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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes pic!
Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles were early introductions to a realm of smart, edgy comedy for me. Young Frankenstein was quoted daily around the house and Blazing Saddles was the movie I got much joy from while introducing it to my friends. I even took it to school and convinced my 9th grade English teacher to play it. Her only comment on it was looking up from grading papers (this was our free time post-finals) after about the 400th use of the N-word in the film saying simply, “I hate that word,” before going back to her work.
Mel Brooks was a major presence in my developing years, so it is with great pleasure that I include one of my favorite films of his in this little column.
Young Frankenstein has aged beautifully and has grown up with me, it seems. There are layers to the comedy that I hadn’t noticed in my earlier viewings. It’s a great spoof once you’ve seen the first three Frankenstein films… I didn’t see Son of Frankenstein until my late teen years and that’s where most of the actual spoofing in Young Frankenstein comes from, so you can imagine that peeled back yet another layer to the movie.
The spoof movie is a lost art. Young Frankenstein can stand on its own and isn’t merely a series of recognizable scenes and modern references. Everything about the film, from the original Frankenstein props to the way Brooks shot it, makes it feel more like a comedy sequel.
Gene Wilder wrote the script, so he has a lot to be thanked for on this one… but I’m such a big fan of his that I’d thank him for Citizen Kane, so my words on this are pretty suspect.
Anyway, it’s a staged shot, but a color photo of the cast in wardrobe and on-set with Mel Brooks. See the Blue Peter Boyle, the crazy-eyed genius Marty Feldman and the incredibly hot young Teri Garr! Shame there’s no sign of Cloris Leachman’s Frau Blucher. (::nnnneeeeiiiggghhhh::)
Enjoy!
If you have a pic you think should be included email me. I’m looking for the iconic, the rare or the just plain cool behind the scenes shots to feature here.
Tomorrow’s Behind the Scenes pic will turn the day into nighttime and the night into daytime! See ya’ then!
-Quint
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Previous Behind the Scenes pics:
- Alien
- Big Trouble In Little China
- Clash of the Titans
- Dr. Strangelove
- Sesame Street
- The Birds
- The Dark Knight
- Batman (1989)
- Batman: The TV Series
- Stephen King’s IT
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Superman
- The French Connection
- Tron
- The Road Warrior
- Ghostbusters
- King Kong (’33)
- The Empire Strikes Back (Luke with Slate)
- Rebel Without A Cause
- Taxi Driver
- Metropolis
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Tommy Chong Meets The Blues Brothers
- The Empire Strikes Back (Filming the Crawl)
- John Carpenter’s The Thing
- Jaws
- Die Hard
- Aliens
- Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
- The Howling
- Revenge of the Creature
- The Empire Strikes Back (Vader & Luke Duel)
- The Godfather
- Rambo III
- Vertigo
- Planet of the Apes
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Labyrinth
- RoboCop
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Marathon Man
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Oh well. Teri Garr was cute.
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Easily. Hands down.
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We used to show that movie in school to see how many people come out and quote it throughout the day!
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<p>...but a great shot from a great flick nonetheless.</p> <p>P.S. This column is the best thing about AICN right now.</p>
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She's so easy to crush on. I always imagined that she'd accept me and my weird looking hair. Same with Gilda Radner.
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Yes please.
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The bit-part by Gene Hackman is about the funniest thing ever put to film.
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I know (many) others have voiced this opinion, but this feature is my new favorite thing about AICN.
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Young Frankenstien and Blazing Saddles are my favourite comedies of all time. Brooks never reached the brilliance of those films in his career again. Absolute classic!
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You're missing some of the best gags and funniest sequences in film history. Few moments in cinema are as comically disarming as the first time one watches the "Puttin on the Ritz" scene.
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Funniest scene ever
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...Young Frankenstein is pretty much the only Mel Brooks film I like...and it's one of my all-time favorite movies. Blazing Saddles is ok, but I think it dates a bit.
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FUCK! Wrong movie.
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"Too late."
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So many great quotable lines from that movie. One of my all time favorites.
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There! I've touched it! Tried this once on my parents after seeing YF for the first time. Genius. Although I was smacked in the face with a pokchop for my comedy stylings. Classic film. I still qoute it at least 50 times a year.
