Watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves would help with catching a lot of the references. This movie's basically a direct parody of it. Saw it in the theater with my mom when it came out. Really fun to watch it again.
Stewart was doing a Scottish accent at the end because he was parodying Sean Connery in the same role in Prince of Thieves. "Sending a fox" was a joke on sending a fax.
The deeper joke is that Sean Connery just uses his regular Scottish accent no matter what he's playing. Of course the real King Richard spoke French and didn't even know English let alone speak with a Scottish accent.
"And why should the people listen to you?" "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent." That burn was meant to sting. This is what the world needs. More uncontrollable laughter, smiles and good times... Mel Brooks is a national treasure and still going strong at 96 years of age.
Given the time period, the English accent as we know it didn't exist. Also, as nobility, he, Prince John, King Richard, and the Sheriff should all be speaking French.
...and I replied with... and loud enough for people in the theater to hear me... "Yeah, but THAT Robin Hood was actually funny!" I actually got a few laughs.
Fun fact: This was Dave Chapelle's first movie. Also George is kind of right in a roundabout way because the Speech he gives is a reference to a famous speech by Malcolm X who Denzel Washington actually portrayed a few years before this movie in a biopic. Robin's speech is from Churchill.
The longer pauses in older movies are for audiences in a theater, so that the audience laughter for a joke doesn't stomp over the next line. Watching at home, it's not needed as much, as you don't have as many people around you laughing, plus you can rewind.
Right, plus I feel that Mel Brooks in particular *really* leaned into that "milking the joke" style, as kind of a throwback to the old comedies that had influenced him.
@@Johnny_Socko also also, before digital editing (think avid was the first process for that), really tight editing wasn't generally done in any genre, since the effort involved in just shaving of a second or a few frames from the bring it end of shots.
The pause is so welcomed. I love the show Arrested Development but I would miss so many jokes when it aired live. When it went on video, my God, it was like watching it for the first time lol
"Jerusalem?" Yes. This film is an almost scene for scene recreation of the Kevin Costner movie "Prince of Thieves". It also started in Jerusalem, and had Robin Hood as a prisoner of the Crusades, to expand the back story a bit. Also, I think there is also a beach scene, where Kevin Costner is talking to Morgan Freemen on the beach. I think there is a cut, and they all end up in England, and Mel Brooks decided to take some liberties with the interpretation of that scene. I think the opening credits are meant to be a throw-back to older movies, when pre-movie credits were a lot more prevalent. This style would have been pretty appropriate for more classical Robin Hood films. While Costner tried to update the idea, I think Brooks decided to keep more of the classical grounding, to avoid seeming so dark and gritty. Most of the first half of the movie makes far more sense, if you have seen Costner's Robin Hood movie. I am glad you guys finally covered this one. It's a favorite of mine. I think it's slightly more refined than Spaceballs, with a stronger story, while also being a bit "safer" than "Blazing Saddles". Cary Elwes seems perfect for the part.
At the end the line "It's good to be the king..." is from History of the World Part I. Again, Mel being an equal opportunity insulter like the jockeys on camels was referring to the derogatory term for those of Arabia. One of the best lines of "Unlike some Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent..." was parodying Prince of Thieves because Kevin Costner did use or even try an accent.
It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I think there were some scenes where Costner tried. Succeed?. . . not so much. Edit: Correction, I just pretty much repeated what you just said. Sorry about that. Well, I gotta go home alone now. . . AAAAaaaahhh!
Mel Brooks may give the jokes more room to breath because of his life experiences. He was a child during the twilight of Vaudeville acts and he cut his teeth writing sketch comedy performed before a live studio audience. So the ingrained timing is probably to hold a beat so that the audience's laughter doesn't cover up the next joke. For many years this continued to be simulated in sitcoms _not_ performed in front of a live audience (like MASH) by using a laugh track, so there was still the requirement to hold for the fake laugh to be inserted. The coming of the late 90s / early 2000s brought the decline of the laugh track, particularly with the rise of the popularity of single camera comedies like Scrubs, Malcolm in the Middle, Arrested Development, etc. so there was no longer a need to slow down the speed of the jokes. Young writers who grew up on that era of TV thus were exposed to entirely different comedic timing than Mel Brooks (who is nearly 97 years old).
This isn't a parody of just Prince of Thieves, but watching that would help with a lot of the references. There are also quite a few references to the Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland version.
Early in the movie you get the joke of jockeys on camels. It's a reference to a slur used to refer to people from the middle east. This movie came out maybe 18 months after the end of the first Gulf War and it definitely influences some of the others references, as well, like Tomahawk Arrow.
They originally wanted Sean Connery to reprise his role in Prince of Thieves but he asked for 1 million so they got Patrick Stewart with a Scottish accent instead.
Between this and Princess Bride, Cary Elwes had the swashbuckling charmer bit pretty much nailed. Some actors are just born to play certain roles, and that was his.
