Young Frankenstein | MOVIE REACTION | First Time Watching | Hardest we've ever laughed!!! 

The "Putting on the Ritz" bit makes me giggle uncontrollably every time, and I've seen it hundreds of times.

Mel Brooks masterpiece. Brilliant with an astounding cast. Cloris Leachman was a comedic genius.

Inspector Kempf is from Son of Frankenstein. The monster rips his arm off in that movie, which is why in this one, Kempf has a wooden arm. That's why he uses it to light his cigar, hold the darts, etc. Also, when he shakes hands with the monster at the end, the monster pulls it off again!

In the original Frankenstein movie, she says “what shall we throw in now”, he throws her into the lake, because he thinks she will float like the flowers that they were throwing into the lake. There was a later scene that was actually cut from the film. When the angry mob is going after the monster, it shows the father of the little girl carrying her dead body with the angry mob

1. Mr. Hilltop/Liam Dunn also plays the preacher in "Blazing Saddles". 2. I first saw this at a drive-in (that's still here BTW) and there was a lunar eclipse over the screen that made it even cooler than it was already. 3. The studio wanted this in color but Brooks and Wilder insisted black and white because they wanted the old school tone. 4. Wilder agreed to do Blazing Saddles only if Brooks would direct and help write this movie. 5. It was almost impossible to get through the "You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban" scene. Everyone kept cracking up. You can see Wider trying not to laugh. 6. Igor's hump changing sides was Feldman's running gag on the cast and it was kept in the movie. 7. Marty Feldman's walleyed orbs were the result of both a hyperactive thyroid and a botched operation after a car accident before his 30th birthday, in 1963. 8. FUN FACT: Igor's "Walk this way" was Steven Tyler's inspiration for hit song of the same name. 9. Wilder 😇also insisted that Brooks NOT be seen on film. However, the screeching cat and the wolf are Mel. 10. Light reflecting off of the monster's missing teeth is not a goof. It's on purpose. 11.Monical over an eye patch.🤣 12. "Puttin' on the Ritz" won't be the same now.

Gene Wilder co-wrote this with Mel Brooks and the dance number was his idea. Mel hated it at first and didn't think it should be in the movie. They had an argument about it where Gene argued until, as he says, he was blue in the face. Suddenly Mel went "ok, it's in". When Gene asked "why did you make me go through all that?" Mel said..."I didn't know if it was right for the picture and if you didn't argue so hard I knew it wouldn't be right." Gene said that was the only argument they ever had in their lives.

Richard Haydn(1905-1985) who plays Herr Falkstein the man who brings Frankenstein news of his grand-father's demise He was better known in "The SOund of Music" as Max Detweiler

My sister and I saw this in the theater when it came out originally. That was one of the hardest times, if not the hardest, that I ever laughed. Just imagine a theater full of people, laughing as hard as you did for this reaction video.

I first saw this at a sneak peek on the USC campus when I was a film student at the AFI in LA. It was packed with students and we arrived late, so I was lucky to get a seat in the back of the theater. The laughter was practically nonstop but when Madeleine Kahn appeared in the Bride of Frankenstein wig the whole auditorium erupted and someone behind me was laughing so hard I had to turn around. It was Mel Brooks in a leather jacket! His previous preview had not gone so well and so he was trying it with a younger crowd. Apparently he was thrilled they were hip to the Bride of Frankenstein reference.

Everyone agreed that they had more fun making this film than any in their careers. Wilder said that it got to the point where he and Cloris would crack up just from looking at each other. He begged Brooks to add a few more scenes just to avoid finishing the film. 🙂

"Dr. Fronkensteen! Are you all right!" "MY NAME! IS! FRANKENSTEIN!" Fun Fact: Aerosmith took a break from a long night of recording to see this film. Steven Tyler wrote the band's hit Walk This Way (1975) the morning after seeing the movie, inspired by Marty Feldman's "Walk This Way" line. Not A Hack Fact: Gene Hackman ad-libbed The Blind Man's "espresso" line. The scene immediately fades to black because the crew erupted into fits of laughter. Hackman was unable to repeat the line without laughing with the rest of the crew, so the first take was used. Hackman was uncredited when the movie was originally released in theaters. Giving Props Fact: When Mel Brooks was preparing for this film, he discovered that Ken Strickfaden, who'd made the elaborate electrical machinery for the lab sequences in the Universal Frankenstein films, was still alive and living in the Los Angeles area. Brooks visited Strickfaden, and found that he had stored all the equipment in his garage. Brooks made a deal to rent the equipment, and gave Strickfaden the screen credit he didn't receive for the original films.

