• John Brooks (December 5, 1920 – July 27, 1993) was a writer and longtime contributor to The New Yorker magazine, where he worked for many years as a staff...
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  • scholar John Brooks (engraver) (fl. 1755), Irish engraver John Brooks (writer) (1920–1993), financial journalist for The New Yorker magazine John Brooks Jr...
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    and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies...
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    Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American author. He is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses...
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    Scorsese's landmark Taxi Driver; Scorsese allowed Brooks to improvise much of his dialogue. Brooks directed his first feature film, Real Life, in 1979...
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    well as writers Mark Twain, Paddy Chayefsky and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Brooks dropped out of a New York University public relations course, Brooks' sister...
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  • Blazing Saddles (category Films directed by Mel Brooks)
    American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman...
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    at Columbia University. Brooks was raised Jewish but rarely attended synagogue in his later adult life. As a young child, Brooks attended the Grace Church...
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  • Kevin M. Brooks (born 30 March 1959) is an English writer. He is best known for young adult novels. His The Bunker Diary, published by Penguin Books in...
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  • Agee, among others. Paul Brooks suggested the title Silent Spring for Rachel Carson's famous book. In 1965 Brooks won the John Burroughs Medal for his...
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  • Young Frankenstein (category Films directed by Mel Brooks)
    a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role...
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    of the series' 22nd season. Brooks was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he attended L.C. Anderson High School. Brooks is the son of Austin American-Statesman...
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  • writer and film critic, 1999–2023 Richard Brookhiser – staff writer, 1988–1993 John Brookswriter, critic, 1950, 1985 Chip Brown – reporter, 1993–2001 Harry...
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    p. 52. Brooks 1982, p. 44. Brooks 1982, p. 27. Brooks 1982, p. 29. Brooks 1982, p. 25. Brooks 1982, pp. 25, 29. Brooks 1982, pp. 33–40. Brooks 1982, p...
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    cancer. She was married to director, actor, and writer Mel Brooks, with whom she had a son, author Max Brooks. Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa (or Luisa)...
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    CM Punk (redirect from John Ronald Brooks)
    appearances on the SmackDown brand. Brooks' 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands recognized as the seventh longest overall. Brooks began his professional wrestling...
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    played by Samira Wiley, with whom Brooks has been friends since they met while studying together at Juilliard. Brooks' performance on the show has been...
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    Killers, and Huston would be the only co-writer Brooks ever had. While filming Key Largo, Huston allowed Brooks to be on the Key Largo set during shooting...
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    Michael Jamal Brooks (August 13, 1983 – July 20, 2020) was an American talk show host, writer, political commentator, and comedian. While co-hosting The...
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    Brooks Patrick Wheelan (born August 21, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster. First breaking through as a cast member...
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  • The Producers (1967 film) (category Films directed by Mel Brooks)
    2020-04-06. Brooks, Mel (April 17, 1978). "Interview". Maclean's. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Brooks, Mel (September 14, 2017). "The Comedy Writer: Mel Brooks". PBS...
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    Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) was an English non-conformist Puritan preacher and author. Much of what is known about Thomas Brooks has been ascertained from...
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    Brooks & Dunn is an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded...
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    NBA draft, Brooks debuted professionally with the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association under coach Bill Musselman. Brooks was named...
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  • American actress James Brooks (bishop) or Brookes, English bishop James Hall Brookes, American Presbyterian writer John Henry Brookes (1891–1975), English...
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  • comedian, and director Alden Brooks (1882–1964), American writer Alex Brooks (born 1976), American ice hockey player Alexandra Brooks (born 1995), English footballer...
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  • Silent Movie (category Films directed by Mel Brooks)
    out that for Brooks, the decision to make a silent comedy represents an allusion to an earlier era of his career. He used to be a writer for Your Show...
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  • Spaceballs (category Films directed by Mel Brooks)
    and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film also features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo...
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  • and television programs. Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on May 11, 1912, to Edna (née Megowan) and Pleasant M. Brooks. He had seven brothers....
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  • "American Writers on the Left", glbtq.com, 2002, archived from the original on 2014-03-08, retrieved 2007-12-20 Paul Christensen, 'Wheelwright, John (Brooks)'...
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