- Clip shown. Discussed in interview.
"Sneak Previews" Take 2: Who's Funnier: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen? (TV Episode 1980)
Clip shown"Arena" 'I Thought I Was Taller' - A Short History of Mel Brooks (TV Episode 1981)
Clips.Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie 1982)
Leo gets upset that Max is handling his blue blanket.Precious Images (Short 1986)
"The Debbie Reynolds Show" The Producer (TV Episode 1970)
Title reference."Laugh-In" Guest Starring Zero Mostel (TV Episode 1970)
Dennis Allen asks Zero Mostel if he was in this movie."What's My Line?" Mel Brooks (TV Episode 1970)
Soupy Sales tells Mel Brooks he thinks the movie is a masterpiece."Mary Tyler Moore" The Co-Producers (TV Episode 1974)
Title referenceBlazing Saddles (1974)
Right before the "I'm Tired" scene, after Jim tells Bart about Lili Von Shtupp, the tune that is playing in the background is the theme from the fictional play Springtime For Hitler which appears in Mel Brooks' first film The Producers. Other references to the previous film include when Governor Le Petomane echoes Max Bialystock's line "Hello Boys!"
City Lights (1931)
To pour champagne into the violin player's pant.Tugboat Annie (1933)
Mentioned in dialogue.Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Title song played.Go Into Your Dance (1935)
Mentioned in Dialogue.The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Max says: "You'll be off to see the wizard." And Frank mentions The Wicked Witch of The West.
Liquid A$$ets (1982)
Follows same plot line as The Producers (1967).The Producers (2005)
The musical is based on the Mel Brooks movie of the same name and was taken to Broadway and taken to the big screen.Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (2009)
Glitch! (1988)
Briefly spoofed towards the end of the film.The Seducers (Video 1992)
Title, premise, chracters get porn treatment.Bamboozled (2000)
SPOILERS AHEAD! Both movies are about a deliberate attempt to produce a show that would fail, only for it to be a smash success."Bob's Burgers" The Quirk-ducers (TV Episode 2016)
Essentially a retelling of the basic plot, right down to the title.Bill Maher: Live from Oklahoma (TV Special 2018)
Bill points out that "Mel Brooks put Hitler in a musical" and proceeds to sing a bit of "Springtime For Hitler."
War and Peace (1956)
Max and Leo go watch a play called "War and Piece."
The Producers (2005)
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