As a Civil Servant in the UK, I often get looks of amazement in the selection panels I take part in when I describe the best candidate as "That's Our Hitler!"
I went to the cinema to see this in 1977 (in England). We laughed so much, and like never before. It was and is superb, a testament to the genius that is Mel Brooks. Thanks, Mel.
In one movie, Mel lampoons Broadway, '60s counterculture, '30s Hollywood musicals, totalitarianism, capitalistic greed, and sexual stereotypes. This movie is still timely and brilliant >50 years later.
Not to mention making light of the Third Reich so, SO soon after WWII, which was in insanely ballsy move. It probably didn't hurt his credibility that he was a Jewish veteran of the war himself, but still, it was no small feat
@@webkid4567 Tbf, that was already standard comedic fare, in the US and in Europe. Hogan's Heroes tv series was already a few years old ('65), for instance, and the stage musical Cabaret ('66), but Britain was well into satirizing Hitler since early in the war. What's rather more telling is that we suddenly find ourselves in a state of affairs that accepts this as hard to comprehend. Satire of any and all public persona and/or issues is normal, whereas the current increasing suppression of such satire is what is Not normal, and which is quite troubling, tstl.
Dick Shawn was a genius. And he had pretty much every performer's dream death: he died onstage during a huge laugh. (Look it up.) Rest in paradise, Lorenzo.
The bit that gets me is the columns falling down into the battleship Bismarck guns and firing over the heads of the stunned and shocked audience, agape, aghast.
I was on an interview panel once. After the best applicant left the room, I yelled, “THAT’s OUR HITLER !!!” I was given a severe talking to by personnel
Dick Shawn, masterclass in comedy. And that in a movie with Zero Mostel, Gen Wilder and so many other comedy scene stealers. But yah, Mel Brooks, what a genius.
Imagine if Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, and Zero Mostel are three of the many main players in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", that would've been more hilarious.
Absolutely! It's so great, an absolute crack up! (I also think it's great having Jewish writers like Mel Brooks using what was such a tragedy like this! Basically turning Hitler into a fool He really must have been a great guest at parties 😅)
"A true nod to the genius of Andy Warhol"? If you like. However, it's a brilliant film that spends most of its time nodding truly at almost anything but genius.
Love this comment section because of all the reverence this absolute genius of a movie gets. I've watched it so many times I can recite every line, yet it never fails to make me giddy with laughter and appreciation for its brilliance from start to finish; an astounding concept, script, and entire cast that has endured 55+ years.
Among the many things that are great about this is that the cowboy guy got allllll the way through Largo Al Factotum from the Barber of Seville before being dismissed. They were seriously considering him.
Dick Shawn reminds me of Robin Williams at the beginning of the scene. He almost steals the film while he’s in it. “I lieb you baby I lieb you! Now lieb me alone….”
You don't think about the little flowers, On no, all you think about is guns! If everybody in the world today had a flower instead of a gun, There would be no wars! There would be one big smell-in!
Of all the brilliant performances in this oh-so-short scene, I especially love Kenneth Mars' reactions. His character just has no idea what is going on.
I love this!! I love when he calls over ‘the fellas’, and the female band shows up!!! I googled this dude, Dick Shawn, and see that he died on stage in 1987 and the audience thought it was part of the act!
I watched this movie when I was 10 in the late 80s, and for some reason I memorized this song. It just stuck and I've been singing it in the shower since.
Almost beyond comprehension that this was made within little more than 20 years after the end of the war. You could not go within one hundred miles of this material now. Definitely one of the funniest movies of all time, and pretty much defined the comic sensibility of the next thirty years.
@@tysargent9647 The 2005 remake would have been so much better if would have been a straight remake of the 1968 original and not the pile of feces that it was.
"What do you best?" "Hey man, I can't do that here. That's why they put me away, baby." "No, sing. Sing." I've seen this movie so many times (the 1968 version is on my favorite movie list, not the remake).
A hint of Kim Fowley too. Something great too about how Dick Shawn does not get even the hippie look quite right (wrong hair, wrong sort of earring, wrong boots). Seriously hip of Mel Brooks to be riffing on VU too.
