'Mel Brooks Strikes Back!' review

Nevertheless, the hour is still funny, congenial, fast-moving and features some priceless outtakes -- including one from the now pretty much forgotten 1983 remake of "To Be or Not to Be," with Brooks and Anne Bancroft (his wife of 40 years, who died in 2005) performing "Sweet Georgia Brown," and in Polish, no less. (Another overlooked fact that this hour seeks to redress -- Brooks had a very good singing voice.)

"Mel Brooks Strikes Back!" doesn't have quite the intimacy of its bookend, "Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again," which aired on HBO last year. But it does prove that the star of the hour is still one of the best storytellers on the planet.

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