Funfact : Nottingham had their first black sheriff in 1989 ( a few years before this movie) His name was Tony Robinson, he shared his name with a British actor and TV presenter ( Sir) Tony Robinson .who at the time was playing the sheriff of Nottingham in the BBC children's television series Maid Marrion and her merry men.( a twist on the Robin Hood story)
Was that Tony Robinson as in "Baldrick", or another person? Either way, what a great coincidence that he shared a name with the actual Sheriff of Nottingham!
Stewart was definitely meant to be a surprise (as was what he's lampooning, Sean Connery in the same role in Prince of Thieves), but remember the context of the time. He wasn't quite Sir Patrick yet He was really known as this serious Shakespearean actor who brought all kinds of gravitas to Next Gen. Even in interviews and such, he was charming but you just got this feeling he was just a "proper" kind of guy. Then he shows up here, and slowly but surely we found out he's actually kind of a silly person and loves doing stuff like this. Next thing you know he's known for being just as good with the comedy (sometimes because of his reputation, like the entire thing with Avery Bullock on American Dad started with "let's get Patrick Stewart to say the goofiest shit").
Apparently, it was his time on TNG that loosened him up. He went all "serious actor" in the beginning and was appalled at first at the cast's shenanigans between takes. After the culture shock subsided at the end of the first season (and the show was less precarious), he started to join in.
"Well, I do other stuff; like I'm riding my bike in the park, and this policewoman says 'Oi! You can't ride your bike on the grass!' and I go 'Oh no?' And her uniform falls off, and she goes 'Ahh!' and she's trying to cover up, but I've seen everything anyway. And I get on my bike and I ride off. On the grass."
"every town..." that song in the intro is the same song that was sung in the disney animated version of Robin Hood. Awesome call back! Mervin is a rare and, by many, considered to be a funny name in the US. Or at least that was true at the time of the movie.
Fun Fact: The Actor who played Will Scarlett O'Hara would later play Robin Hood himself in The New Adventures of Robin Hood that aired on TNT from 1997 to 1999.
The 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood" Is considered THE Robin Hood Film! It has an Oscar winning Score and is also said to be the best example of Technicolor!
Well, they're different candies. POLOs are from Nestle, but Lifesavers are from Mars. Lifesavers actually came first, and Rowntree's manufactured them in the 40s. After that license ended, they made their own and called them POLOs.
Blinkin jumping into the tree after saying "I can see!!!" just kills me every time. (P.S. Plus that Dom Deluise scene, haha. Always reminds me how underseen Silent Movie is.)
Silent Movie is one of my favourite Mel Brooks films next to High Anxiety and Young Frankenstein, yet I don't think I've ever seen any of the popular reactors watch it. 'Slapstick is dead!' And then Marty Feldman throwing a tantrum in front of the elevator kills me every time!
The most curious quirk is present when it comes to the Sheriff. He switches around phonemes in the sentences he utters. He says things like "He _deered_ to kill a king's _dare."_ Now it's clear what his _intended_ meaning is, but this is, nonetheless, a comedic _device._ It's called a _spoonerism._ It pops up when someone tries to quote Shakespeare and says something like, "What, by yonder light, breaks wind."
I don't know if it's still this way but back in the day Rent-a Wreck was awesome. You'd rent a car or truck for dirt cheap. It was clean and ran fine but it was usually dented and scratched, so if you accidentally added another dent, they didn't give a shit unless you actually broke something. Perfect for moving small loads of furniture or appliances, or doing a run to the landfill.
"Dracula: Dead and Loving It" is probably the only Mel Brooks parody movies that you're missing. I loved it as a kid but as I just noticed with Goldmember, my taste in comedy has...developed over the years so I can't guarantee that you'll like it. It does have Leslie Nielsen as Dracula though. Like the Swiss flag, that's a huge plus.
I try to recommend that one so often. The Mel Brooks comedy holds up well better, especially in that one for it's great period sets and such. Peter MacNicol is so darn funny as Renfield! (Goldmember became too much of a general pop culture spoof over being a good parody like the first movie.)
It would be the oldest film you've reacted to, but I would strongly recommend 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone & Claude Rains. Bonus: Great swordfight between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone.
Douglas Fairbanks Sr did an awesome job as Robin Hood back in 1922, Doug Sr is the swashbuckler archetype. Flynn added his chiseled good looks to it but for swordsmanship and athleticism, Doug Sr wins hands down.
The 'black sheriff' line isn't the only callback to Blazing Saddles. Men in Tights was made over 15 years later, but I love that we got more of Boris the cheerful Executioner.
Broomhilde is somewhat like the same character of another Mel Brooks film " Spaceballs " as DOT.🤖. If you notice the priest who does the Wednesday was also in Spaceballs as the father.
"A Black Sheriff!?" ", He's black?" "Hey, don't act so surprised. I mean, it worked in Blazing Saddles." Lol!! That was a great joke they threw in there.
19:24 - The great Dom DeLuise... Oh - you have to watch 1981 "The Cannonball Run" and 1984 "Cannonball Run II"! Two very funny movies with the who is who of actors.
