Apr. 22, 2010: Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein

MEL BROOKS SPLASHY MUSICAL
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN OPENED IN
BOSTON LAST NIGHT.
I WAS THERE AND EARLIER IN
THE DAY SAT DOWN WITH TWO OF
ITS TO THEM, METHOD AND
ABOUT THE MAD HYPE.

>> MEL BROOKS HAS ONCE AGAIN
DISSECTED HIS OWN SACRED
MATERIAL THIS TIME CREATING
A NEW LIFE FOR YOUNG FRANKEN
TUNE.

>> BROOK AS DAPTATION OF HIS
1974 HORROR SPOOF OPENED ON
BRADWAY IN 2007 AND IS NOW
TOURING THE COUNTRY WITH AN
ENGAGEMENT AT THE BOSTON
OPERAHOUSE.

>> SOME OF THIS STUFF IS 30
YEARS OLD, 35 YEARS OLD NOW
IT PLAYS SO WELL BECAUSE
IT'S SO MUCH A PART OF OUR
HUMOR AND THE WAY WE PHRASE
THINGS.
COMEDICALLY.

>> STOP, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF
ANYWAYS YOU COULD USE ME?

>> TWO AND I'M WORKING ON A
THIRD.

>> OH, GOOD, DOES THAT MEAN
I'M HIRED.

>> WELL, A HUGE PART OF ME
IS POINTING IN THAT
DIRECTION.

>> TONY WINNING ACTOR ROGER
BART ORIGINATED THE ROLE OF
DR. FREDERICK FRANKENSTEIN,
PARDON-- ON BROADWAY UNDER
THE TUTELAGE OF BROOKS
HIMSELF.

>> WE WOULD OFTEN DO OUR
SHTICK AND KIND OF PEEK OVER
TO SEE HOW, WHAT HE THOUGHT
OF IT.
AND YOU KNOW, IF HE WAS
SMILING AND LAUGHING YOU ARE
DOING ALL RIGHT.
IF HE IS FROWNING OR CURSING,
UNDERNEATH HIS BREATH THAN
THAT IS WHEN ARE YOU REALLY
DOING BADLY.

>> THERE ARE CERTAIN LINES
THAT HAVE TO BE DELIVERED A
CERTAIN WAY.
THERE A RHYTHM.
THERE IS A MEL BROOKS COMEDY
JUST, IT IS ITS OWN STYLE
SORT OF BASED AGAIN ON A LOT
OF THE BURR LESSING AND
VAUDEVILLE.

>> I KNOW IS TO EMBARRASS
YOU BUT I AM A RATHER
BRILLIANT SURGEON, PERHAPS I
COULD HELP WITH YOU THAT
HUMP.

>> WHAT HUMP?

>> THEY ARE BOTH NODS TO THE
FILM AND WHOLESALE
TRANSFERS.
AND THERE ARE GREAT
EXPECTATIONS INSPIRED BY THE
FILMS WICKEDLY FUNNY CAST
FROM GENE WILDER AS THE
DOCTOR, TO GENE HACKMAN AS
THE HER HIT.

>> ONE OF ACTOR BRETT
OSCAR'S CHARACTERS.

>> I'M PRAYING FOR SOMEONE ß
ß I'M PRAYING THERE'S
SOMEONE ß
ß OUT THERE FOR MENOTE ß.

>> WE CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND
IMITATE THEM.
WE CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND
TRY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY
DID.
BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE WILL
GO OUT THERE AND EMULATE.

>> IS IT ALMOST SURREAL,
ALMOST AS IF YOU ARE
STEPPING INTO THE FILM EVEN
THOUGH IT IS IN COLOR?

>> YEAH, I MEAN A LITTLE BIT.

>> INEVITABLY I WILL DO GENE
AND I WILL ALSO DO WHAT I DO
BEST.
AND THE AUDIENCE LOVES AND
RECOGNIZES THE MOMENTS THAT
THEY SEE OF GENE, OR THEY
HEAR KIND OF A GENE'S
PHRASING TO THOSE THAT ARE
REALLY REALLY DEDICATED
HARD-CORE FANS OF YOUNG
FRANKENSTEIN THE MOVIE.
ß ß PUT ß
ß PUTS ON THE RITZ ß
ß.

>> WHEN PUT ON THE SHOW IN
NEW YORK THREE YEARS AGO THE
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN TEAM TOOK
A BEATING FROM CRITICS AND
IN TICKET SALES IT DIDN'T
HELP THAT THE SHOW FOLLOWED
BROOKS STAGGERINGLY POPULAR
THE PRODUCERS WHICH HAD WON
12 TONYS.
BATT BART AND OSCAR WERE
PART OF THE PRODUCERS
PHENOMENON.

>> OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO
BE TALKED ABOUT.
OF COURSE THE SHOW, YOU KNOW
H A LOT TO LIVE UP TO.

>> WE ANTICIPATED IT BEING
DIFFICULT OUT THERE.
AND WE CONVERSELY
ANTICIPATED THE ROAD BEING
MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW,
ACCEPTING OF IT JUST BEING
ANOTHER MEL BROOKS SHOW
THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE.

>> AND NEXT UP IN THE MEL
BROOKS THEATRE CANON THERE
ARE RUMORS THAT HE IS
WORKING ON A BLADESING
SADDLES MUSICAL.

>> GOD BLESS THEM.
HE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, HE'S
STILL SCRIBBLING.
SO WE'LL SEE.

>> AND WE WILL WAIT.

>> YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN PLAYS
AT THE OPERAHOUSE THROUGH
MAY 2nd.
THAT'S IT FOR GREATER
BOSTON.
A REMINDER TO TUNE INTO THE
NEW 89.7 WGBH AT NOON FOR
THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW
FOLLOWED BY CALLIE CROSSLEY
AT 1:00.
TOMORROW NIGHT EMILY IS BACK
FOR BEAT THE PRESS, HOWIE
CARR FLIPS WORDS ABOUT HIS
EMPLOYER LAND HIM A
SUSPENSION AND SHOULD THE
SUNDAY MORNING CHAT SHOW
DOES MORE HOMEWORK.
THAT'S TOMORROW AT 70 CLOCK.
NOW STAY TUNED FOR A LIVE
EDITION OF BASIC BLACK.
I'M JARED BOWEN.
GOOD NIGHT.