We went to a drive-in to see this movie in 74 or 75. I still think this is Brooks best movie. And yes the Puttin on The Ritz bit was hilarious, but Marty Feldman stole this movie. Breaking the 4th wall with those eyes was brilliant. And I had a total crush on Teri Garr, simply gorgeous. I like watching you guys react cuz you laugh out loud at the funny parts and I laugh out loud along with you. Great reaction.

Gene Hackman's last line, "I was gong to make espresso" was ad libbed. And the film crew couldn't stop laughing. I think I heard one of them broke a rib trying to stop laughing.

Fun fact: Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks got into a fight when Gene proposed the Putting On The Ritz scene. I forget why, but Mel didn't like it so he made Gene defend it to death to show how good it would be for the picture. I think they made the right call.

It made me happy to see you guys laughing so hard that you were crying.

Great reaction. One of Mel Brooks best movies and it seems to be overlooked by people doing reaction videos is his first movie 'The Producers' (the original not the remake) I highly recommend watching it.

In tribute to the original Frankenstein movies from the thirties, Mel Brooks actually got permission to use the actual sets and props from those films, it's a brilliant touch, indeed, it's a brilliant film....back in my younger days when I first saw the movie, I thought Marty Feldman stole every scene he was in, and I was madly in love with Teri Garr.........

The creature is played by the same guy the played Frank Barone(Peter Boyle). There was an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where it was Halloween. Frank came into the scene dressed as the creature. He brought the house down..what a great homage to him

I've said it before and I'll say it again...Marty Feldman steals every scene as I-gor 😂😂😂

I saw this theatrically in 1975 when I was eight years old. It became my gateway to both horror films, and Mel Brooks films. As a 56-year-old man I am still a huge fan of both.

Marty Fieldman would actually switch the hump as a cast prank. When Mel found out he wrote it in.😂

There are a few things which make this movie even better for me: • The screenplay was actually written by Gene Wilder, and Mel Brooks worked with him to tweak it before it was filmed • This is the only Mel Brooks film which does not have a Mel Brooks cameo - in fact, Mel Brooks' only on-screen contribution was that he was the voice of the screeching cat. Seriously, that's him! • As a follow-up to the last bullet-point, Mel Brooks had asked Gene Wilder to let him direct the movie several times, and Gene kept turning him down - finally, Mel asked Gene what it would take to let him direct the movie, and Gene told him that he could do it...but he couldn't be in the film at all. Gene didn't want this to be considered "another Mel Brooks film" by the audiences. • Mel had to fight with the studio to get this filmed in black and white (because, by that point, black and white film was more expensive than color film), but he succeeded and the movie is far better for it (in my opinion). • The equipment in the laboratory is the ACTUAL equipment from the original "Frankenstein" - Mel had to hunt all over Los Angeles, and finally found it in the garage of a former crew member of the original film. • "Young Frankenstein" was Teri Garr's first feature film, and she lied her ass off when asked if she spoke German in order to get the role - she only got the audition because her mother was a costume designer for the film.

The movie idea was actually Gene Wilder's. He and Mel Brooks talked about it during the filming of "Blazing Saddles" and Brooks said he'd love to work on it with Wilder. Gene Wilder agreed, but with one condition - Mel Brooks couldn't be in the movie. When talking with Wilder, he said, ‘Am I such a bad actor?’’ . “Gene said, ‘No, but you’re always breaking the fourth wall, and you’re always surprising, and there’s a lot of anarchy in you. I don’t want it to be a crazy comedy. I want it to be a real movie with natural comedy,’” says Brooks. “I said, ‘You’re absolutely right. That’s the way we’ll do it.’”

Saw this in the theater at 13 when it came out. Ever since I've all ways yelled "SUPAH DUUPAH!!" when I did something stupid...lol. God the memories from the 70's movies.

I dare say this has become as much a classic as the material it’s spoofing. I’m sure you see why. Gene Hackman got that role because he wanted to try his hand at comedy, after so many dramatic roles. I think he did splendidly. That scene also has what possibly makes me laugh the most in this movie. The Creature giving his flaming thumb that little look of approval just before realizing what’s happening. So subtle, but gets me every time. 🤣

My favorite line in the movie is Who’s brain did you bring me. Abbie something. Abbie what? Abbie Normal.

