| HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 22, 2026 |
Summary:
The two-part documentary about the life and career of Mel Brooks was directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
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Jan 22, 2026
Superb. .... I’ll also go to the mat for “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” It has a seamless flow and structure, toggling back and forth from Apatow’s conversations with Brooks to a wealth of secondary interviews, archive interviews, and clips, all in the service of telling a story, rather than massaging any egos (Apatow’s or Brooks’s).
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Jan 21, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
An exhaustive look at Brooks’s life and art. As such, it’s easy to find yourself giggling uncontrollably over clips from “The Producers” (1967) or “Blazing Saddles” (1974). That alone is a pleasure. Still, this is more than just a history of how these cinematic classics came to be. It is also about Brooks’s longevity and the loneliness of being one of the last of a generation.
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Jan 23, 2026
The commentary by dozens of admirers and career-highlight TV and movie snippets are great of course, nostalgic but purposeful, meaningful in the context of Brooks’ life and influence on showbiz. But Apatow digs just deep enough to show that the guy is a true, honest-to-gosh restless artist at heart.
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Jan 22, 2026
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Air Date: January 22, 2026
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