My son was 10, after watching men in tights 1000 times, he saw Cary Elways at our yearly Comicon , innocently skipped the entire line and yelled out, "It's Robin Hood!!!" Cary gave him an autograph right there. When my son left the Comicon, he said, "I wanna go say bye to my friend" to which my wife instructed to him to say to Cary, "Back to you, Loly" (Cary's exaggerated line from from movie, The Chase) Cary really enjoyed that, "You've got a great kid "
"Why is it every time a Robin Hood movie starts our village burns down? Leave us alone Mel Brooks!" Best beginning to any movie. Anything made by Mel Brooks is gold or so awesome it lights on fire.
he's one of the masters of modern comedy.... Mel Brooks the Zucker bros of airplane and naked gun fame monty python jim Carry Mike Meyers and definitely the early years of SNL up to when Adam Sandler and that group left and for just comedians George Carlin Sam Kinison Richard Pryor Dave Chappelle Chris Rock Dennis Leary Rodney Dangerfield Gilbert Godfried and Andrew dice Clay Gilbert friggin dropped off for awhile there but I guess kept busy so finding some of his stuff he was doing is amazing, there's some bits i've found where i had to pause cus i was laughing so hard lolz like his aristocrats joke was next level the funniest damn thing lolz nearly loses the crowd and ends up winning everyone back in the end, comedy master right there
This was one of my late father's favourite films. He was born in 1919 and remembered seeing the Errol Flynn 'Robin Hood' at the cinema. One of the scenes that always made him laugh was the swordfight on the stairs which spoofs the Errol Flynn version. Thanks for a fun video!
people say this wasn't his best films, it did have flaws, but i still enjoyed this flick dude he got guy in Princess Bride to be Robin Hood and they had Dave Chappelle sign me up.
That song was one of the best things about the movie (imho) and that is one of the best lines in that song. Another line that's a favorite of mine: "We're men, (manly men), we're men in tights - yes!" complete with finger snap on the yes. That makes me giggle so hard every time. I need to watch this again soon I think.
The Latrine gag I liked was when she saved the Sheriff's life and asked how he felt, he replies and then adds, "Yet somehow incredibly depressed." (Or something like that.) 😀
As a teenager when this came out, I didn't get a lot of the jokes. Same with Spaceballs. I enjoyed both films then and even more so with every rewatch as I grew up and the then over my head jokes were at eye level, and both were new, even funnier movies for me. 10/10 Will watch again.
Me & my siblings laugh cause we always ask what the hell were we doing watching those movies at that age, lmao!? 😂🤣 They are two of our favorites and we quote them constantly.
One sign that your artistic endeavor isn't as noteworthy as you thought -- 30 years later, everybody remembers the parody but hardly anybody remembers the ... other thing.
Hey Minty That idea of having both Kevin Costner's Robin Hood and Cary Elwes Robin Hood meeting up in a scene and simultaneously saying something like "Oops, I'm in the wrong movie" and then walking off in opposite directions would've made for a hilarious addition
Hot Shots! Part Deux has this kind of scene with the patrol boats passing by on the river. The one they meet has the Martin Sheen character from Platoon repeating voice over from the movie while Charlie Sheen's character is voice overing lines of his character from Apocalypse Now and they both end up yelling to eachother "I loved you on Wall Street!" because they both were in that movie.
@@StarSong936 (Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: Oh that’s quite alright! I’m a really big Number 1 fan of Mel Brooks movies you know and *LOVE* them all! I didn’t even know Sir Patrick Stewart was going to be in this movie when I 1st watched “Robin Hood Men in Tights” I thought Wikipedia was pulling my leg/putting me on.
@@julianreyes7505 Yes I know, and toilette paper is called a bog roll. I am interested in the different ways that language is used, and have no problems with other people being different. It makes life interesting, in a good way.
I remember checking Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves off my to watch list but can't actually recall anything about the movie. Men in Tights, I can recite entire scenes.
With the notable exception of the late, great Alan Rickman, as the Sheriff. He thankfully stole this movie from Costner! "I'll rip his lungs out WITH A SPOON!!" :D
@@jedironin380i know I JUST mentioned this in another post, but, since you migh mentioned Alan Rickman, GO WATCH GALAXY QUEST NOW - especially if you haven't seen it before! Damn, these two movies should've been sold as a double feature (when that was a thing a couple decades ago; damn... only in my 30s and feeling ancient)!
The jokes about Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood" is hilarious in any country and language. Mel Brooks is a legend. His writing with comedy and any other style is literally the work of a genius whose type you won't find today.
Trev Artson I have laughed until my sides hurt over Mel Brooks' movies. Unfortunately you could never make a movie like this, or pretty much any of his, in today's political correct society. They'd burn the theater down! 😒
The fact it didnt look like the statue in the beginning after was a missed opportunity “ master robin! You’ve lost your arms! But grew a great set of tits!?”
We once had a movie critic in Pittsburgh, PA who was very accurate... 180 degrees off. If he hated it, we ran out to see it. If he loved it, we passed. Worked every time!
