Mel Brooks telling the Cary Grant story on The Johnny Carson Show

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  • Dismal video quality but a very funny story told by a very funny man.
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    Broadcast on 19 May 1992, the third from last ever episode.
    In his excellent autobiography, "All About Me" (2021), Mel recounts the "Cary Grant story" as one of his favourite stories to tell onstage, pointing out in the course of doing so that Grant had bought copies of the "2000 Year Old Man" record to send to his friends.
    He continues: "That is the story I tell on stage and it really garners big laughs, but the truth is in real life our conversations were a lot more in-depth. Cary told me about his struggles with the studious, he wanted to be doing more important serious films and not just light comedies. But the studios system wouldn't allow it as long as the light comedies were making big money. I remember seeing a few of his serious films and we talked about "Penny Serenade" (1941) and "None but the Lonely Heart" (1944). I told him they were both wonderful and his performances in therm were incredibly moving. He really appreciated the compliment and explained that unfortunately neither film did that well at the box office. So unless he could raise his own money, he was stuck with what the studio offered him. He was intelligent, sensitive, and I really treasured his company and friendship".

Комментарии • 688

  • @johntobin3235
    @johntobin3235 3 года назад +61

    Ran into him walking through the Village. My mouth agape he looks at me and says “Yeah it’s me. Who’d you expect?” And we both burst out laughing. Normal guy.

    • @MkeKen67
      @MkeKen67 3 года назад +5

      Damn, that is a perfect Mel Brooks line.

  • @bradevans5566
    @bradevans5566 9 месяцев назад +92

    As of this writing, Mel Brooks is 97 years young, still inspiring us with stories and tales of past wonderment and I’m hoping, wishing that his generation will somehow be preserved for the uninitiated. Just love Mel Brooks so much.

    • @TrulyNowhereMan
      @TrulyNowhereMan 9 месяцев назад +4

      Reminds me of Sinatra talking about the late great Don Rickles

    • @waynewayne9693
      @waynewayne9693 9 месяцев назад +1

      History of the world VOL2 finally was made!

    • @VickySwindoll
      @VickySwindoll 9 месяцев назад +3

      Wow what a great man!

    • @gregpek1624
      @gregpek1624 9 месяцев назад +3

      His movies remain the most original and funny of comedies all time. A real genius.

    • @jake1776
      @jake1776 9 месяцев назад +2

      The day after Mel Brooks dies, expect for many of his movies to become banned much in the same way blackface was eventually seen as utterly atrocious-- despite people like Bing Crosby and Shirley Temple once wearing blackface. Mel Brooks' movies will no longer be seen in the time they were made and instead be derided by the very same people who used to love them back when it seemed acceptable.

  • @frankcross6958
    @frankcross6958 9 месяцев назад +12

    please stay with us a little longer mel. make us laugh. we desperately need it.

  • @rivaridge7211
    @rivaridge7211 2 года назад +319

    Cary Grant was always open and friendly to everyone who crossed his path. My long passed away Grandfather had the great pleasure to share a hospital room with Mr. Grant (If my memory is correct, I believe this was 1967). Mr. Grant had been involved in a somewhat serious car accident in New York City, and was hospitalized for some days. My Grandfather had just undergone a fairly "major" operation - and suddenly he woke to realize that he was sharing a room with Cary Grant. I was very young at that time (about 11), but I do recall my Mom saying "Grandpa is staying with Cary Grant." Of course, I did not know who he was, but I knew something special had happened for Grandpa. My Grandfather later related as to how Mr. Grant went across the entire hospital "wing" to greet and cheer all of the other patients. Really, a kind and lovely gesture. Cheers to all!

    • @id10t98
      @id10t98 2 года назад +20

      He's my favorite actor and your story sounds about right. He was a classic.

    • @marygrant882
      @marygrant882 2 года назад +5

      68

    • @colleenduffy1139
      @colleenduffy1139 Год назад +9

      Late response but I'm surprised he didn;t have a private room! Great Story.

    • @raymondturner9441
      @raymondturner9441 Год назад +12

      Did he have a boild egg for lunch in the hospital

    • @3rdmm
      @3rdmm 10 месяцев назад +9

      Wikipedia: "On March 12, 1968, Grant was involved in a car accident in Queens, New York, en route to JFK Airport, when a truck hit the side of his limousine. Grant was hospitalized for 17 days with three broken ribs and bruising. A female companion, Baroness Gratia von Furstenberg, was also injured in the accident."

  • @azvascos7542
    @azvascos7542 2 года назад +54

    I would fan geek out like Mel describes so vividly if I ever got the chance to meet Mel Brooks. He is a national treasure and our family hero!

  • @stephenwilliams9923
    @stephenwilliams9923 3 года назад +581

    The magic of a storyteller: It was my first day of 8th grade American History class. I expected a year of boredom, prayed for a "C". The teacher was that rare storyteller, kept me glued to each word of the story of the history lesson. Walked out with an easy "A" and a love of American History.

