This man is almost 98. The mere fact he’s able to display such joy, sincerity and humor in his speech is a gift. Well deserved. 👏🏻 Now I’m gonna go watch Blazing Saddles 🔥

@ciroderosa2136

4 ай бұрын

I Spaceballs 😂

@JohnnyOrf

4 ай бұрын

Young Frankenstein

@deviljon

4 ай бұрын

The governor in Blazimg Saddles is peak comedy

@StuPedassol

4 ай бұрын

"It's Hedly!"

@TubbyJ420

4 ай бұрын

I watched Robin Hood Men In Tights hundreds of times as a kid!

Mel Brooks is nearly 100 years old. There is no question he is one of the all great, actor, writer, producer, director and he conquered, tv, film and theatre. There will nobody else like him. He and carl reiners reputation is immense. And of course sid ceaser.

@coldplayplayer15

4 ай бұрын

You don't have to say "one of", you can just say the greatest I doubt there's going to be anyone in this comment section that will argue with you.❤

@deborahdixon7475

4 ай бұрын

Well said.

@nickolasquevedo4930

4 ай бұрын

Mel Brooks his birthdays on June 28th 1926 for 98th birthday

@nathanchong7731

2 ай бұрын

Another man is James Hong too

@nathanchong7731

2 ай бұрын

Another Man is James Hong😊

Protect this man at all cost 🙏 He’s a national treasure. To get an opportunity to meet and work with Mel Brooks would be a dream come true 🤞

@xplaybwoix

4 ай бұрын

What do you mean protect him ? He’s better protected and looked after than us..

@UnderTheBridge96

4 ай бұрын

I love Mel better than anything but really wish people could use new phrases. “Protect this man at all costs” “he’s a national treasure”…can we move on from using a 12 year old’s lexicon? No cap…on god…

@RosieHarp

4 ай бұрын

cringe 😝

@trailblazer3627

4 ай бұрын

He’s comedic genius a legend one of a kind

@abhishakedas

4 ай бұрын

Protect him from what? Time?

Can you believe that this guy is 97?! So sharp and vital! Amazing.

@Iam-still-noone

4 ай бұрын

🤔 him an George Burns musta been chipped from the same block of ageless stone

@THEINVISIBLEWARRIORR

4 ай бұрын

In June he is turning 98, amazing genes

@Enchurito

4 ай бұрын

Reminds me a lot of my great grandfather. He was sharp and clear of mind until he was 99. At his 100th birthday he had no idea what he did in the last week. But could clearly talk about stuff from 1910-1995

@THEINVISIBLEWARRIORR

4 ай бұрын

@@Enchurito amazing that your grandpa lived till 100, that’s quite the age to reach

There will never be another Mel Brooks. He did comedy perfectly.

@RosieHarp

4 ай бұрын

He’s still alive 😆 Why are you talking past tense?

@natalieking9246

4 ай бұрын

Not with todays leftie's trying to cancel everyone.

@coveredindie

4 ай бұрын

Yeah he's not dead yet bro @@RosieHarp

@romoc0p

4 ай бұрын

I never said RIP Mel Brooks. He did do comedy perfectly. It's just unlikely he'll do another movie. @@RosieHarp

@RosieHarp

4 ай бұрын

@romoc0p I never mentioned that phrase either. You're talking in the *past tense*

I had the honour and privilege to meet Mel Brooks in Trafalgar Square, London, in September 2017. I was on my way to the National Gallery with my date and noticed an elderly man seated next to the lawn, reading a book. I looked at him thinking: "that man looks like Mel Brooks..." Then he looked up at me and nodded with pride: "Yes!" So I rushed to him with open arms and we chatted. What a charming gentleman. It was a magic moment and I remember it with so much happiness.

@marcharris6391

7 күн бұрын

What a lovely story. He always seems a grounded genius - probably because he came from a humble background.

Mel Brooks, this is a legend that deserves to live for eternity.