"...and if you couldn't pay your taxes, you went to jail. Yup, I'm in here too." " We'd up and flyyyyy if we had wings for flyin'; can't you see the tears we're cryin'? There must be some happiness for me ...but not in Nottingham." Eight year old me would bawl like a baby at that song -- excellent reference!
They mentioned the mole when they first saw it but they must've missed the running joke of his mole being in different places on his face, like Marty Feldman's hump in Young Frankenstein.
@@georgekellon2471 They haven’t been paying much attention for a while now and it's getting worse with every new reaction, along with the editing as well. 🤦🏻♂🤷🏻♂
"A toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll. And if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls." Basically why I go to work everyday. Trying to get those rolls.
The "I'm so happy" line and the way she pronounced it is definitely a reference to the old "Scrooge" movie with Alastair Sim. One of the female characters says that line and pronounces it exactly like that, the difference being that the audience was supposed to take it seriously.
The speech Chapelle gives is a parody of one given by Malcolm X. I think Denzel played Malcolm X in a movie, which is what you probably are remembering.
The joke with the Sheriff's name being "Mervin" is that it is, at least by today's standards, a really rare and unusual name, compared to standard names like "Tom", "Michael", or "John". It also sounds kind of "weird" to most people. "Kermit" is similar in terms of rarity and unusualness (though the "Muppets" association is part of that one), think of how many people today actually have either of those names. Interestingly, the name is Welsh, and means "great lord", which would actually make it a fairly appropriate name at the time.
13:46 George, I'm sure you've seen several of them, but Ghibli movies often feature long periods of just silence. Hayao Miyazaki mentioned that he thinks too many movies are afraid of silence. He felt that scenes need time to breath, and so his films frequently feature moments of lingering quietness. One of the best moments in Spirited Away is literally 6 full minutes without any dialog as Sen & Noface ride the train.
Most motion pictures still have at least the Actor/Actress and Producer/Director credits at the beginning, and repeated at the end. The start of the film in Jerusalem is reference to the Crusades.
You should watch Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves. It's the movie Brooks is parodying here. Great cast : Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Kevin Costner... Sean Connery has a cameo too. Huge budget for the time, and it's pretty good.
During the World Cup ⚽🏆 , Patrick Stewart was at it. And he's a huge fan of Leo Messi . In an interview he said " It was great to meet the best football player of all time !!! ".
Tracy Ullman starred in a movie with Kevin Kline called "I love you to death." Worth a look, its also one of the last films River Phoenix worked on as well.
Thank you Simone for the reference to the Disney's Robin Hood. Oo-De-Lally is one song from my childhood that has stuck with me and your reference put a smile on my face.
Weird coincidence: Matthew Porretta, who played Will Scarlett here, also played Robin Hood in the 90s New Adventures of Robin Hood, a couple of years after this movie.
This and "Dracula dead and loving it" are pretty much straight up parodies and unfortunately usually get recommended without the viewer having seen the originals first, making a lot of the jokes fall flat. You could argue that it's still funny, but so is Spaceballs, although you get a FAR richer experience if you watch Star Wars first.
You're like the first reactors under 35 I've seen who got the Home Alone thing. It was way more obvious back then because the marketing for it was still fresh and we saw that "slap aftershave on, scream in pain" thing ad nauseum for quite a long time.
Perhaps take a look at the 1938 Adventures of Robin Hood w/ Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Havilland et al. The classic on which all further Robin Hood movies (inc Disney) were based.
I'm all about your intro Simone. Disney's Robin Hood was a huge part of my childhood. Roger Miller's narration and songs in that movie is pure bliss to listen to, and Not in Nottingham remains one of my all time favorite Disney songs.
Chappelle speach is a reference to Malcolm X, which was played by Denzel in the movie Malcom X, so I guess close enough, also the last arrow in the competition was a reference to the Patriot missile which got extreme publicity during the golf war as being the weapon that could target anyone anywhere without missing, people thought that it would win the war practically by itself by the way they talked about it ostensibly in the news.
Mel produced a tv series of the robin hood story, "when things were rotten." Dick van Patten played friar tuck in the show, he got promoted to abbot for this film.
Fun Fact the actor for little John actually played Thor in the 1988 The Incredible Hulk Returns movie a follow up to the Incredible Hulk series from 77 to 82.
Fun Fact Little Jon in this movie is the same actor that had the dance off with stifler in American wedding (the american pie series) R.I.P Roger rees who played the sheriff of rottingham
So funny that George mentions he thinks Simone's opening bit is from Cheers, when Roger Rees (Rottingham) may he rest in peace was on Cheers for 1 or 2 seasons.
This is like watching Spaceballs before Star Wars. ...Which I kinda did, so I shouldn't complain. The great thing about Mel Brooks' best parodies is that you can get a lot out of rewatching the originals and the spoofs multiple times over the years, picking up ever more references on the way.
