Correct. People just get triggered immediately when hearing words then stop listening to the context. So a warning was appropriate just in case. You never know, so better to over prepare people. I showed it at my house one time and didn’t prepare anyone, assuming they could handle it, but no, I had to shut it down.
@@awkwardashleigh "You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons." - "You know… morons." was an ad-lib, Cleavon Little's laugh was genuine.
Richard Pryor also was a writer and was to play Clevon Little's part but Richard took off to Detroit one too many times and they went with him. Think it is better with Clevon.
@@timbrady3090 Richard was in Rehab and the studio would not insure him due to a issue with Cocaine.. I think I like Clevon's portrayal better he is more mello and laid back, Richard was a tighter string.
Correct statement was when. LILLY Von Schtupe said is it true that you guys are gifted enter zipper sound here its true its true was written by the late great Richard Pryor he wrote all the black joke scenes like the smiling emoji face as with the kkk jokes too Richard Pryor went no hold bars on this movie which made this. A colt classic side note this was the first movie to poke fun at racism as a satire movie it also showed them pointing out how stupid the racists were and Mongo played by Former Nfl hall of fame star Alex Karras who also played in the 80s sitcom Webster great tv show too
We live in a sad time. This movie is how a lot of TV and movies treated Racism and Bigotry. Go watch All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, etc. Go listen to Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. These all were great and we all laughed. White, Black, Brown, Yellow, Red, etc. It didn't matter. All the stereotypes were addressed head-on and shown how dumb they were.
The only people who call this movie racist, are racists. They're mad because it makes people laugh at them. I've got a copy of it, seen it hundreds of times, still laugh until I cry every time. 😀😂😂🤣😭
My favrite story of him was back in WW2. He was a combat engineer for the U.S. army and during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 he was stuck having to listen to a German Propaganda speaker that was talking shit. So he wrangled up his own sound system of and blasted Jazz back at the Germans which they had made illegal due to it being to black. The guy trolled the fucking Nazis in one of the nastiest battles in U.S. history. What a legend.
The Irish thing was because the Irish have also been historically oppressed, including in the US. They used to put up signs telling the Irish not to bother applying for jobs in New York.
yes.........and this was happening during the time period of the movie (1874). So it's a historically accurate joke, not a "silly" one at all, even though it seems that way. In a way, it's the whole movie distilled in that one line.
"Maybe I would think this would be funnier if I knew who Jesse Owens was." Jesse Owens was an African American track athlete who competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Since the Nazis were in power at the time, his appearance alone made an impact on the World stage. He won four gold metals, and is considered to be one of the most famous athletes of all time.
It's the kind of satire they just can't, or won't do anymore, but which wasn't that unusual back then. Imagine a show like The Jeffersons airing today, or All in the Family. Those shows both dealt with and mocked racial issues constantly.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Agreed. Humor is what bridges the gap between cultures. It's a real shame that our current culture has become so hypersensitive to Political Correctness. True comedy has been almost eradicated. Too many people these days would rather act like the offended victim or the virtue signalling savior of humanity. Shrug. Mark Twain: “Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it least.”
but at that time when the movie came out that was exactly the point of the movie. shining a light on laughing at the racists things people where failing to shine the big ole flash light on. then and aged well even now when its watched showing the same thing. when i was introduced to mel brooks by my parents this was a favorite movie we watched gives you prespective.
My father fondly recalled several people actually getting up and leaving the theater during that scene. Apparently, it was kind of a big deal back then. Strange priorities by modern standards, given he recalls having difficulty watching the original Star Wars through the massive clouds of pot smoke floating through the theater.
In fact farting was so taboo the actor that did the first fart almost didn't do it. When Mr. Brooks told him what was going to happen in the scene the actor almost walked off the set because he was sure he would be black balled from acting if he did the scene. It took some serious wrangling and negotiating to keep the actor on the set.
