I understand that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was way before the Knoxville connection - I was just tryin' to tell ya that Knoxville has a connection with Frankenstein. I didn't read the book I mentioned, I didn't do research on Mary Shelley; I just wanted to give you a little fun fact regarding where I live. :)

@JohnMiller-zn9pf

3 жыл бұрын

So you have Kane the wrestler ad your mayor?

@hopposai787

3 жыл бұрын

mel brooks played the blind old hermit.

@jayintn71

3 жыл бұрын

No, the blind hermit was Gene Hackman.

@hopposai787

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayintn71 you're right.

@ingibingi2000

3 жыл бұрын

It was in between the time of the book and the movie, so it still may have been bits of inspiration for the film makers in the early 30s

"Young Frankenstein" was written by Gene Wilder and Wilder talked to Mel Brooks about directing it while they were shooting "Blazing Saddles". The one condition Wilder gave was that Brooks could not appear in it. Wilder was afraid that Brooks' anarchic style of breaking the fourth wall would give YF more "zaniness" than he wanted. Brooks agreed and did not make his customary appearance.

@gahrie

3 жыл бұрын

His does some voice effects instead.

@gutz1981

3 жыл бұрын

Seems almost a dick move. It says "Yes I want you cause I love what you do. But you know that thing you are famous for doing in your films that people like? Don't do it." Shame. Who knows what part he could have played.

@ravenshrike

3 жыл бұрын

The wolf howl on the way to the castle however was Brooks. There was also a cut portion that was the reading of Frankenstein's will which Brooks voiced.

@Umptyscope

3 жыл бұрын

@@gutz1981 He could have easily played the blind monk, instead of Gene Hackman.

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

3 жыл бұрын

@@gutz1981 I kind of get where Gene was coming from though. There was a more delicate line walked with this one, where it's more of a loving homage to the Universal classic which he loved, rather than an 'anything goes for a laugh' schtick of Brooks' over great works.

"Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso." -The Blindman Gene Hackman knocked it out of the park. He proves that there's no such thing as small parts, only small actors.

@Phil_Trujeque

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂... completely improvised line to boot.

@ajivins1

3 жыл бұрын

Best Lex Luthor!

@pcwkid76

3 жыл бұрын

Hackman got the part because he used to play tennis with the Gene Wilder and asked Gene about the film he was making.

@ocularnervosa

3 жыл бұрын

I watched this movie 5 times before I realized the blind man was Gene Hackman.

@jonniiinferno9098

3 жыл бұрын

@@ocularnervosa - LoL - i never knew either - but now i know... wow - so i guess it is True - it really is possible to learn something new everyday on the internet... =P

Marty Feldman was the only actor to play Eigor without makeup. Marty was a comic genius, he ad-libbed much of his performance.

@sebastianemond5313

3 ай бұрын

7:16 🎵IIIIIII ain't got no boooody! And nobody cares a-for me! Yakaty-yakaty-tah!🎵 😂😂😂😂That was his best bit here. Also, 9:52 if only Eye-gor had grabbed Charles Opie instead of the abnormal brain, he would've saved himself from such a pain in the neck later.

@theklaus7436

Ай бұрын

I think they were 5 who were caught in snow in a cabin - Mary Shelley , and Byron.

Fun fact: A hundred years ago, a Czech writer named Karel Capek decided to update the Frankenstein story. He wrote a play about a Doctor Rozzum who figured out how to create artificial humans from genetically modified seaweed. He then taught the artificial humans how to run the assembly line. They soon realized that they didn't need us humans and so they killed us off. Capek needed a new name for his creatures so he asked his painter brother. Josef Capek suggested that they use the old Czech word for 'laborer'. So on 6 Jan 1921 the play R.U.R. (Rozzum's Universal ROBOTS) premiered in Prague. The word 'robot' took off and the rest is history. So happy 100th birthday to the word 'robot'.

@oobrocks

Жыл бұрын

Great trivia 🎉

Fun fact: The set and equipment is from the original Frankenstein movie.

@earldeanpowell

3 жыл бұрын

That IS a FF!!!

@lucasvincent2875

3 жыл бұрын

... Which you would know if you watched the credits! Forgive me if I come off as cheeky, Ashleigh. I've been a bit part, an extra, and a tech. That's left me with a habit of staying through the credits. The most awkward moment of the first movie date with my wife.... "Have a seat, the credits...."

@kendon81

3 жыл бұрын

you beat me to this fact.

@reuvengershon6625

3 жыл бұрын

From 1931?

@adamrichards3174

3 жыл бұрын

Not only was it the original equipment, they rented it from Kenneth Strickfaden himself... the man that created and built it.

Fun fact: the laboratory equipment was the same stuff used in the original Frankenstein movies - the guy who designed and built the stuff had it stored in his garage.

@jjstanding7314

3 жыл бұрын

That is so fucking cool!

@jjkhawaiian

3 жыл бұрын

I think Mel Brooks bought the stuff from the guy and still has it to this day, according to a documentary.

@kimothy1701

3 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it, damn your eyes.

@farfromperfek

3 жыл бұрын

He also used it for Grandpa laboratory in the Munsters TV show.

@logandarklighter

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimothy1701 Too late! 🤣

Fun fact; in 1975 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was having a hard time thinking of a name for a name for a new song he wrote. So the band decided to take a break and go see a movie. They went to see this movie. When the part were Igor says "Walk this way", and both of them walk the exact same way he does, the whole band laughed!! They turned to Steven Tyler and said this HAS to be the name of the new song. This is were the name of the song "Walk This Way" comes from.