They also watch lots of movies so if a movie ends up being in the same genre they might be burnt out with them it the main reason they tend to love art house stuff due to it often times being very different then the other stuff they saw recently.
The only thing I've ever quoted from Prince of Thieves was "Why a spoon cousin? Why not an axe or a knife?" "Cuz it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more" and of course "and call off Christmas" God damn it, I miss Alan Rickman.
Well Mr Lewis sir, um. HAHAHA! You're going to love this, I just got back from the testing lab. HAHA! And it turns out, you have Hepatitis A, HAHA! You're going to, HAHA going to have to go under some invasive treatments. HAHA *Breaking* This is can be very bad. *Snorting* WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY!! Why are you laughing? This is terrible news!
One of my favorite Parts is when Blinkin is on Lookout and when Robin asks him what he's doing he says he's "Guessing" "Guessing?" "I'm guessing no-one is coming" Then he knocks the ladder down and falls off the tower 😆😆😆
Them STUPID CRITICS don't know a dam thing,,,,, US REAL PEOPLE loved it it was a very cleverly made movie,,,, thumbs up. Mr MEL 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Far too many times, the critics will love a movie that is either a complete bore to watch or they hate films that are so enjoyable to watch!! Even the acting awards seem to be given out often to films that I have to force myself to watch (have you ever made yourself watch a film that is listed as such a critical hit, but audiences don’t like?!!?!).
@@davincent98 And that brings us to "The Princess Bride." I wonder if, on the set of "Men in Tights," Patrick Stewart turned to Cary Elwes and said, "Shut up, Westley."
I saw this in a theater with a friend as a kid and we laughed SO hard my face hurt for hours afterwards. By the time I hit high school it was so popular that we did a live "Men In Tights" style skit in my chorus class. I was in charge of costuming and I could NOT have been happier handing out tights to the guys in my chorus class.
This film is a masterpiece...and i watch it regularily. It has a great atmosphere and charme that a lot of modern productions lack. Mel Brooks Films are simply great work.
The only element more powerful than humor is love. Everyone should make it a priority in their life to find humor in everything, especially in themselves. And yes, definitely during the present time. I am now off to rewatch this, (Men in Tights), and Spaceballs. Oh, and then Princess Bride.
I always think Richard Lewis's performance in this movie is very underrated, hes funny as f.. also over the years, that simple "Achoo" ... "Bless you" makes me laugh more now than back when it came out.
Why would Cary Elwes' actually English Robin Hood have complimented Kevin Costner's Robin Hood's underwear? Pants are pants in England. Trousers are trousers.
That gag was used in "Hot Shot Part Deux" when Charlie Sheen is heading up river in a patrol boat and passes Martin Sheen in a patrol boat (Apocalypse Now style) going the other way, father & son shout in unison "I loved you in.......".
This is one of the few movies that has ever made my dad bust out with uncontrollable laughter. It remains as one of my favorite movies, next to Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs.
Brooks talked on stage once about his first years working in Hollywood as a young man. His stories were insane. Someone should make a movie about a young Mel Brooks
I loved it when it came out, and I still love it now. One of my favourite movies of all time. I could watch it over and over and over and never tire of it. “We’re men/ MANLY men/ We’re men in tiiiiiights!”
It's interesting that Sean Connery almost starred in this film, as he actually portrayed Robin Hood before Cary Elwes or Kevin Costner, in the 1976 film Robin & Marian, alongside Audrey Hepburn.
I grew up watching this movie and Prince of Thieves on a regular basis. Almost shaped my entire childhood, along with other VHS tapes my parents had, like Ladyhawke, Princess Bride, Hoosiers and others. All three of us still quote Men in Tights to each other to this day!
Loved this movie growing up! Especially the mole that moved around Prince John's face.... Lol! "Unlike some Robin Hoods I can do an English accent...." SAVAGE!! 😂😂😂
Rottingham: “I was mad at first Robin, but now I’m really pissed off!” Achoo: “Pissed off? If I was that close to a horse’s wiener, I’d be worried about getting pissed on!” I just love this movie. It was my grandfather’s favorite movie and I grew to love it too.
When you said two Robin Hoods, I thought you're gonna mention the fact that Matthew Porretta who played Will here was also a Robin Hood in a TV series in 1997 :)
I hadn't realized Robin #1 from Robin of Sherwood was Will! That makes the almost-Connery-cameo even better, since he was replaced by Jason Connery as Robin in the second season.
I only got to watch this movie once as a kid, and i still remember laughing to the song numbers, having a good time.. Oh, how you dug up those memories Minty, nice one!
What I love about Roger Rees's performance is that he had to parody a character that Alan Rickman already hammed up beyond belief, and he still somehow found a way to dial it up even further. But we can't talk about that without mentioning what a perfect foil Richard Lewis was for him as the absurdly Yiddish Prince John.
Highly recommend you check out his other works. Blazing Saddles especially. Always good to keep in mind the Era in which they were written and released though. Some (like Blazing Saddles, and the unrelated altogether TV show All in the Family) likely would have never seen the light of day in today's media environment. May the Schwartz be with you!
