IT'S ALIVE!!! First Time Reaction to **YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN**

[@MrGBH]

Teri Garr, the actress who played the assistant, just passed away. She was the last surviving member of the cast

[@Matrim42]

Gene Hackman is still alive.

[@BadwolfRuin]

Mel Brooks is also still alive

[@idiotsdoesthings5737]

​@Matrim42 i think they mean main cast. Gene Hackman was more of a cameo.

[@idiotsdoesthings5737]

​@@BadwolfRuinI think they meant acting cast. Mel wasnt in the actual movie.

[@Matrim42]

@@idiotsdoesthings5737 he was the cat, the therewolf, and the voice of Victor Frankenstein.

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

This was Gene Wilder’s favorite movie he made & it is also one of my favorite spoofs movies, so here are some fun facts like: - Marty Feldman who played Igor played a prank where during the shooting he should move his hump from one side to the other for several days when cast members finally noticed, so they added it into the movie - Speaking of pranks on set when Gene Wilder threw the dart Mel Brooks would scream like a cat - The lab machinery is the real deal because Mel Brooks found out Ken Strickfaden who made them for Frankenstein (1931) & its squeals was still alive & that he still had all the equipment in his garage, so Mel Brooks rented the equipment & gave Ken Strickfaden the screen credit which he didn't receive for the original films - Gene Hackman ho played the Blinded Hermit before getting the part was Gene Wilder’s tennis partner who just learned about the movie so he asked if he could have a part in it so he can try comedy, so he he did a quick shoot even ad-libbed the line “I was going to make Espresso - When they were figuring out the "Puttin' on the Ritz" scene no one was sure what the Creature would say, but Peter Boyle who was playing him came up with "Puiinin on da reeez!" - Teri Garr originally auditioned for the role of Elizabeth while Madeline Kahn was going to be Inga that is until she wanted & got the role of Elizabeth, & without figuring who could play Inga so Mel Brooks calls up Teri Garr & asked her if she can do a German accent (she based it on Cher’s wig maker) which got her the part

[@wtimmins]

OMFG THEY HAVEN'T SEEN BLAZING SADDLES???? Oh I can't wait.

[@grants9282]

One of my all time favorites! Such a classic

[@soilworley]

Gonna have to Patreon that lol

[@DiggitySlice]

I bet their TDS will not be annoying at ALL in that video

[@drigerdranzer7514]

I hope they don't stick to long debates without pausing talking over big parts of the movie when they watch Blazing saddles. There are not really any dead spots for talk talk in Blazing saddles.

[@saltymisfit6566]

The "I was going to make espresso" scene was actually adlibed on the spot and that was the only shot they got because everybody on set started busting up laughing that's why it immediately cuts to Black after the blind man says that

[@coffee-xg6my]

Teri Garr, the young blonde actress who plays Inga in the movie, died today at aged 79.... RIP

[@HuntingViolets]

Oh, I hadn't heard this.

[@mikechicago6200]

Spaceballs, Robin Hood Men In Tights and the underrated Dracula Dead and Loving it, as best Mel Brooks movies.

[@theirishviking9278]

"one more time"

[@justsomebody-1665]

Blazing Saddles too!

[@filipvadas7602]

Fun fact: The original monster, while it technically doesn't have a proper name, it referred to itself as Victor's "Adam" (jokingly/sarcastically referring to Victor Frankenstein's crime of "playing God") So if you wanna stretch it, its name would be *Adam.* *Adam Frankenstein.* Also, don't get it twisted. The monster is more of a victim than anything. Brought to life in an adult's body, a childlike mind unable to fully understand the world around it. Its parent abandoning it and it lashing out at the world to feel in control. Victor is the protagonist, but also the villain; the TRUE monster. He played God and then abandoned his creation, kept quiet about its existence as it murdered people close to him and others took the fall and probably more. Its only at the end that the monster, now much more sentient and even taking on some of Victor's traits like his intelligence, basically tells him off and then throws itself into the ice cold water to *presumably* die. Though imagining that the monster faked its death is a fair headcanon.

[@0okamino]

“It’s a damn Frankenstein!” “I beg your pardon, but it’s pronounced Adam.”

[@MasterSkywalker91]

Have you guys ever considered watching the classic Universal Monsters movies, like Frankenstein?

