My Fellow Scientists

[Gramps]

.... and Neurosurgeons...


I grew up on comedy... from cartoons, The Three Stooges.. the Pink Panther series...the Great Race genre..etc etc..

Slapstick...

As a teenager into young adulthood, anything comedic drew me.

So I present one of my all time favorites.

Young Frankenstein.

You movie freaks... who played the blind priest?

[Bob Loblaw 3.0]

For some reason I wanna say Gene Hackman

[Gingersnap]

For some reason I wanna say Gene Hackman

Totally correct. He wasn't a priest, he was a vaguely religious hermit based on the tradition of hermits in Eastern European countries.

I know way too much about this movie and the interviews done with Brooks and the cast.

[Bob Loblaw 3.0]

Totally correct. He wasn't a priest, he was a vaguely religious hermit based on the tradition of hermits in Eastern European countries.

I know way too much about this movie and the interviews done with Brooks and the cast.

My first thought was Mel Brooks himself... but he usually plays Rabbis. I guess my watching that movie multiple times finally paid off.

[Adam]

My first thought was Mel Brooks himself... but he usually plays Rabbis. I guess my watching that movie multiple times finally paid off.

One of his best roles, though, was Torquemada:

[Bob Loblaw 3.0]

One of his best roles, though, was Torquemada:

Yeah, but when I think about the Spanish Inquisition, I still think Monty Python: