# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/61 "2006-04-25T15:21:57Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > I was watching an old rerun of Malcom in the Middle earlier today. Cloris Leachman (Frau Blucher) played the grandmother speaking in almost the same accent she uses in YF, she shows up at Lois’s house univited and says she’s moving in because her condo burned down, the oldest son (Francis) made a comment that the villagers must have burned the place down. I figured it was an homage to Young Frankenstein. In another episode of MitM (though I forget the exact context), she repeated the “He vas my _BOYVRIEND!_” line, which was certainly a reference to YF. Put me down as a fan, as well. Marty Feldman was (as always) hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/62 "2006-04-25T15:39:35Z")
I think Brooks and Wilder complemented each other perfectly. Brooks got Wilder to be a bit more crazy (and funny) and Wilder tamed some of Brooks’ tendencies towards comedic excess. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/63 "2006-04-26T16:02:42Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Young Frankenstein is one of my favorite Comedies. > Otto, what comedies do you like? > Does Airplane!, Blues Brothers, Ghost Busters, Animal House do anything for you? Oh my god. Not Blues Brothers. That was terrible, terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/64 "2006-04-26T16:09:26Z")
Wilder’s performance is not just one of the all time great comedic acting performances, but one of the best acting performances, period. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/65 "2006-04-26T16:32:54Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > In another episode of MitM (though I forget the exact context), she repeated the “He vas my _BOYVRIEND!_” line, which was certainly a reference to YF. There were probably a lot of those references. Kenneth Mars, who played Inspector Kemp in YF (and Franz Liebkind in _The Producers_), was a regular guest on _Malcolm_. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/66 "2006-04-26T16:37:03Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Wilder’s performance is not just one of the all time great comedic acting performances, but one of the best acting performances, period. “We’ve all of us, got to behave normal!” cracks me up every time. I love _Young Frankenstein_. For me Mel is hit or miss. I can watch _The Producers_ over and over and still enjoy it. _Blazing Saddles_ has lost it’s appeal to me over the years. The rest of his films, _History of the World, Spaceballs, High Anxiety, Silent Movie et al_ just don’t work for me Never did see _The Twelve Chairs_, any good? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/67 "2006-04-26T17:19:21Z")
> [@AerynSun](#): > > **Otto** , I can only hope zat your children do not vollow in zeir vather’s vootschtops. Another Californian, voting for “funny”. But not 100% every-gag-a-winner funny; I don’t particularly like the slapstick, like the demonstration to the med students. But the above-mentioned scene (“whaaat?” “vootschtops! vootschtops!”) cracks me up (which is a lot like **Blazing Saddles** , and Gabby Johnson’s genuine frontier gibberish). And Blucher/neigh. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/68 "2006-04-26T17:43:52Z")
> [@mr. jp](#): > > Oh my god. Not Blues Brothers. That was terrible, terrible. The original with Belushi? Are we talking about the same movie? Wow, most of my friends consider that one of the best. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/69 "2006-04-26T17:58:32Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > And I think Blue Velvet is one of the finest comedies ever made. A classic comedy… ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/70 "2006-04-26T18:10:57Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > In another episode of MitM (though I forget the exact context), she repeated the “He vas my _BOYVRIEND!_” line, which was certainly a reference to YF. > > Put me down as a fan, as well. Marty Feldman was (as always) hysterical. This is the line I came here to post…I absolutely adored everything about Cloris Leachman’s character in that movie, and for YEARS, I introduced my (previous) boyfriend socially using this line…emphasis on the second, “VRIEND” syllable. A laff riot. Upthread, Dooku mentioned the “Varm Milch/ Ovaltine” exchange between the Frau and Herr Docktor–absolutely LOVE that exchange also and for the same reason, her insinuating style of delivery. She SO rocks in YF! I was in major, hot, sweaty,unrequited love with Gene Wilder for a long time after seeing this in the threatre. Yeah—fan here, too. Tho I can take or leave “Blazing Saddles”. –Beck ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/71 "2006-04-26T18:14:07Z")
Another big fan. “…an incredibly _big_ mute.” ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/72 "2006-04-26T18:20:21Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Did you also know that per the script, Dr. Frankenstein was lecturing at _my_ alma mater? And yes, the med students there are _that_ snotty. I sure was. 😉 But do they all talk like [Brainy Smurf](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325761/)? (See entries 27 and 48) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/73 "2006-04-26T19:27:00Z")
_“He vas my… boyfriend.”_ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/74 "2006-04-26T20:00:36Z")
We have a massive divide in my house. The husband prefers “Blazing Saddles,” while I prefer “YF.” I’ve seen lesser disagreements end in divorce! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/75 "2006-04-26T20:19:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There were probably a lot of those references. Kenneth Mars, who played Inspector Kemp in YF (and Franz Liebkind in _The Producers_), was a regular guest on _Malcolm_. And in an ironic yet meaningless twist, given the OP, he played Otto. East Coaster here voting for very funny. Gene Wilder’s best work. “Open this goddamn door or I’ll kick your rotten heads in!” ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/76 "2006-04-26T22:44:13Z")
**muldoonthief** , you just reminded me of something. When we were preparing for natural childbirth, we decided we needed a code word that meant, “No, I really, really, truly want some drugs,” just in case in my pain-soaked ravings I asked for medication, but would have regretted having it. So, thinking back on this scene, we chose “Young Frankenstein” as the word. (BTW, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be, and I didn’t have to use the YF code.) Anyway, while we’re all here, can someone explain the “Let him, let him/Lass ihm, lass ihm” conversation on the train? Is it just that the couples’ sons are presumably doing what immediately springs to mind, and that the exact conversation is happening identically half a world away (i.e., everyone does it, especially teenage boys), or am I missing something? I swear, I only picked up on, “A laurel, and hearty handshake,” in \*Blazing Saddles \* a few years ago, so I wouldn’t be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063/77 "2006-04-26T23:47:02Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I like Mel Brooks; being raised in the NY Metro area, that sort of humor is endemic. > > Humor certainly can be regional; for instance I find nothing humorous in any of the so-called “redneck” comedians, like Jeff Foxworthy or Larry the Cable Guy. > > To each his own. Same here, even though I wasn’t actually raised in the NY area I spent over half my life here and that was the latter half. I can’t stand the Big Lebowski for example, nor Anchormen, what a piece of crap they both were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bore-a-boooooore/354063.md?page=3)