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Comedian and film maker Mel Brooks.

Brooks has made some of the funniest films in movie history, including The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles. His film The Producers has been turned into a Broadway musical and is now the hottest show on Broadway. The show has broken records; earlier this month, The Producers won 12 Tony Awards. Brooks won Tony Awards for Best Book (with Thomas Meehan) and Best Score. Now, Brooks is one of the few people who have won a Tony Award, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and an Emmy Award. Brooks won his Grammy for the famous comedy recording, The 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, his Oscar for the original screenplay of the movie of The Producers, and an Emmy for a recent guest appearance on the sitcom Mad About You.

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