 As a popular visual gag, the joke has appeared in films, perhaps first in "After the Thin Man" (1936), with William Powell imitating the butler, and by director Mel Brooks, including "The Producers", "Young Frankenstein" and "".According to Gene Wilder, who co-wrote the script of "Young Frankenstein" and played the title character, Brooks added the joke while shooting the scene, inspired by the old "talcum powder" routine.Marty Feldman, who played the hunchback Igor in "Young Frankenstein", later said