Certainly one of Mel Brooks‘ earliest comedy masterpieces is the 2000 12 months Outdated Man character he developed with comedy associate Carl Reiner — and whereas Brooks hasn’t fairly hit 2000 years but, he’s getting there: the comedy icon behind The Producers, Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles turned 99 on June 28, 2025.
And in contrast to most people approaching their centennial birthday, the author, actor and director has proven little interest in slowing down: in 2021, he printed an autobiography, All About Me!, and wrote, produced, and narrated Historical past of the World, Half II, and simply this month, he has introduced that he’ll produce the TV present Very Younger Frankenstein and seem in Spaceballs 2, a movie projected to be launched in 2027, round Brooks’ a hundred and first birthday.