I literally forgot that Dave Chappelle was in this movie. I haven't watched in almost two decades and didn't even think about it until this Minty video lol
I was going to comment this and thought I would just see if anyone else forgot about Chappell too. I loved this movie when I was a kid I think I'll rewatch it.
This is such a memorable and quoteable film, gonna have to watch it again today. (Blinkin on the watch tower) "What are you doing Blinkin" "Guessing..."
This and young frankenstein are my favourite Mel Brookes films. Saw this in the cinema when it came out and still watch it at least every 2 years. Excellent video on this.
One of my favorite childhood memories was being 9/10 sitting in the back seat of the car with my buddies singing "we're men...we're men in tights TIGHT tights" song. We thought it was the funniest thing ever, now almost 30 years on I can say, you were right kid, it is!
I was about 9-11 or so when I saw this, just a couple years after it came out. This movie made me realize not only did I have a crush on Cary, but Amy Yasbeck was just GORGEOUS
Fun fact - the "Hampster Dance" song that was a huge craze in the late 90s/early 2000s is actually the intro song to Disney Robin Hood played at high speed.
This was the first time I saw Dave Chappelle! I remember I loved Mel Brooks’ other films like “History of the World Pt. 1” and “Spaceballs”, so I begged my Mom to take me to see this in the theater. I think I was about 12-years-old. I was also a big fan at the time of the Kevin Costner “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” film so was extra excited to see Brooks spoof that. While not a bad film, definitely not up there with Brooks’ best work like the previous two films I mentioned and other classics of his like “Blazing Saddles” and “The Producers”. (The original film with Gene Wilder is waaaaayyyyy better than that trash we got with Matthew Broderick)
Screw the critics, this has been one of my favorite movies since the first time i saw it as a kid, after quoting Prince of Thieves for a year or two. Both are great movies in all honesty.
Erik The Viking and Yellowbeard are kind of in the same vein as this movie, with that Monty Python flavor added. Not super popular at the time but cult classics now. Would love to see you cover those flicks! Fun fact, Mark Blankfield (Blinken) starred in Jeckyl and Hyde Together Again, another of my favorite unknown silly comedies. I hope folks check it out. Thanks Minty!
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My son was 10, after watching men in tights 1000 times, he saw Cary Elways at our yearly Comicon , innocently skipped the entire line and yelled out, "It's Robin Hood!!!" Cary gave him an autograph right there. When my son left the Comicon, he said, "I wanna go say bye to my friend" to which my wife instructed to him to say to Cary, "Back to you, Loly" (Cary's exaggerated line from from movie, The Chase) Cary really enjoyed that, "You've got a great kid "
I bet he grew a cm that moment.
Now THIS is a cool story!
I just knew Cary Elwes is as funny yet good natured off screen as he is on screen. Thanks for confirming that. 😊
Great story, thanks for the laugh. A really good family memory.
"Why is it every time a Robin Hood movie starts our village burns down? Leave us alone Mel Brooks!" Best beginning to any movie. Anything made by Mel Brooks is gold or so awesome it lights on fire.
Funny Stuff! thumbs up!
he's one of the masters of modern comedy....
Mel Brooks
the Zucker bros of airplane and naked gun fame
monty python
jim Carry
Mike Meyers
and definitely the early years of SNL up to when Adam Sandler and that group left
and for just comedians
George Carlin
Sam Kinison
Richard Pryor
Dave Chappelle
Chris Rock
Dennis Leary
Rodney Dangerfield
Gilbert Godfried
and Andrew dice Clay
Gilbert friggin dropped off for awhile there but I guess kept busy so finding some of his stuff he was doing is amazing, there's some bits i've found where i had to pause cus i was laughing so hard lolz like his aristocrats joke was next level the funniest damn thing lolz nearly loses the crowd and ends up winning everyone back in the end, comedy master right there
To be honest 12 Chairs is kinda bleh but the rest of Mel Brooks' work is pretty neat
I don't care what the critics say, this movie is fucking hilarious and I still love it! 😍😍😍💚💚💚
For real! Critics have no good taste!
Yea the critics are overrated anyway. They are the ones that have lost touch.
Those who can't Do, Teach.
Those who can't Do _or_ Teach become Critics. =)
They did the same thing to Independence Day... Terrible reviews, truly awesome movie.
This is one of my all time favorites. Laughed the whole movie through.
This was one of my late father's favourite films. He was born in 1919 and remembered seeing the Errol Flynn 'Robin Hood' at the cinema. One of the scenes that always made him laugh was the swordfight on the stairs which spoofs the Errol Flynn version. Thanks for a fun video!
“My goldfish Goldie?”
“Eaten by the cat”
“My cat?”
“Choked on the goldfish”
😂😂😂
A jew, here?
No not a jew, Achoo.
Oh its good to be home aint it?!
"My dog Pongo?"
"Ran over by a carriage"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That darn Blinken!!!
ey Blinkin
did you say Abe Lincon.
