Mel Brooks Misses Being Able to Call Gene Wilder

Mel Brooks chats with Jimmy about working with his good friend Gene Wilder over the years, including the origin of Young Frankenstein.

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Mel Brooks Misses Being Able to Call Gene Wilder

[curtarmmar]

Mel Brooks is living proof that if you live your life with humour, kindness and generosity, you will live a long and cherished life.

He will be with us for a while yet!

(posted 6 years after this interview and he's still very much alive)

[ejkk]

he has an incredible amount of energy for being nearly 90 years old.. I'm impressed Mr. Brooks. Keep it up!

[TygerFox]

Mel Brooks is the only human that could get me to watch Jimmy Fallon

[jimsmith]

You can hear his voice start to crack when he thinks about his friend being gone.
Very touching.
Chokes me up and had me thinking about lost friends and loved ones.
God bless you Mel.

[TheJazzyOtaku]

I love how Jimmy panicked when he saw Mel Brooks do the Hitler impersonation. His eyes went from 0 to 100 so fast, it was glorious.

[beatlecost]

2:52 When a 90 year-old comic is edgier than you

[jojo]

I love how you speaks directly to the audience and engages them. What a great guy.

[dionmulcahyjr]

You don't tell Mel Brooks what he can and can't do, if he's gonna mock Hitler by God you let the man do it

[DenpaKei]

Jimmy panicking when mel did the hitler impersonation destroyed me

[ComicTrips]

Gene was so special to the world of film, and it seems that because he wasn't in the public light for 3 decades, that he was somewhat frozen in time by his look of the 70s-80s, whereas many other stars age over time via the public spotlight. He was a national treasure. There was no one like him, and his relationship with Brooks seems like something that brothers share. Legendary.

[SheaRoberts]

Mel Brooks is still sharp as a tack at 90. Amazing. Love his work. I must have watched Spaceballs hundreds of times when I was a little kid. And then Robin Hood Men in Tights. It wasn't until I was a teen that I found Blazing Saddles and the rest of his work and the rest is history.

You can honestly see the sadness when he remembers Gene as well.

[duacot]

I love Mel Brooks. He's brought so much laughter to my life. Has he received a life time achievement award yet?

[Skirtis]

97 now and still the same, giving an interview on stage at an actors guild. Jumping out of his seat to physically re enact, with a memory sharp as anything. The man is a machine

[NothingMaster]

Young Frankenstein is the most epic comedy ever made. A work of pure genius, and the world essentially owes that to Gene Wilder.

[poetcomic]

Mel can make all the Nazi jokes he wants. He was an advanced soldier in Germany personally defusing mines AND was in the Battle of the Bulge.

[nazmoking]

I loved hearing Gene on Conan say he had to argue for 30 minutes with Mel Brooks to put in his suggested dance routine with the monster in Young Frankenstein. And then Mel admitted to him after, if you'll argue it for 30 minutes then that tells me it will work in the movie😂

[rosebyanyname]

How can anyone dislike this video? God bless both Mel and Gene.

[gojuls]

I want to have coffee with this man and hear his stories for hours!

[michaeljenkins]

The best Fallon interviewee possible: funny and he barely lets Jimmy talk.

[georgedebleu]

The Hitler moment was priceless!  The host looked shocked then said,  "no, . no, we don't do that"!  Gotta love Mel Brooks!  Sadly, most of the audience did not get it!