For me, this is Mel Brooks’ masterpiece. It’s a parody built from the ground up with a deep love for the source material, and it’s arguably the best of the Frankenstein films.
This was the same year Brooks did “Blazing Saddles”. What a year for comedy. I love “Blazing Saddles” but I agree with you, “Young Frankenstein” is Brooks’ masterpiece. I could watch it every week.
So glad I have it on DVD. Love the older black and white films with actual plots and character development. Not just full of special effects and explosions and CGI
One of my favorite comedic reads of all time is Kahn in Clue. Not the infamous "flames" ad lib, though that's obviously hysterical. No, it's her read on "he wasn't a very good illusionist." The "tragic widow" facade just drops and she says it with such a mischievousness, like she enjoys double speaking around the topic) that makes what could have been a lame comeback excuse (since it's obvious she killed the guy) in to a hysterical dismissal of her own guilt.
Search YT for her performance of Sondheim’s song “I’m Not Getting Married Today.” It is brilliantly funny, but what will have your mouth just dropping is how damn fast she sings it.
Fun fact: they were able to use some of the original lab equipment with all the sparkly bits from the original Frankenstein movie of the 1930's they were parodying. An absolute comedy classic with the amazing Gene Wilder (this was basically his pet project), I'm glad you got to enjoy it.
That’s one of the things that’s consistent in all of Mel Brooks’ spoof films. He never depends solely on jokes and gags to hold his film up. He makes some effort to capture the technical production elements of what he’s spoofing, so that it has a feeling of authenticity.
Teri Garr deserves accolades. A beautiful woman obviously, her comic timing was impeccable. She retired in the 2000s sometime after her multiple sclerosis took its toll.
@@scipioafricanus5871 well you're technically correct, it was the movie title and most who had the 3rd encounter stopped there, and he did leave his wife at that point. But because he was so obsessed with needing to know more, he went further with the sculpture, then finding the location in a tv news piece, travelling there, not being fooled by the claims if deadly gas, and eventually volunteering to go up with the aliens. A fine representative of the human race? Not sure but he does display the curiosity strongly. Strange tidbit: almost all alien abductions are people with Rh negative blood. It's a more rare blood factor some people have, like the queen and all Presidents. Pretty interesting rabbit hole that is. They are less likely to get infected with CV19 too. I actually am not 100% clear in the difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd kind of close encounters. Maybe I've got it backwards and the 1st is seeing them. Shoot, now I need to look it up. Darn curiosity...
Marty Feldman, the actor who played Igor looked the way he did in the movie because of a generic condition and a messed up operation. The irony is he admitted he would not have such a good body of work with out his unique looks.
The actor who played The Monster was Peter Boyle, who was also very well known for his role as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond during the late 1990s and early 2000s. In one of the Everybody Loves Raymond episodes, he actually does a tribute and plays Frankenstein on Halloween.
Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks had exactly one argument when working on this movie. Mel wanted to remove the “Putting on the Ritz” sequence and Gene was dumbstruck by the suggestion. He gave an impassioned defense of it, maintaining that the entire beginning and middle of the film drives toward that moment and that the story would not work without it and was nearly to the brink of tears when Mel said, “All right, it’s in.” Confused, he asked why he’d put him through that, to which Mel said, “I wasn’t sure it was right, and I needed to see how hard you’d fight for it.” It stayed in from that day on. Such a great movie, still holds up.
This works better if you've seen not only Frankenstein, but also Bride Of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, and Ghost of Frankenstein. AND maybe Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Frankenstein meets Wolfman is a maybe. But you'll notice a lot of references from all those films.
It's worth mentioning, perhaps, that *Frankenstein Meets to Wolf Man* (1943) is the only film in the original series of Universal classics to anticipate YF's "Puttin' On the Ritz" by dropping a musical number into the middle of the proceedings.
Thanks for this. Mel Brooks actually used the original lab sets from the first Frankenstein movie. Another Mel Brooks movie worth checking out, and the first one of his movies staring Gene Wilder is the 1967 version of The Producers.
The lab equipment is the same from the original 1931 film. Gene Hackman who plays the blind man improvised the line about expresso, The reason Mel Brooks doesn't cameo is Gene didn't want it to divert is attention between directing and cameoing, Marty Feldman's eyes were actually that way,
@@FlyinMunky Yeah I knew that and before I knew he didn't give an on screen cameo. I thought he was the father of the little girl who meets the monster.
Mel does appear in the movie a few times. Indirectly, of course - His hands - removing the box from the casket, ladling the hot soup into the creature's lap, and smashing his stein His handwriting - on the labels in the Brain Depository His voice - the werewolf and the screeching cat
Igor's hump swapping sides gag was improvised by Marty - he had been doing it for days during the shoot without anyone noticing. When the crew caught on they added it to the script!
DO NOT SCARE ME WITH A THUMBNAIL LIKE THAT!!! I thought you were watching it in color. I don't even know if there is a version in color, but there shouldn't be.
Marty Feldman is one of the all-time greats in comedy! Silent Movie starring Marty and Mel Brooks is another one of the greats with an all-star cast! Also, a film named The Last Remake of Beau Geste was one of my favorites of Maarty's that he both starred in and directed. You really hit the nail on the head with the Buster Keaton reference. Gene Wilder worshipped and adored Buster Keaton! He referenced him a lot in the film he did with Richard Pryor, Silver Streak.
The first time I saw this movie was in my HIgh School English class because we covered the Frankenstein novel and our teacher showed us the original black and white film and then this. When the Puttin on the Ritz scene (18:21) happened, it was dead silent and then I just heard my best friend behind me screaming and crying laughing. The respect this film gave to the original while still giving tongue and cheek satire on the OG Universal Monster Movies is amazing. This movie is in my top 3 favorite comedies of all time and top 10 favorite films. The woman that played Fredrick's wife (Madeline Kahn) was in another comedy called Clue, that was based on the classic board game. It also has Tim Curry and Christopher Lloyd. If you have a chance you should check that movie out as well, it's hilarious.
Mel Brooks, in his heyday, was the genius of geniuses in comedy film-making (even mores than Woody Allen, his main competitor in the comedy genre). Consider: He made the best anti-racist movie of all time (Blazing Saddles), a western, at a time when westerns were fading rapidly, did a black and white movie decades after black and white had been cast to the wayside (this one), and also did a silent movie (called "Silent Movie") which proved that you could still do one, and do it well. It helped that he had a magnificent group of co-writers, actors, cinematographers . . . But in the late sixties through the 70s, Mel Brooks could do no wrong.
