and my basic answer was, you can t get on a soapbox with hitler, but you can make fun of him and you can reduce him to laughter and he can t win. well, talk about bad taste! # springtime for hitler and germany. ok, at 17 years old, you were recruited, you go into the army. the second world war, in combat, you were there. you are high risk. a lot of ducking, i can tell you. a lot of ducking. you were clearing up landmines and things. yes, i was in normandy and they taught us about booby traps.
i think of so many of those scenes that were imprinted on my brain and in my heart. i cannot ever forget the moment when i watched springtime for hitler , where all thejews were, and then to see that shot of the audience stunned, staggered. staggered! they couldn t believe it. # springtime for hitler and germany, winter for poland and france, # springtime for hitler and germany # come on, germans come into your dance. they were gobsmacked, they couldn t believe that such a thing could happen. i got many letters from many rabbis saying, how dare you? and my basic answer was, you can t get on a soapbox with hitler,
to alan yentob about his life. i know the word can be overused, but mel brooks is a legend a movie legend, a musical legend and a comedy legend. oscars, emmys, baftas, tonys, grammys he s won them all many times over. # springtime for hitler and germany # deutschland is happy and gay # we are marching to a faster pace, look out # here comes the master race. mel brooks was fearless he broke every rule. but he kept to the ones for lockdown, even telling his son, max, to go away. i m going, i m going. love you.
but you can make fun of him and you can reduce him to laughter and he can t win. well, talk about bad taste! # springtime for hitler and germany. ok, at 17 years old, you were recruited, you go into the army. the second world war, in combat, you were there. you are high risk. a lot of ducking, i can tell you. a lot of ducking. you were clearing up landmines and things. yes, i was in normandy and they
and my basic answer was, you can t get on the soapbox with hitler but you can make fun of him and you can reduce him to laughter and he can t win. talk about bad taste! # springtime for hitler and germany means that soon we ll be going we ve got to be going you know we ll be going to war! # 0k, at 17 years old, you re recruited, you go into the army, the second world war, in combat, you re there. you re in the high risk. a lot of ducking, i can tell you. a lot of ducking, yeah! and you were clearing up landmines and things. yes, i was in normandy and they taught us about booby traps.