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Dawn Marie: See Mel Brooks' other Black & White film: "The Elephant Man." 100% opposite film. Young Frankenstein made you laugh 'till you cried. The Elephant Man will make you cry... from its humanity,
Such a great reaction, Dawn. As for, Marty Feldman he was a British comedian who sadly died in '82. He was a comedy writer in the '60s before appearing in, "At Last The 1948 Show" in the late '60s, he was then given his own TV series, "Marty" and "It's Marty" 1968-69 then, "Marty Amok!" in 1970 and "Marty Abroad" in '71, he then worked in America before coming back to England for, "The Marty Feldman Show" in '72 and "Marty Back Together Again" in '74. Such a great comedy talent who died far too soon.
Hackman somehow got a copy of the script. He called Mel and said, "I've GOT to be in this film. GRATIS, you don't have to pay me a dime!" Mel told him, "I'm sorry Gene, but we already cast all the parts." A couple days later Mel was reviewing things with the crew and asked, "Now who is playing the blind man, that scene is coming up." Blank stares! Mel figured out, "Hey this is an open part." He called up Hackman, and Hackman was delighted. BUT the final line, "Wait! I was going to serve espresso.." Was a Hackman ad-lib. And Mel loved it.
The expresso part is true, but how Gene Hackman got into the movie was that he and Gene Wilder were friends and played tennis together. One time they were playing tennis and Hackman asked Wilder what was he currently working on and Wilder told him and Hackman said he would be interested in a part if one was available.
You could argue that there’s a direct line from Hackman’s appearance in this to his casting as Lex Luthor in “Superman,” because until this movie, who knew Gene Hackman could do comedy?
Fun fact. When Mel Brooks started principal photography on young frankenstein, he contacted the original set designer to see if they still had the blueprints from the original Frankenstein set. The set designer told him just to contact his buddy at universal because universal still has the entire original set in storage... just use that instead of building an entirely new set.
@@Johnsrage oh yeah, and Mel Brooks had no idea the interiors were in storage. Frankenstein's lab, library, and dungeon. They had to build all that from the ground up.
But they did use the ortginal lab equipment because it was in the possession of the special effects man that built it. He didn't want to see it torn apart after they shot the lab scenes, so he took them home with him. He used to set them up once a year to entertain the neighborhood.
@@Johnsrage you're basically saying the same thing that I am. I only made the comment after she read out loud original lab equipment used. And if you have the Blu-ray of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks talks about everything I just cited.
That's true---the only thing I added was that the original electrical equipment belonged to a former studio employee. He took it home with him and once a year he would turn it all on to entertain the neighborhood. It would be such a drain on the local power grid that he would have to clear it with his neighbors. When they rebuilt the lab, they contacted that guy to furnish the electrical stuff.
@@fiddiehacked I watched it for years and didn't realize until it was pointed out and then it was glaringly obvious but it's just such an unexpected role for him that the brain just didn't click.
Igor's line at the arrival of Wilder's fiancee (Lili Von Shtupp from Blazzing Saddles - which was not shown) "You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban." was a Groucho Marx impersonation.
It also caused Mel Brooks to ruin the first take. He wasn't expecting the Groucho-style reading and burst out laughing. That apparently was the hardest scene to get because Gene Wilder was corpsing so badly; in fact, he still is in the take that's used.
Marty Feldman (Igor) was one of the best comedic actors of his time and very underrated. He was totally hilarious in this, nearly outshining Gene Wilder in my opinion. Dawn, your reactions are fantastic and your laugh is addicting. Please keep up the good work.
Wow, you are on fire! Yes, same actor as Raymond's dad. He even did a tribute to the role on a Halloween episode of Raymond by dressing as Frankenstein.
Also in the final season of Everybody Loves Raymond, Frank is caught taking a Viagra-like pill. In an outtake, Ray reads the name of the medication as Young Frankenstein and gets Peter Boyle to lose it.
Sadly, the line about "Is this the Transylvania station" is hard for people under 50 to recognize as a reference to the 1930s-1940s big band song "Chatanooga Choo Choo" ( th-cam.com/video/FdrYYUuT07Q/w-d-xo.html )
Marty Feldman was a successful comedy writer and performer in the UK, along with some of his colleagues who became the group, Monty Python's Flying Circus. th-cam.com/video/DTNxkrzRY9U/w-d-xo.html
@@markgreene5926 Absolutely. For some reason it seems to be unknown since no one has yet reacted to it. I saw it back in the early 80s on tv for the first time and it`s as funny as Young F. With Wilder, Feldman and Kahn, you can`t go wrong.
I told my Dad that Marty Feldman had passed away. He looked at me very seriously and said, He wasn’t looking too good. I laughed the rest of the day. The cast didn’t want Mel to be in this so, his only role in the movie was making the cat noise in the dart scene. I love your sense of humor.
The monster was played by Peter Boyle, these days mostly famous for Everybody Loves Raymond. The big treat in this movie is Gene Hackman as the blind man, a very rare cameo.
Oddly enough, Peter Boyle was famous among my group for a movie called "Joe" before this came out. It also had Susan Sarandon, who went on to do the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Peter Boyle is great as Frankenstein's monster but for those of us who grew up during the Vietnam War, his great performance in the film "Joe" was a depiction of a different and more devastating kind of monster.
I thought he was the same guy in "Everybody Loves Raymond" but I never bothered to verify it. These are the only two things I know of him being in. I've probably saw him in other things but have since forgotten.
Marty Feldman who plays Eyegor was a good friend of the Monty Python guys and appeared in the At Last the 1948 Show with John and Graham prior to them doing Python
"Four Yorkshiremen" was written by the late Tom Brooke-Taylor of The Goodies a favourite sketch whoever happens to be performing it, but was great with Tim Graham and Marty! To write this comment I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night....
This was Terry Garr's break out role. She was applying for the part of the girlfriend but Brooks had already cast Madelein Kahn. He told her she would get the part of the assistant if she could speak in a German accent. Terry immediately "Eff course Herr Doktor, I kan return tomorrow" in a perfect accent. Mel Brooks hired her on the spot.
I saw Teri Garr when she was signing copies of her autobiography, and she told a story of this movie: she said that she felt a bit like an outsider when she was making this movie, because she was one of the few non-Jewish cast members. When she mentioned this to Brooks, his response was, “Honey, you’re Jewish by injection.” Just gonna leave that right there…
her reaction to the song and dance number was great. i didn't laugh that hard, not even close. and i respect this movie. it's hilarious, but she found it 10x more so and for that I keep coming back.
Inspector Kemp, the guy with the eyepatch, monocle and arm, is played by Kenneth Mars: he was Franz Liebkin the playwright in "The Producers". His character (and really the story) is based on yet another Frankenstein movie, "Son of Frankenstein", starring Basil Rathbone (oh, be still, my heart!) in the Gene Wilder role, Boris Karloff as the Monster, and Bela Lugosi (aka Dracula) as Igor. Kenneth Mars plays a character based on the Inspector in this movie, who lost the use of his arm due to a previous run-in with Karloff's Monster.
