tell me about max brooks. >> this is max brooks. max brooks wrote a couple of books. first book, i thought it was -- i hope he doesn't hear this. i thought he was a little crazy. i really was worried about him. he wrote a book called "the zombie survival guide" and i said, all right. okay. kids are nuts. he likes zombies. the book is called "zombie survival guide." it's all about what to do in case you're attacked by a zombie. you know, how to defend yourself, where to hide, where to go, you got to stick a knife through their brains. it's a little embarrassing. >> i'm laughing -- before you go forward, i'm laughing at you making fun of max's ideas with the stuff that you produced. >> yeah, right. >> you got some nerve. you got some nerve. >> i do. by the way, that book sold like 2 million copies. >> yeah. >> i mean, i go to him now for money. so max then writes another book about a zombie war called "world war z" and brad pitt falls in love with it. >> optioned it, yeah. >> and they make this movie and it's like a big worldwide success. so, he's into, you know, big th

"harlem hellfighrs" but it's your son, max brooks. >> "zombie survival guide," "world war z," max brooks>> we'll talk about it tomorrow night. thanks for watching. and, as always, keep the faith. >> announcer: for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> i'm tavis smiley join me next time for the conclusion of our conversation with mel brooks on the 40th anniversary of "blazing saddles." that's next time. see you then. er >> rose: welcome to the program.xtonight an hour convern with james cameron, the film director explorer who went to the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean. >> dealing with the natural world, the beauty of sign is that every question that you answer poses three new questions. if you brace science it's job security. the investigation never ends, you know, but it's trying to create a frame work for understanding of how it all works. >> rose: james cameron for the hour, next. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commit

"harlem hellfighters" but it's your son, max brooks. >> "zombie survival guide," "world war z," max brooks>> we'll talk about it tomorrow night. thanks for watching. and, as always, keep the faith. >> announcer: for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> i'm tavis smiley join me next time for the conclusion of our conversation with mel brooks on the 40th anniversary of "blazing saddles." that's next time. see you then. fferent. (male #1) let's take an rv and hollow it out. let's turn that into a stage. we'll livestream everything. people can tweet in questions. we can have this cool dialogue and connection between the leaders that we have in-house and our community out there. (ray) we've got some really cool interviews today, we've got dave and milena from the long beach aquarium of the pacific. i think i'm successful in that i'm happy. (dave) do the thing you want to do, and find a way to make it pay. (female announcer) roadtrip nation would like to thank the college board for supporting this series. the college board: connect to college success. (male announc

was this war as max brooks stupid war, it, a a mistake. what does that mean? an inevitable war with all of the different factions. empire was one of those mentioned in what's going on in europe at that time, it was kick started by the -- the serbia and it n just went from there. >> i consider the clauses of the war, the alliance system, the most important one. this is how i explain to the students. going to go to war regardless. germany didn't start the first world war. serbian monarchy is going to invade serbia and hope they keep russia out. come in. going to interestingly enough because of fears she'll be outfoxed from of 1912, 1913, which needs a lot of don't have time. france are britain and and germany coming into the war on august 1. because of the alliance system. the arms race. from 1911 on, everybody is armed to the teeth. there's going to be a war. "sleep ead the book walkers," everybody is raving about it, he's wrong. weren't sleep walking. in cambridge university press, to name the 5 to 10 people most responsible for the outbreak of the war. going

but was this war, as max brooks characterized it, a stupid war, a mistake? what does that mean?i think it was an inevitable war with all the different factions. one of the other speakers mentioned what was going on in europe at that time was kick assassination in serbia. it went from there. consider the alliance system the most important one. this is how i explain to my students. austria-hungary was going to go to war regardless. she was going to invade serbia but hope for a local war. germany did not start the first world war. the austro-hungarian monarchy is going to invade serbia and hope germany will keep russia out. rush is going to come in. from the balkan wars of 1913, which need timenation -- i don't have -- why are britain, france, and germany coming into the war august 1? the cause of the alliance system. i add the arms race. from 1911 on, everybody is arming to the teeth. if you read the book "sleepwalkers," it is wrong. they were not sleepwalking. wrote the book -- i chapter on austria-hungary. the people responsible for the were caughtthe war up in this nationalism,

get mel next to us or in the studio and that is what happened and he max for two months kept to his word and gently pushing mel brooksnd finally over dinner one day mel video. >> typical mel brooks style. >> fine, i'll do it. >> that is great and never shown it to anyone, check this out. >> al jazeera, i'll do it. >> there you go. >> what more do you need? >> produced by mel brooks. >> directed, written and produced by mel brooks and has his name over it. >> our show with mel brooks has to go down as one of our favorites, he is a legend obviously and never minds being controversial and he tackles racial prejudice and other issues and done that long before it was the norm. what you are about to watch is extended of our conversation with mel that never aired on television. in the past 60 years mel brooks has done his share to shake things up on the silver screen from space balls and robin hood in tights and breaking barriers as a director and writer and puts a spin on historical and religious events like the french revolution and the last supper. >> does everyone want soup, this may be our last supper. it's my first or