Items related to It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life...
This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. Offering many insights into the wacky world of Brooks and his many collaborators, as well as an intimate look into his successful marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, It's Good to Be the King might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography you'll ever read.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
Parish, author of many books including "Katharine Hepburn: The Untold Story" and "Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flaps"), here traces the life and career of mirthmaker Mel Brooks from the Borscht Belt to Broadway. Born Melvin Kaminsky, he grew up as a Brooklyn classroom clown, honing his stage skills in the Catskills before arriving in WWII France as an army combat engineer. The bombastic Brooks clawed his way into early television as a writer for Sid Caesar: "I was aggressive. I was a terrier, a pit bull terrier. I was unstoppable. I would keep going until my joke or my sketch was in the show." Caesar's shows were a launchpad, catapulting Brooks into a multifaceted comedy career that embraced theater ("Shinbone Alley") and sitcoms ("Get Smart"), recordings (the 2000 Year Old Man series) and acting ("Mad About You"). He began directing in 1968 with "The Producers," followed by the equally hilarious "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein," Along the way, he picked up Emmys, Tonys, a Grammy, an Oscar and Anne Bancroft, whom he married in 1964. Brooks's probing self-insights and clever quotes abound. While his sense of timing, delivery and charming goofiness may not always translate to the written page, readers will be satisfied with the details unearthed by Parish's exhaustive research. 16 b& w photos. "(Mar.)" ("Publishers Weekly," January 1, 2007)
From the Back Cover:
"I always learn something fr5om every juicy, well–researched, and information–packed volume of Parish′s studies of Holly wood." – Rex Reed, columinst the New York Observer
"Brooks′s probing self–insights and clever quotes abound... Readers will be satisfied with the details unearthed by Parish′s exhaustive research." – Publishers Weekly
Fresh, funny, and insightful, It′s Good to Be the King traces the extraordinary life and wide–ranging career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. From the Golden Age of Television to dazzling film comedy classics such as Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein to the Broadway triumph of The Producer,s Brooks′s unique brand of slapstick, satire, and just plain silliness has withstood the test of time.
Offering many stories from the wacky world of Brooks and his colorful collaborators,a s well as an intimate look into Mel′s seemingly improbable, yet highly successful, marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, It′s Good to Be the King might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography you′ll ever read.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherWiley
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0470225262
- ISBN 13 9780470225264
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages344
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 13.21
Shipping:
£ 2.07
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
It's Good to Be the King : The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Trade Paper Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 5197934-n
Buy New
£ 13.21
Convert currency
Stock Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Trade Paper Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.88. Seller Inventory # bk0470225262xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
£ 15.33
Convert currency
Stock Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Trade Paper Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.88. Seller Inventory # 353-0470225262-new
Buy New
£ 15.33
Convert currency
Seller Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Wiley (TP) 2/1/2008
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks 0.87. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780470225264
Buy New
£ 15.73
Convert currency
Seller Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks by Parish, James Robert [Paperback ]
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780470225264
Buy New
£ 16.05
Convert currency
Stock Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Trade Paper Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2215580219323
Buy New
£ 15.32
Convert currency
Stock Image
Its Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Trade Paper Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ010AU7_ns
Buy New
£ 19.04
Convert currency
Stock Image
It's Good to be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Turner Publishing Company
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9780470225264
Buy New
£ 16.41
Convert currency
Stock Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
Trade Paper Press
(2008)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0470225262
Buy New
£ 22.16
Convert currency
Stock Image
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Published by
John Wiley & Sons
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0470225262
ISBN 13: 9780470225264
New
Paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor. Seller Inventory # ING9780470225264
Buy New
£ 19.40
Convert currency