The Producers was released in 1968 and his other comedies, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein followed in 1974.

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He mocked the musical -- and Hitler --in The Producers, the western in Blazing Saddles, and the horror film in Young Frankenstein.

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And it includes the gifted comic actress Andrea Martin ("Young Frankenstein, " "My Favorite Year, " many others) as Berthe, the grandmother, a role made famous on Broadway by Irene Ryan.

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Xanadu - based on the 1980 film flop of the same name starring Olivia Newton John - and Young Frankenstein beat A Catered Affair and Cry-Baby The Musical to take joint musical honours.

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