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

I'd love that. Bride of Frankenstein is a huge all-time fave of mine, and I'd really like to see more people realize The Mummy existed before the 90s. Hammer horror is excellent too. Curse of Frankenstein is the best adaptation so far I think. (Bride is its own thing over being an adaptation per se)

[@thatoneguy2346]

That would be sick in time for Halloween

[@TheAbominableDrFaustus]

My favorite is The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Fun fact Ricou Browning, the actor who played the Gill Man died *last year.*

[@MJWP2334]

The algorithm will determine that knowing them, which is completely fair and understanding, dont wanna sound like im dissing em

[@robmartin525]

I really wish we could have the classics back at the movies! Good ones mind you Don't @me with that Tom Cruise Mummy and Dracula Untold bull!!!

[@TheRatsCast]

Another legendary actor in this movie was Genre Hackman, who plays the blind man. He's best known for the French Connection and Lex Luthor in the 70s Christopher Reeve Superman films.

[@0okamino]

Coincidentally, speaking of _The French Connection,_ before the director (who was very resistant to having Gene Hackman for the role) finally conceded to casting Hackman, Peter Boyle was among those who had been offered the role of Popeye Doyle, but had declined it.

[@MrGBH]

Well the Monster is Frankenstein And I don't mean "Dr Frankenstein is the real monster" (Though he is). The creation refers to himself as Adam, son of Dr Frankenstein. So his full name would be Adam Frankenstein

[@Mrryn]

Intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein is the doctor. Wisdom is knowing that the story has two monsters, both named Frankenstein.

[@Matrim42]

Also Frankenstein wasn’t a doctor, he was a med school dropout.

[@TheRatsCast]

Correction: it was actually George Lucas who changed the movie intros forever. Star Wars was the first movie to put the movie credits at the end. Before that, movies were based on the stage. Stage plays have the opening Overture to start the Show. This hadn't people who didn't read the handbill before, had time to read up on who's in the play.

[@Perid0tStar]

That's legit interesting! I'd never heard about that before but it makes perfect sense.

[@mrpickmanb]

Came here to say this!

[@hiddendesire3076]

26:46 I mean, my bloodline has had a mutation that springs up from time to time and causes enlarged canine teeth to grow. They pulled my first set of canines and had to file down the adult set which came in. Sadly the mutation got some of my ancestors killed in Europe, with one believed to be one of the “Cowl Eaters” buried on Poveglia in Venice Italy with a rock in their mouth, a hood drawn over their head, and a rope about their neck.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

So, what your saying is that Dracula snuck in a window at some point in your family tree?...

[@hiddendesire3076]

@@BertoxolusThePuzzled Not sure how they could give that side is Italian and possibly avid garlic eaters.

[@garethhughes7430]

@@hiddendesire3076 the garlic myth was spread by your family as "proof" of their innocence

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

RIP Teri Garr, who played Inga. Also, they had so, **so** many outtakes for that "You take the blonde I'll take the one in the turban" scene, as none of them could keep it together throughout.

[@burnttoastburt1467]

A lot of scenes from this are actually direct parodies of scenes frome the first two frankenstein films.

[@StoryTimewithMissAnna]

Back in the '90s I saw this at an American film institute showing at the Kennedy center. And I experienced one of the funniest glitches in film ever. The theater wasn't packed, there were maybe 15 couples throughout the theater. And when the film glitched, and the words Abbey Normal got cut out, the best part of the experience was hearing all the people who came with someone else throughout the theater whispering urgently to their friends: Abbey Normal 😂😂😂 Because when you love this movie as much as the people who had brought somebody with them to see it for the first time love it, and you quote it constantly, that moment getting cut feels like a complete punch to the gut. BUT the reaction afterwards made it funny enough to make up for it.😂

[@IgniDawnstar]

You guys should watch the Van Helsing movie with Hugh Jackman

[@DankRy23]

Agreed 👍

[@lillymsf5946]

23:30 another thing about Frank Boyle aka the monster, there's a great fourth wall break of sorts that they do in an Everybody Loves Raymond episode where it's Halloween and he's dressed up as Frankenstein growling at his wife who's dressed as the bride lol XD

[@tjo25]

My favorite movie when I was kid. Still hysterical. Marty Feldman was so good

[@shinyagumon7015]

Mel Brooks movies are always so fun.