I can just imagine being in an audience in a theater in 1967 and seeing this movie for the very first time. The moviegoers PROBABLY thought THEY were on LSD and afterwards just imagined the whole thing. And just imagine anyone who was high while they were watching.
@@jcortese3300 ; The critics were right. I've seen this film twice over the years, and the one time I laughed out loud was when they tried to blow up the theater and Kenneth Mars's character realizes too late that he used the quick fuse ("ka-blooie!"). Brooks didn't start making real money until he started doing films with a lot of R-rated toilet humor and T and A humor, which by the time the 1970's rolled around was hard to lose money on.
Saw this in Philadelphia when I was a student there . Was some what stoned . Literally almost died laughing , the rest of the audience , not so much . Possibly the funniest movie ever made .
Thankgod somebody else noticed the obvious Jim Morrison/Doors lampoon..! I was beginning to think it’d totally gone over everyone’s head. (unless I’m just really old). 🤔😀
@ReaktorLeak In my opinion it was funnier with the gay Hitler than with the hippie one. And also makes more sense storywise, to create and arc with an existing character, instead of introducing more small characters. That worked better for the Broadway musical.
I’m scrolling down to see if anyone’s mentioned Jim Morrison in the comments; that last guy is such a parody of Jim & the music of The Doors.. (even the last few bars sound very similar to ‘When The Music’s Over’)..! 😎🌺
That Warhol soup can around his neck is priceless!
It is so bizarre because his performance was so over the top, that I literally never even noticed the soup can around his neck.
@@SirPaulMuaddib I know. I didn't notice it until now and I saw this movie decades ago and half a dozen times since then, at least.
This guy was like Robin Williams before Robin Williams
When the camera pulls back and you see the thigh-high boots.
You are already thinking that the dude is out there somewhere and then the camera pulls bacl and OMG... masterful direction.
My mom Wanted those boots bad!
I wonder where those boots are now?
"Dat's our Hitler!" Dick Shawn was marvellous. What an incredible film, not one line that doesn't crack you up.
As a Civil Servant in the UK, I often get looks of amazement in the selection panels I take part in when I describe the best candidate as "That's Our Hitler!"
he was also so hilarious in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I am glad I read your comment, I was questioning myself if it was a young Harvey Korman.
@@theotherwalt There's not enough LSD in the world to make Harvey Korman that good.
@@Mute_Nostril_Agony lol
I love how none of the featured instruments are on the track.
I went to the cinema to see this in 1977 (in England). We laughed so much, and like never before. It was and is superb, a testament to the genius that is Mel Brooks. Thanks, Mel.
In one movie, Mel lampoons Broadway, '60s counterculture, '30s Hollywood musicals, totalitarianism, capitalistic greed, and sexual stereotypes. This movie is still timely and brilliant >50 years later.
It was mostly a well-deserved blow against Hitler. The other stuff was window dressing and a framing device.
And even displayed and made fun of Warhol's $17 milli0n dollar soup can.
Not to mention making light of the Third Reich so, SO soon after WWII, which was in insanely ballsy move.
It probably didn't hurt his credibility that he was a Jewish veteran of the war himself, but still, it was no small feat
@@webkid4567 Tbf, that was already standard comedic fare, in the US and in Europe. Hogan's Heroes tv series was already a few years old ('65), for instance, and the stage musical Cabaret ('66), but Britain was well into satirizing Hitler since early in the war.
What's rather more telling is that we suddenly find ourselves in a state of affairs that accepts this as hard to comprehend. Satire of any and all public persona and/or issues is normal, whereas the current increasing suppression of such satire is what is Not normal, and which is quite troubling, tstl.
@@barbarakauppi9915 "Cabaret" isn't really comic, though.
When Carmen Ghia reaches for Roger DeBris' hand when LSD says his song is about "love" -- just that little gesture, so wonderful.
Dick Shawn was a genius. And he had pretty much every performer's dream death: he died onstage during a huge laugh. (Look it up.)
Rest in paradise, Lorenzo.
Between him and Norm MacDonald, in heaven they’re laughing their asses off at their last jokes
I just love how the (very hitleresque) man who was about to perform " THE.. LITTLE..WOODEN..BOY!" never had chance to sing it.
Kind of looks like adolf to
His satisfied expression just before he got to start singing was brilliant.
