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Film · 20th Century · 1974

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

41Leave it.

He does the work he swore off, and the film is glad he broke the promise.

Take controlThis scores 41. Young Frankenstein cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

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The review

A lecturer hates his grandfather's reputation right up until the castle is his. Then he builds the creature anyway. The comedy loves the old horror films instead of mocking them empty. There is a blind hermit. The creature wants a life. That affection is why it still plays for people who know where the jokes came from.

The vow gets a shrug. The work he said he would not repeat is the fun, and the fun never sends him a bill. Fine with friends who already like that joke. No help if you wanted the promise to matter. He did the grandfather's job. The movie is pleased with him.

Journal

Keep Young Frankenstein in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth are the thin ones.

  1. 7Industry
  2. 5Household
  3. 3Piety
  4. 4Courage
  5. 2Republic
  6. 4Temperance
  7. 3Truth
  8. 5Stewardship

Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

A Christmas Story

53 instead of 41

A Christmas Story is still a comedy film, and it scores 53 instead of 41. What you gain is household: Parents, a brother, a want.

The eight

  1. 7
    Industry

    A lecturer leaves the classroom and does his grandfather's laboratory work.

  2. 5
    Household

    The creature wants a life, not only the scream the old films used him for.

  3. 3
    Piety

    He swore he would not repeat the work, and he does it anyway.

  4. 4
    Courage

    Taking the castle is nerve spent on the exact vow he had already made.

  5. 2
    Republic

    No town is owed a thing; the castle is a private repeat of the old work.

  6. 4
    Temperance

    The laughs take his side, so doing the forbidden work is the pleasure.

  7. 3
    Truth

    The promise not to repeat the grandfather's work does not hold, and he is not billed.

  8. 5
    Stewardship

    He leaves a creature who wants a life, and a vow he has already broken.

Live historically

Notice where he starts the work he swore he would not repeat, and whether anyone bills him.

Where to watch

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Film · Roadside Attractions · 2026

Buddy

Buddy

41Leave it.

Forced cheer is a cage. The child who says no is the one the show cannot bear.

Take controlThis scores 41. Buddy cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

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The review

Inside a 1990s children's program, an orange unicorn leads the songs. A boy will not join the dance. He vanishes, and the host tells the others he has gone to a perfect city. Another child finds what he left, and it is not a postcard. The public story stops at the crack: the cheer was the lock, and the no was the thing the lock could not allow.

Do not put this in front of a child who still loves a show like it. The measure is for the adult who presses play. A smile that punishes the child who will not wear it is not friendship. It is a host.

Journal

Keep Buddy in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 3Industry
  2. 4Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 7Courage
  5. 4Republic
  6. 3Temperance
  7. 6Truth
  8. 4Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Goosebumps

54 instead of 41

Goosebumps is still a horror film, and it scores 54 instead of 41. What you gain is temperance: Meddling is how it starts.

The eight

  1. 3
    Industry

    The work of the show is coerced joy. That is not a craft. It is a demand.

  2. 4
    Household

    The children are the cast and the captives. No parent is in the room that matters.

  3. 2
    Piety

    The host's happiness is the only creed, and it is a lie.

  4. 7
    Courage

    One child refuses the dance. The refusal is the brave act.

  5. 4
    Republic

    A set is not a people. The children are being governed by a toy.

  6. 3
    Temperance

    The horror is built out of a children's show. That is the point, and it is a cost.

  7. 6
    Truth

    The host says the missing child has gone somewhere wonderful. The picture shows that this is not true.

  8. 4
    Stewardship

    Nothing is being kept for the children. They are being spent to keep the show smiling.

Live historically

Let a child in this house refuse a game, and do not punish the refusal.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

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Keep going

The next title is the one nearest what this house keeps, then the measure where it is thin. Nothing here is a crowd. It does not leave this device.

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