The actor that played the monster also played Ray Romano's father on Everybody Loves Raymond.

@sopwithpuppy

3 жыл бұрын

He was also John Lennon's best man at his wedding to Yoko Ono.

@gordondavis6168

3 жыл бұрын

And he was the evil manager of Con-Am’s mIning operation on Io in Outland.

@seriouspepe5301

3 жыл бұрын

And the black Knight from scooby doo monsters unleashed

@johnboy2562

3 жыл бұрын

And Teri Garr went on to play Phoebe's mother in Friends.☺️

@biggmat8249

3 жыл бұрын

The old blind man was Gene Hackman, it was uncredited.

Has anyone said Clue, because she should watch Clue.

@BigGator5

3 жыл бұрын

Second.

@Alexeya13

3 жыл бұрын

LOVE THAT MOVIE. I've been watching it for 35 years. Madeline Kahn was brilliant as Mrs. White. The entire cast was perfection.

@paynespnz

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@dnf-dead

3 жыл бұрын

Such a good endings

@dveiwer

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a must now....

Fun fact: Mel did play a part in this. When Gene is playing darts with the inspector, every time Gene throws a dart and misses we hear a cat screech like it got hit. That was actually Mel Brooks making that sound behind the camera to try and mess with Gene and make him break character, and it got kept in the film!

@paulcox4807

3 жыл бұрын

Mel's face was actually used as a model for a "gargoyle"face seen as they enter the lab. There's his "cameo" of sorts.

@quiett6191

3 жыл бұрын

that wolf howl from the "Where Wolf"? scene also sounded like Mel.

@randybennett9634

3 жыл бұрын

Gene Wilder would only make the film if Mel Brooks promised not to appear in it. Brooks usually appeared in his own films, but Wilder felt that Brooks' appearance would ruin the illusion. Brooks made off-camera appearances as the howling wolf, Frederick's grandfather, and the shrieking cat.

@stephanginther9051

3 жыл бұрын

OH that is sooo cool! Thanks for sharing.

@kdrapertrucker

3 жыл бұрын

The exchange with the shoeshine boy was word for word the lyrics from Chattanooga choo choo, a song.

I love how Brooks just beats the Blucher-horse joke into the ground so thoroughly that it becomes funny again when Igor does it.

Cloris Leachman died at age 94. :( A nice long life full of wonderful work, but it's still sad to lose a legend.

@josephcox178

3 жыл бұрын

Bless you, talented beautiful ladies, Cloris and Madeline. Thanks so much for all the laughs.

Re: The awkward conversation at the train station with the shoeshine boy--Their dialog closely mimics the lyrics and rhythm of "Chattanooga Choo Choo", a famous swing song from the 40s, and the first gold record ever. (Literally the only difference is that Gene Wilder says "Transylvania station" in place of "Chattanooga Choo Choo", and instead of him saying "Boy, you can give me a shine," instead the boy says "Oh, can I give you a shine?") In 1974, 99% of the audience would have recognized the song from that dialog immediately, but its popularity has...declined somewhat in the intervening 45 years.

@thomasglynn2282

3 жыл бұрын

She is a millennial

@vinnynj78

3 жыл бұрын

42 years old and I get it. Big Glenn Miller fan.

@dadoctah

3 жыл бұрын

I think that, and a few other references she didn't have the background to get, might have got that other half a star. Like the tossed-away exchange: "Eyegor, help me with the bags"/"You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban" works better if you recognize it as a Groucho Marx imitation. Also the callbacks to other films in the original Frankenstein films, like Madeline Kahn's updated hairdo and hissing referring to "Bride of Frankenstein", and Kenneth Mars' wooden arm a direct reference to the police inspector in "Son of Frankenstein". Plus if Mel Brooks *had* actually done a cameo of some kind in this picture, that would have clinched the deal.

@BobBlumenfeld

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the "Transylvania Station" is a parody of "Pennsylvania Station" aka Penn Station in New York City.

@lucasvincent2875

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasglynn2282 but she's trying. And Beans is too cute.

"You must be Igor? " "No, its pronounced Eye-gor" Rest in Peace Gene Wilder Marty Feldman Peter Boyle

@nicholaslindsey7087

3 жыл бұрын

And Madeline Kahn 😢

@MasterAndreRaven

3 жыл бұрын

Aye, it is a damned shame that almost all of the starring cast of this film are now gone. Rest in peace to the lot of them.

@adamrichards3174

3 жыл бұрын

and Kenneth Mars, the inspector, died 2011

@creech54

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamrichards3174 And, naturally, many/most of the older cast members, like Richard Haydn and Liam Dunn (the skinny guy).

"Igor, please help with the bags" "Certainly, you take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban"

Marty Feldman cracks me up, he was so damn funny and played such a good character, in all his shows. He died too young, he had so much more to give😔.

Ashleigh is unintentionally setting up jokes, "That's a big door knocker."

@JJinVenice

3 жыл бұрын

It is one of those jokes you finally get on a 2nd or 3rd watching when you finally realize that they are a pair of big knockers :-D

Marty Feldman (Igor) was a famous British comedian - and the eyes were real.

@Welsh_Dragon756

3 жыл бұрын

One of my brothers friends has the same eyes. He looks exactly like him. To this day I don't think I've ever mentioned it around him.

@davidwalter2002

3 жыл бұрын

@@Welsh_Dragon756 Does he have a hump? What hump?

