"She looks familiar, too." Mina and the maid were Marion and Broomhilda respectively in Robin Hood Men in Tights.

@emersonk2139

2 жыл бұрын

Blinkin and Will Scarlet O'Hara were in this, too.

@sashmiel6566

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@emersonk2139

2 жыл бұрын

@A S Sure, I'll hold the reins

@sealdrup

2 жыл бұрын

Marla from A League of Their Own

@danebono7667

2 жыл бұрын

And Harvey Korman (Dr Seward) was in SO many Mel Brooks movies, including History of the World and Blazing Saddles.

Steven Weber had no idea there was going to be THAT MUCH blood shooting out of Lucy. He improvised the line "She's dead enough," and you can hear him struggling not to laugh.

"I didn't know you had your hand in that too." Seeing your delayed reaction as you got the joke was worth it.

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@willgonyea

2 жыл бұрын

I want to like this, but at the moment of typing, 69 likes, nice. I dare not ruin it.

@willgonyea

10 ай бұрын

@@iamme25yago say less.

I'm not gonna lie, the line, "You are very wise...for someone who has yet to live a single lifetime!" is surprisingly badass in a Mel Brooks film!

@johnmartin4119

2 жыл бұрын

Mel Brooks is legit pretty good at creating dramatic dialogue. Just check out some of Fredrick Frankenstein’s monologues about the nature of life in Young Frankenstein

@AutoPilate

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmartin4119 wasn’t the screenplay for Young Frankenstein written by Wilder?

@zacharylewis2802

Жыл бұрын

Because it’s not a Mel Brooks line. It’s from the 1979 remake of Dracula, starring Frank Langella.

@Tarabara

Жыл бұрын

It's from the original 1931 Dracula, but it's written the other way around: "For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man Van Helsing."

Leslie Nielsen was a serious actor for many years and his dead pan delivery is the best of comedy. After Hallowbeans is over you should really watch the Naked Gun movies

@jediknightguy82

2 жыл бұрын

Has she watched Robin Hood Men in Tights yet? Another must Mel Brooks!

@HafdirTasare

2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTLY! In my oppinion his best movies.

@kageakuma3009

2 жыл бұрын

He started out as a serious actor and was quite famous for it before becoming a comedic actor.

@mxplixic

2 жыл бұрын

She also needs to watch Forbidden Planet. The ultimate Sci-Fi spoof! :)

@RedKytten

2 жыл бұрын

Leslie Nielsen is a Canadian treasure. Personally, I think his best movie is one of his later ones, that didn't really get shown outside of Canada. It's called "Men with Brooms". Of course a movie about curling is only popular here...

"But, but Lucy... I'm British." "And so are THESE!"

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

i wish she would have reacted to that scene!

@BadDubII

2 жыл бұрын

😏

@seekforjannah2432

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndreNitroX how the hell does he bend the bar

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

@@seekforjannah2432 vampires have super strength

@seekforjannah2432

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndreNitroX I didn't know that

The actual Dracula line was “I don’t drink….wine”.

“Und gynaecology” “Oh really?, I didn’t know you had your hand in that too” Best line in the movie!

"I haven't seen Leslie Nielsen since Airplane" Who's to blame that she hasn't gotten to the Naked Gun series, Wrongfully Accused and/or Spy Hard?

@neojason8349

2 жыл бұрын

Ive been a long time fan so I'll will take some of the blame.

@pauld6967

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Ashleigh should check out the original television series _'Police Squad'_ before getting into the Naked Gun movies which came afterward.

@mikethemotormouth

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauld6967 I don't know that she NEEDS to see it since I've never seen the TV series and I still loved the movies.

@pauld6967

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikethemotormouth Well, perhaps _need_ is a bit strong. However, there is a greater depth of appreciation one gets if the viewer also knows the series. If, for nothing else, the radical difference of Nordberg in the series versus Nordberg of the movies.

@RyoHazuki224

2 жыл бұрын

Or Mafia! for that matter

Fun fact: the woman in the beginning with the cross was his wife, Anne Bancroft, Oscar winner.

@exodia1510

2 жыл бұрын

Loved her...

@exodia1510

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a sucker for redheads... Wrong my Brains out!

@bjames52398

2 жыл бұрын

They make an awesome pair on and off screen. Have you ever seen "To Be or Not To Be"? Mel did a remake of an old Jack Benny movie of the same name.

@tonismith3707

2 жыл бұрын

She's also Mel Brooks'wife.

@Trademarc1977

2 жыл бұрын

Bancroft was great in The Elephant Man. RIP.

Peter MacNicol is doing a spot on impression of Dwight Frye who played reinfield in the original Dracula with Bela Lugosi. Also, Steven Webber (Johnathan) and Amy Yasbeck (Mina) were on the sitcom Wings together

"I want a garlic enema" leslie neilsen is always hilarious R.I.P

From Steve Haberman, the writer of the movie: “ Steven Weber was not even close to laughing in the blood scene. We had four handmade, period Victorian shirts for him to wear, so we could only do four takes. In each take, we tried a little more blood. The take we used in the movie was the last one. Weber had been drenched in blood three times before that one. He had to clean up and change after each one. Of course, the blood shot into his eyes and hair every time. He was pretty tired of doing the scene by the time we shot the take that's in the movie. But he was still great in it. His real exasperation made it funnier each time. The crew was having a hard time holding their laughter. There's so much blood in that last take, you can hear it dripping from the ceiling of the set, and you can see it falling onto Mel's hat and shoulders.”

