Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So for every ten Jews beating their breasts God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast-beaters. By the time I was five I knew I was that one.
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Mel Brooks was a 20th-century American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and songwriter. Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. Read more on Wikipedia →

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