Blazing Saddles is a "must see in your lifetime" kind of comedy.

When this movie was released, my wife and I had to go see it twice because with all the laughter, we couldn't hear the dialog.!

Yes, in the book he meets a little girl putting flowers in a pond or something and she says something like "pretty things belong in the water". The monster, thinking she's pretty, puts her in the water and she drowns.

Leachman's best Brooks movie was "High Anxiety"(1977) where she gets to interact with Harvey Korman as well. To see Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn at there best, you two should react to "What's Up Doc?"(1972.)

Star studded; Gene Wilder, Terri Gahr, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Gene Hackman, Cloris Leachman and Madaline Kahn. I remember seeing this in a theater in the 70's and the whole place was constant laughter.

Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

"But as a FRONK-un-steen, AREN'T you just the least bit curious about the bringing back to life of dead tissue?"

This and "Blazing Saddles" are simply the best of the Mel Brooks creations!

Another amazing Mel Brooks movie is High Anxiety. It’s Mel’s take on classic Hitchcock. I don’t think it gets enough love.

There are too many moments in this masterpiece to name...it is brilliant, it is hilarious, it is a classic. The outtakes are insane, Mel Brooks said he himself ruined many takes laughing. They used the actual props from the original Frankenstein movie in the famous laboratory scene.

The scene where Igor bites the white ermine around Madeline Khan's neck ("Igor, take the bags up to their rooms - Soitenly! You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban.") was completely improvised by Marty Feldman and according to the cast the startled look on her face is unrehearsed. You can hear Gene almost lose it when he says "stop that!".

I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this movie. It’s been a friendship test for me and my family. Super duper. Your laughter got you a sun and like.

My favorite line from the whole movie, with such drama and passion. "He was...my BOYFRIEND!!!"

Gene Wilder told the story of when Mel Brooks first read the "Puttin' on the Ritz" scene he harshly criticized it, saying that it ruined the whole script. It was the worst and only argument they had, and in the middle of Wilder passionately defending having the scene in, Brooks suddenly caved and agreed to it. Brooks said that he couldn't tell just from reading it whether it was "awful or brilliant," so he wanted to see how hard Wilder would fight for it.

The laboratory are the actual pieces left over from Bride of Frankenstein. This movie is sheer comedic genius!!

The Monster was played by Peter Boyle who was the father in the TV show "Everybody Loves Raymond".

To appreciate the genius of the movie you need to watch "Frankenstein"; "Bride of Frankenstein" and "Son of Frankenstein". All of them feature Boris Karloff as the Monster and are well worth watching.

Gene Hackman as the blind man is priceless 😆

I've watched this at least 100 times and still laugh out loud. Thank you!

The movie is actually a spoof of FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, so you might want to check out all three movies as well as THE PRODUCERS which may be Mel Brooks's best work

Nice one, this is a movie that makes your jaws ache! Great reactions, subbed!

One of the best jobs I've seen of keeping the best jokes in.

I just discovered you two ... really entertaining reactions ... I'll definitely be back. Yes, watch both the original Frankenstein as well as the original Bride of Frankenstein... you won't regret it. It makes Young Frankenstein even funnier, if you can believe it!

The laughs are so nonstop! Like wave after wave after wave!

Was crying with laughter the first time I saw the scene with madeleine kahn and the monster when she starts singing sweet mystery of life

The horses, Bluker,😂😂😂😂great flick😂😂😂😂

Frankenstein: Who's brain did I put in him? Igor: Abby Frankenstein: Abby who? Igor: Abby Normal 😂😂😂 The actor who played the monster also played the dad in Everybody Loves Raymond.

Gene Hackman is practically unrecognizable as the blind hermit. His line that he was going to make espresso was completely adlibbed. The laboratory equipment was from the original movie. It was stored in the garage of the man who actually made it for the film and was more than happy to let Mel use it. The horses are afraid of Frau Bleuker is because it's supposedly the word for glue. Mel Brooks didn't appear like most of his movies because Gene Wilder didn't want him to compete with him. Marty Feldman's (Igor) bugged-eyes are due to thyroid problems since a young age.

Fun Fact: One of the villagers taunting the creature as he is bound in the cell is an actor named Clement Von Franckenstein (yes that is the right spelling). Clement later had a credited role as the archery contest announcer in Mel's Robin Hood, Men in Tights

I remember watching this with my Dad in the 80's. It's still my favorite Mel Brooks flick.