@jayintn71

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, and I want a garlic enema!

@reesebn38

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool to know. I loved Steven Weber in Wings.

@ericjahoda2997

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had been there!

@phousefilms

2 жыл бұрын

"She's DEAD ENOUGH!!!!"

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

love that effort

If you are going to watch the 1999 Brandon Frasier version of “The Mummy” on Friday you won’t need night vision. Turn on the night vision for the 1932 Boris Karloff version (for atmosphere). And turn off the television altogether for the 2017 Tom Cruise version 🤮

@hepchaos

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the correct formula.

@josephandreano2708

2 жыл бұрын

Friday is members picks. So actually anyone of the versions is possible.

High Anxiety is Mel’s underrated classic tribute to Hitchcock films. You’d love it!

Some of my favorite parts in this are just the jokes made at the expense of Victorian stuffiness. *John:* But Lucy, I'm British! *Lucy, heaving breasts:* But so are these!

@RaderizDorret

2 жыл бұрын

Me, whenever I see that scene as an adult: "Rule Britannia."

@Climinator-op6kh

Жыл бұрын

If vampires actually existed and a female one did to me what Lucy does to Jonathan in the graveyard I'd say "Bite me!" 😂🤣

@zsoltbartus169

7 ай бұрын

It was a clear and delicious nod on the classic (vampire) horrors made by the british Hammer Films in the sixties and very early seventies, which were usually had beautiful ladies with spectacular cleavages.

Watching the realization dawn during "...hand in that too." was one of my favorite moments in all your reactions so far.

@P.HATHCOX

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! 16:21 to 16:31 was one of the best reactions ever on this channel. I felt like I could actually see that line in the movie travel through her mind and show up on her face 😆

@shrews12001

2 жыл бұрын

I sat here "wait for it....there ya go"

I want a garlic enema! Now that you are starting to see how funny Leslie Nielson (Dracula) was, you just have to see The Naked Gun. You will fall off your chair laughing.

@Pinkielover

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it burns like hell

@bricesbigbasstacular8172

2 жыл бұрын

Naked Gun series is Leslie at his best with the Zucker's writing.

@davidokinsky114

2 жыл бұрын

Just so you know, the entire 6 episodes of Police Squad are free to view here on youtube. I would recommend watching them, if you enjoyed the Naked gun series.

@golfextreme506

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidokinsky114 I've already seen them all. They are hilarious and I loved each week's special guest star.

@GCEXTREMEMN

2 жыл бұрын

"Nothing to see here..please disperse!"

The two brides dry humping the furniture was pure legend.

@seekforjannah2432

Жыл бұрын

Quick question how the hell did manage to clink on the celing on time like spiderman

The “spookyish” movie “The Burbs” would be perfect for a Wednesday watch!! It’s got Tom Hanks, Corey Feldman and other familiar faces. It even has a “precious” white fluffy dog you might recognize from The Silence of the Lambs.

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@Bonez0r

Жыл бұрын

The Burbs is a movie that some people will call their favorite of all time while others just don't get the humor at all. I watch it every year on International Burbs Day (the second Saturday of July) with pretzels, (goddamn) brownies, NO sardines (I'm trying to cut back) and I'll call the pizza dude.

"Tell me Madelene Kahn wouldn't have been perfect in that role".......Yeah, Ashleigh, except that was Mel Brooks' real life wife!

@jack_rabbit

2 жыл бұрын

who, btw, was KILLER in to be or not to be, a HIGHLY overlooked and underrated mel brooks film

@rockinresurrection6542

2 жыл бұрын

Never realised that was Bancroft!

@hippychikforever

2 жыл бұрын

@@jack_rabbit Mel and Anne singing Sweet Georgie Brown in Polish was worth the price of admission alone!

@pcwkid76

2 жыл бұрын

@@jack_rabbit She also has a great dance scene with Dom DeLuise in SILENT MOVIE.

@stevenroetzel4470

2 жыл бұрын

@@hippychikforever i have recommended "To be or not to be" to Ashleigh several times, glad to see someone else reference it.

I love Leslie Nielsen! You should watch "The Naked Gun"!

@justindenney-hall5875

2 жыл бұрын

Michelle Peters I would love to her watch that, she has such an infectious laugh.

@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst

2 жыл бұрын

@@justindenney-hall5875 (Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: Yep! She can count all the “Weird Al” Yankovic cameos the movie has to offer as well as the uncredited cameo from James Earl Jones in the 3rd movie.

@elevenfortythree4769

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! And Yes!

@lilchicklets

2 жыл бұрын

I concur! Naked Gun! Naked Gun!!!

@awkwardashleigh

2 жыл бұрын

coming this Friday!

"I want a garlic enema" OK now I think Ashleigh is just trying see what she can get us all to post.😋

I kept commenting on this channel for like a year about this movie but I'm so goddamn happy about this! The soldier Mina and the handmaid were also in Robin Hood men and Tights, as was the soldier who threw the drink in his face. This was everything I hoped and dreamed it would be 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💔💔💔💔

The actress playing Mina played Marion in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. As for the woman playing Essie she was Broomhilde the maid in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

@tialori5815

2 жыл бұрын

. The woman playing the maid also played Marla Hooch, the not so pretty big hitter, in the movie A League of their own.