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I'm in my late 20's so maybe I just don't get the humour of that time, but I can't remember laughing once when i saw Young frankenstien. Not a bad movie persay, but to see it continuously pop up on best of comedy lists baffles me
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I new that was going to happen.
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He faked his death, put on a blond wig, and is currently running for governor of California. You haven't fooled me "Meg Whitman".
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Because your reaction to "Young Frankenstein" is exactly the reaction that everyone who is NO LONGER IN THEIR 20's has to "Scott Pilgrim." Well, at least the discerning ones.
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...is great. Can you imagine the reaction now? Ah what a different world it was.
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How's it feel to be dead inside? Never mind, you obviously can't feel anything.
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As a matter of fact, too many times to count. Mel Brooks best in my opinion, followed by Silent Movie, the Producers, and Blazzing Saddles. I even have a soft spot for High Anxiety even though it's more on how well Brooks recreated iconic Hitchcock scenes than how funny it is.
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"Oh thank you Doctor!"
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(Thunder crashes...horses scream in terror)
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God, how I miss her!
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But that picture is clearly posed! Posed! I want candid shots, dammit. Wait, I'm not actually doing any of the work here. Carry on then, carry on.
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Obvious from my nickname here?
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...that mistake being Spaceballs the Animated Series.
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That whole hotsie-totsie, cock tease / Bride of Frankenstein bit is still a scream to this very day. The Snort, though, pushes it into the realm of the sublime...
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I always found that to be one of the funniest lines, and it's from Brooks' narration in the trailer!
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Comedy of the 70s? Is there such a thing? Madeline and Teri are so beautiful in this. <p> I don't think 'Blazing Saddles' would get made today. Oversensitive, PC douche nozzles are too many. <p> Again, best thing at AICN is this column and here's hoping for AMAD's soon return. Somebody needs a raise. Elevate me! Right here, Doctor - now?
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Seven or eight quick ones and then you're out with the boys to boast and brag. You better keep your mouth shut!
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i saw this for the first time a few years ago and didnt find it funny at all either. like you i kept hearing about how hilarious it was, hell my mom kept saying how funny it was my whole life. she's the reason i gave it a shot but yeah, guess its one of those movies you have to be from the time to truly enjoy. though most "classic comedies" are boring to me so not being a huge comedy fan doesnt help. all that said, its funny seeing them in color..especially Boyle, didnt think he was blue.
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Badass in this as well
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the photo is actually a mirror image of the original. compare it to feldman's eyes in other photos. here is the original: http://compare.ebay. com/like/320575165215?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&rvr_id=127007255163&crlp=1_263602_263632&UA=WXI8&GUID=7d10ef4a12a0a06c1c45a735ffe825b0&itemid=320575165215&ff4=263602_263632
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The Choppah's kinda reminding me of a more aggresive and hyped up JettL with his name drops and hanging with movie stars. If I had to bang a mom from the 80s I think I'd choose Dee Wallace over Teri Garr. It'd be a tough choice, though.
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It's not my favorite Brooks movie by any means.
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love this guy... spaceballs is awesome
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love this guy... spaceballs is awesome
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100 bucks says the Choppah isn't even from the US.
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FROEdrik!
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At least for me, its funny in the sense that while I don't laugh out loud, I do chuckle...but the scenes and joke are so classic and never got old. Compared with most people think is "funny" now, its much better. Things like the hangover aren't funny after the first time for me. But young frankenstein never gets old.
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I about piss myself every time when Peter Boyle belts that out. Funniest. Shit. Ever.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 2:50 p.m. CST
A lot of stoners in my high school look like that GENE WILDER
by Tigger Tales
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If you don't find Mel Brooks movies funny (at least YF and BS) you can't be my friend. Sorry, but that's how it is. Took a girl to see Young Frank back in '77. I was pissing myself laughing throughout the movie while she chuckled a couple of times. Even though she was a great fuck, that was the end of that. Threw her body in a dumpster behind a gay bar on 6th St. No, just kidding; it was a biker bar.
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Teri Garr was so fucking hot. Young Frankenstein and Close Encounters. Shit, man, she was off the chain.
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Hell, imagine hanging with Cybill Shepherd during Taxi Driver. Heard she was kinda bitchy during Moonlighting but damn she's hot in Taxi Driver.
