Limericks notwithstanding, is there any reason to assume what the guy has under the blanket will be of particular use to Frankenstein’s Monster?
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Frankenstein only wants the best parts for his monster!
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And to quote Inga (Teri Garr) in “Young Frankenstein“: “He vould have an enormous Schwanzstücker!“
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Kilby beat me to it. Let me just add Igor’s comment: “He’s going to be very popular.” (I miss Marty Feldman.)
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@ Keera – Feldman was wonderful in “Young Frankenstein”, but re-reading a list of his films just now, the only other one I ever saw was “Yellowbeard”, and that was only because he was in it, but it turned out to be a dreadful disappointment. Perhaps I saw him in some TV appearances as well.
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Was his nickname Big Johnson?
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The original “Man from Nantucket” limerick would shed no light, no. But the popular parody’s second line was about how a body part of his was “so big he could suck it.”
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Sure, but WHY would somebody have an enormous Schwanzstücker just because Nantucket is most famous for limericks about people schtupping?
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@Bill: One of the more common second lines to the limerick is “If my ear were a c*** I would f*** it.” The logistics of such act rather presuppose an enormous Schwanzstücker.
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Demetrios X: I learned that as the final line, and the second line as “Whose d*** was so long he could s*** it.” Doesn’t change your point, of course.
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“Sure, but WHY would somebody have an enormous Schwanzstücker just because Nantucket is most famous for limericks about people schtupping?”
Um… but Nantucket of famous for limericks about people schtupping.
Or more specifically men wit c**** so long they can s*** it. And women with a**es that swing like a b*****t (not that there’s anything indelicate about b*****t but once you get into they habit of asterisks it gets hard to break.)
“One of the more common second lines to the limerick is “If my ear were a c*** I would f*** it.” ”
Nitpick. That’s usually the fifth line.
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Jeebus, I need to learn to type…. “because” and not “but”. “with” and not “wit” etc.
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@Kilby – Marty Feldman also had his own television show, with opening animation by Terry Gilliam. I remember seeing that when much younger.
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The corpses are unknown people who died on the street. Hence the Jane Doe and John Doe labels. They chose to label this one “Man from Nantucket”. And presumably they had a reason.
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“Marty Feldman also had his own television show, with opening animation by Terry Gilliam. I remember seeing that when much younger.”
two nights ago I discovered “At last the 1948 show” on Amazon prime. I had never heard of it before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Last_the_1948_Show
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Keera – I miss Gene Wilder too. “That goes without saying.” I’m glad Teri Garr is still with us. “Woof.”
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I remember bits of the Feldman show. A favorite blackout had Feldman as a maniac at a Victorian meeting, bounding over the table to attack the speaker. A calm off-camera voice intoned, “Accepting the award for Dr. Jeckyll …”
He also did the wildly uneven “Last Remake of Beau Geste” where he was Michael York’s twin brother.Among other things, Arab Chieftain James Earl Jones turned into a ringer for Cab Calloway when he removed his robe; and Ted “Lurch” Cassidy was a cheerful blind legionnaire in charge of ladling out soup.
A favorite moment: All the legionnaire recruits, clearly men on the run, give their name as Smith. Cassidy gives his name as Jones. “I had to change it from Smith.”
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Never knew he had a show – much of it is on YouTube (of course it is). And they say you can’t learn anything from comics!
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In addition to what others have said (I remember Feldman from his comedy show on TV), he was also in Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie”.
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He was also, if not a frequent, at least an occasional guest-star on talk shows, and I believe he appeared on a game show or two.
I didn’t watch either YF or SM, but I know what Mr. Feldman looks like, so I saw him SOMEWHERE…
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Woozy and Andréa, thanks for the mention of “At last the 1948 show”. Fun stuff.
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Aha! I thought I remembered Feldman being a familiar face when I saw Young Frankenstein (1974), and now I see that he was in The Flip Wilson Show (1971-1973).
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There were a bunch of them often seen together: Feldman, Madeleine Kahn, Charlie Callas, Dom DeLouise, Sid Caesar.
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More often than not, directed by Mel Brooks.
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Feldman was also a guest star on the Muppet Show – episode 518. That was almost certainly my first exposure to him.
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That might be where I know him from, too.
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Episode “518” means the 18th episode of Season 5. In overall broadcast order, this was the 120th episode of the Muppet Show, and it just happens to be the very last (new) episode ever shown (on 23 May 1981). Unfortunately, seasons 4 and 5 have not been released on DVD.
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There once was a man from Nantucket, His demise left a comic to interpret, His member did cause poor Igor to pause…..And the CIDU board to discuss it!
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Kilby – Marty Feldman was in a movie called “The Last Remake of Beau Geste”. He plays Michael York’s identical twin brother (York being Beau Geste and Feldman -Digby Geste). Oddly knowing how different they look, he actually looks like he should be York’s twin brother in the movie – at least to me.
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Did not see the prior post on Beau Geste – as I posted before finishing reading the posts.
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