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AVAILABLE NOW - THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FATHER'S DAY

'Delightful. A great, fun read.' DAVID JASON
'Mel Brooks is the king of comedy.' DAVID BADDIEL
'Riotous' DAILY MAIL
'A jaunty romp across Brooks's career' THE TIMES

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At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy…

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Laughs galore as EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winner) comedy legend Mel Brooks looks back on his remarkable life and career.

I’ve met Mel a few times, and he was delighted when I told him that a French au pair once said, about my mother-in-law, “She has high anxiety.” Meaning vertigo. And High Anxiety was Mel’s spoof of Hitchcock’s Vertigo. He loved to hear that. “She said that? She really said that??” 

Hearing Mel reading it in my earphones made my daily walks a joy. He certainly knows how to tell a funny story—and this book is overflowing…

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