@franklam3056

4 ай бұрын

We all thought that about Betty White now look it’s been over 2 years since she died :/

@leemdynamo

4 ай бұрын

Mel's the Greatest.

@franklam3056

4 ай бұрын

Good, not the greatest

@StuPedassol

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the greatest.

@franklam3056

4 ай бұрын

Ha! yeah right keep dreamin buddy@@StuPedassol

98 years old and still comedic gold. Literally. Bless this man.

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

4 ай бұрын

Also responsible for Tesla's Ludicrous and Plaid modes. Bless this man.

@deboramccallum3987

Ай бұрын

Icon..still generates laughs

To honor and give the artists the awards they deserve, while they are alive, is the best it can happen. Congratulations Mel Brooks. So deserved this award.

Mel Brooks is a treasure. It's good to be the king! 💜🖤

Still so sharp and funny even at 97 ! This is also so well deserved, been a fan of his ever since I could reach the tv to watch Spaceballs. 🥺

97...amazing. We should all be so lucky. What a life. Congrats to Mel, and thanks for all the incredible work.

God bless you, Mel Brooks. You have given the gift of laughter to so many.

5+ years ago i went to see a "talk" with mel brooks where he'd be interviewed by someone else. instead of an interview it basically turned into him doing over an hour of impromptu standup comedy. and of course it was hilarious. amazing to see him continue to be honored like this.

Mel Brooks is without a doubt one of great contributions of America to the world. Long may he roam.

Mel Brooks is the GOAT of all great comedy classics and he will always be in our hearts whatever he can make us laugh. Big congrats to Mel, well deserved. 👏

An Oscar for Mel Brooks is long overdue. The man is a living legend of comedy film producing some of the funniest movies ever. Congratulations Mel from a fan of your art for decades now. May the Schwartz be with you!

@davidprice9939

4 ай бұрын

fan of your art, fart for short

97 and still sharp as a knife. He’s more my hero today than ever, simply for the fact he can still proudly claim he made a movie like Blazing Saddles and no one can cancel him.

This man laid the foundation for what makes a good, comedic movie for me! So many films that, to this day, make me tear up laughing! He's a national treasure!

Just to reiterate for those sitting in the bleachers: THIS MAN IS 97 FREAKING YEARS OLD. Straight up national treasure.

Mel Brooks IS the funniest man alive. Three of his movies are listed among the top 15 funniest movies of all time. His 2000 year old man that he did with the Great Carl Reiner were just gold. He is a national treasure. God bless him!!

@JugglerLou

4 ай бұрын

2000.

@emgee44

4 ай бұрын

He's working his way up to that 😅

What an honor it is to live in the time of Mel Brooks. I feel blessed.

Mel Brooks is a legend!!! He deserves this award!! ❤️

@jamesgraham8477

4 ай бұрын

I was thrown out of a cinema in London whilst watching Young Frankenstein because of the state I got myself into ..lying on the floor crying my eyes out with laughter..I was that loud I was thrown out..didn't even see the end of the movie..had to pay to see it again next day..I promise I behaved then so I could see the full movie.. MEL BROOKS YOU ARE A LEGEND..

I met Mel on the Fox lot in 2015 and it was easily the greatest moment of my life. I imagine he felt the same

@NoamMendelssohn

Ай бұрын

I guffawed. Thank you sir.

I absolutely love and adore Mel Brooks!! He truly is the KING! I'm so very glad he received this prestigious honor!

@luthien3565

4 ай бұрын

is good to be the king! 🤣

Couldn't wait until he finally receives this Honor, I am glad it's online to see his speech 🙏🙏

I’m so delighted that we all have the chance to celebrate this man while he is still alive… He is so human at his core, thank you Mel, for everything… The laughs, the good times and the reminder that none of it really matters. Make em laugh! 🥰

This is crazy that he just got this. I thought he received this award so long ago. Hats off to you sir, such a treasure to the creative community!

@debbiedoodiedandi

4 ай бұрын

This is his second Oscar. He won one decades ago for The Producers.

