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I LOVED THIS!

K, you guys - it's a fast ass sync, because I couldn't screen record off my computer - but I was able to get a colourized version intro to sync. I will say, I am so happy I got to see this on Blu-ray and in black and white! IT Looked amazing! This is prob one of my fave Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks films so far. Maybe it's because I love the Horror Genre and I loved the OG Frankenstein! So glad I watched it first tbh! Everyone did such a great job in this film! I love how they paid tribute to classics!

ENJOY!

xx

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Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Alan Jones

Quite a few recognizable faces in this one. Besides the top five or so that are generally known, I might mention Cloris Leachman (Frau Blucher [whinny]), who has a remarkable filmography of dramatic and comedic roles to her credit, but is probably most recognizable to folks of my generation as Phyllis Lindstrom, Mary's landlady on the Mary Tyler Moore show, until she was spun off into a related sitcom of her own, titled Phyllis. In lesser roles, did you recognize the older gentleman who brought the grandfather's wooden box to Prof. Frankenstein's classroom at the top of the show? That was Richard Haydn (rhymes with "laden"), who played "Uncle Max" Detweiler in The Sound of Music (1965), the affable hanger-on who kept trying to get the family to perform as a musical act in public. The feeble old gentleman who participated in the classroom demo was Liam Dunn, who popped up in small roles from time to time in the 70's. I remember him best as the judge in the climactic courtroom scene in the hilarious comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, with appearances by Young Frankenstein actors Madeline Kahn (the fiancee Elizabeth) and Kenneth Mars (Inspector Kemp with the mechanical arm) to boot. This would be a great film for this channel at some point, when you're looking for all-out comedic mayhem with nary a downer moment in sight.

Wade Wallenstein

Today on "Movies That Shaped My Sense of Humor": Young Frankenstein!

Catchermag

Gene Hackman. Nuff said.

Catchermag

Not available in the U.S. a but I’m glad you liked it

John A

One of my favorite comedies of all time. The best Mel Brooks movie. Young Frankenstein used the original electrical lab equipment from the 1931 movie. I did get to meet Teri Garr before she pasted away.

Wally Hartshorn

For some reason, this doesn't show up in a search on JustWatch.com. Normally a movie would show up with a note indicating that it isn't available anywhere to stream, but it's not showing up at all. Weird!

Kinokind

Mel Brooks was firm with the studio that the movie had to be in black and white. I remember at the time it was much discussed that Brooks' new movie was the first black and white studio film in years. He had to find a cinematographer who knew how to do black and white, and he trotted out vintage equipment to photograph it. Hackman and Wilder were tennis buddies, and Hackman asked if there might be a small part for him in Wilder's upcoming film. Thus we have Harold the blind man (a version of this character and inspector Kemp are from following Frankenstein films). This film was mostly written by Wilder, with contributions from Brooks, which is why it's less chaotic than the other Brooks comedies. It is somewhat akin to the second Monty Python film, in that it has a more linear structure, and is the better for it. It's my favorite Brooks film. In the theater, I laughed so hard during "Putin' on the Ritz" that tears were running down my face.