Gene Wilder copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult following and an Oscar nomination for Best Score, as well as a Golden Globe award nomination for Wilder. When Woody Allen offered him a role in one segment of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", Wilder accepted, hoping this would be the hit to put an end to his series of flops. "Everything ... " was a hit, grossing over $18 million in the United States alone against a $2-million
Paul L. Williams (author) career by writing articles on Catholicism for National Review and serving as the senior editor for The Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. His first book, "Everything You Always Wanted To Know about the Catholic Church But Were Afraid to Ask for Fear of Excommunication" was published by Doubleday in 1989. In "The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America and the Western World", he expands on the "American Hiroshima" scenario he believes to be imminent, in which simultaneous nuclear attacks on 7 to 10 American cities would create havoc in American society. "The Vatican Exposed", published in 2003 became the subject