. >> mel brooks. >> mel brooks?film, said it was important and everyone needs to see it. >> that would be mel brooks who directed his own hitler comedy, "the producers." >> if this whole awards season season thing goes down the drain. it's a big thing to be recognized by one of the greats and recognized for what we were trying to do. >> and the film received some more recognition from another unexpected source. the showa foundation in conjunction with usc is teaching the film. >> yeah, yeah. they're using it as part of its education tools. now it's amazing. it feels like the story and the film is bigger than us now. >> before jojo and thor, he had smaller success with films like "hunt for the wilder people" and the vampire mocu-mentary "what we do in the shadows." surprisingly, he only began to make films in the '30s. >> i did a short film called "two cars, one night." >> the first film you did got nominated for an oscar? >> yeah. >> and now he is up for more. it's an honor for sure, but of course he will play it fo

west end. >> when mel brooks had called me and asked me to do it, i had said, mel, i don't dance ande the first preview audience i was fired because i didn't dance and i didn't sing. [ laughter ]. >> call it a hiccup in what has mostly been a lifetime of success. >> should i get the cops? i will get the cops. >> after a brief one line debut in the 1967's graduate. >> you might say richard dreyfuss's career was on fire by 1973. george lucas directed him in american gras by the at this along with a few other big names. >> we are leaving in the morning, all right? >> ron howard. >> we are leaving in the morning. >> harrison ford. >> hey, why don't you come ride with me. >> do you know me? >> and then steven spielberg called. >> how do you know me? >> stephen had called me and said i want to meet you about jaws. don't read the book. >> to this davy never read the book. that's how good an actor i am with directors. >> he didn't want you to have any preconceived notions about how the character should be? >> yeah. >> and he told me the story and it was exciting he said you want to do? it an

. >> mel brooks, why did you make "blazing saddles"?> it's a classic western spoofing westerns. it's one of the most subversive comedies that comes out in the '70s. it's a movie that mel brooks cowrites about a black sheriff coming to this town and the town people not wanting him to be there. >> i love "blazing saddles" because it's a revolutionary film. it deals with race with a sense of humor and candor. >> richard pryor was supposed to play the sheriff. warner brothers wouldn't ensure him because he was an kwub exuberant experimenter in chemicals. mel walked off the movie. i can't make it without ritchie. it was richard pryor said no, you have to make this movie. and you have to cast it with clevon little. look how dark his skin is. he would terrify those people. >> i would like you to meet the new sheriff. >> i would be delighted. wow. i have to talk to you. come here. can't you see that that man is a ni -- >> wrong person. forgive me. >> the story was the strand to hang the pearls. the pearls were all of the jokes. >> look at that.

mean that concept alone was brilliant and unprecedented, and it really gave you a sense of who mel brooksfor this wonderful award. >> mel is a giant, maybe the ballsiest of them. >> well, i'll just say what's in my heart. ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump. >> but one of the best of them. explosively funny. >> dr. strangelove, do we have anything like that in the works? >> a moment, please, mr. president. >> "dr. strangelove" is about how the united states and russia, through a series of misunderstandings and actions by certifiably crazy people, almost come to the brink of nuclear war. >> now, then, dimitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb. >> you know, as a comedy person, there was a comedy before "dr. strangelove" and after "dr. strangelove" because no one had seen anything that dry. the satire of it, in order to do it right, you had to do it completely straight. >> of course i like to speak to you. of course i like to say hello. >> on the surface, it was not supposed to scare anybody because it was a comedy when, in fact, it's not a

. >> mel brookes. >> he directed his own hitler comedy, the producers. >> if the whole award season goesn this is big to get recognized by one of the greats. and recognized for what we're trying to do. >> and the film received some more recognition from another unexpected source. >> a foundation in conjunction with usc is teaching the film. >> yes, they're doing education talks. it feels the story of the film is bigger than us now. >> before thor he had other success with hunt for the real people and what we do in the shadows. surprisingly he only began to make films in his 30s. >> the first film you did got nominated for an oscar. >> yeah. >> and now he's up for more and taika waititi will play it for laughs. >> they're stupid awards. awards are worthless. they're not even important. only losers get awards. >> pauley: coming up, a real-life plague. joint pain, swelling, tenderness... ...much better. my psoriasis, clearer... cosentyx works on all of this. four years and counting. so watch out. i got this! watch me. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are feeling real relief with