The Producers 1967 * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary
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- Back into the world of Mel Brooks and my love of Gene Wilder! The original Producers - and I bet you can guess what song I made my thumbnail face at...
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Watching Ashleigh watch Springtime was one of the most enjoyable things i have ever seen.
Thank you 😂😂 please tell me why it’s been stuck in my head for 5 days 😂
Absolutely! and that hint of southern drawl y'all,.. joyous!
@@awkwardashleigh Because you haven't been brave enough to let it out by singing it at the top of your lungs in public? That's the only surefire way to get it out of your head.
I've had that song in my head since you announced on Monday that this was today's member movie pick.
@@awkwardashleigh SPRINGTIME for HITLER & GERMANY !! THE look of stunned audience was a great idea before they started laughing lol
One of Mel Brooks's lifelong goals was to make Hitler one big joke.
sadly, we now have lots of modern day brownshirts out using the very playbook the man used to get into power..... the man has to be cringing to watch society.....i know i am...
Hence, presumably, why he loved _Jojo Rabbit_ so much.
@@danielcopeland3544 I can see mel praising jojo rabbit, I like that I know that now, such a good film
@@ingibingi2000 Taika Waititi was very moved by Mel Brooks' compliments; he felt they were as good an award as getting an Oscar (which he went on to do, for Best Adapted Screenplay).
"Gene Wilder can sing!"
Yeah, you really need to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Yes. It's a must for any Gene Wilder fan.
Ashleigh, please don't tell me you've never seen Gene in Willy Wonka. 😱
That pipe doesn't go to the marshmallow room
@@spikeysnack ..it goes to the fudge room...
"Impossible my dear lady, it's absurd. Unthinkable!"
I love Willy Wonka so much! It's one of my top 7 favorite movies! 😘😘😚🤗🤗😊☺
14:19 is Mel Brooks' voice. He didn't like the voice of the actor, so he did the line. It became a trademark of the play version; Mel Brooks delivered that line every single show.
That’s Mel in the role. He only did that in the broadway show.
@@jamesmoyner7499Mel is only credited with the voice. That performer looks similar to Mel but younger.
The best phrase to sum up this movie is "So what, who am I offending, the Nazis?"
Before Mel Brooks used satire to defeat Nazis, he helped defeat them for real at the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945, as a member of the 78th Infantry Division.
He used to serenade the enemy troops across no man’s land!!
czcams.com/video/GnLSkIOlrAQ/video.html
a Combat Engineer no less.
Holy crap. I hope that is true because that would be amazing.
@@SeanVito it is true. Mel explained this movie by saying that the only way to keep winning over the Nazis is to make fun of them - his ultimate revenge.
@@Rosiepooh75 he want the only one. Many of the people who lived and fought through WWII saw the best way to defeat the Nazi Ideology was to make it look as stupid as possible. The BBC Comedy Allo Allo did it and so did Hogan's Heroes. Both shows had people who either fought or survived the Nazi's (The actor who played Col. Klink was an actual Holocaust survivor). Now people who only know of WWII from history books deem that "disrespectful".
Mel did get a slight cameo: He did the voice-dubbing of "Don't be stupid; be a smarty. Come and join the Nazi Party."
Looked like him tho.
That was Mel.
Yup and she used that clip in her video and still didn’t recognize him!
he also sang the same line in the 2005 remake and in the musical version
14:19
"Little old lady land? You can imagine how dry of a place that is." OMFG you made me spit out my drink laughing!
Not all Gene films are great, but all films with Gene in them, He's Great. Soft dulcet tone, deep-blue oceanic eyes, and able to go from dead calm to hysterical and back again, at the drop of a blankety. A Class Act!
If you haven't yet, read his memoir "Kiss Me Like a Stranger". Had me laughing, crying, crying from laughing. Fantastic book that will make you love Gene even more. As great an actor as he was, as a human he was even greater. My favorite actor ever and there isn't a close second.
What bad films have Gene Wilder in them?
"This movie can't be remade today"
It was remade in 2005 and has been on broadway for decades.
No, she was correct. It can't. Can't as in cannot, just because they did doesn't mean we have to acknowledge they did.
