First Time Watching YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) Reaction & Commentary

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Storyline
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder.
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a body.
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[@RyanCarrington]

Check out my other Mel Brooks reactions here: Blazing Saddles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX2nh2qGYtCBqbc Spaceballs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5yXiIhnZchjaNU

[@thamoose2179]

"Bluecher"...as in Frau Bluecher means Glue. Glue used to be made from Horses

[@sparky6086]

The trope of animals such as horses being uneasy or upset at something intangible, evil, or atmospheric, may be lost on some modern audiences, who may have little or no experiance with animals, but in 1974, everyone got the joke.

[@sparky6086]

​@@thamoose2179That was an amusing rumor, but there is no truth to it.

[@alancrofoot]

The equipment in the lab is all from the original film. The man who built it all still had it in his garage. He claimed to have just dusted it off, plugged it in and it all worked. That's why it looks so good.

[@zedwpd]

Kenneth Strickfaden was a true innovator and master of movie special effects. After working on the original "Frankenstein" film in 1931, he actually kept the set for years and continued to use it for other projects. It was also used in other films like "The Lost City" and "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"

[@Kim-hc5si]

Holy…wow!

[@RyanCarrington]

Amazing!

[@thegladve]

@@RyanCarrington always nice to see someone appreciating black and white photography, also FYI Mel Brooks used Kenneth Strickfaden's sets from the original Frankenstein movie while shooting Young Frankenstein since he felt that their charm shouldn't go to waste.

[@thegladve]

@@RyanCarrington here's something I know you'll find interesting, Gene Wilder wrote Young Frankenstein because as a young man himself he was afraid of the original Frankenstein movies and the concepts behind them so he thought he could confront his fears using comedy, he pitched the idea to Mel Brooks and the rest is history.

[@gallendugall8913]

For ages the story went around that Blucher meant "glue" and that's why the horses were reacting, but no, they just thought it was funny to have the horses react every time her name was mentioned as a running gag.

[@Daelyas]

yeah - apparently someone had "translated" that for Brooks from German but whoever they were, they got that wrong. Kleister or possibly Klebber would have been correct. But yes, the joke was supposed to be the horses afraid of being turned into glue (actually how some glue was made / possibly still is made idk) edit: if that story is true or false idk myself - as you said: One of those stories that made the round

[@toodlescae]

Guess I should have scrolled down before I said the same thing. 😂

[@jimspetdragons3737]

Very true, but that was after Brooks chose the name wanting an authentic German name to use that worked to his liking. It was a name of a general that was known for his use of horses in the war against Napoleon. Brooks also spread the story to others including Cloris Leachman.

[@sparky6086]

The trope of animals such as horses being uneasy or upset at something intangible, evil, or atmospheric, may be lost on some modern audiences, who may have little or no experiance with animals, but in 1974, everyone got the joke.

[@dorukgolcu9191]

@@sparky6086 Yeah, it was a common trope in horror movies but I think a lot of modern audiences are not as familiar with the movies they were parodying here

[@LordVolkov]

Gene Wilder's ability to flip out, from calm to towering insanity in moments and back down, is something I will always love in his performances. RIP. He's a comedic treasure. You need to see his work with Richard Pryor - Silver Streak, See No Evil Hear No Evil, Stir Crazy Also works with Mel on the original Producers and Blazing Saddles.

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah, he's great at that!

[@kurtbarlow9402]

​@@RyanCarrington The "Frau Blucher" joke is left to the imagination. Create your own scenario, what did she do to (or with) the horses that left them traumatized? They used the same "scientific machinery" (Tesla coil variations) from the original 1930's Universal Frankenstein. Igor (Marty Feldman) had a thyroid condition that caused his eyes to bulge. "High Anxiety" is another great Mel Brooks film. It's his tribute to Hitchcock films

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@kurtbarlow9402 When I saw this I was in College and had just finnished a Russian History Course and I figured she had "Interfeared" with the Horses ala' Cathrine the Great!

[@bobbuethe1477]

No one ever mentions my favorite Gene Wilder film (after "Young Frankenstein") -- 1979's Western comedy "The Frisco Kid" with Wilder and Harrison Ford.

[@LordVolkov]

@@bobbuethe1477 Tuchus! I do love The Frisco Kid, but it's kinda hard to find these days. Very funny and heartwarming western.

[@viclagina347]

This is Brooks' best work. He follows the monster story suprisingly well.

