Method in Madness: The Comic Art of Mel Brooks

By Maurice Yacowar

The author takes us on a Brooks-lover's tour though his work on television with Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, his records as the Two Thousand Year Old Man, & all of the films from The Professors to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312531427
• ISBN13: 9780312531423
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Book Sales
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The best book spanning Brooks work

Each chapter is devoted to a piece of work/period in Mel's life. The chapter on Blazing Saddles really hits the spot on Brook's humor. Anyone who questions Brooks' "taste" will be enlightened after reading this!