nobody, i mean this genuinely, nobody is more important to me doing comedy than mel brooks.oung frankenstein." "history of the world part 1." "high anxiety." "spaceballs." these are the most formative movies, "young frankenstein," the most formative for my comedy career. "the history of the world part 1" came out in 1981. i've been waiting 40 years for the sequel. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: maybe the longest period of time between the original and the sequel of all. >> yeah. and the idea that -- >> jimmy: did tell him all this? >> i have told him this repeatedly. >> jimmy: does he hear it too much, you think? >> i think he's happy to hear it. >> he's okay? >> yeah, me and ike barinholtz and wanda sykes, an insane cast. >> jimmy: what's it like writing it with him? >> i mean, it's to write with your hero is like -- it's unparalleled. you worked with norman lear on the abc specials. >> jimmy: yeah. >> to work with these men who formed your sense tisense tensi a dream come true. he's still funny. he's 95. he's still pitching jokes. he's still so funny. and then at the end of -- lik

. >> jimmy: with mel brooks. >> that's for hulu. [ applause ] >> so we're shooting that.n my agent called and will packard wants to talk to you. he is the producer of the oscars. oh, okay, yeah. because that's what i need right now is another job, right. but i was excited because i want to work with will. and then when they say yeah, you know, you're going to -- you want the host the oscars with amy and regina. and i was like uh, i got to say yeah, right? you have to say yes. >> jimmy: i say yeah, sure. yeah. >> i was real excited about that. but then i realized that out of all the jobs that i have, this one is actually going to cost me money. >> jimmy: it is going to cost you money. because can you say how much you get paid for this? do you even know? >> i don't even know. it's like a scale probably. >> jimmy: it's less than that. >> it's less than that? >> jimmy: yeah. i got paid $15,000 to host the oscars. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: and there is one of me. >> yeah, we probably have to split that. >> jimmy: which, you know, it sounds like a lot for one night, but it's mont

now that boss baby's cut him loose, mel brooks -- hold on. [ laughter ] i just want to be very clear.el brooks as comedy great, he has nothing to do with any of this. [ laughter ] the guy who's spilling the beans is mo brooks. >> the president has asked me to rescind the election of 2020. >> you said that's illegal, you can't do that. what did he ask you, what did you tell him? >> well, he always brings up, we've got to rescind the election, we've got to take joe biden out and put me in now. >> he still says that? >> yes. >> jimmy: i don't know that doesn't sound like my donald trump. [ laughter ] >> i'm going, mr. president, i'm giving him advice, i'm an attorney, i've read the law, i've read the constitution are i know it. mr. president, you can't do that. >> jimmy: he's saying, i knew he was irrational, yet i still had his name tattooed on every inch of my ass. [ laughter ] in order to win the election. only the best people, right, guillermo? >> guillermo: right, jimmy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the best were on parade in washington. today marked the final day of the supreme court hea

but then mel brooks called me in 2004 when i was finishing up my run of "700 sundays." >> jimmy: god,00 sundays" on broadway one of my favorite shows i ever saw. >> oh, thank you thanks >> jimmy: so i remember, i saw it twice, because i was like, "i have to do this again i have to experience it. it was so funny, but also emotional. and it was -- it was just a fun night, because -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: do you remember i was there that night >> and sandy koufax was there with joe torre >> jimmy: yeah, it was great >> we went out for, like, till 3:00 in the morning just talking about baseball and stuff. it was, like, the greatest [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: is it -- do you like have people coming visit you backstage and say "hi" >> oh, yeah. yeah >> jimmy: okay >> yeah, yeah, yeah. there's only one person who ever disappointed me backstage >> jimmy: who? >> the geico gecko >> jimmy: oh [ laughter ] >> but, you know, it's interesting. because first of all, he's a a little arrogant. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wow. >> and -- but with the accent and the whole thing. and it's like -- it's like mee

and mel brooks billing more dirt as he breaks up with donald trump. >> he always brings up, we have tond the election. we have to take joe biden out and put me and now. >> he still says that? >> yes. >> all in starts right now. good evening from chicago. i'm chris hayes. today, president joe biden is in brussels for a series of high stakes meeting with high leaders and an emergency gathering with nato amidst the ongoing crisis in ukraine. the allies at those meetings agree to provide ukraine with -- chemical biological nuclear attack. and they announced a new round of sanctions around members of parliament and defense companies. a month into russia's unprovoked war in ukraine. biden and european allies are trying to show on a united front as they work to increase the pressure on russian president vladimir putin. if you step back from all the day-to-day devastation happening in ukraine, it is impossible to not see this as a pivotal moment in history. it's the first time in the 30 or something years since the end of the cold war that we've come to think of as the global order is being ut