Yes. Young Frankenstein is the only one I can still stand to watch. I was 12 or so for History of the World and thought it was amazing, but by the time Space Balls rolled along I just didn’t get it. Monty Python is still funny, Brooks just seems sad now. I never did understand Blazing Saddles tho.
The two best Mel Brooks films are “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles”, and in both cases he had strong co-writers - Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Each brought something unique to the film, and (I believe) restrained Brooks’ tendency to play the tummler. I love both, but I don’t have to be the slightest bit embarrassed by my love of “Young Frankenstein”.
It’s a great movie, and did something only great satire can accomplish - revealing a deep truth about the original; why would a man need to create life? Because he wanted to be a mother. “This is a good boy! This is a mother’s angel!”
These are the kind of non sequiturs that can derail a thread. We’ve gotta protect our phoney-baloney jobs, gentlemen, we must do something about this immediately!
Sheriff Bart: “Are we awake?”
Waco Kid: “We’re not sure. Are we…black?”
Sheriff Bart: “Yes, we are.”
Waco Kid: “Then we’re awake, but we’re very puzzled.”
Reverend Johnson: Order, order. Goddamnit, I said “order”.
**Howard Johnson: **Y’know, Nietzsche says: “Out of chaos comes order.”
**Olson Johnson: **Oh, blow it out your ass, Howard.
I thought Space Balls was sort of hit-and-miss. I did, however, roll off my chair at the Alien/Michigan J. Frog bit at the end. That just caught me completely by surprise.
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You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
One other gag for you to expalin. What is the joke in the portait in Heddley’s office of the bride and groom facing backwards?