Fun facts for this one. A lot of the props in the lab are from the original Frankenstein movie set, the actor who played Igor moved the hump around as a gag and Mel brooks loved it so its in the movie...many more I'm forgetting now..
When the monster is talking to the little girl at the well, they finish throwing things into the well, she asks him what they could throw in next … he looks into the camera … the reason for this, in the original book of Frankenstein, he throws the little girl into the well and kills her … his stare into the camera was a comedic nod to that scene in the book.
Back in 1974, when this film was made, the original Universal Frankenstein movies were on television ALL the time. In most areas across the country, classic horror films were shown every weekend and High Schoolers would talk about them when they returned to School on Monday. So, the Frankenstein movies were VERY well known to audiences in the mid 1970s. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN references 3 movies - FRANKENSTEIN ( 1931 ), BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1935 ) and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1939 ) all of which were in Black & White ( which is WHY this film is in B&W as an homage.) So many of the jokes go completely over your head because you haven't seen the original films.
The reason it is in black and white is that Gene and Mel wanted the authenticity of the original film which was done in the 30's in the same fashion as well as were all of the props the same ones used back then
Inspector Kemp's arm is a wooden prosthetic. The actor is Kenneth Mars who later played in the TV show Malcolm in the Middle along with Cloris Leachman, who plays Frau Blucher.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Hackman does have a pretty distinct voice. I think one of his best roles is Unforgiven (1992), which is Eastwood's last classic Western.
When Gene Wilder got Mel Brooks to direct this, he had one rule...that Mel was NOT allowed to play any on screen role in the film, as was his normal practice. So Mel put himself in the film anyway by doing a few sound effects...such as the cat screech during the darts game scene. LOL
"...with grace and dignity. I'll get you for this!!!" Gene was the master of flipping from quiet composure to lunatic screaming 🤣🤣🤣 Definitely get into some of Gene's team-ups with Richard Pryor. Silver Streak 1976, Stir Crazy 1980, and See No Evil Hear No Evil 1989 are some of their best. Gene also has a western with Harrison Ford - The Frisco Kid 1979
One of the most hilariously subtle running gags of all time: notice that all the characters habitually mispronounce random words, up until he admits to the correct pronunciation of his name, then all dialog is spoken correctly.
Yes, the blind man was Gene Hackman. He improvised the last line "I WAS GONNA MAKE ESPRESSO!" And it made the entire crew laugh, Mel Brooks decided to leave it in.
This movie is a parody of several original Hollywood Frankenstein movies from the 1930s, specifically the 1931 Frankenstein and its sequels, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein. There might have been a few others referenced as well - along with some non-Frankensteins. For instance, the theater presentation of the Creature was combining the NYC part of the original King Kong with the Clark Gable comedy classic, Idiot's Delight. The castle and lab sets are either copies of the original Frankenstein movie sets or actually shot in the original sets, which still existed on the movie studio lot. They did use some of the original 1930s lab props. Some additional references to the old movies included Inspector Kemp with his artificial hand, which was taken from a character in Son of Frankenstein, and Madeline Kahn's post-woof look with the white-striped beehive hair-do, which was taken from Elsa Lanchester's costume in Bride of Frankenstein. You really should check out those 1930s movies. They're classics for a reason. Delightfully nuts.
No, almost all movies in the 70s were color. It was a stylistic choice to film this in black and white to capture the feeling of the original Frankenstein movie from the 1940s. The only other movie I can think of from that period that was black and white was Paper Moon with Ryan O'Neal and his daughter Tatum O'Neal.
The putting on the ritz scene was the only fight that Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks ever had when making the film. When Mel Brooks saw how passionate gene wilder was over the sequence he agreed to leave it in.
"Sed-a-GIVE"??!! Lol!! I just LOVE that delivery! Anyway James, the humor in this movie begins almost immediately, some of it subtle, some of it over the top, some of it improvised, some of it juvenile, some of it slapstick, some of it just plain silliness, some of it in the setting, some of it is sight gags, some of it purely in the performance, some of it assumes you're aware of some old sayings and old songs, some of it depends on familiarity with the original films, etc etc etc, but it is pretty much non-stop. So if you're not aware of that I guess a lot of it could indeed go right past you. But this movie most certainly did not take 20 or 30 minutes to start getting to the funny part or however you put it. If you ever do see it again, knowing that fact might help you see it a little differently.
He first of the subtle humour in the film is the opening scene where the camera pans around the interior of the castle to eventually settle on the coffin and in the background the clock tolls thirteen.
Gene Wilder did a lot of the writing of the movie and Mel Brooks did revisions. Gene Wilder actually had to fight Mel Brooks to include the tap dancing scene. After a very long argument Mel Brooks relented saying he had been on the fence about it but it must be important because if it wasn't Wilder wouldn't have fought so long for it.