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I can watch those over and over.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 3 p.m. CST
Teri Garr has never been given her due as a sexy woman...
by Shut the Fuck up Donny
She's always been a comedic actress, but she is totally hot in a very girl-next-door kinda way. Hard to find that anymore. Her eyes always look so damn innocent. <p> However, for those in the know, she has a GREAT scene in Let it Ride where's she's in a naughty outfit that really highlights her...assets.
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Hot.
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Let me out of here, get me the Hell out of here. What's the matter with you people, I was joking! Don't you know a joke when you hear one?!? HA HA HA HA!! Jesus Christ, get me out of here! OPEN THIS GODDAMN DOOR I'LL KICK YOUR ROTTEN HEADS IN! MOMMYYYYY!!!!
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(awkward pause like only gene wilder could do)<p>let's go
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Coppola, Brooks, Spielberg, Ballard, Pollack, etc. All heavy hitters..
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Quint!! Yet another spot on commentary/posting of a true classic Mel Brooks film! It sounds like..judging by what your wrote..that you and I grew up in the same era of films and TV shows! I totally agree with you about the various layers of comdey this truely funny film has...Mel Brooks was and will always BE a wiley comedic genius who not only went for the total visual shtick but also the subtle silly pause to look at the camera "did you get that one? type wink wink nudge nudge" look The cast of this movie was just such a melding of true profesionals and comedic screwballs that was just perfect...how can you NOT like this film and NOT enjoy the silliness of Gene WIlder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Chloris Leechman and even a young HOT ooking Terri Gar? (Holy crap, Terri Garr was one of those actresses who seemed to defy Age for a while...she was in an old episode of Star Trek, Young Frankenstein, Mr Mom...just to name a few!) Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles will ALWAYS be my favorite Mel Brooks of all time!
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Trying hard not to laugh out loud here at work just reading the numerous quotes you guys are throwing out there. I could watch this film a hundred more times and still make myself sick from laughing so hard.
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think YF is hilarious needs to get themselves to a hospital for a funnybone implant...STAT
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He vass my BOYFRIEND !!!
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You do not have a soul. You do not exist. You do not have one thing in you that makes you what we would define as human. You are a loser. Nuff Said.
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Is One from the Heart.Shes great ,plus shower scene.Nastasia Kinski's never looked hotter either.
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What do you think is funny? Just curious. Also, it's great to hear that people don't like something as amazing as YF. Shows that even though not everyone likes the stuff I do, that my stuff might still be amazing.
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I never knew that shower scene existed...
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"said- a ...give? said a give! give him a sedative!" <p> "right on the nose-y" <p> "SAID-A-GIVE?!?!?" <p> was there ever a better comedy cast put together than YF? wilder, leechman, kahn, boyle, garr, marty fucking feldman? i think not.
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The outtakes of the scene where Feldman says "You take the blond, I'll take the one in the turban," are absolutely classic. Feldman is killing everyone in the scene. They can't get through it. I love the Groucho style delivery. "Toibin."
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that Gene Wilder wrote the script. May explain why he seemed to attack this role with such relish and abandon. May be the funniest acting effort of his career.
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hermit scene is genius. The expression on Peter Boyle face as he suffers time after time is the stuff of silent comedy legends.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 4:02 p.m. CST
"OH SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE AT LAST I'VE FOUND YOU!"
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder
You know what's sad? <p>Most of the geeks that live on this site will never get that joke.
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Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide Gorilla?
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but this is still a classic. For me, BS edges it out just for the one scene: "The new sheriff is a" (BONGGGG) "What did he say?" "He said the new sheriff is near!!"
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Comedians of today take note --- all the "fucks" you can utter will never be as funny as ONE well-placed "Awww, shit!" from Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles.
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...and the other one is for socks and poo poo undies.
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The first time I saw Young Frankenstein I had no idea Gene Hackman was in it. When I saw him I was like "Hey look! It's Reverend Scott!"
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interviewed by Alec Baldwin about a year ago. What a sweetheart of a guy.
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would be forced to resign and be nationally vilified as every 24 hour news channel scrambled to book Al Sharpton for his expert analysis of the situation. <p> The only cool movie we ever got to watch in school was the original "Clash of the Titans." It was my English teacher's lazy way of "teaching" mythology. Worked out well for me however because by then I'd seen it about 37 times, aced the test on it without trying, and scored 15 bonus points on the essay question by correctly transcribing Calibos's "ring riddle" from memory. Good times.
