Have you ever seen Mel’s acceptance speech for his Oscar? He thanks “Gene Wilder” at least 5 times. Zero was Zero, he was funny. But he was being Zero. Gene brought things to his performance that were just genius. In Mel’s book he told something that floored me. Dustin Hoffman was supposed to be Leo Bloom. But he told Mel his agent had gotten notice that Mike Nichols wanted him to come to LA and audition/screen test…whatever for THE GRADUATE. “Annie’s picture she’s going to do?” “Yeah.” Mel knew he’d never be chosen to play Ben in THE GRADUATE. So he wasn’t worried, “he’ll be back”. Then he needed a Leo. Anne was doing a play with Gene and told Mel to meet him. Bless Mike Nichols. Dustin Hoffman as Leo Bloom? He’s a great actor. But Gene Wilder was meant to be Leo Bloom. Thank you,God, and Anne, and Mel.
@@cards0486to layer your comment, Hoffman was the opposite of what the studio and producers of The Graduate had in mind. Robert Redford was supposed to play Dustin's part. Or a similar Mid-Atlantic WASP type. It was Nichols, whose subverted artistic sensibility wanted a nebbish, er... Ethnic Benjamin. That left space for Wilder to play Bloom, and so it goes
In one movie, Mel parodied Broadway, 1930s Hollywood musicals, 1960s counterculture, totalitarianism, capitalistic greed, and sexual stereotypes. Do any movies today have this much wit?
One of the greatest actors ever to grace the stage. I’m 28, I watched most of his films with my dad, and I’ll damn sure ensure my kids watch these films with me too :)
Dick Shawn as L.S.D. -- over the top! I loved the reaction of that bearded guy in the seats! HA! Shawn was great in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." The looks on the faces of the people in the audience during "Springtime for Hitler" is priceless! "The Producers" is insane genius! I remember going to the cinema to see it when it premiered.
@@pamelasharkey7653 Yes. Dick Shawn was (is) a very funny guy. It must have been an honour to have him in your life. He left us all-too-soon. Cheers - W
. Thank you Walter...yes he was a fine human being...and even tho he went way toooo soon he went the he would have wanted for sure ...ironic if you ever saw his one man show where dies if heart attack at end of...only it was aneurysm ...dr said he was dead before he hit the floor..in front of 500 ppl..who thought it was part of show!!!
Everyone has their favorite mel Brooks. There's several good ones. This is my personal favorite. Totally twisted and I'm talking late sixties I think...pure genius.
As close to the most perfect comedy film possible. A brilliant premise magnificently written and performed by the most perfectly cast troup of actors imaginable. Mostel and Wilder brilliant, but all the support players are also superb. You can just re-watch it endlessly; every scene is hilarious.
Just like at a funeral for a loved one,....if someone makes you laugh at a joke or a memory.....surely it's a good thing.....Laughter eases the pain,..even if it is for a short while ........May the laughter never end!!!!!
I saw this on broadway in New York. It was a surreal moment to be sitting in Broadway theatre, watching springtime for Hitler the way it should've been seen!
Ditto here! I saw "The Producers" on Broadway back in 2001, I think. It was absolutely fabulous! Seeing the Springtime for Hitler number in person was awesome. But this 1967 classic will never be outdone! It is comic genius! Mel Brooks won his only Oscar for the Screenplay. Wilder was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. It's in my Top 5 favorite comedies!
I didn’t see this in a theater. I was 15 or 16. I don’t even remember seeing listings for it. A few years later I saw it on TV. Angels sang, and a little voice inside (sounded like Gene) said,”This will be the funniest movie you ever see.” I was changed that night. I fell like a rock for Gene Wilder. He was the greatest comedic actor in the world, I was sure of it. And I wanted to tell everyone I was friends with that they HAD to see THE PRODUCERS, because it was the funniest movie ever. But I couldn’t give them a summary of the plot because I would start to laugh so hard I couldn’t finish. I adored Gene from that point on, and saw everything he did. I was heartbroken when he got in such sad shape from Alzheimer’s. Life is most cruel to do that to Gene. I miss him every time I see him in something. But I’m grateful to have all the movies and so many interviews to access on UA-cam. I’ll always love him. He was so dear.💕
I've never seen this movie but I've been watching clips all morning and I can tell that this will become one of my favorite movies of all time! How am I 35 years old but have never seen this!? Makes me wonder how many other things in life I'm missing out on!
