Mel Brooks turns 100 today, a milestone that highlights a career that reshaped American comedy through satire and parody.Born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, Mel Brooks served in the 78th Infantry Division and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, experiences he later channels into sketches and films such as “The Producers” and the “2,000 Year Old Man.”He made landmark films including “
Blazing Saddles” and “
Young Frankenstein,” won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony, and kept long creative ties with
Carl Reiner,
Gene Wilder and
David Lynch while marrying
Anne Bancroft for 41 years.