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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on March 12, 2007, 04:10:20 AM
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(http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1073268034291_2004/01/06/mel_brooks,1.jpg)
Greatest comedian evar.
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Is he dead, Jim????
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thats what i was wondering...nothing on google news about it yet...maybe ill try elsewhere.
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No. Just sitting here watching History of the World, Part 1 and it got me to thinking, which is dangerous when Kentucky Bourbon has been applied. Has any other comedian equaled his achievements? Maybe Chaplin, but his work really did'nt stand the test of time where Mel's has over an equal period, but that's debateable.
Look at the filmography:
(no IMDB cheating)
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
High Anxiety
Spaceballs
The Producers
History of the World, Part 1
Silent Movie
To Be or Not To Be (remake)
Every one of them a classic. He's a writer, actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, director, producer. That's a pretty damn impressive portfolio.
Sorry about the false dead pool alert.
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impressive indeed!!
:aok
(phew! thought we'd lost him)
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Blazing Saddles...until There's Something About Mary, no movie ever made me laugh so hard.
Glad he's still tickin'.
:aok
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the twelve chairs[/i] was fine too
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I find Mel Brooks entertaining, but not laugh-out-loud funny.
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Didn't he do some sort of robin hood movie as well?
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your avitar scares the hell out of me saintaw.
:D
robin hood: men in tights.
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
I find Mel Brooks entertaining, but not laugh-out-loud funny.
...and the devil's advocate of the BBS chimes in like clockwork.
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Don't forget about "Get Smart."
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I like Mel but my wife and I walked out 1/2 thru To Be or Not To Be.
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I'm not a big fan of his movies at all...even Blazing Saddles didn't strike my funnybone.
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Originally posted by Saintaw
Didn't he do some sort of robin hood movie as well?
you're probably thinking of "Robin Hood, Men in Tights" he was the friar and he might have also been a producer or executive producer.
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Originally posted by Airscrew
you're probably thinking of "Robin Hood, Men in Tights" he was the friar and he might have also been a producer or executive producer.
He was Rabi Tuckman and had a cart load of sacramental wine.
He also was a Moil, performing his trade just before the wedding.
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He was also in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge IIRC.
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Blazing Saddles... I love that movie
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Originally posted by rpm
Has any other comedian equaled his achievements?
I prefer other comics: Chaplain, Keaton, Martin and Lewis, Benny, Berle, and Winters.
As far as "achievements," that's up for grabs.
All the Best,
hap
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Martin and Lewis were not funny, they were abbot and costello without the funny jokes.
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Whats his name used to be very very funny, at least to my sense of comedy. He isn't so funny any more.
What IS his name? :confused:
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Jack Benny may be the only one in his league. His stuff is just as funny today as it was new. Interesting that Brook's only true remake was one of the few films Benny did.
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I'm still waiting for Hitler on Ice.
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Don't forget about "Get Smart."
They are making a Get Smart movie starring Steve Carrell but Brooks and Henry are not writing. The original was greatness.
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Originally posted by Shuffler
Blazing Saddles... I love that movie
Blazing Saddles has to be my favorite all-time-completely-anti-PR totally inappropriate comedy movie of all time. You could NOT make that movie in this day and age.
Had a copy of it in Iraq that got smuggled around like the radio in "Stalag 17". One of those movies the touchie-feely types did not want to hear about for "heath and welfare" or other nonsense reasons.
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He's likely the only one who could get away with the old bathroom humor and gags that others wouldn't touch. He is IMO one of the leading comedic genious folks ever to work the trade.
His work is one of 2 that I know of that you can post a quote of, and others will be able to respond with more and continue the thread. Monty Python is the only other works that can do that almost instantly.
"Send a wire to the home office and tell them I said".......... (fill in the blank)
Vs "What is your quest?"
:D
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Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein are my Brooks Faves. I liked Space Balls OK, but was never drawn to the others as much.
Wasnt there a "history of the world part 2"?
I'd like to get copies on DVD of Saddles & Frankenstein-
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Originally posted by Atoon
Wasnt there a "history of the world part 2"?
No.:(
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Originally posted by rpm
No.:(
"I give you these 15 (CRASH).....10, 10 Commandments":rofl
Too bad
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Originally posted by Atoon
"I give you these 15 (CRASH).....10, 10 Commandments":rofl
You left out one small bit:
"I give you these 15 (CRASH) oy.....10, 10 Commandments"
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"Not da craw...da CRAW!!"
