TV Guide: Marty Feldman

Listing: Young Frankenstein

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

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Video: Last Remake Of Beau Geste, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:37:28 +0000

Beau Geste, the classic adventure story of a young man's dangerous journeys as part of the French Foreign Legion, becomes the subject of broad parody in this slapstick comedy. The original tale, best known to film lovers from William Wellman's 1939 classic, tells of several brothers who join the Foreign Legion after claiming responsibility for the mysterious disappearance of an invaluable family heirloom. Eventually, brothers Beau and Digby find themselves in conflict with their vicious commander, leading to a potential mutiny. The plot here is similar, with Michael York assuming Gary Cooper's role as Beau, and first-time director Marty Feldman co-starring as Digby. However, following the lead of former collaborator Mel Brooks, Feldman plays strictly for laughs, loading the story with jokes ranging from the satirical to the vulgar. A cast of notables keeps things lively, with Peter Ustinov and Ann-Margret mocking their own images as the sadistic commander and lusty Geste stepmother. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie G

Video: Young Frankenstein

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:21:39 +0000

Lending his burlesque touch to 1970s genre revision, Mel Brooks followed his hit western Blazing Saddles with this parody of 1930s Universal horror movies. Determined to live down his family's reputation, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (co-screenwriter Gene Wilder) insists on pronouncing his name Fronckensteen and denies interest in replicating his grandfather's experiments. But when he is lured by Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) to discover the tantalizingly titled journal How I Did It in his grandfather's castle, he cannot resist. With the help of voluptuous Inga (Teri Garr), wall-eyed assistant Igor (Marty Feldman), and a purloined brain, Frankenstein creates his monster (Peter Boyle). Igor, however, stole the wrong brain, and the monster tears off into the countryside, encountering a little girl and a blind hermit (Gene Hackman). Frankenstein finds the monster and trains him to do a little Puttin' On the Ritz soft-shoe, but the monster escapes again, this time seducing Frankenstein's uptight fianc e Elizabeth

Video: Episode 2

iTunes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:30:53 +0000

Intro-Let's Speak English-Top of the Form-Spiv Doctor-Thief in the Library-Come Dancing. 'At Last the 1948 Show' features John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, and launched the Monty Python phenomenon.

Video: Episode 5

iTunes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:30:42 +0000

Intro-Shirt Shop-The Nosmo Claphanger Quiz Show-Life Insurance for the Accident Prone Man-Uncooperative Burglars-Scottish National Ballet Supporters. 'At Last the 1948 Show' features John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, and launched the Monty Python phenomenon.

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