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How Mel Brooks' mother talked him out of his childhood Frankenstein fears

Mark Frauenfelder
Aug 22, 2025
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Frankenstein's monster (Willrow Hood / Shutterstock.com)

In a revelation from his 2021 memoir All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business, comedy legend Mel Brooks shares how his mother calmed his childhood fear of Frankenstein's monster.

After watching the 1931 Boris Karloff film at age five, young Brooks feared leaving his bedroom window open, co…

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