{"id":155589,"date":"2026-03-06T19:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/155589\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:43:39","slug":"the-mel-brooks-questionnaire-steve-carell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/155589\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mel Brooks Questionnaire: Steve Carell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"g-doc-image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/packages\/flash\/multimedia\/ICONS\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Page 1 of 1\" aria-describedby=\"page-1-text\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/output-1.png\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2300\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"page-1-text\" class=\"g-doc-text\">Name:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSteve Carell&#13;<br \/>\n2. Draw a still life of flowers in a vase that you&#8217;d like to receive on your birthday:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n1. Describe your favorite fragrance:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nMy wife&#8217;s hair&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n3. Choose an architect to design your dream house:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n4. Circle your preferred fruits:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\na) Frank Lloyd Wright&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nb) I.M. Pei&#13;<br \/>\nc) Walter Gropius&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nd) Frank Gehry&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\ne) Louis Sullivan&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nf) Other: Patrick Ahearn&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBanana&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nApple&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPomegranate&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPear&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nCherry&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPineapple&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBlueberry&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nGrape&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPlum&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nNectarine&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n5. Choose a neighborhood to make a dinner reservation in, then tell us what restaurant you&#8217;re going to and what you&#8217;re ordering:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe neighborhood: Boston, Ma.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe restaurant:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAbe and Louie&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n6. Acceptable forms of footwear for daily life (circle all that apply):&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe food order:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nNY Strip\/French fries\/7 layer&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nNever Sandal&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBoot&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nTennis shoe&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe drink order:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nMr. Pibb&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nLoafer&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSlipper&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nNone&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n7.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nChocolate Cake&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nWhich composer would you choose to score the movie of your life, and what song would be featured on the soundtrack? Tom Lehrer&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll all go together when we go&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n2.Train&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n3Plane&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nCanoe&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nDonkey&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n8. Rank the following forms of transportation from 1 to 7 (1 being the best):&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n5 Foot&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n4Bicycle&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nCar&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n9. Draw the spaceship that would take you all the way to Mars:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nmars&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n10. What were your career ambitions at the following ages?&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAge 5:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAge 15:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nFireman&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nGoalie for U.S. Olympic Hockey Team&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAge 21:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nActor&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAge 89:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nFireman&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nme&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nMars Express&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n11. You get to choose one TV series to fall asleep to on a loop-which do you pick?&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n12. Eggs!&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#8216;Great British Baking Show&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPoached&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBenedict&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSunny side up&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nScrambled&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSoft-boiled&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nRaw&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nOver easy&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHard-boiled&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n14. Hats!&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n13. Complete this sentence (fact and fiction are both acceptable):&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nsetts&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHistory in spite of my&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nI became world famous in&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nat&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nlimitations and I hope I&#8217;ll&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;I was born in Concord, Massachu and studied Omelet Denisa U. be remembered as someone who didn&#8217;t worry and too much about their legacy&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\na) Sherlock Holmes&#8217;s deerstalker&#13;<br \/>\nb) Roy Rogers&#8217;s cowboy hat&#13;<br \/>\nc) Joe DiMaggio&#8217;s Yankees cap d) Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s royal crown&#13;<br \/>\ne) Napoleon Bonaparte&#8217;s bicorn hat&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nf) Davy Crockett&#8217;s coonskin cap&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\ng) Whistler&#8217;s mother&#8217;s bonnet&#13;<br \/>\nh) Fred Astaire&#8217;s top hat&#13;<br \/>\nOther: Bicorn Deerstalker&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n15. Favorite comedy film of all time (no write-ins, please):&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\na) &#8220;The Producers&#8221; (1967)&#13;<br \/>\nD) &#8220;Blazing Saddles&#8221; (1974)&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nC) Young Frankenstein&#8221; (1974) Choose&#13;<br \/>\nd) &#8220;High Anxiety&#8221; (1977)&#13;<br \/>\ne) &#8220;Spaceballs&#8221; (1987)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Name:&#13; &#13; Steve Carell&#13; 2. 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