"It's good to be the king" refers to a prior movie by Brooks, History of the World. Worth a watch if u haven't seen it. Also, the Brando movie referenced ("I could've been a contender") is On the Waterfront, a great film.
The mole on the other cheek was a take off on Igor's hump in Young Frankenstein where the hump changes sides and Igor also says "What hump?" after Frankenstein says that he can fix that hump.
"Its good to b the king!"... is another quote from a past Mel Brooks movie ... I think it was the History of the World... (and yes, Blazing Saddles is recognized by most to b his best)
Exc idea, I would love to see a few reactors do that film and see the talents of Danny K. and I've only seen 2 react to WHITE xmas with BING Crosby. One other fave of mine from 1950's is ROMAN HOLIDAY which should bring tears to some lady reactors
"Unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent" was a direct jab at Kevin Costner, who didn't even try to do an accent when he starred in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", which is the movie that this movie is a parody of.
The movie is primarily a spoof of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner (who definitely did not have an English accent) and secondarily of other versions (particularly the Errol Flynn and Disney cartoon versions).
I absolutely love this movie. It's a parody on all previous Robin Hood movies but especially the one with Kevin Costner. I watch just about every version of Robin Hood since I first saw The Adventures of Robin Hood.
@@seanrosenau2088 it was "okay" I guess. But mostly just because I'm a sucker for Robin Hood movies. My favorite is still Prince Of Thieves. It has many really good actors.
@@brettg274 he was a reoccurring side character throughout the Psyche tv show! He changed a little bit but now he looks similar to when he did when he was younger
Love Mel Brooks. The king of parodies. I hope you react to more of his movies. The Producers (1967) & the musical (2005) Spaceballs (1987) Star Wars parody Silent Movie (1976) High Anxiety (1977) Alfred Hitchcock parody Dracula: Dead & Loving it (1995) Dracula parody History of the World, Part 1 (1981)
Review 23:48- you should see History of the World Part 1, it's another older one like blazing saddles and has a ton of stuff that absolutely couldn't do today but is hilarious if you view it as a product of the time and not by today's standards
"As my first order of business, I would like to appoint a new Sheriff... my friend Ahchoo." "A black sheriff?" "He's black?" "And why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles (1974)." Dave Chappell is such a genius comedian. He works on a different level than most. Fun Fact: Sir Patrick Stewart, who plays King Richard, was born and grew up in Mirfield, two miles from the reputed site of Robin Hood's final resting place in the grounds of Kirklees Hall, West Yorkshire.
He chose to have it say "Brooksfilms presents" rather than "Mel Brooks presents" so people wouldn't expect those films to be comedies cuz that he's known for.
Shan, now that you've watched this movie along with "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles", you need to watch both "Spaceballs" and "History of the World, Part 1" to get the full Mel Brooks experience.
@@QuayNemSorr I was wondering if he had watched "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" as Men in Tights is a direct parody of that but I think he did it on this channel. It is just like trying to watch ""Spaceballs" without having seen the original Star Wars trilogy...makes it hard to get the references to enjoy the jokes if you haven't. I love it when people react to "Blazing Saddles" without having any western exposure and they don't get things like the Randolph Scott reference...lol
It's mainly referring to the 1938 Errol Flynn version and includes elements from Kevin Costner's early 1990's film, Brooks had made a TV comedy sitcom about Robin Hood a few decades earlier ('When Times Were Rotten').
I've noticed that most people have forgotten about "High Anxiety". It's a bit of a take on the Alfred Hitchcock film "Vertigo". Not Brooks' best work, but definitely worth a watch.
If you like George Carlin, a great film where he is a small but important member of the ensemble is 1999's Dogma. Also, Mel Brooks never directed a non-comedy that I am aware of, but he personally Executive-Produced 1980's The Elephant Man and 1986's The Fly and took his name off them so nobody would assume they were comedies (though the company Brooksfilm remains on the credits)
Your reaction was a joy to watch as always. I was seven or eight when this movie came out, and they put it on network TV surprisingly quickly after release, so I basically grew up with this movie. I've probably seen it over 100 times, but getting to watch you throw your head back howling with laughter gave me the gift of seeing it again through new eyes. 'The Night is Young' was an old song "pulled from stock," so to speak. Amy Yasbeck did not do her own singing, but I seem to recall that she did have a decent voice. They wanted Sean Connery to play King Richard, but he wanted too much money. Patrick Stewart was happy to take the role.
