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Jim Frykman

Lol what was that Australian intro Simone

JayF

This should be fun.

Odd Thomas

Tbh this and Young Frankenstein are Brook's best. Spaceballs was cinecringe.

Young Blood Priest

“I’m not from Havana” Before Castro took over you could find live sex shows in Cuba. Like the one they went to in The Godfather 2.

Jim Frykman

Poor Slim Pickens got forgot from Dr. Strangelove

Young Blood Priest

Simone Black Bart was played by Cleavon Little. He was in several movies and tv shows in the 70s and 80s but he was mainly a Broadway actor.

Ian Forbes

George, the ridge location you wondered about is Vazquez Rocks, a publicly accessible natural park just outside Los Angeles. It’s been used for a lot of movies, TV, and even a BTS music video. It’s probably best recognized from multiple Star Trek episodes and movies.

redddfer44

Fun movie! It's likely the first American studio film to have an audible fart in it. Everyone seems to have a favorite Mel Brooks movie; mine is his first, The Producers. Boy does that movie handle some taboos.

COREY Ervin Scott-Johnson

Richard Pryor also helped write this, that's why most of the black jokes are so good and not offensive.

Generators

exactly, 1 black person speaks for the entirety cause unlike other races of people, black people apparently dont have individuality and elected Pryor to speak for them all right?

Jay Davis

"Don't recognize any of them... well it was 1974. Really old movie. Geriatric." Aaaaaand now I feel old. Happy Saturday!

Ridor

Honestly this is my favorite Mel Brooks film. I was lucky enough to catch a special cinema showing of it right before the pandemic hit. They had some of the cast and crew there and they answered questions before the show. One of the greatest comedies of all time. Cleavon Little was awesome as Bart.

Bill Pearson

Mel Brooks is the master of absurdity! If you watch the movie two or three times you will notice many more gags and silly lines, but you run the risk of becoming stupider…at least that’s what happened to me. Thanks for sharing your reaction with us, Simone and George.

Angus Kirk

You guys have to do Robin Hood: Men in Tights. It's another Mel Brooks movie and its so damn good.

Spacedone

That rock formation you mentioned is actually a very famous rock formation called the Vasquez Rocks. it's been in used in hundreds of movies and TV shows, most famously in an episode of the original Star Trek tv series.

Starromania72

The 1st time I saw this was on network TV in the very early 80s. It was notable because during the beans scene the fart sounds were replaced with whinnying horses - every time a cowboy gets up, another horse neighed and soon a whole lot of them are going off. I remember my dad laughing his arse off at that. On a related note, Mel Brooks' governor, William J. Le Petomane, is named after Le Pétomane, a late 19th C French entertainer and flatulist ie a professional farter, whose act included producing sound FX, impersonating barnyard animals and playing tunes (via a specially-fitted ocarina). The idea is that the governor is a windbag or full of hot air.

offbrandhotdogs

A couple people already addressed the specific rock formation, but I'll add this. As someone who has taken 2 weeks and driven across the United States, I can assure you that there is still plenty of open land with nary a person in sight. Canada might have the larger land mass, but the US is still far from putting apartments in every desert.

Odd Thomas

For more Gene Wilder I'd recommend Willy Wonka, Woman in Red (which he directed too) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (one of several team ups with Richard Pryor). He's also in Bonnie Clyde, but it's a very brief, early role

Alex Ch

Randolph Scott was the sheriff or hero in more than 60 westerns.

Scott Elsasser

A fantastic film, and a good role for all involved. Harvey Corman really did deserve a nod for best supporting actor. Madeling Kahn did actually get nominated for her role as Lilly von Schtupp. One of the best from Mel Brooks. So glad to see your reaction.

Kinokind

Yes, you are correct - you missed tons of references and jokes that were obvious to people watching at the time. I can't begin to catalog them. Yes, Randolph Scott was an actor who did a bunch of westerns, so was Richard Dix. "Howard Johnson's" was a then-ubiquitous chain of family restaurants. Mel Brooks, as an Indian chief, is speaking Yiddish - apparently the only known Jewish tribe. The first thing he says is: Schwartzes! Witch is Yiddish for "blacks!" And Lily Von Shtup. . . To "shtup" in Yiddish is to . . uh. . . have sex with. She is based on the German actress Marlene Dietrich, who was a famous sex symbol. At the time of the film the word "nigger" (which I even have trouble typing) was used by biggots (and blacks), but was not so radioactive as now. There was even a blaxploitation film called "Boss Nigger", the title of which was emblazoned on theater marquees. In Times Square! Can you imagine today! Polite company used either "colored" or "Negro", so Brooks' use of "Black" was very progressive. Remember, this is the time of civil rights activity. The actor who told the railroad workers to sing negro spirituals was, himself, uncomfortable saying the word, and had to be reassured by Cleavon Little that it was just a script and it was OK. Brooks is making fun of biggots the way he makes fun of the Nazis. It's his way of getting revenge, and along the way having fun. Oh, and the guy standing on the street corner outside Warner Brothers watching the madness pass by was just an innocent bystander. . .

Robert C

Next Gene Wilder film... See No Evil, Hear No Evil.

Young Blood Priest

Lol. Boss N*gger starring Fred Williamson aka The Hammer is in my top 10 of blaxploitation films. I know this is off topic but I haven’t thought about that movie in years. Yes I know it will never be watched here and I’m good with that. Also, everything else you said…”Ditto!”

Richard B.

So glad you guys enjoyed this movie it is still one of my favorite movies.

sarCC

You both look GREAT in "4K"!

Logan Kerlee

This was so much fun watching with you both! Growing up, I watched this movie with my mom and older brother, for the first time. I wasn't a huge fan of it then but I did get a few laughs. Now though - LOADS MORE LAUGHS!! Wow, Mel Brooks' films are excellent. I'm very happy that you both got to react to this. :) I didn't have a notepad open while watching so I don't have anything to say other than that up there. Simone and George you're the best. :)

Jack Burton

The original Willy Wonka, if they haven't seen it yet, would be a great reaction.

MacGuffinStuff

"Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!" That's a reference to 1948's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," spoken by Mexican bandits in the film. It pops up in so many things, Cheech and Chong for one, but my favorite iteration of that reference is in Weird Al Yankovic's cinematic masterpiece, "UHF". Watch a few more movies and then I'd love if you guys watched that one, it's another reference heavy comedy I think you'll appreciate. Oh man, of all things I love in this movie, Harvey Korman was genius (aka Hedley Lamarr did anybody get the gag about Hedy Lamarr, gorgeous 40s actress AND self-taught inventor). I still love watching old reruns of the Carol Burnett Show, any skit with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway together is absolute comedic gold! They were so funny together, and I heard it's because every time they were in a scene together Tim Conway's goal was to make Harvey break character.

fallout4

Now you need to do History of the world part 1!

Gary Fixler

Yeah, I just did my 3rd drive between TN and CA, and it's like 90% open wilderness along route 40.

Young Blood Priest

Tim Conway would always succeed because Korman would be in tears by the end of each sketch. I don’t know if it’s still on but there was a documentary on Netflix about Hedy Lamar. Turns out, in 1942, she invented what would become Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. She was fascinating as hell.

Lamar Savage

The major take-away from this film from release to this day is that it is the most effective movie at showing the insanity and stupidity of racist hate. Comedy has long been used to break through cultural blind spots of that sort.

Raven Dark

If they watch that, though, they'll need to see Robin Hood Prince of Thieves first, otherwise they won't get a lot of the references.

Steve H

Am I imagining things, or did this movie suck a bit, and everyone is pretend ing was funny. This movie fell flat, and the ending was an attempt to revive it.