Mel Brooks favorite!
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Young Frankenstein is one of the funniest movies, ever. I do like all of Mel Brooks' movies, though.
I think my favorite is The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, however Blazing Saddles is close. So very close. History of the World Part 1 is also damn good. He has a pretty good catalogue in general. Well, up until Men in Tights.
See... Hitler ON ICE!!!!
See... Hitler ON ICE!!!!
Blazing Saddles will always be my favorite, although Young Frankenstein and The Producers are both just as good.
Looking over that list, there's a couple of films I've never seen before (The Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie), and a few I never want to see again (Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Spaceballs).
Looking over that list, there's a couple of films I've never seen before (The Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie), and a few I never want to see again (Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Spaceballs).
We Netflixed The Twelve Chairs a few months back. I hadn't seen it in years, either, but it's still good, Frank Langella is even better than I remembered, and this may be Dom DeLuise's funniest outing with Brooks.
It's Brooks' second movie, after The Producers and before Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. It's hard to explain in a few words, but it's set in post-Czarist Russia, in the years following the Revolution; there's a search for lost family wealth, a corrupt priest, con games and more. And it's by Mel Brooks.
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I just checked. I'm shocked! I know I voted for Blazing Saddles, but NOBODY selected High Anxiety?!?!? I always considered Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and High Anxiety to be the three jewels in the Mel Brooks crown.
"High Anxiety....You win!"
(music and lyrics by Mel Brooks)
"High Anxiety....You win!"
(music and lyrics by Mel Brooks)
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I'm the only one so far who loved To Be or Not to Be (as a favorite)? I liked it better than the Jack Benny original. "Sondheim! Send in the clowns!" "He's world famous in Poland!"
Spaceballs is my next favorite, and Blazing Saddles and Producers are tied for third. Loved the musical Producers film, too.
Spaceballs is my next favorite, and Blazing Saddles and Producers are tied for third. Loved the musical Producers film, too.
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I love them all, but voted for Spaceballs.
To this day, I can make my friends laugh so hard they pee their pants, by reciting the "Ludicrous speed" scene word for word, until they can't stand it anymore.
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To this day, I can make my friends laugh so hard they pee their pants, by reciting the "Ludicrous speed" scene word for word, until they can't stand it anymore.
J.
I love them all, but voted for Spaceballs.
To this day, I can make my friends laugh so hard they pee their pants, by reciting the "Ludicrous speed" scene word for word, until they can't stand it anymore.
J.
All I have to say is "I'm surrounded by Assholes" and my dad just howls.
Or "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN??" and "Come back, you fat bearded bitch!"
You are right, of course. You know, I just don't think I can pick a "best." (Yeah, yeah - I know. I already did.) How can I possibly choose between films that, for example, feature a moving shoulder hump, a fight scene involving a male chorus ("You brute, you brute, you brute!"), and maniacal pooping birds, not to mention Nurse Diesel?
I can't.
"Ooooooh...Xiety! It's you...that I blame!"
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