YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) Movie Reaction! | FIRST TIME WATCHING!

[@OGBReacts]

Mel Brooks movies I've reacted to: Blazing Saddles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZSQiqKAj79nY9E The Producers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hamwkqB4pZ6Ba5Y Spaceballs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apeYfXmleaqmr9E High Anxiety: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXO9eWyOYsapkNE

[@chocolate-teapot]

I watched this for the first time with my friends father after sharing a spliff. We thought it was a documentary.

[@Bfdidc]

If you like Madeleine Kahn, I highly suggest Paper Moon.

[@JoeSchwartz-yx3jg]

Mel Brooks voiced the cat during the dart game

[@prudentilla]

I would like to suggest a wonderful movie called YELLOWBEARD John Cleese, , Micheal Palin, Cheech and Chong , Madalyn Khan

[@johncampbell756]

Gene made sure Mel wasn't on screen, just the sound of a cat getting hit by a dart.

[@Rmlohner]

Mel Brooks was five years old when the famous Frankenstein film was released in 1931, and it was one of his most indelible childhood experiences. His recent autobiography starts by describing how his mother had to assure him that night that the Frankenstein Monster wasn't going to kill him, "one of the many problems I presented her with each day." And you can very much feel that genuine affection coming through the jokes, most notably in how the line "So this is where it all happened" isn't kidding at all; he actually got all the old props from the original film to put in there. Plus, getting dramatic actor Peter Boyle as the monster and having him play it 100% seriously, an approach to parody that would later be perfected in movies like Airplane.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

@Rmlohner When I was a kid, I used to visit with an elderly gentleman who was a regular at a local restaurant we often went to, he told me he was ten years old when it came out, and went to the theater by himself and was quite afraid to have to walk home by himself afterward especially since by the time the movie had ended it was already dark out🤣

[@Rmlohner]

Marty Feldman's bulging eyes were due to a genetic disorder called Graves' Disease, and he actually wasn't able to see directly in front of him, though he did have spectacular peripheral vision. He noted later on that with his successful career he could easily have gotten surgery to correct them, but then he'd have nothing to make him stand out and would be lucky to get "two lines in Kojak." Sadly, he died at just 48 years old in 1984 while shooting the film Yellowbeard in Mexico City, due to a devastating combination of the city's famous high altitude, cigar smoking, and drinking a ton of black coffee.

[@TheLastAngryGeek]

MAD magazine cartoonist Sergio Aragones was filming a small part in a different film, TO KILL A STRANGER. He was dressed as a policeman when he saw Marty, his hero. He approached him but Marty freaked out and ran away. Sergio at first thought it was because he was dressed as a cop, but later admitted it was probably Marty goofing around. He never found out for sure as Marty died that same night.

[@stevedavis5704]

If you want a goofy movie watch “Yellowbeard”. It is the result of Cheech and Chong making a movie with the Monty Python crew.

[@Gravydog316]

@@TheLastAngryGeek i was just gonna add this

[@jamesmoyner7499]

Mel was going to cameo in this like his other films, but Gene was against it saying he wanted him to focus on directing the film. He did however do the various animal sound effects like the wolf and cat. This film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, bit didn't win. To mess with Gene, Marty switched the side the hump was on in-between scenes so Gene's reaction was genuine. Gene Hackman played the blind man when he asked Mel if there was a role he could do as he so badly wanted to be in it so Mel gabe him that role and Gene improvised the line about making expresso. The reason for the horses whinnying was Mel and the crew were incorrect told Bluher was German for Glue thus the horses making the noise. The police inspector with the false arm and dart game is a reference to the third Frankenstein film Son of Frankenstein, The man who Frankenstein hits in the beginning of the film was the Religious leader in Blazing Saddles,

[@ebwarg]

I saw “Son of Frankenstein” after seeing this movie, and kept laughing at the older film’s much less ridiculous artificial arm because I couldn’t stop thinking about the parody version.

[@DavidB-2268]

Brooks also did an ADR voice of one of the villagers during one of the town halls.

[@bradleywalker6249]

Brooks is a gargoyle in the final shot.

[@jamesmoyner7499]

@@bradleywalker6249 Oh that’s cool.

[@wfly81]

The monster was played by Peter Boyle, whom you might recognize as the grandfather on “Everybody Loves Raymond”. There’s actually a Halloween episode of the show where he dresses as Frankenstein’s monster as a homage to his role in this movie.