    • @dttruman
      @dttruman 3 года назад +26

      "The magic of a storyteller", you got that right!

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 3 года назад +19

      Had a History teacher like that. Hat a trunk full of hats etc. He taught history!

    • @StephBer1
      @StephBer1 3 года назад +24

      My daughters got their love of Ancient History from me but their ancient history teacher exploded it. He made them live the experience. For example, when they were learning Roman History he'd get them to make Roman food, dressed as soldiers and dug ditches for a compound (in the school), got a carpenter to make wooden weapons for them (he already had them) so they could do battle drills. It was complete immersion and they loved every minute of it.

    • @holly7869
      @holly7869 3 года назад +15

      I had the same experience in high school with a literature teacher. Through his humor and storytelling ability, he taught me to appreciate the beauty of a well-told story, poetry, and Shakespeare.

    • @realitychick8903
      @realitychick8903 3 года назад +18

      YOU were blessed with a REAL TEACHER..

  • @rugbynimbus
    @rugbynimbus 8 месяцев назад +11

    Cary Grant was very very good about sending notes -- thank you, congratulations, sympathy, thinking of you, gifting, etc. He was a prolific note-writer and entire articles have been dedicated to this. Such a thoughtful act and truly lost art.

  • @tompaulcampbell
    @tompaulcampbell 2 года назад +11

    That's funny he was so taken by Cary Grant because I thought his wife, Anne Bancroft, was nearly a female version of Cary Grant. She was so classy and elegant!

  • @pwelty09
    @pwelty09 Год назад +48

    Mel is one of my favorites ever. Classy, energetic and a master at his trade. From all accounts he was about one of the sweetest guys you could encounter in a vicious Hollywood. Grace and humor often inter-lap inside the mind of rare talents like Mel. You’re loved buddy!

  • @sean891
    @sean891 3 года назад +123

    How can you not like this man.

  • @mrs.herculepoirot7763
    @mrs.herculepoirot7763 3 года назад +72

    I still miss Johnny and Ed, the best guys ever!

    • @ellenw391
      @ellenw391 3 года назад +11

      Back when you knew you'd be in front of your TV at 11:30 PM!

  • @charlesstuart7290
    @charlesstuart7290 3 года назад +72

    "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Hell I wish I could be Cary Grant' -
    Archibald Leach

    • @Facetimer864
      @Facetimer864 2 года назад

      She also said he looked like a Mel Brooks sounds

    • @drcovell
      @drcovell 2 года назад +3

      Now *there* is a consummate professional. He knows that even though he plays “Cary Grant,” he is still just Archibald Leach!

    • @jamesmooney8933
      @jamesmooney8933 2 года назад

      That is right. He was actually an average man.
      But when you have a director, script, make up, and the film editor, then he became Cary Grant. It is called acting.
      May West did have big breast. She acted like she did.

    • @hijodelaisla275
      @hijodelaisla275 2 года назад

      @@jamesmooney8933 So informative.

    • @jamesmooney8933
      @jamesmooney8933 2 года назад

      @@hijodelaisla275 Thank you, RUclips helps.

  • @tmrezzek5728
    @tmrezzek5728 3 года назад +552

    It ain't the story, it's the storyteller. Mel Brooks is unquestionably the master at this sort of thing!

    • @stephenwilliams9923
      @stephenwilliams9923 3 года назад +18

      So true....... what is sad, the world is looseing the art of storytelling, quick chats, facebook,,and other media is about say it quick with as few words as possible.

    • @Laceykat66
      @Laceykat66 3 года назад +14

      Absolutely. Tony Randall was also an excellent storyteller who told a story of taking an aerial tour of San Francisco and had me laughing so hard I cried. It is the storyteller.

    • @robertcuratolo5339
      @robertcuratolo5339 3 года назад +7

      I,M NOT IN...lol

    • @mikeweaver8790
      @mikeweaver8790 3 года назад +11

      His movies are some of the best of the comedy genre. "Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles", "The Producers", and "Spaceballs" are incredible. One of my favorite characters of all time is the late Cloris Leachman as "Nurse Diesel" (at the asylum in "High Anxiety").

    • @gerardvye9015
      @gerardvye9015 3 года назад +6

      @@Laceykat66 Orson Bean also a great storyteller he used to be on Dennis Millers radio show

  • @luishumbertovega3900
    @luishumbertovega3900 3 года назад +345

    I'm laughing as hard as I never had and suddenly he says: "Anyway let me tell you the punchline !!!" Absolutely killed me !!!
    God Bless Mel Brooks !!!

    • @astolennova
      @astolennova 3 года назад +4

      That line is peak hilarity.

    • @nguyensolomon2762
      @nguyensolomon2762 2 года назад +1

      Hi Luis, how are you doing

    • @luishumbertovega3900
      @luishumbertovega3900 2 года назад

      @@nguyensolomon2762 Fine, Nguyen, God bless you !!!

    • @nguyensolomon2762
      @nguyensolomon2762 2 года назад

      @@luishumbertovega3900 God 🙏 bless you too.... Where are you texting from?