Shan, you can't go wrong with a Mel Brooks movie. I love that you did this one, but as someone else said, History of the World Part 1 is a must watch. There is no "Part 2", at least not yet... but that's part of the joke.
If I may recommend a few of my favorites from Mel Brooks…? “High Anxiety” (a tribute to the late, great Alfred Hitchcock!), & my own personal favorite… “the Twelve Chairs”! (Dom Deluise is fantastic, as are Mel, Ron Moody, & Frank Langella!) Enjoy!
His most serious movie is probably his remake of "To Be or Not To Be". It''s still very much a comedy but it is set during the Nazi occupation of Poland and has themes about the Jewish experience during the that period. It's one of my favorites.
The Producers (both versions) is excellent too. The remake doubles down on politically incorrect and there’s a part of me that loves that, even though it’s filmed like a stage play.
History of the World part 1 is my favorite Mel Brooks film. I believe it was the first time the "It's good to be the King" line was used. Released in 1981 so 12 year old me probably shouldn't have watched it. Mel Brooks might have been the first to have an after credit scene.
Little fact: During the first Iraq War the US was using patriot missiles to shoot down Scud missiles, hence the patriot arrow. Also, the "Mexican Wave" originated in the US at baseball games, but the world hadn't noticed unitl the world cup in Mexico when the phenomenon had made its way south of the border. We just call it the wave. 🙂
I loved the play on words of picking up the gauntlet and the subtle jokes in this movie like Latrine giving him a life saver. Also, Dom Deluise is a jem.
Brooks referenced most of his films here. The sheriff and Blazing Saddles you caught. As others said Good to be the King is History of the World. The moving mole is a twist on a running joke in Young Frankenstein and the camera getting hit or hitting things is a running joke in High Anxiety
If u want more Mel Brooks, then u have to do Spaceballs, which is his spoof of Star Wars. Its proby my second favorite of his after Blazing Saddles (tho I am a fan of Young Frankenstein as well)
Like so many have said and just to help catch your attention, this is primarily a parody of Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. If you watch that movie, more of the jokes will land. A bit of Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood as well.
I love this movie. So many funny lines and moments. I love Blinken telling Robin how his entire family died. It's so horribly funny. I love Blinken as look out too or as he calls it "guessing" "I guess no one is coming."
So many jokes in this are completely missed if you havn't seen Prince of Thieves and the Errol flynn robin hood. Even the disney animated one is present in quite a few gags. I thought of this when you commented on the shadow puppets that is straight out of The Errol flynn version. you miss so much watching this before the other three. Still great reaction.
I love the fact Latrine literally gives the sheriff a Life Savers candy to save his life. 🤣 Another one of my favorite Mel Brooks movies that is a perfect companion to Young Frankenstein is Dracula: Dead and Loving It. It has an amazing cast with Leslie Nielson playing Dracula.
Mel Brooks does make it work. Ah the 90's when people remembered how to "laugh" and not take a joke so seriously... I'm going on a tangent here but seeing that appearance of Dom DeLuise parodying The Godfather. If you want a great movie from 1981 The Cannonball Run still stands up and Dom does a memorable performance (and the outtakes will make you bust a gut).
Man I love this movie. I saw it when it first came out on video with my dad and my step mom. My dad and I were laughing so hard my step mom was looking at us like we were a bunch of maniacs.
You probably should have watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves first. This movie also had a lot of now-dated references in it, like Home Alone, Malcolm X, White Men Can't Jump, etc.
Please react to dogma by Kevin smith arguably his best this movie was taken hostage for over a decade and now is finally available to watch it has a lot of your favorite comedians in it
We missed out on possibly THE greatest comedy bit with this movie. Mel originally wanted Sean Connery as King Richard. But two things got in the way. First was Connerys usual fee was too high and would of taken too much of the budget. Second is Connery would only agree to do the part if he could play King Richard IN DRAG. Sean Connery playing King Richard in a Comedy version of Robin Hood IN DRAG.
