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Article: 'THE PRODUCERS' RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD MEL BROOKS' '67 FILM HAS MOVED FROM CULT FAVORITE TO SMASH BROADWAY MUSICAL AND NOW, FINALLY, BACK HOME.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- May 4, 2003
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Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Writer
'Don't tell 'em about the shoes!'' bellows Mel Brooks.
And he's stolen the punch line from a ``Producers'' panel that includes Martin Short and Jason Alexander, no slouches either one in the comedy department. Wry-witted director Susan Stroman is also present, as is Thomas Meehan, the co-writer of Brooks' films ``To Be or Not to Be'' and ``Spaceballs''
The question, by the way, was, ``Tell us something about Mel Brooks that we don't know or that would surprise us,'' and was addressed to ``anyone except Mel Brooks.'' Not surprisingly, it's Brooks, the 77-year-old all-purpose funnyman, who breaks up the ...