[Dixielandjazz] Mel Brooks (was Ealing Comedies of the 1950s)

[rahberry at comcast.net]

Hi Bill - 


Yes, I've got a lot of time on my hands since my retirement. You Tube 
is taking up a big part of it, one way or another. Buying a camcorder 
definitely gave me something to do. 
You seem to have a considerable amount of information stored away 
yourself, and not just about You Tube! 
I do a little genealogy and I find it very interesting that you know something 
about family's whereabouts in 1853. 
Now let's see what Marek has to say..... 
Regards, 
-- Rae Ann 


http://www.sfraeann.com 
http://www.youtube.com/sfraeann 
http://www.craigventresco.com 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> 
To: rahberry at comcast.net 
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2009 4:29:11 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Mel Brooks (was Ealing Comedies of the 1950s) 

rahberry at comcast.net wrote regarding Mel Brooks' "Sweet Georgia Brown" 
> 
> Here's the clip in Polish. Very funny. 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3JLZQk6RWY 

Dear Rae Ann, 
You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge of 'wot's on 
YouTube' (apart from you own contributions to it). 
I suppose Mel Brooks was able to do the Polish thing because of his 
background: 

"Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, the son of 
Kate (née Brookman), a garment worker, and Maximilian Kaminsky, a 
process server. Brooks and his family are Jewish; his maternal 
grandparents emigrated from outside Kiev and his paternal family was 
from Danzig in the German Empire." 

I await Marek's comment regarding the "SGB" translation with interest. 
Very kind regards, 
Bill. 
PS: As a matter of not much interest, my stepfather's forebears (the 
Haeslers) came to Australia from Prussia in 1853.