@Welsh_Dragon756

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwalter2002 🤣 no thank god. I don't think I would have been able to hold myself together if he had. He definitely should go to a Halloween party as Igor sometime though

@voxorox

3 жыл бұрын

He also performed on a British TV show with some of the Monty Python team before they became Monty Python called "At Last the 1948 Show". He was a comedic genius.

@mikeking7710

3 жыл бұрын

He died on the set, while making "Yellowbeard". While it's a wonderful film, it might be a tiny bit too Pythonesque for Ashleigh.

Marty Feldman was a comic genius and died so young, to young.

@scottcubed

3 жыл бұрын

Igors hump moving from one side to the other was not in the original script. Feldman did it to screw with the rest of the cast.

@donwild50

3 жыл бұрын

He was filming a movie in Mexico and got a severe attack of shellfish poisoning, which lead to a heart attack. He as 48 years old, way too young.

@kentondickerson

3 жыл бұрын

He had Grave's Disease which caused his eyes to be prominent.

@robertwilloughby8050

3 жыл бұрын

@@kentondickerson Correct, but they were reasonably normal until he had an operation in the late 50's, which regulated his Grave's but buggered up his eyes.

@ericwagner1824

3 жыл бұрын

Marty Feldman's movie "In God We Trust" is the greatest movie you've never heard of!

"Pardon me, boy? Is this the Transylvania station?" One of the best exchanges in the whole movie 😂 It's a parody of the song, Chattanooga Choo Choo -- a very fun song from the Glenn Miller Orchestra! Edit: Also, with quite a few of the film's jokes, it helps to have seen the original Frankenstein movies. Since my dad is a Mel Brooks fan, it was decades before I saw them, but made the Young Frankenstein experience that much better 😉 (Same would go for High Anxiety -- totally recommend watching a few more Hitchcock films and then see it!)

Madeline Kahn without Mel Brooks: "Clue". Another comedy movie.

@krisbrown6692

3 жыл бұрын

And another great movie.

@Justanotherconsumer

3 жыл бұрын

I, am, your singing telegram!

@johnbiggscr

3 жыл бұрын

@@Justanotherconsumer ...bang!

@BessieRiggs

3 жыл бұрын

1+1+2+1...

@TheMatt6837

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not shouting Alright I am I'm shouting I'm shouting I'm shou... (clang of candlestick). Tim Curry was a genius performer

This movie was actually Gene Wilder's idea that he pitched to Mel Brooks while they were filming Blazing Saddles.

@chumly8596

3 жыл бұрын

not just pitched... that was his requirement to play in blazing saddles..

@richarddimeck4578

3 жыл бұрын

They argued over the 'putting on the Ritz' scene as well. One of the only times they did

Young Frankenstein is a love letter to the original film. They actually used a lot of the original props from the first film in it. So if some of it felt off, it was because they were following the beats of the original. They shot the film on Black and white film, so the studio couldn't release a color version of it. They wanted to stay true to the to source. If you ever get a chance to watch the original one, it would make it a lot clearer how much passion they had into it. I am glad you enjoyed it

How could you skip over the funniest scene in the movie? Gene Wilder: "Igor, help me with the bags." Marty Feldman: Certainly, you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban."

@BasketOfPuppies

2 жыл бұрын

You clearly spelled "toiban" wrong. :)

@josheldridge8546

2 жыл бұрын

And "soitently"

@N37tron_Danc3

Жыл бұрын

We make arrogant presumption if we assume Igor is not a ladies man. I used to go to school with someone who was a total schlemiel, but he always had at least two girls fighting over him!

Gene Wilder is great. But Marty Feldman was AMAZING as Igorr.

@billolsen4360

2 жыл бұрын

"Abby someone"

The reason Mel used to cast Madeline Kahn in his movies is because she was a fucking legend. She was hilarious - RIP.

@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy

3 жыл бұрын

Dom DeLuise still appeared in more Brooks movies, though. R.I.P. to him as well.

@vapoet

3 жыл бұрын

She was nominated for an Oscar for Blazing Saddles.

@hedgehog1965uk

3 жыл бұрын

I only just found out (from Googling her) that she died back in 1999 (less than a month before the millennium) at the age of only 57. So sad.

@craigwheller

3 жыл бұрын

She's great in Paper Moon

@JeshuaSquirrel

3 жыл бұрын

Madeline Khan is fantastic in Clue.

Mel Brooks said the crew kept laughing during the filming, so he knew he had a hit.

Fun fact: The Monster aka Peter Boyle played Ray Romano's dad in "Everybody Love Raymond"

Appropriate that you posted this one on "hump day". True story, any time one of my co-workers wishes me a happy hump day in chat, I will respond with a GIF of Igor saying, "What Hump?"

OK time to explain Credits, PRIOR to 1977, ALL movies had the majority of their credits in front of the film, this was a UNION demand so that people saw who was responsible for the movie. In comes George Lucas who, like you, was not a fan of them, and was harassed by the Directors Guild to PUT Credits at the front of STAR WARS, he refused, but the movie became SO POPULAR that slowly over time, credits at the beginning faded away to having them at the end like we do today. THE BEST Credit scene EVER MADE though was in the 1978 film SUPERMAN, if you have not seen that, the MUSIC along with the fancy credits, gives me goosebumps Every time!! :D

@cheffreysailto8937

3 жыл бұрын

Any Danny Kaye movie 🤷🏽‍♂️

@simonoleary9264

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that 🙂. Now we get 20 mins of titles for all the production companies instead 🙄

@Jumpman67

3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation. One of my favorite opening credit scenes is the first Back to the Future where they slowly pan around Doc’s lab and you get a lot of information .