Gene Wilder didn't want Mel Brooks to have any cameos in this one. He, in fact, has several, as the wolf, the cat, Victor Frankenstein's voice over, and a small gargoyle.
Hi Dawn. Marty Feldman (Igor) had his own sketch show back in the late 60s. You might like it. He was a funny man who sadly died young. All the best to you.
I can't think of another film that's as perfectly cast. Every role was played brilliantly and to full comedic effect. Marty Feldman's death was a tragic loss. One of my favorites of his, along with another "gone too soon" comedy genius, Graham Chapman, and many others, is Yellowbeard.
Gene Hackman saw the script and rang Mel brooks ( just after he won the Oscar for French connection) saying that he reallly wanted the part of the blind man but Mel said that they couldn’t afford him so he said he’d do it for nothing and the result was genius. Luv ya
Yellowbeard is great.Such a marvelous cast, Monty Python folks, people from this movie, and Cheech and Chong!! "Stagger, stagger, crawl, stagger, stagger, roll..."
The reason dorks and geeks like me and others adore you so much is because you're fondness of people like us. Your love of Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman demonstrate this immensely. Back when my son was a teenager and we watched this, we would quote it back and forth together. My son will sometimes say werewolf and I always respond there wolf there castle.
While shooting YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, actor Peter Boyle met ex-Beatle John Lennon and they became great friends. Lennon later served as Best Man at Boyle's wedding!
Fun Fact-- in the classroom scene, if you look close you can see Wilder's got a pad on his leg under his trousers. But he was rolling with the moment, forgot to be careful, and brought the scalpel down so hard it *punched through the pad.* He completed the scene with an inch of steel in his thigh and had to go to the doctor for stitches when it was finished.
This film is absolutely hysterical and essentially an endless quote, strung together with puns. The black and white choice is completely disarming at first...so much fun. Mel Brooks is a genius. "Und SH*T!" 😂 "Smart people that read Frankenstein understand that the monster wasn't Frankenstein, but the monster who created it"
Suprisingly it also cost more to film in black and white. When the movie was filmed the only black and white film being produced at the time was black and white film that was made specifically to be colored over during the editing process. That film did not give the movies a good look. Mel Brooks contacted a special film maker in Germany that still made the original B/W film and it cost more than color film at the time
The monster is the dad in ‘Everybody Loves Raymund’. Dawn Marie, you actually said: “You can be the Superman of the village”! The blind man was played by Gene Hackman, who played the arch villain Lex Luthor in Christopher Reeve’s ‘Superman’. Marty Feldman played the lead in 1977 ‘The Last Remake of Beau Geste’, with Mel Brooks in 1976 ‘Silent Movie’, with Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn in 1975 ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother’. I saw all three in theaters on their release. Saw them at least three times, so they must have been funny. Don’t remember much that far back.
No sequel, but there is a monster family. The Munsters. Frankenstein Dad, Bride of Frankenstein Mom, Wolfman son, and vampire Grandpa. Was a TV show in the US in the mid 60's.
*Young Frankenstein Rock History Fun Facts:* The rock bands Aerosmith big hit was based on a scene from Young Frankenstein. Aerosmith's lead vocalist Steven Tyler got the idea of their hit song *Walk This Way* when Eyegore told Gen we Wilder to walk this way. Frankenstein monster is indeed played by Raymond's father Frank.
This is Mel's masterpiece in his valentine to Universal Horror. Brooks said when he was a kid he was s scared of the Frankenstein Monster he would imagine it coming up outside his apartment building to sneak into his bed and strangle him every night (!) Such a funny film with a grand cast. Sadly Marty Feldman died very young (48) and this was his most famous film role (he did one more film w/Mel SILENT MOVIE a send-up of the silent movie era that is worth a visit) and his large eyes were due to a condition known as Graves disease which is a thyroid disease). Sadly only Terri Garr & Gene Hackman (whose cameo as the blind hermit was unbilled largely due to his fame and he felt it would hurt the movie if people knew beforehand he was in it ) of the original cast is still w/us. I also recommend ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. RE: the Inspector's false arm - this is a nod to GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN where the Inspector was the survivor of a childhood attack by the Monster who had torn the arm out by his shoulder. They eye patch/monocle is just literally a sight gag. *Personal note: I was 7 when my dad took me to s see it when it came out for a Saturday matinee - the line went around the block and it had a 3 Stooges short and cartoons before the show - we laughed our asses off too :D One of my fondest childhood memories. Good Times.
The presence of Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Liam Dunn in this reminds me that you need to watch "What's Up, Doc" (1972) starring Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand, and the actors mentioned above. It's a screwball comedy and hilarious!
Great work watching the original "Frankenstein" & "Bride of Frankenstein" first. "Young Frankenstein" does have a reference or two to "Son of Frankenstein" such as the police inspector with the prosthetic arm, but you're way ahead of the game, with just those two.
The scene at the train station with the shoeshine boy(in the full version) is a tribute to the 1941 Glenn Miller song "Chattanooga Choo Choo. Original lyrics "Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" "Yes, yes, Track 29!" "Boy, you can give me a shine."
The actor that played Inspector Kemp was Kenneth Mars who played Franz Lipkin in the Producers. His arm was like that because when he was a child, the Monster ripped his arm off. So, he had an artificial arm. That was in the Son of Frankenstein. In Son of Frankenstein, the inspectors name was Inspector Krough.
One of those movies that always delivers no matter how many times you have watched it.... and to be honest i have never seen you laugh as hard as you did in the sing and dance scene Dawn. 🤣
I knew the song and dance bit was going to get you! That scene never fails to make me cry with laughter. I worked at an ad agency as a designer a few years back. The creative team let me play music for everyone in our fun section, on a stereo I kept in my cube. We'd have impromptu singalongs and I'd take requests. Every once in a while, on a tough busy day,, I would play the monster screaming PUTTIN ON THE RIIIIITZ out of nowhere and we'd all just die laughing. It would always rally us to get through a challenging project.
The guy with the eyes was the late great Marty Feldman. He suffered from a thyroid disease and had Graves' ophthalmopathy. Normally, such a condition would cause the sufferer to not want to create attention to himself/herself. In Martys case, he used his condition for comedic effects. Sadly, Marty suffered a fatal heart attack back in 1982 whilst filming for the film "Yellowbeard" was taking place. Marty appeared in films like "Sherlock Holmes smarter brother" and "Silent Movie" (another Mel Brooks film). The German guy, "Inspector Kemp", was played by Kenneth Mars. He was also the German in "The Producers", and to Mels joy he carried that level of unbalanced psyche over to the Inspector character. The blind man was played by a certain "Gene Hackman". All Gene wanted was a small part, but Mel Brooks was so humbled that such an actor of his standing wanted a part in the film that Gene ended up as the blind man. And Victors girlfriend was played by "Madeline Kahn", who also was in "Blazing Saddles" as the German theatre singer. According to Gene Wilder, during filming laughter was regularly heard, but the song/dance routine was a part that Mel felt it didn't belong in the film, but Gene was adamant that it should be kept in. Gene argued like mad to keep the routine in and Mel was dead against it. Suddenly, Mel said "Ok, the routine stays", and that was that. Gene asked why was it a problem, Mel replied that he wasn't sure about it but if you fight hard enough for something, then it should stay. I'm glad you enjoyed the film, especially the "Ootin' on the IIIITZ" routine.