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Why is Madeline Kahn not in this picture? She stole this movie out from under Teri Garr...it's twoo it's twoo. As she did in every movie, Blazing Saddles, Clue. A true loss to the comic world when she died!
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Behind the scenes pics that actually teach a lesson about film-making.<p> I never knew that Peter Boyle's make-up was blue. I said to myself, "self, why would they do that?"<p> Did the DP choose blue instead of green (or even gray) because he thought it would turn out different when shot in black & white? I've read that blue tends to come out a little lighter than green when shot in B&W, but would the difference really be that noticeable?<p> Or maybe blue makeup is just cheaper than green makeup, or maybe the blue makeup didn't smell as bad or irritate the skin or something like that?<p> Or maybe it was just coincidence?<p> Regardless, this is the sort of picture I LOVE to see from the BTS series, cuz it makes me think about the film-making process.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 4:29 p.m. CST
On another note, one of my friends' mom looks like Teri Garr.
by Royston Lodge
His house was very popular amongst the geeky adolescent boys in the neighbourhood.
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Nobody could play spooky-funny-seething-manic-unhinged like that guy. Hell, half of that was his hair! Think about his Wonka for a moment. You could never be sure if he was going to give you a smile and a warm pat on the head or if he might slip a razor blade in your candy. Brilliant.
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"Why are you talking that way?"<p>"I thought you wanted to"<p>"No, I don't want to."<p>That exchange slays me every time...
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Suit yourself, I'm easy.
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It's still warm.
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Soitenly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban.
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No thank you. <p> Some varm milk perhaps? <p> No. Thank you. I'm a little tired. <p> ...Ovaltine. <p> No! Nothing! Thank you!
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"Put. The candle. Back."
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Ahh, Madeline Kahn...
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dont get sucked into internet group think with teh same ol BZ/YF.
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BZ/YF are more amusing and clever but Robin Hood is actually ha ha funny.
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BZ=BS
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I just quickly watched a couple of scenes on YouTube to see how the monster's skin tone compares to the other actors.<p> From a "brightness" point of view, there isn't much of a difference. He doesn't look much darker or brighter than the others.<p> However, from a "contrast" point of view there does appear to be a difference.<p> It appears that the blue make up absorbed or scattered more of the light while the natural skin toned people reflected it more.<p> So there are more "hot spots" on the flesh-toned people, and the shadows on their faces are more defined.<p> On the monster the contrast levels on the skin seem more uniform or dull. I assume this was intentional to get a dull, grey "dead skin" sort of look as opposed to the bright, shiny, "alive" look of the flesh-toned people.<p> When shot in black & white, blue makeup doesn't just show up as being lighter, it also would absorb yellow light. Also, the shade of blue looks sort of hald-way between blue and cyan. Cyan absorbs red. Since skin tone reflects a fair bit of yellow and red, that shade of blue makeup might be why the monster looks slightly "duller" by comparison.<p> It's just a theory, but I like it.<p> FYI: I would also like to note that the monster is blue on the original posters for Young Frankenstein, so it's not like they were every trying to imply that he was a different colour.<p> Grey-Blue is really closer to the true colour of dead flesh than bright green, after all.
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I was three years old and my parents had taken me with them to see it. I have a very clear memory of the film getting stuck in the projector and melting during the scene where Igor is looking at the brain jars. I love it. I love the fact that my very first movie was "Young Frankenstein." There's got to be some kind of nerd award for that, right?!? Well... it's the first one I can ever remember seeing in the theater. Man... I hope they didn't take me to something shitty when I was a baby. And if they did, I hope I screamed and cried and made them leave. People used to do that in the 70's. People used to actually take their screaming brats into the lobby so as not to disturb the other paying patrons. That's a lost art of parenthood now. I saw the theatrical re-release of "The Exorcist" several years back and someone had brought their baby with them. To the fucking Exorcist. The kid, rightfully, started screaming its fool head off. Imagine that for a minute. Someone took their infant to a screening of The Exorcist with all its nightmarish imagery and blood curdling audio track. That's fucking child abuse, isn't it? That kid is probably killing neighborhood cats now.
