Mel Brooks produced and directed some very entertaining movies. Blazing Saddles gets a lot of (deserved) attention but High Anxiety and Young Frankenstein are worthy of praise too. What I like mostly about this boxed set is they are all there, ready to make liberal heads explode. Liberals are famous for a lack of a sense of humor. Their reaction to these movies by a certified (not certifiable) genius proves that contention. Watch Mel Brooks and laugh.
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Irreverent humor. Rotten cliches. Not Politically Correct by any means. Draws on many venues of movie land to bring to sarcastic life all our follies and foibles. So, the best way for me to put this is that, "If you take life to seriously, you will be disappointed. If you can't laugh at yourself when seen thru anothers eyes, well, you are just a sad specimen and better off watching Scooby Doo." Mel Brooks is a genius at poking fun at the snoopy, prissy over serious Mrs Grundys of the world.
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You an tell I'm a Mel Brooks fan by the way I rave over this collection, but the real deal is that this collection hits all the best titles in his filmography. It could have been advertised as "the essential Mel Brooks collection." The set I picked up was missing one of the movies in the set, but I already happened to have owned a copy, so it was actually a perfect match, and I've had a few hours of worthwhile relaxation time as I tried out the various films. I was most excited to get a copy of "The Twelve Chairs." That title is an often overlooked and not-well-remembered feature from his early years, but remains one of the iconic comedies of that era. If you haven't seen it, you aren't fully rounded in comedic film history — but it's a failure that is easy to remedy. All you have to do is see the film and enjoy it, which is not at all hard to do. This is a collection that is definitely good to own, but it also makes a really fine gift, as it will continue to impress and gratify the recipient for as long as it takes a person to view all the films. You'll be somebody's Santa!Read full review
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Product was in very very good condition. The Mel Brooks movies are classics. Hopefully they will never be censored.
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The Mel Brooks comedy collection has all of his best films in the collection. Some are smiles and others are just plain hilarious, a good belly laugh. Definitely worth getting.
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Exactly as listed. Mel Brooks is a comedy genius and these are good for the soul!
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My favorite of the movies is History of the World Part 1 and Blazzing saddles. These movies are still funny today. Every once and while it’s nice to forget the stressors of life and sit back and laugh hard. Mel Brooks my hats off you!
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This collection of Mel Brooks' movies includes many of his well-known classics, such as Young Frankenstein, and the early The 12 Chairs, but omits the seminal The Producers and equally piercing Spaceballs. But with those two exceptions, this collection neatly puts the major Mel Brooks' works in a tidy and convenient set with smaller than ususual DVD boxes - a major advantage considering how much room DVD cases can take up. The quality of the DVDs is up to par with the movies you'd buy individually, although it would be nice to have special features with some of the older movies. My recommendation: if you like Mel Brooks - and who with a sense of humor doesn't - is this set is two thumbs up. Buy Spaceballs and The Producers to round out the set and you're ready for hours of non-stop laughs.Read full review
Great collection of comedy by the "King"! Old favorites like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein Robin Hood:Men in tights and ones not so well known like To be or not to be make this a great 8 pack of comedy. Others like Spaceballs and the Producer would have been a nice addition. However our family got together every Saturday night to watch a different Mel Brooks gem and had some quality "laugh time" together each week. We saw the collection at a local large Book/DVD store at an outrageous price and looked on Ebay. I found it for about 1/3 the price asked for in the big box store. Highly recommended for anyone who loves to laugh and wants movies the whole family can sit down and watch together.
A Mel Brooks collection! Prepare to laugh. Bought it for a friend who is a Mel Brooks fan. He loves it.
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