Summary of Mel Brooks's All About Me!

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#1 I was born on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. I was the last child born to Kate Kaminsky, whose maiden name was Katie Brookman. I was the center of attention as I was the baby of the family. My father died when I was six years old, leaving me with a lasting frustration about not having a father.

#2 My brothers were all wonderful, and even though they didn’t have a father of their own, they made sure that I was cared for and looked after. My mother became both parents after my brothers were old enough to work.

#3 My mother was a hero. She lost her husband when she was thirty, and then had to raise four kids on her own. She was constantly busy: getting breakfast, washing dishes, doing laundry, and cooking dinner. But she always made time for me.

#4 My mother’s sister, Sadie, lived in the apartment below us on the fourth floor. Sadie was a terrific sister to my mother. She was always there for her, especially when my father died. She provided my mother with a couple of extra dollars a week by bringing home some work for her from her factory.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350017250

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Insights on Mel Brooks's All About Me

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was born on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. I was the last child born to Kate Kaminsky, whose maiden name was Katie Brookman. I was the center of attention as I was the baby of the family. My father died when I was six years old, leaving me with a lasting frustration about not having a father.

#2

My brothers were all wonderful, and even though they didn’t have a father of their own, they made sure that I was cared for and looked after. My mother became both parents after my brothers were old enough to work.

#3

My mother was a hero. She lost her husband when she was thirty, and then had to raise four kids on her own. She was constantly busy: getting breakfast, washing dishes, doing laundry, and cooking dinner. But she always made time for me.

#4

My mother’s sister, Sadie, lived in the apartment below us on the fourth floor. Sadie was a terrific sister to my mother. She was always there for her, especially when my father died. She provided my mother with a couple of extra dollars a week by bringing home some work for her from her factory.

#5

I had two cavities on the upper side of my mouth when I was just five years old. My mother took me to the Bible House to get them filled, but instead had them pulled out. I was a poster boy for a new concept in dentistry: implants.

#6

My brother and I were always playing games, and I was always too busy to come down for lunch. My mother would often send me up to catch a sandwich, which I would then bring down to her.

#7

My father’s side of the family was in the herring business. They met the Swedish fishing boats loaded with herring and took the fish to their warehouse where they processed them in big wooden barrels. They made five or six different kinds of cured herring.

#8

Uncle Lee told me a family legend about Grandpa Abraham’s uncle Louie from Minsk. Louie was a religious zealot who would break every window of every store that was open on Saturday in Minsk. He was always arrested and spent the night in jail.

#9

I knew I could never be half as good as Arsène Lupin, the famous fictional French jewel thief, so I decided to give up taking for good. I realized then that I could never be half as good as Lupin, so I decided to give up crime forever.

#10

I was always funny, but the first time I was funny was at Camp Sussex. I was about six years old and whatever the counselors said, I would turn it around. I was the last one they picked to be on the team.

#11

I was very short, and I understood there were only two ways to be taller: have very tall parents or undergo a difficult process called large men pulling up on your head and your