Not only did they use the original "Frankenstein" electrical equipment, the entire movie was shot using vintage 1930s cameras. Mel borrowed them from Peter Bogdonivich after he had filmed the black and white depression era film "Paper Moon".
Mel Brooks was mainly just a director on this one. His credit as Victor Frankenstein is from a cut scene at the beginning of the movie where he's a voice on a record. They cut the scene because it didn't really add anything to the plot and kind of slowed the movie down. So yeah, one of the few of his films that he doesn't have a cameo in
And when Hitchcock saw High Anxiety, he praised Brooks for the shower scene with the newsprint ink swirling down the drain. That is quite a compliment.
@@AR-cp5dz In an Interviewed with Dick Cavett, Mel Brooks said he spent time with Alfred Hitchcock who provided notes and suggestions to his script, and after the finished product was released, Mel said he received a rare bottle of wine and a complimentary note from Mr. Hitchcock. It doesn't get better than that. I think the interview is available either on TH-cam or Max.
this film is based more on the third frankenstein film "the son of frankenstein" (1939) which stars basil rathbone as the title character, bela lugosi as a hunchback and boris karloff in his last appearence as the monster. but it has several references to the first two frankenstein films. the hunchback, the big door knockers and the police chief with the mechanical arm, and other things, were all taken from "the son of frankenstein."
The officer with the mechanical arm was a nod to a character from THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN which came after THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. Love your reactions !
Loved this film since it first came out (yes, I’m that old - 60). What I loved about your reaction was how you laughed at “HE WAS MY BOYFRIEND”, which is one of the funniest lines in the movie, and the song and dance scene. I’ve never seen you laugh that much. It’s great to see someone enjoy something that I have also enjoyed. Marty Feldman made a funny movie called “The Last Remake of Beau Geste”. The idea is that Beau Geste had many remakes. It’s quite funny. Thanks for making me laugh. Geoff from Fremantle Western Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you for the reaction, Dawn! Your enjoyment of the "Puttin on the Ritz" routine would have made Gene proud. He had to fight to keep that scene in the script, Mel didn't want it. (They were co-writers.) For more Marty Feldman, AND some of your Monty Python friends, "Yellowbeard" is a funny film.
Marty Feldman was a COMEDIC GENIUS. He did a TON of writing for skits and shows, INCLUDING skits that were done by Monty Python's Flying Circus. As far as his eyes? Well, a thyroid disease as a child led to them "protruding".... but when it came to the iconic LOOK of his face, you had the disease, a childhood injury, boating accident, car crash and reconstructive surgery to pick from (Marty's own joke). As far as the "plot points" his script was written by Mel Brooks with Marty in mind to play the character Igor. HOWEVER, a lot of Marty's "throw away lines" (Such as when he is looking at the camera) are ALL improvised, making filming both difficult due to having to do another take with another improvised line.... as well as HILARIOUS for the cast and crew because Marty's improvised lines were always different and sometimes "naughty". Mel later admitted that filming scenes with JUST Marty in them were the hardest, because you never knew what Marty would do or say, as well as Marty having a habit of slipping "out of character" during his improvisations and acting like the other characters and actors on set.
Dawn Marie may be the only movie reaction among all the movie reactions channels that bothered to do so. This is why Dawn stands apart from all those other channels.
Yes definitely would have helped her to understand the one-armed police inspector if she'd watched all three of the original Karloff films ending with the fantastic 'Son of Frankenstein' (my favourite of the three)
When I was a kid, HBO had a Mel Brooks month in which they showed this film, High Anxiety, and Silent Movie. My experience was the opposite of yours because they showed Young Frankenstein first, and then when they showed High Anxiety I thought: 'Oh! Mel Brooks can act, too!'
One of the inside jokes was the scene with the shoeshine boy at the train station - - the dialog was lifted from a song by the Glen Miller Orchestra, *Chattanooga Choo-Choo:* Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo-choo? Track 29 - - can I give you a shine?
I've never seen Dawn laugh so intensely, as when watching the dance sequence in the movie. Any more intense, and she'd be crying as well, lol! And that was my favorite part of the movie 2, and I laughed and I laughed intensely as well.
Marty Feldman was one of the great British comedians - Ask any Monty Python, they loved him and worked with him, especially John Cleese (At Last the 1948 show) He used to have his own show: "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine". I recently bought his autobiography "eyE Marty". He was a great human being and a great comedy act. Sadly passed away much too young.
Watch carefully and you can see some of the actors hold back smiles/laughs in certain scenes...Marty Feldman meeting the doctor's fiance for instance. Guest appearance by Gene Hackman. You can see why they picked Teri Garr to play Phoebee's mom in Friends. She was also in a film called Let It Ride and Close Encounters...Plus an episode of the original Star Trek.
This movie was Gene Wilder’s idea. Mel saw Gene working on something during breaks on the set of Blazing Saddles. Mel loved it so they worked on the script after work each day. Gene would star and Mel would direct, splitting the money 60% - 40%. Gene got the extra 10% because it was his idea. Gene insisted on not breaking the 4th wall like in Blazing Saddles, but there were a few looks at the camera, here and there.
Great fun reaction Dawn. And the Mary Shelly book from which Frankenstein and the monster came from, is considered one of the 1st Science Fiction story written.😎👍
"Don't want to be in the back either" There's a bit in sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf where they discuss that & try to be both behind and in front of someone at the same time whilst moving down the corridor.
When I lived in California I use to like to drive down to Los Angeles and go to visit the graves of celebrities. One of the graves at the top of my list was no other than Igor himself, Mr. Marty Feldman. He was absolute comedic perfection in this movie.
I think the guy at 5:34 was Richard Haydn. In the original Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoons Clyde Crashcup is voiced by Shepard Menken impersonating Richard Haydn. The blind man in Young Frankenstein is Gene Hackman. 14:28--hobnail boots
I think Gene Wilder made Mel Brooks promise that he would NOT have a cameo in this movie. Mel Brooks told Gene Wilder that the word "bluchert" was German for 'glue', hence the horse's reactions, (though this is not true), and Gene Wilder told that around town until it became a famous factoid about this movie, (but in reality it was a joke Mel played on Gene). That is most definitely the guy from Everybody Loves Raymond. Also... Marty Feldman was in the original sketch: Four Yorkshire Men. I say 'original' because the Monty Python troupe performed it on stage in a much better recording than the original. It's a very very funny sketch, I recommend it highly
Marty Feldman was a British comedian and worked with John Cleese and the other Monty Python guys. He developed a disease that caused his eyes to change shape and size. He used that to continue working and even capitalized on it.
