*YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING
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00:10 Young Frankenstein Movie Commentary
36:34 Young Frankenstein Movie Review - Zábava
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I flip back and forth between Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles every few years. I'll be interested to hear your opinion.
His first movie, The Producers (also with Gene Wilder) is hilarious.
It's a draw between Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein!
'History of the World: Part 1' (1981) and also Young Frankie.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ONE OF THE ONLY REACTORS TO CATCH THAT THE CAMEO IS GENE HACKMAN. It blows my mind how many people miss it completely. You just made a Jen fan into an even BIGGER Jen fan. ^_^
It probably has to do with the fact that Gene's last role was 20 years ago, and he officially retired from acting in 2008 so a lot of younger reactors haven't seen his work. I do wish more reactors would watch his films (Hoosiers, Crimson Tide, Quick and the Dead, etc)
@@rjwilley9164 Holy crap, I forgot about The Quick and the Dead! Now THAT'S a film more of these reactors need to jump on!
@@rjwilley9164 You forgot "The French Connection."
Superman
I'll be honest I missed it the first time I watched it. 👍 for Jen.
Pretty much all of the laboratory equipment is actually from the original film, complete with the original cobwebs LOL. The producers couldn't believe their luck when they found out that it had been in storage all this time.
The craftsman who developed the original equipment had it stored in his garage in Santa Monica (the Los Angeles area).
When the Director of Photography was setting up the camera's it didn't look right on film. Not until he asked Mel Gibson "What do you want me to do? Make it look like the original?" and Mel screamed "YeS!" did he finally realize what Mel was going for.
Strickfaden.
Yes, the lab equipment was created by Ken Strickfaden
@@DarthTach I’m pretty sure you meant to say Mel Brooks.
"Stay close to the candles. The staircase can be treacherous."
Want to guess how many times I watched this before I noticed that the candles aren't even lit?
FUN FACT: Gene Hackman ad-libbed the "I was going make espresso." line. Mel Brooks and the crew thought it was hilarious. Hackman himself thought it was so funny that he couldn't do any more takes of it without busting out laughing. So, what we see in the movie is the one and only usable take of the scene they had.
Gene was not originally cast in the show. When he heard the movie was being made, he practically begged for a role, so Mel Brooks made him the blind hermit.
It’s kind of funny that they ended up together here, as William Friedkin originally didn’t want Gene Hackman cast as Popeye Doyle in _The French Connection,_ and Peter Boyle was considered for the role, before Friedkin finally agreed with casting Hackman.
@@justwondering5651 I heard they added the scene just for him as it's not part of the original film, but I believe from son of Frankenstein
Like he added to Blazing Saddles. I think his additions go a bit too far, especially in a Mel Brooks Movie.
This was some of Mel Brooks’ best work. Marty Feldman as Igor was one of his best performances ever, he steals every scene and Gene Wilder was fantastic as Dr Frankenstein, RIP to the both of them.
This was Gene Wilders' work. Mel Brooks voiced the howling wolf. Wilder did not want Mel getting involved in the project.
He wanted Mel involved, His one condition was he didn't want Mel to appear as a character in the film as he was prone to do.
Clocks Peach man also ad libbed the various late night drinks to wilder at the beginning. Sort of how the actor in Forrest Gump ad libbed the shrimp dishes. Both directors liked it and went with it.
@@normlee6566 Do you mean Cloris Leachman?
Teri Garr and Gene Hackman are the only surviving members of the cast. Genius performers, all of them.
In Frankenstein (1931), the creature encounters a young girl throwing flowers into a pond, so that they float. The creature happily joins in, but when they run out of flowers, he throws the girl in, not understanding the difference, and she drowns. So that scene where she asks what they should throw in next, and he looks at the camera is a direct reference to that film. As if to say to the audience "I know what you're all thinking."
At the end, when the creature's new wife comes out of the bathroom and her hair is done up in a sort of beehive hairdo, with white streaks, and she hisses, that's a direct reference to Bride of Frankenstein (1935). In that film, they create a mate for the creature, she has that hair style, and she hisses when first exposed to the creature.
