Great Performances (TV Series)

Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks (2001)

Matthew Broderick: Self, Leo Bloom

Quotes 

• Nathan Lane : I think it's time to bring out Marlon Brando. Mr. Brando, eh... how do you feel the recording session is going?

  Matthew Broderick : [as Brando]  What's bein' recorded?

  Nathan Lane : [laughs]  I don't know whether you heard, we're, eh, doing a little show called "The Producers."

  Matthew Broderick : [as Brando]  But what are you producing? Do you produce the laughs? Cheap hackneyed humor for a public which is 'satiated on pubile dribble...

  Nathan Lane : [more laughter]  Well, don't get your kaftan in a twist.

  Matthew Broderick : [as Brando]  This kafkan is made entirely of seaweed. Every bit of fabric. It's renewable... renewable and from the sea.

  Nathan Lane : Really?

  Matthew Broderick : [as Brando]  I can eat it when I'm done wearin' it.

  Nathan Lane : Here you go. I knew we'd get some entertainment.