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Original movie: Young Frankenstein (1974)
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Gene Wilder. * Eats Snickers bar* Gene Calmer.
Perfect.👏
Marty Feldman, Igor, looked like that in real life due to genetic condition and botched operation.Far from being bitter, he said his looks got him roles as he stood out .
The Inspector was a character in 'Son of Frankenstein'. He lost his arm from it being torn off by the Monster when he was a kid.
The man on the gurney was the preacher in Blazing Saddles. The wolf and the cat were voiced by Mel Brooks for his cameo. The blind man was Oscar winner Gene Hackman.
That's Liam Dunn as the old man, and he also has a small, fun role in "What's Up, Doc". This was pretty much Hackman's first comic role, and he really enjoys himself here. I believe the expresso line was improvised by him.
"Eye-gor?!"
"Froderick!"
Love this movie!
My grandmother took me to see this movie when I was 7 or 8 years old, and when the scene came up where Dr Frankenstein says "OK - elevate me" and Teri Garr says "what - right here - now?", my grandmother said "OK, we're leaving", and she packed me up and we left the theater.
Haha, poor woman! 😅🤣
Peter Boyle is a great under appreciated actor. Most known for his comedies he was also a great villain in Outland staring opposite Sean Connery. Also was great in an episode of X-Files he did.
peter Boyle can (could?) act!
Yes, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose. One of my favorite old X-Files episodes.
@@RobertH-ol6mw Could act because he died in 2006 ... still appeared in , All Roads Lead Home , released in 2008 , movie flopped .
Taxi Driver
That X-Files episode is so hilarious, and he's clearly the best part of it.
This works, not only as a spoof of the Universal Frankenstein film series, but also as a legit entry in it. They had to get a lot of the old guard of Hollywood out of retirement since, by this time, lighting a black and white film was effectively a lost art. All of the props in the laboratory were the same ones used in the 1931 picture. The best way to appreciate everything that went into making this hilarious tribute is to go in having seen its progenitor. But it's also not necessary to enjoy it for what it is either. I do still recommend checking out the Universal monsters franchise at some point, though. True classics!
I'm planning to watch the old monster movies very soon:)
The Universal *Frankenstein* series had already devolved into comedy with *Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein* (1948). If you watch the whole series in chronological order, *Young Frankenstein* truly makes perfect sense as the next film in the series.
Came out the same year than Blazzing Saddles.
Mel Brooks two best movie came out a few months apart.
One of my favorite jokes: "Oh what knockers" and the whole "Please don't touch me" at the train station and they end up bumping elbows, so 2020 🤣🤣🤣
Haha my thoughts exactly!
6:19 "The tired lady from _Blazing Saddles!"_
Yes. Madeline Kahn. She also has a really good performance in another good Mel Brooks movie: _The History of the World, Part I._
"Do I have any _openings_ that this man might _fit?"_
_"Whoa!"_
Ha! Hip crowd!
He did explain the "reasoning" behind using a large subject for the experiment - all the parts that he'd need to be working on would (supposedly) be larger making them easier to work with. It's bollocks, of course, but that WAS the rationale.
Interesting!
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 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. 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" won't be the same now.
And Mr Hilltop/Liam Dunn also played a judge in the movie What's Up Doc (1972), yep that movie again, sorry, along with Kenneth Mars, the wooden arm inspector, and it introduced us to the late great Madeline Kahn. It's a slapstick comedy, Looney Tunes style, hence the title. Also stars Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. Note: Watch the drama Love Story, also with O'Neal (1970), to understand one of the jokes. Guaranteed a fun movie! I promise, no more What's Up Doc mentions. Thank you.
13. Mel Brooks got all the original props for the laboratory that were in the 1931 version of Frankenstein
@@ArgonTheAware I had to leave something for others. You're Welcome😁
@@williamjones6031 Then in that case at 29:53 Shree asked about Inspector Kemp's backstory and it was from Son of Frankenstein made in 1939 where he was called Inspector Krogh when Krogh pursues the monster to the laboratory where a struggle ensues during which the monster tears out Krogh's arm and also at 53:12 Elizabeth has the same hairstyle and hiss that they used in Bride of Frankenstein made in 1935
When Taco had his big hit with the cover of "Puttin' On The Ritz", we always sang along with the radio like the monster.
I'm not sure if you've seen it or not, but Madeline Kahn was also in "Clue" (1985). She's great in everything she is in.
Can't wait to watch Clue 😍
The iconic 'It's Alive!!' line is famous from the original 1931 Frankenstein.