I have so many memories of watching Mel Brooks movies with my father and laughing with him, He passed away and it always make takes me back when seeing new people seeing this for the first time.
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 (Wikipedia) Marty used his disability to great comedic effect and rather than allow his disabilities to hamper him. He is a true hero, not to mention a fantastic comedian who performed in several movies and shows throughout his career. He passed away in 1982 and he will be missed.
Teri Garr also played Phoebe's mom in Friends. I forgot Cloris Leachman was in this! Also, the English-major geek in me has always loved that Frankenstein was basically written on a dare. Percy Shelley and Lord Byron were trying to one-up each other with scary stories and when Percy's wife started giving them a hard time, Percy basically said "Let's see you do better." And so she did. Hence, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
Cloris' face has always stuck out to me ever since I was obsessed with Malcolm in the Middle as a kid, where she played the strict German grandmother. As soon as I saw her open the door I recognized her face even though the two things are like 30 years apart.
Not much is known about Inspector Kemp other than his father was the Burgomaster before him and as a young man, his arm was ripped from its socket by the original monster created by Victor Baron Von Frankenstein. Inspector Kemp has a hatred of the monster and the Frankenstein family due to his childhood encounter. His wooden arm is not in full working order as he continually needs to readjust the crank and chain that operate it and he can use it as a weapon, a battering ram, and even a cigar lighter. Inspector Kemp also only has the use of one eye, which is also hinted to be a result of the same childhood encounter with the original monster. Movies went to color in the 1940s. Mel Brooks chose to make the movie in black & white because of the original 1931 "Frankenstein" movie, which was in black & white.
Right? This is the first time I've ever seen anyone not laugh aloud the first time Gene Wilder says, "That's Frahnkensteen." No accounting for taste, I guess.
The first color film 3was in 1902 called "A Trip to the Moon", but was more utilized in 1908 in a short film called "A Trip to the Seaside", & "Atlantic City" in 1912. Films Kinemacolor technique as the standard until the Technicolor process came along in the 1930's with Disney's "Flowers and Trees" short film, but in 1939 "The Wizard of Oz," & "Gone with the wind" using it to its height. Color has been around for almost over century, but people used black and white film stock because it was cheaper to produce.
Mel Brook’s!!!! I’m so happy you watched this classic 💯 I met Marty Feldman, Igor, at universal studios back in 1976, I was 12 yrs old. He was a very nice man. Rrroll, rrholl, rrhol in da hay 😂😂😂 Great reaction!!!!! Btw…. Gene Hackman was the old blind man in the cottage.
19:20 The blind hermit was played by Gene Hackman. Hackman learned about the film through his frequent tennis partner Gene Wilder and requested a role, because he wanted to try comedy. He volunteered to play the Blind Hermit for free. It was four days of shooting for about four minutes of running time.
There was a deleted scene in which it was explained that Inspector Kemp had his arm ripped off by one of the previous monsters. This was a direct parody of a one armed inspector from the film Son of Frankenstein who’s arm was torn off by the creature from the first and second films.
The old man with the soup was Gene Hackman, you said his voice sounded familiar. I don't know if you've seen any episodes of Everybody loves Raymond, but the creature was Raymond's dad, Frank!
B & W, here was a choice because of the subject matter. Madelyn Kahn's hair-do after she fell for the monster, is the one from the movie Bride of Frankenstein. Another Mel Brooks classic.
1. The old man Mr. Hilltop/Liam Dunn that gets racked is the same guy that plays the preacher in Blazing Saddles 2. I first saw this at a drive-in (that's still here BTW) and there was a lunar eclipse over the screen that made it even cooler than it was. 3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone. 4. Wilder agreed to do Blazing Saddles only if Brooks would direct and help write this movie. 5. It was almost impossible to get through the "You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban" scene. Everyone kept cracking up. You can see Wider trying not to laugh. 6. Igor's hump changing sides was Feldman's running gag on the cast and it was kept in the movie. 7. Marty Feldman's walleyed orbs were the result of both a hyperactive thyroid and a botched operation after a car accident before his 30th birthday, in 19637. 8. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a good. It's on purpose. 9. Monocle over an eyepatch. 🤣 10. Wilder told Brooks he's not allowed to be in this movie. However, he is the screeching cat during the dart scene and the howling wolf.
I went saw this in the theater and enjoyed it immensely. Made my daughter watch it and she really liked it. It’s my favorite Mel Brooke’s movie! It’s such a great spoof on the old classic Frankenstein.
Black and white wasn’t the standard at the time, but Mel and Gene knew for the movie to work it had to be shot like the old Frankenstein movies, originally they were gonna make the film with Universal, but they insisted it be shot in color, so Mel and Gene went to Fox for half the money Universal offered them because Fox was ok with the black and white
B&W was a choice by Mel Brooks, which the studio was against. By that time not many theaters had projectors suitable for B&W which playrd at a different frame rate.
