Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (but Were Afraid to Ask)
This isn’t a “starring” role from Wilder, but he definitely stole the show in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (but Were Afraid to Ask) in what is essentially one of several short films. As a married General Practitioner (who whispers the fact that his mother paid for the office) he’s confronted with a bizarre patient; a shepherd who’s fallen in love with one of his sheep. Turns out, there’s just something special about Daisy the Sheep, because Wilder falls head over heels in love too. Wilder is hilarious in his commitment to the out-there premise. He plays the initial idea with the same nervous mania he brought to The Producers, but when he falls in love with Daisy at first sight, the performance changes to something strangely “realistic?” He plays his cheating doctor as if he were in a serious romance; despite having only a sheep to act opposite. Like the best kind of surreal short films (this one could easily have appeared on Kids in the Hall or as an SNL Digital Short) it’s as funny as it is weird, and Gene sells it from beginning to end. – Lesley Coffin
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