From: Jeff Shultz 

The funny thing is that I can actually hear him saying that, in his voice....


On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:10:11 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:

>
>>
> Just don't buy them in Toronto
>
> http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Articl
e_Type1&c=Article&cid=1096452771745&call_pageid=968867495754&col=968705925735&t
acodalogin=no
>
> T.O.'s 'mushy' bagels cost us film shoot Comedian Brooks decides to shoot
> The Producers in New York
>
>
>
> NEW YORK (AP) - Mel Brooks has bypassed northeastern film hub Toronto in
> favour of New York because of new film subsidies and some important
> gastronomical considerations.
>
> The famed comedian said the $45 million (U.S.) remake of his own film and
> broadway smash, The Producers, won't be shot here because of our bagels.
>
> "The bagels, just the bagels alone," he said. "You go
to Toronto, they're
> mushy."
>
> Brooks, a Brooklyn native, will instead shoot the movie at a new studio in
> his native borough.

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