Simone singing that song from the animated Robin Hood, so appropriate, so legendary. If George hasn't seen the Animated version, we need a reaction to that!! ❤
Simone, I love the reference at the beginning, the animated, Disney Robin Hood, still stands, as one of the best Robin Hood movies, of all time! I too, would recommend watching Prince of Thieves, as it provides a ton of context for a lot of the jokes and gags.
George Lucas popularized omitting opening credits in modern film with the original "Star Wars" trilogy. It caused an uproar in the film community, made him quit the director's guild, and got him fined. Although it wasn't the first time. 2001: A Space Odyssey was a notable one before that. Also old Disney animated films had almost no credits at all.
Dave Chappelle doing the Men in Tights sequence could honestly be taken as a comedian in a film just wanting to be involved with the joke. I've always loved this movie, I had a crush on Amy Yasbeck when I was a kid and I think Blinkin has the second coolest pair of shades, right behind Ozzy.
The Executioner was also in "Blazing Saddles" and the wedding priest (Robert Pattinson) was the father/king in "Spaceballs." And "Robin Hood" (Cary Elwes) Was Westley in "The Princess Bride."
I think all of the reaction videos I watch are always movies I've already seen. But it s a great way to rewatch an older movie you haven't seen in awhile in a condensed manner and through the eyes of someone watching it for the first time.
Watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves would help with catching a lot of the references. This movie's basically a direct parody of it. Saw it in the theater with my mom when it came out. Really fun to watch it again.
Watching Men in Tights is the ONLY reason to watch Prince of Thieves
I think you get more if you watch them the other way around.
@@ianburns1167well, that and Alan Rickman.
at least in terms of loooks - it reminds me more on the old Erol Flynn version
That's what I was thinking
Stewart was doing a Scottish accent at the end because he was parodying Sean Connery in the same role in Prince of Thieves. "Sending a fox" was a joke on sending a fax.
12th Century Fox 🤣🤣🤣
I still can't believe Mel Brooks brought in Patrick Stewart to do a Sean Connery parody.
The deeper joke is that Sean Connery just uses his regular Scottish accent no matter what he's playing. Of course the real King Richard spoke French and didn't even know English let alone speak with a Scottish accent.
He also sounded almost exactly the same as his character in Excalibur
"Unlike some OTHER Robins, I can speak with an ENGLISH accent"
Throwing such shade at Costner.
"And why should the people listen to you?"
"Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
That burn was meant to sting. This is what the world needs. More uncontrollable laughter, smiles and good times... Mel Brooks is a national treasure and still going strong at 96 years of age.
To be fair Kevin Costner DID try to do the English accent hired a coach and everything....it just REALLY wasn't good.
Given the time period, the English accent as we know it didn't exist. Also, as nobility, he, Prince John, King Richard, and the Sheriff should all be speaking French.
In German he says he got the role because he didn't Costner that much.
@@davidmonaghan26 Hence the keyword "can".
...and I replied with... and loud enough for people in the theater to hear me... "Yeah, but THAT Robin Hood was actually funny!"
I actually got a few laughs.
Fun fact: This was Dave Chapelle's first movie.
Also George is kind of right in a roundabout way because the Speech he gives is a reference to a famous speech by Malcolm X who Denzel Washington actually portrayed a few years before this movie in a biopic.
Robin's speech is from Churchill.
well, first movie where he had a role more than "guy at party"
I think you’re being a bit generous
Malcom X came out a year before this movie. Which is of course another movie I hope SImone and George react to.
Fun fact: Dave Chappell turned down Bubba Gump role in Forrest Gump
The unsung hero of this movie is the fantastic Blinkin. He simply steals the spotlight every single time he's on screen.
Couldn't agree more, shame we didn't get to see much of him. The "lookout" bit 😂
I also love the lookout bit, it cracks me up everytime.
Also has some of the best jokes in the movie.
"You lost your arms in the crusades. Oh! But you grew a nice pair of boobs!"
There’s no inside joke for the “Mervin? You’re name is Mervin?” It’s just a completely random, uncommon, hilarious & unexpected name for him to have 😂
The longer pauses in older movies are for audiences in a theater, so that the audience laughter for a joke doesn't stomp over the next line. Watching at home, it's not needed as much, as you don't have as many people around you laughing, plus you can rewind.
Right, plus I feel that Mel Brooks in particular *really* leaned into that "milking the joke" style, as kind of a throwback to the old comedies that had influenced him.
@@Johnny_Socko also also, before digital editing (think avid was the first process for that), really tight editing wasn't generally done in any genre, since the effort involved in just shaving of a second or a few frames from the bring it end of shots.
The pause is so welcomed. I love the show Arrested Development but I would miss so many jokes when it aired live. When it went on video, my God, it was like watching it for the first time lol
Movies were also just slower in general
Love the Disney Robin Hood reference at the beginning. Favorite movie when I was a little kid.
I don't think I ever saw the Disney one so maybe I missed what that joke is.
@@3DJapan Given his reaction, I don't think George has either. Would love to see them watch it.
Right?! Simone earns big points
Now I'm going to have those songs stuck in my head for a week or so. :)
I was totally singing it too.
