Preparedness is no joke to comedy legend Mel Brooks' son Max, a writer and US military advisor, who lauds Israel's COVID response and says global pragmatism can beat crisis

The canonical 1974 western satire is rife with Jewish humor -- and, between the yucks, a few moral lessons on empathy and unity as well

'It is kind of a walk through my life,' the 93-year-old says of 'Mel Brooks Unwrapped,' an introspective look at a nearly 60-year career from the Catskills to Hollywood