History Awesome / TheProducers

* "You've made a fool of Hitler!" "Well, he didn't need ''our'' help."

* The ending of Act I (unfortunately left out of the film adaptation) where Max and Leo revel in having raised all their money as all the big songs are performed simultaneously. It’s impossible not to get wrapped up in their joy at the scheme truly seeming possible, climaxing with everyone simply shouting their names and then humming the “Springtime for Hitler” theme (which doubled as the main theme of the original film) as the marquee is put up.

* The ending of Act I (unfortunately left out of the film adaptation) where Max and Leo revel in having raised all their money as all the big songs are performed simultaneously. It’s impossible not to get wrapped up in their joy at the scheme truly seeming possible, climaxing with everyone simply shouting their names and then humming the “Springtime for Hitler” theme (which doubled as the main theme of the original film) as the marquee is put up.

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* Without Creator/PeterSellers championing the 1968 film, it would never have seen wide release.
* Creator/MelBrooks winning a Best Original Screenplay UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for ''his very first movie screenplay''. Also take into account how often comedies get {{Award Snub}}s on Oscar night, and how long it took ''The Producers'' to find its audience during its original theatrical release.
** Brooks' speech was entirely adlibbed as he had not expected to win. He spent the last moments effusively thanking Creator/GeneWilder several times and television cameras caught Wilder in tears afterward.
* The absolutely massive Tony sweep. Not even Mel expected that big of a victory.
** The fact that the only Tony nominees the show ''lost'' were because the show had multiple nominees in the same category.
** The fact that Mel Brooks, who is [[NeverLearnedToRead completely musically illiterate]], wrote a Tony Award-winning score.
** During a performance of the show the night after the Tonys, when Max Bialystock tells Roger De Bris to "think of the Tony" when the latter refuses to direct ''Springtime for Hitler'', the audience erupted in thunderous applause.
* The fact that Brooks had the balls to make this film a mere 22 years after the end of World War II.
* SpringtimeForHitler is an actual trope.
* Creator/LindsayEllis noted that while neo-Nazis [[MisaimedFandom have adopted anti-Nazi works for their own use]], such as ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'' and ''Music/PinkFloyd's Film/TheWall'', no neo-Nazi group has ''ever'' adopted "Springtime For Hitler" as a theme since unlike the other examples, it's impossible to [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing make them look cool]]. Mel Brooks' efforts to use [[AdolfHitlarious ridicule to take power away from Adolf Hitler and Nazism]] were a resounding success.

* The fact that Brooks has the balls to make this film a mere 22 years after the end of World War II.

** The fact that Mel Books, who is [[NeverLearnedToRead completely musically illiterate]], wrote a Tony Award-winning score.

** During a performance of the show the night after the Tonys, when Max Bialystock tells Roger DeBris to "think of the Tony" when the latter refuses to direct ''Springtime for Hitler'', the audience erupted in thunderous applause.

* Creator/LindsayEllis noted that while neo-Nazis [[MisaimedFandom have adopted anti-Nazi works for their own use]], such as ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'' and ''Music/PinkFloyd's Film/TheWall'', no neo-Nazi group has ''ever'' adopted "Springtime For Hitler" as a theme since unlike the other examples, it's impossible to [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing make them look cool]]. Mel Brooks' efforts to use ridicule to take power away from Adolf Hitler and Nazism were a resounding success.

* Creator/UmaThurman is an actress not normally known for her musical talent, She not only holds her own against two Broadway veterans, but blows them both out of the water during "When You've Got it, Flaunt It."

* Someone off-stage knocking out Liebland when he tries to hijack the stage and announce that it's gone beyond his intent.