Gene Wilder on Willy Wonka Remake, Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks, and more

she laughed a lot you don't know you never saw much I said no I'm not sorry I didn't see it Then she made me watch every one she made because she had it all written down, I mean printed, and I watched those movies and she was wonderful and then He got sick, you know, you see, you know, we got married. in 1984 and he died in 1989 and, but he tried really hard in those first three years, I guess three years and then he didn't go, he had operations that caused him too much pain and he kept thinking I'll get better after this one, well, I'll get better. better after this and all that and then it didn't work out left such an indelible impression on all of us yeah yeah one of my favorite movies was The Boy from Frisco.

Did you enjoy making that film? I made a good movie. I enjoyed that one. It was very fun because it could be very serious and it could be fun mm-hmm and I liked doing that they both liked it like that and I was with two rabbis and and someone who sang the parts and and I learned to sing in Hebrew what was that I was going to have that singing later you're playing a rabbi yes yes and I really liked it it was very good and Harrison Ford was wonderful he and I got along like night and day the night was wonderful no, I mean, do you think so, yes, I would explain it to you this way, you work, you work all day and then you say goodbye or you work at night and then you say goodbye or you work all day and then you play darts and you go have some beers and whatever and we have fun at night and we had fun during the day and we played horses and things like that I liked it I liked it and we got along well good actor and you are a brilliant actor yes, thank you, I can't tell you how you will appreciate you doing this because I know it's not something you like do, but thanks for your time.

I'll still want to thank you all for being so kind. audience and for the questions and for being here and welcoming Jean and I and telling them something to remember them in the jeans book and he will be in the lobby signing them so thank you very much for being here tonight.