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    Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved

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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    Went to see it a couple of weeks ago and actually enjoyed it. As good as the movie: no? Entertaining: yes.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    I'm waiting for Spinning Into Butter: The Musical.
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    Image of gladys_kravitz gladys_kravitz
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    That's what he gets for not hiring Cloris. I think she proved she was more than up to the challenge.
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    Image of PictureItSicily PictureItSicily
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    Has Broadway ever considered making ticket prices affordable for the 8 million New Yorkers who might actually frequent the theater were it not exclusively a splurge for Midwestern tourists and daytrippers in from Westchester?


    Isn't the West End relatively cheap?

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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    11/25/08

    @PictureItSicily:


    Not a perfect comparison, since the West End put on substantial plays, not shitty musicals.

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    Image of spitneybeers spitneybeers
    11/25/08

    @depardoo: Well, Starlight Express ran there for 17 years, and We Will Rock You is in its sixth. Substantial, no?
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    11/25/08

    @spitneybeers:


    Point taken.

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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    Coming soon... The New Mel Brooks Musicals:


    Steambath, featuring "Puttin' on the Schvitz."

    Around the World in 80 Days, featuring "Puttin' on Berlitz."

    Platoon, featuring "Puttin' on von Clausewitz."

    And his crowning achievement, Sophies's Choice, featuring "Puttin' on Auschwitz"

    (Hmmmm, too much?)

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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    11/25/08

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, featuring "Puttin' on the Schlitz."
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    11/25/08

    @naugahydeinplainsight: The Battle of the Bulge, featuring "Puttin' on the Blitz"
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/25/08

    @Weegee's bored: Take Me Out: The Musical, featuring "Puttin' on the Mittz"


    (As long as we're going down the rabbit hole)

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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11/25/08

    @Weegee's bored: Crumb! featuring "Puttin' on the Fritz."
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    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    11/25/08

    @naugahydeinplainsight: @Weegee's bored: @unclevanya:


    Spring Awakening, featuring "Puttin' on the Tits"


    Legally Blonde, featuring "Puttin' on the Ditz"


    The Color Purple, featuring "Puttin' on the Grits" (too much?)

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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    And we'll all be eating Spam a lot.
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    Image of llamalash★ llamalash★
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    Best comedy film ever. Some things are classics and should not be messed with.


    Roll, roll, roll in de hay
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    Image of llamalash★ llamalash★
    11/25/08

    @llamalash: fuck.
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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    11/25/08

    @llamalash: PUT...the...CANDLE...BACK!!!
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    Image of pantsonfireliarliar pantsonfireliarliar
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    I'm not too embarrassed to admit I had some relatives in town last month and they took me to see this. It was...ok. I laughed a few times, but mostly tried my hardest not to fall asleep.


    The worst part though was the end, when people actually stood up and gave a standing ovation. How low are your standards if you give this a standing ovation?! Or have I not been to Broadway in so long that everything gets a standing ovation?

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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/25/08

    @pantsonfireliarliar: Sondheim said in the docu Broadway: The Golden Years that theater used to be mainstream, but now is an "event" for most people. And standing O's are the audience's way of asserting that they were a part of the evening they just paid a fortune to witness.


    It's a cynical observation, but true. And yes, almost alls shows (musicals, anyway) get standing O's no matter how bad they are.

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    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    11/25/08

    @unclevanya: If only lying O's were as easy to get!
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    I can't wait to see Brooks really piss off the theater queens by mounting The New Mel Brooks Musical: Blazing Saddles, complete with the climactic eleven o'clock number "The French Mistake".
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    11/25/08

    @unclevanya: Atually, teh geighs are already lining up for The New Mel Brooks Musical: Robin Hood, Men in Tights.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    11/25/08

    @Kid_Twist: Actually
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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    This is exactly the kind of musical I imagine Mr. Sheffield on The Nanny produced.
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    Image of WackoJacko WackoJacko
    11/25/08

    @EleanorRigby: I always thought he was more the Tricia Walsh-Smith play kind of producer.
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    Image of Jackie Gleason's Fart Cave Jackie Gleason's Fart Cave
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    I saw an interview with Mel Brooks about the show, and when he was asked about the inflated ticket prices he said, "there's lobster salad and there's tuna salad, it's up to you to decide what you can afford." No arrogance at all, then.
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    11/25/08

    @User-Generated Screen Name: He wouldn't even publish his weekly takings for fear of people knowing how drastically inflated his ticket prices were. What a schmuck.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    I was feeling sassy one day and spent $300 to take my girlfriend and her mother to this show. Needless to say, after the performance, my sass level had been severely depleted.
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    Image of overunderover overunderover
    11/25/08

    @bringmemyTofu: Next time, just give me $75 bucks and let me kick you in the nuts
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    11/25/08

    @overunderover: It's a date. Buy me a beer afterwards?
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    Image of overunderover overunderover
    11/25/08

    @bringmemyTofu: Done.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/25/08

    @LizaCoates: But for $400 there better be a lot of schnitzengrubben.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    11/25/08

    @BadUncle:


    That goes without saying.

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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    Don't worry. Spaceballs, the Musical is coming soon.
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    Kid Twist was starred Kid Twist was unstarred
    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    11/25/08

    @Kid_Twist: The Search For More Money?
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    Image of WackoJacko WackoJacko
    11/25/08

    @Kid_Twist: And also apparently Green Day's American Idiot is coming down the pike.
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    Image of it takes a lot to laugh it takes a lot to laugh
    11/25/08

    @WackoJacko: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" is coming also.
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    Image of CodePink CodePink
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    When my Mom gets mad, she calls this show "Young Frikkenstein Whatevah You Call It."
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    Image of WackoJacko WackoJacko
    11/25/08

    @CodePink: I saw a preview of the show and I refused to usher MBYF it was so bad. And I'm poor and need the money.
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    Image of overunderover overunderover
    11/25/08

    In reply to Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved
    However, despite this failure, rumor has it that Brooks is now working on "Elder Frankenstein, the Boca Raton Years"
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    11/25/08

    @overunderover: You mean, "The Newest Mel Brooks Musical: Elder Frankenstein, the Boca Raton Years"
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