'Out Of Gas'
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I've heard that the musical may be even better, but some small corner of my heart will ever and always cling to Zero Mostel as the One True Bialystock.
Well yeah, but Nathan Lane was very good too.
I was lucky - a friend noticed the tickets for the Chicago preview go on sale so we got tickets before it sold out. (It previewed in Chicago before going to Broadway.)
I wouldn't have believed it possible, but the stage version is even funnier than the movie.
I was unimpressed by the musical. The actress who played Ula was hysterical, but other than that, the only bits I really laughed at were the bits taken straight from the movie. And even then, I was more remembering the movie than laughing at what was onstage.
I was unimpressed by the musical.
Huh. You... um... weirdo!
At least one of Gene Wilder's best performances was in Young Frankenstien.
At least one of Gene Wilder's best performances was in Young Frankenstien.
I was just going to say what quester said. In fact, I think it IS Wilder's best performance.
His Willy Wonka was a thing of genius though.
The thing is, Willy Wonka and Blazing Saddles are the only times he didn't play hysterical. He is FABULOUS when he isn't being hysterical.
The thing is, Willy Wonka and Blazing Saddles are the only times he didn't play hysterical. He is FABULOUS when he isn't being hysterical.
I'd say he played hysterical in Willy Wonka some of the time (the tunnel scene and the confrontation with Charlie before he gave back the gobstopper). I also think he played non-hysterical in Young Frankenstein at enough points where it made the hysterical funnier.
eta In fact I think it was his hysterical moments that made Willy Wonka seem just more than a little dangerous.
I'd say he played hysterical in Willy Wonka some of the time (the tunnel scene and the confrontation with Charlie before he gave back the gobstopper).
I don't consider that hysterical so much as fucking creepy with a side of anger.
I don't consider that hysterical so much as fucking creepy with a side of anger.
Well, in that case, he did a lot of that in Young Frankenstein, except substitute obsessed with a side of really fucking funny.
He also did some hysterical there, but a lot of it was definitely obsessed instead.
I also think he played non-hysterical in Young Frankenstein at enough points where it made the hysterical funnier.
"My grandfather's work was doo-doo! [STAB] Class dismissed."