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Maybe I'm just a sucker for a Star Wars parody, but I find the pacing on Brooks' older movies a little odd.<p> Spaceballs seemed to do a better job of keeping things moving along. However, even it has a few moments where I'm left wondering if the editor wasn't really trying that hard.
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HELL YEAH!
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Red is the predominant colour in human skin.<p> Blue is farther away from red on the spectrum than green is.<p> Therefore, when shot in black and while, green would look similar to the flesh-toned actors than blue does.<p> Hence, blue make-up.<p> Really, this seems like the simplest explanation, and I am a slave to guys named Occam wielding sharp blades.
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ve had better make DAMN SURE! That young Frankenstein is indeed...VOLLOWINGINHISGRANDFAZERSVOOTSHTAPS!"<p>"WHAAAAT?"<p>"Vollowing in his grandfather's voot-shtaps, voot-shtaps, voot-shtaps!"<p>"OHHHHH!"
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*sob*
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Sorry RedBull_Werewolf, but it has nothing to do with age. I am 27 and this is my favorite comedy along with Dr. Strangelove. There is just something so wrong with not liking Young Franskenstein.
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dude! check it out whatever way you can! (so jealous)
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...and you are a FRONKENSTEEN!
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Teri Garr vs. david letterman, man that was great!
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thanks quint!
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I was gonna make espresso.
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Boris karloffs make-up was shades of green apparently.it looks like they chose blue/grey for Boyles make-up to get as close as possible without infringing tight copywrite laws.
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..when he was asked what did he "receive" in return after the transplant operation..classic!
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More peaple need to know of that shower scene , I should make it my lifes work to spread the word.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 6:02 p.m. CST
Oh hell yeah... Terri Garr back in the day!
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
That weird old episode of Trek that was trying to spin off some crazy new series, she was in that rockin' miniskirts and go-go boots. She was hot in CE3K and even Mr. Mom, too.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 6:06 p.m. CST
REdbull_Werewolf didn't find it funny...
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
...See what I'm talking about in the Chelsea Handler post? Mongoloid America, my friends.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 6:10 p.m. CST
Man, I so used to want to bang Teri Garr.
by TheBikeShopOwnerFromDifferentStrokes
70's and 80's she was hot!
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...How about Dee Wallace, Terri Garr and the chcik from Jaws in succession. Or better, all at once!
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...how about the hillbilly parents who start smacking the kid when it cries, only causing it to cry even more. "Aw dunn tol' yoo Earl Joonyer, stop that thar cryin' else'n thar's mo' asskickin' whar that dun come frum!"
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Aug. 19, 2010, 6:19 p.m. CST
Of course I meant the naked chick from Jaws...
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
... not Brody's wife. Or hell, the chick wearing the kerchief who yelled "Shark! Shark in the pond! It's in the pond!" She was pretty cute, too.
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That and on "One From the Heart". Dayum.
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Is good but so many things stand on its shoulders that it appears dated inretrospect. With that said, Blazing Saddles makes today's movies look tame with its racial humor. God that movie's funny.
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This is a nice boy. This is a good boy. This is a mother's angel. And I want the world to know once and for all, and without any shame, that we love him. I'm going to teach you. I'm going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. Together, you and I are going to make the greatest single contribution to science SINCE THE CREATION OF FIRE!!!<p>Dr. Fronkensteen! Are you all right?<p>MY NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN!<p>That's some good shit.
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Best part of the film.
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seeing as how you think "persay" is a word, I'm going to assume your brand of comedy is a little...um...dumber?
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This is my favorite pic, of this series, so far. Well done, Quint.
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so underrated, she should have won for Tootsie, it was the harder part to play, not Jessica. Remmeber her on Letterman about 100x, when he was funny. The one where she takes the shower is hilarious. So sad that so many of the cast had serious health problems later in life, including TG, Marty, Maddy, and Gene
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To this day, whenever I watch that movie, even though I know it's coming, that line still makes me laugh out loud. Every. Time. God bless Mel Brooks.
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Aug. 19, 2010, 7:37 p.m. CST
"Certainly - you take the blond and I'll take the one in the tur
by MisterBlue
great line - delivered in "Groucho-ese"
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..is so freakin' hot in this movie.
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And I think it's just about time THAT WE HAD ONE!!!