"She hate me." - the monster
And of course the original Monster visited an old blind hermit, who befriended him and taught him English. The constable with one arm is a direct reference to Lionel Atwill's character in "Son of Frankenstein", who verbally spars with the title character (and plays darts with him) just as we see in this film.
Elsa Lancaster played the “Bride” of Frankenstein 🧙♂️
They wanted Madeline Kahn to playing Inga, but she had just done a German accent in Blazing Saddles abd asked to play the fiancé. Teri Garr was in casting and tried out. "Can you do an accent?" She broke out into this.
Cloris Leachman improvised the asking Gene if he wanted the various drinks. Gene almost breaks.
The gag reel is mainly takes of Igor biting the shawl. In one take, he bit a leg off. Gene kept breaking.
Marty kept switching what side his hump was on. Gene mentions it because they had only just noticed he had been doing that.
Mel Brooks' cameo was making the sound of the cat being hit by a dart. Gene didnt want Mel to be in the film.
All of Frankenstein's equipment was the original film's stuff. The builder had kept it all.
Gene Hackman had never done a comedy. He was in a tennis club with Gene and asked for a part. Due to issues related to management etc., Hackman was originally uncredited.
As far as I know this is the only Mel Brookes movie that Mel doesn’t have a cameo in.
Brooks also made the werewolf sounds.
Brooks' face was used for the gargoyles.
@@stevedavis5704 I read somewhere that Mel Brookes' hands were pulling the box from the skeleton in the opening scene.
Regarding Blucher and the horses, it became an urban myth (with some help from Leachman) that the name means glue in German, which it doesn’t. Glue in German is kleber. The reaction to her name is just meant to imply she’s a frightening person. Gene Wilder on the DVD says “Lord only knows what she does to them when no one’s around.”
It does mean glue in the reality of this movie.
@@aaronhusk I don’t think that’s ever said
@@jonmercano1138 So, you’re willing to accept that almost everyone in Transylvania speaks English with British accents, but not that butcher means glue here? It’s all suspension of disbelief.
@@aaronhusk I’d accept it if that was actually the case, but it’s not. The _audience_ made it up. Gene Wilder, who co wrote the movie, said the horse reactions just imply she’s scary, so that’s what it is.
This came out when I was in College and I had a course in Russian History. I always assumed she was "Interefering" with the horsea Ala Cathrine the Great!
That was Peter Boyle as “the creature”. I always had a big crush on Teri Garr for many years 🥰.
Total respect, but that's a long line..I'm in there somewhere...
I read that Aerosmith took a break from the studio to see this movie in the theater. Inspiration for their song "Walk this way" they loved this movie 😅
I read that too.great story!
True.
"Walk this way" is part of many old vaudeville routines. Even The Three Stooges used it a couple times.
Then it's appropriate that "Walk This Way" plays in my head when I hear that line
"Werewolf?" "There we olf, there castle." My late sister and I used to do thst sequence to each other at random times.
This was back when not everyone was brought up to be a slut & have sex before marriage. Elizabeth was in love with Frederick, but she was high class enough to want to wait for marriage before having sex. There ARE some people who still live this way.
Gene Wilder was afraid that Mel would try and steal scenes, so he agreed to not be in the film, but he did do some of the voices in background. Marty Feldman's "damned eyes" were caused by having chronic thyroid disease, probably Graves' Disease. Not many recognized Gene Hackman as the blindman, well done, Jen. Some people also didn't notice that the Inspector, played by Kenneth Mars, was wearing a monocle over his eyepatch.
AS A JOKE Marty would switch the hump from one side to the other without telling anyone. It took a couple of Days, but Gene and Mel eventually caught on and loved the gag so much they added it into the film!
This was mostly Gene's Baby and asked Mel not to make a Cameo, as he didn't want Mel's cameo upstaging the great work the rest of the cast was doing.
