i recently saw this film with quentin tarantino introduction to this film on video tape from trio . quentin go on about how mel brook lift a good chunk of the premise of this movie for silent movie . while the basic idea be the same and down on their luck film maker try to sign big star for their up come film and the result be decidedly different . brook play it pretty much a a straight film and while olsen and johnson use it a an excuse to do silly thing with famous people . i prefer the pure insanity of olsen and johnson take . this be one of the best film that olsen and johnson ever make and even if it have one really big problem ( which i will get to in a minute ) . this be pure olsen and johnson insanity . it a film where anything can happen and usually the silly of all possible option . it wild and wacky with olsen and johnson acting a steam roller over hollywood and the studio system . when the comedy be happen it a rapid fire collection of joke and gag that never seem to stop . or rather stop a bit too often . the one really big problem i be talk about be that the comedy and the madness stop every couple of minute for a musical interlude . these interlude pretty much stop the movie dead since any of the momentum thats be build up come crash to a halt . most of the number be play straight so it a radical shift in tone that really annoy the heck out of me . ( actually the number aren not bad they just belong in a different film ) i know that the number be the result of this be one of those studio film where everyone in the studio appear partly a part of the story and but also a an advertisement for themselves and what ever movie they be currently promote . ( hollywood turn these out every now and again often to mixed result ) music aside i really like this movie . if you want to see olsen and johnson in great form this be a good choice to make .