Cary Elwes got his part in the Princess Bride because he reminded the filmmakers of Errol Flynn, who played Robin Hood in the 1939 movie.
So glad someone else has a bit of knowledge...!
@@meganashley161 Thank you. I love to read the trivia about a movie after I've seen it. Maybe i should give Minty a run for his money 🤣
Odd...He reminds me more of Douglas Fairbanks, Junior.
And Mel was inspired to make this film partially because of "The Princess Bride! It's all good :))
@@willmfrank Doug Fairbanks, Jr. was pretty fascinating in his own right. His, and David Niven's memoirs are thoroughly charming :)
"A Black Sheriff!?"
"Hey, it worked in Blazing Saddles." Lol!
I fucking love that line 🤣
I forgot about that line. 🤣
its a fair cop
He's black?
I fucking love this movie! It’s hands down my favorite Mel Brooks movie.
Prince John: "And why should the people listen to you?"
Robin Hood: "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
He a smoothy
🔥🔥😂
Priceless - the most memorable moment of the whole film 🎥😎
"Because unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent....with tights pulled up me bum."
Best line in the movie
I loved Marion’s maid. “No ding ding without the wedding ring.”😂🤣
before you do it you must go through it or else i blew it
Farfenkügel!!!
She was hilarious throughout the movie🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Godfather spoof scene with Dom Deluise and Roger Rees is comedy gold.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It is!
in just ame back from the dentist, and he left in the cotton.
The small-ass crossbow hahahah
Another piece of Mel Brooks GOLD, Cary was amazing, actually everyone in the movie were amazing 😁👍💖
people say this wasn't his best films, it did have flaws, but i still enjoyed this flick dude he got guy in Princess Bride to be Robin Hood and they had Dave Chappelle sign me up.
TWould you say they twere twerrific?
My favorite childhood movie
Movie would be funny if Mel Brooks would keep his potty words out of the movie every other second
"We're men, we're men tights, TIGHT, tights". I loved this moving growing up and just watched it yesterday.
The first thing I think of every time lol
That song was one of the best things about the movie (imho) and that is one of the best lines in that song. Another line that's a favorite of mine: "We're men, (manly men), we're men in tights - yes!" complete with finger snap on the yes. That makes me giggle so hard every time.
I need to watch this again soon I think.
It’s a Fucking classic! Tbis and Dead and lovin it
We roam around the forest looking for fights!
@Flashheart 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thats my favorite part to act out then the Blinkin punch..
Tracy Ullman is underrated in this movie, her character Latrine aka Shithouse was hilarious 😂😂 "I always wanted to marry a cop"
You want certain, hire yourself a witch. I'm just your cook! 😂
She sure was!
The Latrine gag I liked was when she saved the Sheriff's life and asked how he felt, he replies and then adds, "Yet somehow incredibly depressed." (Or something like that.) 😀
Agree 100%
It was funny when she said "I was this close...I touched it".
As a teenager when this came out, I didn't get a lot of the jokes. Same with Spaceballs. I enjoyed both films then and even more so with every rewatch as I grew up and the then over my head jokes were at eye level, and both were new, even funnier movies for me. 10/10 Will watch again.
Me & my siblings laugh cause we always ask what the hell were we doing watching those movies at that age, lmao!? 😂🤣 They are two of our favorites and we quote them constantly.
"I heard that coming a mile away"
"Well done, Blinkin"
"What's that? Who's talking?"
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Wait, you changed your name TO Latrine?"
"Yeah, it used to be Shithouse."
Good change. That's a good change.
What if we got him drunk? Very drunk
Great job with the video I love this movie Robin Hood Men in Tights
'I touched it'
There really was a Thomas Crapper. Guess what he invented ...
Everyone-A black sheriff?
Blinkin- He's black?
Achoo- And why not? It worked in Blazin Saddles.
*Points at everyone.
And everyone nods in agreement
Ya darn tootin'!🤣🤣🤣🤣
two signs that your artistic endeavor is noteworthy: your movie gets parodied by Mel Brooks. your song gets parodied by Weird Al.
Truth!
One sign that your artistic endeavor isn't as noteworthy as you thought -- 30 years later, everybody remembers the parody but hardly anybody remembers the ... other thing.
Don't forget, getting yourself parodied on Saturday Night Live.
FACTSSSSS
@@uncaboat2399 Also FACTSSSSS
Little John did a BRILLIANT job in the dance scene, not only only lip syncing, dancing, AND keeping track of Blinkin!
I didn’t even know it was lip synced until this video haha
Hey Minty
That idea of having both Kevin Costner's Robin Hood and Cary Elwes Robin Hood meeting up in a scene and simultaneously saying something like "Oops, I'm in the wrong movie" and then walking off in opposite directions would've made for a hilarious addition
Hot Shots! Part Deux has this kind of scene with the patrol boats passing by on the river. The one they meet has the Martin Sheen character from Platoon repeating voice over from the movie while Charlie Sheen's character is voice overing lines of his character from Apocalypse Now and they both end up yelling to eachother "I loved you on Wall Street!" because they both were in that movie.