@@susanlawens3776 "just because they did doesn't mean we have to acknowledge they did"
Um.... What?
@@andrewpowers3697 In English I think Susan meant none of the remakes can hold a candle to the original. Also in current year you can't do anything like this.
@@andrewpowers3697 On TVTropes, they’d call that “Fanon Discontinuity.”
@@BreetaiZentradi Except we have shows like South Park, Family Guy, It's Always Sunny that have done things far more provocative, and they are all still on the air, so I miss your point?
Silver Streak, the first Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor team up. Their best.
YES!! I've been requesting that one for awhile, let's start a campaign. ;-)
Absolutely. I’m astonished that Ashleigh hasn’t reviewed that already.
@@daveolson6001 she's only got a limited time to do a practically unlimited repertoire :)
With See No Evil, Hear No Evil close second?
@@bosoerjadi2838 Absolutely.
"The Frisco Kid" with Gene and Harrison Ford is a must.
An underrated, and overlooked gem. I second the vote.
Yes it is
If I remember that’s the one with Gene being a rabbi on this way to SF and make friends with Ford, right?
As Hedley Lamarr says in Blazing Saddles “Too Jewish “
Luv that movie
Something I never knew when I first watched The Producers is that the play Max Bialystok rejects as too good (Gregor Samsa awoke to find himself transformed into a giant cockroach...) is based on the opening line of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis.
Also weirdly enough that Book inspired the Pokemon Kadabra, and probably the Horrormovie the Fly.
Very obscure Reference.
I think Mel Brooks is a fan of that book because in Spaceballs the Megamaid is called Operation Metamorphosis and the person to activate it is named Kafka
Anyone know if Mel Brooks likes Joyce's Ulysees since Gene Wilder's character is named Leo Bloom?
I once watched a show where Gene Wilder was being interviewed. Gene talked about the first time he laid eyes on Mel. He said that Mel was wearing this really nice pea jacket. So, when they started talking, Gene told Mel how much he admired his pea jacket. Mel, without missing a beat, told Gene that they used to call them urine jackets, but they didn't sell.
The "I'm hysterical and I'm wet" scene is my wife's all time favorite Gene Wilder scene.
TMI dude😂
Mel's voice was in this film: "Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join ..." Also, this film was remade as a musical in 2005 with Mathew Broderick (Ferris Bueler) iin Gene Wilder's role with Nathan Lane.
That was Mel in the role costume and al.
@jamesmoyner7499 no he is only credited with the voice. The actor is much younger than him.
@@Lensmaster1 I know what I am talking about. In this film. In that scene in that role that is 100% Mel Brooks. I am an expert on him and that is Mel.
@jamesmoyner7499 I'll believe you have studied Mel Brooks and are an expert on him. My question is where do I find information on that? The few things I can find online say that he only dubbed the audio.
@@Lensmaster1 Okay. The one you are describing is the 2005 film. That one was not him. That one he did dub over for, but does appear in the post credit scene.
This film though the 1967 Producers that is Mel on stage saying that line in the costume.
Yes, Ashleigh, we, the longtime fans, know about how much you love Gene Wilder. What this longtime fan wants to know is when you'll get to his signature role "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".
That’s an excellent question!
Gene is 100% pure magic in Willy Wonka.
even though he's amazing in everything it really is the one he's known for
@@awkwardashleigh It's the role he was born to play !
Most memorable, for sure.
Mel Brooks is in this. He's the chorus guy who sings, "Don't be stupid, be a smah-ty. come and join the Nazi Pah-ty!"
He repeated that line for the theme song to To Be Or Not To Be.
Can't believe she missed that. His voice is so distinctive.
That wasn’t Brooks, it was his voice dubbed over the actors’.
@@The_Great_Darino actually, take a look at the scene again. That is a very young Mel. His voice is dubbed over the actor in the Musical remake.
@@herbyragan7801 That's not Mel. Clean your glasses.
"Why does Gene not want Mel to appear...?"
He wants you all to himself, Ashleigh.
How could you go thru this masterpiece and never mention Zero Mostel! He was a GENIUS!
My thoughts exactly. Zero Mostel was fantastic in this role, and was a great actor, comedic, and otherwise. A very intelligent man, as well. Love him!
