mel brook be a great writer and director and actor and but once in a while even he can have a klinker . the beginning of this start out almost basically just meet one character after another . you have cary elwes who charm and talented and but he can not do comedy . his expression into the camera show that even he can not believe the inanity in the script . richard lewis look bore and distract throughout without much to do and amy yasbeck be stick in high school act mode . dave chapelle show great comedy range mugging and hamming for the camera and mark blankfield be mostly stifle in the role of the blind man and but then he do still manage to show great comedy range . eric allen kramer doesn not have much to do and but the few scene he do have be bind . the best role be those of roger rees and tracy ullman and megan cavanaugh and brook for when he do appear . dom deluise have a funny turn a a mafia don employ a clint eastwood lookalike and but on the minus side and some of the joke aren not very funny while some of the really funny one seem steal from mel other movie .