G'day
GadgeTalk about broadsiding the Bismark!

Well, if something is worth doing, it's even more worth overdoing!

Or in other terms, to quote an old 'serious petrolhead' mate of mine, 'If some is good, then more is better, and too much has to be just right'
It's not surprising that the major studios wouldn't touch this one. I guess this is Boss Music!
Yup, close as it gets, IMHO. The vid I've linked is actually from the recent stage production of 'The Producers'. It's even more over the top than Mel Brooks' original film! Busby Berkeley would approve of that.
This show has had a very curious progression, from a 'film about a play', to a 'play about a play'.
Good old Mel Brooks hey!
Apparently, researchers have found a third gag in Get Smart!
Ahh yes. Comedic genius right there.
Not to mention his other pisstake films; the other standouts to me [apart from 'The Producers' that is], in no particular order; 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein'...