    • @luishumbertovega3900
      @luishumbertovega3900 2 года назад

      @@nguyensolomon2762 I live in San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷.

  • @john-paulderosa7217
    @john-paulderosa7217 2 года назад +20

    Somehow I think I could have stood having lunch with Cary Grant every day. But it's a great story and exquisitely told.

  • @ronb8052
    @ronb8052 2 года назад +10

    My future wife had just arrived to California from a small Pennsylvania town. At the time, I was working for NBC News as an assignment editor
    and had just received a media invitation to Alfred Hitchcock's birthday party at Chasen's restaurant. I told my girlfriend we were going to
    a VERY fancy restaurant and she might see some celebrities. The second we walked in my wife spotted Cary Grant...she was speechless
    and I think she called every person in her hometown that next morning.

  • @buddmannable
    @buddmannable 3 года назад +389

    May you make us laugh another 95 years Mr. Brooks!!!

    • @auapplemac1976
      @auapplemac1976 3 года назад +12

      I agree, but shouldn't that be 2000 years?

    • @moyadapne968
      @moyadapne968 3 года назад +2

      @@auapplemac1976 2,000 on October 16.

    • @chriswainwright185
      @chriswainwright185 2 года назад +5

      Brilliant man. Loved him in the Simpsons

    • @ROBYNMARKOW
      @ROBYNMARKOW 2 года назад +1

      @@moyadapne968 He's a Libra? I knew it! ( I'm not that into astrology but my dad & brother are Libras & I just find people under that sign to be generally be pretty cool 🙂 👍)

  • @tucsonlivestream3203
    @tucsonlivestream3203 2 года назад +15

    In his biography Cary Grant wrote, “ Even I wished I was Cary Grant.”

  • @Eyes-of-Horus
    @Eyes-of-Horus 3 года назад +387

    Always loved the reason given by Anne Bankroft for marrying him: "When I met him he looked like my father and acted like my mother and I knew I had to marry him."

    • @TheGrouchDnD
      @TheGrouchDnD 3 года назад +13

      That's a brilliant line

    • @tlelliott-nc2384
      @tlelliott-nc2384 3 года назад +50

      She also said once that "Whatever room he is in-- there's the party."

    • @haplessasshole9615
      @haplessasshole9615 3 года назад +26

      @@tlelliott-nc2384 "And if Carl Reiner is with him, you'll probably need a bigger room," is what I would personally add to that. They increased their funniness on an exponential scale when they got together.

    • @TheCenteroftheUniverse
      @TheCenteroftheUniverse 3 года назад +18

      When I read about Anne Bancroft's reaction to Mel just coming home at the end of the day, and she included the word "funny" in her description of him, I realized the importance of being able to make my partner laugh had increased. Worked out well.

    • @liz326522
      @liz326522 3 года назад +5

      That is brilliant. Never heard that before! Love it, so sweet.

  • @britturk123
    @britturk123 3 года назад +35

    The moral of the joke is that even diamonds can be boring after a while.

  • @edwinrichards6431
    @edwinrichards6431 3 года назад +43

    cary grant had a similar story about wanting to meet mel brooks but he would have said yes to the 4th meeting lol

    • @erflingnot
      @erflingnot 3 года назад +1

      Who wouldn’t it’s “Melbrooks”

  • @teddygorey1980
    @teddygorey1980 8 месяцев назад +4

    Cary Grant was wonderful and he offered his lap to me in the magic castle theatre when there were no seats left- everyone got in on the joke and I wound up in the LA TIMES ❤

  • @kathleenmckenzie6261
    @kathleenmckenzie6261 3 года назад +36

    Corned beef sandwich on white bread? What a desecration! I'm with Mel: Corned beef on rye with mustard, absolutely!

    • @ellenw391
      @ellenw391 3 года назад +1

      I literally winced when he mentioned the mayo. That's even worse than the white bread LOL

    • @MrLeo7627
      @MrLeo7627 3 года назад +1

      Great ! Now I'm hungry .

    • @stevesimon6657
      @stevesimon6657 3 года назад +3

      With a pickle and cole slaw on the side

    • @df5295
      @df5295 3 года назад +2

      That's the way it's supposed to be made! That's how it's made in NYC! Also, it's pastrami on rye with mustard too! White bread & Mayo! That's sacrilege!

    • @buzzwaffle
      @buzzwaffle 3 года назад

      @@stevesimon6657 Exactly!

  • @marygrant882
    @marygrant882 2 года назад +43

    He was a genuinely nice person, who loved life, and he loved people. People couldn't help loving him back. Including me.❤

    • @joantaber
      @joantaber 2 года назад

      That's exactly right; I always told my children that going on a trip is about the fun getting to the destination! Mel is the best!

    • @marygrant882
      @marygrant882 2 года назад +7

      @@joantaber oops! I meant Cary Grant!

    • @light279
      @light279 2 года назад +2

      I was wondering why you said "was", since Mel Brooks is still alive. Now I know you were referrng to Cary
      Grant.