Would never be allowed to be released in current socio-political environment. Progressive extremists have killed satire & comedy. Mel Brooks is satirical genius, also see Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein but all the rest as well. The production values of The Producers in retrospect were remarkable. I had forgotten how significant this film was until I stumbled across this montage whereupon my memory reignited. Watch again or watch for first time, just watch!
This movie was wild for my mom and dad. My dad grew up with Zero Mostel, friends for a long time. My mom dated Dick Shaun's brother for two years, and she got to know him really well.
This was a funny movie but I think it went over a lot of people’s heads. There were also people who got “offended” over Springtime for Hitler. I’m a messianic Jew (only 11% Jewish bloodline) and I saw the humor in it. Sometimes people just need to get a life rather than attack things that they don’t understand.
absolutely too funny! the crazy hippie was from my hometown. My friend was playing quarters at 1am Saturday night at his buddies house. They heard a key in the door....it was him! lol he was my friends older brother.
Oddly enough, a friend of mine was asking what was going on at a company he was invested in and my first question was why anyone would want to run a company into the ground. Then I remembered this movie - so long as it goes bust, nobody asks where the money went.
In all the years of entertainment it has proved impossible to determine what will be a hit. Yet they thought they could predict what would be a failure.
He's the author of the play they're hearing rehearsals for "Springtime For Hitler". The actor is Kenneth Mars and he nails the role with comedy both subtle and gross. Lol
The people in the audience were offended? Why did they go see a play called Springtime for Hitler? What did they expect? A serious discussion on painting in the spring?
Even if the show was a flopped enough investors could have gotten together and demanded an audit of the books.If one or more investors failed to see their name on one of the books as one of the investors, that would have been a sure sign of impropriety and would have raised suspicion of their being two separate books for bookkeeping(One book showing that only $100,000 was raised and another book showing that $900,000 was raised even though it only cost $100,000 to produce the show). The Producers surely would have gone to jail if indeed that happened.
"Rip off" is a little extreme. Similar basic premise-- fix your financial problems by making a show so bad it'll flop and you keep the investors money. The resemblance ends there.
My favorite is in the Hitler auditions, there’s a band with a saxophone and there’s no discernible saxophone sounds in the music 😂
No drum set or drummer and yet...
And the keyboard girl is wearing a harmonica a la Bob Dylan, for no reason.
Just like there is no one playing the drums that are obviously being heard.
Zero Mostel should've been Oscar-nominated for this! At least Mel won for the script.
Have you ever seen Mel’s acceptance speech for his Oscar? He thanks “Gene Wilder” at least 5 times.
Zero was Zero, he was funny. But he was being Zero. Gene brought things to his performance that were just genius.
In Mel’s book he told something that floored me. Dustin Hoffman was supposed to be Leo Bloom. But he told Mel his agent had gotten notice that Mike Nichols wanted him to come to LA and audition/screen test…whatever for THE GRADUATE.
“Annie’s picture she’s going to do?”
“Yeah.” Mel knew he’d never be chosen to play Ben in THE GRADUATE. So he wasn’t worried, “he’ll be back”.
Then he needed a Leo. Anne was doing a play with Gene and told Mel to meet him.
Bless Mike Nichols. Dustin Hoffman as Leo Bloom? He’s a great actor. But Gene Wilder was meant to be Leo Bloom.
Thank you,God, and Anne, and Mel.
