Mel Brooks, birth name Melvin Kaminsky, is the youngest of four brothers and was born on June 28, 1926, in Brownsville, Brooklyn, right on his family’s kitchen table. The beloved writer and director of The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein turns 97 today, and we wanted to wish the ultimate king of comedy a happy birthday by providing a trivia tidbit for every year he’s spent among us… 1 Born on a Brooklyn Table That was Mel Brooks’ famous line from History of the World, Part I, and being an EGOT winner and a National Medal of Arts honoree, it describes the comic genius more or less perfectly.Ĭlick right here to get the best of Cracked sent to your inbox.
