"It's Springtime for Hitler and Germany!"

[reggiebar]

Gene Wilder played it much much better.


"Im hysterical!...... Im wet! Im hysterical and im wet! Im in PAIN!"

You CAN NOT mimic a great.

If you look closely at Wilder's performance during the "hysterical scene" you will notice that Bobcat Goldwaith literally stole his whole act/gimmick from Gene Wilder's performance in this movie. No kidding, literally stole his persona from Wilder (Not that Bobact is a good comedian or that he is anywhere near as funny as Wilder in this movie - simply that his mannerisms, etc. were directly lifted from Wilder)

 

[Matt]

I know how good Zero was as Max and he was great. It is an iconic performance, however I think Wilder was better and stole the show from him. I am not so much putting Zero down as saying how good Wilder really was in this movie.

But I need to see it again as I haven't seen it in about 6 months or so, so it would not hurt.

And Matt glad you like it. That is a great number, especially on stage when there are no cuts and you can see the actor sweating and turning red in the face (they do literally take a break on stage though halfway through the song when Max ssays "Intermission" and just sits there a little unnerved....a joke that would not work on screen for obvious reasons).

Nathan Lane is a great actor whose underrated. It's funny, he is stage royalty on Broadway with 3 Tonys but in Hollywood he is completely ignored. Oh well. And I never saw the fourth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm but the way you say it, I hope that the season is reaired eventually.

You should rent the DVD, especially if you're a fan of The Producers. Mel Brooks is a guest star throughout the season, as Larry prepares to take on the role of Max Biaylstock on broadway.

 

[Matt]

I literally almost lost my mind when I realized that season of Curb was going to be about Larry playing Bialy since the original movie has been one of my favorite films since I first saw it back in the 7th grade in 1985. I couldn't believe that one of the funniest shows in the history of TV was doing a season about the funniest American movie ever made - it was heaven for me as a huge PRODUCERS fan.

When the season finally ended that year and Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft were in the bar doing the Max/Leo bit from the movie about the audience killing them for having Larry play Max only to find out he was a hit - pure gold "...and I'm not talking fool's gold. I'm talking real gold"

It was TV nirvana for me.

The scene with Mel and Anne in the bar was classic. Season 4 has to be the best season of Curb. I was suprised how good Larry was as Max. Like I said, I sort of liked him better than Lane.

 

[Matt]

This deserves another good bump.

 

[Drakon]

Bastage, I was just about to bump this myself.

My girlfriend finally watched it with me, and she loved it. She, like myself, particularly loved Nathan Lane, and his portrayal of Max Bialystock. We now watch it like, once every week or so.

She has yet to watch the classic Producers, though, since I lent it to a friend.

 

[supzfan]

The original has some of the funniest moments ever! Sure Mostel hams it up royally but that's the character to a "T". Wilder is no less brilliant as his neurotic and hesitant partner. There are so many references to the time it was made, the whole "hippie" period, and seeing New York as it used to be (remember Times Square before Disney got its clutches on it?) is a big part of the fun. This is a wacky love poem to the Big Apple as only Mel Brookes could offer. Yeah, it's overlong and over-indulgent (another Brookes trait). But some of those scenes still bring me to tears! Dick Shawn is a hoot! As Karmen Ghia said so eloquently, "White is the color of our carpet!". So many great lines...

 

[Drakon]

The original has some of the funniest moments ever! Sure Mostel hams it up royally but that's the character to a "T". Wilder is no less brilliant as his neurotic and hesitant partner. There are so many references to the time it was made, the whole "hippie" period, and seeing New York as it used to be (remember Times Square before Disney got its clutches on it?) is a big part of the fun. This is a wacky love poem to the Big Apple as only Mel Brookes could offer. Yeah, it's overlong and over-indulgent (another Brookes trait). But some of those scenes still bring me to tears! Dick Shawn is a hoot! As Karmen Ghia said so eloquently, "White is the color of our carpet!". So many great lines...

Also, Lee Meridith is SMOKIN.