@najhoant

2 жыл бұрын

And the actor playing Martin (the asylum worker in white) played Blinkin in Men in Tights

@TheOligoclonalBand

2 жыл бұрын

The actress playing Mina and the guy who played her fiance both played in the TV series Wings in the early 90s. Very funny, both of them.

@mikeoas

2 жыл бұрын

The solider at the dance who threw his champagne into his own face was also in Robin Men: Men in Tights (he was Will Scarlet O'Hara).

@meg2831

2 жыл бұрын

@@tialori5815 for some reason that never clicked with me wow I don't know how I never noticed lol

I’ve never seen anyone catch the joke where Harvey Korman says, “Yes, we have Nosferatu… we have Nosferatu today!” It’s a subtle one.

@JohnLefante

2 жыл бұрын

That is one of my favorite jokes in the whole movie.

@tuschman168

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get it. ...I mean, my friend doesn't get it.

@JohnLefante

2 жыл бұрын

@@tuschman168 You have to know the old song. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoWlzdSCdMi6laQ.html

@tuschman168

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnLefante Thank you! :)

@falloutfan2502

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnLefante I get the joke now, but that was a stretch - how many people would actually get that?

They couldn't have cast anyone better than Leslie and Peter as Dracula and Renfield😂. And the lady jiggling her throat is Mel Brooks wife Anne Bancroft 😅

The lady you said should have been Madelyn Kahn, was actually Anne Bancroft, she is/was Mel Brooks wife. She passed in 2005. She is a terrific actress. She was in The Graduate and The Miracle Worker. One of my favorite with her is Agnes of God.

Ashleigh: "Watch Dracula: Dead and Loving It with me" Me: "Yes, Master"

@shannonbryan2191

2 жыл бұрын

This comment made my day! 😆

@conureron3792

2 жыл бұрын

Funny!

As with Men in Tights having references to Prince Of Thieves, 'Dracula Dead and Loving It' has 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' references... not essential viewing for it, but there are some jokes that make more sense once you've seen it.

@noureldinkhalil4458

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention its a great movie! Coppola insisted that they sont use any modern special effects, only classic film editing.

@bessarion1771

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

@carlosrvra

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the living shadows and the wig for one (and two) :D

@juliodavila424

2 жыл бұрын

@@noureldinkhalil4458 It's an absolutely beautiful movie, dripping with style, and would definitely make a great addition to the Hallowbeans roster! *nudge nudge wink wink*

@StCerberusEngel

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliodavila424 Its only shortcoming is one or two miscasts. Some people should NEVER try to fake an accent.

The tall guy that was the father, is Harvey Korman: he, and Tim Conway, were a comedy duo that formed from their meeting while they were on The Carol Burnett Show. When you're bored, you should take a look at their work.

@GVoodoo

2 жыл бұрын

And then Don knots and Conway lol

@LightWolf_91

2 жыл бұрын

@@GVoodoo The Apple Dumpling gang?

They didn’t tell the actor the level of blood they’d be shooting when he staked her heart. His reactions were genuine.

The actress who played Maid Marian in Robinhood Men in Tights, Amy Yesbeck, was in this movie too. Steven Weber and Amy Yesbeck we're both in a Comedy series called Wings.

@Vertifuge

2 жыл бұрын

Amy Yasbeck also had a role in "The Mask" (1994), which Ashley should absolutely watch. These movies came out as I reached my teenage years and I'm pretty darn sure Amy's the reason I so appreciate a lovely redhead.

@mistermisanthrope4106

2 жыл бұрын

Amy Yasbeck, also the widow of John Ritter

@TxSonofLiberty

2 жыл бұрын

There are Several R:MIT actors in this. Martin (The Asylum Guard/Orderly) is Blinkin Essie (Mina's Maid) is Broomhilde (Marian's Maid) (also she was Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own) The Peasant on the Coach (the mustached guy) is the Tax Assessor (the guy that took away Loxley Castle) The Guard was a Party Guest (also Vinnie in Spaceballs, J. Paul Getty in Life Stinks, and roles in many other Mel Brooks films) Sykes was the Fire Marshall (as Mel Brooks burned the village at the beginning credits) A Villager (one of the ear lenders) is the Innkeeper Will Scarlet O'Hara is the Hansome Lieutenant at the Ball Another Villager (played by Dom Deluise's son, David) is one of the interns Van Helsing makes faint And Yes, Mina is Marian Bagel Also, while not in Men in Tights, the Gypsy Woman is Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks' wife, and has had appearances in a few other of his films.

@captin3149

2 жыл бұрын

@@TxSonofLiberty The soldier that he has throw his own drink in his face at the ball was Matthew Porretta, who played Will Scarlett O'hara in R:MIT

@boogrbear9224

2 жыл бұрын

@@TxSonofLiberty Avery Schreiber was the peasant in the coach.

That beautiful redhead is Amy Yasbeck. She's with Steven Weber in this, whom she also starred with on the 90s sitcom called "Wings". One of my favorite shows from the time. She was married to John Ritter, who you would've loved. Catch some Three's Company (late 1970s TV sitcom) if you ever get the chance.

