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Mel Brooks Gifts 150k-Item Archive to National Comedy Center

5/18/2026

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Mel Brooks donated his archive to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York.
The collection contains 150,000 documents, 5,000 photos, and the lyric sheet for “Springtime for Hitler.”
Films in the archive include The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Spaceballs.
Executive director Journey Gunderson said the archive is essential to comedy history and will aid scholarship.

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Mel Brooks donated his archive to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York.
The collection contains 150,000 documents, 5,000 photos, and the lyric sheet for “Springtime for Hitler.”
Films in the archive include The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Spaceballs.
Executive director Journey Gunderson said the archive is essential to comedy history and will aid scholarship.