I'm sure everyone has already recommended all the other Mel Brooks movies to you but here they are again for good measure: -The Producers (1967). Brooks' first movie and the humor is as bold as in Blazing Saddles. -The Twelve Chairs (1970). Brooks' least known movie, a comedic take of a Russian classic. -Silent Movie (1976). A silent movie with a pretty amazing list of cameos. -High Anxiety (1977). Spoof of Alfred Hitchcock movies. -History of the World: Part I (1981). Collection of historical moments as told by Brooks. -Spaceballs (1987). Spoof of Star Wars and other scifi movies. -Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). Probably Brooks' weakest film but still worth watching.
Something closer to "serious" would probably be "To Be Or Not To Be", a remake of a 1942 war comedy produced and starring but not directed by Mel Brooks. It's a lot more grounded and linear and doesn't have the kind of madcap energy or referential humor of his original works, but I think it's definitely worth watching
When asked how do we know Your real Robin Hood. He says, Because he had a English Accent. It was in reference to Kevin Costner playing Robin Hood refusing to effect an English Accent.
The Mel Brooks movie you saw first is usually the best one for each. I loved this a lot more than Blazing Saddles when I first saw them, since the themes of Blazing Saddle were not that relevant to where I lived, it felt very boring, especially towards the and I remember had to struggle to watch it to the end. At the time we used to be almost 100% homogeneous people, with none of the "stereotypical racism" other than against Soviet Union, but it wasn't fully underserved prejudice as we have been reminded once again. Even now, the racism here isn't actually against skin color, but almost completely against completely opposite set of core values with fundamental Islamists that make up a huge portion of the refugees and immigrants. And it hasn't been made easier by the fact that we still have an official State religion... When I saw Blazing Saddles much later only a few years ago, it was so insanely funny, since I (sadly) had context for it now. At the time, I think we had only one black person in the public who instantly became famous (in a positive way) for having a minor role in a TV-series and that he actually spoke our language, he was a drummer called Billy Carson. The other black people we have had before that had all been extremely recluse refugees from Africa. We were so proud of having such a cool person being part of us, but I guess these days that could be seen as a pretty extreme form of racism as well. The divide between the black and the white people in the US never really translated to here, and both black and white Americans were seen as one and the same here, and particularly Eddie Murphy, Michael Jackson, The Prince and Tina Turner were insanely popular in here at the time. Even the local version of the n-word was very commonly used until very recently (as late as the 80s and the 90s) in some products and even in media, since most of us didn't know it had a negative meaning to it. We also heard it being used all the time by black people themselves. Most just thought it was just coming from the Latin word for black. After the 20th Century we had an insane (a bit too uncontrolled due to Syria's situation) influx of refugees and in just a few years, our whole demographic has changed, and so has many of the uglier sides of that surfaced as well, which we are having hard time adjusting into and trying to re-educate people to changed realities.
Don't forget Lola! She was Miss Finland and almost Miss Universe in the 90s and quite a big deal at a time considering how homogeneous the country was. As for racism in Finland, I have to say it's a huge benefit that it's not part of our history. Individuals can be racist, but it isn't systematic. It isn't built into our laws or society or social conscience over hundreds of years the way it is in the US.
You need to see robin hood prince of thieves to get some of the jokes for this movie as this is a direct parody of that movie in particular as several scenes directly copy it.
One of my favorite movies as a kid- even if most of the jokes went right over my head. May I recommend Spaceballs if you haven't seen it yet? Another fun Mel Brooks movie, mostly starwars parody but it incorporates references and jokes of a lot of sci-fi media like star trek and alien. Got the actual starwars visual effects team to work on it after bringing it up to George Lucas if i remember right
You mentioned being a fan of stand up. I highly recommend checking out Joe List, I think he’d fit your brand of humor. Full specials on TH-cam or Netflix.
You should have seen Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 of Kevin Costner which this movie spoof on. The best line in the movie "I heard that coming a mile away :) Right-o, Blinkin, very good. Pardon? Who's talking?". "It is good to be the King" is a reference from another Mel Brooks movie "History of the world". You should also see High Anxiety a Mel Brooks spoof of Hithcock classic movies if you have seen them like Psycho Vertigo The Birds ... .
