Proceeding along the catwalks and on ladders, she was confronted by Freddy/Jesse, who raised his taloned hand at her: "Come o me, Lisa....It""s he girls that I try to score with that I can""t get to first base with.I""m turning into the strike-out king of San Francisco." BackgroundThe Producers(1968) was writer/director Mel Brooks"" debut film and most popular farce - a zany, often brilliant spoof comedy about Broadway productions (and their producers) and the Nazis that many considered shoddy and in very bad taste.& Mrs.JERRY COHAN"The Irish Darlings"TREBORThe Man of Mystic ChangesCapt.McCrosson""sZOUAVES"My father was playing in a variety theater, breaking in a scene.No one was more expectant than he was - unless there was my mother.She was busy right then in a smaller production." A right-to-left dissolve on the billboard fades into the interior of he small town""s theatre, where George""s Irish father Jerry Cohan""s (Walter Huston) name is placed on an easel card.With a signal to let the attendees in, they opened the two entrance doors into the theatre, unleashing a scrambling crowd of boisterous students who had been waiting for six hours outside.