# It's a BORE! A BOOOOOORE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063 "2006-04-24T22:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/1 "2006-04-24T22:41:31Z")
Good god, _Young Frankenstein_ is dull. Somehow I’ve managed to miss it all these years, but here it is today on Fox Movie Channel so it’s finally my chance. We’re just over an hour into it and I haven’t laughed once. Why this boring claptrap has a reputation as some sort of comic masterpiece is a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/2 "2006-04-24T22:46:52Z")
Sorry it went over your head. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/3 "2006-04-24T22:47:53Z")
Them’s fightin’ words, boy. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/4 "2006-04-24T22:48:38Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Good god, _Young Frankenstein_ is dull. :eek: Oh, my. I think it’s probably one of the funniest movies in my collection. While I don’t necessarily agree with \*\*Chuck \*\*that it “went over your head” I am sorry that you didn’t find it funny! Only because it’s been a source of many rollicking laughs for me. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/5 "2006-04-24T22:51:05Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Sorry it went over your head. I will assume you’re attempting humor, although much like the attempts in YF, it wasn’t funny. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/6 "2006-04-24T22:53:56Z")
Well, you do have to be familiar with and fond of the the original _Frankenstein_ and its offspring. Otherwise a lot of the jokes don’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/7 "2006-04-24T22:54:33Z")
I’m with you, Otto. I think Mel Brooks is rather overrated, in general, personally. Blazing Saddles made me laugh exactly once (which was once more than Young Frankenstein), and it wasn’t the beans scene, I’ll tell you that. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/8 "2006-04-24T22:57:17Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Well, you do have to be familiar with and fond of the the original _Frankenstein_ and its offspring. Otherwise a lot of the jokes don’t make any sense. I’ve seen and like all three of the original Karloff Frankenstein films (Frankenstein, Bride of… and Son of…). Bride is an amazingly witty and funny movie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/9 "2006-04-24T22:59:08Z")
I think part of it is that Mel Brooks has a certain kind of schtick. I’ve never been to the Borscht Belt, but that’s what I associate it with. I think the humour is the juxtaposition of the classic Frankenstein story with the Borscht Belt schtick. ‘That would mean he’d have an enormous _schwanzstücker!_’ Kind of funny if you accept _schwanzstücker_ as a foreign word. More funny if you know what it means. And who ever thought about the Monster’s penis? That adds a layer (heh) too. I have the DVD in my collection. I have to say that it’s not as funny now as when I saw it as a teenager. But I appreciate the classic references, and it still makes me laugh. _Blücher!_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/10 "2006-04-24T23:02:31Z")
What a set of knockers! Werewolf? No, there wolf. There castle. Frau Blucher! _neiiiiiiiiiiigh_ “Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I’ve found you!” Man, how can you not find this movie funny?! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/11 "2006-04-24T23:05:08Z")
The only Mel Brooks movie I like is _Spaceballs_ … mostly the parts that he isn’t in. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/12 "2006-04-24T23:17:38Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I’m with you, Otto. > > I think Mel Brooks is rather overrated, in general, personally. > > Blazing Saddles made me laugh exactly once (which was once more than Young Frankenstein), and it wasn’t the beans scene, I’ll tell you that. I too have always found Mel Brooks overrated. And he hasn’t aged well, his movies get more and more lame. (Although I will see the producers on DVD) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/13 "2006-04-24T23:17:48Z")
I’m laughing right now just remembering certain scenes. “Vould zee doctor like some brandy before bed?” “No. Thank you.” “Some varm meelk, perhaps?” “No. Thank you, but no.” “Ovaltine?” “NOTHING!!” Cloris Leachman’s delivery in that scene is hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/14 "2006-04-24T23:19:40Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Well, you do have to be familiar with and fond of the the original _Frankenstein_ and its offspring. Otherwise a lot of the jokes don’t make any sense. Nope. I’ve never seen any of the original Universal Frankenstein films, and _Young Frankenstein_ is still one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. Personally, I blame Fox for **Otto** ’s disappointment. I’m not sure how you could make _Young Frankenstein_ not funny, but if anyone could do it, it would be Fox. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/15 "2006-04-24T23:20:19Z")
Some people just don’t get comedy genius. **Otto** is one of them. So Are **Tengu** and **Snooooopy** , apparently. _Young Frankenstein_ is, hands-down, one of the Top 10 comedies of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/16 "2006-04-24T23:23:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Some people just don’t get comedy genius. **Otto** is one of them. So Are **Tengu** and **Snooooopy** , apparently. > > _Young Frankenstein_ is, hands-down, one of the Top 10 comedies of all time. Agreed. Mel Brooks is a comedy god. “Wasn’t your hump on the other side…?” “What hump?” “What knockers!” “thank you, doctor.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/17 "2006-04-24T23:24:05Z")
Humor is subjective; I found it to be one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. If you didn’t, that’s your loss, but it doesn’t make it any less funny to me. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/18 "2006-04-24T23:27:15Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Personally, I blame Fox for **Otto** ’s disappointment. I’m not sure how you could make _Young Frankenstein_ not funny, but if anyone could do it, it would be Fox. They edited out the farting scene in Blazing Saddles. The farting scene! Why? No nekkid people, no curse words…it was funny, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/19 "2006-04-24T23:28:39Z")
Interesting. So far, all the posters from California love the movie. **Johnny L.A.** used to love it, but he’s in Washington now. No, I don’t think it has anything to do with the water! 😃 **Dr. Frederick Frankenstein** : Class… is… dismissed. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/20 "2006-04-24T23:32:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Interesting. So far, all the posters from California love the movie. What do you expect ? We _are_ the most enlightened state in the Union. _Everybody_ knows _that_ ! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063.md?page=2)