[@Julius_JMC]

Fun Fact: this movie was originally going to be called "Son of Son of Frankenstein" as an unofficial sequel to "Son of Frankenstein" which released in 1939.

[@robertfrancis9877]

Me and my dad still say the lines to each other to joke and laugh at serious situations 😂

[@therealmanos]

That's so weird! I thought THIS MORNING how cool it would be if you reacted to this and here it is!

[@Crinos84]

Teri Garr just passed away today. 😢

[@FurbyPurrson]

damn nice choice guys...

[@williamjones6031]

1. Mr. Hilltop/Liam Dunn also played 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.

[@opiterturpilinus2248]

Transylvania is in Romania atleast since after WW2 prior to WW1 it was under the Austro-Hungarian Empire it was then given to Romania after WW1 and the north was split and given to Hungary during WW2 also human taste like pork fun fact from what I have read

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

I prefer Mel Brooks when there's a speaking truth to power element (As with Blazing Saddles and The Producers), so I didn't love this one like I expected to, but I also really respect it for capturing the style of an era I love so much. It's a loving parody, which I think is a better way of expressing one's appreciation for a thing over just remaking it countless times.

[@TheGoIsWin21]

I think for a lot of people this movie suffered from the expectation that it was a Mel Brooks movie, when in reality it's more of a Gene Wilder movie that Mel Brooks helped out with.

[@afrocut]

Me screaming "it's a joke" Multiple times

[@as_babble]

The train from New York to Transylvania 😅 They just kept breaking it down logically

[@soflyedits322]

what a fucking treat, please always let boom curate/pick live action reactions! and please do more mel brooks movies, i'd love to see 'to be or not to be' xD also sound was used in film for the first time in 1927. Additional/Automated Dialogue Replacement/Recording [aka ADR] has been a thing since sound's introduction to the moving image.

[@avalonava3724]

My 11th grade teacher let us watch this around Halloween We probably shouldn't have been watching a Mel Brooks film in class, but it was funny.

[@YugiBlder1233]

Yesss!!!!!! This is one of the most underrated Halloween movies!.

[@Yesferatu_]

Some cool retro movies to watch for the spooky season are movies with Vincent Price! Timeless. Although if you wanted another spooky comedy movie I'd suggest Transylvania 6-5000

[@Matrim42]

Fun fact: due to the weird ways language develops, the word “literally” has been used figuratively for longer than it has been used literally.

[@MicahWo]

First recorded use of "literally" meaning literal comes from the 1500s. The first recorded use of it in figurative meaning for emphasis from the 1700s.

[@Matrim42]

@@MicahWo KZbin is afraid of links, so I’m not going to link it, but if you look at Dr. Dennis Baron’s post on his University of Illinois blog titled “Literally has always been figurative” he breaks down exactly why “literally” has always been figurative.

[@BlackAce7170]

Mel Brooks films are basically (comedic parodies) of classic movies.

[@leokester7372]

You guys should totally watch the scooby doo Frankenstein movie!! *Scooby-Doo FrankenCreepy*

[@therealmanos]

I now want to see you guys react to the first two James Whale films, Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein.

[@MWSin1]

Intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein isn't the monster. Wisdom is understanding that he is.

[@willgonyea]

Not this reaction coming out a day before the passing of Teri Garr. RIP.

[@DanTheLPMan]

Fun fact: Young Frankenstein was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2003.

[@TheAbominableDrFaustus]

And *technically* Frankenstein’s monster is the “progeny” of Victor. So I would say that through legality his name ABSOLUTELY is and has always been Frankenstein and I wish people would stop saying that. The closest thing he has to a name in the book is he’s offhandedly referred as Adam a couple times. So I’d say his legal name is Adam Frankenstein.

[@Shadic0699]

Or Herman Munster if you like sitcoms.

[@TheAbominableDrFaustus]

@@Shadic0699ha even better.

[@cristianantonioramoslopez9725]

By the way, for those who don't know, Victor Frankenstein's actor is also Willy Wonka

[@robmartin525]

19:28 You may be interested to know, but a lot of firefighters give up pork because human flesh smells very similar when cooked.