"Jerusalem?" Yes. This film is an almost scene for scene recreation of the Kevin Costner movie "Prince of Thieves". It also started in Jerusalem, and had Robin Hood as a prisoner of the Crusades, to expand the back story a bit. Also, I think there is also a beach scene, where Kevin Costner is talking to Morgan Freemen on the beach. I think there is a cut, and they all end up in England, and Mel Brooks decided to take some liberties with the interpretation of that scene. I think the opening credits are meant to be a throw-back to older movies, when pre-movie credits were a lot more prevalent. This style would have been pretty appropriate for more classical Robin Hood films. While Costner tried to update the idea, I think Brooks decided to keep more of the classical grounding, to avoid seeming so dark and gritty. Most of the first half of the movie makes far more sense, if you have seen Costner's Robin Hood movie. I am glad you guys finally covered this one. It's a favorite of mine. I think it's slightly more refined than Spaceballs, with a stronger story, while also being a bit "safer" than "Blazing Saddles". Cary Elwes seems perfect for the part.
At the end the line "It's good to be the king..." is from History of the World Part I. Again, Mel being an equal opportunity insulter like the jockeys on camels was referring to the derogatory term for those of Arabia. One of the best lines of "Unlike some Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent..." was parodying Prince of Thieves because Kevin Costner did use or even try an accent.
It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I think there were some scenes where Costner tried.
Succeed?. . . not so much.
Edit: Correction, I just pretty much repeated what you just said. Sorry about that.
Well, I gotta go home alone now. . . AAAAaaaahhh!
@@r.t.643 I was going to say I must have missed those 12 seconds.
Mel Brooks may give the jokes more room to breath because of his life experiences. He was a child during the twilight of Vaudeville acts and he cut his teeth writing sketch comedy performed before a live studio audience. So the ingrained timing is probably to hold a beat so that the audience's laughter doesn't cover up the next joke. For many years this continued to be simulated in sitcoms _not_ performed in front of a live audience (like MASH) by using a laugh track, so there was still the requirement to hold for the fake laugh to be inserted. The coming of the late 90s / early 2000s brought the decline of the laugh track, particularly with the rise of the popularity of single camera comedies like Scrubs, Malcolm in the Middle, Arrested Development, etc. so there was no longer a need to slow down the speed of the jokes. Young writers who grew up on that era of TV thus were exposed to entirely different comedic timing than Mel Brooks (who is nearly 97 years old).
This isn't a parody of just Prince of Thieves, but watching that would help with a lot of the references. There are also quite a few references to the Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland version.
Early in the movie you get the joke of jockeys on camels. It's a reference to a slur used to refer to people from the middle east. This movie came out maybe 18 months after the end of the first Gulf War and it definitely influences some of the others references, as well, like Tomahawk Arrow.
They originally wanted Sean Connery to reprise his role in Prince of Thieves but he asked for 1 million so they got Patrick Stewart with a Scottish accent instead.
Some jokes in the film work better than others, but Cary Elwes is soooo good in this. He's the perfect swashbuckling charmer.
And he speaks with a real English accent.
Well he *was* the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Between this and Princess Bride, Cary Elwes had the swashbuckling charmer bit pretty much nailed. Some actors are just born to play certain roles, and that was his.
THE NIIIIIGHT IS YOUNG, AND YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL !!!
Funfact : Nottingham had their first black sheriff in 1989 ( a few years before this movie) His name was Tony Robinson, he shared his name with a British actor and TV presenter ( Sir) Tony Robinson .who at the time was playing the sheriff of Nottingham in the BBC children's television series Maid Marrion and her merry men.( a twist on the Robin Hood story)
Was that Tony Robinson as in "Baldrick", or another person? Either way, what a great coincidence that he shared a name with the actual Sheriff of Nottingham!
@@Johnny_Socko it was
Stewart was definitely meant to be a surprise (as was what he's lampooning, Sean Connery in the same role in Prince of Thieves), but remember the context of the time. He wasn't quite Sir Patrick yet He was really known as this serious Shakespearean actor who brought all kinds of gravitas to Next Gen. Even in interviews and such, he was charming but you just got this feeling he was just a "proper" kind of guy. Then he shows up here, and slowly but surely we found out he's actually kind of a silly person and loves doing stuff like this. Next thing you know he's known for being just as good with the comedy (sometimes because of his reputation, like the entire thing with Avery Bullock on American Dad started with "let's get Patrick Stewart to say the goofiest shit").
Apparently, it was his time on TNG that loosened him up. He went all "serious actor" in the beginning and was appalled at first at the cast's shenanigans between takes. After the culture shock subsided at the end of the first season (and the show was less precarious), he started to join in.
"Well, I do other stuff; like I'm riding my bike in the park, and this policewoman says 'Oi! You can't ride your bike on the grass!' and I go 'Oh no?' And her uniform falls off, and she goes 'Ahh!' and she's trying to cover up, but I've seen everything anyway. And I get on my bike and I ride off. On the grass."