During the filming, Marty Feldman would change which side the hump was on to see whether anyone would notice. They decided to make it part of the movie.
Gene Hackman ad libbed the line about espresso.
Mel Brooks had serious doubts about the Puttin' on the Ritz scene, but Gene Wilder insisted on keeping it. IMO it's the funniest thing in the movie.
Haha! All these improv moments just make the movie better 🤭❤
The horse Blucher running gag was supposed to mean the horses were scared of her. Mel Brooks thought it was hilarious. For decades people believed the rumor/theory that Blucher meant glue in German and that's why the horses reacted that way. No matter how many times it's disproven the rumor persists. Lol.
I heard that Wielder and Brooks *started* the rummer as a joke on the audience.
@@stephanginther9051 with those 2 anything is possible. LOL.
It was actually someone in the crew that told Mel that it meant glue so he thought it would be funny to use it.
@@drigerdranzer7514 Can you provide a source for that claim?
@@roaringviking5693 no he can't. Wilder chose the name.
😎👍 Exactly one year after this film was released Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn reunited for "Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975). It's not quite as good, but it does have it's moments. Besides this and "Close Encounters," Teri Garr has had one of the longest and most prolific careers in Hollywood. Two other A-list films you should definitely check her out in are "Tootsie" (1982) and Martin Scorsese's "After Hours" (1985). As for Mel Brooks, his next film, "Silent Movie" (1976) is also a hoot. As an actor, he's also great as the voice of a robot in the 2005 C.G.I. animated feature, "Robots." 🤖
Wow, thank you for the recommendations ❤ Glad Teri Garr has had an amazing career 😍
Most people these days don't have the context for the train station joke with the shoeshine boy. It's a play an old popular song from the big band era called "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
> Pardon me, boy
> Is that the Chattanooga choo choo?
> Yes yes track twenty-nine
> Boy, you can gimme a shine
Teri Garr is the name of the actress who plays Inga and she would also play Dustin Hoffman's character's friend in 'Tootsie", (1982). You can also see her as a young dancer in several Elvis Presley musicals of the sixties, and in "Pajama Party", an Anette and Frankie movie of the era, except this time, sans Frankie.
A lot of the scenes are direct parodies from the 1930's films 'Frankenstein', 'Bride of Frankenstein' and 'Son of Frankenstein'. When this came out, most people had grown up watching those films since they were kids.
Ooh interesting!
Madeline Kahn is amazing! I'm sure you'd love her and her debut role as Eunice Burns in the movie "What's Up, Doc?" It's truly cemented her in as a comedic actress. Plus, the movie is one of my favorites of all time. And there are three people from this movie in it too.
Thank you, will check it out 😍
The blind man always struck me as being more clumsy but well-meaning than inconsiderate. Also, that scene is a parody of one of the more touching scenes in the original Bride of Frankenstein film: ruclips.net/video/_wRVfzaIRj8/видео.html ruclips.net/video/xKdtuwTr-iM/видео.html
The phrase, "walk this way" was the inspiration for theAerosmith song. Another Mel Brooks movie with Gene Wilder is The Producers. Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman are both High Anxiety and History of the World part 1. Young Frankenstein Documentary ruclips.net/video/zzTvsZ-Gx7M/видео.html
Can't wait to check these movies out 😍
12:08 "Why do the horses keep freaking out."
I think that's just a running gag. The rumor mill once circulated this rumor that they were freaking out because her name, "Blücher," is the German word for "glue" which has, historically, been made from horses, and historically, this rumor has stuck. It's not true, though. The German word for glue is actually "Kleber." This rumor was just a marketing device.
"Blücher" was chosen by Gene Wilder because he had seen it in print and it struck him as an authentic German name.
32:00 _"He_ vuz my _boyfriend!"_
Awww. 😊 Her _boyfriend._ Not her lover; her _boyfriend._ And she was his _girlfriend._ How _innocent._ They used to skip down the street, holding _hands,_ and go to the _ice cream_ shop, where they would have a single malt with two straws. They would play footsie with each other, under the table, because that's what boyfriends and girlfriends _do_ together, you know. 😊
It was indeed pure 🥰
The white streaks in the fiance's hair and her hissing at the end are both references to the old movie, "The Bride of Frankenstein."
The old man in the medical classroom, in the beginning of this movie also played the Reverend in Blazing Saddles.
Fun fact: one of the villagers taunting the creature when it is chained in the cell is an actor named Clement Von Franckenstein (yes, that is the correct spelling). Clement later played the archery announcer in Mel's Robin Hood, Men In Tights
What a coincidence!