BIG JIM SLADE Why would anyone be concerned that nobody was offended? It’s a comedy first, a parody second, and (I don’t even know what to call this concoction of social commentary and extreme satire; I don’t think the english language has that in one word yet) third, a satire of the worst our culture has experienced- including racism. Since everybody has become so woke (sic) they judge things without context. So they draw the wrong conclusions far to often. The “new sheriff bit” for example: does anyone under 35 even get the laurel and hardy reference, the telescope, etc. etc. etc. Nobody was offended in 1974 because it was watched and taken at face value in context. In 2020 people add meaning and assign values to things based on a word or a stereotype they assume they are seeing with the spin of their own 2020 context and dichotomy; things that didn’t exist in the minds or intents of the audience, much less in the minds and hearts of the actors and producers. In this case anyway... That’s also what’s wrong with BLM: they want to live in 1961-1968 repeatedly instead of embracing the progress and potential of white and black america since Dr. King was assassinated. They want to lens 1965 from 2020’s context instead of recognizing and building on the successes by viewing 2020 in 1965’s context. That Blazing Saddles has become so controversial is a conundrum when you consider what it actually is, a). And b), when you consider how profoundly it - being satire- ridicules racism, the gentility, and makes a laughingstock of the elite intellectuals (sic) we have today and had nearly 50 years ago. The difference today, of course, is these dogmatic elite intellectuals see (and instruct the public to see) prejudice hiding behind every door and a racist in every high income job. I’m proud to say I’ve never ‘blessed’ anyone with the “n” word (it actually isn’t a big deal; it takes no effort) but I also have to say Blazing Saddles doesn’t offend me because I take it for what it is: I don’t add meaning (that didn’t exist then) 46 years after it’s production.
Young Frankenstein, The Producers (the original), and Robin Hood Men in Tights. That's the essentials. History of the World Part 1 is another classic. Also "we love a good demonstration of power" immediately followed by Beans meowing loudly in the background 😂
Modern censorship seems designed to deny younger generations of the in-your-face memes and ideas that made things like racism so laughably archaic and dumb.. but now with wokeists seemingly back in charge of political agendas we've got literal segregation of races and class at uinversity graduations in 2021, to give every group a separate 'safe space'. I keep expecting the back of the bus to make a comeback with Pelosi's lot in charge.
I saw this the week it was released. I was a Senior in high school. The theater was packed; not one seat empty. This movie was huge! Me and my buddy were in tears as was nearly the whole audience. With one exception. A young black couple walked out of the theater early on (about the time of the scene with Clevon Little and his buds being urged to sing by the dumb-as-dirt cowboys). I can still remember the look of disgust on their faces as they muttered out loud how utterly offensive this movie was. I could hardly believe it. The sarcasm and irony was COMPLETELY lost on them. Even as a 17 year old teen I understood IMMEDIATELY that this was making FUN OF RACIST people; NOT advocating racism.
Getting mad at "racism" in this movie is like getting mad at them for robbing a bank in a heist movie. Just because something is shown does not mean they are advocating it.
“Is there anything Mel Brooks can’t do?“ Mel Brooks has won more than one award, including the Golden Globes. I watched an acceptance speech he gave after winning a Golden Globe and he said, “Nobody can make a movie by themselves“ - - at this point, I assumed he was going to name people that he would thank - - “I know, because I tried. The hardest part was putting the little holes into the sides of the film!” So typically Mel Brooks! 🤪
Young Frankenstein was one of Mels best-known movies. Gene Wilder is in it so you know it has to be great - and he praised the film to no end. Unfortunately Mr Wilder is no-longer with us (RIP 2016), but he would be thrilled that millennials are still enjoying his work. HaPpY AnNiVeRsArY!!!
This movie was written by Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks. The studio cited Richard's drug use and said he was uninsurable and refused financing, also Brooks originally wanted John Wayne as The Waco Kid, but he declined, good thing too as Gene was so much better. Also Pryor told Brooks that the N words had to be included in the film or else he felt it wouldn't be a realistically funny movie. Trivia: When this movie aired on television the farts in the “campfire scene” were censored. Edit: Trivia: Richard Pryor was originally going to play the role of sherif but due to some arrests the studio thought he wasn’t insurable. If he had, it would have been Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder’s first onscreen team up. 11:51 The horse was trained to turn its head and fall down (react to the punch) when the rider (its trainer) pulled on the reins. No actual harm done.
