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Rob Reiner, The Pitt’s Noah Wyle and Lisa Kudrow among nominees vying for Emmys glory

Mel Brooks documentary also scores six Emmy nominations as Rob Reiner is posthumously honoured for The Bear - plus Noah Wyle and Lisa Kudrow among the 2026 contenders.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: (EDITORS NOTE: The jacket in this image has been retouched) Rob Reiner attends the screening of "Misery" during the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for TCM)

Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in 'Blazing Saddles', 1974 (Alamy)

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‘Blazing Saddles’ named funniest film of all time in honour of Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday

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American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and composer Mel Brooks, UK, 16th February 1984. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks, the boy from Brooklyn who made being Jewish cool

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Brooks in the 1983 music video Hitler Rap

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‘Mel Brooks’ comedy is all about fearlessness, and there’s a lesson there for UK Jews’

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Mel Brooks speaks onstage at the "Spaceballs" screening during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for TCM)

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The day Mel Brooks told me his funniest-ever joke

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Our friends bear scars of more disc hits than Stevie Wonder

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Mel Brooks offers Jewish joy as our revenge in The Producers

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By Hadley Freeman

How has America still not had a Jewish president?

Let's face it, Mel Brooks would clearly be the best option

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How has America still not had a Jewish president?

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Rob Reiner, The Pitt’s Noah Wyle and Lisa Kudrow among nominees vying for Emmys glory

‘Blazing Saddles’ named funniest film of all time in honour of Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday

Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks, the boy from Brooklyn who made being Jewish cool

‘Mel Brooks’ comedy is all about fearlessness, and there’s a lesson there for UK Jews’

The day Mel Brooks told me his funniest-ever joke

Our friends bear scars of more disc hits than Stevie Wonder

Mel Brooks offers Jewish joy as our revenge in The Producers

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