@granadosvm

3 жыл бұрын

When Star Wars opened with just the sentence "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... " George Lucas was made to pay a fine to the directors and some other guild, but he preferred paying than modifying his vision of how to properly introduce his movie.

@Dilirium23

3 жыл бұрын

And trailers used to come after (trail) the feature. This made people more likely to watch the end credits to see what was to come. Now we just have end credit scenes.

A little bit of trivia: the Monster's scene with the little girl is taken straight from the original first Frankenstein movie - which is why he looks at the camera with a look of bemusement... you see, in the original movie, upon finishing the petals, the monster actually tossed the GIRL down the well. That face the Monster made in this movie was basically "are we REALLY going to pull that crap here too?"

Am I the only one that tears up a little when ash shows beans affection? It's so freaking sweet.

"Her" is Madeline Kahn, one of the greatest comediennes of the 20th century (literally: she died in 1999), and even though she wasn't as appreciated as much back then as she is now (which is why her filmography is so scattershot), every time she makes an appearance she dominates. She was known for her bizarre take on line readings and strange ad-libs, perhaps the greatest of which is in CLUE...which you absolutely must see for Spooky Season, although you should watch MURDER BY DEATH first because technically, it came out earlier.

@djmeghan

3 жыл бұрын

I loved her in Clue!

@AtlantaTerry

3 жыл бұрын

The 21st Century did not start until January 1, 2001. Stanley Kubrick knew as much which is why the title of the film used the correct year.

@Fulschermd

3 жыл бұрын

Loved Murder By Death... it would likely trigger some people today.

@Pooglian

3 жыл бұрын

Madeline Kahn was always amazing. For no reason other than it's easily accessible (and a fair example of how she was different from other singers/comedians), here's her duet with Grover on Sesame Street: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpifmZSHo5nZcqg.html

@keyman6689

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fulschermd I loved Murder By Death, too! Way better than Clue, although Tim Curry keeps me going back to it. But yeah, snowflakes won't be too fond of some of its humor, exaggerating stereotypes, and a white man playing a Chinese. But it's hilarious. You had me at a blind butler and a deaf cook, haha!

Madelyn Khan petitioned Mel Brooks to be in his movies. He felt she was too serious an actress to do comedy. Thankfully for us, Mel relented and Madelyn proved to have serious comedic chops. What would Blazing Saddles be like without Madelyn Khan's character?

@jalcalahr

3 жыл бұрын

MK was a genius comedian

@lisanygaard2720

3 жыл бұрын

Mel Brooks told her to just sing a little song while brushing her hair - and she comes up with Battle Hymn of the Republic! 😂😂😂

@hippychikforever

3 жыл бұрын

or History of the World without Empress Nympho?

@DrRobert1138

3 жыл бұрын

It's twue! It's twue!!

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

3 жыл бұрын

I love her best in High Anxiety. The 'what are you wearing?' scene ranks as one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

3:57 I can’t stop laughing at your reaction, it fits too well with Igor’s facial expression

Fun fact: when Gene showed Mel Brooks the first draft, Gene said he'd only do the movie if Mel WASNT in it 🤣

"Is he trying to make something else come alive?" No, but his assistant did. ;)

@awkwardashleigh

3 жыл бұрын

OH MYYYYY

@crgrier

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

@JustPlayTheGame76

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I knew I wasnt the only one making this joke. lol

@jeffreysmith236

3 жыл бұрын

STOP IT!

Fun fact: Mel Brooks directed this movie as a "thank you" for Gene Wilder helping him by playing the Wako Kid in Blazing Saddles on short notice. Originally a different actor was cast as the Kid, but that actor became violently ill when shooting the upside-down jail scene. Mel called Gene to help save the movie, and Gene hopped on a train that weekend, got his costume fitted on Sunday, and started shooting on Monday. Source: an on stage interview with Mel Brooks in Thousand Oaks, CA.

@sorrystaunton

3 жыл бұрын

The original actor was Gig Young who was an alcoholic and going through withdrawal he only filmed the one scene hanging upside down in the jail cell, threw up and Mel called Wilder.....

@lotuswraith

3 жыл бұрын

​@@sorrystaunton Thanks! I could never remember that guy's name.

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 on a dare during a party with her husband Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. It has been many years since I read the history but I believe she won the writing contest they were all having and the story ended up being widely considered the first modern sci-fi ever published. 😉 Little to no connection to later events though.

Igor: I remember when my old dad, when these sorts of things would happen to him. The things he'd say to me. Frankenstein: What did he say? Igor: "What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night?!? Why don't you get out of there and give someone else a chance!"

The rear hinged car doors are colloquially known as “suicide doors” and were common on cars made in the first half of the 20th century.

@lucasvincent2875

3 жыл бұрын

And they're totally cool

@Urugami45

3 жыл бұрын

I had a '69 Continental with those. It ruled!

The "pre-credits" served as a movie's overture, helping to set the mood for what's to come. A person really needs to have seen the Universal "Frankenstein" films from the 30s and 40s to appreciate over half the jokes and references in this movie.