[@Jason_Van_Stone]

I couldn't disagree more

[@smokeyverton7981]

🐴🐴🐴 Cloris Leachman is a treasure

[@chris...9497]

Was. RIP.

[@hippiemama52]

You need to catch her in the TV show "Raising Hope". She played a character called Maw Maw and was absolutely hilarious.

[@VirtualBabe29]

Fun fact: when the creature is bound in the cell, one of the villagers taunting him is an actor named Clement Avon Franckenstein. Clement later played the archery contest announcer in Mel’s. Robin Hood, Men in Tights

[@RyanCarrington]

Will definitely check that out 🤙

[@drigerdranzer7514]

Before watching Men in tights I suggest you watch Kevin Costners Robin Hood Prince of thieves as most of the movie spoof that one. Some scenes also refer to Erroll Flynns The Adventures of Robin Hood.

[@RyanCarrington]

@drigerdranzer7514 oh right, thanks for the heads up!

[@Kim-hc5si]

I love Madeline Kahn SO FREAKIN MUCH 🔥🔥🔥

[@davidcooks5265]

Doesn't everyone 🥰

[@bobbuethe1477]

Ever see her in Neil Simon's "The Cheap Detective?" She does a hilarious spoof of Mary Astor's character from "The Maltese Falcon."

[@Kim-hc5si]

@@bobbuethe1477 Funny enough, I just saw it about a month ago for the first time. That cast is BANANAS! My mom made me watch it and I was so glad she did 👍

[@bobbuethe1477]

@@Kim-hc5si The scene with Jasper Blubber (John Houseman) in the bar cracks me up every time.

[@richardhinshaw2116]

Watch Barbara Streisands 'What's Up Doc'. A significant percentage of the 'Young Frankenstein' cast is in it. Including Madeline.

[@oldairyheir]

Just a snippet from Wiki about British actor Marty Feldman: The television sketch comedy series At Last the 1948 Show raised Feldman's profile as a performer. The other three participants (future Monty Python members Graham Chapman and John Cleese; and future star of The Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor) needed a fourth cast member, and had Feldman in mind. In a sketch broadcast on 1 March 1967, Feldman's character harassed a patient shop assistant (played by Cleese) regarding a series of fictitious books, achieving success with Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying. His character in At Last the 1948 Show was often called Mr. Pest, according to Cleese. Feldman was co-author-along with Chapman, Cleese and Brooke-Taylor-of the sketch "Four Yorkshiremen", which was written for At Last the 1948 Show, later adapted by Monty Python for their stage performances.

[@gallendugall8913]

Peter Boyle, who plays the monster in this movie, is amazing in a very different role in Outland which I highly recommend.

[@donkfail1]

Mostly known for playing the dad in Everybody Loves Raymond, he's a great supporting actor but can shine in bigger roles too. My first thought when seeing him is from a great filler episode of X-Files (S3 E4 - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose) where he plays the title role, a genuine psychic that ends up in bed with Scully. Spoiler clip if you don't want to watch the full episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3zMo4t4h5isnZY

[@buzzardbeatniks]

33:46 - "Putting on the Ritz" written in 1927 by Irving Berlin. Apparently this movie revived the songs popularity for a bit in the early 70s, but for us 80s kids the song is mostly known through its very popular cover by a New Wave one hit wonder called Taco.

[@0okamino]

Definitely a monster of a hit.

[@mgordon1100]

How old is an 80's kid? I graduated high school in 85. I guess that makes me a 70's kid? I remember that video, as being glued to MTV throughout the 80's, but it was this movie that made the song known to me years before MTV.

[@oldairyheir]

Thanks, Ryan! Much appreciate you taking the time to check out this classic!

[@RyanCarrington]

Got there in the end 🤙

[@BouillaBased]

I can't imagine anyone else playing these roles. The delivery of every line is at maximum comedic value. Even if it's just a bad German accent when saying "mutual."

[@LordVolkov]

Teri and Cloris' accents are so funny to me. They are laying it on thick and it's great.

[@BouillaBased]

One of the biggest laughs I get is Mel Brooks' terrible impression of a cat hit by a dart.

