Episode 623: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing 1975’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother. Written and directed by, and starring Gene Wilder, the film tells the tale of Sigerson Holmes. The movie also stars some other familiar faces from Mel Brooks’s troupe of actors including Marty Feldman, Madeline Khan, and Dom DeLuise.

Aaron Peterson and David MacGregor continue to lend their Sherlockian expertise to the conversation.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:21.6	Turn it off.
0:24.6	Turn it off. For many years, people have believed that Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in the world.
0:48.3	But is it possible that there could exist another human being whose mental powers go even beyond those of the master?
0:56.0	Hello, what's this?
0:59.0	It's Sherlock Holmes' smarter brother.
1:04.0	Starring Gene Wilder.
1:06.0	Do you have a brother whose first name is Sherlock?
1:08.0	I do not?
1:09.0	You do have a brother?
1:10.0	I do. Might I inquire as to his first name is Sherlock? I do not. You do have a brother? I do.
1:11.3	Might I inquire as to his first name?
1:15.0	Shear luck.
1:17.4	Madeline Kahn.
1:19.7	I've got the sweetest little dimple in my...
1:26.7	As Jenny Hill.
1:28.3	How do you do? My name is Bessie Bellwood.
	...

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