King Richard (Patrick Stewart) "From now on, all the latrines in the land shall be known as - Johns."
(Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: That’s *SIR* Patrick Stewart!!!
@@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst Yes it is. Though at the time he had not yet been knighted. My apologies for forgetting his correct title.
@@StarSong936
(Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: Oh that’s quite alright! I’m a really big Number 1 fan of Mel Brooks movies you know and *LOVE* them all! I didn’t even know Sir Patrick Stewart was going to be in this movie when I 1st watched “Robin Hood Men in Tights” I thought Wikipedia was pulling my leg/putting me on.
In England it's called a Loo
@@julianreyes7505 Yes I know, and toilette paper is called a bog roll. I am interested in the different ways that language is used, and have no problems with other people being different. It makes life interesting, in a good way.
I actually prefer this movie over Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
I remember checking Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves off my to watch list but can't actually recall anything about the movie. Men in Tights, I can recite entire scenes.
Yep, me too! This movie is awesome, and way better than Costner's movie, IMO!
With the notable exception of the late, great Alan Rickman, as the Sheriff. He thankfully stole this movie from Costner!
"I'll rip his lungs out WITH A SPOON!!" :D
@@jedironin380 Alan Rickman was the only good about Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
@@jedironin380i know I JUST mentioned this in another post, but, since you migh mentioned Alan Rickman, GO WATCH GALAXY QUEST NOW - especially if you haven't seen it before!
Damn, these two movies should've been sold as a double feature (when that was a thing a couple decades ago; damn... only in my 30s and feeling ancient)!
The jokes about Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood" is hilarious in any country and language. Mel Brooks is a legend. His writing with comedy and any other style is literally the work of a genius whose type you won't find today.
Trev Artson I have laughed until my sides hurt over Mel Brooks' movies. Unfortunately you could never make a movie like this, or pretty much any of his, in today's political correct society. They'd burn the theater down! 😒
There will never be anybody like Mel Brooks. And I say that having known his best friend Carl Reiner a bit, also a genius xoxo
Blinkin' sword fighting against a post is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen
I love Mel Brooks
The fact it didnt look like the statue in the beginning after was a missed opportunity “ master robin! You’ve lost your arms! But grew a great set of tits!?”
that and him on the loo in a destroyed castle holdin a brail playboy.
@@phoenix1977 😂 absolutely
'A toll is a toll,
and a roll is a roll,
and we don't get no rolls unless we get our tolls.'
"I made that up" 😝
Movie critics... proving they're totally disconnected from the general public since... EVER.
We once had a movie critic in Pittsburgh, PA who was very accurate... 180 degrees off. If he hated it, we ran out to see it. If he loved it, we passed. Worked every time!
Most movies that the critics say are good are the ones I will go out of my way NOT to see. (Unless it also has an exceptionally good trailer.)
They also watch lots of movies so if a movie ends up being in the same genre they might be burnt out with them it the main reason they tend to love art house stuff due to it often times being very different then the other stuff they saw recently.
To be a movie critic you need to be completely devoid of a sense of humor.
To be a critic, one has to be a snob. It just comes with the job.
How much of a snob they are depends on many factors.
His 11 year old son said Prince Of Thieves needs to be "PARODIED"?? Precocious 11 year old.
They don't make comedies like they used to.
They certainly don't. You have to go through all the SJW's first to get their approval. People want to control everything now.
Can't get away with REAL comedy now or the "woke" cancel culture will shriek at you
They don’t make anything like they used to
Definitly
They CAN'T make comedies like they used to, sadly.
"Wasn't your mole on the other side?"
"I have a mole?"
You know, I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.
What hump?!
God, I love Mel Brooks! 🤣
I was waiting for someone to make that comment!!!
alright blow.
not blow, blowwwwwwwwwwwww.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. He was clueless🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Dom Deluise scene is so great. "We thank you for inviting us here on the day of your daughters wedding..." to "woweee!!". Just so funny.
I think I quote this movie MORE than Prince of Thieves.
The only thing I've ever quoted from Prince of Thieves was "Why a spoon cousin? Why not an axe or a knife?"
"Cuz it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more"
and of course "and call off Christmas"
God damn it, I miss Alan Rickman.
@@mrsocko316 Amen.
I use that line as well. Probably best line in the movie.
"Bye! Have fun storming the castle!"
@@timsickler5125 Princess Bride... but that’s a quotable movie too. Lol
My 3 favorite Mel Brooks movies and Men in Tights, Space Balls and History of the World Part 1.
This was a good movie. Who cares what the critics say. And Amy Yasbeck never looked better than she did in this one. Growl!!
amen to that
I would've hit it like a can of Twisted Tea
@@NordicDan Oh, snit! LOL
I dunno, she looked stunning as Mina in Dracula Dead and Loving It.
Giggity
Men in Tights was and IS one of the best Mel Brooks movies.... not that he has ever made a BAD movie.
My buddy from 1st grade to when he passed away 33 years later loved this movie . He would always bring it up. Watching this episode for him.
"I can SEE!!!" (Slams into a tree)... "No, I was wrong".