You want to watch the original Frankenstein and the sequels Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein. Brooks and Wilder were lampooning all three movies, plus the random references to completely unrelated movies, such as the Clark Gable comedy, Idiot's Delight, from which they got Puttin' on the Ritz. The original Frankenstein, 1931, with Colin Clive as Frankenstein, beloved horror character actor Dwight Frye as his assistant Fritz (equivalent to Igor), and Boris Karloff as the monster, is also occasionally hilariously funny, though it wasn't meant to be. Several scenes devolve into farce as the characters desperately try to corral the monster, and Frye's small bits of stage business are pure gold. But it also has some classic drama, such as Karloff's emotion-tugging portrayal of the monster and the scene when the father of the drowned little girl brings her into town, which has some amazing camera work.

Equipment in lab is from the original Frankenstein movie.

I got to see it when it opened. It was a theater full of people reacting exactly like you did.

In the original Frankenstein, the creature drowned the little girl. There was also a blind hermit, here played by Gene Hackman.

Mel movies ranking IMO: 1. Blazing Saddles 2. Young Frankenstein 3. History of the World: Part 1 4. Spaceballs

So damn funny! Now you guys HAVE to watch Dracula Dead and Loving It! Another great Mel Brooks movie with Leslie Nielsen as Dracula!

Marty Feldman would move the hump to the other side of his back to see if people would notice. It was funny enough for them to leave that gag in

You also should be familiar with at least the first two Frankenstein movies to get some references. This is my favorite Mel Brooks, and you did a wonderful job as the jokes flew by. Marty Feldman was the best.

You guys should definitely check out 1972’s “What’s Up Doc?” to see several geniuses from this one back in action, including Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Liam Dunn (“Mr. Hilltop” in this one - the poor victim of the “demonstration” in the beginning). Not to mention Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, and many others…

Thank you both for a joyous afternoon. Watching your great laughing at the dance scene took me back 25 years ago. My late wife and myself were watching this one evening with my brother, his wife and 7 year old son Andrew. When the creature sang Andrew could not stop laughing. He was crying and turning red he was laughing so hard which in turn made us all laugh uncontrollably. A beautiful memory. Thank you.

Many of the gags are from Bride of Frankenstein. The girlfriend, the Blind man. It’s fun to watch the originals to appreciate where the jokes are from.

The entire "Puttin' On The Ritz" routine was Wilder's idea and he had to talk Brooks into shooting it because Mel wasn't convinced that it was funny enough.

At the beginning the clock chimes 13 times. Inspector Kemp was in a lot of great movies but he was surprisingly the voice of king triton in the original Animated Little Mermaid.

Great job guys, very well done!

Mel Brooks told Conan O'Brien of his battle to make sure "Young Frankenstein" was made in black and white film stock. "The producers went as far as attempting to trick Brooks by feigning acceptance of releasing the film in black and white, provided he would shoot it on color stock. To quote Brooks, “I said ‘No, because you’ll screw me, you will say this, and then in order to save the company you’ll risk a lawsuit, and you will print everything in color. It’s gotta be on Agfa black and white thick film.”

Igor moving the hump from side to side started out as a joke. It was not in the script he just wanted to see who noticed. It was funny enough they kept it in the movie

Glad to see someone understand this movie! (To many reactors under 30, this movie might as well have been about Armenian monks, judging from their bewildered expression.) As no doubt others have said, the lab equipment was the original from 1931. And as for "Puttin' on the Ritz", it had come out in 1929, so it fit the time period of the original movie.

Gene Wilder had his only creative argument with Mel Brooks over the ‘Ritz’ scene.
Wilder wanted it in.
In the end Brooks said that if he was that passionate about it it would stay in.