@lazyatthedisco

2 жыл бұрын

She was also the Mom in the Problem Child movies and the reporter in The Mask. She's such a babe in all of them, got a crush on her since my teens lol

@JozeeWalz

2 жыл бұрын

John Ritter, another brilliant comic talent gone too soon 😞

@ITPalGame

2 жыл бұрын

I met Crystal Bernard and spoke with her dad in the 90s.

@3rdRockRider

2 жыл бұрын

@@ITPalGame Lucky! I couldn't take my eyes off of Crystal Bernard. 😍

@ITPalGame

2 жыл бұрын

@@3rdRockRider I was a young novice photographer (thought I would be a pro) and photographed her with her mom and dad, later sending the negatives to his church but I never got a confirmation. Now she no longer is in the public view, and he died some years ago. She even signed her CD of mine with the permanent sharpie I supplied but alas it was lost.

"I'm so done with her." That was Mel Brooks' wife, the great dramatic actress Anne Bancroft, who was also his co-star in his remake of To Be or Not to Be. Her other movies include The Miracle Worker, for which she won an Oscar, and The Graduate, in which she played Mrs. Robinson.

"I want a garlic enema" If you love Leslie Nielsen then watch the Naked Gun series, Repossessed, Wrongfully Accused, or Spy Hard. For Halloween I recommend Repossessed or Earnest Scared Stupid. Good lightheaded spooky fun 👻

@TarhosTheKnight

2 жыл бұрын

And Super Hero Movie

“My heart flutters whenever I hear his key turning in the door, and I think to myself, "Oh goody, the party is about to begin.” ― Anne Bancroft (referring to her husband, Mel Brooks)

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

great quote

@puppyash9656

Жыл бұрын

Anne Bancroft is the old woman with the throat tugging in the beginning.

My dad actually sat down with the original Dracula novel and this movie. He suggests it to everyone. There are scenes in this movie lifted almost word-for-word from the book!

@tuschman168

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, they really did their research. Not only directly parodying the book but also several of its most famous movie adaptations. It's really kind of a love letter to the entire "franchise" (even though it's not a franchise, the novel being in the public domain). And good parodies should always know the source material very well.

@Lightice1

2 жыл бұрын

This film mostly parodies the 1931 film Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. What is faithful to the book was also faithful in that film, and most of the changes are lifted from the 1931 version. Of course there's also a whole bunch of references to the more timely Bram Stoker's Dracula that came out in 1992, like the Count's wacky hair and the independently moving shadow (that was in turn originally a reference to the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu).

@jedh3721

2 жыл бұрын

comedy is all about timing and tone. Airplane is nearly a carbon copy of an older movie that was a suspense drama. They obviously changed and added stuff for the parody, but honestly not as much as you might think. some of the movie's biggest laughs comes from scenes that are verbaitem from the original.

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

in a way this is one of the best interpretations of Dracula on film.

Harvey Korman(Hedley Lemarr)plays Doctor Seward(didn't realize until last year.) The original Dracula(and a few other vampire myths)need the vampire to feed their blood to a person at the point of death rather than just biting them to transform them into a. vampire. Lmao, the way Johnathan throws up his hands when he just lightly taps the stake the second time and even MORE blood showers him is so damn hilarious. And his little chuckle after just kills me. "She's ALMOST DEAD!!!" ".......SHE'S DEAD ENOUGH!!!" This movie is a favourite of mine, it's so damn funny. However, it got poor reviews and it was thus the last film that Mel Brooks directed, which is a real shame to me. If you watch after the credits, you hear Dracula creepily sing "Serrrrvvvaaaaannnnniiiaaaa...."and laugh. He got the last word!

More people need to react to this. Such an underrated Mel Brooks classic. Brilliant! My dad knows all of the quotes from this movie. Lol.

Mel Brooks makes movies that cater to everyones style of humour and thats why he so frickin awesome. 😆

@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst

2 жыл бұрын

(Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: I know right? I have nearly all his movies and Get Smart the TV Series on DVD including the Producers the Original and the Remake, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World Part 1, To Be or Not To Be, Spaceballs, Robin Hood Men in Tights and Dracula Dead and Loving It. I just need the Twelve Chairs and I’ll be all set. Cannot find a Australian DVD copy of Life Stinks though.

Yessss I love this film. My mother met the actor who played Renfield at a restaurant once, he wasn't too excited to be 'noticed', until my mother quoted his character "Yessss master!" He smiled and hunched over in the way his character was doing and replied. "Yessss..." In the 'creepy' way he did it in the film. XD

@TarossBlackburn

2 жыл бұрын

He vas alzo onze covered in goo.

@mcgilj1

2 жыл бұрын

"HE IS VIGO...." Ghostbusters 2 was disappointing on some levels but his creepy art supervisor was hilarious...

14:00 That line was a reference to a very popular 1923 novelty song by Louis Prima: "Yes, we have no bananas. We have no bananas today."

Two roles that show Leslie Nielsen in a very different light and well worth checking out are “Forbidden Planet” where he plays the Captain, and the original “Poseidon Adventure” - also the Captain 😎

Leslie Nielsen's greatest performances since The Naked Gun trilogy

Fun fact:Harvey Korman who plays Dr. Seward ad libbed the line "I didn't know you had your hand in that." Korman was in previous Mel Brooks films Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety and was on The Carol Burnett Show. His sketches with fellow cast member Tim Conway are classics.

