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Among the back-cover accolades on Mel Brooks’s long-awaited autobiography is a glowing review from one Mel Brooks. Thus is the project’s tone established before one so much as cracks the spine.
Mel Brooks is not what you d call a humble guy. For decades, rumours have circulated in showbusiness that his ego is in inverse proportion to his size, which is small (5ft 4in, to be precise).