Fun fact: Richard Pryor was a writer on this movie. It is important to keep in mind that a legendary black comedian wrote the number of the racial jokes for this movie. Mel Brooks originally wanted him as the main character.
Richard Prior actually gave the script a 'treatment' at Mel Brooks' request. That meant that he went over the script prior to it being sent to the studio. Close enough to writing it, though.
Mel actually had three parts in this film: the two you named and he was standing in the line of bad guys with a brown leather jacket, and goggles right when you were asking the one guy to stop playing with his gun. He doesn't say anything, but he's there.
He actually has no interest in sequels. In fact, in his contract for Blazing Saddles he included a clause that he thought would make it impossible for Warner Bros. to make a sequel. Here's the story. th-cam.com/video/PmpFypaGkKE/w-d-xo.html
Recommendation: Young Frankenstein Spooky Movie: Alien and Aliens And girl you rocked that dress! Your man looked pretty sharp too. Congrats on one year together!
Definitely Young Frankenstein - good call. Another good one worth a mention is the original '78 version of Salem's Lot (be aware though, it runs for three hours). Also, Let The Right One In ... or if you don't like subtitles, Let Me In (but the Swedish one is the best). Edit: Oh yeah, one I forgot - an absolute must for the Halloween season ... Halloween!
Ditto "Young Frankenstein." Also, in a close second, "Dracula: Dead and Loving it." Down the road she should also watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights, but she might not get so many of the references in that movie if she hasn't watched the Kevin Costner "Robin Hood' movie from the early 90s.
Mel Brooks movies with Gene Wilder: Young Frankenstein, and also the Producers (1967). More Gene Wilder: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the Frisco Kid, and See No Evil Hear No Evil. More Mel Brooks: History of the World Part I, High Anxiety, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A lot of good classics to watch.
Mel was also in the employment line @ 15:02 dressed as the pilot with leather jacket, scarf and pilot goggles. Sometimes he was sneaky and you had to be alert as he could inject himself in any scene, anywhere.
Wait a minute...do we have to add “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory” to your list, if you didn’t recognize Gene Wilder from that? Also, now you REALLY have to watch “Clue!”
Also important to note, the 1936 Olympics was held in Berlin. A black man won 4 gold medals while Hitler was trying to showcase the superiority of the Aryan race.
The way I've heard it, Wilder kept using a different word in place of "morons" with every take, and Little cracked up every time. They wound up using the one where he cracked up the *least.*
it was an add lib that was kept. and in the original move. the only thing that Mel actually cut was when Lilly Marlena was saying "it is , it is" Little said thats my forearm. that line was cut but - was put back in for the directors cut
The scene where he holds himself hostage is iconic: Farscape has a similar scene due to this! Also lol it looks like they filmed part of this movie at the Star Trek rocks, they look desolate but they're easy to get to
Gene Wilder caught the attention of mannnny ladies when this movie came out. The film featured his blue eyes so perfectly. He became a subject of l'amour from this point on. Welcome to the club Ashleigh! :)
Some people think they are being PC when they are just being stupid. I know people who actually think All In The Family is racist just because it's got racist people in it.
I just want to add that it doesn't seem Ashleigh has fallen into this trap.it's ok to think a show is racist if everyone is telling her it is before she sees it, but by the end she definitely got the point.
Honestly, it's his best movie. It's far more consistent throughout the movie compared to Blazing Saddles, which bounces around between genius and scenes which don't quite work. Whereas EVERY SCENE in Young Frankenstein works.
i just love ashleigh's reactions , i have seen this womans tonsils more than her dentist! never change sweeetie, you are adorable and your laughter lights up the world....