Kills me every time
Looks like he was at the Oliver Hardy audition!
"That's our Hitler!" never fails to crack me up.
One of the best punch lines ever
Love is the flower that is mine.
The bit that gets me is the columns falling down into the battleship Bismarck guns and firing over the heads of the stunned and shocked audience, agape, aghast.
I was on an interview panel once. After the best applicant left the room, I yelled, “THAT’s OUR HITLER !!!”
I was given a severe talking to by personnel
Sucks they faded out the audio over it.
Dick Shawn, masterclass in comedy. And that in a movie with Zero Mostel, Gen Wilder and so many other comedy scene stealers. But yah, Mel Brooks, what a genius.
Imagine if Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, and Zero Mostel are three of the many main players in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", that would've been more hilarious.
The way he sings "I give a flower to the big fat cop" kills me every time.
This is possibly the funniest movie ever made and it's so tragic that so many people haven't watched it - every scene is comedy GOLD! :D
It's tragic that some people know the premises of this movie through the abomination with Broderick.
Absolutely! It's so great, an absolute crack up! (I also think it's great having Jewish writers like Mel Brooks using what was such a tragedy like this! Basically turning Hitler into a fool He really must have been a great guest at parties 😅)
I'm the concierge!! I'm husband was the concierge, but he's dead! Now I'm the concierge! Lol
@@connormcginnis8420 Madam?
@@ringwe agreed, awful remake. Original was perfect
“Would all the dancing hitlers please step outside, we’re seeing singing hitlers”
The funniest movie ever made. And it almost did not get released. Thank you, Peter Sellers.
The Campbell soup can product placement was magical. A true nod to the genius of Andy Warhol 😅
"A true nod to the genius of Andy Warhol"? If you like. However, it's a brilliant film that spends most of its time nodding truly at almost anything but genius.
@@neilhales4693 Sarcasm is lost on you perhaps. I was joking.
Dude. If the Germans had won WW2 Warhol would have been doing silk screen representations of the Nazi leadership.
@@davidlong1786 If you like....
Love this comment section because of all the reverence this absolute genius of a movie gets. I've watched it so many times I can recite every line, yet it never fails to make me giddy with laughter and appreciation for its brilliance from start to finish; an astounding concept, script, and entire cast that has endured 55+ years.
Among the many things that are great about this is that the cowboy guy got allllll the way through Largo Al Factotum from the Barber of Seville before being dismissed. They were seriously considering him.
Dick Shawn reminds me of Robin Williams at the beginning of the scene. He almost steals the film while he’s in it. “I lieb you baby I lieb you! Now lieb me alone….”
the guitar player girl with the orange minidress is super killer !!!
Oh Yeah! She's Cute as all get out!
@@edwardlacorte6357 WHO IS SHE?
That’s our Hitler! I’m dying!!!
Hiring him to portray Hitler in hindsight was the ONLY thing that backfired
And I am still paying with. Laugh mirth.
Actually I don't have words. Vocabulary.
This is a beautiful song about all walks of society angrily rejecting a mans humble flowers.
Can't take my eyes off the guitarist girl's legs.
You don't think about the little flowers,
On no, all you think about is guns!
If everybody in the world today had a flower instead of a gun,
There would be no wars!
There would be one big smell-in!
Never fails. Whenever I'm feeling down I watch either this or Blazing Saddles and I'm right as rain.
The 'Mugging' the facial close up reactions throughout the film. Mel Brooks is the Sergio Leone of comedy.
+1 for your username.
Of all the brilliant performances in this oh-so-short scene, I especially love Kenneth Mars' reactions. His character just has no idea what is going on.
Love the can necklace. :)
Andy Warhol reference.
:)
Love his Warholian Campbell's Soup can pendant!
I love this!! I love when he calls over ‘the fellas’, and the female band shows up!!! I googled this dude, Dick Shawn, and see that he died on stage in 1987 and the audience thought it was part of the act!
I did not need to know that.
I refuse to research the event, I am happy thinking it is some joke or myth
I might have heard about twenty years ago.
@@theunknowngamer5477 I will look up Dick Shawn, though.
He also played Sylvestooooorrrr in "It's a mad mad mad mad world" The guy was a genius.