The Laboratory props (ALL of them) were from the Classic "Frankenstein" Movie! Mel found out the (uncredited) Prop master had them in a Garage and asked if he could use them. Although he refused to be paid for the "loan", his name was added to the Credits of This one.
Damn your eyes!!! You beat me to the punch on adding the info about Marty surreptitiously switching the hump from one side to the other.
I was about to write all that until I finally saw this 😂
I saw this when it came out in theatres. I died laughing. I watched it again a couple months ago and I died laughing. TIMELESS CLASSIC!!!
May your soul Rest In Peace!
You only live once!
@@richardvinsen2385 Goldfinger
Fun Fact: This film inspired my country's band to take name Eppu Normaali (native translation of Abby Normal) when they started playing in 1976. Band is still playing actively.
“…Aaaaaaaaa-I ain’t got nobody.”
-Eye-gore
Froedrick!
Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Men in Tights, History of the World Part 1..... Mel Brooks' work is genius.
Everybody forgets 'Silent Movie'.
Don't forget Mel Brooks' spoof on Hitchcock movies: High Anxiety!
The Producers (1967) is also excellent
And - The Twelve Chairs, and Life Stinks.
Supposedly, “Young Frankenstein” is intended to be a satire of the 1931 original. But the two films that it actually draws from quite heavily are the sequels “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) and “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942).
Also "Bride of Frankenstein".
The used some of the same props/set from the original movies
The scene with the little girl "What shall we throw in now?" is a satire of the '31 original.
@@treetopjones737 That's why seeing the original helps to get all the gags.
"Mr Hilltop" is the Preacher from Blazing Saddles
I suggest the movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil". It's with Gene Wilder and Richard Rryor .
Wilder and Pryor are legends
I also suggest the hilarious movie Start the Revolution Without Me, with Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland in dual roles.
And Stir Crazy. And Sliver Streak
The hermit scene is my favorite because it's funny as hell but mostly because it pays homage to my favorite scene from "The Bride of Frankenstein " which, conversely, is heartrendingly touching.
In the first Frankenstein movie, the monster does indeed throw the girl into water, drowning her.
Not out of malice, but due to poor logic.
And in the book, he saves her from drowning in a river and gets shot by her father for his trouble.
I remember as a child ( 60's now ) it was one of the classic horrors that got shown on tv. Of course they left out that scene.
It's nuts, but often when my mind starts wandering I randomly think "Roll. Roll. Roll in the hay!" Jokes poking fun at figures of speech and euphemisms are among my favorite brands of humor.
Watch the blooper reel here. Igor gets Gene Wilder so many times on the scene when fiancee shows up with the fuzzy animal scarf
"PUTTINNN ONNN THEEE RIIIIIIIIIIIITZ!"🎶
This was ad libbed by Peter Boyle, and apparently caused the entire cast and crew to lose nearly an entire day of filming because they could not get through a take without cracking up.
@@MrRetluocc wish i could be a fly on the wall that day
@@MrRetluoccit looks like the singing by both Gene and Peter was pre-recorded.
@samhain1894 - Yes... *AFTER* they regained their composure and decided to incorporate it into the scene.
When I was much younger, I had the good fortune of being an extra in a film that starred Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner (whom he married). Both were extremely nice and treated everyone the same on set, no matter who you were. If someone had told me that one day I'd get to speak to the man who starred in my favorite movie as a kid, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, I would've said they're crazy. Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner were extremely talented, and their comedy genius is sorely missed.
I loved Roseanne Roseannadanna driving Jane Curtin crazy with her inane ramblings, followed by "It just goes to show you. It's always something. If it's not one thing, it's another."
@@justwondering5651 i miss all her other characters as well: Emily Latilla, news commentator that gets everythng wrong ["Nevermind!"], the burnt out rock star, Lisa Loopner of the Nerd skits {"That's so funny I forgot to laugh"], the Little girl bouncing around going beserk, and the one time she danced a fantasy dance with Steve Matrin, that broke me up, I was on the floor.