The Frisco Kid, Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, one's a rabbi and the other is a gunfighter/outlaw. Hilarity ensues.
So underrated!
I haven't seen it in decades.
@@1nelsondj available on DVD. Had it for years.
Was about to comment this.
Isn’t Harrison one of her future ex-husbands? If so, she has to get behind me!!! Or we can share, lol.
Omg that was a favorite growing up, so funny and sweet.
10:01 “Little old lady land… and you can only imagine how dry of a place that is.” 🤪😂🤣
Try Zero Mostel in "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum"
Mostel was in a forgotten Robert Redford film called 'The Hot Rock' which is a bit odd, but one of my favorite films.
That is one of my favorite plays!
Something for everyone, a comedy tonight!
@@bbb462cid That's another one of those movies that our family can quote at will.
@@bbb462cid I'm actually a fan of the film. I like it because it's an off beat heist film.
I didn't realize that the original Producers wasn't a musical. I've only seen the remake and it was bizarre to see the whole movie without Max and Leo singing. You've got to see the remake, now.
i've seen this version so many times and I find the musical adaptation bizarre, particularly with supposed external shots of musical numbers performed on the obviously built New York set.
I really prefer this to the musical version and I'm one who generally loves musicals.
You have to remember that this was released only 22 years after the end of the war. Just think about that for a minute,
"Deep into that bush." That was funny Ashleigh.
Reminds me of this song: czcams.com/video/NGulEuVC-IM/video.html
Now you need to watch “The Birdcage” with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane
That's a great movie!
I prefer the French original.
@@brachiator1 I'll have to watch it...didnt know there was one. Thanks.
@@lawrencekelli The original "La Cage aux Folles " was a French comedy play that premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 1 February 1973 and ran for almost 1,800 performances. The principal roles were played by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault. A French-Italian film of the play was made in 1978. There was an American version of the play that inspired "The Birdcage."
The Birdcage is a terrible play and very offensive to both heterosexuals and homosexuals. How's it offensive to homosexuals? It paints them in a horribly stereotypical offensive way. Robin Williams's partner is so female he cries over broken toast. I don't know a single homosexual who cries over broken toast. But this is what Hollywood thinks homosexuals are. I've met a lot of homosexuals in my lifetime and I've never seen one of them cry over something so stupid trivial and some were very blatantly feminine. And it's not just the scene with the toast that's offensive. The whole movie is that way. It's not supposed to be satire on homosexuals, like the producers. It's supposed to be a serious comment on the subject. But it's written by left wing idiots who never spent time with homosexuals.
I'd go further on the matter but today everyone's oversensitive. I could State how I find such acts against God and nature but that would cause an uproar. I could state that it's not the person that we hate but the disgusting vile behavior that is offensive. But some CZcamsr would be overly offensive and attack me personally. So I'm not going to say anything.
Yup. Your face during the big production number. Was my face the first time I saw it. And then they show the freeze-framed audience reaction. And we're all there with our hands over our open mouths. And then we're all screaming!!!
ok, when Ashliegh made the comments "He was deep in that bush" and "what a dry place that must have been", I came to the realization that maybe she's been watching too much Mel Brooks at once.
Not sure that's possible.
In 2001, Mel Brooks adapted this for Broadway as a musical with Nathan Lane (Max Bialystock) and Matthew Broderick (Leo Bloom). It ended up winning 12 Tony Awards and after 9/11, it was the hottest ticket in New York because it was so funny and took people's minds off of the loss of the Towers. Mel, with the same team that made the Broadway show, adapted the musical for the big screen with many of the same actors in their roles (Lane, Broderick, Tony winner Gary Beach as Roger DeBris, and Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia) along with Uma Thurman as Ulla and Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind. Also in a cameo was John Barrowman as the soloist singing "Springtime For Hitler". The film was not as well-liked (I really love it). One of the funniest things about both the stage and screen versions of the musical...Mel still sings "Don't Be Stupid! Be A Smarty! Come And Join The Nazi Party!" in an overdub.
Another great comedy to watch would be the 1943 classic Arsenic and Old Lace staring Cary Grant. I don't know how hard it might be to get but it is worth the watch.