A movie to add to your list when it comes out is “Paws of Fury:The Legend of Hank”. It’s a movie by Mel Brooks that’s supposed to be a remake of “Blazing Saddles”. It’s funny when Sheriff of Rottingham gets saved by Latrine she gives him an actual lifesaver candy.
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"It's good to be the king" refers to a prior movie by Brooks, History of the World. Worth a watch if u haven't seen it. Also, the Brando movie referenced ("I could've been a contender") is On the Waterfront, a great film.
History of the World Part 1 is DEFINITELY worth a watch! I love this movie!
Don't forget the shake
History of the World Part 1 is by far my favorite in that series of films.
The mole on the other cheek was a take off on Igor's hump in Young Frankenstein where the hump changes sides and Igor also says "What hump?" after Frankenstein says that he can fix that hump.
I think it’s also a satire of Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood Prince of Thieves which came out in ‘91.
Yeah, that crack about his Robin Hood has an English accent
Ya, u'll get the spoofs and satire more once yer familiar with Kevin Costner's 1991 Robin Hood movie
"Its good to b the king!"... is another quote from a past Mel Brooks movie ... I think it was the History of the World... (and yes, Blazing Saddles is recognized by most to b his best)
Yeah, it’s a bit unfortunate he didn’t get to see that one first. But these things happen.
Was that in 91? God I'm old!
The scene with the armored knights falling like dominoes is an homage to "The Court Jester" with Danny Kaye. A brilliant old movie, and worth a watch.
Everyone watch Court Jester!
That movie is a work of art.
Exc idea, I would love to see a few reactors do that film and see the talents of Danny K. and I've only seen 2 react to WHITE xmas with BING Crosby. One other fave of mine from 1950's is ROMAN HOLIDAY which should bring tears to some lady reactors
It has a very good and hilarious fight scene!
I absolutely love Court Jester! And most of Danny Kaye’s movies! I haven’t seen them all
The kid just screaming and running around was a nod to Home Alone.
The hangman is played by the same actor that was the hangman in Blazing Saddles.
Yes! Robert Ridgley.
That's what I thought!! It cracked me up. 😂
"Unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent" was a direct jab at Kevin Costner, who didn't even try to do an accent when he starred in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", which is the movie that this movie is a parody of.
One serious movie mel brooks produced quietly was the elephant man 1981 with John hurt. Absolutely brilliant drama about the life of Joseph merick.
Rip John Hurt
Also Frances/1982 with Jessica Lange. Again uncredited.
Spaceballs should definitely be the next Mel Brooks movie to react to.😀
"Unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can talk with an English accent."
Ooooh, sick burn to Kevin Costner, there xD
The movie is primarily a spoof of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner (who definitely did not have an English accent) and secondarily of other versions (particularly the Errol Flynn and Disney cartoon versions).
I absolutely love this movie. It's a parody on all previous Robin Hood movies but especially the one with Kevin Costner. I watch just about every version of Robin Hood since I first saw The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Have you seen that Russel Crow mess?
@@seanrosenau2088 unfortunately
Oh yes, HEAVY on parodying the Costner movie. Especially that zinger about being a Robin Hood with an actual English accent.
@@seanrosenau2088 it was "okay" I guess. But mostly just because I'm a sucker for Robin Hood movies. My favorite is still Prince Of Thieves. It has many really good actors.
Another Mel Brooks film that gets overlooked is "High Anxiety" - Brooks take on Hitchcock, which I think you would really enjoy!
Highly recommended.
Mel Brooks has produced serious films, including Elephant Man (1980), Frances (1982 uncredited) and 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
And David Cronenberg's The Fly
Dracula, Dead & Loving it. Another Mel Brooks classic.
I think the world needs a Carry Elwes come-back.
Guarantee he looks exactly the same.
@@brettg274 he was a reoccurring side character throughout the Psyche tv show! He changed a little bit but now he looks similar to when he did when he was younger
It got one when he returned in "Saw."
@@brettg274 Yes please
Love Mel Brooks. The king of parodies. I hope you react to more of his movies.
The Producers (1967) & the musical (2005)
Spaceballs (1987) Star Wars parody
Silent Movie (1976)
High Anxiety (1977) Alfred Hitchcock parody
Dracula: Dead & Loving it (1995) Dracula parody
History of the World, Part 1 (1981)
And -The Twelve Chairs 1970
Scratch the 2005 Producers, not terrible but the Original just can't be beat in my opinion.