[@idiotsdoesthings5737]

Little bit of trivia, the actor that played Inspector Kemp, is the guy who went on to voice King Triton in the Disney version of "The Little Mermaid" Frankensteins monster was played by Rays father in the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond"

[@herodaresfire4512]

Favorite Mel Brooks movies are Spaceballs and Dracula Dead and Loving It.

[@GrumpDog]

Jeeze, the timing on this was a crazy coincidence!

[@nick6231995]

Two actors in this were regulars on Malcolm in the Middle. Cloris Leachman who played Frau Blucher (horse neighs) played the Grandma Ida (Lois’s mom), and Kenneth Mars who played the one eyed one armed constable played Otto the German rancher that Francis worked for.

[@ifeelpretty5790]

R.I.P. Teri Garr (Inga) ❤ She was hilarious in Tootsie as well.

[@ericmerrill9808]

I agree. If you have are rich enough. Just put a small waiting house to stop at with a few parking spots with bathrooms in it for those moments. Plus useful when walking the grounds to not have to walk back to the house to piss.

[@HuntingViolets]

The train going to Transylvania is part of the joke. I love "Pardon me, boy, is this the Transylvania Station?' (a play on "Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?").

[@entertainmentlife430]

This is one if the funniest movies. I saw it on broadway too. It was fabulous.

[@hiddendesire3076]

8:23 And yeah, they are like that.

[@Artaimus]

The reason they're almost laughing during the fox biting scene is because they had to do several takes because they did keep laughing and Marty kept doing something different each time.

[@KingsBard]

Ruff... I'm 23 and even I know Puttin' on the Ritz

[@zillalordstudios5409]

OH I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! Funniest Mel Brooks movie aside from Men in Tights

[@deadpool981]

Teri Garr just passed away today ! :(

[@johnnyiri6374]

Young Frankenstein is a sequel to Frankenstein (1931), while also serving as a parody of and tribute to it. Several moments have direct parallels to that classic horror movie, with Brooks and Wilder showing a deep appreciation for the original. They show their love for what came before, and not simply poking fun at it.

[@Teleken1968]

Marty Feldman’s (Igor’s) eyes are like that due to a thyroid condition called Graves’ Disease (hyperthyroidism.) How do I know? I have it too. Also, RIP Teri Garr. Both she and Madeline Khan (also deceased) were fantastic in this.

[@SBaby]

This movie is where alot of people realized that Mel Brooks truly got Gene Wilder, when it came to how to use him in movies. His best moments are when he would go over the top and fly off the handle, and this movie has him doing that alot.

[@mmgringoire2]

This movie also has the best bloopers in film. I highly recommend them.I don't know how this cast managed to actually finish the movie. The scene with Igor eating the fur wrap alone took multiple takes.

[@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz]

Roger and Gene were our guides to the movies. And the trailers of course.

[@Zachstorm_Gamer]

I hope they watch blazing saddles next

[@robertrothberg3003]

Transylvania is in Romania. That is the setting of Dracula, both book and film. The Frankenstein novel is actually set in Geneva, Switzerland, Britain, and the Artic north.

[@SixshotRevan]

I lived in Lexington Kentucky until I was 9. There's an actual castle there about a 10-minute drive from the airport. As castles go, it's probably pretty basic, but the fact that it exists at all is wild to me.

[@saltymisfit6566]

I just turned 50 in August I was born the year this movie came out it is still one of my favorite all-time go to is especially around Halloween

[@TheAbominableDrFaustus]

I just had a conversation with my parents about how good Teri Garr was in this movie.

[@RepTechEP]

Love this movie, watch it every year on VHS. So quotable.

[@ericmerrill9808]

Hell yeah! Mel Brooks is a legend. Awesome choice Shaun

[@ShadyRK9]

Lol! Is Eric wearing a Fred Flintstones shirt? 😅

[@p0laris74yt8]

Love this movie. Watch it every October. Igor is easily the best part.

[@r.f.switch5847]

This is my favorite Mel Brook's movie, for so many reasons. The cast are immaculate, especially Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman. The jokes are incredible. It's just an overall great movie. BTW, did you know the secret lab has the old props from the 1931 Frankenstein movie? It's twue, It's twue.

