The Schwartz was with him!
Veteran comedian Mel Brooks cemented his legendary mark on Hollywood Monday with his very own foot and hand prints outside the landmark Chinese Theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Not one to fit in, the award-winning filmmaker wore a prosthetic sixth finger on his left hand to add a little extra charm.
“I desperately need to wash my hands” he tweeted with a photo of his still glistening impression.
“Hands are clean but the shoes will never be the same. Now I’m off to tape @ConanOBrien tonight! #teamcoco,” he later added.
The 88-year-old New York native is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his Oscar-nominated film, “Young Frankenstein.”
“About time, huh?” his son, Max Brooks, joked while presenting his father to Monday’s crowd, according to AFP. “Comedians never get their fair share of recognition in Hollywood. How often does a comedy get best movie of the year?”
While stepping forward, the honoree joked: “Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you all for being here and being part of the wonderful charade. I really love it.”
Four decades after the release of Brooks’ 1974 film, “Young Frankenstein,” the comedy starring Gene Wilder is today ranked number 13 on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 funniest films.
Some of Brooks’ other best-known works include “The Producers,” for which he won an Oscar in 1969, “Blazing Saddles,” which was Oscar-nominated in 1975, the 1987 “Star Wars” spoof “Spaceballs,” and “History of the World, Part I.”
Brooks’ handprint-footprint follows recent impressions by Robert DeNiro, Jackie Chan, Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston, Jane Fonda, and Jerry Lewis.