22:03 - zip on his neck. When young Mel Brooks first saw the original "Frankenstein" he had nightmares about the electrical bolts in Boris Karloff's neck. He'd wake up screaming, "The bolts! The bolts!" So years later, as an adult, when making this parody / homage, he did NOT give his Creature bolts in his neck. But a zipper? Now that's funny!
Marty Feldman was a brilliant comedian and he died in his 40's in a fluke incident. He was filming a movie in Mexico and had an allergic reaction to some shellfish. It was very severe and he had a heart attack and passed away. He was only 48.
This was one of the movies i was waiting for you to do❤️❤️ Thank you so much! If i may suggest another Gene Wilder film, He did many films with Richard Pryor. Classic comedy duo right up there with Abbott & Costello.. “Silver Streak”, “Stir Crazy” and “Hear No Evil, See No Evil”. ALL GREAT!! Youll love them!
I will have to fight myself first as to whether it is this or Blazing Saddles and if Blazing Saddles wins we fight. Pool noodles at high noon. First one to knock off the other's sunglasses wins.
Marty Feldman, who played Igor, looked the way he did because of Graves' disease, which is now called Thyroid Eye Disease, plus a botched surgery following a car accident. But he has used his unusual appearance to his advantage, even claiming it as a key to his success. He has said that his unusual appearance makes him a novelty. Mel Brooks doesn't appear in the movie onscreen, but he can be heard. The wolf howling when they're on their way to the castle, and the cat screaming when Dr. Frankenstein throws the dart were both Mel Brooks. The title of the Aerosmith song "Walk This Way" came from a scene in this movie. Gene Hackman, who played the blind man, adlibbed the line about making espresso.
1. Igor's hump kept moving becuase Marty Feldman (the actor) kept switching it between takes, waiting to see if anyone noticed. 2. The inspector was based on a similar character in Son of Frankenstein, who had such a thick Bavarian accent you could hardly understand a word he said. 3. The "I was gonna make espresso" was an adlib by Gene Hackman.
BREAKING NEWS! The likes goal was DESTROYED on the Back to the Future video over the weekend, so as promised, we'll have our first ever TH-cam Livestream this Saturday (28th October) at 8pm BST (British Summer Time)! I hope to see as many of you lovely people along to it 😊 Oh, and in the meantime, you should definitely check out Patreon 🤪 www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson
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Not a real surprise. Good looking woman with unique charming Scotish accent and a well edited evergreen blockbuster - what could have gone wrong?
That's why I posted the goal will be cracked in less than 12 hours,
OH YES PLEASE can i get on livestream Dawn PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Dawn Marie: See Mel Brooks' other Black & White film: "The Elephant Man." 100% opposite film. Young Frankenstein made you laugh 'till you cried. The Elephant Man will make you cry... from its humanity,
Such a great reaction, Dawn.
As for, Marty Feldman he was a British comedian who sadly died in '82. He was a comedy writer in the '60s before appearing in, "At Last The 1948 Show" in the late '60s, he was then given his own TV series, "Marty" and "It's Marty" 1968-69 then, "Marty Amok!" in 1970 and "Marty Abroad" in '71, he then worked in America before coming back to England for, "The Marty Feldman Show" in '72 and "Marty Back Together Again" in '74. Such a great comedy talent who died far too soon.
Hackman somehow got a copy of the script. He called Mel and said, "I've GOT to be in this film. GRATIS, you don't have to pay me a dime!" Mel told him, "I'm sorry Gene, but we already cast all the parts." A couple days later Mel was reviewing things with the crew and asked, "Now who is playing the blind man, that scene is coming up." Blank stares! Mel figured out, "Hey this is an open part." He called up Hackman, and Hackman was delighted. BUT the final line, "Wait! I was going to serve espresso.." Was a Hackman ad-lib. And Mel loved it.
Not only was it an ad-lib, but the film crew cracked up. That's why the scene ends so abruptly, their laughter was picked up by the microphone.
Great freaking story 😂 Thanks!
The expresso part is true, but how Gene Hackman got into the movie was that he and Gene Wilder were friends and played tennis together. One time they were playing tennis and Hackman asked Wilder what was he currently working on and Wilder told him and Hackman said he would be interested in a part if one was available.
I heard he practically begged to be in it - saying he would do it for free - but the SAG wouldn't go for that. @@Patrick-xv6qv
You could argue that there’s a direct line from Hackman’s appearance in this to his casting as Lex Luthor in “Superman,” because until this movie, who knew Gene Hackman could do comedy?
Marty Feldman just steals every scene. What a gem he was RIP
"AYE-gor" :D
To be a scene stealer with the likes of Gene Wilder on stage, you are definitely nailing the role.
Grand Theft Scene Stealing! 😄
@@Bfdidc That's so true.
He knew the some of the Monty Python crew before they were Monty Python.
Fun fact. When Mel Brooks started principal photography on young frankenstein, he contacted the original set designer to see if they still had the blueprints from the original Frankenstein set. The set designer told him just to contact his buddy at universal because universal still has the entire original set in storage... just use that instead of building an entirely new set.
The original Frankenstein villiage is still part of the Universal Sudios backlot. They shot parts of it there.
@@Johnsrage oh yeah, and Mel Brooks had no idea the interiors were in storage. Frankenstein's lab, library, and dungeon. They had to build all that from the ground up.
But they did use the ortginal lab equipment because it was in the possession of the special effects man that built it. He didn't want to see it torn apart after they shot the lab scenes, so he took them home with him. He used to set them up once a year to entertain the neighborhood.
@@Johnsrage you're basically saying the same thing that I am. I only made the comment after she read out loud original lab equipment used. And if you have the Blu-ray of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks talks about everything I just cited.
That's true---the only thing I added was that the original electrical equipment belonged to a former studio employee. He took it home with him and once a year he would turn it all on to entertain the neighborhood. It would be such a drain on the local power grid that he would have to clear it with his neighbors. When they rebuilt the lab, they contacted that guy to furnish the electrical stuff.
Gene Hackman as the blind guy. One of the greatest cameos ever.
"I was gonna make espresso!"
Can't believe Dawn didn't recognize him😮
@@fiddiehacked I watched it for years and didn't realize until it was pointed out and then it was glaringly obvious but it's just such an unexpected role for him that the brain just didn't click.
Sooooooo funny!
Gene Hackman asked Gene Wilder if there was a part for him.
Igor's line at the arrival of Wilder's fiancee (Lili Von Shtupp from Blazzing Saddles - which was not shown) "You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban." was a Groucho Marx impersonation.
It soitenly was!
It also caused Mel Brooks to ruin the first take. He wasn't expecting the Groucho-style reading and burst out laughing. That apparently was the hardest scene to get because Gene Wilder was corpsing so badly; in fact, he still is in the take that's used.
@@melenatorr Now that's Curly.
*Igor, not Igor.
