Actor and director Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926. And on his birthday, I sat down with another director, Zach Eastman to talk about Brooks' career. 

Mel wrote such movie classics as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, and The Producers. 

We also went over some of Zach's projects like The Boy Who Stares and Twombley. Eastman says he prefers to direct drama because it comes easier, but he appreciates Mel's work. As do I, that is why we talked for hours. 

Zach’s latest project: https://thinkshorts.com/17365/leather-brown

The Boy Who Stares : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtqeTWuooQs&t=24s

Appearance on Zach's show talking about The Shop Around the Corner https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-19-the-shop-around-the-corner-or-the-legend-of-pepi/id1540142449?i=1000517315513