But how is it pronounced? 😉
Yep Clement although British by birth was actually Baron von Franckenstein (small v)
Another bit of trivia, the old man in the classroom was Liam Dunn. You might remember him as Reverand Johnson in Blazing Saddles. He doesn't look it but he was only 56 when he did this.
Aww nice!
The joke with the horses is that woman's name is Frau "Blucher". Blucher is the German word for glue factory. Back in the day, horses' bodies were used to make glue. Also, just by the way, it's pronounced "Mad-a-lyn" - like, rhymes with Harlequin. :)
7:44 Consider the incredible (though subtle) _irony_ of this scene. Dr. Frankenstein just received the will to his great grandfather's estate in Transylvania, Romania. At the time, he was teaching at an Ivy League university which, by definition, was in the United States. That's where the Ivy League _is._
He's now _traveling_ to that estate... by train. He's traveling from the _United States_ in _North America_ to _Romania_ in _Europe_ by _train._ Never mind the Atlantic Ocean. Apparently, it doesn't exist. 🤷
😂 that's awesome
Well done for bothering to explaining a not exactly subtle joke which by the way isn't at all ironic 🙄
"Stupid?" This is one of the best comedies EVER produced.
40:00 Gene Wilder says that this scene caused the one and only argument he and Mel Brooks ever had. Brooks argued against doing this scene. After hours of arguing, Brooks suddenly said, 'I love the scene, it definitely has to be in the movie.' Wilder, incensed asked, 'if you like the scene why did you make me argue for it for so long?' Brooks told him, 'I wasn't sure about it, but I knew that if you'd fight me for it, than it was definitely right.'
Haha, Brooks is a troll, love it 🤭
Why do the horses keep freaking out? Because it's funny, every time. Simple as dat.
The common myth of why the horses whinny whenever they hear Frau Blucher's name is that "Blucher" is German for glue. (Actually, it isn't, but it's still a great gag...) Also, Inspector Kemp was a parody of a character in Son of Frankenstein, who had such a thick Bavarian accent you can't understand half of what he says. One of my old favorites. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
What I did read it was someone in the crew that told Mel it meant glue so he thought it would be fun to joke about it.
Thank you for watching 😊 ❤
All the characters and scenes make sense if you've seen the 3 Frankenstein films of the 1930's. I recommend them. They're good films.
Mel Brooks definitely did his due diligence for Young Frankenstein. All the laboratory props you see were the same used in the original Frankenstein movie. Brooks wanted to ensure the feel of this film would be the same.
Amazing 😍
It's an old movie trope where animals react to evil (or anything deeply dangerous) when humans are making small talk. Hence the horses and Frau Blucher. Horses and dogs and cats are the most common reactors.
26:46
The abnormal brain was actually the "monsters" brain that he got back.
Whoa!
"Portfolio" 65 and I never looked at it that way. Thank you for the new perspective.
The Creature's *ahem* assorted parts needed to be larger than average due to the delicate work needed to reassemble him. larger work surface means an easier time sewing the fiddly bits.
from the book-it said he had to enlarge everything.
the officer lost his arm in an earlier encounter with another monster.
My mom took me to see Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein when they came out. I consider Young Frankenstein to be Mel Brooks' best film.
6:17 you love her… Clue with Tim Curry
The horses were freaking out because, Gephard Van Blucher was a Prussian Calvary officer. He was notoriously cruel to the horses under his charge. It was widely said that if Blucher conscripted your horses, you would never see them again.
Hi Shree, I`m glad you also enjoyed another great comedy of Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder. :) Marty Feldman was a successful British comedian/writer in his own right. He had previously worked with the Monty Python team. During that time he was one of the original members/writers of their popular sketch (The Four Yorkshire Men).
He was working with several members of the team, on a film in Mexico in 1982 when he tragically died, at the young age of 48 yrs in his sleep. Also in the cast were Madeline Kahn & Peter Boyle from this film. The film was called (Yellowbeard) a comedy/swashbuckler with several other well-known British Actors/Actresses/comedians also in the cast.
Aww that's tragic. Was Yellowbeard ever released?
@@ShreeNation Hi Shree, yes in the summer of 1983. Apparently, Marty died on the last day of filming his scenes, his work was almost complete. All that remained was to film the scene of his character`s death which they did a couple of days later, using a stunt double.
They explained why he had to be so big. To make the small parts easier to work on.
