To Be or Not to Be
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  • A street sign reads "Kubelski Avenue". To Be or Not to Be (1942) starred Jack Benny, whose real name is Benny Kubelski.

  • Mel Brooks tells a character named Sondheim to "Send in the clowns!" Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim wrote the song "Send in the Clowns" for his musical "A Little Night Music."

  • Mel Brooks has said this is his favorite of his Brooksfilms movies.

  • Col. Earhardt's joke is about Hitler becoming a "pickle". In German, "pickel" means "pimple" or "zit".


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