[@chris...9497]

You're the first reactor I've watched (among many) who actually understands and appreciates the quality of the black & white film. It's actually film exactly the same way, same process, as the original old 1930s horror films. It's an expensive process, but Mel Brooks INSISTED on using this process in spite of the studio's complaints. Most of the lab equipment is original to the 1931 film "Frankenstein"; someone had held it in private storage and provided it for this film. The blind hermit is played by Gene Hackman (played the senator/father in "The Birdcage"). Wilder was playing tennis with Hackman, Hackman had heard this film was being shot, begged to have any kind of role in it. Brooks and Wilder worked it out. The horses screaming at the mention of Frau Blücher's name is mainly just a running gag, denoting that there is something the horses know about her or her family that others don't. Some believe that 'blücher' is German for 'glue', but it's not true. You asked who plays the Monster; it's Peter Boyle, who was the dad on "Everybody Loves Raymond". There are some fascinating KZbin videos that give interesting background on how this film came to be developed and made. One factoid is that Gene Wilder had the original idea that he and Mel Brooks developed into the script. Brooks had developed a respect for Wilder when they made "Blazing Saddles" (both released the same year). One caveat that Wilder insisted upon was that Brooks would not include any cameo of himself in the film, as he does in all his others.

[@RyanCarrington]

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND!!! Of course! Thanks for the trivia 👊

[@0okamino]

Mel, of course, skirted that caveat. He did the wolf and cat sounds. Wilder didn’t say anything about not being _heard_ in the movie. 😄

[@pommie5093]

This film is a classic, so many lines from this movie-several I have used myself throughout my life, lol. Put the candle BACK!

[@alanwhetstone3922]

Brooks and Wilder had great affection for the 1931 film and wanted to do right by it. This was why they pushed to make it in black and white, as well as had their production designer use Charles D. Hall’s original designs for Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein for the set. As luck would have it, they wouldn’t need to recreate a few pieces of the iconic Frankenstein set. In a Los Angeles Times feature, it was revealed that Brooks and his crew were able to track down Kenneth Strickfaden, who created the original electrical equipment used in Frankenstein’s laboratory and still had them in a garage in Santa Monica. Amazingly, after more than 40 years, when Strickfaden threw the switch, the equipment still worked as it had in the original movie.

[@RyanCarrington]

That's awesome!

[@3DJapan]

I love how he took a train to Europe.

[@RyanCarrington]

You know what, that didn't even cross my mind. It's probably because I'm in Europe. I didn't even think about him being in the States at the start 😅

[@3DJapan]

@@RyanCarrington Yeah the conductor called New York at one stop, then called Transylvania at the next. 😂

[@RyanCarrington]

@@3DJapan damn! 💀😂

[@dsimon966]

The “transition” from Igor’s drawing to the hanging body is called a match on action shot. I learned that from another reaction video.

[@deenormus1975]

I’m legit😂 over your reaction to this! Hahaha! Your best reaction to date, I swear. U *absolutely* watched this the way it was meant - not seriously but enjoyed the ridiculousness for the comedic genius. Of everyone involved. And your laugh made me laugh even more. Well done, m’friend

[@RyanCarrington]

Glad you enjoyed it, man! 🤙👊

[@TizioGen82]

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that the B&W in this movie is superb. The contrast, the shadows, the deep blacks OMG the photography is divine. I've worked in the darkroom developing photographic films, dodging and burning pictures, the chemical baths, ecc. and man I love the work in this movie. A well done B&W is just beautiful.

[@RyanCarrington]

Ooh that sounds really cool! That's something I'd like to try.

[@jimtatro6550]

I saw this theatrically in 1975 when I was 8, it became my gateway to both Horror films and Mel Brooks. I’m 56 now and I still love both. This movie is genius.😂

[@tuntemon]

I think the reason for the Frau Blucher gag is that it is supposed an old school trope. When a character presents themselves followed by a bolt of lightning and thunder. Because the character is evil or ominous in some way. Which makes sense, since this movie is very much a homage to the classic monster movies of from the 30-40's era.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

I got my philosophy of life from this movie. When things are going bad, I just say ,"Could be worse. Could be raining."

[@RyanCarrington]

Definitely a good take away! Haha

[@bluebird1239]

Mel Brooks wrote a song called Hope For The Best, for his movie The Twelve Chairs: 🎶"Hope for the best, expect the worst, the world's a stage, we're unrehearsed. No way of knowing, which way it's going, hope for the best expect the worst."🎶

[@jtoland2333]

Peter Boyle (R.I.P.) has done a lot of film projects, but you might remember him as the dad in Everybody Loves Raymond.

