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Mel
Brooks
| American
comedian Mel Brooks overcame a childhood of abuse from his
peers (he was small and sickly) by taking on the comically
aggressive job of "toomler" in various Catskills
resorts. For very little money but a great deal of personal
satisfaction Brooks kept the resort clientele happy by performing
quickie monologues and routines, pretending to insult both
the help and the customers, and when all else failed, jumping
fully clothed into the swimming pool. Applying for the writing
staff of TV comedian Sid Caesar Brooks literally fell to his
knees and sang a song about himself. Before he was 30, Brooks
was earning $2500 per show writing for Caesar, in collaboration
with such formidable wits as Neil Simon, Woody Allen and Carl
Reiner. Though the work was grueling, it was the best formal
education that any comedian could have. |
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