[@Rmlohner]

The studio had no idea that Brooks was planning to do the film in black and white when they greenlit it, and he broke it to them literally halfway out the door after the meeting. Then as he describes it, a tidal wave of "thundering Jews" chased him down the hall, pleading for him not to do it. Among their arguments was that Peru had just gotten color theaters.

[@chris...9497]

In point of fact, Mel Brooks used the exact filmstock and camera used in filming the 1930s monster films, including the original "Frankenstein". He wanted it to appear as close as possible to the original, in spite of the fact that it was more expensive to do so.

[@TheInfo45]

I love the fact that they used the original equipment from the original Frankenstein film

[@Gravydog316]

it was original equipment, but i don't know if it was from the original movie, or one of the other Frankenstein movies?

[@TheInfo45]

@@Gravydog316 according to the biofilm with Mel Brooks he did say it was from the original film

[@edwardthorne9875]

The black and white looks just beautiful in this. Old horror movies are like a comfort food for me! You can see the love that this one was made with. By the way, you seem like a really genuine person, with a kind heart and a ready smile. So glad to see you back!

[@Bfdidc]

Yes. This is a remake made with a genuine love for the original.

[@Jett371]

If you like Madeline, you have to watch the first movie she was in...."What's Up Doc" (1972) with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neil. Not only is she hysterically funny, her character just plain hysterical. 🤣

[@nellgwenn]

Why those are Howard's. What on earth are you doing with Howard Banister's rocks? What's Up Doc was her film debut.

[@jackal59]

More people should react to that movie, which has a number of performers who were Mel Brooks' regulars. It was Liam Dunn's (the old man on the table here and the preacher in _Blazing Saddles_ ) film debut as the judge, and Kenneth Mars (Inspector Kemp here) gives one of my favorite performances of his as a snooty Croatian (?) musicologist. Their exchange in the courtroom is priceless: Mars: "Don't touch me-I'm a doctor!" Dunn: "Of what?" Mars: "Music." Dunn: "Can you fix a hi-fi?" Mars: (visibly confused) "No, sir." Dunn: "Then shut up!"

[@steviekc9057]

"You! you ..." "EU-NICE. Eunice. We've almost got that stammer cured." "How? How!?" "HOW-ARD. Howard. He always gets stuck on names"

[@papabearlives9995]

​@@jackal59 Mars played the German playwright in the producers.

[@Gravydog316]

excuse you? everyone LOVES Madeline

[@Ricketik65]

The "Walk this way" - bit inspired the band Aerosmith to write a song with the same title.

[@randallshuck2976]

Since you enjoyed this one, the next movie that Gene Wilder produced and stared in was "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother", 1975. It has Wilder, Madeline Kahn and Marty Feldman staring in it along with a lot of other fun actors. Good reaction on this one. Thanks.

[@bwilliams463]

They used to run a non-stop train from New York to Transylvania. Best line:"SED-A-GIVE?!"

[@steviekc9057]

I grew up with this movie, and the jokes I would "get" as I aged made it a TOTALLY different experience 😼 It has a lot of layers. Like Onions. Or Parfaits.

[@toodlescae]

Or Ogres

[@steviekc9057]

@@toodlescae EXACTLY

[@timcook6566]

A few little tidbits here. All of the scientific equipment in the lab was the original stuff from the the first Frankenstein movie. They found it hidden away in a storage room. Frau Blucher, the joke is that her name mean glue in some European language, so that’s why the horses freak out at the name. Igor’s hump, as a gag, Marty switched sides, but it took a couple of days before anyone noticed it. This tickled Mel so he kept it. As a kid I wasn’t allowed to watch scary movies because they gave me night terrors, and my mom would have to calm me down. When dad and I got home after watching it, mom yelled at him that he was going to be the one to calm me down after midnight. No nightmares with this one.

[@bobschenkel7921]

The actor that played the blind man was pretty famous. His name is Gene Hackman, in heavy makeup. And of course Cloris Leachman as Frau Blucher (horse neighs), and Peter Boyle as The Creature, in even heavier makeup. IMVHO one of the funniest movies ever made. Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars (The Inspector), Teri Garr and the one and only Madeline Kahn..."Blucher". HeeHee.

