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PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC OP
Jun 28, 2026 at 08:30 AM ET
Happy 100th Birthday, Mel Brooks!

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MBHokie90 MBHokie90
1mo
Just finished re-watching Blazing Saddles...
God I love that movie. Spaceballs will always be my favorite Mel Brooks film but Blazing Saddles is a very close 2nd.
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Va AandM
1mo
What’s his birth name?
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC OP
1mo
Melvin James Kaminsky
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Va AandM
1mo
You win…a Junior’s cheesecake. Proceed to 366 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
to collect your prize
Tuckahokie Tuckahokie
1mo
Mel Brooks is technically a VMI Alum...he spent a few months during WWII
training/studying there. Many schools were used a training sites...my Dad went to Tulane, Purdue, and Univ of Washington for a few months at each school.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC OP
1mo
yup. also at Battle of the Bulge (and not with the USO).
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
1mo
I like this Quote:
“Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.”
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC OP
1mo
Random others ...
Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you. Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. When I was a little kid, if somebody said they were thirty-five, I'd say "Oooh, they're going to die soon". But as I get older it doesn't mean a thing. You mustn't ever give in. Never give in to thinking you're old, because you're never old. Your mind, and I tell you this and listen to me carefully, your mind is never, ever old, it's eternally young. If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. Mel Brooks
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turkeywinghokie
1mo
Mongo only pawn in game of life
HokieDan95 HokieDan95
1mo
"I didn't get a harumph out that guy"