{
  "id": 612500,
  "title": "Doc Talk Podcast: Directors Judd Apatow & Michael Bonfiglio On Their Emmy Contender ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/doc-talk-podcast-directors-judd-apatow-michael-bonfiglio-on-their",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T23:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/mel-brooks-documentary-directors-interview-1237031414/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For over 75 years, Mel Brooks has been making people laugh. Hard. He’s brought to the screen Mongo, Lili Von Shtüpp, the grandson of a certain mad scientist (aka Young Frankenstein), Frau Blücher (“A little Ovaltine, perhaps?), Louis XVI (“It’s good to be the king”), Max Bialystock, Leo Bloom, Barf, Dark Helmet, President Skroob, Yogurt, […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}