[@shainewhite2781]

Love this movie! "PUTTIN ON THE RITZ!" "That's Fronkenstein." "What's your first name, Froderick?" "Sedgive!?" "Frau Blucher!" Horse whines in the background.

[@Ricketik65]

-Could be worse.. -How could this be worse?! -Could be raining..

[@cbobwhite5768]

Have you seen the original 1931 Frankenstein? In the original, the little girl was tossing petals into the river. When the Monster ran out of petals, he just yeeted the girl, into the river.

[@Alexeya13]

I LOVE this movie. You can never go wrong with Mel Brooks. I hope you decide to watch more Mel Brooks in the future. They're just fun. Love them all.. The cast was just AMAZING. They all nailed their roles. Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn & (I didn't realize it was him the first time I watched it) Gene Hackman as Harold, the blind man

[@OGBReacts]

I've reacted to a lot of his classics!

[@Rmlohner]

This very same year, Hackman was also the lead star of Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation. Brooks and Coppola both had a spectacular 1974, one with The Conversation and Godfather 2, the other with Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.

[@Alexeya13]

@@OGBReacts Silent Movie(one of my favorites), History of the World: Part 1, Dracula: Dead & Loving it (Parody of Vampire movies, mostly "Bram Stoker's Dracula," 1992)

[@thegladve]

@@OGBReacts what I find fascinating about Gene Wilder is the fact that not only can he pull off a parody of the Frankenstein movies is the fact that he could easily play Victor Frankenstein in a serious adaptation and fit the roll like a glove.

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

Mel Brooks was told Not to have any character in this movie by Gene himself!the cinematographer told in an interview that Peter Boyle would come in on every day off he had just to be on set and see what fun they filmed that day!!

[@nickperkins8477]

The student who questions Gene in the classroom is played by Danny Goldman. Years later, Mr. Goldman played Brainy Smurf in Hanna-Barbera’s Smurfs.

[@musiclover7840]

The laboratory equipment is the original equipment used in the 1931 film "Frankenstein". The man who created all the props had them in his garage, and Mel Brooks rented them for "Young Frankenstein".

[@netzombiee646]

One of my favorite nods to the book and original movie … When the monster is playing with the little girl, they are throwing things into the well … She asks what else they can throw into the well … the monster breaks the 4th wall and looks into the camera … that’s the nod to the book / original movie … in those, he throws the girl into the well, killing her

[@mariacavanaugh1010]

"Roll, roll, roll in ze hay!"😄 So many funny moments across all characters. Teri Garr, with the "great knockers" also played Phoebe Buffet's mother on Friends. And previously starred in a 1970s tv show based on a film called Operation Petticoat in which she was one of a group of Navy Nurses taken aboard a submarine in WWII. And now for good measure, "Blugher...neigh!" 😆

[@dngillikin]

Teri was not one of the nurses on Operation Petticoat. For season one, the nurses were played by Yvonne Wilder, Melinda Naud, *Jamie Lee Curtis*, Dorrie Thomson, and Bond Gideon. For the second season, all the nurses except Melinda Naud's Nurse Crandall character were replaced. None of those nurses were played by Teri Garr, either.

[@maryrichardson1318]

@@dngillikin However, Terri Garr did do an episode of the original Star Trek and starred in Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton.

[@artbagley1406]

@@maryrichardson1318And she had a prominent role as the harried mother of two kids and the wife of Richard Dreyfuss in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

[@papabearlives9995]

She was in Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman

[@samhain1894]

Teri Garr was also a regular on sonny and Cher show.

[@sharennyberg7795]

I absolutely love this movie. This movie is so over the top. The cast is fantastic. Mel Brooks was a genius. Thanks for the reaction

[@garysatterlee9455]

It's funnier if you understand all the references. You'd have to watch FRANKENSTEIN ( 1931 ), BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1935 ) and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1939 ). It is also helpful to know the song: Chattanooga Choo Choo. Mel Brooks gets most of the credit but really this was Gene Wilder's brainchild. He insisted on having Mel Brooks direct it. Mel didn't appear in the film because that's the way Gene Wilder wanted it.

[@beatmet2355]

Silent Movie is another Brooks movie with Feldman. It’s not as well known as other Brooks films, but it does have its moments. It’s almost completely silent and it has quite a few celebrity cameos throughout. I don’t know if anyone on KZbin has ever reacted to it.

