Comments on: The Producers (2005)

By: rouver

rouver — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:09:10 +0000

Obviously you’re letting any sort of riff-raff post stuff on your site.

oh…wait….

By: John Marcotte

John Marcotte — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:55:05 +0000

The guy who wrote the review. Pay attention.

By: rouver

rouver — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:16:14 +0000

Wait…who the hell is Brian McDonough?

By: rouver

rouver — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:15:41 +0000

I love Young Frankenstein & The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (although that one is all Wilder’s doing).

By: Swede

Swede — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:10:06 +0000

I’m sure evrybody knows Richard Pryor co-wrote Blazing Saddles, which I agree is the funniest Mel Brooks movie, and was supposed to star in it. Has anyone else always wondered what might have been?

By: Brian McDonough

Brian McDonough — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:10:45 +0000

Rouver — The musical is quite entertaining on stage, and it was a very worthwhile project to put it on Broadway. Hearing “Springtime for Hitler” live is really funny. But why compete with the original as a film?

Marcotte: “Young Frankenstein” is pretty freakin’ high-larious, but still … I know where you live. You, your woman and child — get ready.

By: John Marcotte

John Marcotte — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:52:16 +0000

“Blazing Saddles—This is Brooks’ funniest movie, and I’ll fight any man, woman or child who says otherwise.”

I hate to argue. No, wait–I love to argue. I like both the original The Producers and Young Frankenstein more.

But all three are classics.

By: rouver

rouver — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:19:59 +0000

“Nathan Lane and Broderick are not Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, who are perfect in the original.”

That’s all I needed to hear.

I didn’t even know they’d made The Producers into a play, but one could see how it would lend itself to being a stage production quite easily.

When I saw the previews, for the life of me I couldn’t figure out why Hollywood felt the need to try improve upon the original.