The King of Comedy was written by Newsweek film critic Paul D. Zimmerman, and De Niro had been trying to get the movie made for nearly a decade. His interest in the subject was so intense that, ...

Springtime for the funniest man alive Thanks to "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "High Anxiety" and a slew of other movie, stage, TV and album hits, Mel Brooks' prominent ...