Young Frankenstein who, as Elizabeth did when abducted by the monster, sings the refrain "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life". After several box office failures (which included now-cult classics "The Producers" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"), Gene Wilder finally hit box office success with a pivotal role in the 1972 Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". It was around that time that Wilder began toying around with an idea for an original story involving the grandson of Victor Frankenstein inheriting his grandfather's mansion and his research. Wilder had played around with
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film) of a large mass of white rabbits, to the tune of "Let's Misbehave" by Cole Porter. The film consists of seven vignettes, as follows: The film holds an 89% "Fresh" rating of on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 19 reviews. An August 1972 review by "Time" said that many of the film's ideas "sound good on paper" but that the "skits wind down rather than take off from the ideas"; the film includes "some broad, funny send-ups of other movies ("Fantastic Voyage", "La notte"), and its fair share of memorably wacky lines" but that "overall it is