THE MOST DANGEROUS COMEDY SCENE EVER FILMED
The Producers from 1968 did not just cross a line.
It danced over the line wearing lederhosen and a tiny mustache.
The scene "Springtime for Hitler" remains one of the most shocking, hilarious and strangely brilliant moments in cinema history.
You think modern comedy is edgy.
This scene from over fifty years ago still makes audiences gasp and laugh at the same time.
But how did a Broadway musical number about Adolf Hitler become a comedy legend.
Let's break it down.
THE PLOT THAT SET UP THE PERFECT DISASTER
Max Bialystock is a washed-up Broadway producer.
Leo Bloom is a nervous accountant.
Together they discover a dirty little secret.
A flop can make more money than a hit.
If you raise way more money than you need and the show closes on opening night, nobody audits the books.
So they need the worst play ever written.
They find it.
It is called Springtime for Hitler.
A loving tribute to the Führer written by a deranged Nazi sympathizer.
The plan is simple.
Open the show.
Offend everyone.
Close immediately.
Take the money and run to Rio.
What could possibly go wrong.
THE FIRST THREE SECONDS THAT DESTROY EVERY EXPECTATION
The curtain...
