Raeli watched part of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder, not Johnny Depp) courtesy of my Dad the other day, and has managed to get herself well and truly traumatised about the fate of Violet Beauregarde (SPOILER, she turns into a giant blueberry). Nightmares and all. As with the similarly traumatic [...]
I’ve had lots of strange jobs in my time, but I think that quite possibly one of the oddest was my morning working as Health and Safety Inspector for Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. As usual, my job was sent to me through Bjorn, at the temp agency I was working for at the time, and the man who is now my literary agent. As usual, Bjorn phoned me up on a Sunday evening, and the conversation...
The Frisco Kid was always a favorite movie. Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder were great together and it isn't every day a movie comes along with Yiddish humor. Oy gevalt! That being said, it seems that Yiddish have a few pithy sayings and truisms that weren't discussed in polite company and now they are about to be printed. Again. "Yiddish Sayings Mama Never Taught You". I'll bet she didn't....
For every Coraline or The Iron Giant, there’s a rash of beloved children’s stories that lost their charm en route to the big screen. The Greats: Review: Coraline’s Stop-Motion Surrealism Dazzles, Terrifies
NATHANIEL ROGERS Nathaniel Rogers blogs daily at the Film Experience. YOUR FEATURE PRESENTATIONS George Clooney is a fox. You knew this already but now he's actually playing one onscreen. Fantastic Mr. Foxis a sly one and that's a description that...
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein is too funny. There are too many overused jokes, too many corny gags, and too much suggestive language. Watching the musical at the Cadillac Palace Theatre is like overdosing on Halloween candy. Sure it’s enjoyable and delicious, but in the end, you’ve consumed nothing substantial and you feel a little sick. This silly stage adaptation of the 1974 film...
OMG! " We have so much time and so little to do! Strike that! Reverse it! " You might recognize these words from Gene Wilder starring Willy Wonka in the old Chocolate Factory ... I have so little to share and so much time! ... Hehe... I have just finished something I love to show you, in between Christmas creations! This is Sophie (my hubby chose her name), I was inspired by Autumn colors...
Most celebrity interviews suck and no one ever says anything good because most celebrities are functional retards who only got where they are based on being pretty and you would smell hair burning if they ever had an original thought. But put Sharon Osbourne in a studio with Opie and Anthony and the great Jim [...]
Where has all the ugly gone? The Daily Beast's Simon Doonan praises the Young Frankenstein star for his magnificent hideousness. What happened to ugly? Where did all the Calibans and Quasimodos go? In our ultra-looksist culture, everyone has been...
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein ( played by Gene Wilder ): “Igor, help me with the bags.” Igor ( played by Marty Feldman ): [ Imitating Groucho Marx ] “Soitenly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban.” Dr. Frankenstein : “I was talking about the luggage .”— Young Frankenstein (1974), written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, directed by Mel Brooks Give...
I spend a lot of time writing, and I'm constantly amazed -- even after decades of this stuff -- how much better things get when you say less. Take out words, and dull prose sits up. Take out sentences, and prose kicks up its heels. And take out paragraphs ... well, let's just say that's you often need to clear the room -- it can be that much more kinetic. It is hard, of course. The expression "kill...
That's Fronk-en-stien! An annual tradition of mine is to watch good ol' Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein, my favorite comedy. How can you beat it? Gene Wilder is the title character, Mel Brooks and him wrote the script, and you have Marty Feldman and Peter Boyle. Here are some awesome pictures to make you remember how awesome this flick really is: And here's the original trailer: Frau Blucher! Bookmark...
When I was young and on a visit to the US, I was taken to a rodeo. I watched the cowboys mount angry bulls which were then released together into the arena. A violent dance then began with the bull trying to buck the cowboy from his back and the cowboy holding on for dear life or at least for dear prize money or bravado. If the bull was successful and the cowboy came crashing to the ground, the bull...
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Is this where Prescott's love of BULLSHIT comes from?