Thanks James!! You’ve just witnessed one of the best casts in film history. Co-written by Brooks and Wilder, the collaboration was more than perfect. The movie IQ of this team would make movies that would stand on their own, but the sub references to the original Shelley novel just capture the nostalgia so perfectly, it just can’t be quantified. Every actor on this set were at the absolute pinnacle of their careers and Mel Brooks tapped into each one’s unique gifts. Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman (Igor), Peter Boyle (The Creature), Terri Garr (Inga, The assistant), Kenneth Mars (Inspector Kemp) and Chloris Leachman (Frau Blücher) were ALL firing on all cylinders. And don’t forget Gene Hackman’s Harold, the blind host with the most. I think I’ve watched this movie 4 or 5000 times and Never tire of the ‘eye rolls’, glances at the camera or horse whinnies at the mention of “BLÜCHER!!”! The throwback set (the original from the Original Frankenstein movie) or “Walk This Way” are just dripping with sarcasm and the height of directing genius. Btw…Marty Feldman suffered a genetic disease causing his eyes to bulge. His ability to poke fun at himself made the character of IGOR so uproariously brilliant!! Nobody else could have pulled off “what hump?” with such a perfectly unaffected reply. Can you imagine trying to get through a reading with these comedians ad libbing their lines?? Some of the outtakes were preserved and are absolutely worth a few minutes of your time. Ciao and thanks again!
As I recall, I heard from some in the business that they had to seek out "old hands" for this movie who knew how to light and shoot black and white film, because to do it well takes a different approach than with color film. Even then it was a dying art. Hopefully someone took notes, because the effect in this film is just wonderful.
Is Igor your first experience watching Marty Feldman? He's great! He was in Brooks' "Silent Movie" too and was hysterical. Mel Brooks once said the best place to hide from Feldman was by standing directly in front of him. IF you get to Silent Movie, you need to truly read the actors' lips. Marty Feldman hits on a nurse in one scene and is shot down BAD. Mel Brooks speaks to him immediately afterwards, and the dialogue card that pops up is COMPLETELY different than what is said. That scene, the hospital scene w/the heart monitor, and the scene with the world's most famous mime are my favorites.
Oh my god, that joke about the best way to hide from Marty is to stand in front of him is absolutely hilarious. I've never heard that story before! 🤣 Love how great Marty was about his condition and used it to a huge advantage.
This was my aunts favorite movie of all time. Unfortunately she passed two years ago at a young age, so this movie will always hold a special place in my heart.
This is like Monty Python for me. The plot is irrelevant. It's all about the jokes. Top 10 list edit: lol, great minds think alike. Gene Hackman played the old blind guy
Did you miss Gene Hackman, or did you mention that in the full length video? This really is a great film. Whenever I hear the 'Putting on the Ritz' song I always want to shout out the creatures line.
My favorite part was during Puttin' On the Ritz, when the creature gets angry, and the doctor is desperately trying to get the show back on track and counts down "5, 6, 7, 8.." and starts with the tap steps again. "Come ON, are you trying to make me look like a fool?" while the crowd jeers and makes it worse.
Please please react to Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks’ first and best film: *The Producers* (1967). It’s my favorite comedy of all time. It also has my favorite comedic scene of all time. And Zero Mostel, the other star, is exceptional in it as well.
Or The Streak. Or Stir Crazy. They did a lot of great stuff together. They were supposed to costar in Blazing Saddles too, but the studio vetoed the casting of Pryor even though he cowrote the film.
The reason that the horses neigh whenever Frau Blucher's name is mentioned is because Mel Brooks believed that the name "Blucher" sounded like the German word for "glue" and since horses are used to make glue, they didn't like the name. However, the name Blucher is just a common surname in Germany and sounds nothing like the German word for glue, slang or otherwise. Mel Brooks was simply mistaken and it got left in. - Source: Mel Brooks interview.
I don’t know if this movie option is there for you to react, or even mentioned on the movie polls on patreon; but Casablanca is definitely worth checking out. Also, love watching your reactions. Keep going James.
One of the problems with the high cost of making movies, is that casting has suffered. Older movie studios had a larger stable of actors from which to draw from, so we had more of a chance to see colorful characters played by people such as Marty Feldman and Jack Elam
Gene Wilder has such a wonderfully emotionally expressive face. I think one has to be quite empathetic to be able to do this. So glad you enjoyed this movie! The OG Troll fr, Marty Feldman's Igor was so amazingly funny.
I was waiting for the reveal of the Monster to the public, knowing what was coming, what would your reaction be... you delivered my man, oh that was awesome. "Get the hell out." Without missing a beat. This film is raw comedic genius. Gene Wilder played on a whole other level from most actors and comedians. His timing is flawless. His facial expressions. His ability to go from distracted half paying attention to maniacal in a single breath. His line delivery of the most shocking things as if they were boring old news (see also Blazing Saddles here) is unmatched. The whole horse joke thing... a lot of people though the name of the woman was German for glue and so the horse neighs in fear every time her name is spoken. Gene himself told the story that really he just wanted a random German sounding name to make the horses neigh meaninglessly at every time as a pointless gag. And it worked. It's freaking brilliant.
Didn't anyone recognize Peter Boyle as the monster...Ray's dad in Everybody loves Raymond... Kenneth Mars comedic character actor as the officer....who wore a monocle over the eye with the patch on it!...He is also in Mel Brooks the Producers as the author of their "play".
The thing about Mel Brooks’ parodies is that he’s said that he has to love the original to make a parody. So he makes fun of movies, but he does so with a real reverence for the source material. One that doesn’t seem to get as much attention these days is High Anxiety. If you like Hitchcock films, you’ll really love that flick. 11:42 That’s Kenneth-Freaking-Mars, one of Mel Brooks’ secret weapons. He also played Franz Liebkind, the ex-Nazi playwright in “The Producers.” He also had a great career as a voice actor, including doing King Triton in The Little Mermaid. 16:41 The “I was gonna make espresso!” line was ad libbed by Gene Hackman, and they had to do a quick fade after it to save the take, because it made the entire crew crack up. 19:40 This scene required many, many takes, because they couldn’t get through it without one person or another (or all of them) breaking up laughing. If you look carefully, you’ll notice that they eventually had to use the film from one take and Marty Feldman’s voice from another.