@hippychikforever

2 жыл бұрын

The best ones were always when Harvey was trying not to laugh.

@ShawnRavenfire

2 жыл бұрын

Harvey's mannerisms in this movie were basically him doing an impression of Nigel Bruce (famous for playing Watson in the old Sherlock Holmes movies).

@JozeeWalz

2 жыл бұрын

Tim Conway's dentist to Harvey's patient OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@StCerberusEngel

2 жыл бұрын

@@hippychikforever And Tim Conway did everything he could to break him. Loved Tim for that.

@salvationsplace

2 жыл бұрын

@@JozeeWalz Korman was a pro ... but he still pee'ed his pants in that sketch lol

The only thing more amusing than watching a good comedy movie is watching Ashleigh watch a good comedy movie! She triples the hilarity factor with her reactions!

Another Mel Brooks movie you should see if you haven't already is High Anxiety, in which Mel sings a lounge act song of "High Anxiety". It is his tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. But be sure to see some of his movies before you watch it to get the full effect - especially Psycho, Vertigo, and Rope.

There is another very good Dracula comedy from the 70's called "Love At First Bite". You should add it to your list.

@shannonbryan2191

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! My favorite Dracula movie!!!

@theman4884

2 жыл бұрын

@@shannonbryan2191 Finally someone with good taste in movies.

@hippychikforever

2 жыл бұрын

YES! George Hamilton will always be my Dracula! The only thing that sucks is unless Ashleigh watches the Blu-Ray version, she won't hear I Love The Nightlife during the big disco number.

Hand to god, my therapist’s name is Elvira and she’s from Transylvania. Took everything in me not to bust out laughing.

@Chrisyt272

2 жыл бұрын

That is amazing! 😂

Thank you for being one of the only reactors to watch this particular Mel Brooks movie. It’s one of my favorites and I think it never gets enough attention.

Mel also had a vocal cameo in Young Frankenstein. He did the sound of the off stage cat hit by one of Wilde's darts.

Fun fact: The old gypsy making the funny voice at the beginning was Ann Bancroft, the WIFE of Mel Brooks. She's had a very distinguished career on stage and screen for decades! She's considered a serious actress and performer, adored by critics. In an interview, the reporter asked Brooks out of all his films and other accomplishments what does he consider his greatest? He answered without hesitation "Winning her heart"!

@phantomofphoenix

2 жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid my dad wanted to go see the Graduate ,I had to go with him I was about 11 yrs old, boring movie. ..the memory haunts me to this day

@davidanderson1639

2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Anne Bancroft appeared in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, on which Mel Brooks was the executive producer. Jonathan Sanger, the film's producer, optioned the script from the writers Christopher Devore and Eric Bergren after receiving the script from his babysitter. Sanger had been working as Mel Brooks' assistant director on High Anxiety. Sanger showed Brooks the script, which he read and decided to help finance the film through Brooksfilms, his new company. Brooks' personal assistant, Stuart Cornfeld, suggested David Lynch to Sanger. Sanger met Lynch and they shared scripts they were working on (The Elephant Man and Lynch's Ronnie Rocket). Lynch told Sanger that he would love to direct the script after reading it, and Sanger endorsed him after hearing Lynch's ideas. However, Brooks had not heard of Lynch at the time. Sanger and Cornfeld set up a screening of Eraserhead at a screening room at 20th Century Fox, and Brooks loved it and enthusiastically let Lynch direct the film. By his own request, Brooks was not credited as executive producer to ensure that audiences would not expect a comedy after seeing his name attached to the film.

@ephennell4ever

2 жыл бұрын

OK, for that bit of Romanticism, I'm now much more of a fan of Mel Brooks.

"I want a garlic enema" Leslie Neilson, the actor who played Dracula is also great in the Naked Gun series. Great Canadian Comedic actor, but he actually got his start playing serious roles.

@DonnaLang42rockglobally

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Lesley Neilson also in "Forbidden Planet"?

@Frozen_Smoke1972

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonnaLang42rockglobally He was. He only really got into the comedic roles quite late on in his career.

@keithdean9149

2 жыл бұрын

I think he got his first big break in the "Swamp Fox" from the 1950's Disney series

@LarryDMitchell

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people saw the Police Squad TV series? That was FULL of comedy, slapstick and verbal buffoonery.

@dragonmaster1138

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarryDMitchell Yep. Loved the guest stars^^

Just out of curiosity I looked up Mel Brooks cause its been a long time, not only is he still alive but he's less then 5 years away from being 100 and was born in 1926...ohwe shit. Not only did this man achieve so much in his life but he's still ticking after much younger stars have already passed....Go Mel.

The Gypsy woman who gave Renfield the cross is Mel Brooks wife Anne Bancroft. Also check out High Anxiety. You should have heard the end credit last words of Dracula.

“The Burbs”, would be a good Wednesday watch. I can watch it on loop all day. I’ve only seen one other person react to it formally.

@christopherwalsh4763

2 жыл бұрын

The Burbs is awesome. A hidden gem.