@@Gravydog316 Underrated comment. 😆
Marty Feldman (Igor) was one of the best comedic actors of his time and very underrated.
He was totally hilarious in this, nearly outshining Gene Wilder in my opinion.
Dawn, your reactions are fantastic and your laugh is addicting. Please keep up the good work.
Search for 'Marty Feldman golf sketch' it's a great 3-4 min sketch
Due to all my respect: - It's pronounced "Eye-Gore", Marie...
He was the og troll 😂
Wow, you are on fire! Yes, same actor as Raymond's dad. He even did a tribute to the role on a Halloween episode of Raymond by dressing as Frankenstein.
"Son of Frankenstein" also features the police officer with the wooden arm, named inspector Kemp in this movie and played by Kenneth Mars.
Also in the final season of Everybody Loves Raymond, Frank is caught taking a Viagra-like pill. In an outtake, Ray reads the name of the medication as Young Frankenstein and gets Peter Boyle to lose it.
Peter Boyle would play with the kids on the set by chasing them around acting like Frankenstens monster.
Dawn spots everything. She’s brilliant.
Peter Boyle was great in Everybody loves Raymond episode Tofu Turkey. 😊
you're cracking up at "Putin' on the Ritz" made my day, pure laughter at a Mel Brooks films is so much a part of living a full life lol
My favorite part too. That and Gene Hackman.
Peter Boyle was my 7th grade math teacher's first cousin.
Sadly, the line about "Is this the Transylvania station" is hard for people under 50 to recognize as a reference to the 1930s-1940s big band song "Chatanooga Choo Choo" ( th-cam.com/video/FdrYYUuT07Q/w-d-xo.html )
Mel Brooks wanted to cut the musical scene
I've seen this movie so many times that it's ridiculous, and that part still cracks me up, every single time.
You know Marty Feldman is funny when he's in a cast with Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn and absolutely steals the spotlight whenever he's on screen.
Time to plug "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" with Feldman, Wilder, and Kahn.
Marty Feldman was a successful comedy writer and performer in the UK, along with some of his colleagues who became the group, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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@@markgreene5926 Absolutely. For some reason it seems to be unknown since no one has yet reacted to it. I saw it back in the early 80s on tv for the first time and it`s as funny as Young F. With Wilder, Feldman and Kahn, you can`t go wrong.
Best line of any film ever: "Abby Normal", even though I knew it was coming I was still laughing.....
My favourite line as well
Another classic with Marty Feldman - "Silent Movie". Great review!!!!
YES!
Silent Movie !! Dawn can see Mel's wife even!
And hear Marcel Marceau speak.
I told my Dad that Marty Feldman had passed away. He looked at me very seriously and said, He wasn’t looking too good. I laughed the rest of the day.
The cast didn’t want Mel to be in this so, his only role in the movie was making the cat noise in the dart scene.
I love your sense of humor.
Thats hilarious......what wit your dad has
I heard that Mel is also the hands that reach in at the start and take the book from Victor Von Frankenstein's skeletal hands.
He is also the voice of the original Dr. Frankenstein that you hear when they first find the laboratory.
The wolf howl was Mel, too. He got two roles in the movie even though he never appeared.
He made the wolf sound too. I think it was Wilder, not the entire cast, who didn't want Brooks onscreen.
The monster was played by Peter Boyle, these days mostly famous for Everybody Loves Raymond. The big treat in this movie is Gene Hackman as the blind man, a very rare cameo.
Oddly enough, Peter Boyle was famous among my group for a movie called "Joe" before this came out. It also had Susan Sarandon, who went on to do the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Peter Boyle is great as Frankenstein's monster but for those of us who grew up during the Vietnam War, his great performance in the film "Joe" was a depiction of a different and more devastating kind of monster.
It’s a huge oversight that Dawn never mentions this. 🙄
He was in Taxi driver as well
I thought he was the same guy in "Everybody Loves Raymond" but I never bothered to verify it. These are the only two things I know of him being in. I've probably saw him in other things but have since forgotten.
Marty Feldman who plays Eyegor was a good friend of the Monty Python guys and appeared in the At Last the 1948 Show with John and Graham prior to them doing Python
He also was in Yellowbeard.
Love their "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch 🤣
"Four Yorkshiremen" was written by the late Tom Brooke-Taylor of The Goodies a favourite sketch whoever happens to be performing it, but was great with Tim Graham and Marty!
To write this comment I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night....
It’s just written Igor.
And was in “Silent Movie”
During filming Marty was switching the hump from side to side for days before it was noticed so they put it in the script.
What hump?
This was Terry Garr's break out role. She was applying for the part of the girlfriend but Brooks had already cast Madelein Kahn. He told her she would get the part of the assistant if she could speak in a German accent. Terry immediately "Eff course Herr Doktor, I kan return tomorrow" in a perfect accent. Mel Brooks hired her on the spot.
I saw Teri Garr when she was signing copies of her autobiography, and she told a story of this movie: she said that she felt a bit like an outsider when she was making this movie, because she was one of the few non-Jewish cast members. When she mentioned this to Brooks, his response was, “Honey, you’re Jewish by injection.”
Just gonna leave that right there…
Dawn Marie = most sincere reactions on you tube. ❤
her reaction to the song and dance number was great. i didn't laugh that hard, not even close. and i respect this movie. it's hilarious, but she found it 10x more so and for that I keep coming back.
Inspector Kemp, the guy with the eyepatch, monocle and arm, is played by Kenneth Mars: he was Franz Liebkin the playwright in "The Producers". His character (and really the story) is based on yet another Frankenstein movie, "Son of Frankenstein", starring Basil Rathbone (oh, be still, my heart!) in the Gene Wilder role, Boris Karloff as the Monster, and Bela Lugosi (aka Dracula) as Igor. Kenneth Mars plays a character based on the Inspector in this movie, who lost the use of his arm due to a previous run-in with Karloff's Monster.
There's not two of Eye-gor, he was just so concerned about electrocution that he whizzed down from the roof _EXTREMELY_ fast
Igor appearing out of nowhere is such a great gag.
And he had a very rare case of wandering hump.
@@0okamino He may be related to a line of English kings... 😉
The old man in hospital gown is the same guy who played the preacher in Blazing Saddles
Gene Wilder didn't want Mel Brooks to have any cameos in this one. He, in fact, has several, as the wolf, the cat, Victor Frankenstein's voice over, and a small gargoyle.
Hi Dawn. Marty Feldman (Igor) had his own sketch show back in the late 60s. You might like it. He was a funny man who sadly died young. All the best to you.
Mel Brooks was the voice of Victor during the scene when they first saw the lab. And he also did the cat sound effect in the darts scene haha
Great lines: "Put..the..candle..back" and of course "it could be raining"
I can't think of another film that's as perfectly cast. Every role was played brilliantly and to full comedic effect.
Marty Feldman's death was a tragic loss. One of my favorites of his, along with another "gone too soon" comedy genius, Graham Chapman, and many others, is Yellowbeard.
