@@jamespfitz Geez, do you even have a sense of humor at all? Can't you tell when someone's giving a humorous compliment? You should watch the actual clip - Mel laughs along with everyone else at the comment and waves back at Nathan, who follows it up with "I love you Mel." You ought to know Nathan and Mel happen to be very close friends. Lighten up!
I've watched this so many times (first on TV, then VHS then DVD) that I know every line. My favourite comedy film, I love it. And curiously, the VHS I have ends with the drunk detonating the bomb.
I was a teenager babysitting into the wee hours. I found this on the Late Night Movie (remember, this was before cable) and thought I'd been drugged. My favorite film.
Went to see an amateur production of this with my husband! He’d seen the film i’d onlyheard of it. It was in a tiny little theatre so a lot of it was cut, but cut well. It was going down very well, and by the time Springtime came on the guy and i started laughing - complete strangers, just the two of us and for ten minutes we were clutching each other, the only two people in an otherwise quiet theatre. And it was like that through every scene, just the two of us again. For an amateur show the guy who played Bialy was top class West End material. It was one of the funniest evenings of my life. Brilliant!
Best line in this: "We lifted the dancing swastika from Busby Berkely" You really have to have seen one of Busby's movies to fully appreciated that. Zero, Gene and Dick Shawn! And that one line that Mel overdubs during the musical is terrific. *I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast... where did I go right?*
JudasAngel666 can you believe that there are people who refuse to watch black and white films. So they will miss the joy of Young Frankenstein. Even Run DMC fans!! They don't realise that walk this way joke inspired Steve Tyler's lyrics in the original Aerosmith tune.
Two movies that had me busting a gut right out of the gate. The Pink Panther Stikes again and The Producers. Difference being that The Producers maintained the hilarity throughout.
I work at a marina and we say the word “chain” a lot. Then, because I’m annoying, I have to say “Hercules chained, Hercules unchained, Hercules the chain is slipping....he made 6 movies about Hercules and a chain!”😂😂😂
Anybody else find it funny that gene wilder played both Leo bloom and Frederick Frankenstein in young Frankenstein, and roger bart eventually played Leo bloom and was Frederick in young Frankenstein the musical??
Years, years, years after seeing this for the first time, I have NEVER forgotten it. The scene in Lincoln Center where Leo yells, "I want everything.." and the fountain goes on?? Heart lifting, and hysterically funny. Bravo, Mel. The remake?? Ehhhh..
In Germany, the movie is called "Frühling für Hitler", Springtime for Hitler. Because apparently, Germans find it much easier to take the piss out of Hitler than Americans. I bet that would cheer Mel Brooks up if he knew...
When you think about it, the idea of making the worst play ever of Hitler would be a hit. People respond positively when evil is mocked. When Spike Jones mocked Hitler with "Der Fuehrer's Face," it was a big hit.
I think he really should be up there on the same level as Shakespeare and Co... Mel Brooks is pure comedic genius...I do not know of anybody more talented than him.
***** Shot for shot? One of the biggest "complaints" of the 2005 version is that many things were done in one sho, giving a "watching a play" kind of feel (even though that's what it was). It is the same play, of course most of the dialogue is going to be the same. The main difference is that this time it has been converted into a musical so there is a slew of new, original, well composed songs that weren't in the original. I bet if half of you purist whiners had seen the 2005 version first, your tone wouldn't be so harsh.
No black Hitler in the ensemble cast of Hitlers? I wonder why? Surely a candidate for the truly absurd... I love Mel Brooks classics. The writing, acting and comedic timing is beyond superb.
An example of the explicit satire in the film as the old women paid a lot of money to the producer Max to satisfy her sexual desire satire people who think young man should not be satisfy older women for money. Such explicit example in the film might be rejected by moralists for the reason of the high amount of nudity and sexuality
To show how things have changed, Nathan Lane would have been a perfect Roger Debris. Just cant see him as the womanizing Max. Eh. A musical. A different kind of play/movie and a different time.
The only film that made both my father and grandfather laugh out loud! It was and still is a hilarious movie! One of the best comedies ever made!
One of the greatest. I'm only 28 so I wasnt alive during his prime, but I'm going to cry like a baby once Mel is gone. Some of the best memories.
When Nathan Lane accepted his Tony for The Producers, he said "As comedy legends go, Mel Brooks is probably the most adorable."
What a snide comment. Mel Brooks has more funny in his missing foreskin than Nathan Lane will ever have. Show some respect, Nathan Lane, you ham.