[@RyanCarrington]

Should've got that. It wasn't until he spoke that my brain started whirring 😅

[@0okamino]

He was even offered the role of Popeye Doyle in _The French Connection,_ but turned it down. Kind of funny, considering who _did_ get the role.

[@jtoland2333]

​@@0okaminoDidn't know that!

[@nevrogers8198]

Loads of cool backstory to this. It was really Gene Wilder's brainchild, and he twisted Brooks' arm to help him realise it. If you watch the two original James Whale directed classics from the 1930s (Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein) you'll see all the references this made. They even managed to use some of the original set/props. James Whale was an interesting character too btw. A gay director from Dudley(!), who was in turn played by Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters. But that's another story entirely. Sorry. Off piste there! ;) Oh, and Marty Feldman's eyes are the consequence of a medical condition that he milked for comic effect. Some of his improv here caused the cast to corpse (no pun intended) so often that there's a huge blooper reel. Gene Hackman begged to be found a role, hence his (originally uncredited) mostly improvised cameo. He was HOT at that point, straight off the back of The Conversation and The French Connection.

[@clairealderwood1928]

He was also Chloris Leachman’s (Frau Blucher) boyfriend!

[@elizabethrichards9152]

I believe this was the second time Gene Hackman and Gene Wilder worked together. Gene Wilder made his second movie Bonnie and Clyde as the undertaker and Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow.

[@carm3d]

According to the DVD commentary with Mel Brooks, Blucher is "glue" in german, but others have disputed this. One theory is that she tortures the horses. Most likely they just thought it would be funny to have the horses distressed whenever her name is uttered, and repeat the gag over and over. You can see Gene Wilder, Madeline Khan and Marty Feldman working together again in "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother." Mel Brooks was not involved, however. Inspector Kemp is missing an arm because in an old Frankenstein film, the monster ripped the arm off of a policeman. You are correct, "...five times before" refers to the five previous Frankenstein films. The shrieking cat hit by a dart was voiced by Mel Brooks.

[@StarlasAiko]

I can confirm, Blucher is not German for glue. But it may (or may not) have been the name of a glue manufacturing company.

[@DrWolfPhoenix]

Yeah it' supposed to be glue in German but they used the wrong word

[@Therewolf10]

I believe this where Aerosmith came up with the song "Walk this Way"

[@possibear]

can we get cloned carrington more? he seems like a nice guy

[@RyanCarrington]

Aw thanks! Although, you have to keep him away from your cereal.

[@user-qs2bi9iv1p]

OK dude, I'm high and was like, is that him again or is it a brother or is it a roommate and bro's getting Single White Femaled. Glad to know it's an effect. Again, high so an easy audience, but I thiiink you did a really good job!

[@RyanCarrington]

@user-qs2bi9iv1p don't worry, someone else unironically complained about his interruption 🤷‍♂️😅

[@Nick_CF]

@@user-qs2bi9iv1p dont sweat I am high as shit and went through the same journey lol

[@jonbuk2]

So Happy you are doing this classic.. For info, the blind man is played by the Great Gene Hackman who did this after his Oscar the year before.

[@RyanCarrington]

I almost said it was him, but second guessed myself haha

[@spacetiger5076]

You may have seen Frankenstein’s monster as the dad from “Everybody Loves Raymond”.

[@RyanCarrington]

As soon as he spoke, I knew that I knew him!

[@mikehuston3751]

Much like Michael Corleone, young Fredrick was unable to escape his family history and became what he was meant to be.

[@zedwpd]

Many think Blucher means glue, it does not. "Blücher" wasn't referring to glue - it was actually a play on the name of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a Prussian field marshal who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Mel Brooks thought it would be a funny callback to German military history, and it certainly became a memorable part of the film's lore.

[@yambo59]

FUN FACTS: Mel Brooks used the actual original Frankenstein sets and effects amazing they were still around all those years later - also, the blind man sitting with the monster was actor Gene Hackman from the early movie "French Connection"

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah, it did cross my mind if that was him! French Connection is still one I need to watch. Will be getting to that at some point 🤙

[@alanwhetstone3922]

Mel Brooks is a universal treasure

[@esinohio]

Height-ler, I nearly fell over out of my chair laughing. So funny.

[@RyanCarrington]

Haha stay safe! 😂

[@scottmelville3476]

Gene Hackman as the blind hermit showing his comedy chops.

[@wilsoncrunch1330]

It is the perfect parody of 'Son of Frankenstein"

[@krisfrederick5001]

"Smart people that read Frankenstein understand that the monster wasn't Frankenstein, but the monster who created it" -Beau of the Fifth Column

[@krisfrederick5001]

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. "Und SH*T!" 😂

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

Whenever a guy with a green bowl full of very crunchy cereal tells me to "like and subscribe", I like and subscribe. Frankenstein's monster was played by Peter Boyle, who in the U.S. is best known as the dad in the series "Everybody Loves Raymond". Also, I wonder if Mr Carrington remembers the theme being the music behind the "dramatic chipmunk" meme (which was really a prairie dog wth did they say chipmunk)

[@RyanCarrington]

Haha I appreciate it 👊

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Was he eating Frankenberry?

[@user-tx9uf5lt7v]

"ELEVATE ME!!!" -Dr. Fronkenstien "Don't you know a joke when you hear one? Ha! Ha! Ha!..."

[@jessicapustka6134]

I love your reactions! My dad loves this movie and I never understood why, so I watched it with him and watching him laugh made me laugh and rest is history. 😊

[@RyanCarrington]

Aw, that's sweet! Thanks for watching along with me 🙂

[@dansiegel333]

I think the Frau Blucher joke was simply that she was so inherently frightening There’s an old expression about not doing something that scares the horses. She was supposed to be so creepy and/or ugly that her mere existence frightened them.

[@HuntingViolets]

"My dear, I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."-Mrs. Patrick Campbell on sex, or more especially, gossiping/complaining about other people's sex lives. There are several variants of the quotation.

[@dansiegel333]

@@HuntingVioletsthanks for that! It’s good to know the full quote.

[@jonathanbarr4297]

actually, I think Blucher means "glue" in German.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@jonathanbarr4297 Can you bring some links for that? I thought so too, but when I've googled it's said no. There is some interesting discussion of this on Reddit. Blucher is a type of shoe, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with this either.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

@@HuntingViolets Mrs. Patrick Campbell, for those who don't know, was the original Eliza Dolittle in the 1914 London premiere of George Bernard Shaw's play, *Pygmalion* (later the basis for the musical *My Fair Lady).*

[@louisleroy4580]

I trained my dog to bark every time she hears the word Blucher and it is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@in8hope617]

I think you laughed more in this movie than any other one I have seen. It was wonderful, because the laughter (which is contagious in a good way), and the appreciation of the film/set design.....made for a great combo! Gene Wilder co-wrote the film with Brooks, and so many of the other actors were well-known....well it bakes the movie that much better because you can tell they are playing their parts to the max (and loving it!) This is a film that you can watch over and over......and still see something new/or just keep laughing at the same old joke ....and it still is funny. This was a 10+

[@in8hope617]

Bakes ...is really makes.....

[@RoadDoug]

You’re the first reactor I’ve seen get the 5 times before reference. Most have never seen them. Great reaction.

[@RyanCarrington]

Oh wow! That was an absolute shot in the dark. Pretty chuffed about that 😂

[@0okamino]

“Okay, _this time_ there definitely won’t be a reanimated creature that rampages through the village and countryside. I mean, what are the chances?”

[@papalaz4444244]

Marty Feldman (Igor) had Grave's Disease, an overactive thyroid, and, untreated, it causes the eyes to bulge out like that.

[@RyanCarrington]

😔😔😔

[@papalaz4444244]

@@RyanCarrington as a comedian it didn't do any harm to his career, though. He wrote and worked with all the Monty Python lot, before Python existed. His last film was with Graham Chapman. A comedy pirate film called "Yellowbeard". Unfortunately he died making that film. He had a bad heart condition. If you can find Yellowbeard, definitely one to see, full of Python type humour :) RIP Marty.

[@RyanCarrington]

What's everyone's favourite Mel Brooks movie? I still haven't seen all of them yet!

[@gallendugall8913]

This is my favorite Mel Brooks movie although after binge watching Hitchcock films I have a new appreciation for High Anxiety.

[@Daelyas]

its this one, blazing saddles and the producers depending on which one Im actively thinking about. I prefer the ones with SATIRE/comedy over the satire/COMEDY ones like Space-balls if that makes sense I hope. Not that those arent a blast either - they just dont make you think/reflect as much I suppose

[@dansiegel333]

The Producers (the original 1967 film, not the musical.) Also stars Gene Wilder.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Young Frankenstein is my favorite by far.