You've gotta see High Anxiety, which is Brooks' Hitchcock homage and stars Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, and Harvey Korman. The comic performances are great, of course, but Brooks also manages not only to replicate Hitchcock's style, but to turn Hitchcock-esque shots into visual gags.
I love this movie; it ages really well except for a few bits (which is often true of Mel Brooks' brand of comedy). The writing and acting was genius; Gene Wilder was a wellspring of talent, rest his soul.
Gene Wilder is on my actor Mount Rushmore. His range was incredible. He was so funny. A great writer. And just like the sweetest person ever. His memoir is great, as is any interview he ever did.
"He didn't have to call him a 'creature'. " For us, the word "creature" means "animal", but I was told that a long time ago it meant "anything which was created". So, for people in the 18th & 19th centuries, even things like mountains or trees were considered "creatures" because they were believed to have been created by God. By this linguistic logic, the monster is a "creature" because it was created by Dr. Frankenstein.
It's a shame this reaction didn't show some of the funniest bits, but the film is so full of gags it would be hard to get them all in there. Also, your reaction seems relatively low key relative to how I think of this as one of the most brilliant, clever, hilariously creative comedies of all time.
There's a lot of good laughs in this film, enjoy your Friday! ------- Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Be safe out there and enjoy the day!
If you enjoy Gene Wilder, I highly recommend checking out his movies with Richard Pryor. Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Those two are one of my all time favorite comedy duos.
Great reaction. More classic movies, please ! Cool Hand Luke, In the Heat of the Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Night of the Hunter, The Maltese Falcon, All About Eve
To para-quote Mel Brooks, "Blazing Saddles could not have been made then, either" Neither could "The Producers" have been made, or ... BTW, I thoroughly recommend watching the original Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein, also when you do, see if you recognize the sets.
Marty Feldman, a Brit, did comedy skits with John Cleese, had his own comedy show (Marty Feldman's comedy Machine - Monty Python style) and directed his own movies. He died quite young while doing a movie. He was pretty erudite. His eyes where so large due to an illness. At the same time, willingly or unwillingly, it was his trade mark.
That movie he died during is one of my all time favourites - Yellowbeard. It's so funny and quotable. Madeleine Kahn and Marty Feldman and Kenneth Mars are also in Yellowbeard. It's filled with stars.
The misalignment was from a childhood injury, a car crash, and boating accident, reconstructive eye surgery contributed to his appearance. The bulging thing with his eyes was from a thyroid condition.
@@AudieHolland Wikipedia: "Feldman suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned. A childhood injury, a car crash, a boating accident, and reconstructive eye surgery may also have contributed to his appearance"
Marty Feldman, as Egor, was a wonderful physical comedic actor and a reputation of being fun to work with. He also suffered from Hyperthyroidism which is what caused that bug eyed look. May he rest in peace.
I actually was lucky enough to visit the set 1 day when they were filming the "what a pair of knockers!" scene.I got to meet Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman. When we approached being introduced, to Gene Wilder, he deadpanned as he was putting final touches on his hair "You are now watching a famous actor, brushing his hair~!" The way he said even that, was masterful,, his delivery, his overly dramatic facial expression,he was joking, playfully of course about celebrity. He then shook each of our hands and made eye contact, for those who work around actors on sets, you know this is often not a regular thing...he seemed a very sweet man. What struck me about the whole thing, was how genuinely NICE all the actors were. The set was comfortable. Everyone was happy to be there, there was no tension, it was like a happy family with Mel Brooks (who was also incredibly gracious --and funny), Mel Brooks as the ringleader. These were amazingly talented professionals who didn't feel the need to throw any attitude. Oh, and if possible, Madeline Kahn was even more beautiful in real life than on screen, she literally glowed. This cast and crew and head ringleader were/ are all amazingly talented artists.
Trivia Time! During preproduction, they began to wonder if any of the sets and/or props from the original 1931 Frankenstein might still be around. They were disappointed when Universal told them they'd gotten rid of all that stuff almost as soon as they'd finished production. So they contacted Kenneth Strickfaden (who created all the original props) to ask if he might be able to reproduce some of them, to which he replied "Why? I've got most all of them in my garage." So, yes, the laboratory and props seen in 1974's Young Frankenstein are the *EXACT SAME ONES* seen in the original 1931 Frankenstein!!!
This is one of my favorite movies, I noticed you loved Madeline Kahn, she’s always fantastic! Check her out in another of my favorites, ‘CLUE’ you will love it! ✌️
This is one of my top two Mel Brooks movies... one of my favorite gags in these movies if you watch and pay attention is the characters "defects" move around.. Eye-gor's hump shifts back and forth and King Richard in RobinHood men in tights has a mole that moves around his whole face..
Madeline Kahn (the dr's wife to be) is SO GOOD. I looked and I don't think you've reacted to Clue. It has an all star cast, including her, and is written as a comedy inspired by the board game.
Inspector Kemp is played by Kenneth Mars, who would go on to play Otto Mannkusser on Malcolm in the Middle. Cloris Leachman was in the show as well playing their grandmother. I highly recommend it, especially the later seasons. It’s hilarious.
If you look close you can see a thick pad on Wilder's leg when he's waving the scalpel around. Trouble is he brought it down so hard the blade punched through. Like a total pro he finished the scene with an inch of steel in his leg.
Mary Shelley often referred to the monster as Creature in the OG novel. Very few of the cast are left on this world, which is too bad, one of the great ensemble casts of all time. The dungeon is mostly from the one from the original movie.
11:46, he was in Malcolm in the Middle as Otto, German rancher that employed Francis and King Triton in The Little Mermaid. The actor's name was Kenneth Mars. Funnily enough, Cloris Leachman, Grandma Ida in Malcolm in the Middle, was Frau Blücher.
Ooh now you can take part in the great Blazing Saddles v Young Frankenstein debate. Although some people prefer Spaceballs. PS the horses react to Frau Blücher because her name means glue
@@Akaeus Oh my lord I do have one friend that likes that one best. I actually have a soft spot for High Anxiety. Sooo underrated right down to that sick ending, great spoof of all things Hitchcock. And I saw History of the World Part II in the theater
My favorite bit, never mentioned by reactors, is that the elderly couple repeat their dialogue from the 1st train scene (Let him! Let him!) in the 2nd train scene, only in German this time. Feel free to fact check me on this.
