All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business

by Mel Brooks

I had created a company called Brooksfilms and we were busy with David Lynch at the helm making a film called The Elephant Man.

The Army didn’t rob me of my youth; but actually, come to think of it, they really gave me quite an education. If you don’t get killed in the Army you can learn a lot. You learn how to stand on your own two feet.