To me, tragedy is if I'll cut my finger, that's tragedy...Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die. - Mel Brooks

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To me, tragedy is if I'll cut my finger, that's tragedy...Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die.

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About Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky on 28 June 1926) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.

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Birth Name: Melvin Kaminsky
Alternative Names: Melvin Brooks
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There’s only one true test of a comedy, and that’s outright laughter. I don’t care how beautiful the lighting is, how superlative the script is, how wonderful the performances are. If you’re making a comedy and the audience isn’t falling down, holding their bellies, screaming with laughter, you’ve probably got a failure. First laughter and then everything else.

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