Some comments below about the child scene made me think of adding a bit of background - Young Frankenstein is based on the 30s Hollywood movies, and has little interest in the novel - except for a moment, at the end, where the newly eloquent Creature scolds the public, w arguments lifted from the book, that don't really match what's happened in the film - the Creature complains it caused fear because it hadn't received love - that's the opposite of what we see in the film - Frankenstein and co give the Creature lots and lots of love throughout, and the Creature never consciously tries to cause fear in anyone - but that speech is presented as a big climactic moment, but it doesn't make any sense, unless we see it as a direct reference to the novel - a strangely serious moment that feels like it belongs in another movie As with Dracula, the 1931 Frankenstein was based on a hugely popular stage play derived from the book, which was hugely different from the novel - Shelley's novel was actually focused on the importance of parenting - in the novel, the Creature is actually genuinely brilliant and angelic, bursting with love, a genuinely superior being - Victor abandons his creation, repulsed by its looks, and everyone who sees it flees or attacks it because of its hideous appearance (Bernie Wrightson did great illustrations, very accurate to Shelley) - we see how this treatment warps the Creature's emotional nature over time, and its innocent sensitivity turns over time to rage against its "father" for abandoning it, and a desire for revenge against him that leads it into conscious, shockingly evil behavior towards Victor's loved ones - those initial scenes w the Creature in the forest alone show a startling contrast between its good intentions and beneficial behavior, compared with the ignorant, brutal response this behavior gets again and again from the people it meets, who are biased by its looks - Shelley shows all this from the Creature's point of view - the child scene fits into this - in the book, the Creature actually saves a drowning child, and is then shot in return for this - there's then a later scene where the Creature encounters another small child, and, learning this is its creator's young brother, calmly and brutally murders the child, and then maliciously plants evidence so their beloved servant girl is blamed and executed for this murder - the book shows a transformation from good into evil, based on (lack of) upbringing - whereas the films present it as a (childlike) monster from the outset, based on the brain it received - Victor's crime in the book is that of a parent who abandons his "child", and how an abandoned child can grow into a monster - in the 31 film, Victor's crime is tampering recklessly w divine forces beyond his understanding

You need to watch both the original "Frankenstein" and the sequel "Bride of Frankenstein." You'll find all sorts of references in them that Mel Brooks spoofed in this film. Especially the blind man scene, which was not a random addition at all, but spoofed an entire scene from "Bride of Frankenstein." If you really love us, you'll do reaction videos of yourselves watching them.

Your reaction and laughs just made my day better. I also recommend you react to Airplane 1980, that's another movie that will also make you laugh this hard.

4:14--Richard Haydn (the voice of Clyde Crashcup in the original Alvin and the Chipmunks)

The Putting on the Ritz scene was the only time Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks argued. Brooks didn't want to do it. He didn't like the idea. Wilder insisted. Brooks agreed to film it, but said he wouldn't put it in the movie. They filmed it and Brooks agreed that it was brilliant.

Watch "High Anxiety". Mel Brooks at his best!

Genius, absolute genius. Didn't know Gene Hackman was in this ?

The horses in 'Young Frankenstein' react violently to mention of Frau Blücher's name because it means 'glue' in German.

Young Frankenstein was the first movie I saw with the director commentary. About half way through, Mel Brooks is laughing at his own movie. It's priceless!

The Blind Man was actually Gene Hackman.

Blazing Saddles & The Producers (original one) are deff worth seeing. High Anxiety is also fun if you like Hitchcock.

The song "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith came from this movie. Also, THIS was a reaction. Bravo to you both!

You have a great laugh!!!

The horse’s whinny at the mention of Frau Blucher because that’s German for glue.😂

Marty Feldman's character simply trolls the entire film.

Another black and white treat that is very clever, check out Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t wear Plaid.

If you haven't seen The Producers or Blazing Saddles (other Mel Brooks movies) you definitely should!! Those two, with Young Frankenstein, are my favorite Brooks movies by far

Young Frankenstein is good one it´s own, but it is a direct spoof of the original Franenstein Trilogy (Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939)), and is MUCH better when you have watched it beforehand.

👉 Hello handsome!

Enjoyed your reactions to Young Frankenstein. I do hope to see more Mel Brooks on your channel.

Gene Hackman's line, "I was going to make expresso", was adlibbed. They went immediately to black because everyone was laughing, and different takes didn't work because the crew couldn't stop laughing. So, we see the first take.

Blucher is the word used in reference to glue making using horse bones.

Fun facts! There's a lot of original lab equipment from the original Frankenstein movie set in this movie. Igors hump moving around was something the actor did on the set, Mel brooks thought it was funny so it went into the movie. The monster was the dad in everyone loves Raymond too...👍👍

A wonderful movie❤️

Mel brooks and Gene wilder had a huge argument about whether to put that vaudeville scene in there but audiences love it…..

Gotta See Frankenstein and Bride of... It helps make some of the satire even funnier.