Mel Brooks and Christmas may not seem like the most obvious fit, but this year, the Sundance Channel is launching a Christmas Day movie marathon called "Oy! To the World," which includes Brooks' Young Frankenstein, History of the World, Part I, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and The Producers (both versions).

"It's insane of [Sundance] to do this," the iconic comedian, filmmaker, and emblem of Jewish humor admitted to BuzzFeed, "but I'm very happy they did."

Though, these days, the now-87-year-old Brooks sees his comedy as more universal than ever, noting explicitly Jewish humor, as it were, is a thing of the past.

"Twenty-five years ago, sure, yes, absolutely," he explained of the former distinction between Jewish and secular comedy. "Today, it's the same education, same newspapers, leading now to TV, leading to the internet. I think [humor is] all the same now."

It helps that Brooks is as sharp as ever, and that his work continues to feel as edgy and provocative now as it did decades ago. He attracted some major controversy when he turned the Spanish Inquisition into a musical number more than 20 years ago in History of the World, Part I, a scene that might require some explanation for younger viewers ("These kids of 9, 10, and 12, they stop me and say, 'Mel Brooks! Please take a picture!' It's amazing," he noted) when it hits the Sundance Channel on Christmas Day.

"I got a lot of write-ins from rabbis, and I tried to explain, 'I'm just mentioning it so people don't forget!'" Brooks recalled. "You've got to make people laugh, and they'll never forget it."

It's the same tactic he employed in crafting The Producers' infamous play within a film, Springtime for Hitler.

"You've gotta make fun of Hitler," Brooks added. "That's the only way to bring him down."