Blazing Bottles: Funny man Mel Brooks is as serious about wine as he is about his movies

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Issue: August 31, 1995

August 31, 1995 Blazing Bottles Funny man Mel Brooks is as serious about wine as he is about his movies By Jeff Morgan Mel Brooks transformed the traditionally ale-swigging Friar Tuck into Rabbi Tuckman, purveyor of sacramental wines, for his 1993 movie, "Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

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