Drew Friedman's new Mel Brooks portrait marks the comedian's 100th birthday

Drew Friedman has released a limited edition fine art print of Mel Brooks, hand-numbered and signed in a run of just 20, to mark Brooks's 100th birthday on June 28, 2026.

Friedman's announcement recalls Brooks's career — starting at 14 as a Borscht Belt "tummler" doing audience warmup, then The Two Thousand Year Old Man with Carl Reiner, Your Show of Shows, Get Smart, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, producing The Elephant Man, and writing "Springtime for Hitler."

"We can't say it's Mel in his prime," says Drew, "because when has Brooks ever not been in his prime?"

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