--- title: "Svengoolie tonight: MeTV airs Mel Brooks' \"Young Frankenstein\" an hour early as an expanded show" description: "The 1974 comedy arrives with a monster-building stunt, a song and a visit from Tombstone, and the schedule has changed around it." url: https://tv-movies.skoop.news/it-s-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-it-s-mel-brooks--11-07/ published: 2026-11-08T04:11:39.799114-05:00 modified: 2026-11-08T04:11:39.799114-05:00 section: "TV & Movies" publisher: "skoop.news" language: en keywords: ["svengoolie tonight", "Sven Squad", "Young Frankenstein", "Gene Wilder", "Mel Brooks", "House of Svengoolie", "Century Fox", "MeTV", "Inga", "Monster"] hashtags: ["#SvenSquad", "#YoungFrankenstein", "#GeneWilder", "#Movie", "#movieclips"] image: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Tengis_Movie_Theater_-_Sign.jpg/1280px-Tengis_Movie_Theater_-_Sign.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail --- # Svengoolie tonight: MeTV airs Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" an hour early as an expanded show > The 1974 comedy arrives with a monster-building stunt, a song and a visit from Tombstone, and the schedule has changed around it. Published 2026-11-08 · TV & Movies, [skoop.news](https://skoop.news/) ## In brief - If you watch Svengoolie, set your clock an hour early: the Young Frankenstein broadcast kicks off at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT on MeTV, one hour earlier than usual. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) - The show will feature cast and production information, a Sven Squad effort to create their own monster, a song, and a visit from the character Tombstone. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) - Mel Brooks directed Young Frankenstein and co-wrote it with the film's star, Gene Wilder. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) ## An earlier start for an expanded show If you watch Svengoolie, set your clock an hour early: the Young Frankenstein broadcast kicks off at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT on MeTV, one hour earlier than usual. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) MeTV is airing Mel Brooks' 1974 film tonight as an expanded show. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) The start time is 7 pm Eastern/Pacific and 6 pm Central. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Halloween is over, but Svengoolie is still running monster programming in November. [[3]](https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/45444/svengoolie-metv-november-2026-schedule-frankenstein-young-abbot-costello-cujo-willard/) ## What the expanded show adds The show will feature cast and production information, a Sven Squad effort to create their own monster, a song, and a visit from the character Tombstone. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) The broadcast has edited the breaks in the movie so as not to ruin the comedic flow or remove material. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Some segments may be shorter than normal as a result. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) ## The film behind the broadcast Mel Brooks directed Young Frankenstein and co-wrote it with the film's star, Gene Wilder. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) It was a 20th Century Fox film, shot in black and white to emulate the great original Universal movies. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Brooks used Kenneth Strickfaden's original lab equipment from the 1931 film Frankenstein. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) The cast is listed as Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Cloris Leachman, and Gene Hackman. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) ## The story, from lecture hall to castle Frederick Frankenstein, delivering a lecture at a medical school, wants no connection to his mad scientist grandfather and pronounces his name Fronken-Steen. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Then he inherits the old family castle in Transylvania and reluctantly makes the trip there. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) At the castle, Frederick is met by the hunchback family servant Ygor and a young woman named Inga. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) He also meets Frau Blucher, the housekeeper whose name causes horses to whinny in fear. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Frederick discovers his grandfather's secret laboratory and journals. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) That makes him a believer in his ancestor's theories and sets him on a course to continue the work. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) ## The experiment and the mob Ygor steals the wrong brain, an abbie-normal one, to be installed in the experimental creature. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) The experiment succeeds until the Monster reacts violently to Frederick. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) The local one-armed police inspector takes up the citizens' quest to find out what the relative of the village's scourge is up to. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) The Monster escapes and meets a blind hermit, much to his dismay. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Frederick believes he can convert his creation to a life of good and kindness. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) His plans are thrown into disarray by his new relationship with Inga and the arrival of his fiancée. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) The story culminates with the torch and pitchfork bearing mob seeking to end the threat posed by Frederick and his monster. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) ## What follows tonight and the rest of November Starting tonight, the show is followed by the Twilight Zone. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) Kolchak: The Night Stalker is again working the supernatural beat in Chicago every Saturday night. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) November's Svengoolie schedule kicks off with Young Frankenstein, followed by another monster mashup featuring Abbott and Costello. [[3]](https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/45444/svengoolie-metv-november-2026-schedule-frankenstein-young-abbot-costello-cujo-willard/) The Sven Squad then takes over for a special House of Svengoolie presentation of Stephen King's Cujo. [[3]](https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/45444/svengoolie-metv-november-2026-schedule-frankenstein-young-abbot-costello-cujo-willard/) The month wraps up with the 1971 cult classic Willard. [[3]](https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/45444/svengoolie-metv-november-2026-schedule-frankenstein-young-abbot-costello-cujo-willard/) ## What this means for you If you plan to watch, tune in to MeTV at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT, an hour earlier than usual. [[1]](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) Expect some segments to be shorter than normal, because the breaks were edited to protect the comedic flow and keep all the material. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) If you want merchandise, the limited-quantity 2026 Svengoolie Bundle includes a 2026 Expansion Pack of 10 new trading cards, a blaster box of 30 random 2025 trading cards, a pair of Sven Squad socks, and a 3D Svengoolie keychain. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) It is listed at $39.95 on the website. [[2]](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) ## Sources 1. [Svengoolie Puts on the Ritz with "Young Frankenstein" TONIGHT on MeTV](https://bleedingcool.com/tv/svengoolie-puts-on-the-ritz-with-young-frankenstein-tonight-on-metv/) — bleedingcool.com 2. [It's Alive-Hilarious- and an Hour Earlier! It's Mel Brooks'](https://metv.com/svengoolie/blog/its-alive-hilarious-and-an-hour-earlier-its-mel-brooks-young-frankenstein-tonight) — metv.com 3. [Svengoolie's November Spotlights Creatures Big & Small, Including Frankenstein, Cujo & More](https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/45444/svengoolie-metv-november-2026-schedule-frankenstein-young-abbot-costello-cujo-willard/) — remindmagazine.com Image: Photo (illustrative): Fred Cherrygarden / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tengis_Movie_Theater_-_Sign.jpg) --- Written from the sources above and checked twice (rules and an independent model) before publishing. How we work: https://skoop.news/how-we-work/ · Corrections: https://skoop.news/corrections/