Mel Brooks has been amusing people for almost a century. He reckons the laughs started almost as soon as he could burble. “I ...

Brooks recently made headlines when the cast of Spaceballs 2 was confirmed to feature him reprising the role of Yogurt, a character who parodies Yoda in the original Spaceballs movie released in 1987.

Brooks, who turns 99 in just a matter of days, will pull double duty as a producer of the movie and return as his beloved character, Yogurt - a parody of the "Star Wars" character Yoda.

Comedy legend Mel Brooks built his career on silly nonsense and meta humor. His 1987 parody of "Star Wars" entitled "Spaceballs" is almost empirically dumb, but it's also very funny. In that movie ...

Mel Brooks portrayed Yogurt — a parody of the 'Star Wars' character Yoda — in his 1987 spoof 'Spaceballs,' which he is making a sequel to with Josh Gad ...