"every town..." that song in the intro is the same song that was sung in the disney animated version of Robin Hood. Awesome call back!
Mervin is a rare and, by many, considered to be a funny name in the US. Or at least that was true at the time of the movie.
Damn, you cut out my favorite joke of this entire movie! 😅
"Wasn't your mole on the other side?"
"I HAVE A MOLE???" 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Fun Fact: The Actor who played Will Scarlett O'Hara would later play Robin Hood himself in The New Adventures of Robin Hood that aired on TNT from 1997 to 1999.
The 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood" Is considered THE Robin Hood Film! It has an Oscar winning Score and is also said to be the best example of Technicolor!
Yes, the banquet scene is a direct parody (with much love).
@@Wien1938 "I'll Organise a Revolt! Exact a Death for a Death .... "
Dave Chappelle was referencing Denzel Washington playing in the movie Malcolm X (1992)
More just maclolm x
Now that I know Americans call POLOs Lifesavers, that joke makes much more sense to me
OMG I knew it was a Lifesaver but I never caught that it was a _life saver_. 😂
I also officially did not get that joke until I watched this! I thought the joke was simply that her magic pill was clearly just a mint!
Well, they're different candies. POLOs are from Nestle, but Lifesavers are from Mars. Lifesavers actually came first, and Rowntree's manufactured them in the 40s. After that license ended, they made their own and called them POLOs.
@@gabedamien Shaped like the old fashioned circular floating device to hang onto.
Simone earns the like whenever I understand her reference in the introduction.
Blinkin jumping into the tree after saying "I can see!!!" just kills me every time.
(P.S. Plus that Dom Deluise scene, haha. Always reminds me how underseen Silent Movie is.)
Silent Movie is one of my favourite Mel Brooks films next to High Anxiety and Young Frankenstein, yet I don't think I've ever seen any of the popular reactors watch it. 'Slapstick is dead!' And then Marty Feldman throwing a tantrum in front of the elevator kills me every time!
I so want to see Silent Movie again!!!
Save Dracula: Dead and Loving It for a Halloween Special. It truly is a comedy masterpiece with Mel Brooks and Leslie Nielsen from The Naked Gun.
The most curious quirk is present when it comes to the Sheriff. He switches around phonemes in the sentences he utters. He says things like "He _deered_ to kill a king's _dare."_
Now it's clear what his _intended_ meaning is, but this is, nonetheless, a comedic _device._ It's called a _spoonerism._ It pops up when someone tries to quote Shakespeare and says something like, "What, by yonder light, breaks wind."
I don't know if it's still this way but back in the day Rent-a Wreck was awesome. You'd rent a car or truck for dirt cheap. It was clean and ran fine but it was usually dented and scratched, so if you accidentally added another dent, they didn't give a shit unless you actually broke something. Perfect for moving small loads of furniture or appliances, or doing a run to the landfill.
Dom Delouise is a brilliant comedian. You should check him out in the two Cannonball Run movies. Him and Burt Reynolds are comedy GOLD together!
and there are pretty much who´se who actors of late 70´s and early 80´s. Such amazing fun movies.
yes, I hope they do Cannonball Run. So fun.
Also together with Burt, "The End"
I think Dom's greatest role is in "Fatso."
"Dracula: Dead and Loving It" is probably the only Mel Brooks parody movies that you're missing. I loved it as a kid but as I just noticed with Goldmember, my taste in comedy has...developed over the years so I can't guarantee that you'll like it.
It does have Leslie Nielsen as Dracula though. Like the Swiss flag, that's a huge plus.
I try to recommend that one so often. The Mel Brooks comedy holds up well better, especially in that one for it's great period sets and such. Peter MacNicol is so darn funny as Renfield!
(Goldmember became too much of a general pop culture spoof over being a good parody like the first movie.)
Another excellent Mel Brooks parody, seldom watched, is Silent Movie from 1976.
Don't forget History of the World Part 1.
Peter MacNichol as Renfield is absolutely hilarious.
Don't forget High Anxiety, the Hitchcock parody.
It would be the oldest film you've reacted to, but I would strongly recommend 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone & Claude Rains.
Bonus: Great swordfight between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone.
Rathbone was a top class fencer and complained a bit that he always was cast as the villain which meant he always had to lose
Douglas Fairbanks Sr did an awesome job as Robin Hood back in 1922, Doug Sr is the swashbuckler archetype. Flynn added his chiseled good looks to it but for swordsmanship and athleticism, Doug Sr wins hands down.
The 'black sheriff' line isn't the only callback to Blazing Saddles. Men in Tights was made over 15 years later, but I love that we got more of Boris the cheerful Executioner.
15:26 "I wanna dress up like this and run around!"
And thus began Simone's "Ren Faire" era
My favorite line in this movie is when Isaac Hayes is describing Achoo: “He’s headstrong and cocksure. Or is it the other way around?”
Gotta watch Robin Hood Prince of Thieves now!!! "Why is he in Jerusalem?" "English accent" "The multiple arrows"
Broomhilde is somewhat like the same character of another Mel Brooks film " Spaceballs " as DOT.🤖. If you notice the priest who does the Wednesday was also in Spaceballs as the father.
