Mel Brooks
đ€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
And I had fun with them, but I also saluted the glory of the Western and the glory of James Whale's
You know, Frankenstein and Dracula.
You know, what does a little kid in Brooklyn have when it comes to art?
It ain't much, but it's those movies that you got in.
And we didn't have any money.
of four all together with four brothers.
My mother lost her husband.
And he died of tuberculosis.
And we were really, you know,
And I remember my mother gave me three bottles.
I wanted desperately to see a Ken Maynard Western.
I mean, desperately.
And you get two other pictures with it.
You get three pictures for a dime.