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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.
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Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
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