@RaymondHng

4 ай бұрын

@@debbiedoodiedandi This is an honorary Oscar from the Board of Governors of the Academy. The first one was a competitive Oscar voted by Academy members..

in the iconic words of him: YOU CAN SHINE NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF

The greatest entertainer of all time. Nobody will ever come close to doing what this man has accomplished.

Bless you, Mel Brooks! Your comedy will always be the best and will last a lifetime.

Mel Brooks is a genius. I mean, who else could've made a silent movie back in the seventies that everyone enjoyed? That was the first movie of his that I saw when it came out, Silent Movie (1976), with an all-star cast, many of them were A-listers at that time. Mr. Brooks certainly deserved this award.

Very deserving! God bless Mel Brooks!

Mel is 97 and still has impeccable comedic timing

One of my heroes. So deserved. What a wonderful man ❤️

This guy deserves the Heck out of all it! So many laughs, so much love. He's definitely a gift brought to millions.

Even just hearing his voice is fantastic! What a legend 👏

Very well deserved in so many ways. Mel Brooks is beyond a legend with so many talents.

I love Mel Brooks movies. There will never be another like him! We could all learn something from laughter.

He’s looks great and is as funnier than ever. It’s great to see him out and well. It must be good to be the king.

3 Generations of my family had wonderful times watching his works. And he still has the comedic fire burning inside. Legend! Btw its a little late, but great that he got this award.

Absolutely a brilliant genius at comedy

Now THAT is a deserved Honorary Academy Award! 👌🏼 Sometimes, I do wonder why these extra Oscars exist and tend to think of them as pitty-Oscars, but there are a couple of living legends such as Brooks left in this industry, and they are what this trophy was made for. Speaking of respect for living legends: Are some of the people in the background, fortunate enough to be in the same room, EATING WHILE MEL BROOKS IS GIVING HIS THANK YOU SPEECH? 😳

Reminds me when Betty White accepted an award toward the end of her life and made an appearance at an awards show...❣seeing some of these true legends...Dick Van Dyke, etc. being recognized with well done tributes...

A true American legend I’ve never laughed so hard like I still do watching any of his movies Pure genius So deserving Congratulations Mr. Mel Brooks

I adore Mr. Brooks; his work and essence have been bringing me joy since 1974... he deserves every laurel. 🏆

Amazing director, funny as heck and an actual WWII veteran.❤❤ All of that is a very rare thing nowadays.

@beatmet2355

4 ай бұрын

His brother’s story from the war is very moving.

Ah God love him, grew up on his films... and he's still kicking! Absolute icon ❤️

I love Mel Brooks. Always have, always will. The best, the funniest. Such a mensch.

A hero of my childhood. I couldn't wait til the next Mel Brooks movie came out. There will never be another, and many have tried. He was the original comedic risk taker. In today's PC world his talents would be stifled. So glad we have his works to enjoy forever. This is why we have to preserve physical media.

@christopherporter2459

4 ай бұрын

Check out History of The World Part 2 (2023)

@robfuzz

4 ай бұрын

@@christopherporter2459 I recently saw that he made that but don't know where to watch it or if it's any good.

Massive amount of love for this soul!

Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and High Anxiety... the comedy trifecta! No one comes close. Thank you and God bless you, Mel!

@evannelson4203

4 ай бұрын

It's pronounced Fronkensteen

When speaking about Mel Brooks I think of eternal life. The man did everything we all dream of with laughter and appreciation. It's that heaven?

@DoveLady

3 ай бұрын

its immortality, if nothing else.

Life stinks was one of my favorite comedy when younger. A well deserved honor for a 5 star comedian and writer. Congratulations!

So happy to see him getting this. Just watched the video of Nathan and Matthew saluting him. Great songs! Hope you all watched it too!

Spaceballs was my first of his movies, which held an impact on my childhood (mostly to introduce swear words to me 😇). He definitely deserved that Oscar!

What can we say about Mel Brooks that has not been said? He's the embodiment of comedy and laugh! Congrats Mr. Brooks 🎉

The mind on this man. Even at 97 its sharper than 99,999% of the people on earth.