Personally, I wish more folks would watch and react to Gene Wilder (and Harrison Ford) in the vastly underrated "The Frisco Kid". Also Gene's teaming up with Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy, Silver Streak and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Awesome duo! Great reaction to this one BTW.
The reason the horses always screamed whenever anyone said "Frau Blücher" is because Blücher is the German word for glue. Also: The Creature is played by Peter Boyle, also known for his role as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Not quite correct. Someone told Mel Brooks that Blucher was the German for glue, but he was lying. By the time they found out, it was too late, but they decided to go with it anyway. Blucher is nothing more than a German name. The German for glue is Kleber
Aw dude, I highly recommend watching the original Frankenstein. There are so many jokes in this which get even better if you know the original (like the little girl at the pound which was censored in the original cut of the 1931 Frankenstein film for being too shocking). As well as Bride of Frankenstein which this also has a lot of jokes from.
The sync being off makes this one an interesting watch. And here's a little something I found out solely because the casket opening used to scare me and I was counting the clock chimes to know when it happened: The clock chimes 13 times.
@@strangebiped Thank you. But I only counted because that corpse in the coffin scared me and I had to know when the lid opened so I could brace myself. This was one of two movies my father and I watched together in the theater. With four other siblings, these outings meant a lot to me. The other movie was The Sting so I'm lucky my two most cherished movies turned out to be excellent movies.
Since you enjoyed this one you should react to another with Wilder, Feldman and Kahn called "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes smarter brother". Lots of fun and a great cast with comedy actors you have never heard of.
My favorite comedy movie! All the cast are superb, right down to Gene Hackman as the blind hermit (I had read that he had never done comedy before and wanted to try). I've watched this film many times and it never gets old.
The horses hate the name Blücher. There was a Prussian General named Gerhard Leverett von Blücher, who led armies against Napoleon and was known for his aggressive and violent acts in the Cavalry with horses to make them go faster.
Marty Feldman (Igor) was also a co-star in another Mel Brooks comedy called Silent Movie, along side Mel Books (the governor from Blazing Saddles) and Dom Delouse (the musicial producer in Blazing Saddles). Silent Movie also had TONS of cameo appearances by stars who Brooks knew playing THEMSELVES.
"Inspector Kemp" - Kenneth Mars was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972), and Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987), and Shadows and Fog (1991).
After you watch Hitchcock movies (Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, North By Northwest) and then see HIGH ANXIETY. You’ll love and appreciate it and them more!
For me, this is Mel Brooks’ masterpiece. It’s a parody built from the ground up with a deep love for the source material, and it’s arguably the best of the Frankenstein films.
It’s kind of like Lego Batman in that way, a loving parody that actually unironically improves upon what it’s parodying
This was the same year Brooks did “Blazing Saddles”. What a year for comedy.
I love “Blazing Saddles” but I agree with you, “Young Frankenstein” is Brooks’ masterpiece. I could watch it every week.
It is his masterpiece, and I think one of the greats of comedy.
@@bencarlson4300 I could say the same about SAO Abridged.
So glad I have it on DVD. Love the older black and white films with actual plots and character development. Not just full of special effects and explosions and CGI
Madeline Kahn was a great talent that we lost way too early. She could sing, dance, act, and had impeccable comedic timing. Oh, and she was hot too.
It's twoo, she was one in a miweeon.
One of my favorite comedic reads of all time is Kahn in Clue. Not the infamous "flames" ad lib, though that's obviously hysterical. No, it's her read on "he wasn't a very good illusionist." The "tragic widow" facade just drops and she says it with such a mischievousness, like she enjoys double speaking around the topic) that makes what could have been a lame comeback excuse (since it's obvious she killed the guy) in to a hysterical dismissal of her own guilt.
Search YT for her performance of Sondheim’s song “I’m Not Getting Married Today.” It is brilliantly funny, but what will have your mouth just dropping is how damn fast she sings it.
Madeline Kahn was an absolute goddess.
She was stunning and talented. Seems to be some curse following them around, these comedians
Fun fact: they were able to use some of the original lab equipment with all the sparkly bits from the original Frankenstein movie of the 1930's they were parodying.
An absolute comedy classic with the amazing Gene Wilder (this was basically his pet project), I'm glad you got to enjoy it.
They got the same set designer as well I think
It was either the Set Designer or Props guy they got cause he had all the equipment in his garage.
@@FlyinMunky there's a whole docu on the DVD I have. Sadly my best friend has it or I could tell for sure.
That’s one of the things that’s consistent in all of Mel Brooks’ spoof films. He never depends solely on jokes and gags to hold his film up. He makes some effort to capture the technical production elements of what he’s spoofing, so that it has a feeling of authenticity.
Teri Garr deserves accolades. A beautiful woman obviously, her comic timing was impeccable. She retired in the 2000s sometime after her multiple sclerosis took its toll.
I still can't believe Richard Dreyfus left her for some aliens.
@@johnsensebe3153 speaking of Dreyfus and Garr, you should check out the underrated movie "Let It Ride"
@@scipioafricanus5871 oh but it ended up being of the first kind, didn't he go off with the aliens?
@@scipioafricanus5871 well you're technically correct, it was the movie title and most who had the 3rd encounter stopped there, and he did leave his wife at that point. But because he was so obsessed with needing to know more, he went further with the sculpture, then finding the location in a tv news piece, travelling there, not being fooled by the claims if deadly gas, and eventually volunteering to go up with the aliens. A fine representative of the human race? Not sure but he does display the curiosity strongly.
Strange tidbit: almost all alien abductions are people with Rh negative blood. It's a more rare blood factor some people have, like the queen and all Presidents. Pretty interesting rabbit hole that is. They are less likely to get infected with CV19 too.
I actually am not 100% clear in the difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd kind of close encounters. Maybe I've got it backwards and the 1st is seeing them. Shoot, now I need to look it up. Darn curiosity...
@@recoveringsoul755 But she moved up to Michael Keaton in "Mr Mom".
Marty Feldman, the actor who played Igor looked the way he did in the movie because of a generic condition and a messed up operation. The irony is he admitted he would not have such a good body of work with out his unique looks.
Should have bought the brand name condition, would have been fine.
@@ghostdivision2021 lol
@@ghostdivision2021 we've come a long way, from grammar notsees to grammar comedians.
