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MAX BIALYSTOCK (Zero Mostel)
Roger, did you have a chance to read "Springtime For Hitler"?
ROGER DE BRIS (Christopher Hewett)
(Emerges from behind a partition wearing a dress)
Remarkable, Remarkable! A stunning piece of work.
LEO BLOOM (Gene Wilder)
(Under his breath) Max...he's wearing a dress.
MAX BIALYSTOCK
No kidding.
ROGER De BRIS
Did you know, I never knew that the Third Reich meant Germany..I mean it's just drenched with historical goodies like that....Oh dear, you're starring at my dress...I should explain...We are going to the choreographers ball tonight and there is a prize for the best costume.
CARMEN GIYA
And we always win!
ROGER De BRIS
I don't know about tonight..I'm supposed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, but I think I look more like Tugboat Annie...What do you think, Mr Bloom?
LEO BLOOM
Where do you keep your wallet?
GP6971
(38,013 posts)but absolutely love Mel Brooks movies. Blazing Saddles is my favorite.
csziggy
(34,189 posts)Franz Liebkind: Gentlemen. Ve have here a technical problem. Hmm? I do not know if vat ve have here is ze quick burning fuse or ze slow buring fuse. Ja, ja, I must find zis out.
[snips dynamite fuse]
Franz Liebkind: Zis is critical.
[lights fuse with match]
Franz Liebkind: Ha ha ha, ja ja, you see zis? You see zis here vat I have told you? Yeah, zis is an example of smartness here. I have said that zis is ze quick fuse. Huh? And zis IS ze quick fuse.
[pause]
All: THE QUICK FUSE!
[explosion]
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)TXCritter
(344 posts)The whole sequence of Gene Wilder being hysterical
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,725 posts)hmcnally
(1 post)...for using this clip. I ULed it years ago, and just found it here.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,869 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Valuable advice for the next four years...
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)blogslut
(39,167 posts)Best sight gag ever.
red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Hilarious!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,835 posts)"I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast. Where did I go right?"
Wolf
red dog 1
(33,063 posts)lame54
(39,771 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)That whole scene with "You're going to jump on me!" is just hysterical.
red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Zero yells this out after viewing dozens of actors trying out to be Hitler, and then the last one..is so perfect.....
Max..yells out..as loud as he can..."That's Our Hitler"
Here is Dick Shawn performing that song.."Love Power" at the audition..as..,Lorenzo St. Du Bois, then at the very end, Max Yells out.. :
"That's Our Hitler."...(you can barely hear him, but he screams it in the movie, and there is a close up) Here is a clip of that song, and at the very end, you can hear Max yell it out, "That's Our Hitler"
red dog 1
(33,063 posts)He died of a heart attack on-stage during a performance.
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)ShazzieB
(22,590 posts)I this cracks me up for some reason.
I wonder why they took it down. Does somebody not understand satire?
redwitch
(15,261 posts)I want everything I've ever seen in the movies!
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)it's "And I'll play rape."