The way Madeline Kahn bursts in, screaming, flapping her arms, waving her purse, (and obviously swatting the people trying to restrain her) gets me every time!
This is a clever and very funny movie with a great cast. I don't understand why it doesn't make the rounds from time to time. Everyone was terrific, and I was astonished at how funny Madeline Kahn was. RIP, Ms. Kahn -- another shining talent that we lost too soon.
We went on a Saturday night and the movie theater was packed! If you weren't Laughing at something from the movie, there was a girl, up front, with the giggles! My jaw and stomach hurt after the movie! It was Hilarious! Madeline Khan was Wonderful!
I love it when Eunice shows up and the check in lady says to a co-worker, after Eunice makes a scene, "What seems to be the problem here?" he asks. "This woman claims to be a Ms. Eunice Burns!" the check in lady replied. "I am Not A Ms. Eunice Burns, l am The Ms. Eunice Burns! 😄😄😄🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
One of mine too, and one of the best comedies ever. I was 10 when it was released, and while my parents didn't take us to movies for grownups at the theater, we did start watching it any time it was on TV, and watched it again and again without ever getting tired of it. I can now recite almost the entire script word for word while watching. Streisand, O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Kenneth Mars, all in brilliant comedy form.
She definitely had talent to burn, she just made some bad film choices later on and made the move to TV at the wrong time too. She was the original Megan Mullaley
@@TT-rz5td to go from “Whats up Doc?” to “Paper Moon”, it doesn’t get much better than that. It’s too bad her brilliant career was cut so short. I’m sure she would have continued to entertain us for years to come.
There are so many movies that I thought were great when I saw them the first time as a teenager or young adult decades ago, then when I see them again decades later they're a big disappointment. This movie isn't shown that often, for some strange reason. I saw it in the 70's, probably in the theatre, and remembered it being really funny. Then I finally saw it again probably 40 years later and it was even funnier than I remembered. It is brilliantly written and acted. The jokes and gags are one after another from start to finish.
I have just rewatched it now and while the video was playing I was laughing, but after it ended I almost cryied in nostalgia: even though I wasn't born in that time yet, I think those were happy times and some things were better back then
This was her first major role. It also won her the role for "Young Frankenstein." Mel Brooks cast her immediately following "What's Up, Doc?" It's true!
It is one of those priceless, 'MUST SEE' moments that can ONLY be appreciated on 'The Big Screen.' And, I have replayed that sequence over and over on a loop, because it doesn't get any better than that. I cherish the late Madeline Kahn, and it saddens me to know that she left this earthly coil way too soon, fellow admirers. To quote Shakespeare: ❝O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!❞
Judy: You don't want to marry someone who's going to get all wrinkled, lined, and flabby! Howard: EVERYONE gets wrinkled, lined, and flabby! Judy: By next week? Shear comic GENIUS, delivered perfectly by both of them! And, this is just one of many lines/scenes in the movie that are gems.
❝I am NOT 'A' Eunice Burns-I am 'THEE' Eunice Burns.❞ Madeline Kahn stole the scene, the movie and everything else in speaking this ONE line alone that engenders pure slapstick entertainment!
Damn! I am old. I swear, I saw this in Las Vegas, while there on vacation with my family. Or so my recollection goes. Weird, as it's not a good movie for kids, at least a 10 year or so. Technically, we were on vacation in California, and stopped in Vegas to visit friends of my parents. Anyway, then I saw it randomly, many years later, and I recognized seeing it. Then I didn't see it again for a long time, maybe decades. I finally bought the movie on disc, as it's one of the greatest comedies of all time. Jam packed with clever and funny well timed dialog.
I saw this on Wednesday 08/02/72. I was twenty years old that day. With me was my girlfriend. During this movie, I slipped a diamond into her hand. We were married one month later, 09/02/72. We separated 07 years 02 months 24 days later on Monday 11/26/79. Just remember: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor And it still remains one of my favorites... And yes, when my second wife and I watched it for the first time, I told her the same story I wrote here. And while she did indeed like the movie very much, I can't say the same about her and my ex. But then again, she had stories about her and her ex-husband that she had to tell when she and I watched "Grease" together, a movie I had never seen, but one she had seen with "him". Indeed, love means never having to say you're sorry..... You stay safe and be well.