@peterfree4986

3 жыл бұрын

This definitely, specifically Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein

@donwild50

2 жыл бұрын

During the 20's, 30's and 40's showing the Pre Credits was normal and insisted on by the Studios. The studios were in it for the money, they found, made and essentially Created "The Star Phenomenon." People back then went to the movies regularly...television didn't exist. Often an audience would not know the cast, director or producer of a film until they sat down in the theater, and The Studio wanted to make sure that audience knew from the start what and who would be in their movie. It's the same reason EVERY movie back then started with the studio logo on the screen. Some theaters just got films delivered to them with a pile of movie posters and the title on the reels. They didn't know what the studio would send them until it actually got there. Today, movies just "Start" because almost all modern films have been hyped to the heavens by the time it is actually shown.

Marty Feldman playing Igor was sheer brilliance!

My favorite part of this whole movie is when Igor scares himself with his hand through the “brain slot”. Damn, that’s just pure physical comedy right right there.

Mel Brooks is “technically” in Young Frankenstein but he does the shrieking cat noises when it gets hit with the dart.

@DavidB-2268

3 жыл бұрын

And he did a voiceover during the town hall meeting scene.

@ajivins1

3 жыл бұрын

He's not in everything, he's not Stan Lee!

@DavidB-2268

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajivins1 first there was Alfred Hitchcock, who made a cameo in all of his movies (in Lifeboat, he was the "before" in a before and after ad that floats past), then Brooks did it as well, with the exception of The Producers, and he doesn't physically appear in Young Frankenstein. Stan Lee's cameos were done as a cutesy homage to Lee. He wasn't the director of the movies.

@Lord-E-Lordy

3 жыл бұрын

He also plays the father of the little girl that the monster meets.

@DavidB-2268

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lord-E-Lordy what? No. Helga's father is played by Michael Fox, who incidentally, is the reason Michael J. Fox had to add the middle initial.

I'm so spoiled with these multiple uploads, Miss Ashleigh. Love them so much, but I also know that so many KZreadrs get burnt out or sucked into this guilt of not making more content. We love the videos, but you put your physical and mental wellness as a higher priority. Day to day life can be hard enough without the extra we throw on ourselves.

@awkwardashleigh

3 жыл бұрын

Oh absolutely!! I'll go back to Normal in November! :) I appreciate your care!

By the way, the awkward exchange with the boy at the train station was a comic reference to a song from the 1940s… “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”. 🙂 And Mel loved Madeline Khan, she was wickedly funny and he used her in every production that he could. He mentions her a lot in interviews and commentaries. 😉

@Mirrorgirl492

Жыл бұрын

It's also a very dirty joke, playing upon the fact that Victor has been sexually frustrated and 'give you a shine' is a euphemism for giving him some 'relief' (another euphemism) 😉😆

Great movie, everyone was funny. And Marty Feldman, with those eyes lol. The blind guy was actually a young Gene Hackman.

The "strange interaction" between Frankenstein and the boy on the train track was "weird" because they were quoting a popular jazz song: "Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" "Yes, yes, Track 29!" "Boy, you can give me a shine." "Can you afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" "I've got my fare, and just a trifle to spare." Recorded by Glenn Miller and his orchestra in 1941. Fun Fact.

Fun fact that I like to share: the laboratory equipment was the actual equipment from the 1931 version....they tracked down the person that had bought it from the studio and he gave Brooks permission to use it in this movie.

Fun fact: Before Star Wars in 1977 it was actually against the Union rules to run credits after a film. Different positions in production had contracts that had clauses that required their credits to be shown before the start of a movie. George Lucas was kicked out of the Director's guild for putting the credits of Starwars at the end of the film. Over time though people have found creative ways to get around the rule and a majority of credits are now shown at the end of a film instead of the beggining. That's why most movies before 1980s have precredits. It's just one of those old movie things.

My daughter who 3 will sit in my lap and ask, "Mommy, where's Beans?" Another classic comedy movie with Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle, and Marty Feldman that I recommend is Yellowbeard (1983) 😆

Frankenstein is based on a novel written by Mary Shelley. She was married to poet Percy Shelley. In the early 1800 she and her husband were visiting poet Lord Byron at his estate. One night when there was a bad storm they discussed who could write the best ghost story. Mary came up with the story of reanimating the dead. She later fleshed it out and the story was called "A Modern Prometheus" or Frankenstein. In the movie "Frankenstein" the little girl was killed by the monster. The blind hermit was a character in "Bride of Frankenstein". The constable with the mechanical arm was a character in "Son of Frankenstein". The white streak in Madeline Kahn's hair was just like the bride in BOF.

@greypossum1

3 жыл бұрын

The time when Lord Byron, Percy, and Mary got together, they were all high on opium and absinthe.

@crgrier

3 жыл бұрын

I wish Ashleigh had time to watch all the frankenstein moves before this, but YF still hold up on its own. Fun fact: the set pieces in the labratory were the actual props from the 1930 Frankenstein.

@kathyastrom1315

3 жыл бұрын

Byron’s entry for the contest was just a fragment, but it was a vampire tale that was further developed by John Polidori into his story The Vampyre, the first big example of the romantic vampire genre.

@jgw5491

Жыл бұрын

Besides being married to Percy Shelley, Mary was the daughter of an early feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft. Tragically her mother died of complications from her daughter's birth.

Madeline Kahn's hair is an homage to "Bride of Frankenstein"

@macmcleod1188

3 жыл бұрын

As was her hissing.

The book Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley. That was way before Knoxville. If I remember correctly, she was at a party with other authors, and everyone was challenged to create a story.

This is easily the most entertaining review I've watched! Your reactions were great, and Igor is the best part of this movie for sure!