Fun trivia: according to Mel, there was one line that the censors would not budge on. At the end of Bart and Lili's introduction, after the lights go out, Lili asks "Tell me, schatze, is it twue what they say about the way you people are... gifted?" *zipper* "Oh, it's twue. It's twue. It's twue, it's twue!" The next line was Bart saying, "Begging your pardon, ma'am, but you're sucking on my arm!"
The story goes that the “IRISH” joke was put in because Mel Brooks asked who they had not made fun of yet...and the Irish actor said “the Irish”. So they added the line!
There actually is historical context for this joke as well. During the Great Famine of the 19th century, thousands of Irish emigrants fled to America and faced harsh discrimination. Many businesses even put signs up saying “Irish keep out.”
This is a good writeup of why the Irish were so despised during later part of the 1800s www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis
To that point, the reason it makes sense is the Irish immigrants to America during the famine in the 1840s were treated as less than human and deeply discriminated against by the American people of the time. It was Brooks acknowledging that American heritage has shown hate to many minority groups not just Blacks, Jews, etc.
I love that you laughed at the Madeline Kahn song and dance number. She was actually a great singer, so you have to imagine how hard it was to sing so badly. She was doing a campy version of the famous German actress Marlene Dietrich.
You loved Mel Brooks. You loved Gene Wilder. The next movie can be only: "Young Frankeinstein". And if you know the classic Frankenstein's Universal movie of the '30s, you will really love twice this movie :)
@@Eyes-of-Horus I can believe that. Makes sense really looking at it removed from those times, they were all in conflict after all, so of course there would be propaganda about it.
Let me get this straight: Mr. Owens effectively gave the rhetoric of white supremacy the middle finger just by out performing everyone. Despite this he probably got treated better by the f-ing NAZIS than his home country of the United States, who banned him from professional track and field after he refused to endorse the U.S. military during WWII.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.
And since neither mentioned it and she didn't know the reference, Jesse Owens was black. Having a black man best Hitler's chosen athletes is definitely a highlight of the Olympics throughout history.
@@normalgamergal Especially when you remember that the German athlete, Luz Long, gave Jesse Owens some advice on where to start the long jump so he wouldn't be disqualified from the finals and was the first to congratulate him afterwards. Luz and Jesse wrote to each other afterwards till Luz was killed during WW2. Safe to say that Jesse and Luz were both better examples of men than all the full-blown Nazis in the audience that day.
Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" holds a special place in my heart because not only is it a hilarious movie but also the movie my parents went to see on their first date.
Agree with everyone suggesting “Young Frankenstein” but would like to add that you’ll enjoy it more if you watch the classic original, “Frankenstein” movie with Boris Karloff. YF might be my favorite Mel Brooks movie of all. One I haven’t seen mentioned is called, “High Anxiety”. I worked in the revolving restaurant at the top of the hotel in SF it was filmed in years later.
Young Frankenstein is a classic. I'd love too see her do it. Another one I'd like to see her cover is Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I'd also like to see her look at Airplane! & the Naked Gun series from Zucker, Abrams, & Zucker. All of them are some of the funniest films I've ever seen!
Such is the age you poor young folks have to live in...in my day, we laughed at the stupidity of racism...now you can get flamed or fired ver QUOTING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE. The part where the sun-tolerant gentleman holds himself hostage is hilariously stupid...but this is the age of cultural self-censorship- not even Orwell saw that coming
This was the funniest fart scene but IMHO the fart scene in Down Periscope gives it a good run for it's money. I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe the first time I saw it.
it's funny, but eye rolling when you use to see this on broadcast tv, of course they censored some of the 'language'. But they dubbed the beans scene and every time you were suppose to hear something else a horse would whinny.
Gene Wilder agreed to do Blazing Saddle on two conditions. 1. Mel would direct a movie Gene was writing & 2. Mel wouldn’t Star in it. That movie was Young Frankenstein.
