This episode is… ALIVE!!!
With Bob Buel, creator and host of 99 Questions (and first-time Trylove guest), we’re getting (re)animated about Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder’s timeless blend of piss-taking, homage-paying parody in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. It’s a great discussion where people who’ve seen it dozens of times (Bob) help explain what makes it sticky, while new-ish-comers (Jason, Cody) look at it with fresh, doting eyes.
Worlds collide! Sparks fly! Trenchant Weird Al references abound! The word “horny” is said five times (which is fewer than you might think given this group of people and this specific movie)!
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Main Theme” by John Morris from the YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN soundtrack.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode 332: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
8:05 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary
9:47 - Our histories with this movie
15:16 - Do you need to care about the source material to find this riff funny?
40:15 - How Frederick’s untethering affects the structure of the movie
45:28 - The genius supporting cast
55:19 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN in context of parody films
1:07:26 - The Junk Drawer
1:21:35 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1974
1:25:33 - Cody’s Noteys: Frankenstein’s Noteys (multi-thematic trivia)