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor See? I've never seen that one, had never even heard ot it. Released in '76, eh? Well, I'd been married for four years, had been working at BCBS for two years, and had been training in the martial arts for 04 years. So I guess I was focused on things other than movies. But now I think I'm going to have to watch it. Thanks for mentioning it.
Madeline Khan is a comedic genius,, ppl dnt realize I'm almost certain this was her debut on film ... Correct me if I'm wrong... They're all too funny ... & w/out the wig, costume she's pretty, ❣️❣️👌
haha I haven't watched this since I was a little kid. watching these scenes, so many dormant memories of me trying to figure out what the adults were talking about. A new perspective makes me laugh at different things now. going to have to go back and watch the whole thing.
Barbra Streisand refused to acknowledge the movie saying she doesn't even remember making it in an interview and when pressed further she said she did not even think the movie was funny, Thats because Madeline Khan stole the whole Movie
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor some kind of resentment took place between Malaline and Streisand because even Khan never spoke about Barbra in this film or even spoke of her in general I really think they disliked each other They never worked together again
Barbra had seen director Peter Bogdanovich's first movie "The Last Picture Show" and was eager to star in his next movie. She was expecting a drama, but was bummed out and sulky that it was this screwball comedy.
Florin Mihai Ielcean And her beauty was a lasting feature until her death on December 3,1999.(Coincidentally she died the same day and year my great Grandfather died on.)
It's true. As funny as the movie is, I kept thinking "Poor Eunice " throughout the movie , seeing what Eunice went through. I think it was because Ms. Kahn had such wonderful vulnerability even though she was playing a rigid and stuck up character.
@@davemattia I have a high school classmate and friend who appeared in "Gorp," a summer camp bit of shlock from 1980, and there's at least another bad one beyond that, which foils your assessment. IMDb has 23 thousand folks giving the film 7.7 out of 10, but lucky for us, they're/we're all wrong, since we're all beneficiaries of your opinion as of some time 2019-20.
Adding in the exaggerated sound effect of Eunice's rubber heels being dragged across the floor was a master stroke.
And the track marks!!!
The way Madeline Kahn bursts in, screaming, flapping her arms, waving her purse, (and obviously swatting the people trying to restrain her) gets me every time!
The original Karen
She's a hoot. Papermoon is my favorite.
and the receptionist clung to her legs been dragged along..lol
Rest in Peace Steve. I mean Howard. Thanks for the laughs. 👏🏻👏🏻
This is a clever and very funny movie with a great cast. I don't understand why it doesn't make the rounds from time to time. Everyone was terrific, and I was astonished at how funny Madeline Kahn was. RIP, Ms. Kahn -- another shining talent that we lost too soon.
One of the best scenes in the movie. Madeline Kahn was a gem!
Comedy performances rarely if ever get the oscars, which is odd because getting on stage and making people laugh is the hardest thing in the world.
She sure was...
And it was her film debut
The way Madeline Kahn flaps around swinging that purse gets me every time.
A comic genius
She’s the best!
Ryan O"Neil was so cute.
“Charles? What kind of wine are you serving at table one?” LOL
🤣🤣🤣
I half-expected him to say something like "Our finest Not Anymore, '42 vintage."
This is one of the best comedies movies ever made.
Ikr 👌🙏❣️🏆🎁
We went on a Saturday night and the movie theater was packed! If you weren't Laughing at something from the movie, there was a girl, up front, with the giggles!
My jaw and stomach hurt after the movie! It was Hilarious!
Madeline Khan was Wonderful!
Great cast, taut direction by Peter Bogdanovich and a brilliant script by Buck Henry.
Brilliantly cast and acted! Streisand is unstoppable and Kahn’s debut movie role was just perfect to off her comedic genius.
And Liam Dunn virtually steals the whole movie as the judge 😆
"Who is that dangerously unbalanced woman?"; what you say when you encounter a Karen in the wild. 😂
After seeing this as kids in the middle 1970s, my brother and I have used that line for decades when we encounter a woman behaving badly.
