After my roommate and I gorged ourselves on cheap, greasy delivery Chinese food we decided to kick back, digest and have a few laughs. Thanks to Mel Brooks’ genius we fell into Dracula: Dead and Loving It, the rest is history. In true Mel Brooks fashion, the movie had us flirting with the possibility of peeing our pants laughing throughout the entire feature. Peter MacNicol delivered his best performance as Renfield, the enslaved Brit of Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) with a zest for insects and an insatiable palate.
I particularly love that Renfield’s luncheon companion, the director of the sanitorium, thinks he’s crazy not just for eating bugs but for the way in which he eats them.
A Hoppy Pipper 