@@cards0486to layer your comment, Hoffman was the opposite of what the studio and producers of The Graduate had in mind. Robert Redford was supposed to play Dustin's part. Or a similar Mid-Atlantic WASP type. It was Nichols, whose subverted artistic sensibility wanted a nebbish, er... Ethnic Benjamin.
That left space for Wilder to play Bloom, and so it goes
Just brilliant! One of the funniest movies of all time, written and directed by one of the greatest comedic geniuses of all time.
In one movie, Mel parodied Broadway, 1930s Hollywood musicals, 1960s counterculture, totalitarianism, capitalistic greed, and sexual stereotypes. Do any movies today have this much wit?
No
What about the Nazis ? Don't file them under 'Totalitarianism'.
@@StratsRUs well i mean Nazis are totalitarian so what is wrong about that
@@StratsRUs- Why not? - Fascism is inherently totalitarian in nature.
@@StratsRUsMein Füher ist Not a joke!
The shot at 0:33 with the sudden close-up is one of my favorite shots in film history. The clever cinematography makes the film even more amusing.
Came for gene wilder stayed for gene wilder
Milwaukee's favorite son!
Yeah, Wilder is great, but so are Dick Shawn and Zero Mostel.
He was great! I loved him in Young Frankenstein too.
same!
One of the greatest actors ever to grace the stage. I’m 28, I watched most of his films with my dad, and I’ll damn sure ensure my kids watch these films with me too :)
“o wicked witch of the west” always cracks me up 😂👌
"Wicked WIG of the West.." even better
Dick Shawn as L.S.D. -- over the top! I loved the reaction of that bearded guy in the seats! HA! Shawn was great in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." The looks on the faces of the people in the audience during "Springtime for Hitler" is priceless! "The Producers" is insane genius! I remember going to the cinema to see it when it premiered.
One of the best scenes in the movie.
Dick Shawn wrote Love Power not Mel... he was my boyfriend in NYC from 1973 til 1980 and he was sweet shy and modest. A gone way too soon.
@@pamelasharkey7653 Yes. Dick Shawn was (is) a very funny guy. It must have been an honour to have him in your life. He left us all-too-soon. Cheers - W
. Thank you Walter...yes he was a fine human being...and even tho he went way toooo soon he went the he would have wanted for sure ...ironic if you ever saw his one man show where dies if heart attack at end of...only it was aneurysm ...dr said he was dead before he hit the floor..in front of 500 ppl..who thought it was part of show!!!
@@pamelasharkey7653 That's wild! Of course, Dick went out of this world with a lot of folks saying or thinking, "Wow!"
Everyone has their favorite mel Brooks. There's several good ones. This is my personal favorite. Totally twisted and I'm talking late sixties I think...pure genius.
I've watched this movie about 25 times. It completes me.
As close to the most perfect comedy film possible. A brilliant premise magnificently written and performed by the most perfectly cast troup of actors imaginable. Mostel and Wilder brilliant, but all the support players are also superb. You can just re-watch it endlessly; every scene is hilarious.
Just like at a funeral for a loved one,....if someone makes you laugh at a joke or a memory.....surely it's a good thing.....Laughter eases the pain,..even if it is for a short while ........May the laughter never end!!!!!
Dick Shawn steals the movie. Fantastic.Very funny.
Mel's autobiography goes over this movie (and many others) - the stories he tells about it are comical, and show him being a comic genius
I saw this on broadway in New York. It was a surreal moment to be sitting in Broadway theatre, watching springtime for Hitler the way it should've been seen!
Ditto here! I saw "The Producers" on Broadway back in 2001, I think. It was absolutely fabulous! Seeing the Springtime for Hitler number in person was awesome.
But this 1967 classic will never be outdone! It is comic genius! Mel Brooks won his only Oscar for the Screenplay. Wilder was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
It's in my Top 5 favorite comedies!
One of the funniest comedies ever made!
I didn’t see this in a theater. I was 15 or 16. I don’t even remember seeing listings for it.
A few years later I saw it on TV. Angels sang, and a little voice inside (sounded like Gene) said,”This will be the funniest movie you ever see.”