  • @whodidit99
    @whodidit99 3 года назад +108

    Mel Brooks doesn't need a punch line to tell a funny story.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +3

      I think the 'punchline' thing WAS the punchline. That's part of his brilliance. Everyone was waiting fore one, but it was already told!

    • @billace90
      @billace90 3 года назад +2

      He’s the punchline!

    • @ellenw391
      @ellenw391 3 года назад +1

      I thought the skipping around was the grand finale LOLOL

    • @auapplemac1976
      @auapplemac1976 3 года назад

      He doesn't need to tell a funny story as long as he tells it funnily.

  • @michaelcasey5155
    @michaelcasey5155 3 года назад +110

    Mel Brooks made America laugh...what a great contribution to mankind. A great American....God bless him.

  • @alexistrebexis3195
    @alexistrebexis3195 3 года назад +29

    29 years ago and he’s STILL alive. Awesome.

    • @royschneiderii4512
      @royschneiderii4512 2 года назад

      I agree 100% People are commenting as if he were dead. Abe Vigoda is dead.....finally! RIP to him.
      Peace

  • @davidwalter2002
    @davidwalter2002 3 года назад +394

    There's no one funnier than Mel Brooks. What a genius!

    • @darlenetisdale1641
      @darlenetisdale1641 3 года назад +12

      I have said those exact same words since I saw Mel Brooks in on The Ed Sullivan Show back in the Sixties. I was hooked and I would try and catch Mel on all the talk shows. I am now 72yrs. old and Mel has kept me and the world laughing for sixty decades. To me he is a living treasure.

    • @thechumpsbeendumped.7797
      @thechumpsbeendumped.7797 3 года назад +5

      @@darlenetisdale1641
      60 decades is 600 years.

    • @Mensch002
      @Mensch002 3 года назад +2

      Sid Caesar would disagree with you, I however completely agree with you.

    • @tommyrawlings3046
      @tommyrawlings3046 3 года назад

      Jackie Mason blows him away!

    • @MorrisDugan
      @MorrisDugan 3 года назад +5

      @@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 Exactly! And he's been entertaining us for even longer than that - over 2000 years.

  • @Richbar-qe6bx
    @Richbar-qe6bx 3 года назад +45

    May Schwartz be with you, Mel.

  • @pendorran
    @pendorran 2 года назад +3

    Carson was the master. When a guest was on a role he knew it and he let it play out. Too many hosts since have felt compelled to comment and break the flow. It's Mel Brooks telling a great story about Cary Grant. Nobody wants to hear Fallon or whomever shoehorn in a third-rate wisecrack in the middle of that.

    • @theredheadsaidNYC
      @theredheadsaidNYC 6 месяцев назад

      Exactly! Conan butts in with not funny commentary too

  • @janiceleeripley443
    @janiceleeripley443 3 года назад +228

    My Dad worked on his and Anne's apartment in the City in the 60's. He would come home and tell us Stories. Mel makes me laugh to my core.

  • @isaacblue3836
    @isaacblue3836 2 года назад +177

    None of the talk show hosts today would even think of allowing a comic genius like Mel Brooks to take the time to tell a story like this. This was part of the reason Carson was so great - he was confident enough within himself to throw the spotlight completely over to a master storyteller like Brooks who then created an unforgettable moment for us, the audience.

    • @SaintD382
      @SaintD382 2 года назад +7

      Not to take anything away from the talented Carson -- I agree he was a master at sitting back and letting his guests have the floor. No argument there! He might even have been better at it than any of today's talk show hosts.
      But to say that "no host today would even _think_ of doing that" is going too far. I can imagine several of today's talk show hosts being happy to let Mel Brooks tell a story. And I can remember seeing recent hosts letting their guests blather on.
      But I do agree with the assessment of Carson as a master of letting his guests have the spotlight.

    • @googleyeyed5814
      @googleyeyed5814 9 месяцев назад +10

      Not true. When Conan O’Brien still did his late-night show, he had Mel Brooks on and just let him rip, very similarly to what Carson did.

    • @barbarawebb7185
      @barbarawebb7185 9 месяцев назад +3

      Carson was probably a genius too.

    • @007Julie
      @007Julie 9 месяцев назад +8

      Jimmy Fallon would be fake laughing and interrupting Mel in every other sentence.

    • @TheFrankHummer
      @TheFrankHummer 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@007Julie I know what you mean about Fallon. I think Fallon is extremely talented in many ways, but in a lot of the interviews Fallon seems to be making it all about himself.

  • @alanw505
    @alanw505 3 года назад +236

    When Mel Brooks is telling a story I sit through the whole thing no matter how bad the video is jumping around.

    • @michaelwainscott2633
      @michaelwainscott2633 3 года назад +2

      It really wasn't funny. A lot of humor of Carson in the 70s and 80s doesn't age well. Nothing about this was funny.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +20

      @@michaelwainscott2633 I don't know how old you are, but did it every occur to you that you simply don't have a good sense of humor?