Marty Feldman as I-gor is probably my favorite comedic performance in any movie ever... Everything he does is hilarious. If you check out some of the behind-the-scenes and outtakes, he is consistently cracking everyone on the set up too.
Marty Feldman (Igor) switched his hump to the opposite between tskes and waited for everyone else to notice. Inspector Kemp was based on a similar character in Son of Frankenstein, who had such a thick Bavarian accent you couldn't hardly understand him. This is one of my all-time favorite movies - glad you finally got to see it.
"wootshtops"
Whenever you see a laughing Jen thumbnail you know you're in for a cracking time 🔥💙🍿
Well said, Ian!
😄👍 In case you forgot, Teri Garr (Inga) was also Richard Dreyfus' wife in "Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind." A couple of other movies she's really great in are "Tootsie" (1982) and "After Hours" (1985). Of course, Madeline Kahn was also in "Blazing Saddles." Other Mel Brooks movies you'll find her in include "High Anxiety" (1977) and "History Of The World Part 1" (1981). 😉
I wish someone would react to High Anxiety. It's funny also.
Terri Garr also appeared on Star Trek TOS in the episide "Assignment: Earth"
And Silent Movie
Mel Brooks Researched and found *some of the actual original lab equipment used in the 1931 movie "Frankenstein" for this movie*
The gentleman that did the special effects for the original movie had it stored in his garage. He was more than happy to loan it to Mel and even helped to install it.
@@firedoc5 Very true.
Madeline Kahn, the legend returns in a Mel Brooks film! Cloris Leachman would go on to costar on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Peter Boyle (the creature) would be famous to your generation as the dad on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Also was Tim Allen’s boss in the original Santa Clause.
Cloris Leachman was already on MTM for four years before this.
Cloris was also the grandma on the show Raising Hope. Very funny show on Fox about ten or so years ago
Another very funny Madeline Kahn movie is called, What's Up Doc? Also stars Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand. "Those are Howard Bannister's rocks."
HOLY CRAP!
I was still a kid the first time I saw this and remember giggling at the ‘Abby Normal’ brain for days afterward.
My Dad often used it as a Dad joke to revive that giggle he remembered.
One of those movies that keeps you in constant chuckle mode.
One of the greatest films ever made and the chemistry between Wilder, Garr and Feldman is unparalleled! This film incorporated props from the Original film, both Masterpieces! And that solo violin!
I will forever remember the first time I saw this. My 7th grade Chemistry teacher showed it to us at the end of the year because we already took our final before the end of the semester. Such a great movie.
High Anxiety is a must see Mel Brooks parody of several Hitchcock films.
Silent Movie is also hyterical
Which one has a character named Brophy? Won’t mention the big moment spoiler regarding that.
The lab equipment in the castle was the same used in the original Frankenstein movie
The original Frankenstein an Bride of Frankenstein movies from the 30's should be required viewing before watching this just like the Star Wars movies before Spaceballs. Always watch the original before the spoof.
What knockers!
Frankenstein castle really exists here in Germany.
Yep- in Darmstadt. Have been there.
My favorite comedy of all-time meets my favorite reaction channel. Perfect pairing.
Freshly dead here! Loved this reaction! Waited a long time for this one! 😊 thanks again Jen for all that you do...Eric
I forget how good they create the old black and white era look in this film. I occasionally have to remind myself it's not from the 30's. Loved the reaction Jen!
Brook’s insistence that they shoot in black and white rubbed the studio heads the wrong way, but he paid for the film out of his pocket. It was a brilliant move. The movie was a big hit. Gene Wilder wrote the screenplay. Brooks didn’t want the song and dance sequence but Wilder wore him down. Glad he did.
One of the cool things about "Young Frankenstein" is that it uses a lot of the same set pieces and lab equipment from the classic 1931 Universal Studios "Frankenstein" film.
In my mind, it's a legitimate sequel. 😁
Fun fact: inspector Kempf was portrayed by American actor Kenneth Mars who also played Otto on Malcom in the middle.
