# The Very Long, Very Bad Week and Mel Brooks

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Podcast: [Last Exit to Brooklyn -LE2B](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-exit-to-brooklyn-le2b-166687)
Published: 2026-01-31T04:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3955

## Resource

We do our best to cover the previous week but everything is on fire. Catherine O’Hara passes and the world needs Mel Brooks right now. We discuss the HBO Mel Brooks documentary. Also, a funny thing happened on the way to the show.

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