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‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ Is a Super Jewish Documentary About the History-Making Comedian

JL;DR SUMMARY The documentary "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!" is a reverential exploration of the legendary comedian's deep connection to his Jewish identity, as shown through his work and life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityMel BrooksJewish ComedyBorscht BeltHbo MaxHumorCarl ReinerSid CaesarJudd Apatow

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Growing up in a tenement in Brooklyn (365 South 3rd Street, to be exact), Brooks says he didnt experience antisemitism because, he jokes, Every single human being in Brooklyn at that time was Jewish."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"It was only when he traveled to Manhattan that he realized that there were other types of people."
Ukraine
"the Yiddishkeit of Spaceballs)."

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