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This is my favorite Mel Brooks film. I even have a tattoo of the creature with him yelling as his thumb is on fire!!😂
So glad you're checking out Mel Brooks movies!
As far as The Producers is concerned, it was an original concept and screenplay by Mel Brooks that won him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The original 1967 film stars Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, and there was the adaptation of the Broadway musical that utilized many of the original 2001 Broadway cast and creative team in 2005. Start with the original, I loved the musical...but some people have problems with it, and its not exactly like the original (one character is completely cut from the musical version).
Young Frankenstein is one of the few Mel Brooks films he didn't make an appearance in. The original concept for the film was Gene's, and he was working on it while filming Blazing Saddles. When Mel asked what he was doing, Gene explained it...and then the two of them stayed up late that night banging out ideas for the film. Since both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein came out the same year, 1974, it is kind of amazing that both films are in the American Film Institute's top 20 greatest comedies (Blazing Saddles in #6, Young Frankenstein is #14). I prefer Blazing Saddles, but I know a lot of people who prefer Young Frankenstein.
Marty Feldman as Igor...one of his greatest performances. He made only a handful films, one of my favorites was, ironically, his final film. The pirate comedy Yellowbeard, which had a huge cast of British and American comedy greats, is a weird mixture of Mel Brooks and Monty Python. The cast includes Pythons Graham Chapman (as Yellowbeard), Eric Idle, and John Cleese, with Brooks players like Madeline Kahn (Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein), Peter Boyle (The Creature), and Kenneth Mars (Inspector Kemp). It also had Cheech and Chong, British acting legends like Susannah York (Superman I & II), James Mason (A Star Is Born with Judy Garland in 1954), Bernard Fox (Titanic and The Mummy), and Michael Hordern. The oddest casting is a cameo by David Bowie. Besides Young Frankenstein, Marty also appeared in Mel Brooks's Silent Movie. One other film I loved as a kid was the irreverent (almost blasphemous) comedy In God We Tru$t, written and directed by Marty, which also had Andy Kaufman, Peter Boyle, and Richard Pryor. Marty died in 1983 of a heart attack in Mexico City filming Yellowbeard, and supposedly, Graham Chapman was with him when he passed. He was only 48.
Jen reviewing one of the funniest movies ever made? Yes please!
"Put. It. Back!"
"It's pronounced FRONKENSTEEN."
"What knockers!" "Oh, thank you, Doctor." 😂
Not one of the funniest movies ever. THE funniest.
@@richardvinsen2385 Ha. I stand corrected. ;)
@@RJHart1214 Could be worse.
Young Frankenstein is so good it's really not a parody of the franchise but more of a humorous homage.
Great Job on recognizing Gene!! The monster is the Father from EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND! 🕊️☮️
He's also in the funniest episode of X-Files and totally steals the show.
@@Yora21 No Way⁉️ I had zero interest in that show. How many years of Scully witnessing stuff and still doubting her partner can a fan handle? ☮️
This era Teri Garr is one of the most beautiful women to walk the earth
I agree completely.
(11:19) Jen: "Mad scientist lair!"
Now all Jen needs to complete her typical movie reaction is a glass of champagne and some explosions. 👍😊
One of the conditions that Gene Wilder had before this movie was made was that Mel Brooks not be in it as he thought it would take away from the film. Brooks, however, did do some of the voices in various crowds.
Mel Brooks’ cameo was the wolf’s howl at the beginning and the cat’s cry when Gene Wilder throws the dart.
Speaking of the horror & comedy MUST SEE Classics,, Starring comedic icon Don Knotts,, "The Ghost And Mr. Chicken" (1966)
...R.I.P. Don 🙏 ❤️ Gone But Definitely Not Forgotten.
Thank you for reacting to this, Jen, it's based off of the first three Frankenstein films by Universal and even used some of the same sets. Marty Feldman is the real star of this, he steals the scenes he's in, R.I.P.