I think Madeline Khan as Eunice Burns was “proto-“ Karen!
In the Church of Karenology there are several chapels dedicated to St. Eunice of Burns.
"Who is that dangerously unbalanced woman?" Austin Pendleton's greatest line.
I love it when Eunice shows up and the check in lady says to a co-worker, after Eunice makes a scene, "What seems to be the problem here?" he asks.
"This woman claims to be a Ms.
Eunice Burns!" the check in lady replied.
"I am Not A Ms. Eunice Burns, l am The Ms. Eunice Burns! 😄😄😄🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
One of my absolutely favorite movies.
Me too ❣️❣️😂😂
I own it on blu-ray I think. I have seen it so many times. It's comedy gold.
One of mine too, and one of the best comedies ever. I was 10 when it was released, and while my parents didn't take us to movies for grownups at the theater, we did start watching it any time it was on TV, and watched it again and again without ever getting tired of it. I can now recite almost the entire script word for word while watching. Streisand, O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Kenneth Mars, all in brilliant comedy form.
That part where Eunice storms in and the desk reception check in women is dragged on the floor. So funny.
"oh god, I'm repeating myself". This is one of my favorite movies. It's hilarious! Very clever dialog.
Madeline Khan’s first film role, you just knew great things were coming for her.
She was a gem who should have shined on forever. The Gods must be crazy ...
She definitely had talent to burn, she just made some bad film choices later on and made the move to TV at the wrong time too. She was the original Megan Mullaley
She was also famtastic in Paper Moon as Trixie Delight.
@@TT-rz5td to go from “Whats up Doc?” to “Paper Moon”, it doesn’t get much better than that. It’s too bad her brilliant career was cut so short. I’m sure she would have continued to entertain us for years to come.
No......,
There are so many movies that I thought were great when I saw them the first time as a teenager or young adult decades ago, then when I see them again decades later they're a big disappointment. This movie isn't shown that often, for some strange reason. I saw it in the 70's, probably in the theatre, and remembered it being really funny. Then I finally saw it again probably 40 years later and it was even funnier than I remembered. It is brilliantly written and acted. The jokes and gags are one after another from start to finish.
The sound her shoes make as they drag her. 😂
how about the little swerving blackmarks trail her shoe heels make against the linoleum when they're dragging her ? 🤩
I couldn't see most of this scene through the tears in my eyes
I have just rewatched it now and while the video was playing I was laughing, but after it ended I almost cryied in nostalgia: even though I wasn't born in that time yet, I think those were happy times and some things were better back then
Howard’s terrified grimace under the table when he hears Eunice 😂😂😂
This movie made me a fan of Madeline Kahn...truly a great one and gone too soon.
This was her first major role. It also won her the role for "Young Frankenstein." Mel Brooks cast her immediately following "What's Up, Doc?" It's true!
Me too! I still remember the first time I saw it in 1972. She won me over the minute she said don't you know the meaning of propriety?
That facial expression Howard Banister made when he hears Eunice storming in is hilarious.
It is one of those priceless, 'MUST SEE' moments that can ONLY be appreciated on 'The Big Screen.' And, I have replayed that sequence over and over on a loop, because it doesn't get any better than that. I cherish the late Madeline Kahn, and it saddens me to know that she left this earthly coil way too soon, fellow admirers. To quote Shakespeare: ❝O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!❞
In the film you always hear her before you see her, haha. That shrill awful voice!! What a stroke of genius
RIP Ryan! 😢
Best comedy in my sixty eight years. Fell out of my theater seat laughing when I first saw it in 1972
My favorite movie..wow
Austin Pendleton as Mr. Larabee ….;) i am so lucky to have studied with him!!!
i also love Austin, he is a wonderful person.
“I’m not a Eunice Burns...I’m thee Eunice Burns”!!!!
"I insist that you tell them who I am RIGHT THIS MINUTE"
"....I never saw her before in my life."
