Max Brooks is 47. His dad, Mel Brooks, is 93. In a darkly funny new video, they explain how social distancing could save a generation of comedy legends.
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At that moment, the elderly writer-director-actor-producer walks up and knocks on the window pane from inside the house.“Hi, Dad!,” Max Brooks says. “He’s 93. If I get the coronavirus, I’ll probably be OK. But if I give it to him, he could give it to Carl Reiner, who could give it to Dick Van Dyke. And before I know it, I’ve wiped out a whole generation of comedic legends. When it comes to the coronavirus, I have to think about who I can infect, and so should you.
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