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1969 - Mel had one nomination and one win in this year:
- Nominated for the WGA Screen Award for Best
Written American Comedy for The Producers(1968)
- Won the WGA Screen Award for Best Written
American Origional Screenplay for The Producers(1968)

1971 - Mel was nominated for the WGA Screen Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for The Twelve Chairs(1970)

1975 - Mel had one nomination and one win this year:
- Nominated for the WGA Screen Award for Best
Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for Young
Frankenstein(1974). Mel shared this nomination with
Gene Wilder
- Won the WGA Screen Award for Best Comedy
Written Directly for the Screen for Blazing Saddles
(1974). Mel shared this award with Norman Steinberg,
Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger.

1977 - Mel was nominated for the WGA Screen Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen for Silent Movie(1976). Mel shared this nomination with Ron Clark, Rudy De Lucia, and Barry Levinson.