Congratulations Mr. Brooks. 💯🏆👏🏻

No better comedy filmmaker ever. What a legend. How cool for the people in that room to be around one of the rare people who deserves the title of genius

Well deserved, Mel !!!

SO DESERVED ! FILMS HE'S DONE ARE LEGEND. HE IS A BRILLIANT FUNNYMAN AND DIRECTOR. LOVE YOU MEL ! I got to work with him on a "Danny Thomas Special" back in 1965 when I was 19 years old. He was always a PRO !

A TRUE LEGEND! GOD BLESS MEL! He has given the world so much!

In Mel we trust! (cit) God bless Mel Brooks, my favorite comedian and director and also composer !!!

Thank you Mel. What a wondrous imagination and talent you are. I first knew of you in high school. My friend had the LP of the 2000 year old man. That was about 1969. Then Blazing Saddles rocked all of our worlds with new laughter at things never done in movies before but it's as if we were just waiting for them.

He deserves this award his films have made me laugh so much . God bless u .

Congratulations Mel! You very deserve this award. A legend comedian/actor such a gifted human. Will do anything for laughs 😀😀😀the classics “The producers” ‘Insomnia” “Space balls” “Young Frankenstein” “Life Stinks” “History of the World” ❤ you Mel! 😅

We all love Mel! The best of all! I am so lucky to have an autographed picture of Mel and Carl together.

I salute you, Mel Brooks. You've brought so much lightheartedness to my life. To this day, if I want to laugh, I watch clips of Blazing Saddles and History of the World.

Your comedy saved my life, Mr. Brooks. Thank you for so many hours of fun over the Decades. May the Schwartz be with you.

Mel Brooks. The man who said what could not /should not /MUST not be said and made us laugh our fool heads off while doing it. Could you imagine the reaction if someone tried to put 'Blazing Saddles' or 'The Producers' on the big screen nowadays? Activists would lose their freaking minds and call him a racist, forgetting all the while that he was a Jewish veteran who worked EOD in occupied Germany and who had made his entire living using sarcasm and satire to hoist EVERY group on their own petard and setting fire to every sacred cow he could fit onto celluloid. Nothing was off limits and nothing too far. 'National treasure' doesn't even begin to cover it. Comedians and commentators the world over owe him a debt that they'll be paying off for decades.

@scudball1840

4 ай бұрын

I'm grateful that he was able to make Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein before Cancel Culture made it a crime to have a sense of humor.

@carlhicksjr8401

4 ай бұрын

@@scudball1840 There's a fine but distinct line between sarcasm /satire and mockery. Where 'cancel culture' types get it wrong is that if there is any question as to whether or not something was satire or mockery, they automatically assume that it's the latter. They'd rather accuse the insult rather than laugh at the mirror being shown them. Some cancellations are right on target... Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Jussie Smollet for example. Those dudes did crap that got them exiled with every justification in the world. But a lot of activist types also cancel the wrong people for the wrong reason just because it fits their agenda.

When he blew his nose, I thought he was going to say he blew his nose on his notes for his speech.

Mel is an absolute legend. I love him. Congratulations Sir ❤❤❤

I don't think it's exaggerating to say the world is and will always be a better place because of him.

I wish I get to be a fraction of how lucid this guy is at 97.

It's trwu, it's trwu! Mel Brooks is the funniest man alive.

In addition to his accomplishments in entertainment, many forget this man is a veteran who survived the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. Amazing man.

If he can display that energy and sense of humor at his age, we can all try and to do the same.

Mel is a treasure, a WW2 vetran, and a man who has brought so much laughter to us all, The Producers, Blazing Sadals, Young Frankenstien. Just superb, a long list of other laugh out loud movies. God bless you Mel. And thanks for the belly laughs.

