Mel Brooks brings 6th finger to Hollywood ceremony

Director/Comedian Mel Brooks displays his cement-covered hands, including one with a prosthetic finger, during his Hand and Footprint ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the movie "Young Frankenstein," in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Director/Comedian Mel Brooks displays his cement-covered hands, including one with a prosthetic finger, during his Hand and Footprint ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the movie "Young Frankenstein," in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

By Associated Press September 8, 2014 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mel Brooks has given the finger to Hollywood.

The extra finger, that is.

Brooks, the writer, producer and actor responsible for the classic movie comedies “The Producers,” ”Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein,” sank his hands and feet into cement in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Monday – a ritual followed by decades of movie legends.

But Brooks, who’s 88, wore a fake sixth finger on his left hand.

He said he left the unique mark “just in case somebody from Des Moines, Iowa, says ‘Harry! Harry! Look, Mel Brooks has six fingers on his left hand!'”