(intro)1:00- more specifically it's a parody of "Robin hood prince of thieves" with Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman not just the story itself
5:35- Costner made a huge scene of kissing English soil and everyone who watched it thought of that in their heads anyway😂
6:52- Duncan in the other one; probably the most forgettable character (but he was up against a lot of talent tbf)
Review 23:48- you should see History of the World Part 1, it's another older one like blazing saddles and has a ton of stuff that absolutely couldn't do today but is hilarious if you view it as a product of the time and not by today's standards
"As my first order of business, I would like to appoint a new Sheriff... my friend Ahchoo."
"A black sheriff?"
"He's black?"
"And why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles (1974)."
Dave Chappell is such a genius comedian. He works on a different level than most.
Fun Fact: Sir Patrick Stewart, who plays King Richard, was born and grew up in Mirfield, two miles from the reputed site of Robin Hood's final resting place in the grounds of Kirklees Hall, West Yorkshire.
Hoping you watch the Erol Flynn version soon.
Well, Mel Brooks did produce The Elephant Man, but insisted his name be left off, so that people didn't get the wrong idea about the film.
Same with The Fly
He chose to have it say "Brooksfilms presents" rather than "Mel Brooks presents" so people wouldn't expect those films to be comedies cuz that he's known for.
Shan, now that you've watched this movie along with "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles", you need to watch both "Spaceballs" and "History of the World, Part 1" to get the full Mel Brooks experience.
And "Dracula - Dead and loving it" (The original should be watched first though)
@@QuayNemSorr I was wondering if he had watched "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" as Men in Tights is a direct parody of that but I think he did it on this channel. It is just like trying to watch ""Spaceballs" without having seen the original Star Wars trilogy...makes it hard to get the references to enjoy the jokes if you haven't. I love it when people react to "Blazing Saddles" without having any western exposure and they don't get things like the Randolph Scott reference...lol
And HIGH ANXIETY -- which pokes fun at Hitchcock movies.
Also High Anxiety, a spoof of Hitchcock films
That mole switching positions gets me every time…lol
I have a MOLE?
The actress playing Maid Marian is John Ritter’s widow. She was in “Problem Child” and “The Mask”, I believe.
Amy Yasbeck. She was also on Wings (NBC) for a while as Casey. He loved her so much, and she him. ❤️
"Good people, who have travelled from villages near and far! Lend me your ears! "
*plop! plop! plop plop! plop!*
"...that's _disgusting!"_
The hangman is Boris from Blazing Saddles
It's mainly referring to the 1938 Errol Flynn version and includes elements from Kevin Costner's early 1990's film, Brooks had made a TV comedy sitcom about Robin Hood a few decades earlier ('When Times Were Rotten').
This is very much a reboot of "When Things Were Rotten" as a movie. I think I enjoyed the series more.
Funny thing is Errol Flynn was Australian. Another one, Patrick Bergin, was Irish. So Elwes might really be the first English-accent Robin Hood.
Yeeesssss!!! So happy you’re reacting to this!
I've noticed that most people have forgotten about "High Anxiety". It's a bit of a take on the Alfred Hitchcock film "Vertigo". Not Brooks' best work, but definitely worth a watch.
I think that Silence of the hams is great addition to these type of comedies and I thing you would like it too.
aaa, this movie is so quotable! I still randomly sing we're men in tights every now and then
If you like George Carlin, a great film where he is a small but important member of the ensemble is 1999's Dogma.
Also, Mel Brooks never directed a non-comedy that I am aware of, but he personally Executive-Produced 1980's The Elephant Man and 1986's The Fly and took his name off them so nobody would assume they were comedies (though the company Brooksfilm remains on the credits)
Nice to see a comedy movie on your channel. Please Watch - a fish called wanda - next. It is
one of the best comedys ever made.
Yes, seeing Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves(it's the Kevin Costner one) will give you more appreciation for what exactly this movie is lampooning.
It's such a pity people don't make sure the reactor watches that movie first. You miss out on half the fun.
What to watch next that's an easy one " space balls" as long as you have seen star wars .
This was my first Mel Brooks movie and one of my favorite Robin Hood movies! Such a brilliant satire of the Errol Flynn and the Kevin Costner films!