I just watched the 1931 movie. Boris Karloff does a terrific job playing the monster. But honestly, the story was cut down and simplified so the movie would only be 70 minutes long. I love the original story, it is so much more complex, and asks so many philosophical questions. To be fair though, the 1931 movie does touch on those subjects, but they don't go any further than that.
This is my all-time favorite Mel Brooks film. Gene hackman, who played the blind monk, was also Lex Luthor in Superman. Madeline Khan, who was Elizabeth, was also Lil Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles. One of the reasons this movie is different from other Mel Brooks films is that it was initially Gene wilder's film, as he had written the screenplay, and he asked Mel Brooks to help finish writing it and then to direct it. However, it was on the condition that Mel Brooks did not appear on screen. Instead, he did the werewolf howl and some other vocals.
You already have watched "Jaws" from 1975 ... AND it was already in colour! Like tons and tons of other 70s-movies! Of course it was the conscious decision of the director (Mel Brooks) to do this movie in black & white!
Beetlejuice 2 being made Delia is Catherine O'Hara from Home Alone 1 & 2 Lydia is Winona Ryder from Mr Deeds and show Stranger Things Jeffery Jones was dad from Howard the Duck and Stay Tuned Otho was from Stephen King's Sleepwalkers Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) is Batman, Batman Returns, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Post Grad, etc.
Not scary movies, but a few more that are really funny, are Tootsie, Arthur, 9-5, Seems Like Old Times and Midnight Run. And some great early- mid 80’s movies in other genres are Taps, Mask and Wargames.
Most of the jokes are based on Frankenstein (1931), but some on The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and a little bit on The Son of Frankenstein (1939). When Peter Boyle walked onto the set of Everybody Loves Raymond for the season 6 Halloween episode as The Creature, the audience went W I L D ! Madeline Kahn is probably most famous for Blazing Saddles, but she did many comedies. My favorite is What's Up, Doc? (1972). Terri Garr is best known as Phoebe's (& Ursula's) mom on Friends, but I liked her on Star Trek. Kenneth Mars (the amputee martinet) was hilarious in What's Up, Doc? (1972), which I hope you'll watch. Mel Brooks cast Liam Dunn (the abused medical volunteer at the beginning) in many of his films, and he also appeared during the big reveal at the end of What's Up, Doc? (1972).
Inspector Kemp clearly had a wooden arm. There was no tech for robotics in the 1800s, so apparently it has some ratchet in joint so it will hold position. He also had a monocle over his eye patch.
Movies in the seventies weren’t in black and white except for Mel Brooks paying homage to old horror flicks. Mel Brooks has another movie called “Silent Movie” with the movie house piano as the soundtrack and posters for the dialog. No one speaks in the movie except of course the very famous mime Marcel Marceau. Surprised you didn’t catch Gene Hackman as the blind man. There’s lots of little jokes in this movie too like the clock ringing 13 times. I saw this when it came out in theaters but at the time I was young and only knew of Mel Brooks because of the TV show “Get Smart”.
This was fun timing. I literally just watched this movie for the first time last night, myself. Because another react channel I watch had reacted to it and I (naturally) only watch reacts to movies I've seen, so when enough of the react channels I watch do a movie I haven't seen I take that as a sign that I should watch it for myself. Personally, I found it very hit and miss. Maybe some of the "misses" were generational/era based and I just didn't get them. But what did hit was really enjoyable. Yeah, Igor was one of the best parts, as well as the literal/in your face gags, like the horses with Frau Blucher's name, "touching" the food, the "How I Did It" book, charades... The one bit I didn't really get and felt dragged on too long was the presentation/dance scene. Like, all these people, supposedly science based people, show up and at the first sign of an issue they freak out and start booing the creature (as well as almost stampeding out of the theater when they first see him, like what did you expect to see here?). You'd think they'd understand that hiccups are bound to happen and the fact that you could reanimate dead tissue at all should've far outweighed anything else because of the implications for future science... The dance itself was fine, and even fun; I really got a kick out of the creature "singing" his parts lol. I just felt like the "issue" leading to the next act was too forced. But maybe that's just a Mel Brooks thing? This is only the third movie of his that I've seen, the others being Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles.
😁Gene Wilder is great. Movies by MEL BROOKS, he was a crazy wired Director, but was an ICON of 70s movies etc. there’s a movie COMEDY staring Barbra Streisand Ryan O’Neal Madeline Kahn who was in young and Frankenstein as the fiancé and other 50s 60s 70 actors in a movie calledWHATS UP DOC filmed in San Francisco in very early 70s. I’ve been watching it since the 70s. Perhaps you can do a Theme night of 70s movies… just sayin 😆🤩🤩🤩See ya at the movies… oh by the way, the Creature was Peter Boyle who plays the father inEVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND
Inspector Kemp was played by Kenneth Mars and he purposely spoke incoherently. the film was purposely filmed in black and white, The studio wanted it in color but Mel Brooks insisted (ut was also cheaper). the movie was concieved by Gene Wilder while making Blazing Saddles. one of the few mel brooks movie in which he doesn't appear in though he did provide cat sounds during the dart game lab equiptment is the original prop. Madeline Kahn appears at the end as the a send up of the Bride Of Frankenstein. She also appears in several Mel Brooks movies.
