I really don't know what sense of humor you need to have in order to find this movie hilarious. For all I know, I didn't catch myself laughing more than twice throughout the whole movie. Most of the jokes where simple slapstick, like Gene Hackman as the blind man pouring wine and soup accidentally all over the monster. And what with the German accent. As far as I know, Transylvania is not and never was a part of Germany, so why the thick German accent. No, honestly, for a whizkid like me there weren't any sophisticated jokes and hardly a scene managed to crack me up. Mel Brooks success is and will remain a mystery to me and I don't know how more movies of him I have to see in order to find out what's so great about him. I worked in a cabaret once and I found out that a lot of people just laughed because the guy on stage was a comedian, not because he was funny. And one particular comedian (German Helge Schneider) could do anything he wanted (ordinary things like pick up a cup of coffee) he had the whole crowd cheering. I guess this is what you call the Pygmalion effect. Hahaha!
Review of Young Frankenstein