The Gene and Zero scene with the blue blankie that ramps up into painful wet hysterics is one of my favorite moments of cinema of all time. I’ve seen all of Wilder’s work many times and I have A LOT of beloved scenes in my head - but this one is the FIRST that springs to mind when he comes up.
Ashleigh, sorry you broke a nail, but as Mel Brooks said: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger...comedy is when I walk into an open manhole and die."
Hate to be "that guy", but it's "...Comedy is when you..."
Because schadenfreude.
Sorry.
peace (from the UK)
A second for 'a funny thing happened on the way to the forum'. One of the best comedies of the 60s
Yes, and Zero Mostel (Max Bialystock) is in it!
I once saw a live production of that starring Nathan Lane. So funny!
You need to add “A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum” to your must see list. You seem to like the fast paced one liner comedies and you’ll find no funnier movies than it! Great songs as well…
just reccommended that myself. and it's full of the great comic talents from the early 1960's.
Zero Mostel is a masterful actor and comedian!
I also recommend this one! Absolutely adore that film
Watch Buster Keaton drop from a full stand onto his tailbone!
Captain Miles Gloriosus chewing the scenery is not to be missed.
The musical of the movie was amazing! I had front row seats in December 2001, just three months after 9/11, to see Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane as part of an amazing original cast. I've never been to another show like it before or since. When it ended, there was literally a 15 minute standing ovation with at least four curtain calls. It was exactly the kind of humor the nation needed at that time.
The movie of the musical of the movie, on the other hand, isn't really worth it.
Yes, 12 angry men original is still something you should watch.
She has watched "Casablanca"! czcams.com/video/9ZiE4L7XyLw/video.html
I have literally gotten into trouble for singing 'Springtime for Hitler' in the hallway at work. Thankfully my boss thought it was hilarious.
I am from Dusseldorf and that is why the call me ROLF!
Winter for Poland and France!
It’s a catchy tune.. “Winter for Poland & France…”
I tried it on the karaoke-not so much...
@@ajivins1 REALLY?! I am doing that this weekend, thanks for the tip!
"You shut up. You are the audience. I am the author. I OUT RANK YOU!"
J.K. Rowling in a nutshell.
Well they're not wrong.
"He was deep in that bush." - Ashleigh. OMG..you kill me along with Mel Brooks! Great video!
"Giggety!"
One of my favorite Zero Mostel movies is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966).
Hell yes..
I saw a broadway revival of that in the late 1980s. I also saw Producers on broadway. Both were great plays.
@@Sam_on_CZcams There were two Broadway revivals, 1972 with Phil Silvers as Pseudolus and 1995 with Nathan Lane as Pseudolus. Both won the Tony for their performance. In 1989 _Jerome Robbins' Broadway_ had a Forum section, with Jason Alexander as Pseudolus. He also won a Tony for his performance.
Everybody ought to have a serving girl ...
In a less fashionable suburb of Rome.
You have to see "What's UP Doc," its Madeline Kahns first movie and it is a scream, one of the funniest movies out there and contains most of the cast of Blazing Saddles.
second - What's up Doc?
Yes please
I LOVE What's Up, Doc!❤❤❤❤
yes
@@Shaw2184 Yes, Eunice 😁
You MUST watch “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Also, you missed that Hitler was in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.”
I prefer the stage version of the musical over the movie version. The movie cut several of the best songs....
@@jcl410 I agree but Ashleigh is watching movies.
Absolutely love those two films. Great comedies. So many comedians in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Great lines too. We recite many of them on family trips.
The one thing that annoys me 'forum' is that west end version had British comedy legend, Frankie Howard, in zero's role.
I'd have loved to see Frankie in the movie
@@lucywillis4535 I like watching the film version knowing Hero is the Phantom.
I would like to see a “let’s talk about it” tshirt in your gear. That’s my favorite. You’re alot of fun. Thanks
8:11 "'(Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to find) he'd been transformed into a gigantic cockroach." It's to good.'
Max Bialystock is right, that is the first line of Franz Kafka's novella 'The Metamorphosis' (Die Verwandlung).
I really want to see a reaction to "Dr Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb".
Sadly, I predict she'll give it 2/5 stars.
I have it as one of my maybes for melenial movie member
Please don't do that to her.