@JeebersMuhubbard

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated classic starring one of Ashleigh’s future ex-husbands.

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeebersMuhubbard Yeah, The Legend, of course, but a wonderful and talented cast all around.

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@danajacobsen2878

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, The Burbs would be fantastic for a Hallobeans comedy watch. Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher in the suburbs, what could go wrong? "I want a garlic emema!"

"Repossessed" is a parody of "The Exorcist" with Leslie Nielson and Linda Blair (the girl in "The Exorcist") If your Wednesday HallowBeans schedule has room it would be a fun choice. If not then it would be good for next year. That would give you time to see more Leslie Nielson movies like the "Naked Gun" series and "Spy Hard".

@jonisilk

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone forgets about Spy Hard, but I love it. And the the opening credits song is great.

@eskreskao

2 жыл бұрын

She should remember to dine on some pea soup before watching Repossessed.

@pantlessreactions

2 жыл бұрын

Loved Repossessed.... Still use the John Hancock joke to this day

"Death Becomes Her" Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, and Goldie Hawn. Underrated movie in my opinion.

So glad you’ve discovered Mel Brooks! Some of his other movies worth watching are Silent Movie, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, and Life Stinks. He stars in all of them. Also, though not directed by him but produced by his company, My Favorite Year with Peter O’Toole is based on his experience with Errol Flynn while a writer on Sid Caesar’s 1950s television variety show. All are worth watching.

There's a lot of the cast from Men in Tights in this film. Also, the older man is Harvey Korman, who was Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles.

@trailersic

2 жыл бұрын

Took me a while to realise

Whilst this is often viewed as one of Mel Brooks's weaker films, if not his weakest, my brother and I really love it and quote it a fair amount. Something that's really great about it is that it covers multiple Dracula films. The overall plot and Leslie Nielsen's performance are based on 1931's Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, and the fact that it's in color and the overall look of the film is based off of the Hammer horror Dracula films starring Sir Christopher Lee. There are also additional references to other Dracula films such as the one from 1979 starring Frank Langella and Bram Stoker's Dracula starring Gary Oldman which came out a few years prior to this.

@thickerconstrictor9037

2 жыл бұрын

I'm completely aware of that thought process by people but this is easily my favorite Mel Brooks film. And that's not taking his films lightly I fucking love his movies. Spaceballs, young frankenstein, blazing saddles, Robin Hood Men in tights, on and on and on I fucking love Mel Brooks but I just love Dracula and I love Leslie Nielsen and for me this was my favorite although I acknowledge it wasn't the best.

@noureldinkhalil4458

2 жыл бұрын

I bet 10 USD she will love Gary Oldman's facial hair

@JakkFrost1

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's fair to say this is primarily based on the Gary Oldman version, with nods to all the others, especially since that was largely Brooks MO in the late 80s and 90s, to parody a recent blockbuster.

@sleeper-cassie

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this, but it doesn't surprise me. _Young Frankenstein_ may be more universally beloved, but it also betrays a deep knowledge of classic horror films. (Come to think of it, _Blazing Saddles_ is pretty well versed in the western genre. I'm beginning to suspect this Mel Brooks guy knows what he's doing…)

@marianne5055

2 жыл бұрын

It also pokes fun of the Francis Ford Coppola film too with the hairstyles lol

In my personal opinion, the best spoof vampire movie is called Love at First Bite, it came out in the very early '80s or maybe very late 70s, I can't remember... and one of the inside jokes is that the guy they hired to play Dracula was the guy who was considered the "tan king" of Hollywood at the time, which is really amazing. There are quite a few jokes in that one that you will only get if you understand what's happening and the period, like that Roots had just come out, and so everybody who was Black was really hung up on finding their ancestry and all that sort of thing. Some of it falls a little flat today like a lot of movies from that period, but it's really amusing in its own way. Like... it's not trying so hard I guess, which this movie does kind of try a little harder to be funny, and that always makes me feel a little bit less willing to laugh. I don't know if that makes any sense. But yeah anyway; Love at First Bite, great movie.

I'm surprised you didn't recognize Amy Yasbeck, (Mina) who also played Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Harvey Korman (Dr. Seward), who played Hedley Lamar in Blazing Saddles.

Not gonna lie was waiting for someone to watch this underrated gem, just legendary performances and comedy moments! FUSHTA!

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

agreed, nobody else has done a movie reaction on youtube. many will deny it but i consider this mel brooks funniest film, since it got the most laughs out of me.

The actress who plays the village woman is Anne Bancroft who is actually Mel Brooks’ wife. She was an Academy Award Winner and is a legend in her own right.

@PlanetHendrix

2 жыл бұрын

I love Anne. They are brilliant together in “To Be of Not To Be”. Not a Mel Brooks directed film but a must see by any fan. Especially since you get to see the brilliant comedic play between Anne and Mel.

@snakeguy76

2 жыл бұрын

And deceased also.

@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetHendrix (Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: Even though Mel Brooks doesn’t direct or write the movie “To Be or Not to Be” he does at least star in it and produce it. The movie stars Mel Brooks himself, his late great wife Anne Bancroft and surprisedly enough Back to the Future Doc Brown himself Christopher Allen Lloyd as S.S Captain Schultz who is one of the best characters aside from Mel and Anne in the movie. He was one of the actors I wasn’t expecting in a Mel Brooks movie next the late great Sir John Vincent Hurt, Gene Hackman, Bernadette Peters, and of course one of my favourite British knighted actors Sir Patrick Stewart.