Gene Hackman saw the script and rang Mel brooks ( just after he won the Oscar for French connection) saying that he reallly wanted the part of the blind man but Mel said that they couldn’t afford him so he said he’d do it for nothing and the result was genius. Luv ya
Yellowbeard is great.Such a marvelous cast, Monty Python folks, people from this movie, and Cheech and Chong!!
"Stagger, stagger, crawl, stagger, stagger, roll..."
My favorite Mel Brooks movie. Saw it back in 1974 at a drive in and we were laughing so hard, the car was shaking.
The reason dorks and geeks like me and others adore you so much is because you're fondness of people like us. Your love of Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman demonstrate this immensely.
Back when my son was a teenager and we watched this, we would quote it back and forth together. My son will sometimes say werewolf and I always respond there wolf there castle.
Possibly one of the most perfectly cast films ever made! Wilder, Garr and Feldman are Amazing together!
While shooting YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, actor Peter Boyle met ex-Beatle John Lennon and they became great friends. Lennon later served as Best Man at Boyle's wedding!
Fun Fact-- in the classroom scene, if you look close you can see Wilder's got a pad on his leg under his trousers. But he was rolling with the moment, forgot to be careful, and brought the scalpel down so hard it *punched through the pad.* He completed the scene with an inch of steel in his thigh and had to go to the doctor for stitches when it was finished.
Those stitches deserve an oscar too
This film is absolutely hysterical and essentially an endless quote, strung together with puns. The black and white choice is completely disarming at first...so much fun. Mel Brooks is a genius. "Und SH*T!" 😂
"Smart people that read Frankenstein understand that the monster wasn't Frankenstein, but the monster who created it"
Suprisingly it also cost more to film in black and white. When the movie was filmed the only black and white film being produced at the time was black and white film that was made specifically to be colored over during the editing process. That film did not give the movies a good look.
Mel Brooks contacted a special film maker in Germany that still made the original B/W film and it cost more than color film at the time
Black & White was the only way to go. Both Mel and Gene insisted on it to pay homage to the original movie. Great choice ‼️
Kenneth Mars was also a comic genius. He played Franz Leibkind, the author of the play "Springtime for Hitler" in "The Producers."
"To zhe lumbur yahd!"
Madeline Kahn was a comedic genius. RIP.
The monster is the dad in ‘Everybody Loves Raymund’. Dawn Marie, you actually said: “You can be the Superman of the village”!
The blind man was played by Gene Hackman, who played the arch villain Lex Luthor in Christopher Reeve’s ‘Superman’.
Marty Feldman played the lead in 1977 ‘The Last Remake of Beau Geste’, with Mel Brooks in 1976 ‘Silent Movie’, with Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn in 1975 ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother’. I saw all three in theaters on their release. Saw them at least three times, so they must have been funny. Don’t remember much that far back.
No sequel, but there is a monster family. The Munsters. Frankenstein Dad, Bride of Frankenstein Mom, Wolfman son, and vampire Grandpa. Was a TV show in the US in the mid 60's.
The laboratory equipment they used for this movie is from the original 1931 Frankenstein, starring Colin Clive and Boris Karloff.
*Young Frankenstein Rock History Fun Facts:*
The rock bands Aerosmith big hit was based on a scene from Young Frankenstein. Aerosmith's lead vocalist Steven Tyler got the idea of their hit song *Walk This Way* when Eyegore told Gen we Wilder to walk this way.
Frankenstein monster is indeed played by Raymond's father Frank.
This is Mel's masterpiece in his valentine to Universal Horror. Brooks said when he was a kid he was s scared of the Frankenstein Monster he would imagine it coming up outside his apartment building to sneak into his bed and strangle him every night (!) Such a funny film with a grand cast. Sadly Marty Feldman died very young (48) and this was his most famous film role (he did one more film w/Mel SILENT MOVIE a send-up of the silent movie era that is worth a visit) and his large eyes were due to a condition known as Graves disease which is a thyroid disease). Sadly only Terri Garr & Gene Hackman (whose cameo as the blind hermit was unbilled largely due to his fame and he felt it would hurt the movie if people knew beforehand he was in it ) of the original cast is still w/us. I also recommend ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. RE: the Inspector's false arm - this is a nod to GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN where the Inspector was the survivor of a childhood attack by the Monster who had torn the arm out by his shoulder. They eye patch/monocle is just literally a sight gag. *Personal note: I was 7 when my dad took me to s see it when it came out for a Saturday matinee - the line went around the block and it had a 3 Stooges short and cartoons before the show - we laughed our asses off too :D One of my fondest childhood memories. Good Times.
The original inspector with the false arm, played by Lionel Atwill, was in Son of Frankenstein, not Ghost of Frankenstein.
Madeline Kahn’s hair was a direct take-off from “The Bride of Frankenstein” with Elsa Lanchester as the bride.
The scene with Victor and the monster singing and dancing, "Putting on The Ritz" -- brilliant!
The presence of Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Liam Dunn in this reminds me that you need to watch "What's Up, Doc" (1972) starring Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand, and the actors mentioned above. It's a screwball comedy and hilarious!
And _Bringing Up Baby;_ _Doc_ is a quasi-remake of it.
I don't think I ever noticed the false nails before, thank you Miss Dawn!
I PLEDGE MYSELF TO DAWN AND HER MONSTER ARMY!!!
"He looks like Frank Barone from 'Everybody Loves Raymond' " Good catch, it is him!
Great work watching the original "Frankenstein" & "Bride of Frankenstein" first. "Young Frankenstein" does have a reference or two to "Son of Frankenstein" such as the police inspector with the prosthetic arm, but you're way ahead of the game, with just those two.
"Son of Frankenstein" is also the movie that made it official to refer to the as monster "Frankenstein."
And "Son of Frankenstein" was the first time Dr. Frankenstein had an assistant named Igor.
Fun fact: Kenneth Mars- who plays Inspector Kemp- also voiced King Triton in the original Little Mermaid.
And also played Otto Mannkusser, the proprietor of the Santa Fe dude ranch in the TV show "Malcolm In the Middle"
Humanity needs to give Mel Brooks 100 more years of creative life.
The scene at the train station with the shoeshine boy(in the full version) is a tribute to the 1941 Glenn Miller song "Chattanooga Choo Choo. Original lyrics "Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?"
"Yes, yes, Track 29!"
"Boy, you can give me a shine."
ONE OF THE FINEST COMEDIES IN EXISTENCE. N JOY BEAUTIFUL
The actor that played Inspector Kemp was Kenneth Mars who played Franz Lipkin in the Producers. His arm was like that because when he was a child, the Monster ripped his arm off. So, he had an artificial arm. That was in the Son of Frankenstein. In Son of Frankenstein, the inspectors name was Inspector Krough.
One of those movies that always delivers no matter how many times you have watched it.... and to be honest i have never seen you laugh as hard as you did in the sing and dance scene Dawn. 🤣
When I first saw this, I almost wet myself with laughter at "Puttin On The ritz".