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BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Now I am deflated. Sigh...<p> ;-)
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Caught it for a couple of minutes. Love that movie. Brooks is a god. I wish he had more winners after Life Stinks, which was pretty damn funny. Kind of makes me want to go out and get all of them on Bluray if available.
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Man, what a great year Mel Brooks had! Young Frankenstein AND Blazing Saddles.
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You have to see it...
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I'm gonna give you chaps a break (no not in the head) given your 'boring' assessment of this movie (and Marathon Man, too.) See by the time I finally got the chance to see Monty Python's Holy Grail (my Senior year of H.S.) I had heard many of the jokes,bits, references so it didn't provide quite the same zing as my friends claimed it would. If that is your situation I pity you and hope that at some point in your life you will have matured enough that these classic bits of celluloid greatness can be seen in a better light. Much like realizing that there is far more to a Monet that just blurred colors
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taffeta sweetheart...
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To how freakin' great these movies were. This and Blazing Saddles featured actual human beings being natural, funny and human. That sounds obvious but look at how bad comedies are now.
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I must have seen it a hundred times & know all the lines by heart, but I still sit there with a goofy smile on my face all the way through & "Puttin' On The Ritz" gives me a belly laugh every single time. & for those guys who don't like it, I don't think age/time period has anything to do with it. It came out 4 years before I was even born, I saw it sometime in the 90's & I love it! Funny is funny.
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Mel Brooks didn't think the "Puttin' On the Ritz" gag was funny. He didn't even want to shoot it. Gene Wilder fought for it and after the first screening Brooks congratulated Wilder for sticking to his guns because it got such a big laugh.But Brooks still doesn't think it's that funny.<br /><br />And... Aerosmith wrote "Walk This Way" as a tribute to the scene where Marty Feldman says that, and then Wilder mimics his walk.
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Needs to be rebooted for today's generation.
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<p>Yah! yah! Track 29. Oh. And can I give you a shine?</p> <p>Uhhh.. no thanks.</p>
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Then: Young Frankenstein. Now: Vampires suck. Oh how low we have fallen...
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I weep for the future of this so-called civilization.
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The Blu Ray features much better behind the scenes shots than this.
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it could be raining. I use this line a lot. I don't think people get it.
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<p>when these things would happen to him. The things he would say to me.</p> <p> What did he say?</p> <p> What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night?! Why don't you get out of there! Give someone else a chance!</p>
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Aug. 20, 2010, 12:19 a.m. CST
Quint, Thank you for not putting the focus on Mel as the masterm
by TRON
Quint, Thank you for not putting the focus on Mel as the mastermind. Don't get me wrong, Mel was my comic idol for years, I went out of my way to get my photo taken with him when I was 15. Thought he was the funniest movie maker out there. Then the reality set it,,,,, every film that I enjoyed that he directed, he only had part in writing it. Spontaneous,,,,yes!!!!!!!!! Funny .....you BET!!!!!!!!!!! Genius NO!!!! Orson Well is genius,,, Hitchcock is genius,,,, they can write a complete script and direct their way to perfection. Mel's talent was sifting through others work and sifting the shit out and adding icing on the cake....Mel Brooks even was against the Puttin' on the Ritz scene. Gene insisted on shooting it. I remember when I heard about Mel teaming up with Leslie Nielson (Dracula, Dead and Loving It) thought it would by dynamite!! Boy I was wrong, it seems he tried too hard to copy the exact pace and timing that Gene did with writing Young Frankenstein.
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She was definitely a hottie. Like Alyson Hannigan crossed with Lisa Kudrow. It's a testament to the history of film (and degradation of quality in writing and acting) that her ditzy/bombshell hotties of comedies characters will stand the test of time while Alyson Hannigan's American Pie character probably won't get much more than a mention on I Love the Early 21st Century part 3 circa 2020.
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"Young Frankenstein" is definitely Mel Brooks' best film. But I want to give a shout out to two of his films that haven't been mentioned in this TB as of yet: "Silent Movie" and "History of the World: Pt 1". Neither of these movies are anywhere close to the perfection that is YF (Mel shoulda stayed behind the camera for his post "Young Frankenstein" career). But both "Silent Movie" and "History of the World" are funny movies, and they don't get the love and respect they deserve. I'd recommend "The Twelve Chairs" too, but I haven't seen it in 20 years, so I don't remember if it's funny or not. In fact, I don't remember it at all.
