i was channel surfing one day and came across a show honoring mel brooks. as i watched, i realized i had never seen a mel brooks movie! i know outrageous!! my facebook friends were outraged. i decided to check out some of his films from the library and play catch up on life. i must add that i enjoyed all of them, though they didn't make me laugh out loud the whole time, i did appreciate the humor. also loved seeing so many older actors young. and last but not least, i was definitely scared of gene wilder as a kid thanks to "willy wonka" but thanks to these movies discovered, he truly is amazing!!
"the producers"- i found it great though a little sad how he hustled the old ladies. and seriously L.S.D. as hitler, hey man, seriously so funny, really cool, baby, really hilarious, man. lol. loved him. i would totally go see the musical, "springtime for hitler", i mean the theme song was so catchy!! i also about died when they did the swastika formation on stage. so clever yet so horrible at the same time.
also random note but the nazi playwright was the voice of king triton in "the little mermaid"!
"young frankenstein"- i thought gene wilder was amazing! loved his instance on the correct pronunciation of "frankenstein". but who really stole the show was igor, marty feldman!!! i got was my favorite with his "walk this way" and jokes about his eyes. his dirty jokes were the best too. i also loved that cloris leachman was in it, love her, though her character was minor. i will admit that i missed it but thanks to imdb discovered that gene hackman played the blind man! i will add i did appreciate the allusion to the blind man in the book. i was also not expecting the "puttin' on the ritz"
performance with the monster, his singing was superb! lol. and all of the jokes about the monster's privacy were too much.
"the history of the world part 1"- i was shocked by how x-rated this movie was, i mean some of the jokes! loved that it opened with a 2001 parody though the humping primates got gross. but i was impressed by how edgy it was! the joke about the homo sapiens wedding followed by the homosexual homo sapiens wedding was great, also nice to see that cavemen were so tolerant. gregory hines was great. i couldn't believe he rolled a huge joint to escape the romans! but my favorite was the inquisition musical number, such bad yet catchy songs!! i mean seeing the jews being tortured was horrible but that is how it went. also the esther williams-esque number and sparkler helmets for the menorah! amazing!!!! it was great but will add i did get bored during the french revolution but other than that great!
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