Young Frankenstein
Encore, 9:50 p.m. ET
The more you see of the original films in the Frankenstein series, the more you realize how brilliantly Mel Brooks lampooned them in his 1974 comic masterpiece – and with such a fanatical eye (and a fan's eye) for detail and authenticity. Don’t believe me? Switch between this comedy, which stars Gene Wilder, Teri Garr and Marty Feldman, and 1939’s Son of Frankenstein, which stars Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, and is shown by TCM tonight, beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET.