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Drew Friedman's new Mel Brooks portrait marks the comedian's 100th birthday

Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things [Unofficia… May 18, 2026
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Drew Friedman has released a limited edition fine art print of Mel Brooks, hand-numbered and signed in a run of just 20, to mark Brooks's 100th birthday on June 28, 2026.

Friedman's announcement recalls Brooks's career — starting at 14 as a Borscht Belt "tummler" doing audience warmup, then The Two Thousand Year Old Man with Carl Reiner, Your Show of Shows , Get Smart , The Producers , Blazing Saddles , Young Frankenstein , producing The Elephant Man , and writing "Springtime for Hitler." — Read the rest

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