Marceau wasn't just _a_ mime, he was _the_ mime. This man was world famous for his skills of silent acting and laid the groundwork for what a mime was. So the fact that the only spoken word said in this movie is by the most famous silent man in the world would've absolutely killed it in theaters back in 1976.
1:41 This scene is pure genius. Normally mimes are silent but since everyone else is silent, he’s the only one who can talk, the tables are turned. And this is perfect for being the only moment in the entire film with only one line of dialogue.
The Guinness Record for the most less dialogue lines in a Movie, Just ONE WORD :-) I could also imagine this scene with a silent Movie Star in my fantasy (like Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nielsen etc.)
Did you know that Monsieur Marceau was a French resistance fighter during WWII? He first used mime to keep quiet children that he and a fellow fighter would smuggle across to safety in Switzerland. God bless and keep you sir!
I remember watching this movie around 2013 when I was a teenager. Me and my brother couldn't stop laughing. It was good joke after good joke. I think I cried from laughing.
Because it isn't just the mime speaking, it is the build up that really does it. There you see a brilliant mime being a mime in a silent film. Not expecting anything different than silence, and then BAM.
Many thanks for making this historical important video available! Finally the stunt can be watched online from which Michael Jackson developed his moonwalk.
@@heyheyhey40 look it up, MJ went to Paris to have Marceau actually teach him. MJ did change the idea into a dance move as Marceau's was "Walking against a strong wind", but it came from him, not James Brown at all.
How I wish I could’ve been at the premier in 1976 to hear the audience reaction to this joke. 😂 I consider myself very lucky that I actually got to see Marcel Marceau performing in New York during what ended up being his final NY run.
One of Mel's most clever jokes. Believe it or not, Marcel Marceau was actually a hero and a "god" to none other than Jamie Gillis, who was so inspired he became a mime himself for a while, before his future career.
I remember seeing this in the theater when it was first released. Dunno about the US, but in Canada it was preceded by a Canadian Film Board shot silent movie starring Buster Keaton. The Railrodder ua-cam.com/video/xYmcN12M97o/v-deo.html
Yeah... Jeffery Daniel taught him how to moonwalk. I was about to like your comment but then LilGeezy93 corrected you and I looked it up. You’re spreading false information.
That is a funny concept . . . but the irony of the only spoken line in an otherwise silent film being delivered by a famous mime is far better in my mind.
Seriously, Silent Movie is probably the most underrated of Mel Brooks' films. Maybe not on the level of Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, but it doesn't get the attention or respect it really deserves.
You realize Micheal Jackson was a Hugh fan of his and basically invented the moon walk from the walk in the room scene taking the hat off and everything…. Genius
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Knowing Mel Brooks, he probably made the entire movie just for that one joke.
it took me 3 months, but i agree. that's very Mel.
Worth it
That’s Mel for ya. Guy’s a comedy genius.
He kind of did, even though his wife Anne Bancroft said it was a terrible idea.
Agree!
Marceau wasn't just _a_ mime, he was _the_ mime. This man was world famous for his skills of silent acting and laid the groundwork for what a mime was. So the fact that the only spoken word said in this movie is by the most famous silent man in the world would've absolutely killed it in theaters back in 1976.
It did. I was there.
It kills even today
@@stannc I watched it first-run too. Marceau's one word brought a wave of laughter.
@@stannc I saw it too; the whole theater exploded in laughter.
The intentional irony of that moment is freaking glorious.
Marceau refuses to appear in a movie he is in fact appearing in, making the otherwise silent movie a talkie! Brilliant!
The greatest meta joke ever.
Well, it's a movie about itself from start to finish really.
It's one of the smartest jokes ever to be pulled on a silver screen. Mel Brooks simply IS the genius.
It’s great, I love it 😂
I love how the only person to say a single audible word in the whole movie was the mime... brilliant.
And it was the only time he's ever spoken during a performance.
It was jarring, but in a good way lol 😁!
Jacob Furrow I thought it was Mel Brooks who said it
I wonder if that was the intention behind that...
And it was ironically misunderstand because it was in French. XD
The irony is just sublime!
That was the only spoken line Marceau ever delivered as a performer!
and that's the only word in that movie
He also had a fair few lines in Barbarella, which came before this. Still, that movie was barely seen so it didn't really ruin the joke here.
Marcel Marceau uttering the only audible word is one of the best jokes ever.