This is an homage to the originals as well as a comedy. It works even better if you have seen Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Since you haven't watched many monochrome films you might check out one that is on almost everybody's Top 10 list, Casablanca. Or for funny try Some Like it Hot. For a feel good film try Harvey.
There is also the 1977 Mel Brooks spoof High Anxiety... short for Vertigo. It compiles spoofs on a lot of Alfred Hitchcock classics... My favorite comedy like this is the 1980s, Wholly Moses...
No really-- if you look close you can see Wilder's wearing a pad on his leg but he was so into the scene he punched the scalpel straight through it and put an inch of steel in his thigh. And finished the scene like a absolute professional.
Wait.. You've NEVER seen a black and white movie before? You should really watch Some like it Hot (still listed as one of the best comedies of all time) and It's a Wonderful Life, they have a color version now, but I still like the black and white original and I still watch it ever December.
I predict a lot of snarky, if not outright rude comments for what I'm about to say, but I've watched all of Mel Brooks's movies hoping to find one of them funny. While I find the humor mildly amusing sometimes, they really disappoint in general. If I had to pick one that I'd watch again it would be Life Stinks, which no one ever mentions. Okay, haters, let me have it. 🤣
other movies I would recommend The Frisco Kid Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Monster Squad Van Helsing Munster, Go Home! Here Come the Munsters The Munsters (2022) 'Hotel Transylvania Dracula Ed Wood how to stop worrying and start loving the bomb Pleasantville Wizard of Oz Arsenic and Old Lace The Elephant Man Clerks Its a wonderful Life Mirical on 34th Street A Night at the Opera King Kong 'White Zombie and Night of the Living Dead (which you can upload fully as both are public domain) sunset bulivard
Fun facts for this one. A lot of the props in the lab are from the original Frankenstein movie set, the actor who played Igor moved the hump around as a gag and Mel brooks loved it so its in the movie...many more I'm forgetting now..
When the monster is talking to the little girl at the well, they finish throwing things into the well, she asks him what they could throw in next … he looks into the camera … the reason for this, in the original book of Frankenstein, he throws the little girl into the well and kills her … his stare into the camera was a comedic nod to that scene in the book.
Back in 1974, when this film was made, the original Universal Frankenstein movies were on television ALL the time. In most areas across the country, classic horror films were shown every weekend and High Schoolers would talk about them when they returned to School on Monday.
So, the Frankenstein movies were VERY well known to audiences in the mid 1970s.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN references 3 movies - FRANKENSTEIN ( 1931 ), BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1935 ) and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1939 ) all of which were in Black & White ( which is WHY this film is in B&W as an homage.)
So many of the jokes go completely over your head because you haven't seen the original films.
The reason it is in black and white is that Gene and Mel wanted the authenticity of the original film which was done in the 30's in the same fashion as well as were all of the props the same ones used back then
Knowledge is knowing Frankenstein wasn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing he was. 😉
Great comment.
Inspector Kemp's arm is a wooden prosthetic. The actor is Kenneth Mars who later played in the TV show Malcolm in the Middle along with Cloris Leachman, who plays Frau Blucher.
Wheeee-huh-huh-huh-huhn!
The blind hermit was played by Gene Hackman who also played Lex Luther in the Superman movie
Oh wow, I never realized that! :)
Oh that's where I know that voice from
@@AwesomeUSMovies Hackman does have a pretty distinct voice. I think one of his best roles is Unforgiven (1992), which is Eastwood's last classic Western.
When Gene Wilder got Mel Brooks to direct this, he had one rule...that Mel was NOT allowed to play any on screen role in the film, as was his normal practice. So Mel put himself in the film anyway by doing a few sound effects...such as the cat screech during the darts game scene. LOL
"...with grace and dignity. I'll get you for this!!!"
Gene was the master of flipping from quiet composure to lunatic screaming 🤣🤣🤣
Definitely get into some of Gene's team-ups with Richard Pryor. Silver Streak 1976, Stir Crazy 1980, and See No Evil Hear No Evil 1989 are some of their best.
Gene also has a western with Harrison Ford - The Frisco Kid 1979
The Frisco Kid was hilarious. Very unique.
That is FRONK-en-STEEN. Peter Boyle, Gene, Madeline, Marty all RIP. What a great all star cast.
Too bad they didn't have a role for Hedy Lamar in this Brooks film.
One of the most hilariously subtle running gags of all time: notice that all the characters habitually mispronounce random words, up until he admits to the correct pronunciation of his name, then all dialog is spoken correctly.