I was changed that night. I fell like a rock for Gene Wilder. He was the greatest comedic actor in the world, I was sure of it. And I wanted to tell everyone I was friends with that they HAD to see THE PRODUCERS, because it was the funniest movie ever.
But I couldn’t give them a summary of the plot because I would start to laugh so hard I couldn’t finish.
I adored Gene from that point on, and saw everything he did.
I was heartbroken when he got in such sad shape from Alzheimer’s. Life is most cruel to do that to Gene. I miss him every time I see him in something. But I’m grateful to have all the movies and so many interviews to access on UA-cam.
I’ll always love him. He was so dear.💕
Yeah I came across this by acident on the Saturday afternoon movies (when no one was watching) 30nyears ago. I never laughed so hard in my life!
My favorite movie of all time! 😅😅😅
Mostel is great, a classic comedy figure looks a lot like an old Greek film comedian and his style fits perfect old Greek and Italian comedies.
I agree. Not giving Mostel the lead in "Fiddler on the Roof" was a tragedy. Why give it to a complete unknown like Topal?
Cmon, Topol nailed it
I've never seen this movie but I've been watching clips all morning and I can tell that this will become one of my favorite movies of all time! How am I 35 years old but have never seen this!? Makes me wonder how many other things in life I'm missing out on!
You've missed out on the crazy 60's en roaring 70's. I'd go back there now!
Better watch it now!
I saw in he movies theater when it was released. I was barely old enough to understand the humor and I had rewatch it to get it.
Alot of people today have never seen this masterpiece and its a shame!
It's a must!
"Goose steps are new steps today!"
"Well talk about bad taste!"
Knicker wetting lines every second.
Love andrea
I am now craving pretzels and beer.
Simply the funniest film ever made !
Absolute masterpiece
Would never be allowed to be released in current socio-political environment. Progressive extremists have killed satire & comedy. Mel Brooks is satirical genius, also see Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein but all the rest as well. The production values of The Producers in retrospect were remarkable.
I had forgotten how significant this film was until I stumbled across this montage whereupon my memory reignited.
Watch again or watch for first time, just watch!
Ultimate 'bad taste'. Always loved this movie!
Major props to Gene Wilder for also being able to stay in character and not bust out laughing at what Zero Mostel is doing to him. 😅
FASCINANTE! AMO OS FILMES DE MEL BROOKS - ELE É UM GÊNIO DA COMÉDIA!!!!
I was born in Dusseldorf and that is why they call me Rolf. LOL LOL LOL
This movie was wild for my mom and dad. My dad grew up with Zero Mostel, friends for a long time. My mom dated Dick Shaun's brother for two years, and she got to know him really well.
Ahhh, you cut off the best part of the “Hitler Auditions” when after the Love Power song it’s yelled out, “That’s our Hitler!!”
The Best of The Best of The Best😊
Kenneth Marrs! " Springtime for You know who"? 😂😂😂😂
This is my favorite Mel Brook film because it so mean-spirited, cynical, and just stomps on societal taboos. LOL
Get car! get car!
This was a funny movie but I think it went over a lot of people’s heads. There were also people who got “offended” over Springtime for Hitler. I’m a messianic Jew (only 11% Jewish bloodline) and I saw the humor in it. Sometimes people just need to get a life rather than attack things that they don’t understand.
👍
Yeah! Let's get offended
"Where do you keep your wallet"
I WAS BORN IN DUSSELDORF AND THAT IS WHY THEY CALL ME ROLF
😂
4:27 the keyboardist DELIVERS
And the percussion I guess that’s coming out of a saxophone.
Sheer genius!
absolutely too funny! the crazy hippie was from my hometown. My friend was playing quarters at 1am Saturday night at his buddies house. They heard a key in the door....it was him! lol he was my friends older brother.
Oddly enough, a friend of mine was asking what was going on at a company he was invested in and my first question was why anyone would want to run a company into the ground. Then I remembered this movie - so long as it goes bust, nobody asks where the money went.
