Marty Feldman was one of the great British comedians & writers of his era. He suffered from Thyroid disease which resulted in his bug eyes and overrall appearance. he was also in a car accident as a child and the reconstructive facial surgery may have been a factor. He was closely associated with the Monty Python crew.
Yeah John Cleese and Marty Feldmen did radio comedy together before Monty Python was a thing. Marty Feldman was a great writer, but wasn't comfortable doing stage comedy because of his appearance. John encouraged him to do it because comedy is comedy.
Thank you for commenting with this detailed explanation. I was just going to come into the comments and say something like, “doing my man Marty dirty skipping his intro credit and calling him ‘that guy’” but you were much more cordial.
They only had the one take of him saying 'I was going to make espresso' because he ad libbed that line and caused the crew to laugh and they were unable to do more takes, because the crew couldnt keep from laughing.
Little known fact: the laboratory equipment shown in the movie were the actual props from the 1931 adaption of "Frankenstein." The man who created the props still had them in his garage. To everyone's surprise, when plugged in, they all still worked.
@@elbruces - I agree with the sentiment but in this case, it's true. Notice how fast they cut away after he says that? It's because it was unscripted and the whole film crew cracked up as soon as he said it. - PS - Some directors demand adherence to the script, while others actually encourage their actors to get into character, and ad lib wherever they feel it's appropriate. And some great cinematic moments have come from that.
Yes those are Marty Feldman's real eyes. He was a really comedic actor. I remember back in the day there was even a song on the radio called "She's Got Marty Feldman Eyes". I loved him "The Last Remake of Beau Gest"
@@DeadAbeVigoda Her gasp, in the video, when Madeline Khan first appears in full Bride of Frankenstein hair & makeup, was priceless. The whole movie I was waiting for that one scene, lol.
1. The old man at the beginning that gets racked 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 was. 3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone. 4. Wilder 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. "Blucher" means glue. The horses freak out because they don't want to go to the glue factory. 7. Igor's hump changing sides was Feldman's running gag on the cast and it was kept in the movie. 8. 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. 9. Wilder also insisted that Brooks NOT be seen on film. However, the screeching cat is Mel's. 10. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a goof. It's on purpose. 11. Gene Hackman's ending with, "I was gonna make espresso" was ad lib and kept in the movie. 12.This is a movie you need to watch more than once to pick up the little things. EXAMPLE: Inspector Kemp is wearing a monocle over an eye patch. You MUST watch Blazing Saddles for more Brooks and Wilder.
P.S. - WONDERFUL costume! "The Bride of Frankenstein" is one of my favorite horror movies. In fact, it is considered to be one of the greatest horror films of all time and was among the first movies to be inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame. 🎃🕷🕸
Fun fact. SO the joke with The lady Frau's name. When you look that up you'll first results and what fans of the movie often say is that her name means glue. Anyone who speaks German however can tell you that is false. Well people then say that her name sounds like the name of an old German glue _company._ This sadly is also false. If you dig deeper...its a troll. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder were trolling the audience. They *spread* those rumors as an inside joke.
My favorite part was everything between Dr. Frankenstein choking his creation to Igor looking at us and saying "quiet, dignity, and grace." I first saw this movie back in high school.
Marty Feldman's (Igor) eyes were really like that. As for the hump he played a prank on Brooks and kept switch the side it was on. Brooks thought it was so funny he kept it in the movie.
12:42...Oh my god Kazzy, you're watching a film written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman, that is full of comedic set pieces and you only realise it's a comedy now 😳🤣
Just watching this two years later - and honestly, I don't think she really got the humour at all. Her laughing seemed so forced like "I know this is supposed to be funny so I'll laugh."
The script is based on the original "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein," "Ghost of Frankenstein," and "Son of Frankenstein," so I recommend that you watch those, then watch this again to appreciate all the jokes and how they, ahem, sewed it all together to create a monstrously funny creation. IT'S ALIVE!
Frankenstein, Bride of, and Son of are definitely worth the watching. Less enthusiastic about Ghost of, I’ll admit. Bride of, of course, has Elsa Lanchester, and Son of has Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi in perhaps his best role, as Ygor.