    • @michaelwainscott2633
      @michaelwainscott2633 3 года назад +1

      @@retroguy9494 I have a great sense of humor. History of the World Part I, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are three of my favorite movies. I'm a big Mel Brooks fan. This wasn't funny, Buddy Hackett's skit wasn't funny, and Jonathan Winters wasn't all that funny, and they were three of Carson's favorites.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +4

      @@michaelwainscott2633 Perhaps its a personal thing. I never found Hackett that funny either. I don't know why. Perhaps its because he was just way too over the top.
      But THIS I found funny. Especially with the twist. At first, I thought the punchline was going to have something to do with the hard boiled egg. But after I heard the end, I realized that the punchline was actually the line ABOUT the punchline! In my opinion, that is comedic genius! Perhaps that's why Carson put Brooks in the class he did!

    • @g-r-a-e-m-e-
      @g-r-a-e-m-e- 3 года назад +1

      @@michaelwainscott2633 I thought it was priceless, very funny. Unless you are joking, like Tony saying that kissing Marilyn was like kissing Adolf Hitler.

  • @randolphpinkle4482
    @randolphpinkle4482 3 года назад +180

    Cary Grant was a very ordinary bloke blessed with good genes and a sense of humility who lived at the right time and met the right people. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

    • @BladeRunner-td8be
      @BladeRunner-td8be 3 года назад +5

      Yes, it is. Cheers

    • @ORagnar
      @ORagnar 3 года назад +32

      He had a special kind of charm that was not typical.

    • @sarahholland2600
      @sarahholland2600 3 года назад +41

      To be born in poverty in England & end up a Hollywood star is not ordinary. Same goes for Richard Burton.

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq 3 года назад +29

      Always liked his line "some people say they wish they were like Cary Grant. Well, I wish that I was like Cary Grant." in other words, he wished reality matched the Hollywood image

    • @pamabbey3057
      @pamabbey3057 2 года назад +18

      Cary Grant is never ordinary!

  • @britturk123
    @britturk123 3 года назад +27

    I was waiting for the punchline to have something to do with why cary was so into boiled eggs.

    • @JimC
      @JimC 3 года назад +1

      I still want to know!

    • @srothbardt
      @srothbardt 3 года назад +1

      Right! What about that?

    • @MsAppassionata
      @MsAppassionata 3 года назад +1

      Lol. Me too!

  • @pennya.5892
    @pennya.5892 3 года назад +78

    Can you imagine having him at your dinner party?

  • @davidpeters6536
    @davidpeters6536 9 месяцев назад +7

    Mel must be one of the most amusing people that ever lived. Cary was a superb actor.

  • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
    @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 3 года назад +22

    My God, he is ..and will always be... F'ing Fantastic!

  • @ovepayne
    @ovepayne 3 года назад +130

    Mel is one of the greatest talents in show business!

    • @ovepayne
      @ovepayne 3 года назад

      @@brianwalter8152 Thank you, Brian. I´m well and the same to you I hope.

    • @ovepayne
      @ovepayne 3 года назад +1

      @@brianwalter8152 Thanks, I´m from Sweden.

    • @ovepayne
      @ovepayne 3 года назад

      @@brianwalter8152 Not at all

  • @peterhunt5890
    @peterhunt5890 3 года назад +20

    We just love love love Mel Brooks. He is FANTASTIC. Thank you

  • @billslocum9819
    @billslocum9819 3 года назад +53

    "Who cares...tell the Cary Grant story" All Johnny says on this clip, or needed to say.

    • @camotero1
      @camotero1 3 года назад +9

      That’s a really good point. Conan O’Brien would have interrupted eight times.

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 3 года назад +8

      He did the same with Andy Kaufman, and told him to just do his schtick regardless he had done it previously. If Johnny Carson asks for a reprise you know you've made it good...

    • @weblands
      @weblands 3 года назад

      @@camotero1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa at

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +6

      When the king commands.........you do it!

  • @donaldfrapwell4116
    @donaldfrapwell4116 2 года назад +36

    It's amazing the energy it takes to tell and sell that story.

  • @patrickwentz8413
    @patrickwentz8413 3 года назад +30

    4 minute set up for a 2 second punch line. love it

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 3 года назад +6

      The line means nothing, it's the build-up...

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +4

      @@ingvarhallstrom2306 I actually thought the punchline was going to be something to do with the hard boiled egg.

    • @randymeyer6482
      @randymeyer6482 2 года назад

      Norm McDonald on speed....

  • @moffettcoates6455
    @moffettcoates6455 2 года назад +8

    Being born in 1957 and being a kid in the 1960’s and early 70’s, I’m in bed, my dad in the living room watching The Tonight Show and hearing him laugh, I somehow took for granted.

    • @gutenbird
      @gutenbird 2 года назад

      That’s what I love also about Conan. He and Johnny didn’t mind letting the guest have the limelight. There wasn’t a competition between the host and the guest. Stephen Colbert can’t dare let the guest be the star of the show. Most of the others can’t either.