It’s Headly! Another Gene Wilder movie is a Woody Allen flick, “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex (but we’re afraid to ask.)” I don’t know if there was any meaning behind the Frau Blucher gag. I do know that everyone remembers it. The lab setup is actually the same equipment used in the original “Frankenstein.” You ought to watch it.
Will do :)
The guy playing Inspector Kemp is also the voice of King Triton from The Little Mermaid.
This was literally the original Frankenstein's Lab. They got the original set equipment from the original 1930 Frankenstein to use in this movie. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder wanted this to be as faithful as possible. That's why the movie is I'm black & white. They made jokes of material they loved.
You still have : Life Stinks - The Producers - History Of The World Part 1. He also produced " The Elephant Man " under another name .
Can't wait!
Before the creation of Monty Python, John Cleese and Graham Chapman of that troupe worked on a show with Marty Feldman, who co-wrote some material used by Python later.
PUTTING ON THE RITZ!!!
Great reaction, Shree!! If you get a chance, you might check out Madeline's feature film debut in What's Up, Doc (1972), then in Paper Moon (1973). She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for the latter.
Thanks for the recommendations ❤
I wasn’t able to find any reactions to _Paper Moon._ That seems almost criminal. It’s such a great movie.
@@0okamino I agree 100% and Tatum O'Neal is still the youngest person to win an Oscar in competition.
@@geraldmcboingboing7401 100% earned by her.
Both great films.
Not only is a monocle great fashion, but there is no better way of expressing surprise than having your monocle pop out.
He actually explained why he needed to be so big, but... wait for it, you were talking.
"Doctor, I'm frightened!"
"You should be... look at the size of that thing!"
Oof 😳
Inga (Teri Garr) is my favorite part of Young Frankenstein next to Gene (who is always the best). I love all her little comments, double entendres, and hilarious miscommunications.
"Poot ze kindle BEK!"
She is so entertaining to watch! ❤
Marty Feldman was a genius comic actor. John Cleese worked with Marty before Monty Python. Feldman suffered from aof a severe case of Graves' disease, a form of hyperthyroidism.
"Sedagive?!?!?!?!?!"
38:45 Now this, I think, was _incredibly_ premature. This "creature," as they've begun to call him, needed a _lot_ more work before they would be ready for this. He needed to be trained to the point where he could be trusted to safely operate in public, unattended. That's a point he's no where near.
That scene is funny on so many levels. First, the performance itself. Then you realize that they actually would've practiced and rehearsed it and Frederick thought it was great. Then, there's the fact that a scientist managed to destore life to dead matter, he decides to demonstrate it to his fellow scientists by doing a musical number. Multiple layers of absurdity.
The can I give you a shine is a little nod to a well-known song, "Chattanooga Choo-Choo": ruclips.net/video/RrYP3ai5bIk/видео.html
On the train, to NY, you hear an old couple arguing in English. The train to Transylvania has the same conversation in German (or possibly Yiddish).
(It's Hedley....)
Hi Shree!
Loyal subscriber here. This is just a suggestion but if you're going to watch a spoof of something you might consider watching what's being spoofed first, that way you'll get more of the jokes and they'll be funnier too. This movie is actually a spoof of the movie (not the book) "Frankenstein", with a little "Bride of Frankenstein" thrown in. It is NOT a spoof of the movie "Van Helsing". Would "Spaceballs" be as funny if you hadn't seen "Star Wars"? Would "Airplane!" be as funny without having seen any of the "Airport" franchise? Of course not.
If you're looking for more Mel Brooks "Silent Movie" is hilarious and stars Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise ("Blazing Saddles") and Marty Feldman. Marty Feldman also made "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" which is also very funny. And I could be wrong cuz it's been SO many years but I believe Gene Wilder also wrote "Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother"
Thank you for the suggestion :)
The horses freak out every time the say Frau Blucher. Cloris Leachman character she opened the door to the castle.
The little old man that Gene Wilder kicks at the beginning is the preacher from Blazing Saddles
"...go from 0 to minus 180...."
You got to spit-take out of me on that one.
Best. Mike.
😁
Marty Feldman was brilliant. He'd had a decent career previously in the UK as a sketch writer for radio and in a couple of short TV series before this film. Not many people can upstage Gene Wilder, but Feldman manages it here! 😆
Inspector Kempf in the original Frankenstein movie had his arm ripped off by the monster, so in this one he has a wooden arm.
Madeline Kahn is also in the movie Clue with Tim Curry. A funny movie with a surprise ending!!