@@RoverBoy1899 it is my favorite movie by Kubrick
she would probably fail to appreciate it.
Absolutely correct. Mel Brooks is amazing. If you're interested, he was a producer and writer on the remake of The Producers in 2005 with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane. Will Ferrell played the crazy writer.
It seems like you've now watched all of Mel Brooks' most well-known movies. All that's left is The Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie, High Anxiety (his Hitchcock parody), Life Stinks, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (starring Leslie Nielson). Some of these are pretty good, but none really surpass what you've watched so far.
If you loved this you should really watch the 2005 version as well... the story may be the same but the casting is absolutely perfect and will have you laughing like it's the first time watching it again.
Ashleigh: “oh a picture of Hitler. I can’t handle that.”
Me: “You are watching the wrong movie.”
Wait til she gets to "To Be or Not To Be"...
Shes not gonna like the Sound of Music...a Nazi love story.
@@GCEXTREMEMN - I don’t even want to CONSIDER “Schindler’s List!”
A lesser known Mel Brooks movie with him as the main character is "High Anxiety", Mel sings is this one. Its also a homage to the work of Alfred Hitchcock with funny scenes duplicated from the films of that great director including the title of the film title "High Anxiety" a play on the famous Hitchcock film "Vertigo". Madeline Kahn stars as Mel's girlfriend.
Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman absolutely crushed it in High Anxiety.
One of my favorite, an absolutely underrated Brooks film
And Mel's piss-take of Frank Sinatra singing was superb - apparently ol' blue eyes was not happy!
Back in the 80s my college film club played this as the second on double bill with Vertigo.
Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.
You know you have been a fan for a long time when you go, "No, that is Zero Mostel."
Mel Brooks is a genius because he is NOT afraid to be funny. No one today would ever make a movie like this, Mel Brooks movies are so refreshing to watch in a world so hypersensitive to everything he laughs at, the absurdity of life. He is the bravest man in comedy.
"he was deep in that bush"..... I officially luv Ashleigh, and of course Mel Brooks !
Im just wondering if that was the director's intentional joke.
Damn good one.
You like Gene Wilder, I'd suggest THE FRISCO KID.
That also has Harrison Ford.
🎵 Chick'n, chick'n, chick'n
I don't want to hurt you.
I just want to eat you. 🎵
I've been suggesting it since she watched Blazing Saddles. It's such a gem.
@@baskervillebee6097 That's what I think about every time I eat a piece of chicken. lol
@@debbiek4951
Sorry that this movie has been forgotten by most people. Enjoyed it a lot.
"They couldn't make this movie today" Actually (I don't know if it's still running) not that long ago Mel Brooks revived this as a HUGE box office hit Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane and Ferris Beuller.
With a peroxide blond John Barrowman in a supporting role!
@@gozerthegozarian9500 ...we don't talk about him anymore. :-/
This one kills me, every time I watch it. Hilarious perfection!
You NEED to watch What's Up, Doc?! No, not Mel Brooks. But he's not the only comedic genius in the business. 😉
“See No Evil Hear No Evil” from 1989. Gene Wilder and Richard Prior.
Comedy gold.
I've been pitching this movie for months! 🤣
One of my favorites
And Brooks won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
He even beat 2001: A Space Odyssey , also nominated that year.
I absolutely love the remake with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. I definitely recommend that you watch it even if it is just to see Nathan Lane. He is brilliant in it.
It's an adaptation of the Broadway play, does that count as a remake? I don't know
@@jacknapier8201 I'd say so. It's the same material with the same beats and all. Which is funny when Ashley says, "you couldn't make this movie today." ... Well, they kinda did (many years later, not specifically 'today')
The original version is better
Even though the sound was muted through Springtime. I will have that tune going through my head till tomorrow.
Mel Brooks was in the movie. He sang one of the songs in "Springtime for Hitler". If you want to hear Gene Wilder sing might I suggest "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory".
Yes. Mel was the one that sang, 'Don't be stupid, be a smarty, Come and join the Nazi party'.
Yes, indeed! That was him. This was before he got more overt.
See I thought at 12:55 that he was one or both of the close-up auditioning Hitlers...