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 года назад +15

    Mel lived life. I remember one interview, R rated. He was talking about the 60s and going on on the town in new york city one night. "You could walk down time squares, get a blow job, then a hot dog and a beer on a warm summer night". Crude but that is why many of his movies were good. They were real. He had life experiences

  • @positiveparentingwithgrann8261
    @positiveparentingwithgrann8261 3 года назад +11

    Bancroft went to my high school. In an interview several yrs ago, she said when she heard his key in the door at the end of the day, she knew the party was about to begin!

    • @mssuziquzi
      @mssuziquzi 2 года назад

      I remember hearing her say she could never get mad or argue with him because In the end he always made her laugh.😊

    • @bloggerccc
      @bloggerccc 2 года назад

      Harpo Marx was as sweet and nice a person as anyone could want to know. In an interview, his wife said of him, "My heart still leaps when I hear his footsteps."

  • @hagerty1952
    @hagerty1952 3 года назад +65

    Only Mel Brooks could get away with saying "Let me tell you the punchline" at the end of a shaggy dog story and make it funny!

  • @Avurst
    @Avurst 3 года назад +17

    LMAO "We are going to lunch together" Mel Brooks and Cary Grant

  • @billhannis6095
    @billhannis6095 3 года назад +10

    As a bit of a misanthrope, I can so relate to this. There are times you don't want to be with someone at all---not because you don't like them, or you're unfriendly, or in a bad mood, or even because you're shy. JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO F***ING TALK ABOUT.

  • @josephdunlap6747
    @josephdunlap6747 3 года назад +47

    Hilarious Mel Brooks keeps us all in stitches!! 😂😂

  • @auntiex101
    @auntiex101 3 года назад +27

    I'd love to go to lunch with Mel & Rodney Dangerfield to see who stopped talking first 😂

    • @andytay5507
      @andytay5507 3 года назад +1

      he even did that tie nervous thing that Rodney does.

    • @bretthess6376
      @bretthess6376 3 года назад +1

      Well, technically, Rodney stopped talking first....

    • @erflingnot
      @erflingnot 3 года назад +2

      @@bretthess6376 too soon.

    • @bretthess6376
      @bretthess6376 3 года назад +1

      @@erflingnot Just a joke. I bet Rodney and Mel would both laugh.

    • @srothbardt
      @srothbardt 3 года назад +1

      Two funny Jews...You'd be on the floor. Hope its clean.

  • @arthurcrunden6107
    @arthurcrunden6107 3 года назад +22

    One of THE all time comic greats

  • @Harlanmote
    @Harlanmote 3 года назад +20

    He’s my favorite comedic writer of all time.. Mel liked to make the audience think and laugh at the same time ….

    • @BulletSponge178
      @BulletSponge178 2 года назад +2

      The racism reference was brilliant and relatively subtle. All hidden in just an offhand comment about corned beef sandwiches.

  • @sr4663
    @sr4663 3 года назад +47

    I love Mel Brooks. What a blessing to have this truly gifted man in our lives.

    • @stevecvino
      @stevecvino 3 года назад +1

      I remember this episode when it aired. I believe it was Johnny's last week. Nothing comes close these days.

    • @MrGaryGG48
      @MrGaryGG48 2 года назад

      Mel Brooks was truly an American Treasure! The sad part of that is that in today's "Public Theater" he would be crucified by nearly anyone with a TV camera and a mike. I guess that's what they made DVDs for...

  • @withonelook1985
    @withonelook1985 3 года назад +16

    I don’t know why is the funniest line that has ever been said

  • @royfr8136
    @royfr8136 3 года назад +7

    A boiled egg with toast is very English for breakfast

  • @ROBYNMARKOW
    @ROBYNMARKOW 2 года назад +2

    My mom was an extra in "North By Northwest" & Cary Grant turned to her & said "It's a bit hot, isn't it?" Well, of course, mom was speechless..!

  • @stevers62
    @stevers62 3 года назад +6

    Great story. Same thing happened to Harvey Korman and Tim Conway. It’s in Carol Burnett’s book.

  • @travelamazonhome8146
    @travelamazonhome8146 2 года назад +17

    I love Mel Brooks, still one of the funniest men EVER. Never seen any of the Star Wars movies but have watched Spaceballs too many times to count and Blazing Saddle has aged to perfection.

    • @evanbozzarelli1857
      @evanbozzarelli1857 2 года назад +2

      The best comedy of all time. Young Frankenstein too!

    • @hijodelaisla275
      @hijodelaisla275 2 года назад +1

      Almost. It appears to have lost the final "S."

    • @1234cheerful
      @1234cheerful 2 года назад +2

      @@hijodelaisla275 Time eats away at everything, doesn't it?

    • @hijodelaisla275
      @hijodelaisla275 2 года назад +1

      @@1234cheerful LOL

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769 3 года назад +32

    I’ve had very interesting subjects with very boring teachers, and very boring subjects with very interesting teachers: the storyteller makes the story.

