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Location: NJ | It was just announced that MelBrooks' Broadway production of "TheProducers" will be closing in April. I sat 3rd row for the original NathanLane/Matthew Broderick cast, and I never laughed so hard until . . . well, until "Spamalot" opened.
I've never seen the re-make movie version, but I can't see how it could be as good as the stage production. Of course, the Mostel/Wilder original is impeccable.
The Good News:
"The Producers" will be replaced with a stage production of "YoungFrankenstein" . . .
THIS . . oughta' be GOOD!!! |
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Location: NJ | IMHO the movie was unwatchable. I LOVE the original producers movie. I tried several times to watch the remake and just could not |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The original was classic. Maybe if the remake had Miles and Al? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "Young Frahn-kin-steen'" |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Originally posted by alpep:
IMHO the movie was unwatchable. I LOVE the original producers movie. I tried several times to watch the remake and just could not FWIW, I agree. |
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Location: NJ | glad I didn't bother . . . woulda' ruined the memory for me. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' 'The Producers' episodes were hilarious. |
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Location: NJ | Those WERE good!!! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
The Good News:
"The Producers" will be replaced with a stage production of "YoungFrankenstein" . . .
THIS . . oughta' be GOOD!!! Anna Nicole would have been great as Elizabeth.
As far as the OFC Cast Version, let's see:
Dr.F - Al
Monster - Moody
Igor - Cliff
Elizabeth - Brad
Yes, this oughta' be GOOD!!! |
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Location: south east Michigan | What knockers!!!!
I used to take dates to see Monty Python, Young Frankenstein, or Blazing Saddles as kind of a litmus test to see if we were on the same page.
It kinda turned out to work both ways.
BTW... the women I married some 28 years ago thinks Young Frankenstein is the funniest movie ever made. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It's up there. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Like asking her if she would like to meet for Raktajino at a Trekkie Convention?
My significantly other has a weakness for Monty Python, Red Green and Titus but will avoid Red Dwarf at all costs!
That Broadway offering of YF would be worth a trip. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | BTW, "How's your head?" |
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Location: south east Michigan | I actually took a real, live girl type person to a Trek Convention. There weren't many guys there that could say that.
A Klingon tried to hit on her.
I'd be first in line for Young Frankenstein on the stage. |
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Location: NJ | Brad;
Exactly how many "women" DID you marry all those years ago?? . . . y'polygamist STUD, you!! . . .
". . I'll marry you, . . and I'll marry you. . . ."
"Why, that'd be bigomy! . . . "
". . That WOULD be big o'me!! . . ."
- Groucho Marx |
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Location: south east Michigan | Oh cripes...
And I can't go back & correct it.
I shoulda went with one of the other words that came to mind...
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Location: NJ | hmmm . . .
Van . . . .
Salt Lake City . . .
. . . it's all coming t'gether, now . . . |
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Location: GA USA | Oh man, I was trying to think of something to say, but I can't top Van . . . . Salt Lake City . . .
Comic gold! |
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| The Producers will always be remembered as Mel's masterpiece. The remake sucked like a Hoover.
I always thought Blazing Saddles was funnier than YF, but the margin was tiny.
Gene Wilder was a seriously unfunny guy in real life but he was in two iof the funniest films ever made - The Producers and Silver Bullet. Go figure.
(Y'all notice how good mah Amerikan iz gittin'?) |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Frau Blucher? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Before things get out of hand, let me say that the "van" was not mine. It was sitting in the used car lot & I just took a picture.
But feel free to let your creative minds go where they will. |
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