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The Wilder Ride is a podcast where we look to explore and celebrate the films of Gene Wilder, using the ​movies by minutes format. Your hosts are Alan Sanders and Walt Murray, getting Wilder by the minute.

Mar 30, 2018

We finally get through the remaining credits and push into the sitting room of the Castle of Baron von Frankenstein where a coffin is setup in front of a roaring fireplace. The coffin is ripped open to reveal a corpse holding a box. A set of hands moves into the shot, trying to pull the box away from the fingers of the...


Mar 29, 2018

While continuing the opening title credits, co-host Alan Sanders asks co-host Walt Murray if the humor in Young Frankenstein is timeless? In other words, would a Millennial find it as funny as we did when we were their age? Because the film was shot to look like a throw-back to the 30's style of monster movies, we both...


Mar 28, 2018

We discussed the fact that Mel Brooks was able to track down Ken Strickfaden who created the original laboratory equipment for the 1931 Frankenstein movie, starring Boris Karloff. Back then, the Universal monster movie did not give Strickfaden any screen credit. Mel promised Ken if they could borrow the gear, which...


Mar 27, 2018

During the opening credits, we spend some time talking about the passing of John Morris on January 25, 2018. We continue to look at the credits and discuss some of the other names and other projects they have on their resumes. 


Mar 26, 2018

We begin to look at the film, Young Frankenstein, one minute at a time. As with many films of that era, we have to wade through a few minutes of opening credits. We provide some interesting background on the names of those involved in the making of the movie and some interesting behind-the-scenes stories of how...