A Look at Mel Brooks’ Most Popular Films and their Historical Contexts
Between the mid-s to the late s, two categories of comedy movies emerged in the late s: feature length films and quick-fire compilations of sketches. Well-crafted and often highly regarded, the first category boasted such titles as Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” (), “Young Frankenstein” (), “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (and “Monty Python’s Life