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Comedy genius Mel Brooks will recieve the life achievement award from the American Film Institute at a gala tribute June 6. Dave McNary has details in Variety.
Above is "The Critic," a 1963 short that Brooks wrote and narrated — and won him his first Oscar.
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A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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