Mel Brooks has once again found himself at the center of controversy – this time for a new gag about Adolf Hitler that's been branded "offensive and out of touch" by critics, though the 99-year-old comedy legend insists he’s simply doing what he's always done: making people laugh by saying the unsayable.

RadarOnline.com can reveal the backlash erupted after Brooks, speaking to an audience in Los Angeles during a promotional event for the revival of The Producers , quipped, "Hitler was bad to every Jew in the world, but he was good to me." Article continues below advertisement

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The line, intended as a callback

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