"He vas my BOYFRIEND!!" Cloris nails this role. BTW - the laboratory props were the ones used in the original movie. And "suicide doors" aka rear-hinged doors, were fairly common on four door cars for many years, especially luxury cars

@AbeFrohman14

3 жыл бұрын

RIP Frau Blücher

@WeberIMayRoam

3 жыл бұрын

I've actually never seen this movie, but damn, that was Cloris Leachman?! LOVE her!

@DNulrammah

3 жыл бұрын

She stole alot of the scenes in the TV series "Raising Hope" as Maw Maw".

@karlsmith2570

2 жыл бұрын

@Brian Nicklas: Actually, there was a Frankenstein movie that was made before the 1931 movie starring Boris Karloff, which is where this laboratory set is from

@alanholck7995

2 жыл бұрын

@@AbeFrohman14 Whaannanananna (attempt at spelling horse sound)

You: Y'all want some beans? Me: I'd say you've had enough!

@awkwardashleigh

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHA

@davidzieglmeier1020

3 жыл бұрын

My cat eats 200g, about 7 ounces a day

You are so adorable. A southern lady's reaction to off- color jokes is always worth seeing. My husband is a Yankee and he is often ammused by my reactions or the fact that some things go over my head at first.

Madeline Kahn was a fantastic actress and was a brilliant adlibber. That's one of the reasons he cast her so often, she could completely steal scenes and completely change them at times.

"Is he trying to make something else come alive?" Yes. Yes he was.

@jjstanding7314

3 жыл бұрын

I felt 12 yrs old laughing at that.

@jjkhawaiian

3 жыл бұрын

She missed the "I suggest you put on a tie" line that Cloris said to Gene after letting him know his financier, his finance, uh, his future wife is arriving shortly.

@whiterabbit75

3 жыл бұрын

Trying? Succeeding, I'd say he has.

You have not seen the original Boris Karloff “Frankenstein” or the sequel “Bride of Frankenstein.” Madeline Kahn’s crazy hair and hissing was from that. Much of the set was from the original movie, too. (Did you recognize Terry Garr from Close Encounters?) Once again, I am totally here for Beans.💕

@flyboy53

3 жыл бұрын

I agree... many jokes are missed if you haven't watched the original move with Boris Karloff!

@Wiley_Coyote

3 жыл бұрын

Re: her watching the original Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein... for a Millennial, movies from the 1920s to 1950s seem to be very hard to watch. I don't think I've ever met or seen videos by one who didn't have difficulty/a strong resistance to watching them. They also seem to start out having the same issue with 60s and 70s movies, but usually come around on those.

@PirateScumGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Also the Police Inspector and darts scene were from Son of Frankenstein with Karloff and Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi as Ygor

@ITPalGame

3 жыл бұрын

Teri Garr was in an episode of the original Star Trek series.

@Wiley_Coyote

3 жыл бұрын

Garr was a sex symbol/ It Girl of the early 70s, but has kind of gotten lost to time. Oh God, Tootsie and Mr Mom are other films not already mentioned she had roles in. She never got any great acclaim, even when working steadily, and I think eventually got regarded as a clichéd reference point for that time period.

The best part about the set for Frankenstein's lab is that it was the original set for the 1931 movie. They contacted the guy that had designed it to see if they could get like a blueprint to recreate it, and he still had everything in storage, so he lent it to them for the movie!

this is one of my all time favorite movies and ive seen it hundreds of times since I was a kid, and I NEVER noticed that his monocle was over an eyepatch.

Side story, the girl who said "you want to roll in the hay". I forgot her name,but see has been going through cancer treatment up here in Boston. A friend of mine works for the TSA at Logan Airport. He actually had the balls to say to her " what knockers". She played along, " why thank you" in her movie accent.

@thewiseoldherper7047

3 жыл бұрын

Terri Garr is her name. A beautiful woman, this was her breakthrough role. She went on to star in Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Mr. Mom with Micheal Keaton. I’m hoping she recovers.

@vaughnhansen3771

3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting Ashleigh to recognize her as Richard Dreyfus's wife from CE3K.

@Fulschermd

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Terri Garr appeared in the original Star Trek TV series..

@psafkow

3 жыл бұрын

I thought she might recognize her as Phoebe's mom from "Friends".

@Loganwolfen

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaughnhansen3771 She also played his wife in the movie Let It Ride, great movie. Richard Dreyfuss plays a cabbie and a gambler on horses and goes the track after his cabbie buddy overhears 2 guys discussing a fixed race, so they go to bet on it

Watch "Silver Streak" & "Stir Crazy" - both are comedies so, once Halloween is over. Wilder is great in them AND he co-stars with Richard Pryor.

@jasonmcdaniel345

3 жыл бұрын

While not as good as the aforementioned movies, I liked "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" as well (which also stars Wilder and Pryor).

@donniehowattzer2759

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! ☺️

@tempsitch5632

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonmcdaniel345 I prefer it. Silver Streak is a bit more serious and Stir Crazy is too up it's own butt thinking it's funny when half the time it isn't because I'm not on the same drugs as the writer/director.

@farfromperfek

3 жыл бұрын

Lol would be funny to watch her reaction to Gene Wilder in black face trying to talk jive.

@kthx1138

3 жыл бұрын

Frisco Kid too. Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford!

Madeline Kahn is great in his movies. Sadly she recently passed away. The scene in Blazing Saddles on stage, is brilliant.

