Albums

The Producers, Recording – A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks [DVD]

Listen

Disc 1
1. Haben Sie Gehört Das Deutsche Band? (Brooks)
2. “On the cast album you will hear sixteen new songs…” (Brooks) The King of Broadway
3. “After King of Broadway, Matthew Broderick, who plays the Bloom part, . . . ” (Brooks) We Can Do It
4. “So what’s the last step of that . . . ?” (Stroman) I Wanna Be A Producer
5. “What’re we doing now?” (Brooks) Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop
6. “So we’re starting from the top . . . ” (Lane) Keep It Gay
7. “I needed another song.” (Brooks) When You Got It, Flaunt It
8. “Bialystock and Bloom had one more thing to do, and that is get the money.” (Brooks) Along Came Bialy
9. “In between takes, Matthew likes to work out. I think it’s time to bring out Marlon Brando.” (Lane) That Face
10. “Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, Come and join the Nazi party.” Springtime For Hitler / Heil Myself
11. Where Did We Go Right? (excerpt) “I didn’t have a chance to fix any of these lyrics.” (Brooks)
12. “Leo and Ulla take off with the two million and go to Rio.” Betrayed
13. “After Betrayed, we’re in a courtroom . . . ” Till Him
14. “I love you, too, take care.” (Lane) “I love you more.” (Brooks) Haben Sie Gehört Das Deutsche Band?

About

This irresistibly funny DVD should have been called a “gay romp with Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom and a cast of thousands in the recording studio.” Starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, and the impish Mel Brooks as the genial host, it is a hilarious behind-the-scenes glimpse at the recording sessions for the cast album of the celebrated Broadway show. Along for the fun are director Susan Stroman and cast members Roger Bart (Carmen Ghia), Gary Beach (Roger De Bris), Cady Huffman (Ulla) and Brad Oscar (Franz Liebkind) as they lay down the vocal tracks for the original cast album, in 85 minutes of sheer hilarity, antics and songs, and more show-stopping numbers (not all sung!) than in the musical itself.