@@HemlockRidge In the documentary _The Making of The Producers_ Brooks says that he only did that overdub because he didn't like the actor's reading. It didn't have the oomph Mel was looking for.
For a link to the first part of _The Making of The Producers_ see one of my other comments.
@@moonsammy42 nah yall gotta remember this one was made in 1967, so mel is really young in this one, i know there is another version that mel made in 2005 which is done as a full Broadway play and even had a tour with the cast. although im not sure if Mel ever made an appearance in it.
Heard many times in my house over the years: "Later we can play the abduction and cruel rape of Lucretia, and I'll be Lucretia"
And, I'll be rape
NO-ONE has done a Reaction video to this yet!! Be the FIRST on your block! PLEASE watch Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford & Phil Silvers in "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" 1966 Another absolute CLASSIC!!
The Broadway rendition of The Producers (which was adapted into a movie in 2005) won 12 Tony Awards. The most ever won by a single show. Susan Stroman did a marvelous job directing and choreographing.
I highly recommend the 2005 version as it's slightly different given that it is a full musical, but is marvelous in my opinion.
If you like Uma Therman (Ulla) and Will Farrell (Franz) they are both in the film along with Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Gary Beach (RIP), and Roger Bart. Great cast.
I would like to suggest "UHF" written by and starring "Weird" Al Yankovic
They got it all, on UHF
@@Eidlones
look up
look down
now look at Mr. Frying pan
Spatula City! For all your spatula needs!
Ashleigh needs to look for the marble in the oatmeal.
"STUPID! You're so STUPID!"
Zero Mostel is brilliant in "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum"!
Awesome film and never seen a review for it either
He also has a great part in Woody Allen's "The front".
@@juandesalgado He should have been Oscar nominated for that. It was his last film.
Haven't watched that in so long but I remember enjoying it a lot
A couple of other fun classics from Mel Brooks are "The Twelve Chairs" (1970) and "Silent Movie" (1976).
Fun Fact: actor Peter Sellers (Pink Panther) saw an exclusive screening of The producers and loved it, and thanks to his positive review It gave the studio (who did not like the movie at all) the confidence to release it in theaters.
The great zero mostel survived getting hit by a bus in the early 1960s. Nothing could stop this man
Have you seen his episode of the Muppet Show? The pain that man was in (and the painkillers he was on!) did not slow him down a bit. He was a force of comedic nature.
He picked the correct The Producers. The musical should be seen on stage.
The stage production is the best version, but the movie adaptation of the Broadway show is no slouch...you CAN watch the musical, on CZcams, but I don’t know if it’s suitable for Hebe channel...ASHLEIGH, watch BOTH...!
Sure, but a lot of people don't live in a place where the stage production is available or can't afford a ticket. The movie version of the stage show is great, funny and the songs are INCREDIBLE.
I would've never had the chance to watch it and apreciate it otherwise.
Don't knock it. It's amazing.
@@ComandoPadentro you can’t watch a couple of the Chicago tests of the Broadway show on CZcams...not great cinematography, but it’s got all the bits and the numbers...
@@Ubernerd3000 I have... and I still liked the movie version better. It's the sound quality that gives it the edge for me.
BTW Ashley, on Seinfeld's Coffee w/ Comedians, he has an episode where he goes to Carl Reiners house to have dinner w/ Carl and Mel at their weekly dinner & a movie night... It really hits home if you love seeing two comedy immortals (Carl & Mel) being themselves.
Curb Your Enthusiasm has a season finale that was based on this film too... which is Seinfeld adjacent
🔔 ASLEIGH: Mel Brooks WAS in this movie! He did a voiceover of one of the singing & dancing German troops onstage @ 14:19 (and likewise did a voiceover of one of Lily von Shtupp's singing dancers onstage in Blazing Saddles). And as far as why didn't Gene want Mel physically on screen in movies:
Gene Wilder trusted Mel Brooks to bring his creative vision to life on screen. Wilder’s confidence in Brooks’ direction and writing led him to not want Brooks to physically appear in their films. Wilder believed that Brooks’ presence would distract from the story and characters, so preventing it would allow the audience to focus on the narrative rather than the director himself.