One of the most quoted lines in a Mel Brooks movie "I saw EVERYTHING."

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

right after he said i didnt see anything.

Fun fact: This is the only Dracula movie where he climbs on a wall upside down like he does in the book.

The beautiful woman played Maid Marian in Mel Brooks' Robin Hoid: Men in Tights. Her name is Amy Yasback. She is the widow of John Ritter.

@RyoHazuki224

2 жыл бұрын

And theres that larger woman (I forget her name) that is in this and also in Men in Tights as Marian's chambermaid.

@michaelccozens

2 жыл бұрын

She was also the "Dear Peggy" columnist in The Mask. I loved her character in that movie; she was hilarious!

@brutallyhonest123

2 жыл бұрын

Weren’t they both in one of the Problem Child movies?

Ashleigh, just for reference the hairpiece was spoofing Bram Stroker's Dracula it was how Gary Oldman's Dracula wore his hair. If there is time in Hallowbeans Leslie plays a priest in "Repossessed (1990)" a spoof on Exorcist (1973) which I don't think you have seen yet.

@TuxKamen

2 жыл бұрын

Also where the free moving shadow bits came from

@stuartrowntree5589

2 жыл бұрын

She reacted to The Exorcist last Hallow beans 😊

@justanotherdayinthelife9841

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah she really shldv watched Bram Stokers first

@gspendlove

2 жыл бұрын

I just bought Repossessed! On a DVD set along with Slaughter High, one of the SNDN movies and My Best Friend Is a Vampire. It was hilarious!

Ashleigh you really should get hold of the version of dracula, starring Bela Lugosi. it is considered a classic. And the best remembered line is spoken by Dracula, who, after a wolf howls, says, "Ah, the children of the night...what music they make. He does NOT ever say "I want to drink your blood..."

Fun fact: The "handsome man" at the ball who threw a drink in his own face is Matthew Porretta. He also played Will Scarlett O'Hara in Robin Hood: Men in Tights...with Amy Yasbeck and Megan Cavanagh.

The redhead was Amy Yasbeck who played Maid Marian in Robin Hood Men in Tights.

The gypsy at the beginning is Anne Bancroft! She was Mel's wife in real life! An excellent actress who also starred in mostly dramatic rolels like " Miracle Worker" & "The Graduate". She also appeared with Mel in "To Be or Not to Be"!

@proehm

2 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to seduce me Misses Kaminsky?

The "hairpiece" is from the movie Bram stroker's Dracula. A good movie to see during Hallobeen time.

There have been many Dracula films over the years. The Christopher Lee Hammer Horrors are classics but the one probably most accurate to the book is Bram Stoker's Dracula with Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder & Keanu Reeves. So i'd definitely recommend giving that version a watch. Fun fact. They brought in an actual priest for the marriage ceremony in the film so technically Keanu & Winona got married. They've both been known to joke about it in interviews & say they are actually married to each other.

Renfield broke the 4th wall when he looked to the camera to say "I saw everything."

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

i find that funny

Transylvania is the largest province of Romania, and it was it's own nation back in the middle ages. It and its neighbor, Wallachia, were famously the stomping ground of Vlad the Impaler, the namesake of Dracula, though the character is not directly based on him other than a few blood drinking legends.

@grandpagohan1

2 жыл бұрын

Huh. I thought Wallachia was the old name for Transylvania before it became Romania. Shows what I know about geography.

@andrewft31

2 жыл бұрын

His families original name was Dracul meaning the dragon.

@robertgronewold3326

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandpagohan1 They're right next to each other, so not a hard mix up to do.

@robertgronewold3326

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewft31 Actually, it's not a family name, but a title. His father was part of the Order of the Dragon, so he got the honorific, Dracul, or dragon, leading to Dracula, son of the Dragon.

The wig was because in one of the many remakes of the story (the 1992 version with Gary Oldman), Dracula had hair like that. The "original" that everyone makes fun of was the 1931 movie with Bela Lugosi as Dracula. His Hungarian accent has been associated with the character ever since.

The young engaged "cutie" is Steven Weber. He was a costar on the TV series Wings and he had a recurring role as Caroline's father on 2 Broke Girls. The pretty redhead and her maid are also in Robin Hood: Men In Tights as Maid Marion and her maid.

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

not to mention hes the voice of disneys tarzan

The 1934 “Dracula” with Bella Lugosi is certainly the origin of the mythos of the character, but this film came out shortly after Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”. Most of the parody here is from that. Perhaps you can squeeze in that film in next year’s Hallowbeans. You’ll have a better appreciation of the jokes in “Dead and Loving It” after seeing it.

@ThreadBomb

2 жыл бұрын

Dracula (1931), starred Bela Lugosi. In fact, the Mel Brooks movie is full of references to that film. My guess is you didn't notice because you haven't actually seen it. The way Dracula turns into a bat was taken from Son of Dracula (1943). There were also a couple of references to Nosferatu (1922), which was the first film of the Dracula story.

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

not gonna lie the dracula wig on gary oldman looks even funnier on him than on leslie nielsen.