"A Black Sheriff!?"
", He's black?"
"Hey, don't act so surprised. I mean, it worked in Blazing Saddles." Lol!!
That was a great joke they threw in there.
19:24 - The great Dom DeLuise...
Oh - you have to watch 1981 "The Cannonball Run" and 1984 "Cannonball Run II"! Two very funny movies with the who is who of actors.
"...and if you couldn't pay your taxes, you went to jail. Yup, I'm in here too."
" We'd up and flyyyyy if we had wings for flyin'; can't you see the tears we're cryin'? There must be some happiness for me ...but not in Nottingham."
Eight year old me would bawl like a baby at that song -- excellent reference!
They mentioned the mole when they first saw it but they must've missed the running joke of his mole being in different places on his face, like Marty Feldman's hump in Young Frankenstein.
IKR... I kept waiting for one of them to notice.
@@georgekellon2471 They haven’t been paying much attention for a while now and it's getting worse with every new reaction, along with the editing as well. 🤦🏻♂🤷🏻♂
"A toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll. And if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls." Basically why I go to work everyday. Trying to get those rolls.
The part she was singing at the beginning is from Disney's Robin Hood, an absolute classic of animation.
The "I'm so happy" line and the way she pronounced it is definitely a reference to the old "Scrooge" movie with Alastair Sim. One of the female characters says that line and pronounces it exactly like that, the difference being that the audience was supposed to take it seriously.
Dude who played Little John was the first live-action Thor in a Hulk TV movie.
Watching Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 1991 would of made all the jokes of this movie way more relevant.
I'd recommend checking out History of the World: Part I, which is another great film from Mel Brooks and probably To Be or Not to Be
It's good to be the king.
The speech Chapelle gives is a parody of one given by Malcolm X. I think Denzel played Malcolm X in a movie, which is what you probably are remembering.
He pulled a Mouth from the Goonies.
The joke with the Sheriff's name being "Mervin" is that it is, at least by today's standards, a really rare and unusual name, compared to standard names like "Tom", "Michael", or "John". It also sounds kind of "weird" to most people. "Kermit" is similar in terms of rarity and unusualness (though the "Muppets" association is part of that one), think of how many people today actually have either of those names. Interestingly, the name is Welsh, and means "great lord", which would actually make it a fairly appropriate name at the time.
Merv Griffin, but kids aren't familiar with him.
13:46 George, I'm sure you've seen several of them, but Ghibli movies often feature long periods of just silence. Hayao Miyazaki mentioned that he thinks too many movies are afraid of silence. He felt that scenes need time to breath, and so his films frequently feature moments of lingering quietness. One of the best moments in Spirited Away is literally 6 full minutes without any dialog as Sen & Noface ride the train.
You'd understand it all if you watch the Costner Robin Hood.
Also the Errol Flynn Robin Hood for the castle fight
@@mattwhite2328 *and the tights, archery contest, & overall tone.
What a classic, also love seeing a young Chappelle, I grew up with this movie and rented it SO many times from Blockbuster.
Most motion pictures still have at least the Actor/Actress and Producer/Director credits at the beginning, and repeated at the end.
The start of the film in Jerusalem is reference to the Crusades.
You should watch Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves. It's the movie Brooks is parodying here. Great cast : Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Kevin Costner... Sean Connery has a cameo too. Huge budget for the time, and it's pretty good.
During the World Cup ⚽🏆 , Patrick Stewart was at it. And he's a huge fan of Leo Messi . In an interview he said " It was great to meet the best football player of all time !!! ".
Tracy Ullman starred in a movie with Kevin Kline called "I love you to death." Worth a look, its also one of the last films River Phoenix worked on as well.
William Hurt and Keanu Reeves stole that movie! I would love to see someone react to it.
Thank you Simone for the reference to the Disney's Robin Hood. Oo-De-Lally is one song from my childhood that has stuck with me and your reference put a smile on my face.
"Sometime ups, Outnumber the down"
Simone, did you have a crush on the fox as a kid?! 🤣
Roger Rees (Sheriff) could play comedy and drama with equal vigor. Unfortunately we lost him in 2015.
The cold open was from Disney's Robin Hood." Not in Nottingham " from mid movie
Weird coincidence: Matthew Porretta, who played Will Scarlett here, also played Robin Hood in the 90s New Adventures of Robin Hood, a couple of years after this movie.
Danny Kaye's The Court Jester 1955....A great comedy loosely based on Robin Hood....
Her opening song is from the disney cartoon robin hood nice job Simone
This and "Dracula dead and loving it" are pretty much straight up parodies and unfortunately usually get recommended without the viewer having seen the originals first, making a lot of the jokes fall flat. You could argue that it's still funny, but so is Spaceballs, although you get a FAR richer experience if you watch Star Wars first.
You're like the first reactors under 35 I've seen who got the Home Alone thing. It was way more obvious back then because the marketing for it was still fresh and we saw that "slap aftershave on, scream in pain" thing ad nauseum for quite a long time.
