I did not realize that. Live and learn. I guess I just sort of thought from the general tone of “A Funny Thing…” and the cast, particularly Zero Mostel, that it was a Brooks’ Film.
“Everybody ought to have a maid…”
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I always love Young Frankenstein the most.
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My entire family (adults) watched “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” Hilarious, especially for people who have traveled a lot. Reminded me that John Candy was a really fine comedic actor. (And that Steve Martin is too. The car rental scene still cracks me up–because I’ve been there.)
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Igor doing his best Groucho Marks impression, “Soytanly, you take the blond, I’ll take the one in the toybin”.
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Leo Bloom: Let’s assume, just for the moment, that you are a dishonest man.
Max Bialystock: Assume away.
Leo Bloom: It’s very easy. You raise more money than you need.
Max Bialystock: What do you mean?
Leo Bloom: Well, you did it yourself, only you did it on a very small scale.
Max Bialystock: What did I do?
Leo Bloom: You raised $2,000 more than you needed to produce your last play.
Max Bialystock: So? What did it get me? I’m wearing a CARDBOARD BELT!
Leo Bloom: Well, that’s where you made your mistake: you didn’t go all the way. You see, if you were a truly bold criminal, you could’ve raised a million.
Max Bialystock: But the play cost me only $60,000 to produce!
Leo Bloom: And how long did it run?
Max Bialystock: One night.
Leo Bloom: You see? You see what I’m trying to tell you? You could’ve raised a million dollars, put on your $60,000 flop, and kept the rest.
Max Bialystock: But what if the play was a hit?
Leo Bloom: Well, then you’d go to jail. See, once the play’s a hit, you have to pay off all the backers, and with so many backers, there could never be enough profits to go around. Get it?
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Some interesting background to Casablanca. I didn’t know that almost the entire cast were refugees from Nazism.
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