I knew the song and dance bit was going to get you! That scene never fails to make me cry with laughter. I worked at an ad agency as a designer a few years back. The creative team let me play music for everyone in our fun section, on a stereo I kept in my cube. We'd have impromptu singalongs and I'd take requests. Every once in a while, on a tough busy day,, I would play the monster screaming PUTTIN ON THE RIIIIITZ out of nowhere and we'd all just die laughing. It would always rally us to get through a challenging project.
No matter how many times I've seen it, and know it's coming, when the monster starts singing, it cracks me up.
The monster was played by Peter Boyle, otherwise known as "Frank Barone".
He's great in the movie JOE from 1970. It's very disturbing, but me makes a lot of it funny too.
The guy with the eyes was the late great Marty Feldman. He suffered from a thyroid disease and had Graves' ophthalmopathy. Normally, such a condition would cause the sufferer to not want to create attention to himself/herself. In Martys case, he used his condition for comedic effects. Sadly, Marty suffered a fatal heart attack back in 1982 whilst filming for the film "Yellowbeard" was taking place. Marty appeared in films like "Sherlock Holmes smarter brother" and "Silent Movie" (another Mel Brooks film).
The German guy, "Inspector Kemp", was played by Kenneth Mars. He was also the German in "The Producers", and to Mels joy he carried that level of unbalanced psyche over to the Inspector character. The blind man was played by a certain "Gene Hackman". All Gene wanted was a small part, but Mel Brooks was so humbled that such an actor of his standing wanted a part in the film that Gene ended up as the blind man. And Victors girlfriend was played by "Madeline Kahn", who also was in "Blazing Saddles" as the German theatre singer.
According to Gene Wilder, during filming laughter was regularly heard, but the song/dance routine was a part that Mel felt it didn't belong in the film, but Gene was adamant that it should be kept in. Gene argued like mad to keep the routine in and Mel was dead against it. Suddenly, Mel said "Ok, the routine stays", and that was that. Gene asked why was it a problem, Mel replied that he wasn't sure about it but if you fight hard enough for something, then it should stay.
I'm glad you enjoyed the film, especially the "Ootin' on the IIIITZ" routine.
Not only did they use the original "Frankenstein" electrical equipment, the entire movie was shot using vintage 1930s cameras. Mel borrowed them from Peter Bogdonivich after he had filmed the black and white depression era film "Paper Moon".
Ooo, interesting. Madeline Khan is in that too.
Madeline Kahn (and Kenneth Mars) are also in Peter Bogdovich's classic comedy "What's Up Doc?"The little old man is also in it too.
That reminds me, there is a tragic shortage of reactions to _Paper Moon._ People need to watch that movie.
The actor with the glasses and mustache, bringing Frankenstein's book to Gene at 5:36 was also Max in The Sound of Music.
Mel Brooks was mainly just a director on this one. His credit as Victor Frankenstein is from a cut scene at the beginning of the movie where he's a voice on a record. They cut the scene because it didn't really add anything to the plot and kind of slowed the movie down. So yeah, one of the few of his films that he doesn't have a cameo in
If you want to see Mel Brooks take on Hitchcock watch High Anxiety!!!😅
And when Hitchcock saw High Anxiety, he praised Brooks for the shower scene with the newsprint ink swirling down the drain. That is quite a compliment.
@@AR-cp5dz In an Interviewed with Dick Cavett, Mel Brooks said he spent time with Alfred Hitchcock who provided notes and suggestions to his script, and after the finished product was released, Mel said he received a rare bottle of wine and a complimentary note from Mr. Hitchcock. It doesn't get better than that. I think the interview is available either on TH-cam or Max.
You’re right! The actor Peter Boyle from Everybody Loves Raymond played the monster
this film is based more on the third frankenstein film "the son of frankenstein" (1939) which stars basil rathbone as the title character, bela lugosi as a hunchback and boris karloff in his last appearence as the monster. but it has several references to the first two frankenstein films.
the hunchback, the big door knockers and the police chief with the mechanical arm, and other things, were all taken from "the son of frankenstein."
“Karloff? Siiiidekick?”
@@0okaminoKarloff is not fit to smell my shit!
The officer with the mechanical arm was a nod to a character from THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN which came after THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. Love your reactions !
Marty Feldman began his comedic career on British tv, alongside John Cleese. The movable hump was his idea, basically to prank the rest of the cast.
Mel Brooks voiced the cat that got hit by the dart, haha.
Loved this film since it first came out (yes, I’m that old - 60). What I loved about your reaction was how you laughed at “HE WAS MY BOYFRIEND”, which is one of the funniest lines in the movie, and the song and dance scene. I’ve never seen you laugh that much. It’s great to see someone enjoy something that I have also enjoyed.
Marty Feldman made a funny movie called “The Last Remake of Beau Geste”. The idea is that Beau Geste had many remakes. It’s quite funny. Thanks for making me laugh.
Geoff from Fremantle Western Australia 🇦🇺
7:33 "Suit yourself. I'm easy."
I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who could play Igor better than Marty Feldman.
Thank you for the reaction, Dawn!
Your enjoyment of the "Puttin on the Ritz" routine would have made Gene proud. He had to fight to keep that scene in the script, Mel didn't want it. (They were co-writers.)
For more Marty Feldman, AND some of your Monty Python friends, "Yellowbeard" is a funny film.
Marty Feldman was a COMEDIC GENIUS. He did a TON of writing for skits and shows, INCLUDING skits that were done by Monty Python's Flying Circus. As far as his eyes? Well, a thyroid disease as a child led to them "protruding".... but when it came to the iconic LOOK of his face, you had the disease, a childhood injury, boating accident, car crash and reconstructive surgery to pick from (Marty's own joke).
As far as the "plot points" his script was written by Mel Brooks with Marty in mind to play the character Igor. HOWEVER, a lot of Marty's "throw away lines" (Such as when he is looking at the camera) are ALL improvised, making filming both difficult due to having to do another take with another improvised line.... as well as HILARIOUS for the cast and crew because Marty's improvised lines were always different and sometimes "naughty". Mel later admitted that filming scenes with JUST Marty in them were the hardest, because you never knew what Marty would do or say, as well as Marty having a habit of slipping "out of character" during his improvisations and acting like the other characters and actors on set.
It’s great to see the original Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein to fully appreciate the parody. You did the requisite research!
Dawn Marie may be the only movie reaction among all the movie reactions channels that bothered to do so.
This is why Dawn stands apart from all those other channels.
Yes but don't forget Son of Frankenstein, the final part of the Boris Karloff Frankenstein trilogy
Yes definitely would have helped her to understand the one-armed police inspector if she'd watched all three of the original Karloff films ending with the fantastic 'Son of Frankenstein' (my favourite of the three)
Dawn Marie: Greatest laugh and giggle! And with Young Frankenstein, all is revealed!
When I was a kid, HBO had a Mel Brooks month in which they showed this film, High Anxiety, and Silent Movie. My experience was the opposite of yours because they showed Young Frankenstein first, and then when they showed High Anxiety I thought: 'Oh! Mel Brooks can act, too!'