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"It's good to be the king"
"Sire, you look like the piss boy"
"And you look like a bucket of ****!":rofl
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The Inquistion...
(Let’s begin!)
The Inquisition...
(Look out sin!)
We have a mission:
To convert the Jews.
(Jew Jew Jew Jew Jew Jew Jews)
We’re gonna teach them...
(...wrong from right)
We’re gonna help them...
(...see the light)
And make an offer that they can’t refuse.
(That the Jews just can’t refuse!)
Confess: don’t be boring!
Say yes: don’t be dull!
A fact you’re ignoring:
It’s better to lose your skullcap than your skull.
(Oy, oy gavalt!)
The Inquisition...
(What a show!)
The Inquisition...
(Here we go!)
We know you’re wishin' that we’d go away,
But the Inquisition’s here, and it’s here to stay
The inquisition...(Oh boy!)
The inquisition...(What joy!)
The inquisition...(Oy oy!)
I was sitting in a temple.
I was minding my own business,
I was listening to a lovely Hebrew mass.
Then these papus persons plunge in,
And they throw me in a dungeon,
And they shoved a red hot poker up my ass!
Is that considerate?
Is that polite?
And not a tube of Preparation H in sight.
I’m sittin’ flickin’ chickens,
And I'm lookin’ through the pickin's,
And suddenly, these goyim break down my walls!
I didn’t even know them,
And they grabbed me by the apple,
And they started playing Ping Pong with my balls!
Oy, the agony!
Ooh, the Shame!
To make my privates public for a game!?
The Inquisition...
(What a show!)
The Inquisition...
(Here we go!)
We know you’re wishin' that we’d go away,
But the Inquisition’s here, and it’s here to…
Hey Torquemada,
What do you say?
I just got back from the auto-da-fé.
"Auto-da-fé?" What’s an "auto-da-fé?"
It’s what you oughtn’t to do, but you do anyway.
Skit scat doodlebat doodle be bay
Will you convert?
…NO NO NO NO
Will you confess?
…NO NO NO NO
Will you revert?
…NO NO NO NO
Will you say YES?
…NO NO NO NO
Now I asked in a nice way,
I said "pretty please."
I bent their ears,
Now I’ll work on the knees!
Hey Torquemada,
Walk this way...
We got a little game that you might want to play.
So, pull that handle, try your luck:
Who knows Torque?
You might win a buck!
(All right!)
Put it in the car!
In the car...In the car...
How we doing, any converts today?
Not a one. Nay Nay Nay.
We’ve flattened their fingers,
We’ve branded their buns,
Nothing is working...
SEND IN THE NUNS!
The Inquisition...
(What a show)
The Inquisition...
(Here we go)
We know you’re wishin' that we’d go away.
So come on, you muslims, and you jews,
We've got big news for all of youse.
You better change your point of views today!
'Cause the Inquisition's here,
And it’s here to stayyyyyyy!
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Man, thats going to be in my head all day tomorrow:(
:D
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I'm not a betting man, but I would bet it took RPM about 3 hours to type that one up from memory.
:D
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When I'm in a good mood and start humming a tune, 99% of the time that's it.
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I heard of a guy having water on the brain, but this is the first of water ballet
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Oh Piss boy !!
(http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/world/images/pissboy.jpg)
He's one of the nine people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award
"Its good to be the king"
Dont Watch me.... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7nAnkkiOKI)
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Life Stinks...one of my favorites.
"Hatoo Hatoo Ha bibidy bang Hachooo" LOL:D
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Mel Brooks started long ago as a writer for the Show of Shows that featured Cyd Ceaser etc. The list of writers for that show is impressive.
Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart (Mash) Carl Reiner, Howie Morris (Ernest T. Bass on Andy Griffith Show) and others I fail to remember at this time.
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Originally posted by Hap
I prefer other comics: Chaplain...hap
"**** Charlie Chaplain. MF'er couldnt even talk. I TALK, and can't get over!"
-Richard Pryor, interviewed while blasted out of his mind...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvSgPowOO8c
Blazing saddles was pretty funny. What I like about him is that Brooks doesn't have to rely on cheap gimmicks to earn a few laughs.
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Originally posted by john9001
Martin and Lewis were not funny, they were abbot and costello without the funny jokes.
As a youngster I was happy but most saw me as a bit serious. That beeing said, the first time I EVER laughed out loud at a comedian was Jerry Lewis. He doesn't appeal to me much anymore, but at the age of 15 I thought he was the funniest ever.
Mark