Mel Brooks is a genius, phenomenal writer

An absolute legend and his body of work is a masterclass in comedy. The way he conducted and conducts his life is a model of class. Rather than lament the loss we will feel when he ultimately leaves us, take it as a clarion call to all in the field to rise to take the baton and carry it forward- that will be a true honor to Mel Brooks. That and re- name the Hollywood Freeway the William J. LePetomane throughway- toll 10 cents

I love Mel Brooks....an absolute legend and one of the funniest people ever

Mel Brooks has meaning in my heart that makes the status of Iconic & legendary seem like small potatoes in my world. I am age 60 now but back when I was 16 years old in 1980 without knowing much about him, I auditioned for a high 😂school musical comedy called “All American” & was cast lead role. My character was Professor Stanislaus Fodorski a European Immigrant who falls for a fellow American colleague. Being a Chemistry/ Physics scholar not knowing much about football, somehow applying logic & academics to how the the game was being coached & perhaps why the team could never win, somehow turns a hopeless football team into state champions. A show that was a couple decades before I starred in it, was a hit 3:15 on Broadway, I found out much later that Ray Bolger, the multi-Award winning Actor/ Dancer who played the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz played my Mel Brooks written part in his very own Play that was a success on Broadway long before I knew much about Mel Brooks the mega talent. Today Young Frankenstein is one of my favourite movies.

Living legend

That man really pushed the culture forward. I applaud everything he's done.

Well deserved Mr Mel Brooks!!!! I adore his humor. A real genius

This is also the man we have to thank for David Lynch making the sublime The Elephant Man.

CONGRATULATIONS, Mr. Mel Brooks!❤️🎉🎊🍾🥂💯🤗

The man is a legend and deserves all the praise and accolades he’s received. God bless Mel Brooks.

Congratulations, Mr. Brooks!!!! You deserve this!!!!! You are the best!!! Thank you for the humor!!! God bless❤🙏

I had the honor to meet Mr Brooks in 2015 in Schenectady, NY when he was traveling around showing Blazing Saddles on the big screen. My daughter got tickets and made it a 60th birthday present. We had pizza for dinner, hey it's NY!, and then went to a little coffee shop to get a coffee and canoli. Who should be there but Mel yukking it up with the owners. I stood aside and when he finished he saw me waiting and came up to me hand outstretched. The first thing he did was ask my name. It seemed so important to him. I thanked him for many years of laughter in mine and my families life. I told him that I drove 17 hours from SC in a '92 Ford pickup to see him and explained the birthday present and pointed out my daughter. Of course she was too starstruck to get a picture. He made me feel important and that the honor was his. What a kind and humble man. It was also a joy to watch the movie with 1500 other fans who all knew every line in the movie. I think he was 93 at the time and sharp as a tack and still is. God bless you Melvin Kaminski!

Humour and humility injected with love 💖Thanks Mr Brooks for all of your great work, you deserve more than one Oscar!💪🏻

I love this man so much !!!!! He is a living legend .... Never leave us 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Mel you are a brilliant man. God gave you great talent of many gifts,writing, producing, acting ect. In a crazy world you have given us your gift of laughter. Laughter is good for the soul.May God continue to bless you in all ways and continue to inspire you to inspire us.

Never will there be another Mel. Ty for all the laughter. Bless you.

Thank you, Mel, for the laughs and the love! You're one in a million!♥

"Young Frankenstein" and "High Anxiety" are two of my favorite movies. When I am sad, I put them, and they still make me laugh and feel better. Thank you! 🤗

Greatest american comedian EVER!!! This is one of the wrongest things the Oscars telecast does, eliminate the honorary oscar category from the main show. That always was the absolute HIGHLIGHT from the ceremony. We left very few living legends, you should be celebrating them, AMPAS, instead of sideline them into a minor ceremony. And btw... WHEN you're gonna give JOHN WILLIAMS an honorary oscar???? The man only has more than 50 nominations. About TIME!

There will never be another…and his love for his late “Annie”…legendary couple

Mel Brooks is an incredible film lover and he is absolutely brilliant. A great parody is also an homage. He laid the groundwork for later wacky comedy of the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker variety. What a treasure!