  • @georgecherucheril9947
    @georgecherucheril9947 2 года назад +2

    What is the point speculating about whether Cary was gay? Cary lived his life and is dead. He did not live publicly as a guy man. In fact he was married to several different women. His daughter is a knockout. Cary is dead and cannot defend these charges. Let him rest in peace and move on in life. Let's just accept he was straight and move on.

  • @dafyddil
    @dafyddil 3 года назад +7

    This is some real manic George Costanza energy

  • @richardhoff1626
    @richardhoff1626 3 года назад +8

    Thanks for posting. I had forgotten this story. Nobody funnier.

  • @christophermyers3758
    @christophermyers3758 3 года назад +44

    Miss Johnny, Ed, Mel, and Cary...
    Back when Hollywood meant
    "E N T E R T A I M E N T!
    Nowadays... 😴😴😴😴😴

    • @navelpicker
      @navelpicker 3 года назад +3

      What, you mean watching Jimmy Fallon talking with Kim Kardashian is not doing it for you?

    • @chrisandersen5635
      @chrisandersen5635 3 года назад +5

      Mel is still alive.

  • @colleta2400
    @colleta2400 3 года назад +32

    Having Mel Brooks as a dad must have been insane

  • @dianeribchester4429
    @dianeribchester4429 2 года назад +2

    No one has mentioned that he was a very good actor.
    Sad the focus has to be on sexuality😔

  • @AetheriusLamia
    @AetheriusLamia 3 года назад +73

    That was excellent storytelling about nothing. It's actually even sad when noting the failure to discuss politics, philosophy, and become better friends, yet the way he tells it inclines one instead to laughter. What a master of the art of comedic storytelling!

    • @ImperialRadioYT
      @ImperialRadioYT 3 года назад +4

      I see your point, but on the politics, note, it's not polite to discuss politics, and class-acts like those two knew/know that, and that's why i wouldn't have come up. and even if it did, he telling the story of tele-vision would, out of proper manners, require him to leave that part out.
      a simple, innocent conversation, between friends or strangers is often the best kind

    • @stockinettestitch
      @stockinettestitch 2 года назад +3

      I agree. He could’ve gotten to know someone potentially/probably fascinating. There’s so much to find out about others - all others.

    • @Now_lets_get_this_straight
      @Now_lets_get_this_straight 2 года назад +5

      @@ImperialRadioYT The difference about speaking about politics back then, it wasn’t about hate. If there was jokes about politics, it was a joke, not more ranting over fake news and it was leveled on all sides of the political philosophies, same with religion. Big difference in deliver now days. You want to be entertained not relieve all the crap being vomited on national news.

    • @counterflow5719
      @counterflow5719 2 года назад +3

      Politics, back then seemed to be "working" for the good of most Americans. Everyone was at least working and making enough to provide for a home and family, no need for much discussion. Today politics is failing us, therefore there is much discussion and alternative ideas as to how to fix it, creating polarized opinions.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 2 года назад

      Read the video description and you'll see there's a lot more to the story. 😆

  • @andrewperry605
    @andrewperry605 3 года назад +5

    I finally get the "schwartz" out of spaceballs

  • @johnchristopher7697
    @johnchristopher7697 2 года назад +3

    Mel Brooks is an American treasure! I am not sure how this ended up in my feed, but thank you RUclips! I was 10 years old again for 5 minutes.

  • @linmiller8147
    @linmiller8147 3 года назад +24

    Great clip (and I read a story that the same thing happened with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman at the race track -- they were STUNNED by hanging out with Grant at first and later they dodged him), but I still love Mel's "Dancing in the Dark" story -- also on Carson.

  • @ernestconnell8087
    @ernestconnell8087 3 года назад +11

    Mel Brooks, legend

  • @mimi5819
    @mimi5819 2 года назад +8

    The 2,000 Year Old Man w/Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner is my favorite album of all time, this clip brings me back to that same laughter that I had when I first heard him. He is a comedic icon (with or without a punchline). Thank you for sharing this!

    • @brooklynboy494
      @brooklynboy494 2 года назад +1

      We spoke rock, basic rock (don't throw that rock at me!)

  • @slshusker
    @slshusker 3 года назад +5

    Brilliance forever...flashback. Mum asked me to tape a Manheim Steamroller Christmas album onto cassette, so she could play it for the church ladies...I did and had a few minutes left on the tape, so I added the Blazing Saddles theme song. They loved it. I was fortunate enough to have a few Moms who treated me like their own.

  • @statewench2828
    @statewench2828 2 года назад +4

    Love Mel Brooks and Cary was correct I went broke buying his albums. My favorite was The History of the World. I swear I played it till the grooves wore out

  • @DavidLS1
    @DavidLS1 2 года назад +1

    Was Cary hitting on Mel? He should have asked if Mel liked gladiator movies.

  • @victoriabelveduto3279
    @victoriabelveduto3279 2 года назад +5

    Nothing better than a brilliant raconteur!! 👏

  • @savannahdockins7022
    @savannahdockins7022 2 года назад +7

    Carson was and always will be the greatest host of all time.

