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Cinema Nut - September 2008

Young Frankenstein only proves that Mel Brooks is not really all that funny

Young Frankenstein

"The Funniest Comedy Ever Made" is says on the front cover. According to who? Mel Brooks' aunties? Joke rehashing does not a funny movie make! These jokes were old when Brooks was young. And he's old now. He has, in fact, been old for quite some time. Which makes these jokes even older.

Now, I remember as an eight- or nine-year-old watching Get Smart and thinking it was kinda funny. I saw an episode a few years ago, and I gotta say eight or nine seems to be about the right age for Mel's brand of humour. I went to see the Broadway version of The Producers - okay, but most definitely not the funniest thing since whatever theatre-going people seem to think is funny. Neil Simon, probably.

So, I'm putting it to you, dear readers. Is he funny? Am I being too harsh on the man who made the obvious joke so obvious it is amusing in a "I knew that was coming, but you remind me of my favourite uncle so I'm gonna laugh" kind of way?

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September 6th 2008 @ 08:06

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1. September 7th 2008 @ 22:50. Buy the dvd Says:

Warning: do not trust blurbs when buying a movie ticket or DVD. Sometimes you shouldn't trust "critics" either; some are ghosts, or their words... edited to make....good... quote. I'm not a huge fan of Young Frank either. Check out Blazing Saddles or History of the World.

Happy viewing and writing.

-SR

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