Inspector Kemp was one of Brooks' stock players, Kenneth Mars. He was Boris in Blazing Saddles and Franz Leibkin in The Producers. Most people recognize him from his recurring character on Malcolm in the Middle as Otto, the German dude ranch owner that hired Francis.
He was a regular "guest" waaaayyyy back on Fernwood/America 2night. He wore some kind of headgear to supposedly push his chin back. "Chinodontia"
He also played Hugh in What's Up, Doc.
"I'm Hugh."
"You're me?"
It's a brilliant madcap comedy starring Barbara Streisand.
The man playing the monster also play Ray Ramon's father, forgot the name of the TV show EVERYBODY LOVES RAMON
To me as a native German speaker the English (especially American) pronunciation of "Frankenstein" is already so dreadful, that even "Fronkenstin" doesn't make it any worse. 😂😂😂
So, the entire point of the creature being so large was to make it easier to work with the delicate systems like nerve endings and such.
Brooks thought this his best directorial effort, but only nr 3 funniest film of his (after Saddles and The Producers). Shame there isn't a different cut - it was originally twice as long, but they only kept every third joke and cut some musical numbers. The movie set was rented from the guy (also with a nice, German last name) who did the WB 30s film - he had the originals in his garage still. The cast cracked up all the time (Wilder especially), and ad-libbed many scenes, like Brooks miaowing himself in the darts scene and Hackman offering an espresso. They had such great time that Brooks filmed extra scenes, as nobody wanted to leave. The creature's body was the one from the hanged man, most likely the only fresh one they could have. Inspector Kemp's arm and eye were lost when the original monster attacked him in his youth, hence his hatred towards it and his willingness to lead the lynch mob. Originally, the now late Cindy Williams, R.I.P., was supposed to play Elizabeth as Miss Kahn had other projects, but she made it. Gene Hackman offered to play the Blind Monk for free to try comedy - he was known for serious films like The Conversation (1974). Brooks' wife, the excellent Anne Bancroft (John Ford's film with her in the 60s is great cinema) told Teri Garr who said that it was fun to be in a film with Hackman again after Coppola's The Conversation (another great film) that 'Mel makes movies, honey, Coppola directs films'. Btw., in Finnish 'abnormal' is 'epänormaali' and Abby Normal was translated as Eppu Normaali, and the name was adopted by one of our biggest rock bands ever. This was one of the first films I saw in a movie theatre when very young and didn't even get many jokes. Bit weird at the time, now I am used to Mel Brooks' style of comedy.
Thank you for these BTS facts :)
Pardon me boy is this the Chattanooga choo choo! Ovaltine, like nestles quick. Eyegore, Marty Feldman was part of the Dean Martin show summer cast. Great sketch comedy show. Terry Garr. Loved her in Star Trek original series, and then as a policewoman on McCloud. Sheriff? In the original movies the monster rips the policemans arm off. The guy paying him was In the PRODCERS 1960s with Gene. Madeline made more movies with Mel. Always excellent work. Thanks for giving this movie a view. Hope we can get wasted together again soon.
Very soon ;)
"Paper Moon" for sure! Incredible movie. ✌️
His assistant is gorgeous 🤩
The reason Inspector Kemp has the mechanical arm is to reference an earlier Frankenstein film when the monster ripped off the arm of a policeman.
Thank you for the info ❤
14:38 "I don't know if you should _remove_ that. Maybe that's _another_ switch for something."
😏 Imagine if the removal of _that_ candle would cause the next bookcase _over_ to turn, revealing _another_ passageway.
Perhaps opening a passage to Young Frankenstein 2 😉
@@ShreeNation Perhaps.
Madeline Kahn, very talented actress, singer and comedian.
If you want to see more of her :
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) forming another trio with Gene Wilder, and Marty Feldman (Igor in this movie)
Marty Feldman was pretty big back in the days too.
Among many other things, like TV shows and movies he was the main character of the parody of Beau Geste...The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Beware, both movies are as silly as Young Frankenstein, If not even more 😉
PS : Frankenstein had to make a very large creature so he could assemble all the body parts fast and easy; the book was published in 1818 and microsurgery first steps begans in 1921.
Thank you for the recommendations ❤
Thankyou @shreenation for the shout out ❤️
Most of, if not all of the laboratory in this movie are the set pieces from the original Frankenstein movie, starring Boris Karloff in 1931
Nice!
The horses whinny every time someone says Blucher.