Love that
Yes, the blind man was Gene Hackman. He improvised the last line "I WAS GONNA MAKE ESPRESSO!" And it made the entire crew laugh, Mel Brooks decided to leave it in.
This movie is a parody of several original Hollywood Frankenstein movies from the 1930s, specifically the 1931 Frankenstein and its sequels, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein. There might have been a few others referenced as well - along with some non-Frankensteins. For instance, the theater presentation of the Creature was combining the NYC part of the original King Kong with the Clark Gable comedy classic, Idiot's Delight. The castle and lab sets are either copies of the original Frankenstein movie sets or actually shot in the original sets, which still existed on the movie studio lot. They did use some of the original 1930s lab props. Some additional references to the old movies included Inspector Kemp with his artificial hand, which was taken from a character in Son of Frankenstein, and Madeline Kahn's post-woof look with the white-striped beehive hair-do, which was taken from Elsa Lanchester's costume in Bride of Frankenstein. You really should check out those 1930s movies. They're classics for a reason. Delightfully nuts.
I agree! The only way to really enjoy a spoof is to be familiar with the genre that is being spoofed.
No, almost all movies in the 70s were color. It was a stylistic choice to film this in black and white to capture the feeling of the original Frankenstein movie from the 1940s. The only other movie I can think of from that period that was black and white was Paper Moon with Ryan O'Neal and his daughter Tatum O'Neal.
The putting on the ritz scene was the only fight that Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks ever had when making the film. When Mel Brooks saw how passionate gene wilder was over the sequence he agreed to leave it in.
"Sed-a-GIVE"??!! Lol!! I just LOVE that delivery! Anyway James, the humor in this movie begins almost immediately, some of it subtle, some of it over the top, some of it improvised, some of it juvenile, some of it slapstick, some of it just plain silliness, some of it in the setting, some of it is sight gags, some of it purely in the performance, some of it assumes you're aware of some old sayings and old songs, some of it depends on familiarity with the original films, etc etc etc, but it is pretty much non-stop. So if you're not aware of that I guess a lot of it could indeed go right past you. But this movie most certainly did not take 20 or 30 minutes to start getting to the funny part or however you put it. If you ever do see it again, knowing that fact might help you see it a little differently.
He first of the subtle humour in the film is the opening scene where the camera pans around the interior of the castle to eventually settle on the coffin and in the background the clock tolls thirteen.
Gene Wilder did a lot of the writing of the movie and Mel Brooks did revisions. Gene Wilder actually had to fight Mel Brooks to include the tap dancing scene. After a very long argument Mel Brooks relented saying he had been on the fence about it but it must be important because if it wasn't Wilder wouldn't have fought so long for it.
I have so many memories of watching Mel Brooks movies with my father and laughing with him, He passed away and it always make takes me back when seeing new people seeing this for the first time.
In the deleted scene the inspector explains that the original creature tore his arm off DVD feature menu along with outtakes and gag reels
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 (Wikipedia) Marty used his disability to great comedic effect and rather than allow his disabilities to hamper him. He is a true hero, not to mention a fantastic comedian who performed in several movies and shows throughout his career. He passed away in 1982 and he will be missed.
Marty Feldman died 40 years ago, in 1982. Not 2015.
@@dggydddy59 Lol thanks. The internet lies to me again. My bad.
@@galerios1 Haha! Yeah, it does that a LOT! Cheers!!
@@dggydddy59 Thanks man!
@@dggydddy59 You got that right.
Teri Garr also played Phoebe's mom in Friends. I forgot Cloris Leachman was in this! Also, the English-major geek in me has always loved that Frankenstein was basically written on a dare. Percy Shelley and Lord Byron were trying to one-up each other with scary stories and when Percy's wife started giving them a hard time, Percy basically said "Let's see you do better." And so she did. Hence, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
Cloris' face has always stuck out to me ever since I was obsessed with Malcolm in the Middle as a kid, where she played the strict German grandmother. As soon as I saw her open the door I recognized her face even though the two things are like 30 years apart.
Not much is known about Inspector Kemp other than his father was the Burgomaster before him and as a young man, his arm was ripped from its socket by the original monster created by Victor Baron Von Frankenstein. Inspector Kemp has a hatred of the monster and the Frankenstein family due to his childhood encounter. His wooden arm is not in full working order as he continually needs to readjust the crank and chain that operate it and he can use it as a weapon, a battering ram, and even a cigar lighter. Inspector Kemp also only has the use of one eye, which is also hinted to be a result of the same childhood encounter with the original monster.
Movies went to color in the 1940s. Mel Brooks chose to make the movie in black & white because of the original 1931 "Frankenstein" movie, which was in black & white.
The comedy started from the beginning, James. All Mel Brooks films are chock full of comedy. No exceptions.
Right? This is the first time I've ever seen anyone not laugh aloud the first time Gene Wilder says, "That's Frahnkensteen." No accounting for taste, I guess.
