tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post1109184987932618155..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Steve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-36029265805194786962010-08-09T07:05:20.905-07:002010-08-09T07:05:20.905-07:00IIRC, Mel Brooks did a 60 Minutes interview about ...IIRC, Mel Brooks did a 60 Minutes interview about the time that The Producers* came out.<br /><br />When asked whether is was appropriate to make a musical with Hitler in it, his reply:<br /><br />"You have to bring him down with ridicule, because if you stand on a soapbox and you match him with rhetoric, you're just as bad as he is, but if you can make people laugh at him, then you're one up on him," he tells Wallace. "It's been one of my lifelong jobs - to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler." <br /><br />*The broadway musical, not the movie.Vironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-19283830939178914802010-08-08T22:39:48.826-07:002010-08-08T22:39:48.826-07:00Guy on the right needs a .com on his sign.Guy on the right needs a .com on his sign.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441344447548078615noreply@blogger.com