brooks is one of the few artists who have received an oscar, emmy, tony, and grammy. he was awarded his first grammy for best spoken comedy album in 1999 for his recording of "the 2000 year old man in the year 2000" with carl reiner. his two other grammys came in 2002 for best musical show album for the soundtrack of "the producers" and for best long form music video for the dvd "recording the producers - a musical romp with mel brooks". he won his first of four emmy awards in 1967 for outstanding writing achievement in variety for a sid caesar special. he went on to win three emmys in 1997, 1998, and 1999 for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his role of uncle phil on "mad about you". he won his three tony awards in 2001 for his work on the musical, "the producers" for best musical, best original musical score, and best book of a musical. he also won a hugo award and a nebula award for "young frankenstein". three of brooks's movies are on the american movie institute's list of funniest american films: "blazing saddles" (#6), "the producers" (#11), and "young frankenstein" (#13).