16:03 As I understand it, all this equipment, this set, and even these _recordings_ are from the _original movie._
In the original book by Mary Shelley the creature isn't "the villain" or "evil". The book is more clever than that. It basically asks some questions like: When you create life - who's responsible for it's deeds? What do you owe it? The creature isn't dumb either - after fleeing from Frankenstein he indeed learns to talk and starts philosophising about why he is like he is.
He is - like you noticed even in the comedy version - a dramatic figure.
"Mary SHelley's Frankenstein" with Robert De Niro as the creature so far of all the films comes closest, as far as I can tell.
And the whole "Frankenstein-Complex" of questions ("what are the moral implications of creating life?") has since become a established SciFi trope - no matter if the new life is biological or electronic: I Robot, Bladerunner, Star Trek's Mr. Data and the Holodoc on Voyager, Ghost in the Shell - they all, like Frankenstein, ask the Viewer/Reader whether you own an artificial and self aware form of life, just because you made it. (With Data or the Holodoc of course not in every episode, but Data, for example, in one episode literally had a court case about whether he belonged to the federation and they had the right to dismantle him to see how he works).
And with science going the way it goes we might be getting closer to actually having to think about all those implications from those stories...
Amazing, now I want to pick up the novel and think of these questions myself ❤
@@ShreeNation It's well worth the effort - and it can be an effort, because of the old-fashioned language it's written in.
Frankenstein is widely accepted as the very first Science Fiction novel that ever was written (under the "strict" definition of "Science Fiction" - the "asking questions"-part is extremely important there).
And since Mary Shelley was not a man, but a woman she from the get go showed that scifi isn't just for guys. :) (of course she didn't write Frankenstein as "SciFi" - the definition would come some decades later)
And indeed, there's corners in scifi where women are not the exception, but common. Like with the Star Trek novels - some of the best writers there are women. :)
My position has always been that you need not be human to receive "human" rights, merely demonstrably sentient. I'll sign on with the vegans as soon as the animals sign a petition (til then they're just too tasty, sorry). Aliens, machines, whatever, if you're people then we treat you like people. This is how we dodge the Terminator timeline, folks, be nice to your Alexa/Siri/Cortana/et al.
I've seen this many times but never noticed that the police inspector is wearing a monocle over his eyepatch.
You mentioned Hitler’s grandchildren, but he had no offspring, so that didn’t happen.
However, he did have a nephew who served in the American Navy during WW2 against the Japanese. He definitely resented his relation to Hitler.
You've gotta watch Mel Brooks' first film: "The Producers". I first saw it very late (mid 2000s), and it is a non-stop laugh riot.
Will do :)
I thought his first film was The Twelve Chairs, which is also worth watching.
"I suggest you put on a tie!"
"Why do it on someone so large?" (That's What She Said)
👁👄👁
I was in College when the Film came out and had a Course in Russian History. So when the Horses reacted to Frau Blucher's name that way I instantly figured she was "Interfering" with them in the way Cathrine the Great did with her Horses! .... You're the first person to ever have the same thought right away! ..... Are you a Scorpio?
No but I always have the best chemistry with Scorpios 😉
Funny, I never considered that. I always just figured that she spooked them because of her creepiness. Now Captain Oveur's wife from Airplane! is in that camp, in my opinion. Never mind about The Godfather.
Mel's best BY FAR.
It's pronounced Eye-Gor
_Fraankenstin_
"Well they were wrong then, weren't they?"
The reason why the monster is always so big it's because they figured it would be easier to work on a larger person that I'm a small person that way everything would be easier to deal with being bigger
he playered the dad on everybody loves raymond. he goes 6-6 the guy that played his oldest son was 6'10
"BLUCHER !!!"
The throwing vegetables at performers thing is an old trope, and I used to wonder why people would bring vegetables to the theater. Apparently, it dates back hundreds of years. At the time, live performances were all you could see since there was no film yet. And people would purposely bring old vegetables to performances to pelt performers they didn't like. I guess they figured they'd get their entertainment one way or another.
Haha🤣
"And people would purposely bring old vegetables to performances to pelt performers they didn't like."
Hundreds of years back live performances were in the streets, and often on market day. Plenty of spoiled vegetables around on market day. Also plenty of good stuff around on market day if the performance went well.
Inspector Kemp lost his hand and eye to the original Frankenstein monster.
Madeline Kahn didn't die so young she was already start but she would have became a huge star. Her talent was unlimited
Agreed!
Terri Garr was Ingain Young Frankenstein
my favorite scene is when he says "what knockers"