@Seele2015au

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThreadBomb This film also had many references to Polanski's "The Fearless Vampire Killers" (1967) and "Love At First Bite" (1979) starring George Hamilton, both send-ups of the Dracula film genre. In fact so many films were made based on Dracula, many of them with serious intentions, they were ripe for parodies. The colour grading for many of the interior shops was very similar to those used by the Hammer production company who made an amazing quantity of horror films, with the still iconic roles of Dracula and Van Helsig played by Christoper Lee and Peter Cushing respectively.

@DerekEvans1013

2 жыл бұрын

That movie came out in 1931

lol, the actress you said you were so done with and said Madeline Kahn would have been perfect in the role she played is Mel Brook's wife, and Oscar winning actress Anne Bancroft. She won the Best Actress Oscar in 1962 for 'The Miracle Worker.' and was the love of Mel's life.

Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 is quite long but this is a spoof from that story. The Novel was published in 1897 and Wrote in Whitby North Yorkshire UK. The movie Van Helsing 2004 is a follow up with Johnathan Harker's wife Mina Harker now a vampire, alongside monsters featured in classic monster movies from 1930s and 1940s

Oh and I think the governor was Harvey korman who also played in blazing saddles. He played Headley Lamar

@williambevins

2 жыл бұрын

Harvey Korman was Dr Seward.

@redcelticdrake

2 жыл бұрын

That's Hedly

Its heartwarming to see younger generations getting familiar with Mels' work and the absolute genius he is. Same goes with Lelsies' comedy talent . Thank you Ashleigh for your love of cinema and brilliant humor

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

agree 100%

The Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman Dracula, based on the original Bram Stoker is a MUST watch - it's so haunting and sexy dark vampire romance at its best

To show the true genius of Mel Brooks, he won a best picture Oscar for The Elephant Man. It's super serious with no comedy in it at all. Mel was the producer of the film. Brooksfilms made it.

@ThreadBomb

2 жыл бұрын

Mel Brooks also produced David Cronenberg's The Fly!

"Love at First Bite" was another excellent vampire comedy.

@johnlloyddy7016

2 жыл бұрын

And then there's also "Once Bitten" starring a very young Jim Carrey.

@alisong4667

2 жыл бұрын

So is What We Do In The Shadows :)

@dethwalker01

2 жыл бұрын

"Children of the Night............ Shut Up!!!!" Love that movie. (quote from Love at First Bite)

@timoates9592

2 жыл бұрын

Love at First Bite was awesome. I love the ending when he tells her she can never see the sun again, and she says I could never put myself together before 7pm anyway!

I feel like Monster Squad is the perfect Hallobeans Wednesday movie.

@ShawnRavenfire

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too, noticing the shirt.

@MusizKanuck

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Such an awesome 80’s Halloween classic!!

@stugod5000

2 жыл бұрын

*Clears throat* WOLFMAN'S GOT NARDS!

@carlosrvra

2 жыл бұрын

@@stugod5000 "My NAME ...(cocks shotgun)... is HORACE."

@carlosrvra

2 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

The Bela Lugosi Dracula is epic. Dark, B&W, foreboding. I noticed several textbook aspects of Mesmerism in there as well. Great film, worth a watch!

The old woman warbling her voice at the beginning of the movie was Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks' real wife. She won a Best Actress Academy award for "the Miracle Worker".

You have to watch THE NAKED GUN!

The scene where they stake the girl is one of the funniest scenes ever, especially when you know the real life story. That scene was so messy they really had to get it in one take. But when they did it, without telling the actor Stephen Weber, they turned the blood pressure (no pun intended) up way stronger than planned. So he got hit each time way harder than expected but because they needed to get it in one go he couldn't break. He couldn't let himself laugh or go, "What the hell?" So by the end where he's frustrated going, "She dead enough!" I think there's some legit real annoyance in there. 🤣🤣🤣

@AndreNitroX

2 жыл бұрын

thats awesome

Apparently, actor Peter MacNicol was casted because he could do Renfield's from the 1931 Dracula. Also, the "children of the night, what mess do they make" and "I never drink...wine" lines are direct spoofs from this one, but the funny shaped hair and the shadow gag from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Cary Elwes (Robin Hood in Men in Tights) is in it...

After this you really need to see Francis Ford Coppolas “Dracula” with Gary Oldman as Dracula and Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing. It’s really close to the novel written by Bram Stoker.

@swirvinbirds1971

2 жыл бұрын

It would help her to understand Leslie's hairpiece in this.

"Renfield, you asshole!" LOL, my favorite line from the whole movie.

I think the Doctor recommending enemas all the time is a reference to the movie "The Road To Wellville" which is about Kellogg's quackery at his healing resort back in the day. Yes, the guy who invented the breakfast cereal, who was a nut. It's well worth watching.

@chrischase4940

2 жыл бұрын

The Road to Wellville” is such an under rated comedy!

Ash can I just say your hair is looking particularly awesome. If you watch the original Dracula films it will make this film even better because there are many loving Easter eggs and spoofs

The red-headed woman playing Mina Seward is Amy Yasbeck, she was also Maid Marian in Robin Hood, Men in Tights. She is John Ritter's widow, and yes, very beautiful.

I want a garlic enema! Lol you forgot that Renfield broke the fourth wall with his, "I saw EVERYTHING!"