@@jamespfitz Geez, do you even have a sense of humor at all? Can't you tell when someone's giving a humorous compliment? You should watch the actual clip - Mel laughs along with everyone else at the comment and waves back at Nathan, who follows it up with "I love you Mel." You ought to know Nathan and Mel happen to be very close friends. Lighten up!
I've watched this so many times (first on TV, then VHS then DVD) that I know every line. My favourite comedy film, I love it. And curiously, the VHS I have ends with the drunk detonating the bomb.
I was a teenager babysitting into the wee hours. I found this on the Late Night Movie (remember, this was before cable) and thought I'd been drugged. My favorite film.
Went to see an amateur production of this with my husband! He’d seen the film i’d onlyheard of it. It was in a tiny little theatre so a lot of it was cut, but cut well. It was going down very well, and by the time Springtime came on the guy and i started laughing - complete strangers, just the two of us and for ten minutes we were clutching each other, the only two people in an otherwise quiet theatre. And it was like that through every scene, just the two of us again. For an amateur show the guy who played Bialy was top class West End material. It was one of the funniest evenings of my life. Brilliant!
When you've got material of that quality you surely can't go wrong.
This is the funniest movie I have ever seen in my 61 years.
My favourite line in the movie: "That's it baby; when you got it flaunt it. FLAUNT IT!!"
I’M WEARING A CARDBOARD BELT!!
@@vipermad358 You seem nice. lol
@@vipermad358 MAX, HE'S WEARING A DRESS!!
Everyone should see this film before they die funniest film ever
man, I can't get that song out of my head as this movie will delight people of all ages in the future like in the past.
Best line in this: "We lifted the dancing swastika from Busby Berkely"
You really have to have seen one of Busby's movies to fully appreciated that.
Zero, Gene and Dick Shawn! And that one line that Mel overdubs during the musical is terrific.
*I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast... where did I go right?*
Thank you for sharing this! The Producers is the first film I remember seeing as a kid, and probably the film I've seen the most. It never gets old.
Thank you Mr Mel Brooks .
Mel Brooks is best writer, producers is best ever written
Tavga Hawrame thank god he got all the awards to back it up. many dont. the man is an absolute treasure. completely based. genius
Next to Young Frankienstein this is one of my Alltime favs by Brooks
JudasAngel666 can you believe that there are people who refuse to watch black and white films. So they will miss the joy of Young Frankenstein. Even Run DMC fans!! They don't realise that walk this way joke inspired Steve Tyler's lyrics in the original Aerosmith tune.
yep
My 3 all-time fave Mel Brooks films:
3: Young Frankenstein
2: Silent Movie
1: The Producers
This is better. #1. Frankenstein or Dracula parodies funny but not as high as this
Very funny movie! The director, the actors, the stage dancers, the singers! All class acts!
Funny " I'm wearing a cardboard belt "."Little old ladies on one last trill on the way to the cemetery ".
Casting Dick Shawn as Hitler was brilliant too..."What is your name?" "Lorenzo St.Dubois... But my friends call me L.S.D."...
I believe you wondered into the wrong theatre.
Peter Sellers as Leo Bloom possibly would’ve been one of Sellers best roles. I can only imagine.
Two movies that had me busting a gut right out of the gate. The Pink Panther Stikes again and The Producers. Difference being that The Producers maintained the hilarity throughout.
The film is simply brilliant. The big Busby Berkeley Springtime for Hitler show number is sublime comedy. Gut laughs every time.
Such a great movie.
Ronnie & Minh now it's a great musical. Just seen it at the Cambridge Arts theatre.we were in stitches!
Thanks for posting. Mel Brooks is the man.
Greatest comedy ever made
I work at a marina and we say the word “chain” a lot. Then, because I’m annoying, I have to say “Hercules chained, Hercules unchained, Hercules the chain is slipping....he made 6 movies about Hercules and a chain!”😂😂😂
The name 'Bloom', coupled with 'Bialystock', was of interest for starter's.As my Father came from a village close to Bialystock in Poland.
Thanks for posting this.
I love this movie A LOT!!!
The best comedy ever zero and gene best combo ever and the rest of the cast all top notch
i don't even remember seeing this movie as a child, yet the name Zero Mostel is somehow ingrained in my mind.
Springtime for Mussolini is funny as hell! as a line…my God this man’s mind is wonderful
Anybody else find it funny that gene wilder played both Leo bloom and Frederick Frankenstein in young Frankenstein, and roger bart eventually played Leo bloom and was Frederick in young Frankenstein the musical??
I watched this movie in the mid 1970s on Australian television but the title was Spring Time For Hitler.
now united with Richard, RIP
Zero was a God!