High Anxiety very underrated.
One of the inside jokes was the scene with the shoeshine boy at the train station - - the dialog was lifted from a song by the Glen Miller Orchestra, *Chattanooga Choo-Choo:*
Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo-choo?
Track 29 - - can I give you a shine?
I've never seen Dawn laugh so intensely, as when watching the dance sequence in the movie.
Any more intense, and she'd be crying as well, lol!
And that was my favorite part of the movie 2, and I laughed and I laughed intensely as well.
Marty Feldman was one of the great British comedians - Ask any Monty Python, they loved him and worked with him, especially John Cleese (At Last the 1948 show) He used to have his own show: "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine". I recently bought his autobiography "eyE Marty". He was a great human being and a great comedy act. Sadly passed away much too young.
Watch carefully and you can see some of the actors hold back smiles/laughs in certain scenes...Marty Feldman meeting the doctor's fiance for instance. Guest appearance by Gene Hackman. You can see why they picked Teri Garr to play Phoebee's mom in Friends. She was also in a film called Let It Ride and Close Encounters...Plus an episode of the original Star Trek.
Mr Mom and Mom & Dad Save the World! Let it Ride is a little known film, or at least now it is. It's great though.
As a 57 year old male your sense of humor is right up my alley and your movie selections
25:30 Your laughter at this whole scene does my heart good. 😂👍
BEST LAUGH EVAR!!!
Good catch on Peter Boyle as the Monster. "What Knockers!" and Flau Blucher I never get tired of those gags.
One of my all-time favorite movies. Can’t watch it without laughing.
This movie was Gene Wilder’s idea. Mel saw Gene working on something during breaks on the set of Blazing Saddles. Mel loved it so they worked on the script after work each day. Gene would star and Mel would direct, splitting the money 60% - 40%. Gene got the extra 10% because it was his idea. Gene insisted on not breaking the 4th wall like in Blazing Saddles, but there were a few looks at the camera, here and there.
I have to say, Dawn, it's _incredibly_ rewarding seeing someone else discover this classic gem of horror/sci-fi/satire.
Every actor in this movie 🎥 was brilliant. They are missed. RIP
Great fun reaction Dawn. And the Mary Shelly book from which Frankenstein and the monster came from, is considered one of the 1st Science Fiction story written.😎👍
"Don't want to be in the back either" There's a bit in sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf where they discuss that & try to be both behind and in front of someone at the same time whilst moving down the corridor.
It was so delightful to watch you enjoy this movie. Especially Puttin On The Ritz. 😂. This film is one of my all time favorites.
When I lived in California I use to like to drive down to Los Angeles and go to visit the graves of celebrities. One of the graves at the top of my list was no other than Igor himself, Mr. Marty Feldman. He was absolute comedic perfection in this movie.
Delightful! Finally a reactor that gets it! Great job!
Cheers!
I think the guy at 5:34 was Richard Haydn. In the original Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoons Clyde Crashcup is voiced by Shepard Menken impersonating Richard Haydn.
The blind man in Young Frankenstein is Gene Hackman.
14:28--hobnail boots
The man at 5:34 is Richard Haydon, playing Herr Folkstein. He also played Max Detweiler in 1965's "The Sound of Music."😁
My favorite among many great Mel Brooks movies. The Great Marty Feldman, Gene Hackman, Terri Garr, Cloris Leachman, etc. etc..
I think Gene Wilder made Mel Brooks promise that he would NOT have a cameo in this movie.
Mel Brooks told Gene Wilder that the word "bluchert" was German for 'glue', hence the horse's reactions, (though this is not true), and Gene Wilder told that around town until it became a famous factoid about this movie, (but in reality it was a joke Mel played on Gene).
That is most definitely the guy from Everybody Loves Raymond.
Also...
Marty Feldman was in the original sketch: Four Yorkshire Men.
I say 'original' because the Monty Python troupe performed it on stage in a much better recording than the original. It's a very very funny sketch, I recommend it highly
The masterpiece! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😁 you can also find an old Bloopers video about this movie which is crazy fun!
Marty Feldman was a British comedian and worked with John Cleese and the other Monty Python guys. He developed a disease that caused his eyes to change shape and size. He used that to continue working and even capitalized on it.
Mel Brooks' masterpiece. Perfect example of a parody/homage combination.
22:03 - zip on his neck. When young Mel Brooks first saw the original "Frankenstein" he had nightmares about the electrical bolts in Boris Karloff's neck. He'd wake up screaming, "The bolts! The bolts!" So years later, as an adult, when making this parody / homage, he did NOT give his Creature bolts in his neck. But a zipper? Now that's funny!
If you want a very dry wit sort of horror comedy, Dawn, try the mockumentary "What We Do In The Shadows."
Marty Feldman was a brilliant comedian and he died in his 40's in a fluke incident. He was filming a movie in Mexico and had an allergic reaction to some shellfish. It was very severe and he had a heart attack and passed away. He was only 48.
This was one of the movies i was waiting for you to do❤️❤️ Thank you so much! If i may suggest another Gene Wilder film, He did many films with Richard Pryor. Classic comedy duo right up there with Abbott & Costello.. “Silver Streak”, “Stir Crazy” and “Hear No Evil, See No Evil”. ALL GREAT!! Youll love them!
There's a hilarious scene in Silver Streak that's not politically correct anymore but still funny as hell!
I love _Silver Streak._ Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston...
Marty Feldman was also in "The Last Remake of Beau Geste".
Almost certainly Mel Brooks' best movie. Fight me.
Totally agree.
For safety's sake, don't disagree!
@@lmiddleman I may not be a very good fighter, but I'm old and fat and the prospect of me falling on you isn't a pretty thought.
I will have to fight myself first as to whether it is this or Blazing Saddles and if Blazing Saddles wins we fight. Pool noodles at high noon. First one to knock off the other's sunglasses wins.
If not almost certainly, then certainly almost.
Marty Feldman, who played Igor, looked the way he did because of Graves' disease, which is now called Thyroid Eye Disease, plus a botched surgery following a car accident. But he has used his unusual appearance to his advantage, even claiming it as a key to his success. He has said that his unusual appearance makes him a novelty.
Mel Brooks doesn't appear in the movie onscreen, but he can be heard. The wolf howling when they're on their way to the castle, and the cat screaming when Dr. Frankenstein throws the dart were both Mel Brooks.
The title of the Aerosmith song "Walk This Way" came from a scene in this movie.
Gene Hackman, who played the blind man, adlibbed the line about making espresso.
"It's a good a good job you probably don't want anymore kids" I love the practical side of our lovely Dawn!
Looking for Playboy magazines, see?
1. Igor's hump kept moving becuase Marty Feldman (the actor) kept switching it between takes, waiting to see if anyone noticed.
2. The inspector was based on a similar character in Son of Frankenstein, who had such a thick Bavarian accent you could hardly understand a word he said.
3. The "I was gonna make espresso" was an adlib by Gene Hackman.