Got the K-mart version ,cost $1 less
It didn't work out. ( . ) (• )
I especially loved his work in "Yellowbeard" and "The Last Remake Of Beau Geste" in addition to this one.
The actor who played The Monster was Peter Boyle, who was also very well known for his role as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond during the late 1990s and early 2000s. In one of the Everybody Loves Raymond episodes, he actually does a tribute and plays Frankenstein on Halloween.
That was one of those shows I'd watch but never really enjoyed, everyone just seemed so miserable and whiney lol
He was also Wizard in Taxi Driver the following year.
And Lazzlo in another favorite of mine, Where The Buffalo Roam.
He played the campaign manager in Robert Redford’s “The Candidate”.
Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks had exactly one argument when working on this movie. Mel wanted to remove the “Putting on the Ritz” sequence and Gene was dumbstruck by the suggestion. He gave an impassioned defense of it, maintaining that the entire beginning and middle of the film drives toward that moment and that the story would not work without it and was nearly to the brink of tears when Mel said, “All right, it’s in.” Confused, he asked why he’d put him through that, to which Mel said, “I wasn’t sure it was right, and I needed to see how hard you’d fight for it.” It stayed in from that day on. Such a great movie, still holds up.
they also had to fight with the studio to keep it in black and white.
OMG, genius that Mel was, Gene was entirely correct on this one! Love & miss Gene!
This works better if you've seen not only Frankenstein, but also Bride Of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, and Ghost of Frankenstein. AND maybe Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Frankenstein meets Wolfman is a maybe. But you'll notice a lot of references from all those films.
The movie is almost a remake of Son of Frankenstein, with elements from the earlier films (Bride in particular) mixed in.
It's worth mentioning, perhaps, that *Frankenstein Meets to Wolf Man* (1943) is the only film in the original series of Universal classics to anticipate YF's "Puttin' On the Ritz" by dropping a musical number into the middle of the proceedings.
Thanks for this. Mel Brooks actually used the original lab sets from the first Frankenstein movie.
Another Mel Brooks movie worth checking out, and the first one of his movies staring Gene Wilder is the 1967 version of The Producers.
By far my favorite Producers. The remakes just can’t quite capture the performance Zero gives in this film
@@fxbear Absolutely 💯
The Producers is one of the 5 Funniest Films Ever Made!
The lab equipment is the same from the original 1931 film.
Gene Hackman who plays the blind man improvised the line about expresso,
The reason Mel Brooks doesn't cameo is Gene didn't want it to divert is attention between directing and cameoing,
Marty Feldman's eyes were actually that way,
I think he is in the movie as the werewolf howling, but he doesn't traditionally cameo yeah
Mel is the Cat screeching, that's the only thing I know definitely about Mel's "non-cameo"
@@FlyinMunky Yeah I knew that and before I knew he didn't give an on screen cameo. I thought he was the father of the little girl who meets the monster.
Mel does appear in the movie a few times. Indirectly, of course -
His hands - removing the box from the casket, ladling the hot soup into the creature's lap, and smashing his stein
His handwriting - on the labels in the Brain Depository
His voice - the werewolf and the screeching cat
Igor's hump swapping sides gag was improvised by Marty - he had been doing it for days during the shoot without anyone noticing. When the crew caught on they added it to the script!
What hump?
@@eddiehansen6865 ahhhhh🤣
DO NOT SCARE ME WITH A THUMBNAIL LIKE THAT!!! I thought you were watching it in color. I don't even know if there is a version in color, but there shouldn't be.
Lmfaooo surprise
Marty Feldman is one of the all-time greats in comedy! Silent Movie starring Marty and Mel Brooks is another one of the greats with an all-star cast!
Also, a film named The Last Remake of Beau Geste was one of my favorites of Maarty's that he both starred in and directed.
You really hit the nail on the head with the Buster Keaton reference. Gene Wilder worshipped and adored Buster Keaton! He referenced him a lot in the film he did with Richard Pryor, Silver Streak.
Possibly the only adaptation of Frankenstein where everyone has a happy ending.
"Happy ending..." Heh!
The actor with bulging eyes is Marty Feldman. Marty was perfect for this role. In fact, the entire movie was perfectly cast.
Fun Fact: The song "Walk this Way" was directly inspired by that scene between Igor and Fredrich on the train station steps.
The first time I saw this movie was in my HIgh School English class because we covered the Frankenstein novel and our teacher showed us the original black and white film and then this. When the Puttin on the Ritz scene (18:21) happened, it was dead silent and then I just heard my best friend behind me screaming and crying laughing. The respect this film gave to the original while still giving tongue and cheek satire on the OG Universal Monster Movies is amazing. This movie is in my top 3 favorite comedies of all time and top 10 favorite films.
The woman that played Fredrick's wife (Madeline Kahn) was in another comedy called Clue, that was based on the classic board game. It also has Tim Curry and Christopher Lloyd. If you have a chance you should check that movie out as well, it's hilarious.
Mel Brooks, in his heyday, was the genius of geniuses in comedy film-making (even mores than Woody Allen, his main competitor in the comedy genre). Consider: He made the best anti-racist movie of all time (Blazing Saddles), a western, at a time when westerns were fading rapidly, did a black and white movie decades after black and white had been cast to the wayside (this one), and also did a silent movie (called "Silent Movie") which proved that you could still do one, and do it well. It helped that he had a magnificent group of co-writers, actors, cinematographers . . . But in the late sixties through the 70s, Mel Brooks could do no wrong.
Absolutely wonderful 🙂 "Sedagive" and "Put the candle beck." are two simple lines of dialogue I will remember forever.
I saw a license plate once that read Abbynrml, or something like that.
The grave beside my father has the inscription "Put the candle back" on the headstone.
Thanks James!!
You’ve just witnessed one of the best casts in film history. Co-written by Brooks and Wilder, the collaboration was more than perfect. The movie IQ of this team would make movies that would stand on their own, but the sub references to the original Shelley novel just capture the nostalgia so perfectly, it just can’t be quantified.
Every actor on this set were at the absolute pinnacle of their careers and Mel Brooks tapped into each one’s unique gifts.
Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman (Igor), Peter Boyle (The Creature), Terri Garr (Inga, The assistant), Kenneth Mars (Inspector Kemp) and Chloris Leachman (Frau Blücher) were ALL firing on all cylinders. And don’t forget Gene Hackman’s Harold, the blind host with the most.