Sublime silliness...and Mel is still kicking it at 90something!
2 years later and he’s still kicking it!
The auditioner singing "Beautiful Dreamer" has prepared months for this chance. And it lasts all of 6 seconds. Lol
I had this on VHS and must have replayed that segment a hundred times. My son was absolutely crazy about it.
This and Dick Shawn dancing wildly to “31 Flavors” in Mad, mad, mad, mad World keeps me sane.
Dick Shawn's audition ... I've watched it many a time... It has LAYERS, man, like, an onion, you know?.
Like an ogre
And it makes you want to cry! :-D
I saw Dick Shawn at the Yale Cabaret 1971, Fall
"Will the dancing Hitlers PLEASE wait in the wings--we are only seeing SINGING Hitlers!"
I watched this movie when I was 10 in the late 80s, and for some reason I memorized this song. It just stuck and I've been singing it in the shower since.
Almost beyond comprehension that this was made within little more than 20 years after the end of the war. You could not go within one hundred miles of this material now. Definitely one of the funniest movies of all time, and pretty much defined the comic sensibility of the next thirty years.
LSD legit made me think of Robin Williams, this could easily have been a routine that he had made.
Honestly even though I know this was before his time he is who I thought of too
Come to think of it, if LSD was kept for the Broadway musical, Robin could've played him in the 2005 film.
@@tysargent9647 The 2005 remake would have been so much better if would have been a straight remake of the 1968 original and not the pile of feces that it was.
@@paulkersey9553 Hell, I would've taken a combination of the 1968 film and the 2001 Broadway show.
"What do you best?"
"Hey man, I can't do that here. That's why they put me away, baby."
"No, sing. Sing."
I've seen this movie so many times (the 1968 version is on my favorite movie list, not the remake).
Still want those boots 55 years later!!
2:00 perfect, brilliant, kudos, top class actor. Little hand touching gesture...AMAZING
'And it goes into the sewer with the yuck running through her' Fantastic!
Dick Shawn and Everyone in this Fantastic movie were WONDERFUL!!!
Never seen this movie. The first thought that went through my head when I saw this clip was "I had no idea Robin Williams was in this movie."
I said this before even going to the comments to my dad and he said "no maybe because of his movement" and then I saw this. Thank you.
Yes, yes! It's uncanny. Also a bit of - can't quite place it. Who Is this guy, though?
@@cockeyedoptimista Lorenzo Saint Depois. But his friends call him LSD babay!!
@@cockeyedoptimista This is the great Dick Shawn. He influenced Robin Williams and many others. Robin couldn't do what he did without Dick Shawn.
Carmen Ghia as in Volkswagen Kharman Ghia 😂😂 Superb
Dick Shawn just kills this role.
Always thought that bass player in the orange dress was 🔥😍
As hilarious as this song is, it is also really quite good!
It almost sounds like The Doors....
Love Is Blue
I came here to say this
It is isn't it?
A hint of Kim Fowley too. Something great too about how Dick Shawn does not get even the hippie look quite right (wrong hair, wrong sort of earring, wrong boots). Seriously hip of Mel Brooks to be riffing on VU too.
but why is this love power song so good
The little wooden boy....(piano plays)......THANK YOU!
And LSD's thigh-high boots and chalk stripe pants 🤣
..and his charming neck chain and tin of beans. 😄
Damn this one was so much better
This deserves millions of views.
Girl in the orange is fine as hell
Dick Shawn, we still luv ya'...RIP
Gotta throw on a pair of 'Depends' whenever, I watch this movie.
"Don't be saucy with me, Bernaise."
the fade into " THATS OUR HITLEEEEEER" at the end is just icing on the fucking cake
I can just imagine being in an audience in a theater in 1967 and seeing this movie for the very first time. The moviegoers PROBABLY thought THEY were on LSD and afterwards just imagined the whole thing. And just imagine anyone who was high while they were watching.
Critics hated it. It was called IIRC "amateurish and crude." I think it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay that year. 😀
@@jcortese3300 ; The critics were right. I've seen this film twice over the years, and the one time I laughed out loud was when they tried to blow up the theater and Kenneth Mars's character realizes too late that he used the quick fuse ("ka-blooie!"). Brooks didn't start making real money until he started doing films with a lot of R-rated toilet humor and T and A humor, which by the time the 1970's rolled around was hard to lose money on.
