Mel Brooks

In Omit the Logic, Richard Pryor Crucifies Himself, Again and Again

Assault on Wall Street

Uwe Boll's solution to the crash? Bloodshed.

Five Awesome Yuri Gagarin Paintings The City Of Houston Should Have Received

This week Mayor Annise Parker accepted on behalf of the city some artwork commemorating the 50the anniversary of the flights of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and the U.S.A.'s John Glenn. (Gagarin, of course, was the first human in space; Glenn the first American.) The donations will be displayed i ... More >>

Frankenstein: The New Musical

Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs

Vintage Texas: Top Texas wine authority Russ Kane chronicles the bankruptcy filing and botched sale of one of the state's leading wineries, CapRock, in Lubbock. According to his report, New Mexico winery Gruet has been ordered to pay $4 million for a breach of contract after bidding in a bankruptcy ... More >>

Seven Dos and Don'ts for Online Passwords and How to Manage Them

In the Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs, Dark Helmet (played by Rick Moranis) finds out the passcode to the shield guarding Druidia, a planet from which he intends to steal all the air, is "12345." When hearing it, he responds, "So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest c ... More >>

What Dead Passenger?

Driver caught with corpse in front seat.

Be A Smarty: Birthday Boy Mel Brooks' Best Musical Numbers

Mel Brooks, "The Hitler Rap" "I cut my finger. That's tragedy. A man walks into an open sewer and dies. That's comedy." Such is the philosophy of comedy icon Mel Brooks, who made a career out of making light of the heaviest of subject matter, including racism, the Spanish Inquisition and, perha ... More >>

Odd Pair: Jewish Food and Spanish Godello

​White fish salad? It's not just for breakfast anymore. One of my happiest discoveries since moving to Texas nearly three years ago has been Kenny and Ziggy's Delicatessen on Post Oak, where you'll often find me noshing on all the classics of the Jew food canon -- white fish, lox, sable, gefi ... More >>

Catfish and Ribs at the Nickel

Robb Walsh gives these pits his seal of approval.​"That's no Southern Pride cooker," Robb Walsh said, gazing with admiration at the two barbecue pits that sit behind the Nickel Sandwich Grill (5601 Lyons, 713-674-8020), belching fragrant gray smoke into the air. "I know you hate Southern Prid ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Designated Mourner, Intelligence-Slave, Young Frankenstein,

Young Frankenstein

See the madness (and genius) of Mel Brooks

Cory English as Igor in Young Frankenstein, Where Every Day is Hump Day

You have to get there first before the audience says all your best lines​Cory English, who started out as a dancer before becoming an actor and singer on Broadway, knows that if he doesn't say his lines fast enough, "someone else will."That's because he's now on national tour for Broadway Across A ... More >>

The Producers

Talk about having a fear of success

Westheimer Block Party Listology: Paris Falls' Favorite, and Least Favorite, Musical Moments In the Movies

All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. It's not too late for your band to be up here, either; just email chris.gray@houstonpress.com by noon Thursday if ... More >>

Young Frankenstein

Who knew they made tails and top hats in size giganto?

Top 7 Couples' Costumes for Halloween

Halloween is coming, and that means many, many costuming mistakes will be made by normally sane adults. To help stop this scourge, each Thursday we will be offering tips and analysis of what to avoid, or possibly what to do. Check out past entries here, here and here. There's one thing -- or should ... More >>

For Back-To-Work Day: Five Lousiest Jobs In The Movies

It's the day after Labor Day, so you're back inside reading blogs instead of grilling meat and ripping bong hits by a pool somewhere. And even those unfortunate enough not to have had yesterday off are hopefully in a better bargaining position than the Pullman workers whose 1894 strike led to the ho ... More >>

Fresh Producers

With this musical, the Masquerade Theatre gets everything right.

Totally Gay for You

Sacha Baron Cohen's in queerface. But what's Brüno's real target?

The Five Best Dom DeLuise Movies, Such As They Are

Dom DeLuise -- actor, chef, and father of that guy who was on 21 Jump Street -- passed away Monday at the age of 75. Rather than wallow in misery and grief at the loss of another of cinema's titans, we prefer to look back fondly at a movie career mostly spent co-starring alongside Gene Wilder and B ... More >>

R.I.P. Dom DeLuise

According to multiple reports, actor, comedian, chef and cookbook author Dom DeLuise has passed away in Los Angeles at age 75. DeLuise starred in several Mel Brooks movies, including Blazing Saddles (above) and Spaceballs, as well as The End with Burt Reynolds, The Muppet Movie and just about every ... More >>

Get Smart Redux is a Rare Device

A TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms

We Now Present... Steroids, The Musical

Wonder If Texas Monthly Will Run a "Drunk Astronaut" Cover

Hairspray

Movie musical of the musical of the movie is nowhere near divine

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Re: Wanted: Stoopid Christmas Fotos

Tortilla Flat

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Some Kind of Joke

Star Powered

Springtime for Mel

Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater

Fresh Producers

The Broadway smash-hit continues to thrive with its new cast

Alan Ruck's Day On

A traveling production of The Producers stars Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Max Factors

Writer-director Menno Meyjes asks, what if Hitler were once a human being?

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded a good harvest

Fight the Powers

In Goldmember, Mike Myers's mojo is running low

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

When In Doubt...

Classic gifts

Big Moe

City of Syrup (Wreckshop)

Venus Envy

Camp Vamp

Mel Brooks' Dracula isrise-from-the-dead funny

Springtime for Bob

Lanier worship reaches an apogee at the mayor's million-dollar bash

Po' PoMo Moliere

The Alley concocts a Blazing Shambles of its slapstick commedia dell'Tartuffe