I think I’ve watched this movie 4 or 5000 times and Never tire of the ‘eye rolls’, glances at the camera or horse whinnies at the mention of “BLÜCHER!!”!
The throwback set (the original from the Original Frankenstein movie) or “Walk This Way” are just dripping with sarcasm and the height of directing genius.
Btw…Marty Feldman suffered a genetic disease causing his eyes to bulge. His ability to poke fun at himself made the character of IGOR so uproariously brilliant!! Nobody else could have pulled off “what hump?” with such a perfectly unaffected reply.
Can you imagine trying to get through a reading with these comedians ad libbing their lines??
Some of the outtakes were preserved and are absolutely worth a few minutes of your time.
Ciao and thanks again!
As I recall, I heard from some in the business that they had to seek out "old hands" for this movie who knew how to light and shoot black and white film, because to do it well takes a different approach than with color film. Even then it was a dying art. Hopefully someone took notes, because the effect in this film is just wonderful.
Is Igor your first experience watching Marty Feldman? He's great! He was in Brooks' "Silent Movie" too and was hysterical. Mel Brooks once said the best place to hide from Feldman was by standing directly in front of him.
IF you get to Silent Movie, you need to truly read the actors' lips. Marty Feldman hits on a nurse in one scene and is shot down BAD. Mel Brooks speaks to him immediately afterwards, and the dialogue card that pops up is COMPLETELY different than what is said. That scene, the hospital scene w/the heart monitor, and the scene with the world's most famous mime are my favorites.
Oh my god, that joke about the best way to hide from Marty is to stand in front of him is absolutely hilarious. I've never heard that story before! 🤣 Love how great Marty was about his condition and used it to a huge advantage.
This film is so much funnier if you have seen the original Frankenstein films.
This was my aunts favorite movie of all time. Unfortunately she passed two years ago at a young age, so this movie will always hold a special place in my heart.
This is like Monty Python for me. The plot is irrelevant. It's all about the jokes.
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edit: lol, great minds think alike. Gene Hackman played the old blind guy
Did you miss Gene Hackman, or did you mention that in the full length video?
This really is a great film. Whenever I hear the 'Putting on the Ritz' song I always want to shout out the creatures line.
Gene Hackman plays the best part in this movie. “I was gonna make espresso” 😂
My favorite part was during Puttin' On the Ritz, when the creature gets angry, and the doctor is desperately trying to get the show back on track and counts down "5, 6, 7, 8.." and starts with the tap steps again. "Come ON, are you trying to make me look like a fool?" while the crowd jeers and makes it worse.
Please please react to Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks’ first and best film: *The Producers* (1967). It’s my favorite comedy of all time. It also has my favorite comedic scene of all time. And Zero Mostel, the other star, is exceptional in it as well.
The opening scene of Springtime for Hitler?
Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, how could it go wrong, Its just perfect
Zero was off the hook insane in this one.
You'll like "See no Evil, Hear no Evil" It stars Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.
Or The Streak. Or Stir Crazy. They did a lot of great stuff together. They were supposed to costar in Blazing Saddles too, but the studio vetoed the casting of Pryor even though he cowrote the film.
@@jasonremy1627 Stir Crazy is another one of my favorites movies to.
The reason that the horses neigh whenever Frau Blucher's name is mentioned is because Mel Brooks believed that the name "Blucher" sounded like the German word for "glue" and since horses are used to make glue, they didn't like the name. However, the name Blucher is just a common surname in Germany and sounds nothing like the German word for glue, slang or otherwise. Mel Brooks was simply mistaken and it got left in. - Source: Mel Brooks interview.
I don’t know if this movie option is there for you to react, or even mentioned on the movie polls on patreon; but Casablanca is definitely worth checking out. Also, love watching your reactions. Keep going James.
Casablanca = The Best Studio Film Ever Made!
One of the problems with the high cost of making movies, is that casting has suffered. Older movie studios had a larger stable of actors from which to draw from, so we had more of a chance to see colorful characters played by people such as Marty Feldman and Jack Elam
Gene Wilder has such a wonderfully emotionally expressive face. I think one has to be quite empathetic to be able to do this. So glad you enjoyed this movie! The OG Troll fr, Marty Feldman's Igor was so amazingly funny.
I was waiting for the reveal of the Monster to the public, knowing what was coming, what would your reaction be... you delivered my man, oh that was awesome. "Get the hell out." Without missing a beat. This film is raw comedic genius. Gene Wilder played on a whole other level from most actors and comedians. His timing is flawless. His facial expressions. His ability to go from distracted half paying attention to maniacal in a single breath. His line delivery of the most shocking things as if they were boring old news (see also Blazing Saddles here) is unmatched. The whole horse joke thing... a lot of people though the name of the woman was German for glue and so the horse neighs in fear every time her name is spoken. Gene himself told the story that really he just wanted a random German sounding name to make the horses neigh meaninglessly at every time as a pointless gag. And it worked. It's freaking brilliant.
Didn't anyone recognize Peter Boyle as the monster...Ray's dad in Everybody loves Raymond...
Kenneth Mars comedic character actor as the officer....who wore a monocle over the eye with the patch on it!...He is also in Mel Brooks the Producers as the author of their "play".
The thing about Mel Brooks’ parodies is that he’s said that he has to love the original to make a parody. So he makes fun of movies, but he does so with a real reverence for the source material.
One that doesn’t seem to get as much attention these days is High Anxiety. If you like Hitchcock films, you’ll really love that flick.
11:42 That’s Kenneth-Freaking-Mars, one of Mel Brooks’ secret weapons. He also played Franz Liebkind, the ex-Nazi playwright in “The Producers.” He also had a great career as a voice actor, including doing King Triton in The Little Mermaid.
16:41 The “I was gonna make espresso!” line was ad libbed by Gene Hackman, and they had to do a quick fade after it to save the take, because it made the entire crew crack up.
19:40 This scene required many, many takes, because they couldn’t get through it without one person or another (or all of them) breaking up laughing. If you look carefully, you’ll notice that they eventually had to use the film from one take and Marty Feldman’s voice from another.
You've gotta see High Anxiety, which is Brooks' Hitchcock homage and stars Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, and Harvey Korman. The comic performances are great, of course, but Brooks also manages not only to replicate Hitchcock's style, but to turn Hitchcock-esque shots into visual gags.