  • @bailey9r
    @bailey9r 2 года назад +1

    Somehow though I just find it hard to imagine Mr Brooks running out of things to say! ;

  • @briangoldy8784
    @briangoldy8784 2 года назад +1

    Library of Congress has a Copy of "Young Frankenstein" in a vault for all Eternity,,,,,,,,Goes to show the contribution.........Mel has given us,

  • @frasierfreak92
    @frasierfreak92 8 месяцев назад +1

    The fact there's about four jokes in the opening few seconds of this anecdote, totally unrelated to the story itself, is why Mel Brooks is the best.
    "When I left the Sid Caesar show - well, not left, I was kinda fired" and "I was working with a guy called Marvin Schwartz. Marvin Schwartz - I trusted him!"
    Both of these have nothing to do with the story but they get you laughing before the story even starts and get you in the mood for an anecdote that isn't really that funny (it's all in the delivery!). It's basically a masterclass in stand-up comedy. Building up the story too with little details like what he ate and how he pronounced Cary Grant as one name - Carygrant.

  • @1stand2ndtimearound67
    @1stand2ndtimearound67 3 года назад +8

    I can not imagine "I'm not in" to Cary Grant!!!! HILARIOUS...

  • @StorytimerAtLarge
    @StorytimerAtLarge 2 года назад +1

    “He has a hard boiled egg. - I don’t know why.” 😅😅😅

  • @stephaniedavies1354
    @stephaniedavies1354 2 года назад +1

    LSD _ now that would be topic to bond over, com’on Mel... he must ‘ave hinted at it💫🌀watch Showtime short Cary Grant introduced Timothy Leary to LSD 💎💥🍭

  • @martyjewell5683
    @martyjewell5683 2 года назад +1

    There is schtick and then there is SCHTICK. Few have it. Mel and Groucho did.

  • @nickball2010
    @nickball2010 2 года назад +5

    That's a a great story, a wonderful time to be alive Cary did have true star quality on screen.

  • @brikbrokly5272
    @brikbrokly5272 3 года назад +5

    Mel Brooks activated ...genius

  • @davidratcliffe1
    @davidratcliffe1 3 года назад +25

    I've always said that if I ever get to meet Mel Brooks I will bow down to him and say repeatedly, 'We're Not Worthy, We're Not Worth."

    • @kennethwayne6857
      @kennethwayne6857 3 года назад

      I used to feel that way, then I heard what a nasty person he is (like so many other comics). I hope I heard wrong, he is a genius!

    • @koitorob
      @koitorob 3 года назад

      WHY don't you say I am not worthy?

  • @robertbarbour7017
    @robertbarbour7017 2 года назад +5

    Absolute genius. Love him.

  • @ChescoYT
    @ChescoYT 2 года назад +1

    Worked with 'Schwartz' lmao 🤣

  • @barryrichman9424
    @barryrichman9424 2 года назад +1

    Is Mel Brooks, Albert Brooks’ dad ?

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 3 года назад +8

    Brilliant

  • @bruce92106
    @bruce92106 2 года назад +1

    Wow is that the condition my boxes of old VHS tapes will be? I heard they go bad over time.

  • @RossD8
    @RossD8 3 года назад +4

    There was a time when late-night talk booked guests that had something to offer other than a new movie, album or book. Granted, Brooks was probably on a publicity tour for something but Carson wanted the story and made sure there was time for the story.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 2 года назад +1

    Not to pick at Mel Brooks, but the story was funnier than the punchline.

  • @sallychi8406
    @sallychi8406 3 года назад +6

    That was a Two Hard-Boiled Egg story. Mel Brooks's funniest story involved 8 hard boiled eggs, but before he'd get half-way through it, you'd laugh so hard it would kill you. I plugged my ears about 15% into it, but it was too late - I was laid up for a week. Just thinking about it at lunch years later put some of my lunch through my nose, it made me laugh so hard.
    Brooks and Grant should have gone for lunch somewhere more interesting, where they could discuss the merits of pastrami vs. extra-lean corned beef, and mayo vs. mustard.

    • @nosmoking2480
      @nosmoking2480 2 года назад

      Regarding the Mayo Vs. Mustard debate, here is my dictum concerning this: Mustard goes on hot dogs; Mayo goes on hamburgers. Exclusively. And ketchup goes on neither, only french fries.

  • @inpaucafidelis
    @inpaucafidelis 3 года назад +20

    No one can ever replace Mel Brooks! OMG! I love him!

  • @glw5166
    @glw5166 2 года назад +13

    So glad that Mr. Mel Brooks is still with us and doing well.

  • @kiltmanm60
    @kiltmanm60 3 года назад +7

    LOVE Mel Brooks! One of a kind!

  • @liz326522
    @liz326522 3 года назад +5

    No one:
    Johnny: Tell the Cary Grant story.

  • @reneehurt387
    @reneehurt387 2 года назад +4

    Happy birthday to Mel Brooks. Thanks for the memories from your brand of comedy We will need you to keep us laughing in these times