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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Season 27 Episode 3 | 1hr 22m 41s

After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer; he is one of 14 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners. Yet, the comedy giant has energetically avoided a documentary profile being made, even issuing an informal gag order on his friends … until now.

Aired: 05/19/13 | Expires: 07/31/18
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Seton J. Melvin, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Anita and Jay Kaufman, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Marc Haas Foundation and public television viewers.
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Marcella Hazan introduced classic Italian ingredients to America, including extra virgin olive oil.
Marcella Hazan wrote “The Classic Italian Cook Book” with her husband Victor translating.
Discover how celebrated cookbook writer Marcella Hazan shaped Italian cuisine in America.
Watch chef April Bloomfield make Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce with onion and butter.
Follow furniture maker and conceptual artist Norman Teague as he prepares for a solo exhibition.
Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political writers of modern times. [ASL]
Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political writers of modern times. [EAD]
Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political writers of modern times.
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