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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 337452" data-attributes="member: 7">I&#039;ve had some soft exposure to Mel Brooks and his films.I&#039;m probably most familiar with SPACEBALLS, which I&#039;d probably say is my favorite of his films. That movie has a pretty darn good cast --- John Candy, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dom DeLuise, and the voice of Joan Rivers. It&#039;s a funny little STAR WARS send-up, and I remember watching it a lot when I was young.&nbsp; As a kid, I recall watching BLAZING SADDLES with my father when it was shown on TV. I&#039;ve owned a copy or two of the movie on DVD over the years as well, but practically the only line I remember is when Cleavon Little asks, &quot;Hey, where all the white women at?&quot; to a group of KKK members. Admittedly, I don&#039;t suppose I find the movie as a whole very funny. Like others have said, it&#039;s a bit uneven and perhaps best-viewed when watching some clips online. What I like best about the movie is Frankie Laine&#039;s rendition of the theme song. He sings it so fervently (which, according to Brooks, &quot;helped&quot; the parodic nature of his film) and I find it catchy.I recall seeing YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN in my high school British Literature class. We breezed through an abridged version of Mary Shelley&#039;s &quot;Frankenstein&quot; and watched this version for humorous effect, of course. Apparently our teacher (who was a &quot;nerd&quot; and avid film and TV buff) felt the original Universal FRANKENSTEIN would&#039;ve been &quot;too boring&quot; for us teenagers. Of course, I would&#039;ve preferred watching the Boris Karloff version over the Mel Brooks one.Outside of those two films, I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve seen any of Brooks&#039; others. I think I might&#039;ve once had THE PRODUCERS on DVD, but considering I never watched it and I knew it would be crude, I probably chunked it in the garbage.For a memory from my childhood, I always remember Brooks as the banker in THE LITTLE RASCALS.[ATTACH=full]40271[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 337452, member: 7"] I've had some soft exposure to Mel Brooks and his films. I'm probably most familiar with SPACEBALLS, which I'd probably say is my favorite of his films. That movie has a pretty darn good cast --- John Candy, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dom DeLuise, and the voice of Joan Rivers. It's a funny little STAR WARS send-up, and I remember watching it a lot when I was young. As a kid, I recall watching BLAZING SADDLES with my father when it was shown on TV. I've owned a copy or two of the movie on DVD over the years as well, but practically the only line I remember is when Cleavon Little asks, "Hey, where all the white women at?" to a group of KKK members. Admittedly, I don't suppose I find the movie as a whole very funny. Like others have said, it's a bit uneven and perhaps best-viewed when watching some clips online. What I like best about the movie is Frankie Laine's rendition of the theme song. He sings it so fervently (which, according to Brooks, "helped" the parodic nature of his film) and I find it catchy. I recall seeing YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN in my high school British Literature class. We breezed through an abridged version of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and watched this version for humorous effect, of course. Apparently our teacher (who was a "nerd" and avid film and TV buff) felt the original Universal FRANKENSTEIN would've been "too boring" for us teenagers. Of course, I would've preferred watching the Boris Karloff version over the Mel Brooks one. Outside of those two films, I don't think I've seen any of Brooks' others. I think I might've once had THE PRODUCERS on DVD, but considering I never watched it and I knew it would be crude, I probably chunked it in the garbage. For a memory from my childhood, I always remember Brooks as the banker in THE LITTLE RASCALS. [ATTACH type="full" width="433px" alt="1661787572803.png"]40271[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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