Since it's spoofing scenes directly from the movies, it makes it much funnier if the viewer is familiar with Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (then Kazzy would have known Madeline Khan's hair at the end was like the Bride). The little girl has a much more worse encounter with The Creature in the original movie instead of being teeter-tottered back into her bed.
I saw this theatrically when I was 7 years old and it became my gateway to both Mel Brooks and horror movies. I am 54 now and I just showed this to my 9 year old grandson who loved it as much as I did.
Fun fact: The lab equipment is the actual ones used in the original 1931 film. When Mel Brooks was preparing for this film, he discovered that Ken Strickfaden, who made the equipment was still alive and living in the Los Angeles area and had stored all the equipment in his garage. Brooks made a deal to rent the equipment, and gave Strickfaden the screen credit he didn't receive for the original films.
"The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is among the world's oldest and best-known general medical journals. It was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet (scalpel)."-- Wikipedia. Best. Leo.
Fun Fact: The equipment in the lab was the same that was used on the original 'Frankenstein' from 1931. They found it in a storeroom at Universal Studios.
Igor was played by Marty Feldman who was was a wonderful character actor and loved his roles with Mel Brooks. He suffered from Hyperthyroidism which meant that his thyroid was always make an excess of metabolic hormone. His bug eyes were a result of this condition. May he rest in peace. Thank you for the laughs Marty!
Yep, Igor (Marty Feldman) really had those eyes. A thyroid disease caused "Graves ophthalmopathy, which made his eyes protrude. He actually never sought treatment for it because he felt he could play it into his comedy. He was right, and he was totally brilliant :) Shame he died at 48. This is one of the funniest movies EVER, full of genius level comics. An absolute masterpiece
One of my favorite comedies, thanks for watching. Such a brilliant cast! Gene Wilder was always brilliant working in collaboration with Mel Brooks, but it was certain that Mel also loved working with both Madeline Khan and Cloris Leachman, both brilliant funny actresses in their own right. As to Marty Feldman, that guy was such a gifted comic who is often overlooked contemporarily.
The laboratory set was actually the set from Frankenstein (1931) reconstructed. That was the film that this spoof was framed around. Just about everyone in 1974 had either seen that film or was familiar with pop culture references to it. Few people today have even heard of it, which is sad. Some of the jokes go over most people's heads because they are referencing the 1931 film. Just like loads of people who have never seen many of the oft referenced Airport disaster movies miss jokes in Airplane (1980).
I loved your costume! This was Teri Garr's first movie, and the one that made her famous. By the way, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Madeline Kahn all appeared together again in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, which is not a masterpiece like this one, but still a really funny and entertaining movie: it was directed by Gene Wilder.
I remember hearing that they reused many of the remaining original sets and lab equipment from the original black-and-white Frankenstein movie. It helped make it seem more like an authentic sequel to the original. (and I bet helped to keep costs low)
My two favorite lines..... "SEDAGIVE?!?!" "He... vass... my... BOYFRIEND!!" The cast and crew ruined many, many takes because no one could contain their laughter. The scene with Gene Hackman as the blind hermit was supposed to be shot in one day, but everyone involved kept cracking up and ruining takes so many times, it took them a week to finish it. You can see Gene Wilder fighting hard to keep from laughing, especially in the "Abby Normal" gag. Everyone involved had so much fun that they kept making up scenes to keep shooting. We did a community theater production of the musical three years ago. It had an incredible cast, and all of us had a blast making it. Whenever I see Emily, I start singing "Roll In Ze Hay", and whenever I see Clint, who played Eye-gor, I'll say, "There wolf! There castle!"
Cool side notes- Lab equipment props used were same props used in the original 1931 Frankenstein. Teri Garr based her character on Cher's hairdresser. Aerosmith's #1 song Walk this Way was a homage to the comedic gag in the movie. Mel Brooks always made cameos in his movies and always broke the third wall. Gene Wilder didn't think it would fit the mood of the film. They compromised, so Mel Brooks made all the background werewolf howls.