Right, I'm popping out to the shop and then I'm going to continue my Star Wars rewatches for you and your channel, Jen.
So glad you enjoyed this Jen. This is my favourite comedy film and, in fact, in my top 10 of the best movies ever made. It’s a comedy gem and Gene Hackman’s cameo is the icing on the cake! “I was going to make espresso!” 😂
"Wait..wait..don't go I was gonna make espresso" 🚬 ☕️
Almost every major scene and element in this movie is a callback to the original Universal Frankenstein series of the 30s and 40s. It's too bad most of today's viewers/reactors haven't seen them because it would greatly enhance their appreciation of this film.
I think my favorite line is when you think Inspector Kemp will calm the villagers and keep them from storming the castle (as it traditional, apparently).
""A riot is an ugly thing. ... And I think that it is just about time we had one!"
23:05 "Frickin' Frau!" LOL
This movie will always hold a special place in my heart. This was the first movie I went to, at night, without parental supervision. It was just before my 12th birthday and went with a friend from school. The second movie I saw with my friend was Star Wars, so I was batting two for two.
Fun Fact: The hump on Igor kept changing due to the comedian. It was his idea and no one knew he was going to do it. Mel Brooks noticed and loved it so he kept in the movie. “What hump?” 😂
Always a joy watching you discover such classics!
"Give him an extra dollar 💵 "
Gene Wilder wrote the script and based it on the original Frankenstein movies. Mel Brooks tweaked it a bit which is why he shares writing credit. Wilder wanted it filmed in black and white and Brooks agreed. The studio didn't, but Brooks insisted. The studio finally agreed but wanted to film it in color for "Richer shading," but Brooks refused, suspecting that they would renege on the agreement and release it in color. Finally, Brooks didn't appear in the film, but his voice did. On the wagon ride near the beginning, Mel Brooks made the wolf howl noise. ("Werewolf!" "There wolf. There castle.") And when Frankenstein and the inspector were playing darts, Brooks made the cat screaming sound.
The student at the start who questions Dr Frankenstein is also the voice of Brainy Smurf in the old Smurf cartoons. 😂
I saw this theatrically in 1975 when I was eight years old. It became my gateway to both Mel Brooks and horror movies and to this day I love them both. Mel Brooks is a national treasure.👍
This movie is comic perfection. Liam Dunn plays the older skinny man who Dr. Fronkensteen knees in the groin early in the film. Dunn also played the minister in Blazing Saddles. He played Barbara Striesand's Father in 1972's What's Up Doc. Man the 70's had some great comedies.
A running joke many people miss is that Transylvania is in Romania, but all the characters have either American, English or German accents. The real Castle Frankenstein is in NE Germany, but Wilder and Brooks just couldn't pass up on the jokes associated with Transylvania.
Mel Brooks was not on screen, but he did the off screen vocals for the cat in the darts scene.
There actually used to be a major German migrant community in Transsylvania that had settled there in the middle ages. They disappeared almost completely as a distinctive ethnic group after World War 2, but in the 19th century, parts of Transsylvania were still very much like a German colony.
Mel Brooks was the howling Werewolf in the scene of "Where Wolk?"... "There Wolf!"
After watching many episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, one gets to realizing that the Monster is played by Peter Boyle, who played Frank Barone (Raymond's father) on Everybody Loves Raymond.
There was even a Halloween episode where Frank and Marie dress as Frankenstein and his bride. It was one of those gags where “if you know, you know”.
Wonderful reaction! Great that you recognized Gene Hackman, and Chloris Leachman's facial expressions are criminally under appreciated.
Young Frankenstein is one of my all time favorite Mel Brooks movies, as well as one of my top 5 all time favorite movies. There was so much talent in the cast, and the few blooper reels that I have seen, they all had such a hard time not absolutely cracking up and just riffing off each other the entire time.