Please watch SHORT CIRCUIT from 1986!
Your reaction was a joy to watch as always. I was seven or eight when this movie came out, and they put it on network TV surprisingly quickly after release, so I basically grew up with this movie. I've probably seen it over 100 times, but getting to watch you throw your head back howling with laughter gave me the gift of seeing it again through new eyes.
'The Night is Young' was an old song "pulled from stock," so to speak. Amy Yasbeck did not do her own singing, but I seem to recall that she did have a decent voice.
They wanted Sean Connery to play King Richard, but he wanted too much money. Patrick Stewart was happy to take the role.
Shan, you can't go wrong with a Mel Brooks movie. I love that you did this one, but as someone else said, History of the World Part 1 is a must watch. There is no "Part 2", at least not yet... but that's part of the joke.
It’s in pre production now!
If I may recommend a few of my favorites from Mel Brooks…? “High Anxiety” (a tribute to the late, great Alfred Hitchcock!), & my own personal favorite… “the Twelve Chairs”! (Dom Deluise is fantastic, as are Mel, Ron Moody, & Frank Langella!) Enjoy!
I'd argue that Blazing Saddles WAS a serious movie... At least the points they tried to accentuate.
His most serious movie is probably his remake of "To Be or Not To Be". It''s still very much a comedy but it is set during the Nazi occupation of Poland and has themes about the Jewish experience during the that period. It's one of my favorites.
It's one of my favorites too. It's a really good movie. Pretty funny too.
It’s a remake. The original is much better.
@@nickmanzo8459 Iike the Jack Benny version, too. It's the one I saw first. I particularly the the performance of Shylock's speech in the original.
The hangman, was also in Blazzing Saddles. But his eyepatch is over the left eye instead of the right eye.
The Producers (both versions) is excellent too. The remake doubles down on politically incorrect and there’s a part of me that loves that, even though it’s filmed like a stage play.
First one is the best.
Loved Elwes in "The Princess Bride"! Manny Patakin (sp?) Was amazing too!!!
History of the World part 1 is my favorite Mel Brooks film. I believe it was the first time the "It's good to be the King" line was used. Released in 1981 so 12 year old me probably shouldn't have watched it. Mel Brooks might have been the first to have an after credit scene.
As a long time time fan of the Atlanta Braves, I always appreciated the Tomahawk Chop scene :)
It's good to be the king
Best chess game ever
Hopefully he gets around to History of the World: Part One at some time.
Little fact: During the first Iraq War the US was using patriot missiles to shoot down Scud missiles, hence the patriot arrow. Also, the "Mexican Wave" originated in the US at baseball games, but the world hadn't noticed unitl the world cup in Mexico when the phenomenon had made its way south of the border. We just call it the wave. 🙂
I loved the play on words of picking up the gauntlet and the subtle jokes in this movie like Latrine giving him a life saver. Also, Dom Deluise is a jem.
Brooks referenced most of his films here. The sheriff and Blazing Saddles you caught. As others said Good to be the King is History of the World. The moving mole is a twist on a running joke in Young Frankenstein and the camera getting hit or hitting things is a running joke in High Anxiety
Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part 1 is worth a watch. Just a suggestion. Great reaction!
I love Patrick Stewart! He will always be Captain Picard for me! 🖖
Captain Picard of the TNG era. Not the current mutated version on Paramount+, which is awful.
Please check out History of the World Part I from Mel. It’s classic Brooks with a great cast.
"It's Good to be The King!" ....
@@jamesalexander5623 “The peasants are revolting.” “ Yeah, they stink on ice.”😂
If u want more Mel Brooks, then u have to do Spaceballs, which is his spoof of Star Wars. Its proby my second favorite of his after Blazing Saddles (tho I am a fan of Young Frankenstein as well)
Like so many have said and just to help catch your attention, this is primarily a parody of Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. If you watch that movie, more of the jokes will land. A bit of Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood as well.
I love this movie. So many funny lines and moments. I love Blinken telling Robin how his entire family died. It's so horribly funny. I love Blinken as look out too or as he calls it "guessing" "I guess no one is coming."