Actor Marty Feldman [Eye-gor] eyes are indeed real. He suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned. A childhood injury, a car crash, a boating accident, and reconstructive eye surgery may also have contributed to his appearance. His weird eyes are what makes him famous. Actor Jack Elam is another person who has disproportionate eyes. Gene Wilder did get the monster's you-know-what proportions in the ending. Mmmmmmmmmm! Best line quote for me: "What hump?". Nice reaction Kazzy. Looking forward to the next one. 👻🎃👀
Great review and you certainly dressed for the part!! My two favourite lines are: 1) What knockers. Oh, thank you doctor; and 2) Help me with the bags. Certainly, you take the blonde and I’ll take the one in the turban!! One of the few Mel Brooks’ films that the genius did not appear in.
Fun Fact: Mel Brooks did a couple of quick cuts to tight shots in this movie; like the moment when Frederic stabs his thigh with the scalpel and it goes close up to him saying "Class is dismissed", as well as when the monster starts throttling Frederic and it cuts to a close up of a surprised Inga. It's because the actors broke character immediately afterwards. Good example is the lecture hall scene. Mel Brooks has said that when Gene Wilder stabbed the padding on top of his lap and did the quick release-and-grip with the scalpel, if he kept the remaining footage of that shot you would've seen Gene not say the next line but instead completely burst out laughing.
Overall, great reaction! Nice outfit, very appropriate. I could not believe you didn't realize that it was a comedy until you mentioned it. I was a bit disappointed that you left my two favorites out - "Walk this way..." and "There, wolf. There, castle." I am sure it is hard to cut anything out, it is so packed with zaniness.
Kazzy, I ALWAYS love watching a classic with you!!!! Your gasp when she comes out in full "Bride Of Frankenstein" regalia was the best!!!! And I love Teri Garr so much ("Close Encounters" and "Oh God" from 1977 are essential Teri!). Peter Boyle was in "Taxi Driver", the older cab driver that Travis sort of looked up to. Great actor! And of course, that was Gene Hackman as the blind man. Most of the scenes in "Young Frankenstein" are direct parodies of scenes from the original "Frankenstein" movies of the 1930s.
Love your cosplay! This is one of my favorite movies, and your reaction is fantastic (as always). Cloris Leachman's facial expressions (and her bit with the unlit candles) are hysterical!
The police man with the arm is Kenneth Mars (who was also in Mel Brooks's The Producers, he played the mayor in Police Academy 6 & voiced King Triton in The Little Mermaid). The blind man is Gene Hackman (btw, the expresso line was improvised).
Yes, those are Marty Feldman's eyes. He is a comedy legend. There is a clip from an old sketch comedy show with him and John Cleese on a train. It is of the chain. He is also great with Harvey Korman is "Silent Movie", another Mel Brooks film.
If I remember the original Frankenstein book there was a scene where the monster finds a little girl putting flowers in a pond. She's said pretty things belong in water or something. The monster, thinking she was pretty, put her in the pond.
That's not in the book, but in the 1931 movie. The analagous event in the novel is the monster's deliberate murder of Frankenstein's 5- year-old brother William, which is so disturbing that to my knowledge no one has ever included it in a Frankenstein movie.
Marty Feldman (Igor) was a great British comedian and used those eyes of his to great comic effect. His eyes are exactly as nature made them. Now you have to complete the Mel Brooks triumphant of his best comedies and watch "Blazing Saddles" and "The Producers". Just as funny as this movie and maybe funnier.
I knew you'd like this. It's a great classic. I always loved the blind priest scene. The monster's face when the soup lands on his crotch and his wine cup getting shattered gets me every time. Nice costume by the way. For next Halloween, you should check out Dracula: Dead and Loving it. Made by Mel Brooks as well and it has Leslie Neilson as Dracula.
Love the Bride of Frankenstein costume! This is one of my all time favorite movies. The cast is perfect and it's just so entertaining. Yes, he got a bigger "unit" from the creature lol! Thanks, Kazzy.
Yes those are Marty Feldman's real eyes. He suffered from a thyroid condition called Graves' ophthalmopathy which makes your eye pop out of the sockets Robert O'Rielly who played Gowron on Star Trek The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine had the same condition
A fun piece of Trivia, the laboratory electrical props were actually from one of the original Frankenstein movies. Mel Brooks went to talk to one of the effects people from the 30's and he had all the original props in his garage and let Brooks use them.
You should watch Carry On Screaming. It's a 1970s British parody of horror movies, including the likes of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, and the Mummy.
Peter Boyle, the monster, was a regular on Everybody Loves Raymond. On a Halloween episode of that show, he dressed as the monster. Enlarged unit, yes.