The first color film 3was in 1902 called "A Trip to the Moon", but was more utilized in 1908 in a short film called "A Trip to the Seaside", & "Atlantic City" in 1912. Films Kinemacolor technique as the standard until the Technicolor process came along in the 1930's with Disney's "Flowers and Trees" short film, but in 1939 "The Wizard of Oz," & "Gone with the wind" using it to its height. Color has been around for almost over century, but people used black and white film stock because it was cheaper to produce.
Mel Brook’s!!!! I’m so happy you watched this classic 💯
I met Marty Feldman, Igor, at universal studios back in 1976, I was 12 yrs old. He was a very nice man.
Rrroll, rrholl, rrhol in da hay 😂😂😂
Great reaction!!!!!
Btw…. Gene Hackman was the old blind man in the cottage.
19:20 The blind hermit was played by Gene Hackman. Hackman learned about the film through his frequent tennis partner Gene Wilder and requested a role, because he wanted to try comedy. He volunteered to play the Blind Hermit for free. It was four days of shooting for about four minutes of running time.
There was a deleted scene in which it was explained that Inspector Kemp had his arm ripped off by one of the previous monsters. This was a direct parody of a one armed inspector from the film Son of Frankenstein who’s arm was torn off by the creature from the first and second films.
Thanks for this
19:20 "His voice sounds familiar"
He's a famous actor. Gene Hackman.
The blind man who the monster had coffee with (Whose voice sounded familiar to you) was Gene Hackman.
What KNOCKERS!!!
Sank you, Herr Doctor LOL
Wow! My Dad played this continuously when I was a kid. I can recite this movie word for word!
*I* played this continuously when I was a kid.
BLUCHER !!!
@@jamesalexander5623 heeerghhherr!!!
The "OH sweet mystery of life as last I found you" is from the Opperetta "Naughty Marietta" by Herbert and Young.
The old man with the soup was Gene Hackman, you said his voice sounded familiar. I don't know if you've seen any episodes of Everybody loves Raymond, but the creature was Raymond's dad, Frank!
Oh my! I never knew that was Hackman!! Love it!
B & W, here was a choice because of the subject matter. Madelyn Kahn's hair-do after she fell for the monster, is the one from the movie Bride of Frankenstein. Another Mel Brooks classic.
I don't remember from the original film but apparently the constable had a fake arm, this film is parodying that.
1. The old man Mr. Hilltop/Liam Dunn that gets racked is the same guy that plays the preacher in Blazing Saddles
2. I first saw this at a drive-in (that's still here BTW) and there was a lunar eclipse over the screen that made it even cooler than it was.
3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone.
4. Wilder agreed to do Blazing Saddles only if Brooks would direct and help write this movie.
5. It was almost impossible to get through the "You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban" scene. Everyone kept cracking up. You can see Wider trying not to laugh.
6. Igor's hump changing sides was Feldman's running gag on the cast and it was kept in the movie.
7. Marty Feldman's walleyed orbs were the result of both a hyperactive thyroid and a botched operation after a car accident before his 30th birthday, in 19637.
8. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a good. It's on purpose.
9. Monocle over an eyepatch. 🤣
10. Wilder told Brooks he's not allowed to be in this movie. However, he is the screeching cat during the dart scene and the howling wolf.
I went saw this in the theater and enjoyed it immensely. Made my daughter watch it and she really liked it. It’s my favorite Mel Brooke’s movie! It’s such a great spoof on the old classic Frankenstein.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : What knockers.
Inga : Oh, thank you doctor.
Black and white wasn’t the standard at the time, but Mel and Gene knew for the movie to work it had to be shot like the old Frankenstein movies, originally they were gonna make the film with Universal, but they insisted it be shot in color, so Mel and Gene went to Fox for half the money Universal offered them because Fox was ok with the black and white
Blazing Saddles or History of the World are als two of Mel Brooks greatest especially Blazing.
B&W was a choice by Mel Brooks, which the studio was against. By that time not many theaters had projectors suitable for B&W which playrd at a different frame rate.
I never heard of a different frame rate for b&w versus color... what was the frame rate for b&w?
I just watched the 1931 movie. Boris Karloff does a terrific job playing the monster. But honestly, the story was cut down and simplified so the movie would only be 70 minutes long. I love the original story, it is so much more complex, and asks so many philosophical questions. To be fair though, the 1931 movie does touch on those subjects, but they don't go any further than that.
PUTTIN ON THE RITZ! Lol!
This is a very funny movie as well as being a spoof of the Frankenstein movies.
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@@AwesomeUSMovies Actually, the line the monster sang was "Ooba-Dooba," a kind of scat singing.
