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At 95, Mel Brooks says he hasn't figured out the meaning of life, but he knows one thing for certain: 'I still love comedy. It's my delicious refuge from the world. I hide in humor and comedy.' (nprfreshair)

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nprfreshair Get Smart still rocks.

nprfreshair This is sad. People shouldn't need refuge from the planet they have to live on 😕

nprfreshair Absolute legend. Thanks Mel :)

nprfreshair .................My Delicious refuge in the 60's...........

nprfreshair Mel's not merely a genius, he's truly a wise man.

nprfreshair Clevon Little stories are hilarious!!

nprfreshair My first Mel Brooks movie became my favorite move of all time! Young Frankenstein! It set me up to fall in love with all satire and spoof comedies at a young age 😆💜

nprfreshair Mel Brooks is an American treasure.

nprfreshair My father was an extra on the set of 12 chairs. IMDb the Yugoslav inicident 😂 partly filmed in Dubrovnik, SFR CROATIA, Yugoslavia

nprfreshair Beautiful’ refuge!

nprfreshair I will always be grateful that at 11 years old my Dad introduced me to Mel Brooks because he knew that I would get the sarcastic slapstick humor of The History Of The World Part 1. Still waiting for Part 2..

nprfreshair Carl Icahn looks like him as he ages.

nprfreshair only publishes Brooks because it agrees with him politically.

nprfreshair One of the greats.

nprfreshair Oh ...how we love you, let us count the ways ..!! WISHING U BLESSINGS UPON BLESSINGS 180fold ..!!!

InSpiteOfTrump nprfreshair This scared me so much

nprfreshair Mel!

nprfreshair And Jeopardy. He watches it every day. 🙏👍

nprfreshair Laughing 😂 to keep from crying 😢

nprfreshair The Terry Gross Fresh Air interview was fabulous.

nprfreshair Me too. Nothing better than laughter 😃

nprfreshair MelBrooks we are still waiting on Space Balls 2!!! 🤗😘😘

nprfreshair Comedic genius. I hope he can make another great comedy before he goes.

nprfreshair I always wanted him to make SPACEBALLS:THE PREQUEL

nprfreshair Mel Brooks is a national treasure.

nprfreshair Starting a tweet with “At 95, Mel Brooks….” Don’t scare me like that!

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nprfreshair COMEDY IS YOUR HOBBY

nprfreshair How many guys and gals, didn’t make it through WWll or Korea or Vietnam or Desert Storm or…where they could have a chance to fulfill their dreams?

nprfreshair Great interview

nprfreshair I thought everyone knew the meaning of life: 42.

nprfreshair horrible

MelBrooks nprfreshair Laughter is truly a powerful medicine. It can bring enemies together and bring light to the darkest of times

nprfreshair Harvey Korman was a family friend. He was as much fun in real life as he was in movies. ❤

nprfreshair Thank you Terry!! This was wonderful!! Mel is my favorite and so are you.

MelBrooks nprfreshair ❤ love

MelBrooks nprfreshair Favorite movie is soaceballs. I know every damn line 😂

nprfreshair Me too, honey.

nprfreshair Great interview

nprfreshair One of my teenagers yelled at me to come into the room, pointed at me and demanded to know 'What's this?!!' I told him it was a Mel Brooks movie. We ended up having a watch marathon. He thinks we as a society have been hiding genius from the young.

nprfreshair A living treasure

nprfreshair Safe to say the 'Schwartz' is strong with this one yogurt IYKYK

nprfreshair If he can't figure it out what hope do we have!

nprfreshair Thank goodness for 'Anything Goes.'

nprfreshair I have the answer. The love you make is equal to the love you take. On your deathbed are you going to think about the laughs or the love?

nprfreshair So much love for this one

nprfreshair Love him Why isn't his new book on Audible?

nprfreshair Hey, , there is an error in the article. The name of the Sheriff in 'Blazing Saddles' was Black Bart, not Black Barnett...

nprfreshair And Mel... you are so generous to take us along with you - thank you, we'll all run away and hide with you in comedy. Everyone deserves the time away to find humor.

nprfreshair Go Brady Go. Read “Let’s Blow-Up Now” at search for Donzo.

nprfreshair Darrell Brooks, the black suspect in Wisconsin plowing his car through an annual Christmas parade last month killing six people, including an 8-year-old boy, all of whom were white. Given his history calling for violence against white people yet MSM never mention his race.

nprfreshair legend

nprfreshair This still makes me

nprfreshair Unfortunately, most of his movies are cut to about five minutes of pc acceptable content....

nprfreshair Unadulterated genius

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