Kazzy: Some fun facts... When they were making this Gene Wilder only agreed to appear in the movie if Mel Brooks did not show up in a cameo. Also, all the equipment from the lab was the same exact screen used equipment from the original 1931 Frankenstein movie.
Marty Feldman was one of the great British comedians & writers of his era. He suffered from Thyroid disease which resulted in his bug eyes and overrall appearance. he was also in a car accident as a child and the reconstructive facial surgery may have been a factor. He was closely associated with the Monty Python crew.
Yeah John Cleese and Marty Feldmen did radio comedy together before Monty Python was a thing. Marty Feldman was a great writer, but wasn't comfortable doing stage comedy because of his appearance. John encouraged him to do it because comedy is comedy.
He once hosted the Muppet Show and they made a muppet that look exactly like him. It was hilarious.
Walk This Way.........
Thank you for commenting with this detailed explanation. I was just going to come into the comments and say something like, “doing my man Marty dirty skipping his intro credit and calling him ‘that guy’” but you were much more cordial.
Didn't he also have a glass eye?
Gene Hackman as the blind man is such a wonderful, underrated part of the movie
Absolutely
They only had the one take of him saying 'I was going to make espresso' because he ad libbed that line and caused the crew to laugh and they were unable to do more takes, because the crew couldnt keep from laughing.
Teri Garr is the only principle actor from this movie still alive. RIP Gene, Madeline, Marty, Peter, Cloris, and Kenneth. Thanks for all the laughs!
"Look at her hair. She looks a little different"...says the woman dressed up as the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. lol!
Little known fact: the laboratory equipment shown in the movie were the actual props from the 1931 adaption of "Frankenstein." The man who created the props still had them in his garage. To everyone's surprise, when plugged in, they all still worked.
And in the original movie he wasn't even credited. They fixed that on this movie
To this day, when things go bad, I always say, "Could be worse. Could be raining."
Me too!
Gene Hackman was the blind hermit. He ad-libbed the final line, "I was going to make espresso."
Didn't know about the ad-libbing. Haha! Too bad she missed the name in the credits because she was enamored with Dr. Fronkenstein's wanker.
According to RUclips comments every good line in every movie was ad-libbed. Hollywood doesn't even gave script writers.
@@elbruces - I agree with the sentiment but in this case, it's true. Notice how fast they cut away after he says that? It's because it was unscripted and the whole film crew cracked up as soon as he said it.
- PS - Some directors demand adherence to the script, while others actually encourage their actors to get into character, and ad lib wherever they feel it's appropriate. And some great cinematic moments have come from that.
Delicious, scalding espresso!
@@Mr.Ekshin
Post a link to any interview or BTS clip saying that. Prove you didn't just make it up yourself.
Yes those are Marty Feldman's real eyes. He was a really comedic actor. I remember back in the day there was even a song on the radio called "She's Got Marty Feldman Eyes". I loved him "The Last Remake of Beau Gest"
I believe you're thinking of "Betty Davis Eyes".
@@wfly81 No I'm not, this was a song parody of Betty Davis Eyes. I think you can find it here on youtube.
@@JDdiGriz Oh, my apologies...and that's hilarious.
@@wfly81 No need to apologize, and it is hilarious.
His eyes are like that due to a thyroid problem he experienced earlier in his life.
The outtakes of this movie are just as hilarious as the actual film.
My aunt (who’s a doctor) used to have Peter Boyle as a patient. She said he was such a nice man.
Marty Feldman is fantastic!.
Oh my god, I LOVE your Bride of Frankenstein make-up (and hair!!!) Brava, madame!
I must say, she wears it better than most women wear regular make-up.
@@DeadAbeVigoda Her gasp, in the video, when Madeline Khan first appears in full Bride of Frankenstein hair & makeup, was priceless. The whole movie I was waiting for that one scene, lol.
1. The old man at the beginning that gets racked 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 was.
3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone.
4. Wilder 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. "Blucher" means glue. The horses freak out because they don't want to go to the glue factory.
7. Igor's hump changing sides was Feldman's running gag on the cast and it was kept in the movie.
8. 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.
9. Wilder also insisted that Brooks NOT be seen on film. However, the screeching cat is Mel's.
10. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a goof. It's on purpose.