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is History of the World pt. 1! The Spanish Inquisition scene is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen on film! and yes Terri Garr is in the top 10 of all time!
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"We are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind, DEAD IS DEAD" Favorite line there. The real problem is that comedy is becoming more and more low bro merely pandering to idiots. Look at the current crop of spoof movies, it's some of the most idiotic jokes tied together with nothing even resembling a storyline. The current crop of comedians nowadays are not even close to funny (look at SNL from the 70's and early 80's and look at it now and tell me, which one was truly funnier.) I like intelligent comedy, I'll take some slapstick but when crap like BORAT or Will Ferrel are what's considered funny...I'm sorry, I'll throw in the towel.
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...for Young Frankenstein. I started chuckling when I read the first few quotes from the film in this talkback, and by the time I got to the guy who mentioned “voot shteps, voot shteps, voot shteps!” I was laughing out loud. There is not one single comedy I can think of other than YF that puts me in that weird mood where I can laugh out loud just thinking about it (not even Blazing Saddles which I dearly love). The humor in YF is the rare kind that not only hits you right in the face but also slips under your skin and assaults your funny bone from within and takes up permanent residence there, ready to strike you at the most inopportune moments (such as right now at work). <p> I agree that YF is a litmus test. Not thinking it’s funny is like not liking Midnight Run – it makes you a person I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with because your brain is obviously alien to everything I find basic in life.
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...and speaking of horror spoofs, I actually subjected myself to Stan Helsing fairly recently on DVD. I literally felt my spine curve, my brain jellify and my lifespan shorten by ten years when it was over. Christ almighty, it's impossible to conceive that both YF and SH are the products of the same civilization.
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You do know that Teri Garr played Lisa Kudrows mother in friends? <p>This is probably my favourite comedy ever. Loving the love on here. <p>But Kudos for Stuntcock Mike for The PRoducers reference. Second best conedy of all time, mayhaps?<p>"I was born in Duseldolf and that is why they call me Ralph" <br>"Dont be stupid, be a smarty; come and join the Nazi party!"
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as the single mother next door? Even in Mr Mom she had it working. And the Letterman bit? Just a wonderful and beautiful woman.
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Still is funny. What'd he say? The sheriff is near. No, dagnabitt I said the sheriff is GONG!! Oh, we know the sheriff is near. Right up there with the inflatable auto pilot scene in Airplane!
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Great, now I can't get that out of my head.
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...Teri Garr stirred the lust of intergalactic despot, Todd Spengo. <p> "I will have you, Marge Nelson! Mwahahahaha!!"
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don't think so? I don't care cuz you're a loser then. If you don't respect Mel or Woody...then u don't know comedy.
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How about Banana's? Doesn't he play himself and get shot in the opening minutes?
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Your theory still holds up.... Karloffs make-up was green,{ after several other colours were tested} exactly because of the efect it has in Black and white.So Boyles make-up just followed the same approach
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Aug. 20, 2010, 1:12 p.m. CST
Ahhhh... There's the sweet validation I crave so much...
by Royston Lodge
...it's an addiction, it is.
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Ohh...thank you Doctor. Saw this once on TV and they edited that line so he says "What Jugs!" How on earth did some censor decide jugs less offensive than knockers? Ruined the joke,made no sense whatsoever and completely only brought attention to Teri's charms as I'm sure there must have been 5 or 6 people watching who didn't get the joke! This was like 25 years ago and it still makes me mad! lol
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laughing a ton here. What a great film. Somebody already said it but I'm really partial to "There wolf. There castle." My old ass dad still does the "Walk this way..." schtick. Haaaa
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One of the greatest comedies of all time.
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"Class... dismissed..." ---- "Would you mind telling me whose brain.. I... DID.. put in?" ----- "Don't inhale til the tip glows. WAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" ------ "Nice workin' with ya." ---- "..and I'll BLOCK the bookcase with my body.. *CRUNCH*" ----- "He's going to be very popular." ----- "I just wish I could give you a little PEACE.." ------ "No tongues!" Oh and on nd on and on... I could literally sit here and watch this entire movie from beginning to end, that is how many times I have seen it and how much love I carry around for it. Easily top 5 comedy of all time.
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