[@HuntingViolets]

"I like how she went from lady rolling around in the hay to medical assistant." Well, she was in the cart because she had been hired as his assistant and they were taking the cart back to the castle.

[@MaybeRelative]

“ *Aaaaaaahhhhh* -I ain’t got no-body. Ya-catacha…” -Eye-Gore “ *ELEVATE ME!!!* “ -Dr. Fronkenstien P.S. …whoops.

[@UchihaOokami2596]

God i feel like a damn cinephile compared to so many people. This is like twice a year watch for me and family. Loving the reactions.

[@Daelyas]

Love the choice Boom! Teach these young fucks about good cinema! :D

[@IgniDawnstar]

I LOVE this movie!

[@diamondq7s124]

This is my first horror movie I've seen when I was 6 years old. It was on VHS on a 50s TV.

[@brianyaniro4797]

The last film Gene Wilder did with Mel Brooks. The black and white throws people off but it was after Blazing Saddles.

[@rebajoe]

Someone once speculated that the 70s was the real liberated decade, the 60s was just the warm up and the 80s was the hangover. 34:42 This has happened five times before apparently. Though it does now raise the question on why the Inspector didn't ask to check the laboratory when he came over. 36:23 Igor why are you outside their window? How'd you get out there?

[@chynne33]

Wow, you guys posted this yesterday and I just see now that Teri Garr passed away today. She was 79. Just a really odd coincidence

[@lonsharp]

It was the same actor as the conductor. That was a gag - all the same background actors playing in all 3 scenes, saying the same lines but as different characters speaking in different languages.

[@Maldraek]

Films were required to begin with full credits sequences by the various guilds that run Hollywood.

[@mimic1984]

Aye got the boy Huggy Wuggy to join the crew, awesome! 💜 💙

[@RepTechEP]

By the way, the original Frankenstein movie was from Thomas Edition Pictures from the 1890's in black and white silent film

[@Hakudan2]

Igor was my favorite part of this movie xD

[@erikbyrge2024]

20:35 it's Alive!!!

[@willadeefriesland5107]

ADR. Additional Dialogue Recording. It's been around for decades...

[@BluesAntenna]

This is such a good movie! Im so glad you're reacting to it!

[@KicktheSky34]

Y'all already watched all the Star Wars worth watching, you gotta do SPACE BALLS next!

[@sortastupid]

Spaceballs been done and on the channel for months

[@SB992REBORN]

​@@sortastupid You guys will LOVE Lisa Frankenstein!!!!!! It's scary sexy and hilarious!

[@GoobiesFunZone]

Dam the day after u guys post this video Teri Garr passed away 😢

[@malytheson]

Please watch Dracula dead and loving it

[@Jsspres]

Gene Wilder was in two other Mel Brooks movies, The Producers and Blazing Saddles. Also, High Anxiety and Dracula Dead and Loving it were the two other horror-comedies directed by Mel Brooks. But all.his films are enjoyable.

[@starcomyt]

Fun fact: The electrical machinery in the lab came from the original 1931 Frankenstein movie.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks to all three of you! 🧟‍♂ My favorite of Mr. Brooks is HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I (1981)... and I very much enjoyed his tv series HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART II (2023).

[@Moparinmyblood]

Thank you Boom for showing the heathens a classic of comedy.

[@nanjobissness4360]

R.I.P Teri Garr

[@cristianantonioramoslopez9725]

By the way, for those who don't know, Victor Frankenstein's actor is also Willy Wonka

[@rwxstudio7173]

Gene Hackman is uncredited as the blind man and Mel's cameo is the cat sound during the dart scene.

[@goodfeathasoutdoors6410]

I think y’all should watch Blazing Saddles but it would have to be a Patreon special. lol

[@daveTHEdirty]

Or some god teir editing

[@HuntingViolets]

Mel Brooks' wife, Anne Bancroft, told Brooks they probably figured his demonstration would be garbage so they brought stuff to throw with them when Brooks wondered about this.

[@gotbeef1218]

RIP Teri Garr

[@munchmandrifta]

Blucher means Glue in Germany, Glue was made of Horses when they went Lame were sent to the Glue Factory...

[@MrGBH]

The German word for glue is Kleber The "Blucher means glue" thing is a myth I've been pulled up for sharing that myself on other reactor's videos