One of my all-time favorite actors. R.I.P.
I still remember the first time I heard; “But what if the others from work see me out here!?!?!?!” and Max Bialystock replies: “Then you will see THEM and Why aren’t THEY at Work?!?!”
Good words to live by.
I remember Gene holding that blanket and saying “No way out, no way out”
R.I.P. Gene. I will miss you. But I’ll remember you always with a smile.
He was deputized I believe. What a great movie:
Are we awake?
We are not sure. Are we… black?
Yes we are.
Than we’re awake. But we’re very puzzled.
Amen, and treating Alzheimer’s would also improve our political discourse.
Teri Garr is still alive.
Put…the candle…back…
Yep, but suffering from MS, unfortunately…
“what knockers”
“oh, thank you doctor”
I know…it was so sad…I didn’t want to type it.
So…let’s remember…to “Roll roll…roll in ze hay”
To leave a legacy of laughter such as this ensures immortality. If there is a place where funny people go, I hope to visit. Goodbye Dr. Frankensteen.
Happy that he and Gila are together again. Two very special people who made me laugh…and cry.
Cloris Leachman (Frau Blucher) is still alive I think.
Good catch. So that’s three people in the main cast still around from Young Frankenstein (Terry Garr, Gene Hackaman and Cloris Leachman).
The same idiot didn’t know the title of Thomas Wolfe’s great novel, Look Homeward, Angel.
The story has it as Look Back, Homeward Angel.
This story is as poorly written and sourced as the AP smear of the Clinton Foundation.
My husband and I will be doing likewise. It’s been awhile since we watched Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. I think our ten-year-old grandson would love to see them, too. He’s just the right age for the Frau Blucher and the campfire-beans scenes. Very sad to hear of Wilder’s passing.
This is a documentary about Mel Brooks – but of course, Gene Wilder is significantly featured. It has that great scene from The Producers in which Wilder has an episode of hysteria.
Oh, this makes me so sad! I had no idea he was 83 – he was one of those people who seemed perpetually young.
Didn’t know he was suffering from Alzheimer’s, either. Damn.
Thanks for all the laughs, Gene – you were one of the great ones.
Not just a good actor, but a good human being. He sure deserves a better photo than the one paired with this article.
No! That’s Franken-STEIN!
There is an Alzheimer’s epidemic coming very soon. Unless one has money, the standard of care is very poor. It would be nice if Congress stopped wasting money on endless, futile wars and committed those billions to finding a cure for this devastating disease.