Zero mostel genius genius genius x
OMG I somehow forgot about Disck Shawn! 🤪🤪🤪
Lmao these jokes are sooo subtle
The funniest movie ever made
Harvey Korman was criminally underrated comedic genius. From Carol Burnett to every Brooks film, with HIGH FIDELITY being his masterpiece performance.
I agree with you, but he's not even in this movie.
He did so much in the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Gene Wilder ❤️❤️❤️❤️
First time i've seen their orig version!
LOL, so funny. Overall, great comedy.
Another scene that was very funny was when they meet Franz Liebkind at his apartment.
the saxophone is broken ROFL 2:57
7:47 Todd Philips and Joaquin Phoenix watching the reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux
i have never scene this movie but now I would like too
In all the years of entertainment it has proved impossible to determine what will be a hit. Yet they thought they could predict what would be a failure.
This original will always be better than the play and 2nd mivie for 3 reasons:
Mostly, Wilder and Shawn....pure comic genius
Blue blanket hysteria missing!
Although probably my least favourite, Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks are always fantastic
Did Mel write the song LSD sang?
"THAT'S OUR HITLER!!!!"
Imagine trying to sell the concept of this movie? 😯
08:24 my reaction
Mr Belvedere!! Who knew.
7:28 what’s up with dude with a German helmet 😂
He's the author of the play they're hearing rehearsals for "Springtime For Hitler". The actor is Kenneth Mars and he nails the role with comedy both subtle and gross. Lol
@@donpietruk1517 "You are ze audience, I am ze author-- I OUTRANK YOU!"
@@malbuff”What can I do for you?” “You will please be unconscious.” >bonk
Pity there's actually no tenor saxophone playing to be heard in the music at the Hitler audition. Mere staffage.
When are we getting Louis Wain trailer?
I paused after THAT DAISY THREAT FROM HELL
The people in the audience were offended? Why did they go see a play called Springtime for Hitler? What did they expect? A serious discussion on painting in the spring?
Don't be stupid be a smarty
Mel Brooks didn't like how the actor delivered the line, so he re-dubbed it with his own voice.
Fooled me. It kinda looks like Mel, to me at least.
The radiant zenith of viciously satirical comedy. Makes the Python's 'Life of Brian' look like a rapidly decomposing dead pope.
Even if the show was a flopped enough investors could have gotten together and demanded an audit of the books.If one or more investors failed to see their name on one of the books as one of the investors, that would have been a sure sign of impropriety and would have raised suspicion of their being two separate books for bookkeeping(One book showing that only $100,000 was raised and another book showing that $900,000 was raised even though it only cost $100,000 to produce the show). The Producers surely would have gone to jail if indeed that happened.
This movie was just a laugh
ZERO mostel..
SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A WIG..
What they got away with lol.
The best way to make fascists mad? Laugh at them 🤣
Is that why leftists keep trying to cancel everything and everyone who laughs at them?
Willy wonka
I prefer the 2005 remake
*terrifying*
Best comedy ever remake was poor
I love it! To hell with political correctness!
No one ever seems to mention that this was a rip off of the film "Panic Button" made in 1964.
I will study that.
Interesting! I did see "Panic Button" but it's been so long that I barely remember it. I remember almost every scene of this movie, though.
"Rip off" is a little extreme. Similar basic premise-- fix your financial problems by making a show so bad it'll flop and you keep the investors money. The resemblance ends there.
Zero Mostel is what Jack Black wishes he could be
damnit it totally see the similaritie
Matthew broderick and nathan lane did it better.
And fyi i didnt grew with the original
In terms of the films much prefer the original. But I cannot deny how entertaining the musical is.
Original all the way
I do like the musical and 2005 film version of The Producers with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick
@@charthers8903 No it wasn't. There was the earlier film "Panic Button" made in 1964 with same plot.
My opinion is different, but I respect your's, fellow human.