So to summarize, Wilder recognized that Brooks’ presence would tend to overshadow the comedic genius of the characters and situations that they created. By keeping Brooks behind the camera, Wilder ensured that the focus remained on the characters and their interactions, allowing the audience to fully immerse themselves in the story.
"How can you watch the remake and not the original?!
"How can you watch the original and not the remake?!"
"How can you watch the prequel before the sequel?!"
"How can you watch the sequel before the prequel?!"
"How can you watch the movie before reading the book?!"
"Don't read the book first - it ruins the movie!"
There is no right answer, so I say just trust TJ!
In a joke of art imitating life and life imitating art, Larry David in his show Curb Your Enthusiasm, had Mel Brooks on his show as Mel Brooks, who hires Larry David to do a Broadway version of The Producers to have Larry fail at it and Larry did his Larry thing and made it work and it pissed Mel off (In the show) because he just hates Larry. Its a fun episode(s) as it was a story arch in one of the seasons to get the show made.
That's one of the best seasons. Absolutely fantastic.
"Thats good! Because you....will....FFFFFAAAAAIIILLLLL!!!!!"(Stephen Colbert cameo)
Absolutely love Larry
Larry David is the real reason Seinfeld was so funny.
you are automatically the greatest youtuber ever for reacting to this movie. you have my utmost respect.
Another great reaction.... love watching your enthusiasm as you enjoy classics I grew up with. I love Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder too, but also love Zero Mostel, one of the great comedic actors. I highly highly recommend the movie "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". Zero was the lead actor in that, as well as the original Broadway play of the same name, for which he won a Tony for Best Actor. Unfortunately, he was in fewer movies than otherwise because he was one of the actors and directors blacklisted in the 1950s for being too liberal; i.e., a "communist" according to the House Un-American Activities Committee. As he is reputed to have said later, "What did they think I was going to do - sell acting secrets to the Russians?"
I still have the teddy bear I had as a kid. They used to put me in its lap as a baby! It just sits on a high shelf, as I just don't have the heart to throw it away.
Giving some love to TJ after hearing about the remake/original debate. You’ll never please everyone, or even the majority, but it’s because of you that she’s seen these shows at all. I’m glad to hear that you’ve had a good attitude about it.
You get him! Thank you so much!!
I'll give him some love for getting Ashleigh to watch the shows, but I cannot forgive disrespecting Henry Fonda :P
Honestly, I have no opinion on Cape Fear and although the premise and arguments were updated with the remake of 12 angry men, it is still a great watch to see the OG. The remake wasn't awful and didn't destroy the heart of the film, and that is about all one could ask of a remake.
@@NickGreyden H fonda was a brilliant actor who withstood being berated by JOHN ford in Mr Roberts and slugged him, but tormented in real life
@@awkwardashleigh TJ knows what he's doing. 90%+ of the time, the original is better quality overall.
Some notable exceptions:
DRACULA (from 1979)
ALIEN
@@lawr5764 For the 10%, the remake of 'Ocean's Eleven' is better the the 1966 version. But it's still good.
Some background and crossover info for you.
(1) The 2005 film version of The Producers stars Matthew Broderick in the Gene Wilder role. You know him as Ferris Bueller.
(2) Max Bialystock is played here by Zero Mostel, who became famous on Broadway as Tevye, the male lead, in Fiddler on the Roof.
(3) Max is played in the 2005 movie by Nathan Lane, whom you probably do know but don't know you know: He was the voice of Timon, the meerkat, in the original Lion King (opposite Matthew Broderick again as the voice of grown-up Simba). You'd probably recognize Nathan from a kajillion other things; you just don't know his name.
(4) Finally, Ulla, the secretary, is played in the 2005 film by Uma Thurman, whom you know from Pulp Fiction. She played Mia, John Travolta's dance partner who overdosed and then was revived.
Oh, TJ, you're awesome to be a Patron and you're deserve your picks! And they were good picks.
I'm still waiting for Labyrinth with David Bowie, may he rest in peace. Music is great. Dance magic dance...
To quote one of the people on set “We had lesbian Hitlers, Jewish Hitlers, we had Hitlers of all shapes and sizes!”
