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An egg cream can do anything. An egg cream to a Brooklyn Jew is like water to an Arab. A Jew will kill for an egg cream. It's the Jewish malmsey.

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
Actor
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Melvin Brooks
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