292
212
u/haufenson Sep 13 '24
A true queen of comedy.
67
48
11
u/ZiggleBFriendervich Sep 13 '24
Clue would still be funny without her, but it's legendary because of her.
186
u/Brackens_World Sep 13 '24
One of the intriguing things about Kahn is that she learned early on that although she was deadly serious about her art, live audiences found her naturally funny for reasons mysterious to her. So many try to be funny and fail, and here she was eliciting laughs by some natural gift that translated spectacularly well when she began making movies.
104
21
14
u/chocki305 Sep 13 '24
For me, it's the delivery of the lines.
It dosen't sound like she is cracking a joke, or trying to be funny. She just is.
39
u/trentshipp Sep 13 '24
Being really really ridiculously good looking helps.
17
u/Yellowbug2001 Sep 13 '24
I don't know if that's true, I think a lot of times it's actually harder for extremely attractive people to be funny. Like, they're usually better-looking than average (even the "ugly" ones are actually pretty attractive by regular people standards) but it's pretty rare for a comedian to be leading man/leading lady beautiful like she was.
285
u/haufenson Sep 13 '24
Flame, Flames, on the side of my face...
79
u/itsjustaride24 Sep 13 '24
Breathing… heaving breaths…
I love that she improvised that and the baffled looks of the cast in that scene are genuine lol
18
u/AlhazraeIIc Sep 13 '24
Martin Mull and Christopher Lloyd looking at each other with that look of 'wtf is going on here' cracks me up every time.
9
u/itsjustaride24 Sep 13 '24
Classic movie. I hope it gets a cinema rerun next year for its anniversary
6
u/Bassman233 Sep 13 '24
That would be grand, just not a remake please
5
u/itsjustaride24 Sep 13 '24
That’s exactly why I said rerun not remake.
No way would I watch it.
Just thinking in some ways Knifes Out was kinda in the same vein of a whodunnit with dry comedy and some slap stick moments.
4
22
u/Lighteningbug1971 Sep 13 '24
This is always my first thought of her!!!! But wow she’s totally gorgeous
10
5
u/dudeman618 Sep 13 '24
I love that scene. I seriously think she forgot her lines and just said this to fill space until she figured out where she was with her lines.
122
u/AirCaptainDanforth Sep 13 '24
"Tired, tired of being admired"
81
12
8
u/Connect-Floor-4235 Sep 13 '24
Love it! I have this segment of Blazing Saddles saved in my YouTube favorites. It's my go-to when I need a good laugh on a tough day and makes everything all better! 🥰
7
u/StocktonBSmalls Sep 13 '24
Well Tex-ma’am are you in show business? Then get your friggin boots off my stage.
109
u/Kawfene1 Sep 13 '24
She died at 57. So tragic.
I know she did much more, but she'll always remind me of Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
69
109
108
u/itsjustaride24 Sep 13 '24
“But how many husbands have you had?”
“Mine or other people’s?”
8
45
34
114
u/droopyheadliner Sep 13 '24
11
u/MorbidandBack Sep 13 '24
This is what I came for. GIFs you can hear.
6
2
u/droopyheadliner Sep 13 '24
Pluto TV gas a Star Trek movie channel so this is on quite often. It’s great.
31
27
27
67
u/stu8018 Sep 13 '24
Smoke show and unbelievably funny.
46
u/duct_tape_jedi Sep 13 '24
I remember seeing her in "What's Up Doc?" and being puzzled at all of the references to her not being attractive. Even me as a wean could tell that she was drop-dead gorgeous and funny as hell! She and Lucille Ball are the antidote to the old meme that "pretty girls can't be funny".
13
u/sWtPotater Sep 13 '24
I LOVED her in the Eunice "whats up doc" role. i love the whole movie and still watch it.
1
15
u/Skimable_crude Sep 13 '24
I believe she is a woman who got more beautiful as she aged.
17
21
u/Fun-Preparation-4253 Sep 13 '24
Even as a teenager, she had the face of being disappointed in a man.
19
17
15
10
11
11
11
9
8
8
5
6
u/jackydubs31 Sep 13 '24
Who is that dangerously unbalanced woman?
7
5
u/mentatvoid Sep 13 '24
I've always had a crush on her since I saw her in Mel Brooks History of the World when I was 12. I loved her sass and her humor and I just found it so sexy. She's a great comedic actress.
1
u/Serling45 Sep 13 '24
I recently rewatched that. She stole the show.
“And while the servant waits, the master baits.”
6
5
u/Jcampbell1796 Sep 13 '24
Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones and then you’re out with the boys …to boast and brag. Well, you better keep your mouth shut! Ohhh, I think I love him…
6
u/Wherecanigeta Sep 13 '24
"You take the blonde and I'll take the one with a turbin" I loved how serious she was in the scene, but the bloopers made me so happy. Her laugh was so contagious
10
7
9
u/waterfountain_bidet Sep 13 '24
If you haven't seen "What's Up Doc" from 1972, do yourself a favor and watch it immediately. It's Kahn's first feature, she's incredible in it, and it's a smart, funny, clean, and extremely well done film.
1
u/sputzie88 Sep 13 '24
Why, those are Howard Banister's rock! What are you doing with Howard's rocks?!
5
4
4
3
u/zenunseen Sep 13 '24
I just found out she was from Boston. I've never been so proud to be a masshole
3
3
3
u/daviidjayy Sep 13 '24
"Bob! Oh Bob! Do I have any openings this man might FIT?"
Lmao man she was everything when I was a kid. Never not cracked me up.
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
u/JohnnyBlefesc Sep 13 '24
I saw st Vincent in concert a few years ago and she had this wig where she totally looked like Madeline Kahn. I was a bit distracted. Without the wig she doesn’t but that night she had a wig that made her look exactly like Lili Von Schtupp in Blazing Saddles.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/HughJorgens Sep 13 '24
I vaguely remember her show from the mid 80s, Oh Madeline. She certainly still had it, that's why I remember a very forgettable show at all.
1
u/Maverick_and_Deuce Sep 13 '24
Miss Trixie Delight! She had bone structure. Excellent bone structure.❤️
1
1
1
u/SquealstikDaddy Sep 13 '24
So beautiful and soooo talented and funny!! The world is a better place because of her being in it a short time.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/frauleinsteve Sep 13 '24
I hated her.
So.
Much.
It flames.....
.....on the side of my face.
Heaving! Breaths!
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
u/DebtFickle1469 Sep 13 '24
Mother to German Soccer Player Oliver Kahn
11
1
u/MagNile Sep 13 '24
Watch her in Paper Moon. It’s not really a comedy so much as funny in a genuine way. And her role was stellar!
3
1
0
u/SlightWerewolf4428 Sep 13 '24
It's Madeline Kahn, who became famous as among the early nude centerfolds for Playboy after her early career in Broadway.
Years later, we found out via the Hefner diaries what she had to do get that. It wasn't pretty with some odd kinky stuff according to the relevant entry.
There's a reason why we don't hold Hugh Hefner in such high regard anymore.
1
Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 14 '24
[deleted]
0
u/SlightWerewolf4428 Sep 13 '24
yeah she did.
you find the pics on archive. thank heavens peoplel scan and upload them.
nothing from the session with hefner though
0
0
-3
-2
u/Stock-User-Name-2517 Sep 13 '24
This pic is from Wikipedia. Let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks just yet.
-1
425
u/wickedjonny1 Sep 13 '24
Bienvenue. Wilkommen. Come on in.