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For anyone who loves American comedy, the long wait is over. Here are the never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances from a master storyteller, filmmaker, and creator of all things funny. All About Me! charts Mel Brooks' meteoric rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. 

Mel Brooks' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The audiobook is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary. Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinema-and for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke. This audiobook will also rely on interviews with gifted director of photography Gerald Hirschfeld, Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman, and veteran producer Michael Gruskoff.

El legendario e incombustible a sus 97 años Mel Brooks resiste incólume y sigue marcando la pauta en la comedia televisiva, cinematográfica y teatral. Ahora, por primera vez, este grafómano y simpar bufón, miembro del selecto círculo de los EGOT (dícese de todo aquel militante de la farándula que se ha hecho con un Emmy, un Grammy, un Óscar y un Tony), nos comparte, de su puño y letra y para alivio de nuestra uretra la desternillante crónica de sus añoranzas, alabanzas, labranzas, chanzas, venganzas, enseñanzas y, cómo no, de sus no menos azarosas andanzas.