[@guitarman8462]

Mel Brooke's: History Of The World Part 1 - Life Stinks. And he produced the true story of " The Elephant Man " under another name.

[@mrshadowbright4041]

mel brooks was in this movie he was the voice of the cat who got hit by the dart and the voice over of the first dr franknstein

[@carlbaker7242]

YES.!!! A big thumbs-up. I actually saw this at the movie theater when it came out. My favorite of Mel Brooks. All the right actors. Did you know they actually used equipment from the original Frankenstein movie in the lab. Great choice and reactions. Oh by the way Mel Brooks was the train stop announcer on the train.

[@melenatorr]

The old couple behind Wilder in the trains in NY and Transylvania are having the same conversation but in different languages.

[@Rmlohner]

Apparently about their son's chronic masturbation.

[@melenatorr]

@@Rmlohner Clearly a sensitive topic.

[@Ididnotwanttojoin]

This is more of a Gene Wilder/Mel Brooks movie. Wilder mostly wrote it, he put in the Puttin' on the Ritz scene against Brook's advice, and he told Brooks that a cameo from him would take viewers out of the movie. Brooks did provide the werewolf howl and the cat sound, though.

[@nikwalters1029]

Giggling at you singing Don't Touch Me as that is a song the character sings in the Broadway version of this. Megan Mullally plays Madeline's character and sings it.

[@WesJFin]

"Madeline Kahn was the perfect person..." All we needed to say. haha

[@coreyhendricks9490]

One of Mel Brooks masterpieces ever made, cool reaction as Sam, you take care and have a great weekend sweetie 🥰❤️

[@mkozlinski]

The scream of cat hit with the dart was dubbed by Mel Brooks himself :)

[@garybassin1651]

Believe it or not, Mel Brooks DID make an appearance in this movie!!! He made the howl of the cat that gets hit with the dart.

[@fourthgirl]

And he was the werewolf.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

@@fourthgirl There....wolf

[@fourthgirl]

@@WithTwoFlakes There...castle.

[@RetroClassic66]

Recommended Mel Brooks follow ups to this film: his debut film, THE PRODUCERS (1967), THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970), SILENT MOVIE (1976), HIGH ANXIETY (1977), and HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART 1 (1981).

[@emwa3600]

For Madeline Kahn's first feature film perform, 1972's WHAT'S UP DOC? features her, Kenneth Mars and Liam Dunn (li'l ol' man who is 'hopping' into the classroom) in a true screwball / slap-stick comedy. This film feels related to YOUNG FRANK in more ways than the shared supporting cast. Gene Wilder's 1970 START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME gets my constant plug, too. Also, Teri Garr plays foundational roles in soooo many films to come. She's worth a study all by herself.

[@Alcagaur1]

Now you know why merely the opening bars of "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life!" can convulse half a room.

[@WolfsDE]

A few of the other Mel Brooks films to react too... The Producers Life Stinks Dracula: Dead and Loving It And the Universal monster movies to watch as well. Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein Dracula The Wolf Man The Mummy The Invisible Man These were the 6 films in the 1930's that put Universal studios on the map in a big way. These films would not be considered really scary by today's standards. They did bring the genre to the mainstream in many ways though. So they are well worth the watch.

[@OGBReacts]

Here's my The Producers reaction! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hamwkqB4pZ6Ba5Y

[@CrazeeAdam]

I'm unsure if anyone has said this but Aerosmith actually came up with their famous song "Walk This Way" after seeing this movie one late night abd hearing Igor say the famous lines "Walk this way... This way, this way" I guess another fun fact. The man who plays the monster is Peter Boyle. His other famous role? Playing FRANK on Everyone Loves Raymond. :)

[@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.

[@timroebuck3458]

Thank God, somebody finally gets it. A train ride from New York City to Transylvania.

[@vincentsaia6545]

Mel Brooks does make an appearance. He voiced the cat in the dart-throwing scene.

