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...holds the Harvard high jump record? How high did he jump? (Mel Embree...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Flanders Fields | 1/24/1975 | See Source »

WATCHING Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks's newest movie, is like being tickled to death for two hours. In some places it works and in some places it doesn't, but when it does you're absolutely helpless. Brooks's style is characteristically high-pitched and hypertense, but his mocking glance is actually so loving and his techniques often so predictable and familiar that the effect is surprisingly soothing. This is a good movie to see when you're washed out, overworked, and don't want to think anymore. This is a good movie to see this month...

Author: By Kathy Holub, | Title: Mel Brooks's Graveyard Smash | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...weight; Len Rao of Northeastern in the shop put; co-captain Blayne Heckel, first in the pole vault, 15 ft. 6 in., Don Berg second, Steve Haines third, all of Harvard; Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace in the long jump and triple jump; Ahmed Kayali second in the triple-jump, Mel Embree third, all for Harvard; Mel Embree first in the high jump, clearing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Outdistance Huskies; Relay Gives Crimson Victory | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...cracks and terrible puns. A hard-riding posse of cowhands is held up by a single-file tollbooth in the middle of the Great Western Desert. A sweet, about-to-be-married young thing brushes her hair in the moonlight and bellows out The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Mel Brooks is not a subtle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Blazing Brooks | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...says the unblinkingly immodest Brooks, "will nail my reputation." Especially among the young, he adds, noting the enthusiastic reception that the seven-to-twelve set gave Frankenstein at sneak previews. "I'll be the new Disney. We're going to launch a whole new generation of Mel Brooks freaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Blazing Brooks | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

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