Precicely
One of my all time favorite movies this scene is hilarious. Neither one of you wants to marry Eunice. lol
Judy: You don't want to marry someone who's going to get all wrinkled, lined, and flabby!
Howard: EVERYONE gets wrinkled, lined, and flabby!
Judy: By next week?
Shear comic GENIUS, delivered perfectly by both of them! And, this is just one of many lines/scenes in the movie that are gems.
Madeline Kahn stole the movie from Barbra, no easy feat!!
❝I am NOT 'A' Eunice Burns-I am 'THEE' Eunice Burns.❞ Madeline Kahn stole the scene, the movie and everything else in speaking this ONE line alone that engenders pure slapstick entertainment!
Austin Pendleton is such an amazing hilarious actor ❤ He stole the show in this 🎥. 0:29 😆
madeline kahn - comedic genius.
The greatest script ever. Period.
Why don't they write scripts for movies like this any more??????????
🤨
Because Hollywood doesn’t know how to write farce anymore.
THE eunice burns
50 yrs ago!
Damn! I am old. I swear, I saw this in Las Vegas, while there on vacation with my family. Or so my recollection goes. Weird, as it's not a good movie for kids, at least a 10 year or so. Technically, we were on vacation in California, and stopped in Vegas to visit friends of my parents. Anyway, then I saw it randomly, many years later, and I recognized seeing it. Then I didn't see it again for a long time, maybe decades. I finally bought the movie on disc, as it's one of the greatest comedies of all time. Jam packed with clever and funny well timed dialog.
"Howard who is this dangerously unbalanced woman?"
I saw this on Wednesday 08/02/72. I was twenty years old that day. With me was my girlfriend. During this movie, I slipped a diamond into her hand. We were married one month later, 09/02/72. We separated 07 years 02 months 24 days later on Monday 11/26/79.
Just remember: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."
I wasn't born yet but I wish I had had the chance to see this film in the theather back in that day
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor
And it still remains one of my favorites...
And yes, when my second wife and I watched it for the first time, I told her the same story I wrote here. And while she did indeed like the movie very much, I can't say the same about her and my ex.
But then again, she had stories about her and her ex-husband that she had to tell when she and I watched "Grease" together, a movie I had never seen, but one she had seen with "him".
Indeed, love means never having to say you're sorry.....
You stay safe and be well.
@@jackmorgan8931 another of my favourite films from the 70's is The Gumball Rally
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor
See? I've never seen that one, had never even heard ot it. Released in '76, eh? Well, I'd been married for four years, had been working at BCBS for two years, and had been training in the martial arts for 04 years. So I guess I was focused on things other than movies. But now I think I'm going to have to watch it. Thanks for mentioning it.
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor It's screening at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco on April 21, 2022, 7 PM!
Madeline Khan is a comedic genius,, ppl dnt realize I'm almost certain this was her debut on film ... Correct me if I'm wrong... They're all too funny ... & w/out the wig, costume she's pretty, ❣️❣️👌
I was indeed her film debut.
Howard's grin is incomparable.
Madeleine Kahn steals EVERY scene she is in. Amazing.
Great comedy. And my crush on Barbara began seeing this film.
I'm not in love with Barbara, but definitely I'm in love with the character she plays in this film (Judy Maxwell if I recall correctly).
Ah WORD!! ❤
By next week?
That was priceless! All Hail Barbra and Madeline!
"I never saw her before in my life" 🙂
What anyone would say to a CRAZY ex gf LMAO 😂🤣
I love Eunice's unfashionable and unflattering gown- it looks like an old lady housecat.
It's someone's fetish
In a later scene, Polly Platt designed a dress for Eunice that actually has chenille balls hanging from the hem of her skirt!
You know, VRUSP --- too funny :)
I've seen this movie so many times and just realized that was Randy Quaid
Eunice was a nut, but she didn't deserve that.
Miss S is GORGEOUS ❤
That dinner seems fun... count me in!