1:41 This scene is pure genius. Normally mimes are silent but since everyone else is silent, he’s the only one who can talk, the tables are turned. And this is perfect for being the only moment in the entire film with only one line of dialogue.
The Guinness Record for the most less dialogue lines in a Movie, Just ONE WORD :-) I could also imagine this scene with a silent Movie Star in my fantasy (like Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nielsen etc.)
One of the reasons this is one of two favorites of mine in the Mel Brooks lineup.
Happy 100th birthday to Monsieur Marceau!
darn - he spoke? - I had the sound turned off! (and was busy trying to think up a comment about Michael Jackson)
Yes, we get the gist of it.
Did you know that Monsieur Marceau was a French resistance fighter during WWII? He first used mime to keep quiet children that he and a fellow fighter would smuggle across to safety in Switzerland. God bless and keep you sir!
Una pezza di Marceau
holy shit Marcel Marceau with Mel Brooks and Marty Feldman - that is sheer royalty right there!
Giving the phone a French text card was a nice touch. xD
Omg I'm French and I never got why it was the only text in French. It makes sense now xD this is the kind of nonsense humour I love xD
I didn't even know Marcel Marceau was in this movie, he kept that quiet :o)
Man, I'm dead 💀
Okay, I lol'ed
"Whoa whoa whoa, Marcel Marceau, if that's what you're looking for, it's gonna be $30 an hour, $50 if you want it weird." - TeamFourStar, DBZA e34
I’m also here because of that commentary.
I remember watching this movie around 2013 when I was a teenager. Me and my brother couldn't stop laughing. It was good joke after good joke. I think I cried from laughing.
I remember watching this on HBO as a kid. One of the very few times we had cable. I loved it. This scene is brilliant.
Such a brilliant scene rest in peace marceau you will be missed
F*CK Marcel idk
Marty Feldman was a funny actor..I always kept an eye out for his movies
Badum tss!
Eye see what you did there.
Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder used to joke that if they ever needed to hide from him they'd just stand with their nose pressed to his
“Allo, Marcel? Je suis Funn!”
“NON!”
“What did he say?”
“I don’t know. I don’t understand French.”
So believable how he looks blown backwards into the door.
Because it isn't just the mime speaking, it is the build up that really does it. There you see a brilliant mime being a mime in a silent film.
Not expecting anything different than silence, and then BAM.
Only line of dialogue in the whole film done by a mime
Mel Brooks is a national treasure
“NON!”
“What did he say?”
“I don’t know. I don’t understand French.”
One of my favorite jokes ever!
I don't care what anyone says, I like mimes.
Many thanks for making this historical important video available! Finally the stunt can be watched online from which Michael Jackson developed his moonwalk.
Surely that was Bill bailey in the mid 40s when he invented the moon walk?
He got the moonwalk from James brown.
@@heyheyhey40 look it up, MJ went to Paris to have Marceau actually teach him. MJ did change the idea into a dance move as Marceau's was "Walking against a strong wind", but it came from him, not James Brown at all.
@@PRdeSO you show a link to your reference
scott bakula went to the past and showed him it in a restroom
I love that to follow up Marcel Marceau yelling "NO!" is, "what did he say??" "I don't know, I don't speak French."
He said "Non" which is "No" in French.
@@crocc1996 Lo siento, no entiendo ingles. :3
qui per lundini
Ringraziamo Lundini che ci rende acculturati facendoci trovare queste perle del passato
Mel Brooks is a Genius!!! ❤
Happy 100th birthday to you, Monsieur Marceau.
😊👍❤🎂🎉🎈🎁
The intentional irony of this moment is freaking glorious.
While watching this, I was told to keep the volume down
How I wish I could’ve been at the premier in 1976 to hear the audience reaction to this joke. 😂
I consider myself very lucky that I actually got to see Marcel Marceau performing in New York during what ended up being his final NY run.
Marcel Marceau: The most powerful Mime in all of existence
One of Mel's most clever jokes. Believe it or not, Marcel Marceau was actually a hero and a "god" to none other than Jamie Gillis, who was so inspired he became a mime himself for a while, before his future career.
Genial MARCEL MARCEAU - he is the best!
CV: "I did voice acting in the film Silent Movie"
Greatest Moon-walker ever !!
I have to watch this because of my drama teacher but it is actually kinda funny 😆
That joke is the movie and it's totally worth it!
Thank you Google for showing me this famous and legendary mime! So cool to portray things while being completely silent.