Mel Brooks. He funny
Years, years, years after seeing this for the first time, I have NEVER forgotten it. The scene in Lincoln Center where Leo yells, "I want everything.." and the fountain goes on?? Heart lifting, and hysterically funny. Bravo, Mel. The remake?? Ehhhh..
In Germany, the movie is called "Frühling für Hitler", Springtime for Hitler. Because apparently, Germans find it much easier to take the piss out of Hitler than Americans. I bet that would cheer Mel Brooks up if he knew...
When you think about it, the idea of making the worst play ever of Hitler would be a hit. People respond positively when evil is mocked. When Spike Jones mocked Hitler with "Der Fuehrer's Face," it was a big hit.
Rick Cornell Don’t you mean Chuck Jones?
I think it was Martin Luther who said “The Devil, that proud spirit, cannot endure mockery.”
Chaplin's, the great dictator
i can watch this movie over and over,, it is a Mel Brooks masterpiece funnier then Blazzing Saddles Zero is the best!!!
Musical theatre is not my favorite genre and I LOVE The Producers!
Mel's greatest movie. The performances of Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder will never be surpassed in those roles. Bialystok, really.
Could one say it was a chain of movies about Hercules?
I think he really should be up there on the same level as Shakespeare and Co... Mel Brooks is pure comedic genius...I do not know of anybody more talented than him.
Well, Gene Wilder named his production company "Pal-Mel" for good reason!!
Great!What about parts 3+5?
"You have broken the Siegfied Oath !!! Now you must die!!"
Othhhh? :)
FollowYourNoise
Siegfried maybe?
we are all Jweish in Scotland. Joking
This was my favorite of his movies. Young Frankenstein is close.
Thank god Mel never ran across the concept of "subtlety"
What would have happened if you could have put Mel Brooks, Robin Williams, and Monty Python in the same room, and left them there for a week??
By the end all of them would have been eaten by Terry Jones, who would promptly explode after eating a wafer thin mint.
I love Peter Sellers but Gene Wilder was perfect for Leo Bloom in this.
sdgakatbk agreed
Sellers was not only a more seasoned actor but a more seasoned comedian as well he would’ve been a better Leo Bloom than Gene was.
5:20 'we'll make spring time for mussolini', but springtime for hitler is too strong'. that should have been written into the play somewhere.
Happy 50th Anniversary
thanks for posting. What happened to part 5?
Stephen Kuhl
I don't get people's beef with the 2005 version. It's hilarious and the songs are witty and catchy. Are people just being purists?
***** So?
2005 version is a prime example of why not to remake classics
AKN Concept Why? Objectively there was nothing wrong with it.
bh5496
The original is clearly considered superior, so why bother remaking an inferior version ?
***** Shot for shot? One of the biggest "complaints" of the 2005 version is that many things were done in one sho, giving a "watching a play" kind of feel (even though that's what it was). It is the same play, of course most of the dialogue is going to be the same. The main difference is that this time it has been converted into a musical so there is a slew of new, original, well composed songs that weren't in the original. I bet if half of you purist whiners had seen the 2005 version first, your tone wouldn't be so harsh.
Mistrz
Hercules the Chain is Slipping: I got to see this!
I want that money!!
Willy Wonka is an accountant.
Based on the 1964 film Panic Button?
nothing ever will come close to Producers
No black Hitler in the ensemble cast of Hitlers? I wonder why? Surely a candidate for the truly absurd...
I love Mel Brooks classics. The writing, acting and comedic timing is beyond superb.
An example of the explicit satire in the film as the old women paid a lot of money to the producer Max to satisfy her sexual desire satire people who think young man should not be satisfy older women for money. Such explicit example in the film might be rejected by moralists for the reason of the high amount of nudity and sexuality
Did he ever say the name of the real director he based it off of?
Yeah,how about when Chaplin did it?
wow! how old is mel?
He's a year older than when you asked that question. Haven't you got Google? :-)
He's another year older.
Mr. ZAP He's a year older.
I think he was Born 1926 or 1927 because he was in his late teens when he was in the army in 1944.
A million bucks. This means mansions and cars and women and trips to Brazil and Las Vegas and women and fancy offices and expensive clothes and women.
Fabulous
original Producers just superb without Larry David haha
To show how things have changed, Nathan Lane would have been a perfect Roger Debris. Just cant see him as the womanizing Max. Eh. A musical. A different kind of play/movie and a different time.
>film making fun of the nazis
>people are offended
hmmmmmmm
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larry david is nearly as funny as mel, zero is impossible to recreate
jewish
is this Anti Semitic.
No
The trump presidential campaign!!!!