Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
bradwalt
Chorus Member Joined: 6/19/06
#1Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:18pm
What are the names of the horses in Young Frankenstein? The audience laughed but I missed it - (A LAUGH SPOILER)
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 04:18 PM
#2re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:35pm
Well, I haven't seen the show, but in the movie it is Frau Blucher.
It's funny because essentially, her name is Ms. Glue
Forgive my knowledge of how glue is made, but I believe horse hair is used for making glue? This is the reason the horses neigh and go all crazy when they hear her name.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#2re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:36pmThe horses' names are "Blacken" and "Decker"
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#3re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:49pmTheir names made me laugh also!
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morosco
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#4re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:54pm
It's funny because essentially, her name is Ms. Glue
Not so says snopes.com
snopes.com on Frau Blucher
bradwalt
Chorus Member Joined: 6/19/06
#5re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 4:55pm
"Blucher" doesn't mean "Glue" in any language! But this has been a famous movie myth since the original YF film.
Back on topic, the program just billed the horses as "Equines" so they wouldn't spoil the laugh.
#6re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 6:44pm
"Well, I haven't seen the show, but in the movie it is Frau Blucher"
Frau Blucher is the name of a character, not the name of the horse 
When Chris Fitzgerald says "Woah Blacken...Woah, Decker" I remember laughing quite a lot but it was more of a "what the hell was that?" kind of laugh
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Heybeenfood
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#7re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 6:53pm#8re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 7:35pm
....I apologize : (
Now I have to go back and trace the person who told me this. I know some German, but thought that blucher was just another way to say glue.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#9re: Horses' names in Young Frankenstein? (LAUGH SPOILER)
Posted: 2/26/08 at 8:37pm
Someone told Mel Brooks before they started shooting the movie that Blucher meant glue in German, which is why the horses whinny. Mel has said this himself.
The horses are named Blacken (Justin Patterson) and Decker (Eric Jackson).
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