Judd Apatow on Mel Brooks' enduring comedic influence
“May you live to 120” is a common Jewish blessing. This is the ideal age, the precedent set by Moses. A corresponding curse — some say it’s Chinese, but it feels palpably Yiddish — is “may you live in interesting times.” At 99, Mel Brooks is still short of Mosaic longevity, but has undeniably lived,... The post Judd Apatow on why Mel Brooks’ influence ‘will last as long as our jokes’ appeared first on The Forward.