Saw this in Philadelphia when I was a student there . Was some what stoned . Literally almost died laughing , the rest of the audience , not so much . Possibly the funniest movie ever made .
We thought it was very funny.
But this was a very realistic con, people would sell 16 twelfths of an oil well,and try to drill a dry hole. I'm sure they did it in movies as well.
This scene has me in stitches every time i see it.
Top 3 Portrayals of Adolf Hitler:
1. Bruno Ganz (Downfall)
2. LSD (this film)
3. Larry Hovis (Hogan's Heroes)
Jackson Rushing I like Gary beach’s portrayal too
The guy with the funny name in Jojo Rabbit!! One of the best films of 2019.
LSD wins it for me!
taika waiti in jojo rabbit
You forgot Charlie Chaplin in the great Dictator mate
Holy shit this is freaking amazing man it blew my mind away🤯🤯🤯 Mel is truly a genius
Mel Brooks. The master of parodies.
3:38 The sudden cut to the dumbstruck director has to be one of the funniest moments on film, lol. I howl with laughter on every rewatch.
Mel Brooks just broke the mold when he started making movies. Thank God for Mel Brooks!!
this movie was so much funnier than the musical remake
The movie is so much better than the broadway musical. The casting in the film is superb.
Dick Shawn was the fuckin man, baby!
I'll bet Jim Morrison enjoyed that number
Thankgod somebody else noticed the obvious Jim Morrison/Doors lampoon..! I was beginning to think it’d totally gone over everyone’s head. (unless I’m just really old). 🤔😀
They cut out the part where Jim auditioned to play Hitler.
Never make a remake.
They did
@ReaktorLeak In my opinion it was funnier with the gay Hitler than with the hippie one. And also makes more sense storywise, to create and arc with an existing character, instead of introducing more small characters. That worked better for the Broadway musical.
There was one in 2005.
Christopher Hewitt (a.k.a. Mr. Belvedere) as the director.
I can't stop watching this. This is perfection and makes me happy!🤣🤣🤣🤣
The "piano player" almost starts laughing.
Dick Shawn was a Treasure
Hard to believe that those three ladies must well into their seventies now. Time levels us all.
Not a big Mel Brooks fan, but this scene is comic genius.
‘The Producers’ and ‘The Party’ with Peter Sellers came out about the same time and were the two funniest movies ever made.
Dick Shawn was just a pure genius….
I’m scrolling down to see if anyone’s mentioned Jim Morrison in the comments; that last guy is such a parody of Jim & the music of The Doors.. (even the last few bars sound very similar to ‘When The Music’s Over’)..! 😎🌺
I have to watch this at least 1nce a month!! ❤️🔥😂🤣🤣
He reminds me of Benny Hill 😄👍
I like how they are making fun of hippies in 1968.
Dick Shawn had the best hair.
THE LITTLE...WOODEN...BOY
Lol!? The Little Wooden Boy??? Hey all you dads out there, keep your boys AWAY from him!! Lol
Director: THANK YOU!
Feel bad for this guy,he looked so enthusiastic about having a chance to play Hitler.
He was so...so...OILY!
Hilarious.....Only topped by the "Springtime for"....... opening of the play
How on earth could ANY of the actors keep a straight face when this was shot???? :-D
The Snow Miser himself, in the flesh!!
Haw. I'd mercifully forgotten about those suede cavalry boots. Wow.
You got to admire the baby boomers we didn't care what people thought about us we just did our thing. 🤗❤
"What is my name?"
Love him!
#: Ooow man... I wanna get a time machine and take that guitar lady in red to dinner!! 😍
Merci beaucoup from Paris France 😂👍👍👍
He sure works the hell out of those boots!:)
I can see where Robin Williams got his comedy from
If they went with that Spanish cowboy, they might've had their flop ;)
Who is the girl with the orange mini dress. SHE IS GORGEOUS
Rien que pour cette scène il faut voir ce chef d'oeuvre de la comédie américaine.
This is funny as hell So Mell is making fun of hippies ,Nazi's freaking classic !