If you haven’t seen the classic Universal Frankenstein movies, especially the first three - FRANKENSTEIN (1931), BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) - make sure you do ASAP. This film’s basic plot devices and a number of the gags are related to those three films. (The other two movies in the series are THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942) and HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944), and the Frankenstein creature also appears in FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943), HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945) and ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948).)
The first two of the original films are fairly dark in tone, although they do have some lighthearted moments, and the third one is where it becomes a bit more of a “fun” horror adventure. Universal Pictures was the king of horror movies during the 1930s and 1940s, and they gained a considerable following among mostly children and young adults, many of whom later became horror writers and filmmakers themselves. They also enjoyed revivals of interest in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, through theatrical rereleases and then airings on television, garnering legions of new fans, many of whom still refer to themselves today as “Monster Kids.”
Fun fact: the character Igor that is in most Frankenstein movies was not in the actual story, Frankenstein had no assistant in the real story and thus did the experiment alone.
This is my favorite Mel Brooks, along with Spaceballs. pretty sure he is the voice of Baron Avon Frankenstein in one scene!
Brooks' two most underrated films are "Silent Movie" and "To Be Or Not To Be". "High Anxiety" is also very funny as it spoofs Hitchcock movies but the original "The Producers" is sheer comic genius!
A funny call-back many ppl miss is that in the original Frankenstein, the monster throws the girl down the well, hence his expression when she asks "what shall we throw down now?"
I always giggle when Jen dubs a theme "good sneaking music". See 11:39.
The joke behind Frau Blücher and the horses: "blücher" is a style of shoe/boot named for the Prussian general who designed them for his troops. Blüchers made from horsehide were later part of domestic servant uniforms since the leather is more durable than cowhide. "Shell" cordovan (originally from Cordoba Spain) is still very popular for high-end footwear and comes from the withers.
It means glue in German. As in glue and glue factories would scare horses. That's the meaning of the joke that's from the lips of Mel Brooks at least. The shoe thing is horse shit.
@bafumat yes Mel said that. It's wrong. You can look the meaning of the word up.
@@TheMoneypresident if he said it even if he's wrong. That's the joke he intended to tell. This boot thing wasn't even on his radar. It's just made up internet nitpicking and making crap up to sound smarter than everyone else.
@@bafumat So is the "glue" story--"Leim" and "Klebstoff" mean glue. One guy above mentioned what I always thought: that Frau Blucher had a close relationship (ala Catherine the Great) with the horses. Gene Wilder on the DVD interview said “Lord only knows what she does to them when no one’s around.”
@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 none of that matters. He thought it was correct and that was the joke. The same way James thought the Terminator was a Cyborg but it obviously isn't. But in that story, it is.
This would have been triple funny if you saw Universal's Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
Not everyone notices, but the couples behind Dr Frokenstien on the 2 trains are having the EXACT same conversation!
RE: Mel Brooks Tropes; This film is particularly daring because Gene Wilder gets a major co-writing credit, but it also gives an excellent sample of what Mel Brooks knew would be funny if consistently applied. Some of the common things found in almost all his films include violations of the 4th Wall, scenes where there is a seated audience in a theater (in Spaceballs, he replaced that joke with a VHS tape) and of course an attention to the soundtrack which can only be described as Golden, like classic Hollywood. If you liked this, there's 3 films worth watching later: "The History of the World Part I" (joke in the title, only 1 part ever released), and the Producers, *both versions.* The 1960s "Producers" has Gene Wilder playing the role of Leo Bloom, the 2000s revival has Matthew Broderick. Brooks completely revamped the 1960s film by first adapting it as a Broadway musical, which made the 2000s film revival a completely different film to the 1960s. All three rely heavily on visual gags but less 4th Wall closeups, and the music keeps getting better and better.
I saw this movie with my sister, in a theater shortly after it was released. Sitting in a theater filled with people roaring with laughter, is a wonderful experience.