Hitchcock thought it was hilarious, I read somewhere.
The 'Abby Normal' scene is one of my all time favorite comedy scenes.
I love this movie; it ages really well except for a few bits (which is often true of Mel Brooks' brand of comedy). The writing and acting was genius; Gene Wilder was a wellspring of talent, rest his soul.
Gene Wilder is on my actor Mount Rushmore. His range was incredible. He was so funny. A great writer. And just like the sweetest person ever. His memoir is great, as is any interview he ever did.
"He didn't have to call him a 'creature'. "
For us, the word "creature" means "animal", but I was told that a long time ago it meant "anything which was created".
So, for people in the 18th & 19th centuries, even things like mountains or trees were considered "creatures" because they were believed to have been created by God.
By this linguistic logic, the monster is a "creature" because it was created by Dr. Frankenstein.
It's a shame this reaction didn't show some of the funniest bits, but the film is so full of gags it would be hard to get them all in there. Also, your reaction seems relatively low key relative to how I think of this as one of the most brilliant, clever, hilariously creative comedies of all time.
I know, I kept wondering why he was skipping the good parts until I realized the whole movie is good parts. One of the all time greatest comedies.
Yeah, I actually gave up after he cut "what knockers". Sad.
"put the candle back!" 😁
His reactions usually cut the good parts out, I think it's to get people to subscribe to his patreon.
Of course, the train scene is even better when you realize he rode the same train from New York to Europe. Somehow. XD
There's a lot of good laughs in this film, enjoy your Friday!
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It was a great director and cast. Never be another one like it. Kenneth Mars was like Mel Brook's own John C. Reilly.
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If you enjoy Gene Wilder, I highly recommend checking out his movies with Richard Pryor. Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Those two are one of my all time favorite comedy duos.
the Blind man is Played by Gene Hackman.
Great reaction. More classic movies, please ! Cool Hand Luke, In the Heat of the Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Night of the Hunter, The Maltese Falcon, All About Eve
Probably one of my top 5 all time greatest films!
This movie is so very funny. It’s one of my favorites. Like all of Mel Brooks’ films, it’s chock full of so much delightful silliness.
To para-quote Mel Brooks, "Blazing Saddles could not have been made then, either" Neither could "The Producers" have been made, or ...
BTW, I thoroughly recommend watching the original Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein, also when you do, see if you recognize the sets.
Marty Feldman, a Brit, did comedy skits with John Cleese, had his own comedy show (Marty Feldman's comedy Machine - Monty Python style) and directed his own movies. He died quite young while doing a movie. He was pretty erudite. His eyes where so large due to an illness. At the same time, willingly or unwillingly, it was his trade mark.
That movie he died during is one of my all time favourites - Yellowbeard. It's so funny and quotable.
Madeleine Kahn and Marty Feldman and Kenneth Mars are also in Yellowbeard. It's filled with stars.
The misalignment was from a childhood injury, a car crash, and boating accident, reconstructive eye surgery contributed to his appearance.
The bulging thing with his eyes was from a thyroid condition.
@@AudieHolland Wikipedia: "Feldman suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned. A childhood injury, a car crash, a boating accident, and reconstructive eye surgery may also have contributed to his appearance"
I believe Marty was almost a Python, that he was invited to join but declined.
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"In Harm's Way" (1965)..A MUST SEE Classic Movie..Truth!!
Another Classic Must See Feel Good Movie From The Great Frank Capra That Includes A Large & Incredible Cast,,
"Pocket Full Of Miracles" (1961)
Marty Feldman, as Egor, was a wonderful physical comedic actor and a reputation of being fun to work with. He also suffered from Hyperthyroidism which is what caused that bug eyed look. May he rest in peace.
Fun fact: this film inspired Walk This Way by Aerosmith
I actually was lucky enough to visit the set 1 day when they were filming the "what a pair of knockers!" scene.I got to meet Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman. When we approached being introduced, to Gene Wilder, he deadpanned as he was putting final touches on his hair "You are now watching a famous actor, brushing his hair~!" The way he said even that, was masterful,, his delivery, his overly dramatic facial expression,he was joking, playfully of course about celebrity. He then shook each of our hands and made eye contact, for those who work around actors on sets, you know this is often not a regular thing...he seemed a very sweet man. What struck me about the whole thing, was how genuinely NICE all the actors were. The set was comfortable. Everyone was happy to be there, there was no tension, it was like a happy family with Mel Brooks (who was also incredibly gracious --and funny), Mel Brooks as the ringleader. These were amazingly talented professionals who didn't feel the need to throw any attitude. Oh, and if possible, Madeline Kahn was even more beautiful in real life than on screen, she literally glowed. This cast and crew and head ringleader were/ are all amazingly talented artists.
Trivia Time!
During preproduction, they began to wonder if any of the sets and/or props from the original 1931 Frankenstein might still be around. They were disappointed when Universal told them they'd gotten rid of all that stuff almost as soon as they'd finished production. So they contacted Kenneth Strickfaden (who created all the original props) to ask if he might be able to reproduce some of them, to which he replied "Why? I've got most all of them in my garage."
So, yes, the laboratory and props seen in 1974's Young Frankenstein are the *EXACT SAME ONES* seen in the original 1931 Frankenstein!!!
This is one of my favorite movies, I noticed you loved Madeline Kahn, she’s always fantastic! Check her out in another of my favorites, ‘CLUE’ you will love it! ✌️
This is one of my top two Mel Brooks movies... one of my favorite gags in these movies if you watch and pay attention is the characters "defects" move around.. Eye-gor's hump shifts back and forth and King Richard in RobinHood men in tights has a mole that moves around his whole face..
Madeline Kahn (the dr's wife to be) is SO GOOD. I looked and I don't think you've reacted to Clue. It has an all star cast, including her, and is written as a comedy inspired by the board game.
Loaded Weapon is another movie along those lines - Airplane, Naked Gun etc. it''s a spoof on
buddy cop movies.
Inspector Kemp is played by Kenneth Mars, who would go on to play Otto Mannkusser on Malcolm in the Middle. Cloris Leachman was in the show as well playing their grandmother. I highly recommend it, especially the later seasons. It’s hilarious.
I saw this movie in the theater with my dad. He laughed so hard he fell into the aisle. His favorite movie!
You should check out some of his collaborations with Richard Pryor. Silver Streak is a good start.