This is Brillant 😂😂😂
1:44 I’m only here for this part
Lundini anche te bro?
Do you understand French?
Mel Brooks is the best!
You know, a mime is a terrible thing to waste.
This used to be my favorite movie when I was like 8, I just remember laughing a lot the first time I watched it with my dad
Ci tengo a precisare che non sono qua per Lundini
1:44 When someone at the bar asks for your drink
Risa incontenible
🤣
I'm gonna buy this on DVD
both genie
What a mime
The hilarious irony of this is mimes are usually silent, like this movie, and yet a mime had the only spoken line.
the idea that the one and ONLY voiceline in the movie was spoken by the greatest mime ever, is too funny
It was only line he ever spoke as performer. Marceau actually spoke French, German and English.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Sorry to break it to you. But it was Mel Brooks himself who said ''NO!''
Best Joke Ever!!! It gets me every time.
Same! Marceau's delivery of just that one word is absolutely perfect!
“Yaaaz! The crosses- they’re mimes!”
~JCVD
It's amazing!!!!!!!
The Greatest❤️
Just one word. "Non" excellent movie
If you don't know why this is one of the funniest scenes in movie history, you need to get out of my face.
a great artist.
Τhe best
Expensive call. If memory serves, they left the phone off the hook.
I bet Marcel could do the moonwalk if he wanted to.
Yh he could
i had to watch this for homework
same I fail class if u don't watch this and write what was happening 😅
Genius
Impresionante 👌 un capo Marcel.
The original moonwalk was the wind-walk!
GENIUS
Magnifique
I like to believe they made the whole movie just to set up this one joke.
Classic
TRADUTTORIIIIIIIIII
Genious!!
I remember seeing this in the theater when it was first released. Dunno about the US, but in Canada it was preceded by a Canadian Film Board shot silent movie starring Buster Keaton.
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Whoah lookie their its an actual mime how very interesting
Good french artist. Tre bien.
How come Hollywood has not made a movie about him yet???
The first time I saw this movie, I thought the wind was really strong... XD
That's so brilliant that the only guy that says the single solitary word in silent movie is a mime.
It was only line of dialogue Marcel Marceau ever said while performing.
It looks like Marcel out moonwalked you know who.
Looks like Marcel invented the moonwalk.
Soolking-parole❤😍👌
Dude invented the moon walk.
Marcel was friends with Michael Jackson for several years.
Spencer Frank Clayton no... jefferey Daniel. Look it up.
Yeah... Jeffery Daniel taught him how to moonwalk. I was about to like your comment but then LilGeezy93 corrected you and I looked it up. You’re spreading false information.
Twitchy Sorry, my sources were all wrong. Why do they mislead the masses???
Spencer Frank Clayton no worries man. Just gotta make your your sources are reliable
@@spencerfrankclayton4348 But he did have (sort of) friendship with David Bowie...
they wanted a call they got a call...
...In french
esta es la mejor pelicula de mel
not many people realize that that was the only spoken word in the film
And by the world's most renowned mime of all people!
He said nothing. Mell Brooks dubbed in the NO!
1:44 no!!!
Såvidt jeg husker, er mimikeren ,den eneste i filmen, der siger et ord! O:)
Es la única frase que se escucha en toda la película 🤣🤣
AIUTO INTERVISTA LUNDINI! qualcuno sa cosa dice la seconda vignetta dell'undicesima tavola di giallo scolastico di andrea pazienza?
This is so much funnier with the sound off, like Marcel's gesture itself transmitted through the line, and shocked the men on the other end. :)
That is a funny concept . . . but the irony of the only spoken line in an otherwise silent film being delivered by a famous mime is far better in my mind.
When that movie came out...i thought there would have been more talk about how funny it was
looks like the critics were silent too!
Seriously, Silent Movie is probably the most underrated of Mel Brooks' films. Maybe not on the level of Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, but it doesn't get the attention or respect it really deserves.
NO!
He said it in French. "NON!"
It’s funny af
1:44 "NON!"
"Non"
That was the only spoken word in the entire movie 1:43
You realize Micheal Jackson was a Hugh fan of his and basically invented the moon walk from the walk in the room scene taking the hat off and everything…. Genius
Huge.
Jeffrey Daniels from Shalamar moonwalked before MJ.
The moonwalk was done by the Nicolas Brothers decades before Michael Jackson was born! You're welcome!
This must be partially what inspired Michael Jackson’s moonwalk