Mel Brooks best movie

[dahliaclone]

It always floors me that Brooks was married to Oscar winner Anne Bancroft for like 40 years before her death. Power couple.

 

[ISUser]

 

[Kinch]

What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here?

 

[cyclones500]

“Igor, will you give me a hand with the bags?”
“Soitenly. You take the blonde, and I’ll take the one in the toiben.”

 

[Kinch]

Does anybody got a dime?

 

[Cyclonick182]

Men in Tights was my first exposure to Mel Brooks so its always my go to from him.

 

[clone52]

I think Blazing Saddles is his best and possibly my favorite. Robin Hood: Men in Tights might be my actual favorite, though.

 

[MeanDean]

That's among lines from Mel Brooks films that are adaptable in everyday situations if you're interacting with someone you know gets the reference.

This is the important part.

Otherwise you'll be in HR hell for the next 1/2 hour, which is about how long it'll take for them to can your ass.

 

[MeanDean]

I voted Space Balls. They had me with the loud music intro, then the fake Carrie Fisher took off the head phones...

The fact that I found Star Wars lacking (personally), but hugely popular, added to my enjoyment of the parody.

 

[matclone]

In addition to his writing, Mel Brooks know how to pick and get the most out of his actors. Zero Mostel in The Producers and Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein (to name a few) are outrageously funny.

 

[Clonealways]

"I give you these 15... um 10 commandments for all of you to Obey..."

"It's good to be the King."

 

[CascadeClone]

Voted Spaceballs, but my first Brooks movie was "to Be or Not to Be". Its less crass than most of his stuff but still slapstick.

My sister and I will often refer to random people or character actors as "He's world famous in Poland!"

 

[Cyclonepride]

The poll results pretty much mirror my thoughts. Blazing Saddles is the clear top for me, with Young Frankenstein a significant step down, and Spaceballs a significant step down from there.

I wasn't a huge fan of Young Frankenstein until I watched it again when I was quite a bit older

 

[cytor]

"Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire for a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?"

"F*CK the poor"

 

[BillyP1988Clone]

"Abby someone." "Abby who?" "Abby Normal"

 

[Sigmapolis]

Hard to choose with maybe the greatest satirist in the history of film.

But, to me, there's a clear "Mt. Rushmore" four you can't go wrong with –

Blazing Saddles

Young Frankenstein

History of the World, Part I

Spaceballs!

If you think about it, the four of them are the perfect sendup of four genres that dominate the history of Hollywood (not exclusively, but darn close enough) racked up together –

Western
Horror
Historical Epic
Science Fiction/Fantasy

 

[BCClone]

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Didn’t he play for Iowa though?

 

[pourcyne]

Puttin' On The Ritz is the very best, but who could refuse a little

Springtime for Hitler and Germany...

 

[NickTheGreat]

I watched Young Frankenstein again about 10 years ago and it's my top now. Blazing Saddles is close second, and Men in Tights a little behind that. I'm not a huge Star Wars guy, but I do like me some Spaceballs.

 

[demoncore1031]

My 17 y/o loves Mel Brooks movies. I'd been seeing a bunch of History of the World Part 1 clips on Instagram yesterday so I decided to watch that with him. He said it was dumb but he watched the whole thing with me. He doesn't sit around for 90 minutes with me for anything these days so thanks for that Mel. He about lost it when it got to Hitler on Ice.

I can relate. My kids almost never watch movies with me anymore, unless it's Mel Brooks or Monty Python. Or something newer that they are into and I don't get.