1:15 Both Madeline and the actress in the white dress holding onto Madeline's ankle deserved academy awards.
haha I haven't watched this since I was a little kid. watching these scenes, so many dormant memories of me trying to figure out what the adults were talking about. A new perspective makes me laugh at different things now. going to have to go back and watch the whole thing.
eunice burns howard's rocks
Barbra Streisand refused to acknowledge the movie saying she doesn't even remember making it in an interview and when pressed further she said she did not even think the movie was funny, Thats because Madeline Khan stole the whole Movie
It's a shame Barbara disliked this movie because, I haven't seen other films of hers but in this one the character she plays is absolutely lovely!
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor some kind of resentment took place between Malaline and Streisand because even Khan never spoke about Barbra in this film or even spoke of her in general I really think they disliked each other They never worked together again
Barbra had seen director Peter Bogdanovich's first movie "The Last Picture Show" and was eager to star in his next movie. She was expecting a drama, but was bummed out and sulky that it was this screwball comedy.
Source, please. All I know is Barbra recorded commentary for the DVD directors' cut many years ago.
@@marccardiff The interview I am referring to was taken of youtube, It was with an english interviewer might have been in UK
Poor Eunice
Well she did end up with Mr. Larrabee lol
Well thats true also!!@@Relayer526-mi4wt
Them Heels.....though
Barbara Streisand ⭐
Der Film ist so gut, ich habe ihn vor ein paar Tagen gesehen und konnte nicht mehr vor lachen 😂
What it is strange is that Madeline Kahn (RIP) was a more beautiful woman in real life than Barbra Streisand
Florin Mihai Ielcean And her beauty was a lasting feature until her death on December 3,1999.(Coincidentally she died the same day and year my great Grandfather died on.)
kinda ironic
More beautiful than Barbara Streisand? That's really hard, in this very scene Barbara is just GORGEOUS!
Howard !
I Like how Howard says I never saw her in my life
Priceless !
That's a very cruel thing to do to somebody, especially if she's your girlfriend.
So why's it funny?
😂
WHATS UP DOOOOC
BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!
VRUSP
Absolutely brilliant film 🎥!
😂
I think I read a monograph on that. (Forerunner of the internet?)
Crisp. Yeah that tooo
Bob Rebadow from Oz 0:52
This scene is so funny 😃
Is that Randy Quaid?
Yes
He did this just after The Last Picture Show and it led to the role of Meadows in The Last Detail and his first Oscar nomination
Randy Quaid? Where?
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor In the group of guys sitting at the table with them.
Under the table on the left
What they did to Madeleine Kahn in this movie was so disgusting.
It's true. As funny as the movie is, I kept thinking "Poor Eunice " throughout the movie , seeing what Eunice went through.
I think it was because Ms. Kahn had such wonderful vulnerability even though she was playing a rigid and stuck up character.
It's a tribute to her that she's still so cute even with the matronly wig and costume
For Christ's sake it's a movie!!!! And it launched her wonderful career
Disgusting. And very funny. Of course, she did end up with a nice man in the end.
But she had the last laugh at the end
Wasn't Austin Pendleton on The Cosby Show playing opposite Clair??
Just testing a theory Howard has about Vocal Reverberation Under Spinal Pressure, you know, VRUSP.
The funniest movie ever.
00:52 Hilarious.
Eunice? Is that a real name??
Eunice? That’s a person named Eunice?
yeah, VRUSP
Under spinal pressure
vocal reverberation under spinal pressure !@@bryson217
VRUSP
This movie is so shticky and unfunny. UGH!
Life will be tough if you don't "get" this film.
Let me guess, your idea of great humor is Adam Sandler.
@@Don-md6wn WRONG! Adam Sandler is the spawn of Hollywood shtick like this. Were it not for Madeline Kahn, this would be the worst film ever made.
@@TomRipley7350 What's there to "get"? Are you so LIMITED that you think this film has a message? Bugs Bunny has more hidden meaning than this crap.
@@davemattia I have a high school classmate and friend who appeared in "Gorp," a summer camp bit of shlock from 1980, and there's at least another bad one beyond that, which foils your assessment. IMDb has 23 thousand folks giving the film 7.7 out of 10, but lucky for us, they're/we're all wrong, since we're all beneficiaries of your opinion as of some time 2019-20.