11. Gene Hackman's ending with, "I was gonna make espresso" was ad lib and kept in the movie.
12.This is a movie you need to watch more than once to pick up the little things.
EXAMPLE: Inspector Kemp is wearing a monocle over an eye patch.
You MUST watch Blazing Saddles for more Brooks and Wilder.
Also #3 is the reason this movie was produced by Fox instead of Columbia.
1. and the priest in "Spaceballs", if I'm not mistaken
Marty Feldman, who played Igor, was a famous British actor. And yes, his eyes were really like that.
P.S. - WONDERFUL costume! "The Bride of Frankenstein" is one of my favorite horror movies. In fact, it is considered to be one of the greatest horror films of all time and was among the first movies to be inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame. 🎃🕷🕸
Fun fact. SO the joke with The lady Frau's name. When you look that up you'll first results and what fans of the movie often say is that her name means glue. Anyone who speaks German however can tell you that is false. Well people then say that her name sounds like the name of an old German glue _company._ This sadly is also false. If you dig deeper...its a troll. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder were trolling the audience. They *spread* those rumors as an inside joke.
Mel Brooks’s movies from the 70s were among his best. Silent Movie (an actual SILENT movie) and High Anxiety, a Hitchcock spoof were hilarious.
Silent...except for Marcel Marceau.
@@flatebo1 Spoiler alert!
@@pem1974 No one her age would have the slightest clue who Marcel Marceau is.
"Stay close to the (unlit) candles - the staircase....can be treacherous." 😂
You would recognize Peter Boyle as the father in the show, 'Everyone Loves Raymond'
My favorite part was everything between Dr. Frankenstein choking his creation to Igor looking at us and saying "quiet, dignity, and grace."
I first saw this movie back in high school.
Stop, you'll kill him - Inga
And Inga shouting at him ,"Stop it Doctor, you'll kill him.'
Marty Feldman's (Igor) eyes were really like that. As for the hump he played a prank on Brooks and kept switch the side it was on. Brooks thought it was so funny he kept it in the movie.
12:42...Oh my god Kazzy, you're watching a film written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman, that is full of comedic set pieces and you only realise it's a comedy now 😳🤣
Just watching this two years later - and honestly, I don't think she really got the humour at all. Her laughing seemed so forced like "I know this is supposed to be funny so I'll laugh."
The script is based on the original "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein," "Ghost of Frankenstein," and "Son of Frankenstein," so I recommend that you watch those, then watch this again to appreciate all the jokes and how they, ahem, sewed it all together to create a monstrously funny creation. IT'S ALIVE!
Frankenstein, Bride of, and Son of are definitely worth the watching. Less enthusiastic about Ghost of, I’ll admit. Bride of, of course, has Elsa Lanchester, and Son of has Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi in perhaps his best role, as Ygor.
Since it's spoofing scenes directly from the movies, it makes it much funnier if the viewer is familiar with Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (then Kazzy would have known Madeline Khan's hair at the end was like the Bride). The little girl has a much more worse encounter with The Creature in the original movie instead of being teeter-tottered back into her bed.
I saw this theatrically when I was 7 years old and it became my gateway to both Mel Brooks and horror movies. I am 54 now and I just showed this to my 9 year old grandson who loved it as much as I did.
Fun fact: The lab equipment is the actual ones used in the original 1931 film.
When Mel Brooks was preparing for this film, he discovered that Ken Strickfaden, who made the equipment was still alive and living in the Los Angeles area and had stored all the equipment in his garage. Brooks made a deal to rent the equipment, and gave Strickfaden the screen credit he didn't receive for the original films.
"The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is among the world's oldest and best-known general medical journals. It was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet (scalpel)."-- Wikipedia. Best. Leo.
The bookcase scene is one of my favorite comedic bits ever filmed
Put… ze candle… bek
Horses going crazy every time frau bulker s name is mentioned.
In my view this has two of the funniest one-liners in cinema history! I won’t spoil it but they are both when they are outside the front door.
She's already seen it by the time this posts, not possible to spoil?
@@StoryMing I think I posted the comment when she announced she was going to be watching the film.
I grew up on this movie and have watched more times than I could count. Simply cannot watch it without laughing.
