Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

This documentary captures Mel Brooks at 99, still doing what he'd done for 70 years: making the world laugh.

The story starts with growing up poor in 1930s Brooklyn, serving three years in WWII, breaking into comedy with Carl Reiner's "2000 Year Old Man" recordings. His career breakthroughs and setbacks unfold chronologically: pioneering albums, groundbreaking films, Tony-winning musicals, and the personal losses that shaped his journey. The documentary includes final on-screen interviews with Rob Reiner and David Lynch, making this a time capsule of comedy history.

What emerges is more than career retrospective—it's a portrait of creative genius powered by humility, showing that making people laugh matters as much as any art form.