I love that part 😂😂😂 and when he was fighting the wood post
Quite literally my favorite scene in the movie
“Blinkin. What are you doing?” Robin
“Guessing. I guess no one’s coming.” Blinkin.
One of the best lines of all time!
I think blinkin was honestly the best part of the movie
11:21 "When Lewis found out about his health issues, I hope they told him the Bad News in a Good Way!".... Very well played, sir! LOL😂😂😂 *Tips Hat
Well Mr Lewis sir, um. HAHAHA! You're going to love this, I just got back from the testing lab. HAHA! And it turns out, you have Hepatitis A, HAHA! You're going to, HAHA going to have to go under some invasive treatments. HAHA *Breaking* This is can be very bad. *Snorting*
WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY!! Why are you laughing? This is terrible news!
This is probably the best parody I’ve seen. The fact the villains are idiots makes it all the more hilarious
The genius of Mel Brooks' comedy 👍
"Over that boy hand"😂😂😂😂😂
Spaceballs is the best, then Blazing Saddles, Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein.
@@kelviannaepperson3677 "That's going to chafe my willy...."
@@kelviannaepperson3677 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of my favorite Parts is when Blinkin is on Lookout and when Robin asks him what he's doing he says he's "Guessing"
"Guessing?"
"I'm guessing no-one is coming"
Then he knocks the ladder down and falls off the tower 😆😆😆
😂😂 Absolutely 🎯
And when he thought he was sword fighting, but he was chopping the wooden pillar😂😂
Critics hates the movie but beloved by the audience....gee, its not like it never happened before
**COUGH*ROTTEN*TOMATOES*COUGH**
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Them STUPID CRITICS don't know a dam thing,,,,, US REAL PEOPLE loved it it was a very cleverly made movie,,,, thumbs up. Mr MEL 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Far too many times, the critics will love a movie that is either a complete bore to watch or they hate films that are so enjoyable to watch!! Even the acting awards seem to be given out often to films that I have to force myself to watch (have you ever made yourself watch a film that is listed as such a critical hit, but audiences don’t like?!!?!).
@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman : cough, cough..... yes, their reviews.....cough, cough usual stink!!
Rottingham: He deer 🦌 to kill a King’s DARE!
“Robin look confused”
Lmao 😂
King illigal forrest to pig Wild kill in it a is!
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i need a shirt with the pic of the sherrif and this line :p
@@TOFMDrone would love one to :-)
@@TOFMDrone That would be awesome!!!
Roger Rees was great in this movie. RIP
Sir Patrick Stewart also played Robin Hood on an episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation
Sheriff: "I should warn you: I'm the finest swordsman in Nottingham..."
Picard/Robin: "I should warn you: I'm NOT from Nottingham!"
@@willmfrank but is he left handed?
@@davincent98 And that brings us to "The Princess Bride." I wonder if, on the set of "Men in Tights," Patrick Stewart turned to Cary Elwes and said, "Shut up, Westley."
@@willmfrank lol
I remember that! And Worf: “I am NOT a Merry Man!”
Who else remembers those Nike air pump shoes and the commercials they used to have for them?
Reebok
More importantly ... Who remembers the REEBOK pump hockey skates? This guy, cuz I wore them at 11 years old
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I didn't know them before I saw Austin Powers destroy them. :D
Me!
I saw this in a theater with a friend as a kid and we laughed SO hard my face hurt for hours afterwards. By the time I hit high school it was so popular that we did a live "Men In Tights" style skit in my chorus class. I was in charge of costuming and I could NOT have been happier handing out tights to the guys in my chorus class.
This film is a masterpiece...and i watch it regularily. It has a great atmosphere and charme that a lot of modern productions lack. Mel Brooks Films are simply great work.
The scene with Blinkin hitting the pilar with his sword still makes me lmao 😂
Blinkin is my fave character
"Blinkin, What are you doing up there?"..... "Guessing? I guess no one is coming"
I can see!!! (Smacks into a tree)
Uhh maybe not.
I remember when we were kids me and my brother would do the scene where Robin Hood is fighting little John on the bridge using tree branches, lol
The only element more powerful than humor is love. Everyone should make it a priority in their life to find humor in everything, especially in themselves. And yes, definitely during the present time. I am now off to rewatch this, (Men in Tights), and Spaceballs. Oh, and then Princess Bride.
The part where they all dance and sang "we are men in tights TIGHTS tights" and blinkin' punched the people around him made me almost die laughing.
Love that scene!🤣👍
Looking for that scene now! Lol or when he is the "watchman" I'm "guessing" "I'm guessing no one is coming"
Best Kennedy Centre Honors EVER: ruclips.net/video/zJn8hu00Gao/видео.html&ab_channel=TheKennedyCenterHonors
The Kevin Costner jokes legit had me cracking up out loud 😂
"we may look like sissies, but watch what you say or else, we'll put out your lights!" *gets accidentally punched by Blinkin*
My favorite part!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭
I always think Richard Lewis's performance in this movie is very underrated, hes funny as f.. also over the years, that simple "Achoo" ... "Bless you" makes me laugh more now than back when it came out.