[@pommie5093]

@@magicbrownie1357 mine as well

[@HuntingViolets]

This project was Gene Wilder's baby. He actually fought Brooks to keep in the song and dance number to the point where Wilder was starting to doubt whether they should keep it when Brooks relented. He said he needed to know that Wilder believed in it enough to fight for it.

[@user-nu4uh9fh1b]

This is my favorite Mel Brooks movie with Blazing Saddles as a close second. The sets in this movie are the same sets from the original Frankenstein movie. The song is “Putting on the Ritz”. And Frau Blucher is just a running Brooks’ joke. Adds to her mystique.

[@michaelferguson8580]

In my estimation, the horses respond to the name, "Frau Brucher" as she is the antithesis of the good nature that would be compatible with the sensibilities of equine spirit. She's simply uncanny in their minds. "Bruha," is a Spanish word for witch...it could be similar enough for a play on the word.

[@toodlescae]

There was a rumor going for decades that Blucher meant glue and that's why the horses freaked out when they heard the name but it wasn't true. Mel Brooks just thought it was funny.

[@EmoDragracer]

Awwwwww yes! This is gonna be good.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Marty Feldman (Igor) was one of your countrymen and a comedic genius. Frau Blucher was simply so ugly, the mere mention of her name could startle a brace of large horses - that was the running gag. This film used the very same laboratory equipment and props as the original 1931 classic, and that's why it looks so authentic. I saw this first in the theater brand new, and missed that was Gene Hackman playing the blind man, so I never fault anyone for missing it. "Puttin' on the Ritz" was about getting all dressed up and spending a night out on the town at places like The Ritz Carlton, and hence the hit song. "Sweet mystery of Life at last I found you" was the other hit you talked thru. This film requires multiple viewings to catch all the gags and references, and a working knowledge of the original film, The Bride of Frankenstein, etc. are necessary.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Mr. Hilltop/Liam Dunn is the same guy that plays the preacher in "Blazing Saddles" 2. I first saw this at a drive-in (that's still here BTW) and there was a lunar eclipse over the screen that made it even cooler than it already was. 3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone. 4. This movie is Wilder's baby, and he agreed to do Blazing Saddles only if Brooks would direct and help write this movie. 5. It was almost impossible to get through the "You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban" scene. Everyone kept cracking up. You can see Wider trying not to laugh. 6. Igor's hump changing sides was Feldman's running gag on the cast and it was kept in the movie. 7. Marty Feldman's walleyed orbs were the result of both a hyperactive thyroid and a botched operation after a car accident before his 30th birthday, in 1963. 8. FUN FACT: Igor's "Walk this way" was Steven Tyler's inspiration for hit song of the same name. 9. Wilder😇 also insisted that Brooks NOT be seen on film. However, the screeching cat and the wolf are Mel. 10. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a goof. It's on purpose. 11. Monical over an eye patch.🤣 12. "Puttin' on the Ritz" will never be the same again.

[@RyanCarrington]

Appreciate the trivia 👊

[@danielberg7644]

The set is legit because it is the set of the original Frankenstein movie.

[@lollywright4258]

Love a bit of spooky season content. Keep em coming. P.S love the decorations 😂❤

[@davideddy8557]

That was the cleverest intro I've seen yet. Good on you

[@RyanCarrington]

Thanks man! Appreciate it 🙏

[@YogiBhoy78]

Peter Boyle as the monster. He played Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond before his death.

[@RyanCarrington]

I knew i recognised his voice!

[@jamesricker3997]

The equipment in the lab was the original equipment from the 1931 movie "Frankenstein " The set guy had the stuff in his collection. I would have loved to have seen the look on Mel Brooke's face when he found out.

[@terryv2006]

For a black and white fan, check out Steve Martins Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid. A modern movie made with old B&W clips. One of the most clever movies out there.

[@davida.j.berner776]

Speaking of changing the way your name is pronounced, I once had a customer introduce themselves as (what sounded like) Mrs Prahr. I asked her to repeat it three times, before giving up and asking her to spell it. Apparently it was spelt: P - R - A - T - T ...

[@RyanCarrington]

Hahaha I'd do the same. Can't be mad 😂

[@krissiep1317]

Reminds me of Hyacinth on Keeping Up Appearances. Her last name is pronounced Bouquet, but spelled Bucket.

