Did you hear Mel got a star? Congrats Mel! Too bad I missed the event, something that’s becoming oh too frequent but is understandable with all my varying interests. Here’s how I found out about it:
Mark: How was the unveiling of the star?
Felix: What star?
Mark: Oh, I assumed you were at Mel Brook’s star unveiling […]

I can’t believe Comic-Con is here already! I haven’t had any time to transfer the 2007 panel, let alone updating anything else related to this site, and now Max is a special guest! Not sure if I’ll make it to this panel but he’ll be on Friday July 25th from 10:30-11:30am (Room 5AB). If I […]

Lots of “Mel related” news since my last post. Quint of Ain’t It Cool News recently interviewed Mel as a promo for Get Smart (opening Friday). Here is a link.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37135

Just a quick tid bit. Apparently it was announced at Comic-Con that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry would make cameos in the new Get Smart movie. There was no mention of Mel in the George Romero panel, but it seems like Max is going to get a movie made about Zombies! Maybe Mel can show […]

Phew, what a day!  According to the folks at the MGM booth there are no Spaceballs Animated Series promotional materials at this time. However, they did have a big poster and a looping intro to the series. I was able to take pictures of the poster and the video… but don’t have access to an […]

Okay! Just got back from the preview night. Man, this thing just keeps getting bigger every year! I dropped by the G4TV booth to inquire about the changes to the G4 Code Monkeys/Spaceballs panel. Unfortunately, no one knew why Spaceballs was dropped… nor did they know if anything was going to be shown at Comic-Con. […]

Hey all. The San Diego Comic-Con schedule has been released and Max will be co-chair for a panel with none other than George Romero of The Night of the Living Dead fame. The panel will be on Thursday in Rm 6CDEF from 4:45-5:45pm. Not sure how much Mel is involved, if at all, with Get […]

On my way to work this morning I was listening to the Kevin & Bean show on 106.7FM “KROQ.”  Their topic at the time was people who are scared of zombies and truly prepare for a zombie attack. They, and listeners, mentioned Max Brooks’ survival guide several times… and Max’s name was mentioned at least […]

Hey all, just finished transcribing a few old NPR shows. Check them out on the Print page. If you’ve still got your hearing I’ve included links to the original NPR pages with streaming audio on each transcript.
Aug 18th 2004 NPR Morning Edition - Susan Stramberg talks with Mel about The Producers in Washington DC, […]

Thanks to fannetastic… here is a link to a must read article about Mel by his son Max. Men’s Health
Maintenance is going well, I hope to have the new site code integrated in the next week or so. So far there haven’t been hiccups, just tweaking the settings now. Thanks for your patience, the upgrades […]