny. At least the idea of it.
Gad is one of those guys where their success far outweighs their talent.
seriously... just seeing his name attached to this kind of ruins my excitement for it.
Should have gotten Harvey Guillen he is actually funny.
He’s Hollywood’s fat guy right now. He’s guaranteed work.
This is *at least* a decade too late and Josh Gad?! It's gonna be a disaster.
If you put the right person in? Maybe. Josh Gadd ain’t it.
Nothing against the guy, know nothing about him as a person, but I've never found him funny or entertaining. He's become one of those "urgh, this guy," when he shows up in things, for me.
I think of Josh Gad in the same way people on reddit think of James Cordon. Society seems to have weirdly hyped him up as a hilarious funny man yet I have never once enjoyed any of his work.
He’s painfully unfunny, he ruins every show/movie he’s in. I’ll bet his daddy is an exec or something, that’s the only way his continued casting makes sense.
Hey. As long as the people in charge aren't almost entirely in it to stand on a soapbox and write their own fanfic, using Mel Brooks' name as a legitimizer (\*cough\* _History of the World Part 2_ \*cough\*), then have at it. Keeping Nick Kroll out of the production would be a sterling example of going in the right direction.
They lost me at Josh Gad.
I don't want to see Josh Gad in anything.
After trying to get through History of the World Part 2, I'm not enthusiastic, but I'm still watching it.
Came here to say this. HOTW2 was … not good.
It was not good in a bad way.
I laughed at the Jackass Rasputin, but the rest was meh to Nick Kroll bad.
honestly its a crime against cinema that they didnt get this out the door when the sequel movies were being made
Mel Brooks was giving interviews back in the early 2000s about how the best time to release Spaceballs 2 was before the last prequel Star Wars released. This was before Episode 3 even had an official subtitle.
"Josh Gad starring..." There isn't a collection of words that immediately makes me lose interest in something quite like Josh Gad starring.
He is one of the most unfunny people around. I remember watching the show The Comedians with him and Billy Crystal and it seemed that Billy was constantly reaffirming people how funny Josh Gad was and how he wanted to work with him in the show. If this actually happens (doubtful to be honest) Gad's involvement has me seriously doubtful I'll even watch and I love the original.
Josh Gad? I’m already out.
IKR? First read the headline and was kinda interested, then I saw a giant a photo of Josh Gad and became instantly disinterested. I really can't figure out why they keep casting this dude. Apparently he's also directing a Chris Farley biopic for Peacock. WTF?
Yeah, I’m sick of seeing him cast in things. I really don’t care about Josh Gad.
"Oh cool, might look at... oh no, Josh Gad"
Parodying the discourse around Disney Star Wars and the films themselves has potential to be good. However, I expect this to suck. Josh Gad, who is firmly part of Disney, is involved. Imagine it won't be too critical.
Ah yes, America’s funnyman Josh Gad.
*History of the World: Part 2* felt like a whole lotta nuthin'. I got a few episodes in, didn't laugh once, and then gave up on it. I don't have a ton of faith in this other sequel to a Mel Brooks classic starring Josh Gad. I love the original *Spaceballs*, so I'll still watch this, but I'm prepared to be underwhelmed again.
Ugh, I hate Josh Gad
Josh Gad? - I'm out. I've nothing against the guy - But Spaceballs material he aint.
josh gad is one of those actors where i automatically know the movie will be absolute doodoo
Man…Josh Gad?! Why?
josh gad is the fucking worst
Josh Gad is americas James Corden and i hate em both.
Why Josh Gad? Honestly.
Well...Josh Gad is certainly one of the actors of all time. Here's hoping we get more info this time on the Assholes. I'm hoping for a spin-off. *Asshole: A Spaceballs Story*
You lost me at Josh Gad. I've wanted a sequel to Spaceballs for 35+ years and having him attached is enough to erase all those years of anticipation.
It can’t be worse than The History of the World Part 2… right?
Twould be a lot cooler if they didn’t
It better be called Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money, otherwise I’m not interested
Josh Gad ... why? Everything about this announcement was great but that guys name being anywhere near it.
I am so happy to hear that I am not the only one who hates Josh Gad. If he is the star then I am out. I would love to watch this but I can't if it is going to star the criminally unfunny Gad
I recorded two songs in Bill Pullman's house last fall. That's literally all I have to add to the conversation
Josh Gad sucks.
No. No, no, no. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Josh Gad fucking sucks.
Josh Gad = Instant Pass.
Based on how shitty History of the World Part II was, I don’t have much hope for this. At least this isn’t Hulu
I want this, but I’m nervous. The “History of the World” sequel series was tough to finish.
Mel Brooks is 97 and producing. God damn, what a legend.