[@randyhochstein8455]

Interesting fact. All of the lab equipment was actually from the original Frankenstein film. Probably why It seemed so right. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸

[@RyanCarrington]

Now that makes a lot of sense!

[@Georgia_Outlaw_Vinyl]

Gene didn’t want to do Blazing Saddles. He only agreed on two conditions. 1. Mel Brooks would direct Young Frankenstein. 2. Mel would not act in Young Frankenstein. Gene felt Mel’s type of acting wasn’t right for it.

[@RyanCarrington]

Oh wow. That sounds like it could've been awkward to discuss 😬😅

[@whade62000]

The horse thing is just parodying the dramatic lightning and animal noise cliché to make a scene look ominous and foreboding, in this case when we meet Frau Blucher, but they keep it going, so that it happens EVERY time.

[@YogiBhoy78]

Marty Feldman's eyes were insured. He was a top comedy actor back in the day, had his own show too.

[@RyanCarrington]

Definitely need to check out more of his stuff. He was hilarious in this!

[@donniehagy5125]

Marty Feldman (Igor) suffered from Grave's Disease (thyroid condition). That's what happens when you have this disease. Peter Boyle played "the Monster." He has had several roles in many movies, e.g. Taxi Driver, The Candidate, Monster's Ball; and he played Frank Barone (the father) for many seasons on "Everybody Loves Raymond."

[@shainewhite2781]

Love this movie!!

[@traceyreid4585]

Love Gene Hackman hamming it up as the blind man

[@lisathuban8969]

There isn't anything else besides "Blucher" to laugh at in that repeating joke. That word does not have some double-entendre meaning. She's a scary lady, and when you say her name horses automatically freak out and lightning strikes. It's just a silly throwaway gag.

[@matthansen2668]

So happy to see you doing this one. One of my all time favorites

[@jamespepper8671]

The lab used the original equipment in the Frankenstein movie whcih is on display in the Newark Museum in New Jersey. they used to do demonstrations of electricity with those machines but had to stop for safety reasons.

[@lightheartreactions4829]

Thank you, love your reaction,!

[@RyanCarrington]

Thank you, too!

[@mender722]

I think I have watched this movie more than any other film. I love it. The horse reaction to hearing Frau Blücher's name is a hoot. It stirs up fear in them, I suppose.

[@greigclement9081]

This movie went well and above a parody movie, Mel Brooks did have to battle the studio to release a black and white movie in the 1970s.

[@RyanCarrington]

Love the black and white!

[@jrasicmark1]

It was Peter Boyle as the monster. If you ever get American TV series over there, and if you've ever seen the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Boyle played Raymond's father.

[@RyanCarrington]

I used to watch it! not for a while though. He was so familiar to me but I just couldn't place him. As soon as I found it, I just thought "of course it is!"

[@UnclePengy]

Mel Brooks was able to get the actual equipment used in the original Frankenstein movie. That's why the lab looks so perfect.

[@bobbuethe1477]

It's not Mel Brooks, but Neil Simon's 1979 "The Cheap Detective" had an all-star cast, including Madeline Kahn in my favorite of her roles. It's a parody of three Humphrey Bogart classics: "Casablanca," "The Maltese Falcon," and "The Big Sleep." It's better if you've seen at least one or two of them first.

[@shanedoe3462]

The reason the sets and decor look so good is because Brooks used the props from the original Frankenstein film from 1933.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

I love Marty Feldman.

[@RyanCarrington]

First time I've been made aware of him. He was hilarious in this though!

[@christhornycroft3686]

Always good to see the cast from Blazing Saddles show up here. The pastor who is a little bit too extra in BS shows up here as an almost catatonic patient and Madeline Kahn, who played Lily Von Shtupp, is Gene Wilder's kind of girlfriend here.

[@Jsspres]

Kenneth Mars, who played Inspector Kemp, is also in The Producers with Gene Wilder.

[@HobGungan]

He was also the original voice of King Triton in The Little Mermaid.

[@mwflanagan1]

The reason the castle laboratory was so captivating is that they were able to use some of the equipment from the original Frankenstein movie. And was that guy in the beginning of your intro your twin brother? If not, he could pass as a brother, at least. Thanks for this one, Ryan. Hope your subscribership increases to encourage your continuing to do this.