Always love when you do Mel Brooks. Don't forget the Producers and also high anxiety
So many jokes in this are completely missed if you havn't seen Prince of Thieves and the Errol flynn robin hood. Even the disney animated one is present in quite a few gags. I thought of this when you commented on the shadow puppets that is straight out of The Errol flynn version. you miss so much watching this before the other three. Still great reaction.
I love the fact Latrine literally gives the sheriff a Life Savers candy to save his life. 🤣
Another one of my favorite Mel Brooks movies that is a perfect companion to Young Frankenstein is Dracula: Dead and Loving It. It has an amazing cast with Leslie Nielson playing Dracula.
Great parody of Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. Thanks for the reaction.
Mel Brooks does make it work. Ah the 90's when people remembered how to "laugh" and not take a joke so seriously... I'm going on a tangent here but seeing that appearance of Dom DeLuise parodying The Godfather. If you want a great movie from 1981 The Cannonball Run still stands up and Dom does a memorable performance (and the outtakes will make you bust a gut).
Man I love this movie. I saw it when it first came out on video with my dad and my step mom. My dad and I were laughing so hard my step mom was looking at us like we were a bunch of maniacs.
“To tell you the truth, I was aiming for the hangman” always makes me laugh 😂😂
Please check out The Golden Child with Eddie Murphy. Thank you.
He Deered to kill a King's dare
You probably should have watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves first. This movie also had a lot of now-dated references in it, like Home Alone, Malcolm X, White Men Can't Jump, etc.
Please react to dogma by Kevin smith arguably his best this movie was taken hostage for over a decade and now is finally available to watch it has a lot of your favorite comedians in it
Ive been waiting a long time for this to be reacted to. Its my favorite mel Brooks film after Blazing Saddles.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Can't wait till you Watch Space Balls or Dracula: Dead and loving it (considering you have seen Bram stocker's dracula to get effect)
Maybe not the best Brooks film, but definitely my favorite! Thanks for sharing!
You should watch THE Robin Hood Film ..... 'The Adventures of Robin Hood" .... With Errol Flynn!
We missed out on possibly THE greatest comedy bit with this movie. Mel originally wanted Sean Connery as King Richard. But two things got in the way. First was Connerys usual fee was too high and would of taken too much of the budget. Second is Connery would only agree to do the part if he could play King Richard IN DRAG. Sean Connery playing King Richard in a Comedy version of Robin Hood IN DRAG.
You need to see his Dracula and Spaceballs.
Just a quick thought. You ought to watch Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam, which features the best ever Robin Hood......John Cleese!
Latrine gave the Sheriff a Lifesaver mint to save his life.
I'm sure everyone has already recommended all the other Mel Brooks movies to you but here they are again for good measure:
-The Producers (1967). Brooks' first movie and the humor is as bold as in Blazing Saddles.
-The Twelve Chairs (1970). Brooks' least known movie, a comedic take of a Russian classic.
-Silent Movie (1976). A silent movie with a pretty amazing list of cameos.
-High Anxiety (1977). Spoof of Alfred Hitchcock movies.
-History of the World: Part I (1981). Collection of historical moments as told by Brooks.
-Spaceballs (1987). Spoof of Star Wars and other scifi movies.
-Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). Probably Brooks' weakest film but still worth watching.
Awesome channel. , enjoy your insight on cinema . Keep up the great work !
OMG. I have been waiting for this.
I saw this so many times when it came out in theaters when I was about 11 or 12. My Dad and I would quote it ad nauseum to my Mom. So hilarious.
Something closer to "serious" would probably be "To Be Or Not To Be", a remake of a 1942 war comedy produced and starring but not directed by Mel Brooks.
It's a lot more grounded and linear and doesn't have the kind of madcap energy or referential humor of his original works, but I think it's definitely worth watching
When asked how do we know Your real Robin Hood. He says, Because he had a English Accent. It was in reference to Kevin Costner playing Robin Hood refusing to effect an English Accent.
The Mel Brooks movie you saw first is usually the best one for each. I loved this a lot more than Blazing Saddles when I first saw them, since the themes of Blazing Saddle were not that relevant to where I lived, it felt very boring, especially towards the and I remember had to struggle to watch it to the end.
