Mel Brooks

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q104266: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Panic Room (2002); Band of Brothers (context only); Mel Brooks documentary (Judd Apatow, HBO); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother. Count them as director (8 films), actor (2 films), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Fight Club (1999): 3 lines

  1. career (career) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Panic Room read as a small antidote to the response to Fight Club.
    “This seemed like a little bit of an antidote to that because what's panic room about.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The inside-the-house camera moves Fincher started in Fight Club are fully developed in Panic Room.
    “And there's a lot of like stuff that he had started to do a little bit with Fight Club is like really like fleshed out in panic room”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:53 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (response to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Panic Room is a conscious response to Fight Club, which flopped and tried to be about everything.
    “Yes. And I feel like it's a very conscious response to fight club.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fargo (1996): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jodie Foster: 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Jodie Foster ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The Game casting fell through, and Panic Room happened because she still wanted to work with Fincher.
    “Panic room ends up happening because of how badly she still wanted to work with Venture”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:56:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Rear Window ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Sling Blade (1996): 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Sling Blade ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Yoakam was cast in Panic Room off of Sling Blade.
    “That was kind of what he got cast off over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Straw Dogs (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Straw Dogs ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs (Peckinpah).
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage.
    “A little silence of lambs homage.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Thief ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Fincher may have watched Thief before Panic Room.
    “Fincher does panic room and he probably saw Thief like 2 weeks before he started filming”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Flight Plan: 1 line

  1. unmapped (template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Panic Room ⇒ Flight Plan (the host's read). A host says Panic Room set the template for what looked like Foster's next phase of adult thrillers.
    “And I do think it's sort of set a template for what felt like, oh, this is Jody Foster's next phase that then went sort of died prematurely.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (set the template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if: should have done a spoof, played Raul: Panic Room ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). A host says Fincher's all-previs approach on this film created the pipeline for how blockbusters are made.
    “But that disc 2 is so much about that he basically created the pipeline for how all fucking blockbusters are made on this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (12) everyone in directing

Other (4) everyone in other

Acting (2) everyone in acting

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (4)

  1. contrast (contrast): Bong Joon-ho → Mel Brooks. The unplanned Sweet 16 matchup of Bong versus Brooks is intriguing.
    “What's to me more interesting is Bong versus Mel Brooks.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:43:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Jane Campion → Mel Brooks. After Campion's uncomfortable run of movies, voters seem to want comedy, which helps Brooks.
    “Campion is like, that was a run of movies that make people feel uncomfortable.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:26:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Mel Brooks → Don Bluth. Brooks has captured the nostalgia vote that was expected to go to Bluth or Spielberg.
    “he's sort of solidified the nostalgia vote.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:27:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Mel Brooks → Stanley Kubrick. Brooks and Kubrick are opposite in vibe, so Brooks may do better against Kubrick than Welles would.
    “Brooks and Kubrick will be at such opposite ends in terms of vibe, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Mel Brooks → Gene Wilder. Brooks works better with someone like Gene Wilder at the center than as the lead himself.
    “Mel's kind of good as a side dish.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:55:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Mel Brooks → Band of Brothers. Brooks is a WWII veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, which Band of Brothers (produced by Spielberg) depicts.
    “Mel Brooks is a World War 2 veteran who was in the Battle of the Bulge, which is detailed in Band of Brothers, produced by Steven Spielberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:19:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (4)

  1. programming (programming): History of the World, Part I → Mel Brooks. They will cover History of the World Part I one day.
    “one that we will, I'm sure cover on this show one day.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:10:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Robin Hood: Men in Tights → Mel Brooks. Robin Hood Men in Tights is saved for a Mel Brooks series, not the Robin Hood category.
    “So it's better to save it for Mel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:46:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Mel Brooks → Steven Spielberg. Brooks is seeded too low and is ahead of Spielberg, the longest remaining filmography.
    “Mel Brooks is someone who, I think we seeded too low.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:17:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Mel Brooks → Don Bluth. Brooks had the most decisive victory in the previous round, over Bluth.
    “he had the most decisive victory.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:22:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Mel Brooks → Adolf Hitler. Brooks's war service informs his pointed but not strident comedy about Hitler, deflating the myth.
    “he fought in that war and did so much comedy about Hitler in a way that felt very pointed, but also wasn't strident”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:20:11 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (shared players): Gene Wilder → Mel Brooks. Wilder's film has many of Mel Brooks's regulars in it.
    “Although it has a lot of Mel Brooks guys in it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 1:58:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Mel Brooks → Todd Haynes. Brooks beat Haynes in round one.
    “Brooks just demonstrated some strength against Todd Haynes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Mel Brooks → Panic Room. The hosts pitch Mel Brooks directing a spoof called Panic Attack Room.
    “Mel Brooks should have done that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:32:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Orson Welles → Mel Brooks. A Brooks win over Welles in the final four could make Brooks a champion.
    “I feel like if if Mel beats Orson... Then he can be Cooper.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:28:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Mel Brooks: Judd Apatow directed a four-hour HBO documentary about Mel Brooks, who turns 100 this year.
    “Judd Apatado directed a new HBO documentary about Mel Brooks, who is turning 100 years old this year”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:54:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Mel Brooks: Brooks is 98 years old.
    “He is 98 years old.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:44:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Mel Brooks: Brooks ranked about number six in a top-box-office-stars poll though he'd never led his own movie.
    “He was so big as a figure.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:56:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Mel Brooks: Brooks, 95, is a WWII veteran; the speaker learned of his Battle of the Bulge service while watching Band of Brothers.
    “I mean he's 95 years old.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:19:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)