Sounds like you could use a sedagive.
Yes Kazzy those are feldman’s eyes. He had a medical condition that was actually treatable, but he felt it added to his comedic act.
Fun Fact: The equipment in the lab was the same that was used on the original 'Frankenstein' from 1931. They found it in a storeroom at Universal Studios.
You pulled this one out of the vaults. What a great and funny movie. Great Choice.
Igor was played by Marty Feldman who was was a wonderful character actor and loved his roles with Mel Brooks. He suffered from Hyperthyroidism which meant that his thyroid was always make an excess of metabolic hormone. His bug eyes were a result of this condition. May he rest in peace. Thank you for the laughs Marty!
Yep, Igor (Marty Feldman) really had those eyes. A thyroid disease caused "Graves ophthalmopathy, which made his eyes protrude. He actually never sought treatment for it because he felt he could play it into his comedy. He was right, and he was totally brilliant :) Shame he died at 48. This is one of the funniest movies EVER, full of genius level comics. An absolute masterpiece
One of my favorite comedies, thanks for watching. Such a brilliant cast! Gene Wilder was always brilliant working in collaboration with Mel Brooks, but it was certain that Mel also loved working with both Madeline Khan and Cloris Leachman, both brilliant funny actresses in their own right. As to Marty Feldman, that guy was such a gifted comic who is often overlooked contemporarily.
Blazing Saddles
The laboratory set was actually the set from Frankenstein (1931) reconstructed. That was the film that this spoof was framed around. Just about everyone in 1974 had either seen that film or was familiar with pop culture references to it. Few people today have even heard of it, which is sad. Some of the jokes go over most people's heads because they are referencing the 1931 film. Just like loads of people who have never seen many of the oft referenced Airport disaster movies miss jokes in Airplane (1980).
Aspects of the movie were drawn from Frankenstein sequels. The constable with the prosthetic arm was taken from Son of Frankenstein, for example.
I loved your costume! This was Teri Garr's first movie, and the one that made her famous. By the way, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Madeline Kahn all appeared together again in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, which is not a masterpiece like this one, but still a really funny and entertaining movie: it was directed by Gene Wilder.
Yes, the Dr. got an "upgraded 'unit'" & got to keep most of his brain. Win/win.
An upgrade schwanstucker. Woof!
I watch this every year, especially on Halloween!
ROLL IN THE HAY!
Where wolf?
There wolf. There castle.
I remember hearing that they reused many of the remaining original sets and lab equipment from the original black-and-white Frankenstein movie. It helped make it seem more like an authentic sequel to the original. (and I bet helped to keep costs low)
Yes, Gene Wilder got a large unit because of the operation.
12:43 into your reaction and you finally allow for this possibly being a comedy. Ain't you just the sweetest? Best. Leo.
My two favorite lines.....
"SEDAGIVE?!?!"
"He... vass... my... BOYFRIEND!!"
The cast and crew ruined many, many takes because no one could contain their laughter. The scene with Gene Hackman as the blind hermit was supposed to be shot in one day, but everyone involved kept cracking up and ruining takes so many times, it took them a week to finish it. You can see Gene Wilder fighting hard to keep from laughing, especially in the "Abby Normal" gag. Everyone involved had so much fun that they kept making up scenes to keep shooting.
We did a community theater production of the musical three years ago. It had an incredible cast, and all of us had a blast making it. Whenever I see Emily, I start singing "Roll In Ze Hay", and whenever I see Clint, who played Eye-gor, I'll say, "There wolf! There castle!"
Something tells me your mom and dad should have had the birds & bees talk with you.
Gene Hackman was great as the blind man
Yes, the implication was an enlarged "unit".
I love that Kazzy laughs at all the corniest jokes!
Cool side notes-
Lab equipment props used were same props used in the original 1931 Frankenstein.
Teri Garr based her character on Cher's hairdresser.
Aerosmith's #1 song Walk this Way was a homage to the comedic gag in the movie.
Mel Brooks always made cameos in his movies and always broke the third wall. Gene Wilder didn't think it would fit the mood of the film. They compromised, so Mel Brooks made all the background werewolf howls.
Holy crap you look amazing! Great costume!
Love your reaction! So glad that you got to see it!! Happy Halloween!