The fellow prisoner with Robin is Isaac Hayes the voice of chef in south park until he quit over a Scientology episode
Perhaps take a look at the 1938 Adventures of Robin Hood w/ Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Havilland et al. The classic on which all further Robin Hood movies (inc Disney) were based.
If those are your favorite Mel Brooks movies Simone, please, please add History of the World Part 1 to your list! 😀
In the opening credits it said that Tracey Ullman was Latrine.
I'm all about your intro Simone. Disney's Robin Hood was a huge part of my childhood. Roger Miller's narration and songs in that movie is pure bliss to listen to, and Not in Nottingham remains one of my all time favorite Disney songs.
Chappelle speach is a reference to Malcolm X, which was played by Denzel in the movie Malcom X, so I guess close enough, also the last arrow in the competition was a reference to the Patriot missile which got extreme publicity during the golf war as being the weapon that could target anyone anywhere without missing, people thought that it would win the war practically by itself by the way they talked about it ostensibly in the news.
Golf war?😂😂😂
@@PChazman1 freaking auto correct, I mean gulf, but Golf works almost as well, lol.
I caught that Disney animated version reference at the beginning. 🙌
Mel produced a tv series of the robin hood story, "when things were rotten." Dick van Patten played friar tuck in the show, he got promoted to abbot for this film.
Fun Fact the actor for little John actually played Thor in the 1988 The Incredible Hulk Returns movie a follow up to the Incredible Hulk series from 77 to 82.
The part where Chapelle puts on the glasses is a reference to Malcom X (so yea I guess you could loosely also say Denzel Washington lol)
Fun Fact Little Jon in this movie is the same actor that had the dance off with stifler in American wedding (the american pie series) R.I.P Roger rees who played the sheriff of rottingham
He was also the first live-action Thor
@@gen77c Yep !!!
“I can see. I can see (Thump). Nope, I was wrong.”
So funny that George mentions he thinks Simone's opening bit is from Cheers, when Roger Rees (Rottingham) may he rest in peace was on Cheers for 1 or 2 seasons.
Disney’s animated Robin Hood is my favorite.
"..sometimes ups, outnumber the downs..." Nice intro, Simone! Disney's Robin Hood was a big part of my childhood TV diet (among others).
Simone, that intro was perfect! That song (and all the songs from that film) is iconic!
This is like watching Spaceballs before Star Wars. ...Which I kinda did, so I shouldn't complain.
The great thing about Mel Brooks' best parodies is that you can get a lot out of rewatching the originals and the spoofs multiple times over the years, picking up ever more references on the way.
Love that opening. Glad to know I'm not the only one who still remembers the songs from the Disney Robin Hood...lol
@17:15 Yes, Denzel Washington as Malcolm X.
“Wait I lost….. I’m not supposed to lose, let me check the script….” (Pulls out script.)
older movies understood to let moments breathe, create contrast, otherwise they would become insufferable noise
Simone singing that song from the animated Robin Hood, so appropriate, so legendary.
If George hasn't seen the Animated version, we need a reaction to that!! ❤
Simone, I love the reference at the beginning, the animated, Disney Robin Hood, still stands, as one of the best Robin Hood movies, of all time! I too, would recommend watching Prince of Thieves, as it provides a ton of context for a lot of the jokes and gags.
This movie's basically a direct parody of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
9: 25 "He's 'Home Alone'ing it!"
I've watched this for over a decade and I NEVER got that XD
George Lucas popularized omitting opening credits in modern film with the original "Star Wars" trilogy. It caused an uproar in the film community, made him quit the director's guild, and got him fined. Although it wasn't the first time. 2001: A Space Odyssey was a notable one before that. Also old Disney animated films had almost no credits at all.
Simone introducing the video with the song that Alan-a-Dale sings in the intro of Disney's Robin Hood. :D Nice touch!
Tracy Ulman started The Simpsons on her prime time variety show.
Yes, that's Tracy Ullman. She often had elaborate costumes on her shows, even playing male characters with a beard.
Dave Chappelle doing the Men in Tights sequence could honestly be taken as a comedian in a film just wanting to be involved with the joke. I've always loved this movie, I had a crush on Amy Yasbeck when I was a kid and I think Blinkin has the second coolest pair of shades, right behind Ozzy.
The reference to the mole moving always makes me laugh
🤔watching Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves first might have added a little context. 😉
I finally got one of your intro references Simone! One of my favorite Disney movies ever!
The Executioner was also in "Blazing Saddles" and the wedding priest (Robert Pattinson) was the father/king in "Spaceballs."
And "Robin Hood" (Cary Elwes) Was Westley in "The Princess Bride."
I think all of the reaction videos I watch are always movies I've already seen. But it s a great way to rewatch an older movie you haven't seen in awhile in a condensed manner and through the eyes of someone watching it for the first time.
I wonder if they noticed that the mole was wandering all over the princes face. On another note "It's Good To Be The King".