The monster was Peter Boyle the dad from everyone loves Raymond and the blind man was gene hackman he played lex Luther in the Christopher Reeves Superman

@wilfbentley6738

3 жыл бұрын

Gene Hackman played in a lot of movies. The role I remember is Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.

The guy with the skinny legs was the preacher in Blazing Saddles.

@34blackula

3 жыл бұрын

Good catch

@carm3d

3 жыл бұрын

....and the preacher in Space Balls

@wreckingKREW1

3 жыл бұрын

Also the judge in Peter Bogdanovich's hilarious "What's Up Doc?",the criminally overlooked Liam Dunn.

@josephcox178

3 жыл бұрын

@@wreckingKREW1 "Son, you're on your own". Timeless then, timeless now.

@craigwheller

3 жыл бұрын

@@carm3d that was Ronny Graham

The "Puttin' On The Ritz" number is funny on SO many levels. 1: the number itself, with the monster singing 2: Dr. Frankenstein creates life, and chose to showcase his discovery to science by doing a musical number 3: the thought that Dr. F and the monster also had to REHEARSE this, and Dr. F was still so enthusiastic he thought it was good enough to show

@DonnaBarrHerself

3 жыл бұрын

Brooks didn’t want the scene, and Wilder INSISTED.

He did very good at making something that was close to the original Mary Shelley's Frankenstein book but also put a good comedic spin on it

Hello Ashleigh, another horror comedy starring Gene Wilder is _"Haunted Honeymoon"_ (1986). Gene Wilder also co-wrote and directed the script for this film.

When October is over Robin Hood Men In Tights is a must

@CaptainFrost32

3 жыл бұрын

She will like seeing Wesley from The Princess Bride again...

technically this is a Gene wilder movie, his first attempt, He wrote and directed it and Mel brooks helped out by putting his name on it and showing him what to do

@Marveryn

3 жыл бұрын

Brook also edit it. At the time the original footage it was felt wasn't funny, but brook said give him time and he will edit the film to the point of that it was be fantastic .. don't remember the actually quote

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

Mel did direct this movie, but Gene started the script. Gene's first solo film was Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother.

Gene...RIP... Madeline...RIP...Marty...RIP. Three fabulous actors and comedians. That’s why Mel would cast them in a heartbeat

Your facial expressions during this are priceless I love them!! 🥰

“Hear no evil see no evil” is a kind of a buddy cop comedy with Gene Wilder as a blind man and Richard Prior as a deaf man! Great movie!

@nutbastard

3 жыл бұрын

You have that backwards. Gene is deaf, Richard is blind.

@jfice76

3 жыл бұрын

This was a great movie hopefully she can react to this one

@andrewfleming611

3 жыл бұрын

@@nutbastard The line, "What'd you mean I'm black!?" makes much more sense that way.

@krashd

3 жыл бұрын

@Stuart Coker Joan was stunning in that movie.

@robertdean925

3 жыл бұрын

@Stuart Coker giggity

For another seasonal Halloween movie to watch, “Army of Darkness.”

@tempsitch5632

3 жыл бұрын

This is one of those things where you go, "well yeah, duh".....and then you remember that nobody remembers the good shit any more.

@djmeghan

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@rwxstudio7173

3 жыл бұрын

Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. The Cabin in the Woods was inspired by Sam Raimi's horror trilogy.

@randomreboot26

3 жыл бұрын

Watch army of darkness every Halloween. So great.

@darrinwebber4077

3 жыл бұрын

Army of Darkness...starring Autolocus from Hercules and Xena

Enjoying your reactions. Finally got back to this - one of my all-time favorite movies. I was lucky enough to see all of the classic Mel Brooks movies in the theater with my dad. I was 10 when this came out (some of it went over my head, naturally), but I loved it - and wound up having my 11th birthday party at the theater to see it again in March of '75. Lots of great callbacks to the original Frankenstein (starring Boris Karloff), as well as Bride of Frankenstein (Starring Elsa Lanchester) - the source of Madeline Kahn's hair at the end of YF. Mel Brooks appears in this movie just as the face of the gargoyles in Frankenstein's castle. I think they're most visible in the laboratory. Silent Movie (truly silent, except for music and one surprise that I won't give away) and High Anxiety (a send-up of Alfred Hitchcock movies) are also great fun. You should check them out. Have fun!

This movie is, without a doubt, one of my favorite movies of all time. Love it! Glad you liked it, Ashleigh!

FYI: The creature in this movie was the father from everybody loves raymond

@hedgehog1965uk

3 жыл бұрын

And Wizard from Taxi Driver (Peter Boyle).

@tenmark7055

3 жыл бұрын

They originally wanted to put bolts on the creature's neck like in the classic Universal pictures, but couldn't get permission, that's why Peter Boyle has zippers

@paulforester2242

3 жыл бұрын

And Hunter Thompson's sidekick in Where the Buffalo Roam.

@chrisd7047

3 жыл бұрын

And Moon in Yellowbeard.

@sopwithpuppy

3 жыл бұрын

He was also in real life the best man at the wedding of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Feedback: I'm liking the multiple uploads a week.

@Dinkdownn

3 жыл бұрын

Saaame! 🎃👻

@williambevins

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

@daytoncharitychicken

3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! 🤗

@Eidlones

3 жыл бұрын

Same. Tho I can imagine it's quite the workload for her!

@melodini3125

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Great videos. I love seeing someones first time reactions to movies I grew up with.

just watched your sat. live had to rewatch the funniest Mel brooks review

I think your reaction is exactly what Mel Brooks wanted for the audience. The fact that people still have this reaction after so long, is a wonderful testament to his brilliance.

