MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
#1MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:39pm
Seriously Mel? Really?
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Updated On: 12/19/07 at 03:39 PM
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#2re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:51pmTell ya what, when YOU adapt YOUR film into a Broadway Musical, you can give yourself any billing you want. Seriously.
#2re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:54pmJoeKv99 - if B3TA07 did adapt his film into a bway musical, it would be better than YF.
GladysBumps
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#3re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:55pmWell no one can accuse him of being a CLOSET ego maniac.
#4re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:56pm
"Tell ya what, when YOU adapt YOUR film into a Broadway Musical, you can give yourself any billing you want. Seriously."
Guess he got a chip on his shoulder
and it looks big as a boulder...
Thanks brian
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#5re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:00pm
Hey that's fine- I'm not arguing YF's merit- but Brooks created it and produced it and did a lot of the financing himself. Why shouldn't he bill it any way he wants?
And the only billing I've seen has "The New Mel Brooks musical" over the title at 1/3 the type size. For a producer, co writer and composer that doesn't seem excessive.
#6re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:02pmmaybe it's just me, but I wouldn't brag about something i made if it wasn't very good....
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#7re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:09pmMan what is with the hate? Brooks has said repeatedly ever since he was a little boy he wanted to have a musical on Broadway. When he won the Tonys for Producers he said it was the proudest night of his entire life. I'll never create something like Young Frankenstein, but if I did I'd be so proud I'd never stop bragging about it. EVEN if you didn't like it, Brian.
#8re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:11pmi guess i just find egos extremely unnatractive. They make me sick. Confidence is one thing, pointless ego is another.
#9re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:15pmWasn't the idea and the original screenplay Gene Wilder's?
#10re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:23pm
^Yeah.
Um..anyone notice that Transylvania Mania, one of the few songs that are memorable, is very closely related to Irving Berlin's Puttin' on the Ritz?
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#11re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:44pm
a little, yes.
Well, let's call that "concept" 
#12re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 5:08pm
It's not about ego, it's about selling tickets.
Mel's name is why people are going to see this show.
It's marketing and show BUSINESS
....but the world goes 'round
#13re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 5:22pm
His name does appear no less than four times on the cover of the Cast Recording. It appears a total of ten times on the jewel case (including the spine). Lest we forget...
<---- You can see the crazy in her eyes. ;-)
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#15re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 5:25pm
wow, people tend to get jealous of him stronger and stronger, day by day 
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#16re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 6:02pmI'm not repelled by this show because of all of this ego crap or anything. I just think that when a bunch of the song titles are named after popular jokes from the movie, it says a lot about the quality of the show. I mean, why does Frau Blucher (whinny) need to sing a song called "He Vas My Boyfriend." The original joke is funny enough. Why sing about it.
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#17re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 6:15pm
I agree with you, only few of the songs tend to develop new gags of their own, they just extend the ones that the song started with. Then on the other hand, when is it any different, few songs in shows became funnier the longer they ran.
I decided for myself to just enjoy the lyrics and the tunes and let my thoughts rest I've seen it on Broadway once and enjoyed it. Now the songs alone will do as well.
#18re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 6:35pm
Keep in mind that those who "hate" the show are doing so without actually seeing the damn thing.
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#19re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 7:07pmIt's not hate of Mel, it's REPUSION.
#20re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 7:23pm^Um..I think you mean repulsion?
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#21re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 7:36pmFor people who have never seen the original movie, "He Vas my Boyfriend" is an original joke. Personally, having seen the movie and then the Broadway show, it was fun to relive some of the moments. Is this show the greatest thing since sliced bread? No, but it isn't awful either. Enjoyable entertainment for 2 hours and 40 minutes. That's all its supposed to be. I am glad I saw it even though I was annoyed at Brooks for a few reasons that I I have stated in past posts. It is what it is and it has some fun moments.
The only review of a show that matters is your own.
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#22re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:10pmYeah, B3, I did. "Repulsion," Like that Polanski movie with Catherine Deneuve where arms start coming out of the walls, only in this case it's oozing ego.
#23re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:21pm
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 12/20/07 at 08:21 PM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
localonedude
Understudy Joined: 11/24/07
#24re: MEL BROOKS MEL BROOKS youngfrankenstein MEL BROOKS
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:52pmProps to Mel hes 81 and still has more creativity in his little finger then this guy has in his entire body..And by the way im at the show right now and they are loving it. Props to mel great show.
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