My favorite costume is a Grim Reaper robe with a broom instead of a scythe -- meaning of course that I am the Grim Sweeper.
Actor Marty Feldman [Eye-gor] eyes are indeed real. He suffered from thyroid disease and developed Graves' ophthalmopathy, causing his eyes to protrude and become misaligned. A childhood injury, a car crash, a boating accident, and reconstructive eye surgery may also have contributed to his appearance. His weird eyes are what makes him famous. Actor Jack Elam is another person who has disproportionate eyes. Gene Wilder did get the monster's you-know-what proportions in the ending. Mmmmmmmmmm! Best line quote for me: "What hump?". Nice reaction Kazzy. Looking forward to the next one. 👻🎃👀
@John Castro
Feldman's long-standing feud with Jack Elam has been a matter of public record. In point of fact, they never could see eye to eye......
Great review and you certainly dressed for the part!!
My two favourite lines are:
1) What knockers. Oh, thank you doctor; and
2) Help me with the bags. Certainly, you take the blonde and I’ll take the one in the turban!!
One of the few Mel Brooks’ films that the genius did not appear in.
Go to the 5:45 mark and listen to the Conductor. I'm certain that's Mel Brooks.
@@tn_bayouwulf2949 Thank you, I shall do that!
@@tn_bayouwulf2949 No, it isn't. Brooks does not appear on screen in this film. Gene Wilder insisted on it.
@@PaulMcElligott Perhaps I'm wrong but, when I heard the conductor's voice, I would have sworn it was Mel Brooks.
@@tn_bayouwulf2949 Doesn’t sound much like him to me.
Now you can appreciate the Weird Al take on the Kim Carnes hit "Betty Davis Eyes." His song was titled "Marty Feldman Eyes."
Bruce “Babyman” Baum, not Weird Al.
"Enlarged Unit" confirmed. lol
Doing your reaction in black and white…I loved it! You’re among the best I’ve ever seen.
Fun Fact: Mel Brooks did a couple of quick cuts to tight shots in this movie; like the moment when Frederic stabs his thigh with the scalpel and it goes close up to him saying "Class is dismissed", as well as when the monster starts throttling Frederic and it cuts to a close up of a surprised Inga. It's because the actors broke character immediately afterwards. Good example is the lecture hall scene. Mel Brooks has said that when Gene Wilder stabbed the padding on top of his lap and did the quick release-and-grip with the scalpel, if he kept the remaining footage of that shot you would've seen Gene not say the next line but instead completely burst out laughing.
Overall, great reaction! Nice outfit, very appropriate. I could not believe you didn't realize that it was a comedy until you mentioned it. I was a bit disappointed that you left my two favorites out - "Walk this way..." and "There, wolf. There, castle." I am sure it is hard to cut anything out, it is so packed with zaniness.
"I know that actor. What's his name?" Gene Hackman.
"Can you guys tell me in the comments. Is that what he got?" Yes, that's exactly it.
🤣😂 You look awesome Kazzy
That's some dedicated cosplay right there. Thanks for your time =]
Peter Boyle was such a treasure. I still love watching Everybody Loves Raymond. Great ensemble cast.
Kazzy, I ALWAYS love watching a classic with you!!!! Your gasp when she comes out in full "Bride Of Frankenstein" regalia was the best!!!! And I love Teri Garr so much ("Close Encounters" and "Oh God" from 1977 are essential Teri!). Peter Boyle was in "Taxi Driver", the older cab driver that Travis sort of looked up to. Great actor! And of course, that was Gene Hackman as the blind man. Most of the scenes in "Young Frankenstein" are direct parodies of scenes from the original "Frankenstein" movies of the 1930s.
Excellent reaction as always! Love the costume and black and white effect! 😀😀😀❤❤❤❤
It's alive, it's alive!
I've always felt that YF is what "Commit to the bit" looks like in action.
Love your cosplay! This is one of my favorite movies, and your reaction is fantastic (as always). Cloris Leachman's facial expressions (and her bit with the unlit candles) are hysterical!
The police man with the arm is Kenneth Mars (who was also in Mel Brooks's The Producers, he played the mayor in Police Academy 6 & voiced King Triton in The Little Mermaid). The blind man is Gene Hackman (btw, the expresso line was improvised).
