r/AskReddit • u/anasannanas • 15h ago

Which celebrity are you amazed is still alive?

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u/co1token 15h ago

Mel Brooks should be at the top of this list

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u/_THX_1138_ 15h ago

DVD, Mel Brooks, and David Attenborough are all over 100 and currently all alive

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u/fh3131 15h ago

DVDs are barely 40 years old

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u/DustyScharole 15h ago

DVDs are 40? brb, checking myself into an old folks home.

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u/fh3131 15h ago

Sorry, my bad, you're still young. I was thinking CDs, DVDs are 30 yo

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u/shortribz85 10h ago

But laser disc has been around since ‘78.

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u/amrodd 3h ago

But it was read only IIRC

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u/dabnagit 8h ago

I think I would pay money to see Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke interview each other. They must know each other pretty well, given the Carl Reiner connection.

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u/TheKZA 13h ago

I saw an interview with Mel Brooks on YouTube from the year I was born. He was 56. Knowing he’s still kicking made me feel a lot better about my age and feeling old. It’s still a crazy thought to me.

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u/Ancient_Roof_7855 13h ago

My algorithm sorted thread "Due to his age, Mel Brooks insisted on shooting his scenes for SpaceBalls 2 before the rest of the cast" right about this one.

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u/wydok 14h ago

Shhhhhhhhh

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u/Reptilesblade 15h ago

Just watched his Joe Rogan episode last week. I don't care how old he is the dudes still operating on next level.

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u/theSteakKnight 7h ago

It's crazy to think he's the last living cast member of Young Frankenstein

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u/OperatorTrick2026 4h ago

I am eager to see how the Spaceballs sequel goes

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u/damagedone37 13h ago

HAIL SKROOB

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u/anasannanas 15h ago

I would have sworn he was dead

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u/gypsyblader 15h ago

Hes making spaceballs 2

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u/jrose125 15h ago

He just turned 100 at the end of June. Still with us

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u/Key_Opening6939 15h ago

This is my problem with most older celebs lol. When the news breaks that they’ve died I’m shocked because I’d swear they died years ago.