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.
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.
Oh my god. Not Blues Brothers. That was terrible, terrible.
Wilder’s performance is not just one of the all time great comedic acting performances, but one of the best acting performances, period.
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.
“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?
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.
The original with Belushi? Are we talking about the same movie?
Wow, most of my friends consider that one of the best.
Jim
A classic comedy…
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
Another big fan.
“…an incredibly big mute.”
But do they all talk like Brainy Smurf? (See entries 27 and 48)
“He vas my… boyfriend.”
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!
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!”
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.
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.