Mel Brooks on Writing "The Producers" | The Dick Cavett Show

Dick Cavett interviews Oscar-winner Mel Brooks about the reasons behind the creation and writing of his 1967 film "The Producers".
Date aired - January 21 1972 - Mel Brooks and Robert Altman
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@TheDickCavettShow]

Where does The Producers rank between your favourite Mel Brooks movies?

[@Luzanne.]

Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein hold my top spots with Producers in a distant third place tie with Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

@@Luzanne. I agree with you with one exception: The Producers was a close third, not a distant one. 😉

[@Luzanne.]

You have absolutely superb taste!

[@radentstwo9793]

Last from what i've seen.

[@bobtaylor170]

Oh, please, if there's any more of Mel Brooks we haven't seen, be kind to us and show them.

[@tarnopol]

Dude, I was literally about to write: release all Mel material immediately!

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

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[@TheSankyu99]

“Tito had the car.” That got a good laugh out of Altman!

[@janetcraft]

Dick Cavett had class. I love the guy. His questions never offended anybody and yet, they all had fun answering and teasing him.

[@jhudd0102]

“Would you like a piece of Goats cheese?” “I have some here”…reaches into pocket and produces some leftover cheese from his lunch. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 they don’t do interviews like that anymore🤣 love it

[@January.]

*goat cheese

[@Derna1804]

Dick Cavett definitely wasn't all there.

[@davidwhite4874]

This man is still alive.

[@ordinarypeople20]

Which one are you talking about? :) I'd like to see Cavett interview Mel again before they both kick the can.

[@davidwhite4874]

@@ordinarypeople20 Mel Brooks.

[@wizkidsvideos]

Enjoyed hearing Brooks creative process for his movies. Love all his work especially Get Smart tv show. I wish they’d create that show again. Thanks for posting this interview.

[@leamanc]

I don’t want a Get Smart reboot, but I’d love a new show that was equally witty.

[@Tom.Livanos]

It's a helluva thing. He was respectful, spoke about the movie he just released yet also full of comedic randomness.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Ah those were the days when talk show hosts all had pockets full of cheese

[@terrywright8731]

What a genius Brooks is.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

Mel is an American icon.

[@janetcraft]

You got that right :)

[@alyh3721]

Man I would love to see The Producers on the big screen! I'm going to have to check if Fathom ever has any Mel Brooks features.

[@paulccrimmins]

Get Smart, writers and producers, Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. The funniest television series ever shown 🤣

[@Chris-sl2fm]

"There was nothing to at night, no fun. Tito had the car." 😁😁😁

[@brainflash1]

Hot Damn! Mel came out swinging for the fences!

[@tarnopol]

Tito had the car. Just fucking genius.

[@quintanillaana]

wake up babe new mel brooks footage dropped!

[@corinnem.239]

Wow!I would have thought I was watching Robyn Williams!

[@KillerBebe]

I like Mel

[@c.s.7097]

After he practically scolds Mel for drinking coffee, he casually pulls cheese from his pocket..

[@booberminfranklin3652]

They can still do a reunion interview as of now… Oh, wait, they did!

[@mbdulka]

Mel Brooks is an American icon ... wish he were around making fun of today's culture.

[@WalterBurton]

Sound is better. 👍

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Melvin James Kaminsky (Nueva York; 28 de junio de 1926), más conocido como Mel Brooks, es un guionista, actor, director y productor de cine estadounidense, especializado en el género de comedia.

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

History. God Loves You and so do I. Peace! \o/

[@MrGoogster]

Okay: I don't mean to nitpick; I may be completely off-base. Love Brooks, have watched and enjoyed the complete Cavett episode from which this was edited, but is Brooks's right side-burn significantly longer than his left side-burn, or am I having an episode?

[@donhammer3704]

I wonder if Mel Brooks remembers Sebastion, Pat, Pantoninni.

[@clownworld-honk410]

Any reason why they don't show the film clips? Can't be a copyright issue almost 50 years later.

[@acchaladka]

Maybe it wasn't saved in the original broadcast.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Yep, probably copyright. They should put a title explaining which clip though

[@igano111]

It's definitely a copyright issue. It lasts for however long the copyright holder lives +70 years after their death.

[@TheDickCavettShow]

The clip is a segment from the title song; "Springtime for Hitler".

[@nicholaspaz]

Savage digs...

[@thefakenewsnetwork8072]

Long live freedom and democratic socialism

[@Gannooch]

Is this channel ever going to show Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason and/or Art Carney? I don’t have the Decades channel.

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Kyle lafferty special guest appearance in the Eric smith show on April 4 1968

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like these.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Springtime..in Germanyytt..with Hitlerrrrr...thats stuck in my head every time somebody mentions the Producers lol.

[@Ivankehhd]

Anybody know the song that plays at the end of these videos?

[@nokki25]

You can't make Producers these days, what a pity

[@dangerouslytalented]

They did, in 2014

[@samuelkinison1356]

@@dangerouslytalented Bada bing!

[@MrSejanus27]

Still running on Broadway. Wah wah wah

[@nokki25]

The movie was remade in 2005. Back then we still had freedom of speech.

[@nokki25]

Tom S. Nobody cares about broadway