Marty Feldman played Igor, he was brilliant and died way to soon.

@t0dd000

3 жыл бұрын

And father to Corey, of course. :)

@cynicalgenXcyclist

3 жыл бұрын

@@t0dd000 i see what you did there 😂🤣😂👍

@StanSwan

3 жыл бұрын

He was a great comedian and writer that worked with Peter Sellers and Monty Python.

Fun fact: Mel Brooks got the same exact lab equipment used in this film that was used in the original Frankenstein.

'Young Frankenstein' was based on the three Borris Karloff Frankenstein movies from the 1930's and as a sequel to them. There are numerous inside jokes based on the older movies such as Inspector Kemp's wooden arm and the dart contest with the doctor. Also, Madaline Kahns white streaks in her hair at the end of the movies came from Elsa Lancaster's role in the 'Bride of Frankenstein'. Marty Feldman pulled a trick on Mel Brooks during filming by moving his hump back and forth between the different sides without telling anyone. Mel eventually caught on but loved the gag so left it in. All the laboratory equipment to bring the monster to life was the actual equipment used in the original 30's movies that one of the original support staff had taken home and kept in his garage.

If you like Gene Wilder I really recommend: “Stir Crazy” :)

@jamieseamark

3 жыл бұрын

Does Stir Crazy still hold up? I used to love it as a kid. That starts the Wilder-Pryor films... so, Silver Streak after? And Pryor was a writer on Blazing Saddles - because everything is connected.

@ajivins1

3 жыл бұрын

Prefer Silver Streak and The Producers, though Wonka was good for a kids' film.

@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy

3 жыл бұрын

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made 4 movies together: "Silver Streak" (1976) "Stir Crazy" (1980) "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" (1989) "Another You" (1991)

@SpielbergMichael

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamieseamark - Yes, Stir Crazy most definitely holds up! :) As much as I love Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, I never liked any of their other movies. I’m afraid I thought they were very weak. But everyone has their own opinions, and sometimes it depends on when you watched them in life.

@SoLove

3 жыл бұрын

I always liked 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil'.

Chattanooga Choo Choo - "Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? Track twenty nine, boy you can gimme a shine" It's a reference to that song. And Blücher - Someone told Wilder and Leachman that it is German for "glue" so the horses get upset every time her name is said, because they are afraid of being sent to the glue factory. It doesn't actually mean that, but they thought it did. Loving the multiple uploads per week. (Yes, edits because I was watching actively...)

@chemech

3 жыл бұрын

Yep... Bluecher is just a very *German* name that kind of sounds funny to English speakers. Glue is actually Klebstoff (sticky stuff) in German... 8^)

@Leon-wz1js

3 жыл бұрын

Leachman said she thought it meant "glue" or something like that. Wilder said he thought it just sounded "German."

@BlackavarWD

3 жыл бұрын

Even the whole "horses going to the glue factory" is a pretty old reference!

@Leon-wz1js

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackavarWD True, although still made from cattle hooves to this day. I had to go look it up to see when/if horses hooves are still used. Nothing definitive. edit: STILL used to this day in Canada, and hinted still used in USA.

@mikeking7710

3 жыл бұрын

According to an interview with Leachman, it was Brooks himself, who told her that, during filming.

That was so much fun! Thank you so much.

"Put the candle back!" ... "Don't inhale until the tip glows."

When you're done with spooky season you need to watch Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

"The Frisco Kid" stars Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford.

@lawr5764

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh yeah! And she loves BOTH those guys too.

@Theomite

3 жыл бұрын

@Mike Chevy *Now* you've done it.

@Uncultured_Barbarian465

3 жыл бұрын

That is an awesome film. I need to watch it again soon.

@OllieByGolly

3 жыл бұрын

"♫Chicken-chicken-chickenI I don't want to hurt you. I only want to eat you.♫"

@littlekong7685

3 жыл бұрын

That is a good classic western parody. Just fun all round.

I’m sure someone else has already pointed this out to you, if you didn’t recognize her, but Inga is played by Teri Garr, who also plays Richard Dreyfus’s wife in Close Encounters.

I live in Cleveland TN and your reviews are so fun to watch. Please keep doing them they are awesome.

The best scene is Igor talking about his dad yelling at him to get out of the bathroom

@tonymarotta2504

3 жыл бұрын

YES! my favorite scene in the movie, goes right along with the scene in Robin Hood; Men in Tights "maybe if you tell me the bad news in a good way, it won't sound so bad"

You need to watch “Airplane!” If you haven’t already.

@bobbuethe1477

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Also, "The Cheap Detective," where Neil Simon did to "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon" what Mel Brooks did to "Frankenstein."

@mongolordofdarkness

3 жыл бұрын

Airplane 1 and 2.

@GerardPalmeri

3 жыл бұрын

"Airplane" is considered one of the greatest comedies of all time, Ashleigh. If you like REALLY silly, slapstick, even stupid comedy, I think you'd like "Airplane"

3 жыл бұрын

Top Secret!

@danieldekok6949

3 жыл бұрын

"Murder by Death"

I still remember seeing this movie for the first time at a midnight Halloween revival in Lawton, Oklahoma. I will always consider the Peter Boyle/Gene Hackman Blind Hermit scene one of the funniest bits ever put on film. I laughed until my sides hurt and I had to lie down. Fortunately there were empty seats around me.