Both Lewis and Roger Rees are absolute gold as the villains in this film.
@@steelerfreak1977 Totally!
Costner's cameo should've been a bump-in bit, but they would say, simultaneously "Nice pants" & "Nice tights" to one another 😂
"I loved you in Wall Street"
That would have been great.
Why would Cary Elwes' actually English Robin Hood have complimented Kevin Costner's Robin Hood's underwear? Pants are pants in England. Trousers are trousers.
That gag was used in "Hot Shot Part Deux" when Charlie Sheen is heading up river in a patrol boat and passes Martin Sheen in a patrol boat (Apocalypse Now style) going the other way, father & son shout in unison "I loved you in.......".
@@mistycrom you're that type that can't enjoy the little things in life because your aspergers makes you needlessly ovethink trivial nonsense.
This is one of the few movies that has ever made my dad bust out with uncontrollable laughter. It remains as one of my favorite movies, next to Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs.
I forgot that Prince John's mole moved about his face.
"Hey, Abbot!"
I hate that guy..
Men in Tights was just added to RUclips Movies for free on January 1st of this new year. So this video is excellently timed by Minty.
Whaaaaaat?! That's fantastic news!
Minty you have made a wise decision there to start 2021 off.
And it was, is and will continue to be the funniest version of Robin Hood..
Prince John: you change you’re name to Latrine..??
Latrine: YEA! Use to be SHiTHOUSE!
Prince John: That’s a Good change!
Lmao 😂 love this movie!
"It's a very good change."
One of the funniest gags in the movie
I didn’t realise it until recently but when the king decreed that the toilet be known as the John, him and Latrine had a lot more in common! Haha
I hope that his style of movies get popular again, cause god they are good.
I just love that the guy who played little John is the dad from Good Luck Charlie
I'm so glad I'm not alone on that. 😂
My mind is blown
Yep! Good call
Brooks talked on stage once about his first years working in Hollywood as a young man. His stories were insane. Someone should make a movie about a young Mel Brooks
The movie you're looking for is called My Favorite Year (1982).
Well, add on top that he was a bomb disposer in World War 2. His life is truly amazing.
Now he's 94 and a half. Didn't know he was that old already. Hopefully he can live for a little while longer. And thank you Mel for all the laughs.
"Well, you know what they say... No Noose.. is good noose"😂😂
I heard his voice
@@Shad0wBoxxer same here
Rottingham: "Begging your pardon sire,...but wasn't your mole on the other side before?"
King (Richard Lewis): "I have a mole?!" 0_o
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I loved it when it came out, and I still love it now. One of my favourite movies of all time. I could watch it over and over and over and never tire of it. “We’re men/ MANLY men/ We’re men in tiiiiiights!”
It's interesting that Sean Connery almost starred in this film, as he actually portrayed Robin Hood before Cary Elwes or Kevin Costner, in the 1976 film Robin & Marian, alongside Audrey Hepburn.
"I didn't say 'Abe Lincoln', I said 'Hey Blinkin."
I grew up watching this movie and Prince of Thieves on a regular basis. Almost shaped my entire childhood, along with other VHS tapes my parents had, like Ladyhawke, Princess Bride, Hoosiers and others. All three of us still quote Men in Tights to each other to this day!
We just might have been separated at birth….
Loved this movie growing up! Especially the mole that moved around Prince John's face.... Lol!
"Unlike some Robin Hoods I can do an English accent...."
SAVAGE!! 😂😂😂
I have a MOLE???
Rottingham: “I was mad at first Robin, but now I’m really pissed off!”
Achoo: “Pissed off? If I was that close to a horse’s wiener, I’d be worried about getting pissed on!”
I just love this movie. It was my grandfather’s favorite movie and I grew to love it too.
As someone who grew up on a farm, I can agree you would get pissed on by the horse in that situation. Not speaking from experience, thank goodness.
Your grandpa is a man of culture.
"Achoo, god bless you"
"Latrine, what an unusual name, my family changed it, it used to be shithouse" one of my favorite movies
I had SUCH a crush on Amy Yasbeck...oof.
She was in the mask as well
Yes!
Didn't she play in Dracula Dead and Loving It as well.
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Yes she did
She was in the Problem Child movies too....Married John Ritter in real life
When you said two Robin Hoods, I thought you're gonna mention the fact that Matthew Porretta who played Will here was also a Robin Hood in a TV series in 1997 :)
An 11th thing we didn't know
I was waiting for this tidbit, I loved that show
I hadn't realized Robin #1 from Robin of Sherwood was Will! That makes the almost-Connery-cameo even better, since he was replaced by Jason Connery as Robin in the second season.
@@citrinedragonfly you've got the wrong Robin Hood TV series there.. The one that had Matthew Poretta was The New Adventures of Robin Hood
Or that Star Trek episode wherein Q turned Picard into Robin Hood:
"I'm not from Nottingham!"
I only got to watch this movie once as a kid, and i still remember laughing to the song numbers, having a good time.. Oh, how you dug up those memories Minty, nice one!