[@chris...9497]

I think almost all of the cast has passed away, except for Mel Brooks, Teri Garr (Inga, the lab assistant), Gene Hackman (the blind hermit), and Anne Beesley (Helga, the little girl). RIP to the greats: Gene Wilder (F Frankenstein), Marty Feldman (Igor), Peter Boyle (the Creature), Madelane Kahn (nearly the bride of Frankenstein), Cloris Leachman (Frau Blücher), and Kenneth Mars (wooden-armed Inspector Kemp). Cloris Leachman also played Nurse Diesel in "High Anxiety". She was a beautiful woman and a fine actor, incredible in both comedy and dramatic roles. There's an early episode of "The Twilight Zone" ("It's a Good Life") where she plays the mother of a terrifyingly-dangerous child with godlike powers (Billy Mumy of "Lost in Space"). Years later, during a revival of the show, Leachman and Mumy reprise their roles as adults in the same story ("It's Still a Good Life"); the child grew up and had his own child (played by Mumy's real life daughter), who turns out to be even MORE powerful but with a kinder heart. Leachman is amazing in this dramatic role. Both episodes are available on KZbin. The blind hermit was played by Gene Hackman (the senator/father in "The Birdcage"). Gene Wilder was playing tennis with Hackman, who had heard Wilder was making "Young Frankenstein" with Mel Brooks and begged to join the cast. After Wilder and Brooks discussed it, he got this small part.

[@kateorgera5907]

No, Teri Garr is alive too. She's 78.

[@benjamineckles]

Marty actually switched the hump up a couple of times just to confuse his fellow actors. They just kept it going. Lol Boris Karloff's daughter has said if her father had seen this movie, it would have been his favorite.

[@Hogtownboy1]

These were the original set from the 1930’ original film and bride of Frankenstein

[@garysatterlee9455]

What you're trying to say is: this is the original Kenneth Strickfadden lab equipment that was used in the original Universal Classic Frankenstein films.

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@garysatterlee9455 yes

[@davewhitmore1958]

Madeline Kahn is perfect in EVERYTHING!!!

[@Jsspres]

The other Mel Brooks movie with Marty Feldman is Sllent Movie. He was also in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 'Smarter Brother with Gene Wilder.

[@DNulrammah]

Feldman was also in "Silent Movie" with Brooks and Dom Deluise. You might like that movie.

[@dow311]

The only person who spoke was Marcel Marceau a French mime artist. Too funny.

[@redlead873]

Marty Feldman improvised most of his part, he did the hump gag without telling anyone, so Gene Wilders's surprise was genuine. He wrote scripts for Monty Python and had his own successful UK TV sketch shows. He was a comic genius. He is the only person to play Igor without makeup

[@centurycountess4949]

there's a film called haunted honeymoon from 1986, when i first saw it I literally thought it was a mel brooks movie it had a few of the actors from his film and it had a mel brooks vibe. but i was suprised when I learn it wasn.t it's still good i strongly recommend it. my only complaint was that they needed more scenes with aunt kate she was hilarious

[@Whyteroze28]

Yes! Especially her dance scene!

[@billolsen4360]

40:10 Poo Poo Undies is priceless. There is a men's underwear manufacturer named PPU's, I'm sure the founder was a Mel Brooks fan.

[@fshepinc]

Billy Joel and his then-wife Christie Brinkley were big fans of this film, and used to say goodbye to each other by bumping elbows and saying, 'Taffeta, darling."

[@karlsmith2570]

Hey Sam, there's another Mel Brooks movie that Marty Feldman appears in, the movie's titled "Silent Movie" its also got Dom Deluise in it as well

[@VirtualBabe29]

Fun fact: when the creature is bound in the cell, one of the villagers taunting him from the window (uncredited) is an actor named Clement Von Franckenstein. Clement later had a speaking role as the archery contest announcer in Mel's Robin Hood, Men In Tights

[@joecarr5412]

Gene Wilder was actually scribbling down notes / script ideas while filming Blazzing Saddles 😁😁

[@cbobwhite5768]

Remember the sheriff's mole, in "Men in Tights".

[@danzthename]

Igor is just the best. "It's gonna be a long night. If you need any help with the girls..." 🤣

[@janabraam7963]

The blind man is played by Gene Hackman from The Bird Cage. The monster is Peter Boyle, the dad from Everybody Loves Raymond. Great reaction!

