Top 10 of Mel Brooks as comedy legend hits Kennedy Center

Introduction Get ready to laugh! Mel Brooks hits the Kennedy Center on Saturday for “Mel Brooks … Back in the Saddle Again.” The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a screening of Brooks’ comedy masterpiece “Blazing Saddles” (1974). The film runs 93 minutes, followed by an audience Q&A with Brooks himself lasting 60-90 minutes. What better way to get ready than by counting down The Best of Mel Brooks? Listen below for audio highlights, then click through the gallery to see the rankings. ((Courtesy Kennedy Center))
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March 28, 2024 | (Jason Fraley)
Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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