Daily Dialogue — May 3, 2012
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That music…
Frau Blücher: Yes. It’s in your blood — it’s in the blood of ALL Frankensteins. It reaches the soul when words are useless. Your grandfather used to play it to the creature HE vas making.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Then it was you all the time.
Frau Blücher: Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You played that music in the middle of the night…
Frau Blücher: Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: …to get us to the laboratory.
Frau Blücher: Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That was YOUR cigar smoldering in the ashtray.
Frau Blücher: Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: And it was you… who left my grandfather’s book out for me to find.
Frau Blücher: Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: So that I would…
Frau Blücher: Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Then you and Victor were…
Frau Blücher: YES. YES. Say it. He vas my… BOYFRIEND.
— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman), Young Frankenstein (1974), screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, screen story by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, based on the novel by Mary Shelley
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is revelation, suggested by Alexander Gorelik. Today’s suggestion by churnage.
Trivia: The original cut of the movie was almost twice as long as the final cut, and it was considered by all involved to be an abysmal failure. It was only after a marathon cutting session that they produced the final cut of the film, which both Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks considered to be far superior to the original product. At one point they noted that for every joke that worked, there were three that fell flat. So they went in and trimmed all the jokes that didn’t work.
Dialogue On Dialogue: This is such a great bit of satire on melodrama, ending with a classic line.
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