A spoof on the original starring Boris Karloff... which must be seen to appreciate this version.
FUNFACT: Blucher is NOT German for glue.
If you look close you can see a thick pad on Wilder's leg when he's waving the scalpel around. Trouble is he brought it down so hard the blade punched through. Like a total pro he finished the scene with an inch of steel in his leg.
For your next comedy watch: a fish called wanda! One of the funniest movies of all time imo.
Mary Shelley often referred to the monster as Creature in the OG novel.
Very few of the cast are left on this world, which is too bad, one of the great ensemble casts of all time.
The dungeon is mostly from the one from the original movie.
11:46, he was in Malcolm in the Middle as Otto, German rancher that employed Francis and King Triton in The Little Mermaid. The actor's name was Kenneth Mars. Funnily enough, Cloris Leachman, Grandma Ida in Malcolm in the Middle, was Frau Blücher.
Ooh now you can take part in the great Blazing Saddles v Young Frankenstein debate. Although some people prefer Spaceballs.
PS the horses react to Frau Blücher because her name means glue
Robinhood Men in Tights
Ahhhh! Thank you for telling me this haha
It actually doesn’t mean glue. That’s just a rumor, and it’s just a funny gag.
@@Akaeus Oh my lord I do have one friend that likes that one best.
I actually have a soft spot for High Anxiety. Sooo underrated right down to that sick ending, great spoof of all things Hitchcock. And I saw History of the World Part II in the theater
@@JamesVSCinema Oh crud, she’s right, it’s urban legend DAMMIT
How could you edit out Abby Normal lol that’s my favorite part!
My favorite bit, never mentioned by reactors, is that the elderly couple repeat their dialogue from the 1st train scene (Let him! Let him!) in the 2nd train scene, only in German this time. Feel free to fact check me on this.
Have you seen the movie Pig with Nicholas Cage, if not its definitely a reccomendation it is so good
Personally, I wish more folks would watch and react to Gene Wilder (and Harrison Ford) in the vastly underrated "The Frisco Kid".
Also Gene's teaming up with Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy, Silver Streak and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Awesome duo!
Great reaction to this one BTW.
I've been suggesting "The Frisco Kid" to reactors for ages now. So underrated, but actually a really good movie.
The reason the horses always screamed whenever anyone said "Frau Blücher" is because Blücher is the German word for glue.
Also: The Creature is played by Peter Boyle, also known for his role as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Not quite correct. Someone told Mel Brooks that Blucher was the German for glue, but he was lying. By the time they found out, it was too late, but they decided to go with it anyway. Blucher is nothing more than a German name. The German for glue is Kleber
I had such a crush on Terri Garr... so beautiful and funny!
Have you seen the Pink Panther movies. There super funny to
Aw dude, I highly recommend watching the original Frankenstein. There are so many jokes in this which get even better if you know the original (like the little girl at the pound which was censored in the original cut of the 1931 Frankenstein film for being too shocking). As well as Bride of Frankenstein which this also has a lot of jokes from.
Great channel, you should try The Man With Two Brains, it's really ridiculous and funny!
The sync being off makes this one an interesting watch. And here's a little something I found out solely because the casket opening used to scare me and I was counting the clock chimes to know when it happened: The clock chimes 13 times.
@@strangebiped Thank you. But I only counted because that corpse in the coffin scared me and I had to know when the lid opened so I could brace myself. This was one of two movies my father and I watched together in the theater. With four other siblings, these outings meant a lot to me. The other movie was The Sting so I'm lucky my two most cherished movies turned out to be excellent movies.
When Igor bites the mink scarf is one of the greatest things I’ve seen
For the longest time I never got the “blucker” joke. The fact it means glue in German and freaks the horses out .. hilarious
Actually it doesn't .... From the Frau's expressions I always thought she was "Interfering" with the Horses in a sexual way! .... But that's just me!
"Dead men don't wear plaid" is a great movie to pair with this
You've got to watch High Anxiety next.
Since you enjoyed this one you should react to another with Wilder, Feldman and Kahn called "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes smarter brother". Lots of fun and a great cast with comedy actors you have never heard of.
Glad you're hitting this one. Still, to me, one of the top five comedies of all time. Pure gold.
My favorite comedy movie! All the cast are superb, right down to Gene Hackman as the blind hermit (I had read that he had never done comedy before and wanted to try). I've watched this film many times and it never gets old.
The horses hate the name Blücher. There was a Prussian General named Gerhard Leverett von Blücher, who led armies against Napoleon and was known for his aggressive and violent acts in the Cavalry with horses to make them go faster.
I wonder if the Frau was related?
Gene Wilder is a Legend. Just an all time, top of top unique talent. And, by all accounts he was one of the kindest souls ever.
Gene Wilder is one of my all time favorite actors. He always looked like he was having allot of fun but he had allot of emotional depth in his work..
One of the greatest comedies of all time.
For me, this is as close to a perfect comedy as it gets, only Buster Keaton and Tati are better. Every scene works.
Loved your commentary on this one. A real classic! For a different performance by Wilder, I'd love to see you react to 'Silver Streak'...
That would be Madeline "The Khan" in "What's Up Doc?" as well. "One... Two... THREE... FOUR! FIIIIIIVVVVE!!!"
The Haunting (1963). I'd love to hear your thoughts on that masterpiece. Stay far away from the 1999 version.
The creepiest horror movie. Still get goosebumps.
@@dinastanford7779 Totally, the moment when the Nursery door is open, that was the high point until later, when the parlor door started breathing!
@@farvencore just mentioning the door set the hairs on the back of the neck off.
Marty Feldman (Igor) was also a co-star in another Mel Brooks comedy called Silent Movie, along side Mel Books (the governor from Blazing Saddles) and Dom Delouse (the musicial producer in Blazing Saddles). Silent Movie also had TONS of cameo appearances by stars who Brooks knew playing THEMSELVES.
"Inspector Kemp" - Kenneth Mars was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972), and Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987), and Shadows and Fog (1991).
oooh man I HIGHLY recommend Stir Crazy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.....it was hilarious!!!!
It's a parody of the 1931 Original film, "Frankenstein", and the 1935 "Bride of Frankenstein", there are many references throughout the movie!
After you watch Hitchcock movies (Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, North By Northwest) and then see HIGH ANXIETY. You’ll love and appreciate it and them more!