You set the mood well with this, Kazzy. Your Kazplay and the decision to use black and white were good choices.
You have the most infectious laugh, Kazzy. I love it! 😊
Yes, those are Marty Feldman's eyes. He is a comedy legend. There is a clip from an old sketch comedy show with him and John Cleese on a train. It is of the chain. He is also great with Harvey Korman is "Silent Movie", another Mel Brooks film.
Thank you, Kazzy! 🌩️
If I remember the original Frankenstein book there was a scene where the monster finds a little girl putting flowers in a pond. She's said pretty things belong in water or something. The monster, thinking she was pretty, put her in the pond.
That's not in the book, but in the 1931 movie. The analagous event in the novel is the monster's deliberate murder of Frankenstein's 5- year-old brother William, which is so disturbing that to my knowledge no one has ever included it in a Frankenstein movie.
Marty Feldman (Igor) was a great British comedian and used those eyes of his to great comic effect. His eyes are exactly as nature made them. Now you have to complete the Mel Brooks triumphant of his best comedies and watch "Blazing Saddles" and "The Producers". Just as funny as this movie and maybe funnier.
The Abby Normal scene is one of my all time favorite comedy scenes.
I knew you'd like this. It's a great classic. I always loved the blind priest scene. The monster's face when the soup lands on his crotch and his wine cup getting shattered gets me every time. Nice costume by the way.
For next Halloween, you should check out Dracula: Dead and Loving it. Made by Mel Brooks as well and it has Leslie Neilson as Dracula.
Gene Wilder is an underrated actor
Love the Bride of Frankenstein costume! This is one of my all time favorite movies. The cast is perfect and it's just so entertaining. Yes, he got a bigger "unit" from the creature lol! Thanks, Kazzy.
"Look at her hair. She looks a little different."
Her hair now looks like yours.
Yes those are Marty Feldman's real eyes. He suffered from a thyroid condition called Graves' ophthalmopathy which makes your eye pop out of the sockets
Robert O'Rielly who played Gowron on Star Trek The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine had the same condition
A fun piece of Trivia, the laboratory electrical props were actually from one of the original Frankenstein movies. Mel Brooks went to talk to one of the effects people from the 30's and he had all the original props in his garage and let Brooks use them.
You should watch Carry On Screaming. It's a 1970s British parody of horror movies, including the likes of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, and the Mummy.
Douglas Adams had said in a speech that the aye-aye (a weird-looking lemur) has "Marty Feldman eyes"!
Your cosplays go so well with these reactions, especially for Halloween. As for what I'm going as, Im going to be a classy Jack O Lantern!
LOVE the costume KAZZY! NICE!
The white streaks in Elizabeth's hair after she me the monster were a reference to the old movie, "The Bride of Frankenstein."
It is said Marty didn't want his eyes corrected because they were a mainstay of his comedy routines.
i saw the musical as well, it did not disappoint, the song just don't touch me alone was worth seeing it
Peter Boyle, the monster, was a regular on Everybody Loves Raymond. On a Halloween episode of that show, he dressed as the monster.
Enlarged unit, yes.
Your reactions are awesome
Kazzy: Some fun facts... When they were making this Gene Wilder only agreed to appear in the movie if Mel Brooks did not show up in a cameo. Also, all the equipment from the lab was the same exact screen used equipment from the original 1931 Frankenstein movie.
This was the first movie that I ever went to by myself. A few things went over my head but It was still my favorite movie until Star Wars came out.
I fell in love with Teri Garr in Mr. Mom. I wanted to marry a woman just like her.
I remember Teri on the Sonny & Cher Show. I thought she was gorgeous.
The picture on the wall is not of Genes Frederick Frankenstein.
It's the old Frankenstein, Victor.
"Why did she just kiss his picture?" I'm pretty sure that's not his portrait. I believe it was intended to be a painting of his grandfather.
Love your outfit and make up!!!! Always shining even in your spooky side 😁 hugs Kazzy💗
Btw love this movie is hillarious 😁👍🏻
they were touching elbows.... Mel Brooks predicted how we would now shake hands post Covid
everybody loves Raymond's father..... holy crap!
This is one of my favorite mel Brooks film
Most of the props in the laboratory are the actual *originals* from the 1930 Frankenstein film.