This is my all-time favorite Mel Brooks film. Gene hackman, who played the blind monk, was also Lex Luthor in Superman. Madeline Khan, who was Elizabeth, was also Lil Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles. One of the reasons this movie is different from other Mel Brooks films is that it was initially Gene wilder's film, as he had written the screenplay, and he asked Mel Brooks to help finish writing it and then to direct it. However, it was on the condition that Mel Brooks did not appear on screen. Instead, he did the werewolf howl and some other vocals.
You already have watched "Jaws" from 1975 ... AND it was already in colour! Like tons and tons of other 70s-movies! Of course it was the conscious decision of the director (Mel Brooks) to do this movie in black & white!
Mel Brooks is a Universal Treasure and we are lucky to live in the time of MEL BROOKS!!!!!
Beetlejuice 2 being made
Delia is Catherine O'Hara from Home Alone 1 & 2
Lydia is Winona Ryder from Mr Deeds and show Stranger Things
Jeffery Jones was dad from Howard the Duck and Stay Tuned
Otho was from Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) is Batman, Batman Returns, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Post Grad, etc.
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Not scary movies, but a few more that are really funny, are Tootsie, Arthur, 9-5, Seems Like Old Times and Midnight Run. And some great early- mid 80’s movies in other genres are Taps, Mask and Wargames.
And Teri Garr was in Tootsie!
Gene Wilder is so funny!
Rumor Has It Frau Bluca, the name, has something associated with a glue company. That's why the horses freaked out.
OH, that is funny. yeah, the name translates to glue I guess. I looked it up.
Most of the jokes are based on Frankenstein (1931), but some on The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and a little bit on The Son of Frankenstein (1939).
When Peter Boyle walked onto the set of Everybody Loves Raymond for the season 6 Halloween episode as The Creature, the audience went W I L D !
Madeline Kahn is probably most famous for Blazing Saddles, but she did many comedies. My favorite is What's Up, Doc? (1972).
Terri Garr is best known as Phoebe's (& Ursula's) mom on Friends, but I liked her on Star Trek.
Kenneth Mars (the amputee martinet) was hilarious in What's Up, Doc? (1972), which I hope you'll watch.
Mel Brooks cast Liam Dunn (the abused medical volunteer at the beginning) in many of his films, and he also appeared during the big reveal at the end of What's Up, Doc? (1972).
Inspector Kemp clearly had a wooden arm. There was no tech for robotics in the 1800s, so apparently it has some ratchet in joint so it will hold position. He also had a monocle over his eye patch.
Gene Wilder didn' t want Mel Brooks to appear in the film and yet Mel " plays " 3 characters...
... the wolf, the great-grandfather and the cat. ;)
Movies in the seventies weren’t in black and white except for Mel Brooks paying homage to old horror flicks. Mel Brooks has another movie called “Silent Movie” with the movie house piano as the soundtrack and posters for the dialog. No one speaks in the movie except of course the very famous mime Marcel Marceau.
Surprised you didn’t catch Gene Hackman as the blind man. There’s lots of little jokes in this movie too like the clock ringing 13 times. I saw this when it came out in theaters but at the time I was young and only knew of Mel Brooks because of the TV show “Get Smart”.
Teri Garr's best role for me was in Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton, she was so great in that, everyone was though. Highly recommend that movie.
Inspector Kemp had his arm ripped out of his socket by his godfather’s monster. It is in the deleted scenes.
Cloris Leachman and Madeline Kahn are also in High Anxiety.. Another Mel Brooks movie spoofing Alfred Hitchcock. Also Halloween appropriate.
Terri Garr was also Phoebe's Mom from friends
What knockers! Oh thank you doctor.
You should watch , What’s up Doc (1972) absolutely hilarious.
I watched this so much as a child! My youngest daughters name is Abi we always say
Abi-Normal lol!
I appreciate how you felt bad for Igor in the end.
Thanks
This was fun timing. I literally just watched this movie for the first time last night, myself. Because another react channel I watch had reacted to it and I (naturally) only watch reacts to movies I've seen, so when enough of the react channels I watch do a movie I haven't seen I take that as a sign that I should watch it for myself.
Personally, I found it very hit and miss. Maybe some of the "misses" were generational/era based and I just didn't get them. But what did hit was really enjoyable. Yeah, Igor was one of the best parts, as well as the literal/in your face gags, like the horses with Frau Blucher's name, "touching" the food, the "How I Did It" book, charades...
The one bit I didn't really get and felt dragged on too long was the presentation/dance scene. Like, all these people, supposedly science based people, show up and at the first sign of an issue they freak out and start booing the creature (as well as almost stampeding out of the theater when they first see him, like what did you expect to see here?). You'd think they'd understand that hiccups are bound to happen and the fact that you could reanimate dead tissue at all should've far outweighed anything else because of the implications for future science... The dance itself was fine, and even fun; I really got a kick out of the creature "singing" his parts lol. I just felt like the "issue" leading to the next act was too forced. But maybe that's just a Mel Brooks thing? This is only the third movie of his that I've seen, the others being Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles.