[@RyanCarrington]

That other guy is me 😂 Don't worry, it's fooled a few others as well. I wasn't sure it would work, but I'm glad it did 😄

[@TheGamecock366]

From what I've heard, Mel Brooks thought Blucher was the German word for glue. That's why the horses went nuts like that. But he was mistaken. Also, the too late after damn your eyes was ad-libbed by Feldman.

[@davidyoung745]

Another great Gene Wilder film that never got much notice was “The Frisco Kid” , a comedy Western he did with Harrison Ford. There’s no connection to Mel Brookes, but it’s still hilarious.

[@norwegianblue2017]

This is the first non-kids movie I ever saw in the theater. My parents took me to see it with them when I was about five years old. I remember really liking it.

[@Nah_Mate_Aint_Nowt]

I never knew for years but the reason the horses freak out at Frau Blucher's name is because Blucher means Glue in German. Deffo became my favourite running Joke after I found out.

[@blacksheep8427]

My understanding is that's not true. It's just a reference to the way villains were often presented in old movies.

[@Nah_Mate_Aint_Nowt]

Or She really scares horses I'll let you decide

[@Nah_Mate_Aint_Nowt]

@@blacksheep8427 I know I just like the way that story spread over the years and I was just trying to carry it on

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

blucher /bloo͞′chər, -kər/ noun • A high shoe or half boot. • A shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and the quarters lapping over the vamp. • A strong leather half-boot or high shoe, named after Field-marshal von Blücher, commander of the Prussian army in the later campaigns against Napoleon. IF we're talking about horse leather maybe the same idea applies?

[@Daelyas]

thats the story yes, but the translation is wrong unfortunately. Kleister or Klebber would be glue. Blucher is a name of a Prussian general or something and possibly iirc a reeeeeally old term for some special shoe? but 100% not glue

[@jonwright6472]

Silent Movie and The Producers (1968) are absolute must-sees. I liked the 2005 The Producers, but it's "big." It does have several Broadway cast members reprising their roles.

[@viclagina347]

Gene Hackman Cameo as the old blind man

[@RyanCarrington]

I thought that was him, but second guessed myself!

[@shallendor]

My favorite Mel Brooks film is High Anxiety! Mel Brooks never made a bad film! Mel Brooks films are to movies as Weird Al songs are to hit songs!

[@prudentilla]

Mel Brooks managed to get the Lab Set from the 1931 Movie FRANKENSTEIN starring Boris Karloff for this Film

[@RyanCarrington]

Amazing!

[@donkfail1]

Not sure about the "nightmares from five times before" since just Universal made at least eight movies where that monster appeared; 1931 - Frankenstein 1935 - Bride of Frankenstein 1939 - Son of Frankenstein 1942 - The Ghost of Frankenstein 1943 - Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1944 - House of Frankenstein 1945 - House of Dracula 1948 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Perhaps this is a way of Mel Brooks to hint at his favorite ones? I recognise elements from the first three in this parody, but some expert may be able to tell the two others if I'm right.

[@dsimon966]

The monster was hung and hung.

[@RyanCarrington]

Hahaaa that's brilliant 😂

[@DaringDasher]

Love love LOVE that Brooks shot this in black and white

[@RyanCarrington]

Me too!

[@WithTwoFlakes]

8:00 Aerosmith's producer came up with the title of their song "Walk this Way" after he and the band saw this movie in a theatre in New York. They were laughing about Igor / Marty Feldman's performance as they made their way back to the studio. They decided on that being the title for a song they had a melody for, but no title or lyrics. Once they had a title, Steven Tyler wrote some lyrics. Whenever I watch this movies, that song pops into my head....

[@RyanCarrington]

When I was editing that bit, I started singing that line 😂

[@viclagina347]

Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy... Gene is great

[@alanr4447a]

18:12 When it said, "Do not use this brain", I always wondered what they didn't want it used for.

[@themoviedealers]

Brooks ranked: 1. Young Frankenstein 2. Blazing Saddles 3. High Anxiety (underrated) 4. The Producers (1968) 5. Spaceballs 6. History of the World, Part One 7. To Be Or Not To Be 8. Silent Movie 9. The Twelve Chairs 10. Dracula, Dead And Loving It 11. Robin Hood, Men In Tights/ When Things Were Rotten (TV series) 12. Life Stinks

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

TERI GARR, WAS IN "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THIRD KIND" .🎃🎃🎃👍👍👍❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@L8rCloud]

Marty Feldman (Igor) suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' Ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned