Mel Brooks Explains the Difference Between “The Interview” and “The Producers”
Famed funnyman Mel Brooks is no stranger to controversial comedies. So how does the debate over Seth Rogen/James Franco’s “The Interview” stack up to the concerns over his 1967 debut classic, “The Producers”?
The 88-year old director sat down for a chat on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he explained it quite succinctly: “I waited until Hitler was dead!”Mel was, of course, referring to the musical play-within-a-play, “Springtime for Hitler,” which was quite risqué for its time.
As for the North Korean hackers who spawned the controversy over “The Interview,” Brooks joked, “I don’t how crazy they are, so I’m going to ask you to stop talking about it.”
Check out a clip of Mel’s Kimmel appearance above.
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