#1
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:40pm
Blazing Saddles The Musical?!
#2
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:43pm
Let it go, Mel. Just let it go.
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#3
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:44pm
It'd be nice to see a Mel original next time around
#4
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:44pm
Just imagine what Stro could come up with for the campfire scene...
#5
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:45pm
He should have done this instead of YF, but now it needs to stop.
#6
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:47pm
Is this a joke? I'm not so sure it would work out...
#7
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:48pm
So YF wasn't enough of an epic hit?
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#8
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:48pm
John Doyle could direct it and the actors could fart into harmonicas in the campfire scene.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#10
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:52pm
Wow, this is pretty sad. I could totally understand The Producers, it was screaming to be made into a musical since the original film came out, but YF was a stretch, and while Blazing Saddles I think is better suited to musicalization than Young Frankenstein, I think it's getting a little thin now.
How about "Silent Movie" the musical!
How about "Silent Movie" the musical!
#11
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:55pm
I'm still waiting for my "Spaceballs(R): the flame-thrower" to come out.
#12
Posted: 4/24/08 at 12:56pm
Blazing Saddles couldn't work without being de-fanged beyond belief. No matter how you do it or what the tone of the show is, having a white actor on stage using the N-word just isn't going to fly.
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#13
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:18pm
"It'd be nice to see a Mel original next time around"
Interesting comment considering Blazing Saddles WAS an original by Mel Brooks- written, produced and directed by him. Oh wait, so was Producers. And Young Frankenstein too.
Interesting comment considering Blazing Saddles WAS an original by Mel Brooks- written, produced and directed by him. Oh wait, so was Producers. And Young Frankenstein too.
#14
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:21pm
I think East Village meant an original musical, not a musical adapted from an original film.
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#15
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:23pm
"Interesting comment considering Blazing Saddles WAS an original by Mel Brooks- written, produced and directed by him. Oh wait, so was Producers. And Young Frankenstein too."
I thought Gene Wilder wrote Young Frankenstein, that Mel Brooks only Directed.
I thought Gene Wilder wrote Young Frankenstein, that Mel Brooks only Directed.
#16
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:23pm
YES!, and if you want something original, have a full out History of the World Part 1&2.
#17
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:25pm
Hmm, History of the World Part 2?
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#18
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:25pm
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, and yes! History of the World! I would love to see Hitler on Ice! Or JEWS IN SPACE!
#19
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:32pm
Yea, History of the world would be a great musical. Think of all the costumes and sets.
I'll only go if there's a big number for Bea Arthur called 'Did you try to bull**** last week?'
I'll only go if there's a big number for Bea Arthur called 'Did you try to bull**** last week?'
#20
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:33pm
Shouldn't they wait to see if YF recoups first?
#21
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:34pm
Maybe it would work as a musical, but he should only produce. Turn it over to a fresh team of writers.
#22
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:52pm
Mel has said this isn't true. It's just a joke. Why are people stirring up stupid rumors?
#23
Posted: 4/24/08 at 1:55pm
It's what we do elphie....duh.
The best gag in BS was the toll booth in the middle of the desert. They couldn't translate to stage effectively.
The best gag in BS was the toll booth in the middle of the desert. They couldn't translate to stage effectively.
....but the world goes 'round
#24
Posted: 4/24/08 at 2:01pm
#25
Posted: 4/24/08 at 2:12pm
Um...NO. Mel should not return to Broadway.
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