9 MP3 Audio clips from Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Clip 1

Igor has brought Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and his beautiful assistant Inga to Castle Frankenstein. The door knockers are HUGE.

[We hear IGOR banging on the door with a three-foot door knocker]

Frederick

What knockers!

Inga

Oh. Thank you, Doctor.

Clip 2

Inga and Frederick are discussing the dimensions of the creature he plans to create in his grandfather's laboratory.

Inga

In other words, his veins, his feet, his hands, his organs would all have to be increased in size.

Frederick

Exactly.

Inga

He would have an enormous schwanzstucker.

Frederick

That goes without saying.

Inga

Woof!

Igor

[To camera]

He's going to be very popular.

Clip 3

Inga has a dirty mind. When Frederick asks her to 'elevate' him she thinks that he means something entirely different.

Frederick

Elevate me.

Inga

Now... right here?

Frederick

Yes, yes. Raise the platform.

Inga

Oh! Ze platform. Oh, zat. Ja. Yes...

Clip 4

Frederick is getting philosophical. In the face of failure and adversity it's best to put on a brave face and conduct oneself with dignity and control. Ahem.

Frederick

If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace.

[FREDERICK loses control, turns and begins punching the prone form of THE CREATURE]

Frederick

SON OF A B**CH BASTARD, I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?

Inga

DOCTOR, STOP THIS. STOP IT! YOU'LL KILL HIM!

Frederick

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE. I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE!

Igor

[To camera]

Quiet dignity and grace.

Clip 5

Frederick is beginning to realise that there's something wrong with the brain Igor gave him to implant into the creature. He's quietly questioning his man-servant.

Frederick

You know, that brain that you gave me. Was it Hans Delbrook's?

Igor

No.

Frederick

Ah. Good. Uh... would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?

Igor

And you won't be angry?

Frederick

I will NOT... be angry.

Igor

Abbey someone.

Frederick

Abbey someone? Abbey who?

Igor

Abbey Normal.

Frederick

Abbey Normal?

[FREDERICK realises that the brain was in fact "ABNORMAL"]

Igor

I'm almost sure that was the name.

Frederick

[Laughs]

Are you saying that I put an ABNORMAL brain into a seven and a half-foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?

Clip 6

The Creature has escaped from Castle Frankenstein and has been taken in by a kindly blind man named Harold.

Harold

My name is Harold. And I live here all alone. What is your name?

The Creature

[Groans incoherently]

Harold

I didn't get that.

The Creature

[Groans incoherently]

Harold

Nope. Oh... Forgive me. I didn't realise you were a mute.

Clip 7

The most seminal and memorable scene from the movie. In front of an audience of scientists, Frederick and The Creature put on a show.

Frederick

If you're blue and you don't know where to go to why don't you go where fashion sits?

The Creature

PUTTING ON THE RITZ!

Frederick

Different types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes or cut-away coat perfect fits.

The Creature

PUTTING ON THE RITZ!

Frederick

Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper. Trying mighty hard to look like Gary Cooper.

The Creature

SUPER DUPER!

Frederick

Come let's mix where Rocker-fellas walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mits.

The Creature

PUTTING ON THE RITZ!

Clip 8

Frederick's fiancee has made an unexpected appearance at Castle Frankenstein. He, Igor and Inga are there to greet her. Igor is feeling frisky.

Frederick

Uh... Igor. Would you give me a hand with the bags?

Igor

Certainly. You take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban.

[He begins growling and nibbling at Frederick's fiancee]

Clip 9

Frederick's fiancee is a great believer in 'no sex before marriage' unless it's with somebody OTHER than Frederick. She bids him goodnight.

Elizabeth

Now give me a kiss and say goodnight. No tongues.