[@merchillio]

Came for the reaction, stayed for the Yoshi collection behind you (and, of course your engaging reaction)

[@veot.2869]

You were the perfect person to react to a movie like this!!!! Great reaction!!! Believe me, I appreciated this so much. Just wonderful. Thank you. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@stevedavis5704]

According to an interview with Steven Tyler from Aerosmith the line “Walk this way”, was the inspiration for the like named song from the band. This movie and “Blazing Saddles “ were both released in 1974 with supposedly Gene Wilder agreeing to be in “Blazing Saddles “ in return for Mel working on this movie. I don’t know if it’s true but it would explain the common people and the close release of the movies.

[@shallendor]

Mel Brooks films are to movies as Weird Al songs are to hit songs! Mel Brooks never made a bad film!

[@ronsavage6491]

There's a gag that was in the novelization (and perhaps the original script?), but we only see a tiny hint in the movie. After the creature freaks out on stage, for about two frames we can see that Igor has no hump. Before going on stage, Froderick had noticed and commented on it. Igor explained, "Never with tails."

[@Karluin]

I adore Gene Hackman in this movie. “I was gonna make espresso…”

[@mgordon1100]

While I'm not sure if you can block the nervous system with a simple clamp to the temple, it is true. If the brain's communication is shut off from the central nervous system, you can not feel any pain. When I had surgery on my wrist, they gave me a blocker on that arm. For the rest of the day, my whole arm was just a dead weight hanging off of my shoulder. To get toothpaste on my toothbrush, i had to place the brush on the counter, then place my dead arm on it with my other hand to hold it there. It was very weird, and started feeling tingly when the blocker started to wear off.

[@punklover99]

"Come back i was gonna make espresso" Growing up watching nicktoons there's an episode of rocko's modern life where they make reference to that same line

[@aagold76]

'History of the World' is probably the last Mel Brooks film to watch- Madelin Kahn and Cloris Leachman are both in it- a lot of fun... Marty Feldman's best film is 'The Last Remake of Beau Gest'- VERY funny.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

OGB Reacts This is the second "Young Frankenstein" reaction I've gotten a notification for, I look forward to seeing you dying from laughter.

[@YodatheHobbit]

"Asps, very dangerous... You go first" - when you realize that may have been an intentional Young Frankenstein reference in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@richieb7692]

This is one of the few Mel Brooks films where he never made an on screeen cameo. The only credit he has, is the cat noise, during the darts game between the police officer and Dr Frankenstein

[@m.hreels9822]

I've been waiting for you to react to this for so long! ❤ So glad you finally got around to it! It's one of Mel Brooks best!!!!

[@carm3d]

Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn worked together in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother." Mel Brooks was not involved.

[@donkfail1]

Wilder said he wouldn't do the role if Brooks was in the movie, knowing he'd try to steal all the jokes. But if I'm not misinformed it's Mel's hands pulling at the box in the coffin at the beginning of the movie.

[@conureron3792]

I hear Mel Brooks has made this movie into a musical, so be on the lookout for a production of it coming to your town.

[@kitsune2284]

On the set of Blazing Saddles, it was Gene Wilder who approached Mel about this. This is Gene's brainchild. The reason why Mel Brooks is not in it is because Gene said that he didn't want him breaking the forthwall all the time in the film.

[@TheGoauldApophis]

Mel was the voice of the cat in the darts scene.

[@MasterBiffpudwell]

Peter Boyle as the monster...fantastic casting. Gene Hackman as the blind man...EPIC.

[@kermitcook8498]

Hold it, hold it, hold it! What in the wild world of sports is going on here? This movie seems right in your wheelhouse. How were you able to avoid seeing it? Okay, calm down, we'll all get through this. Great job, Sam. As usual with a Mel production, there are several levels happening here. Several familiar faces. I First remember Inspector Kemp, Kenneth Mars, from the first time Mel did THE PRODUCERS. Marty was introduced to Americans through Dean Martin's summer replacement show. Several projects in the 70s worth a watch. He died before the pirate movie YELLOWBEARD was released. Perhaps, if we behave, we'll be rewarded with more from the archives. Carry on.

[@cbobwhite5768]

The old blind man, is Gene Hackman.

[@adaddinsane]

Loved your look to camera on the hump joke. Perfect. Great film, thanks Sam.

[@donnyboy6848]

It's ALIVE!!!!

[@debravega2453]

I have a film to recommend even though Mel Brooks did not write or direct or appear in it. (He did produce it.) It's called My Favorite Year and is based on his experiences writing for television during the 1950s. I think you would really enjoy it. Thanks for the great reaction!

[@artbagley1406]

The laboratory equipment in the castle's basement are the actual prop items from the original 1931 Frankenstein. And the corny jokes are originals from Mel Brooks' bozo brain; plus, the lines were perfectly delivered by these fine actors. Every one of the jokes takes maybe three seconds to register in the human brains that aren't as developed as Hans Delbruck's. Watching you chortle and down-right belly-laugh at this hilarious movie made me laugh out loud; my wife had to come over to my computer to see what the heck was going on. Marty Feldman was part of the British humor invasion, just before Monty Python hit the U.S. He worked with several of the MP crewe before they became MP.

[@nickperkins8477]

Gene remains so funny that I only need to hear the sound of his voice to laugh HARD.

[@beardedgeek973]

The voice over you hear when they find the lab is from the original movie. So is the actual set pieces.

[@KennyYoutubeMakesMeFeelGood]

Hi Sam happy to see you❤ I enjoyed your reaction 21 of Mel brooks movies Young Frankenstein one of my favorites. And you remember seeing young Frankenstein movie at spaceballs when you reacted to it. I like the it's alive or the dancing and actress cloris leachman as Frau Blucher🐴🐴🐴🐴😂😂😂😂😂 You know I did see Her at my favorite Disney Channel show Girl meets world She was a bakery and a few episodes and after that she passed away !!! Blucher🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴😂😂😂😂

[@nancyomalley6286]

Oh, you might recognize the blind guy as Senator Keeley from "The Birdcage" who I said looked like Betty White on steroids while in drag! Gene Hackman!

[@cjmars822]

My spidey-sense is tingling. Oh, look! A new Sam video! Hell yeah!!!

[@maryrichardson1318]

I wonder if the scene with the dead body on the cart and the policeman was the inspiration for Weekend at Bernie's?

[@biguy617]

I love this movie. I have seen a musical stage version of this at my local theater once. The stage production is equally hilarious as this movie is.

[@sylvanaire]

The song Madelyn sings when the monster is on top of her is from the 1910 musical Naughty Marietta, called Sweet Mystery of Life. It was sung by Jeannette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy, superstar singing duo of their time. Check it out for the way back machine experience! 😊

[@theaterbear]

I can’t recommend Madeline Kahn’s first movie “What’s Up Doc?” enough. It’s a screwball comedy and the car chase through San Francisco is nuts.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

OGB You are of my favorite LGBTQIA+ Community members on KZbin👩‍❤‍👩🏳‍🌈

[@espenbuhaugsveinungsen]

LGBTQ (IA)?

[@espenbuhaugsveinungsen]

@justindenney-hall5875 excuse me?

[@OGBReacts]

LGBTQIA = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual :) Just a more inclusive terms for folks.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

@@espenbuhaugsveinungsen You're excused?😕

[@espenbuhaugsveinungsen]

@@OGBReacts I only asked for the last two but good to say all if anyone wasn't 100% on any or all

[@midianmtd]

This is my favorite of the Mel Brooks films. And I've seen it so often I can repeat the script back word for word. This came out when I was 2 years old, so I've not known a time without it. And yes, Madeline Khan was the GOAT.

[@karlsmith2570]

37:25 "I'm Incredibly Surprised That Mel Brooks Didn't Make A Cameo Appearance As Any Sort Of Character In This Movie" Actually, Sam, Mel Brooks does make an appearance, he'd appeared as the father of the little girl that Peter Boyle as they Monster encountered at the well

[@christhornycroft3686]

I think the 2 Mel Brooks movies you haven't seen are the hilarious History of the World Part 1 (co-starring Madeleine Kahn and Gregory Hines) and Life Stinks. I definitely recommend History of the World. The tone is very similar to the remake of the Producers. There are a few musical numbers and it's pretty raunchy. Mel Brooks plays a number of roles in it, as does Harvey Korman, Hedley from Blazing Saddles. I don't know that anything touches The Producers or Blazing Saddles for social satire, but those are pretty funny movies.

[@calibadgerdude6082]

At some point, you should look up the outtakes for this movie. Both the cast and crew had a VERY hard time not laughing, and they were constantly cracking each other up, especially Cloris and Madeline.

[@sidrat2009]

No one would blame you if you watched Men In Tights for the channel, just because it's a great film. Also awesome pinned comment. Neigh.