Watch it again
What I love about Roger Rees's performance is that he had to parody a character that Alan Rickman already hammed up beyond belief, and he still somehow found a way to dial it up even further. But we can't talk about that without mentioning what a perfect foil Richard Lewis was for him as the absurdly Yiddish Prince John.
liked it when it came out..
LOVE it many years later.
it literally gets better the more u watch it..
Did you just say Abe Lincoln?
Nooo, I said Hey Blinkin
I freaking love this line!
Did you just say US Secretary of State, A. Blinken?
😂
I grew up watching this on TV. I've never seen any other Mel Brooks movies other than a few scenes of Spaceballs. One of my favorite comedies.
Highly recommend you check out his other works. Blazing Saddles especially. Always good to keep in mind the Era in which they were written and released though. Some (like Blazing Saddles, and the unrelated altogether TV show All in the Family) likely would have never seen the light of day in today's media environment.
May the Schwartz be with you!
I literally forgot that Dave Chappelle was in this movie. I haven't watched in almost two decades and didn't even think about it until this Minty video lol
I was going to comment this and thought I would just see if anyone else forgot about Chappell too. I loved this movie when I was a kid I think I'll rewatch it.
I was surprised he was only 19 when he did the movie. Makes me feel old now
As many times as I seen it I never realized it was him
This is such a memorable and quoteable film, gonna have to watch it again today.
(Blinkin on the watch tower)
"What are you doing Blinkin"
"Guessing..."
This and young frankenstein are my favourite Mel Brookes films. Saw this in the cinema when it came out and still watch it at least every 2 years. Excellent video on this.
One of my favorite childhood memories was being 9/10 sitting in the back seat of the car with my buddies singing "we're men...we're men in tights TIGHT tights" song. We thought it was the funniest thing ever, now almost 30 years on I can say, you were right kid, it is!
Elways has done plenty of serious roles. He could easily play a grounded realistic Robin Hood.
Days of Thunder for one
He way creepy in the movie Kiss the girls, so he can play a bad guy too
Those translations to the "English Accent" line CRACKED ME UP!!!
"I don't dance with wolves" LMAO
I'm still laughing at Minty's pronunciation of Quebec: "KOObek."
I was about 9-11 or so when I saw this, just a couple years after it came out. This movie made me realize not only did I have a crush on Cary, but Amy Yasbeck was just GORGEOUS
My favorite part is the “exit“ sign in the Kings banquet hall.
Not the studio camera breaking through the window in the bath scene?
I loved this movie, as well as Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Another one of my favorite parodies. "Renfield, you asshole!" Renfield then brushing the dust in a pile and drawing a happy face on it!
I remember watching this on HBO when I was a kid, it was my very first Mel Brooks film.
Anybody: decides to make a movie
Critics: "So you have chosen death..."
Audiences: We're still watching it.
Critics opinions are so wrong compared to the actual audience. Like 2 people's views are the only ones that matter.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! One of my childhood favorites. Watched it dozens of times with my sisters.
I got to meet Cary Elwes a couple of years ago at Atlanta's Dragon Con, real sweet guy!
Unlike some other Robin hoods I'm a human like fox that was currently designed by Disney ooh da lally
Golly what a day
Fun fact - the "Hampster Dance" song that was a huge craze in the late 90s/early 2000s is actually the intro song to Disney Robin Hood played at high speed.
Still love the song "The Phony King of England"
"I HAVE A MOLE?!"
i LOVE Cary Elwes! It's kinda rare for such a physically beautiful man to be so funny.
This was the first time I saw Dave Chappelle! I remember I loved Mel Brooks’ other films like “History of the World Pt. 1” and “Spaceballs”, so I begged my Mom to take me to see this in the theater. I think I was about 12-years-old. I was also a big fan at the time of the Kevin Costner “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” film so was extra excited to see Brooks spoof that. While not a bad film, definitely not up there with Brooks’ best work like the previous two films I mentioned and other classics of his like “Blazing Saddles” and “The Producers”. (The original film with Gene Wilder is waaaaayyyyy better than that trash we got with Matthew Broderick)
Screw the critics, this has been one of my favorite movies since the first time i saw it as a kid, after quoting Prince of Thieves for a year or two. Both are great movies in all honesty.
Erik The Viking and Yellowbeard are kind of in the same vein as this movie, with that Monty Python flavor added. Not super popular at the time but cult classics now. Would love to see you cover those flicks! Fun fact, Mark Blankfield (Blinken) starred in Jeckyl and Hyde Together Again, another of my favorite unknown silly comedies. I hope folks check it out. Thanks Minty!
Ahh Imogen Stubbs
That movie is classic especially the music numbers.
I remember watching this at a friends house in third grade and I didn't know Dave Chappelle was only 19 at the time! Fuck I'm getting old 🤣
Friend, your comedy is spot on! I Howled with laughter at that line! The line, the look... Excellent!
I can imagine the Costner cameo as you said but Costner says "Nice Tights". And then Elwes says "Thanks" in a deeper voice. Lol