The black and white film was a deliberate choice, as it was intending to poke fun at the classic Universal Frankenstein films from the 30s and 40s
Films had technicolor long before the 70s. Definitely an artistic choice.
Your insane this 10 times funnier than Space Balls and I love them both.
B&W was definitely a choice, they had color films in the 1940s.
😁Gene Wilder is great. Movies by MEL BROOKS, he was a crazy wired Director, but was an ICON of 70s movies etc.
there’s a movie COMEDY staring Barbra Streisand Ryan O’Neal Madeline Kahn who was in young and Frankenstein as the fiancé and other 50s 60s 70 actors in a movie calledWHATS UP DOC filmed in San Francisco in very early 70s. I’ve been watching it since the 70s. Perhaps you can do a Theme night of 70s movies… just sayin 😆🤩🤩🤩See ya at the movies… oh by the way, the Creature was Peter Boyle who plays the father inEVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND
James, please. Please, watch Blazing Saddles. All of Mel Brooks' films are amazing, but this one and Blazing Saddles are his best. Please.
Inspector Kemp was played by Kenneth Mars and he purposely spoke incoherently.
the film was purposely filmed in black and white, The studio wanted it in color but Mel Brooks insisted (ut was also cheaper).
the movie was concieved by Gene Wilder while making Blazing Saddles.
one of the few mel brooks movie in which he doesn't appear in though he did provide cat sounds during the dart game
lab equiptment is the original prop.
Madeline Kahn appears at the end as the a send up of the Bride Of Frankenstein. She also appears in several Mel Brooks movies.
Yeah, All the movies in the 70's were in Black & White!
This is an homage to the originals as well as a comedy. It works even better if you have seen Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Since you haven't watched many monochrome films you might check out one that is on almost everybody's Top 10 list, Casablanca. Or for funny try Some Like it Hot. For a feel good film try Harvey.
Another hilarious Gene Wilder movie is "Silver streak" I think you would enjoy doing a reaction to... (Hint, hint... ;)
There is also the 1977 Mel Brooks spoof High Anxiety... short for Vertigo. It compiles spoofs on a lot of Alfred Hitchcock classics... My favorite comedy like this is the 1980s, Wholly Moses...
Another Mel Brooks movie you'd like is High Anxiety.
For a Terry Garr film check out Mr Mom with Michael Keaton.
"220, 221, whatever it takes." 🔌
No really-- if you look close you can see Wilder's wearing a pad on his leg but he was so into the scene he punched the scalpel straight through it and put an inch of steel in his thigh. And finished the scene like a absolute professional.
Madalyn Khane was in Blazing saddles
Haven't seen it
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IMO Mel’s best movie.
More Mel Brooks please!
oh my god oh my god I love this movie so much. I am so glad that you are watching this!
Brother Iowan, you missed Des Moines's own, Cloris Leachman!
Hello, Gene Wilder is great! You should watch some Gene and Richard Pryor movies. 🙂
Maybe it's because I'm older than you. But I thought this was funnier than Spaceballs. Very slap stick style humor. To each his own.
Is that a Des Moines Buccaneers sweatshirt???? My friends and I used to drive up there and watch Bucs games from Graceland University in Lamoni IA.
Yes it is, and it's my favorite sweatshirt. sooo comfy but $$$. Worth it
This movie brings back such good memories :)
Teri Garr played Phoebe's mom on Friends.
If you like Marty Feldman, watch a Mel Brooks movie, called “silent movie”.
Classic Mel Brooks comedy
Wait.. You've NEVER seen a black and white movie before? You should really watch Some like it Hot (still listed as one of the best comedies of all time) and It's a Wonderful Life, they have a color version now, but I still like the black and white original and I still watch it ever December.
I predict a lot of snarky, if not outright rude comments for what I'm about to say, but I've watched all of Mel Brooks's movies hoping to find one of them funny. While I find the humor mildly amusing sometimes, they really disappoint in general. If I had to pick one that I'd watch again it would be Life Stinks, which no one ever mentions. Okay, haters, let me have it. 🤣
This movie is awesome 🔥
If I recall, you watched "Clue", right? Madeleine Kahn was in that.
Teri gar played phoebe mom in friends an she was Dustin Hoffmann friend in tootsie another must watch for you it's a comedy
25:29 But she did!
yeah she did
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other movies I would recommend
The Frisco Kid
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Monster Squad
Van Helsing
Munster, Go Home!
Here Come the Munsters
The Munsters (2022)
'Hotel Transylvania
Dracula
Ed Wood
how to stop worrying and start loving the bomb
Pleasantville
Wizard of Oz
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Elephant Man
Clerks
Its a wonderful Life
Mirical on 34th Street
A Night at the Opera
King Kong
'White Zombie and Night of the Living Dead (which you can upload fully as both are public domain)
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Such a classic! 🔥🔥🔥