Young Frankenstein isn't just my favorite Mel Brooks movie, it's my favorite movie of all time. Just so genuinely funny and you can tell the actors are all having a great time, which the audience feels too. It was also the first black and white movie I saw as a kid and was immensely important for making me understand B&W didn't just mean an old and boring movie
Brooks' valentine to Universal horror is his best film. Brooks said when he was a young boy he saw the original FRANKENSTEIN in the moviehouse in Brooklyn and was convinced the monster would climb his apartment building at night to sneak in and strangle him as he slept (!). Years later Wilder was penning the script and Brooks noticed him scribbling on the set of BLAZING SADDLES one day and asked what he was writing. Later that night after dinner at Mel's home Wilder read it aloud and he was delighted and agreed to direct the film as well as co-write. While Brooks is not shown onscreen that is him doing the cat's shriek in the dart scene off screen :D. Today is Gene Wilder's birthday and last night I literally finished reading Brooks' biography (which I highly recommend Jen). I saw this film when it first was released (I was 7) w/my dad one Saturday afternoon for a matinee and the line was a block long (!). It had cartoons and a 3 Stooges' short film (the one w/them in the Civil War) and we laughed ourselves silly (we both loved horror classics so this was a field day for us!). Brooks demanded the film be shot in b&w and all the previous studios balked at this except for Fox (where his good friend Alan Ladd, Jr. was the studio head and green lit the pic). Brooks found the original film's lab sets and equipment from a collector in LA who housed them in his garage (!) and they were all in great condition to be re-used. Just a hilarious film and really does honor the old classics (i.e. Kenneth Mars' Inspector was based on the character played by Lionel Atwill in the final Karloff iteration in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN - his character, as a child, was attacked by the monster pulling his arm out of its socket resulting in a wooden arm - which is played to the hilt here for comedic affects). Brooks also said the only argument he ever had w/Wilder was the inclusion of 'Puttin' on the Ritz' - he thought it was ridiculous and after a test screening it was the film's biggest laugh so he apologized to Gene & kept it. Make sure to check out bloopers here on CZcams (they're a riot). I knew you'd dig this and glad you got to it. I also recommend his send-up of Hitchcock films HIGH ANXIETY.
PS: Frau Blucher in German means Lady Glue (hence the ongoing running gag of the horses' exclaimed whinnying at her name being spoke!)
I don't know if you know that the guy who played Frankenstein is the dad from "Everybody loves Raymond" before he passed away(Peter Boyle).
Mel Brooks was in it, in a sense. He voiced both the howling werewolf when they’re in the wagon, and the cat that got hit by the dart.
28:47 - The one joke nobody (except Broadway vet Mel) ever gets: Traditionally, stage audiences always applaud whenever a tap dancer does the Flying Wing.
One of the ways it plays on the usual Frankenstein movies is literally following the plot exactly; even the blind man scene is in the book and very touching since the man is blind and can’t see the monster as he actually is, but actually treats him like a human being.
So this film takes that and goes…he’s blind; let’s make that the focus of the scene and makes it absolutely hilarious but it’s STILL a plot point from the book
1. Mr. Hilltop/Liam Dunn also played 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 already was.
3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone.
4. This movie is Wilder's baby, and he 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 1963.
8. FUN FACT: Igor's "Walk this way" was Steven Tyler's inspiration for hit song of the same name.
9. Wilder also insisted that Brooks NOT be seen on film. However, the screeching cat and the wolf are Mel.
10. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a goof. It's on purpose.
11. Monical over an eye-patch.
12. "Puttin' on the Ritz" will never be the same again.
When I lived in California I use to like to make the 2 hour drive down to LA and visit the graves of celebrities. One of the graces I was the most excited to visit was that of Marty Feldman (Igor) who passed away in 1982 or 83.
Fun fact, the original 1931 Frankenstein movie set of the lab was used in this one. A Mel Brooks movie is always good for a laugh.
A MUST SEE Classic,, "What's Up Doc?"
(1972) Also starring Medeline Kahn,, Barbara Streisand & Ryan O'Neal..TRUST ME on this one!! ❤
Madeline as THE Eunice Burns!
This is a great movie! Thank you for reacting to this one Jen!