At the time we used to be almost 100% homogeneous people, with none of the "stereotypical racism" other than against Soviet Union, but it wasn't fully underserved prejudice as we have been reminded once again. Even now, the racism here isn't actually against skin color, but almost completely against completely opposite set of core values with fundamental Islamists that make up a huge portion of the refugees and immigrants. And it hasn't been made easier by the fact that we still have an official State religion...
When I saw Blazing Saddles much later only a few years ago, it was so insanely funny, since I (sadly) had context for it now.
At the time, I think we had only one black person in the public who instantly became famous (in a positive way) for having a minor role in a TV-series and that he actually spoke our language, he was a drummer called Billy Carson. The other black people we have had before that had all been extremely recluse refugees from Africa. We were so proud of having such a cool person being part of us, but I guess these days that could be seen as a pretty extreme form of racism as well.
The divide between the black and the white people in the US never really translated to here, and both black and white Americans were seen as one and the same here, and particularly Eddie Murphy, Michael Jackson, The Prince and Tina Turner were insanely popular in here at the time.
Even the local version of the n-word was very commonly used until very recently (as late as the 80s and the 90s) in some products and even in media, since most of us didn't know it had a negative meaning to it. We also heard it being used all the time by black people themselves. Most just thought it was just coming from the Latin word for black.
After the 20th Century we had an insane (a bit too uncontrolled due to Syria's situation) influx of refugees and in just a few years, our whole demographic has changed, and so has many of the uglier sides of that surfaced as well, which we are having hard time adjusting into and trying to re-educate people to changed realities.
Don't forget Lola! She was Miss Finland and almost Miss Universe in the 90s and quite a big deal at a time considering how homogeneous the country was.
As for racism in Finland, I have to say it's a huge benefit that it's not part of our history. Individuals can be racist, but it isn't systematic. It isn't built into our laws or society or social conscience over hundreds of years the way it is in the US.
@@vanyadolly Absolutely true, while that was a quite a bit later, she was still one of the ground breaking people in this regard
You need to see robin hood prince of thieves to get some of the jokes for this movie as this is a direct parody of that movie in particular as several scenes directly copy it.
One of my favorite movies as a kid- even if most of the jokes went right over my head.
May I recommend Spaceballs if you haven't seen it yet? Another fun Mel Brooks movie, mostly starwars parody but it incorporates references and jokes of a lot of sci-fi media like star trek and alien.
Got the actual starwars visual effects team to work on it after bringing it up to George Lucas if i remember right
You mentioned being a fan of stand up. I highly recommend checking out Joe List, I think he’d fit your brand of humor. Full specials on TH-cam or Netflix.
Mel Brooks is a genius! Definitely History of the World and Spaceballs
Absolutely SPACEBALLS if you haven't seen it.
Mel Brooks is a comical GENIUS! Everyone needs to see all of his films. Looking forward to your watching another one of his films.
Do Dracula: Dead and Loving It around Halloween.
You should have seen Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 of Kevin Costner which this movie spoof on. The best line in the movie "I heard that coming a mile away :) Right-o, Blinkin, very good. Pardon? Who's talking?". "It is good to be the King" is a reference from another Mel Brooks movie "History of the world". You should also see High Anxiety a Mel Brooks spoof of Hithcock classic movies if you have seen them like Psycho Vertigo The Birds ... .
speaking of underrated gems Shan should definitely react next to The Hot Spot or Copland.
I got the feeling that you never seen *_Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves_* but assuming you possibly have seen the old Disney cartoon movie _Robin Hood_
This is my favorite Mel Brooks movie.
The whole film kinda feels like a tribute to Mel Brooks career with all the references, plus he started his career with a Robin Hood parody TV show.
A movie to add to your list when it comes out is “Paws of Fury:The Legend of Hank”. It’s a movie by Mel Brooks that’s supposed to be a remake of “Blazing Saddles”.
It’s funny when Sheriff of Rottingham gets saved by Latrine she gives him an actual lifesaver candy.
A great and underrated Mel Brooks movie I can recommend is Life Stinks (1991), one of the rare movies where he tackles the main role.
History of the World part 1 (There was never a part 2 and that was the joke.) Is one of my favorite Mel Brooks films and an absolute recommendation!
Not one of Brooks' best films but it's miles ahead of the dreary "Dracula: Dead and Loving it" which is just....embarrassing.