I watched the DVD with commentary of the remake (musical version). I don't remember who did the commentary; I don't think it was Mel Brooks, but it gave credit to Nathan Lane for doing the sound that happens at 11:05 in this video. Zero Mostel was the original; Lane was a copy.
I grew up in rural Arizona back in the 70s and we had only one television channel at the time. Channel 2 out of Flagstaff, Az. This movie was played numerous times and I remember watching this over and over. It was great!!!
"Hey, how many Jewish guys do you know who made a living out of Hitler?" - Mel Brooks :-)
Just Brooks and Steven Spielberg.
@@johnsensebe3153 Taika Waititi is part Jewish, and has now made a movie about Hitler/Nazis.
The guy wearing....well, presenting the boots, is Dick Shawn, who was in It's A Mad Mad Mad World, the playboy son.
"I'm coming mama, your baby's coming for ya!"
And was the voice of the Snow Miser in A Year Without a Santa Claus (the original film, not the newer one)
I think if Ashleigh was more familiar with the careers of the actors, she would've enjoyed It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World more. Who played against type, and those who were perfect for who they played.
Shout out to TJ. You've had some great movie pics. Don't let the haters get you down!
fun fact, this was Mel's first movie as writer/director. he would not appear on camera until his next film, the criminally underrated "The Twelve Chairs" and it's not an ego trip, per se, but Wilder didn't want Mel to "distract" from the reality that "Young Frankenstein" sets itself in. Mel wholeheartedly agreed with that sentiment and just directed.
Mel does appear in this film. He is the man who says “Don’t Be Stupid Be a Smartie. Come on Join the Nazi Party.”
Another film is, “The Twelve Chairs” about 1970, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” about 1966.
If you want to see a singing Gene Wilder, may I suggest “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971)
So sorry. Mine has been gone 10 years come May 2022! We had a last dance the evening before he passed. I understand and we absolutely LOVED Mel Brooks!!!!
I recommend you read Mel Brooks' sortabiography, All About Me, so you can learn more about all his films and the thought processes and decisions that went into each one. I'm listening to the audiobook version, which is narrated by Brooks himself, and if you love Mel Brooks, that book is a must read!
You should watch his movie "My Favorite Year", in which he was tasked with chaperoning Errol Flynn. Peter O'Toole, of all people, stars as the veiled character of Errol Flynn.
Ashleigh, you may have already seen the original Willy Wonka with Gene, but I haven’t seen and references that you have. For the love of Gene, you must MUST must react to it if you haven’t seen it. With all of the other classics you have not seen yet, you may have missed this childhood classic!
Love your reactions and your work!!! 😻😻😻
Watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) again as an adult is a different and very rich experience.
There is a lot of edginess and social commentary humor in it that goes over kid's heads, and makes it the classic weirdo movie that it is.
People forget that it is all about the delicate balance of hope vs fear, being too timid or too bold, when to follow the rules and when to break them, etc.
"Why is he wearing soup?" Well, here we go, time for Ashleigh to learn about Andy Warhol...for better or for worse.
Please, god, nobody force her to watch Empire. It's too cruel.
There IS no better, only worse. How that guy got famous just shows how gullible people can be.
@@lawr5764 I agree completely!
@@lawr5764 I completely disagree. Also, without Andy’s support we would have no “The Velvet Underground”
Ah yes, Andy Warhol. The man who made trolling high art, literally.
Thank you. Thank you! THANK YOU! I wanted you to watch this one so badly. So much fun. Awesome!
You really must see the remake starring Nathan Lane, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, and Ferris Bueller himself, Matthew Broderick. That version is based on the play Mel Brooks turned this into, and the songs they added to it are perfection!
This was Gene Wilder's second film. His first was Bonnie and Clyde, the Oscar Winning Crime Film about the infamous Outlaw Duo.
“He was deep in that bush” 🤔I think we just found the level; and I like it😂😂🤣🤣
All time classic. On my top 10 Comedies of all time. Glad you got to see it. Love Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks
The Hitler character was played by comedian Dick Shawn. He was the son in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" that you saw in the spring. He had a sad ending. He was performing at UC San Diego, when he had a fatal heart attack in the middle of the show and collapsed to the floor. Because he had done similar things before in his act, it was several minutes before the audience realized that there was something wrong this time.