Claim: Mel Brooks has three films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years.
Evidence: Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute 's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years -LRB- 1900 -- 2000 -RRB- , all of which ranked in the top 15 of the list : Blazing Saddles at number 6 , The Producers at number 11 , and Young Frankenstein at number 13.