One thing that I have not seen any reactors mention: Howard Johnson's restaurant. At the time the movie was made, Howard Johnson's restaurant was the largest chain in the United States (according to Wikipedia). They advertised, in part, based on the number of flavors of ice cream they offered. Here in the movie, Howard Johnson owns a restaurant proudly proclaiming the choice of 1 flavor. It lacks the characteristic orange roof, probably to avoid any legal issues.
Fun fact: Mel Brooks is Jewish himself. He also played the Native American "Yiddish" chief, designed to lampoon the old Hollywood practice of casting Jewish actors to play Native Americans.
The lines that Mel speaks are actual colloquial Yiddish. When he sings out "Lo zim geyn" that means "let them go" and is a joke about the Jewish holiday Passover and the Ten Plagues of Ancient Egypt and Moses. LOL
Mel Brooks plays in all his movie's with the exception of Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder (Original Willy Wonka btw) was writting Young Frankenstein and Mel Brooks found it and was like I love this, lets make it and Gene was like Only if you are NOT in it lol. So in the movie Mel Brooks is not in it but he does Howl like a Wolf for a backround effect and that is it! Lol its a must see! =D
Also Mel totally opposed Gene Wilder's idea of making the monster tap dance, they were very good friends and Gene said that was the only time they had an argument. th-cam.com/video/U3MqONAYz8E/w-d-xo.html
It is still the best anti-racist movie ever made. Only Mel Brooks could have pulled it off (with help from Richard Pryor writing a lot of the jokes and gags.) Its like will never be made again, due to the current softness of today’s society.
Matt V Tropic Thunder was snuck in right before the insanity really got going. Robin Hood Men in Tights couldn’t even be made now. Well, they could be made, but no studio would ever pick it up and distribute it. It’s a shame, I’d bet it would actually do really well, the protests and flipping out over it would only help.
Pedro Lopez Spikes films aren’t in the same stratosphere as Mels. He tackled race with a ham fisted bruteness, and overall they aren’t good movies. They get the acclaim they do from white guilt, they aren’t actually well made movies. He uses the same techniques in each one. There’s very little, if any nuance.
When this was released, I saw this with all of my friends including black ones. Everyone was in tears laughing so hard. I miss those days when people weren't looking to be offended and enjoyed life more. Imagine being nervous over an effing movie.
Regarding the Irish: yes, there's historical context. In the latter half of the 1800s there was a lot of immigration from Ireland. It was extremely unpopular and Irish folks experienced a wave of as anti-Irish racism. Most people have forgotten about that and Mel was making sure to include this nod to a time when racism was sometimes white-on-white. The same happened on the west coast with Asian immigrants.
Yes, regarding America during that time: If I understand it correctly, blacks were considered 'valuable property' when compared to Irish or Chinese. The more dangerous jobs were offered to the Irish or the Chinese instead because they were considered "cheaper to replace". No choices were given for a less dangerous job. If you wanted to feed yourself and family, you took that risk. Things were even worse for the Irish in the UK. England would export most of the food from Ireland under armed guard while Irish families starved to death. That is why so many Irish emigrated from Ireland.
@@dunringill1747 Another reason was the potato blight. Poor Irish farmers became incapable of even subsistence when a disease got into their extremely bad farming techniques. Without emigration many would have starved to death.
@@billmilligan7272 Yes, that is true. It was at its worst during the potato famine. Large amounts of other food was still exported to England during this time period.
Something I find funny (and sad) about many of the racists today complaining about the "wrong sort" and other bull dont know there history well enough to know that very likely their ancestors were judged and not wanted at some point, probably not so long ago either for race, religion, class, polical beleifs, or something people falsely labelled them as. One of my favorite jokes was on Golden Girls. Sophie is suprised to learn a black family is now living in her old apartment. The black man is suprised they "let" an Italian family live there.
@@patm4899 When It Comes To "Over My Head", I Got You Beat. About 70% Of The Innuendo In The Carry On Movies Escaped Me Until My Early 20's, I'll Be 50 In Roughly 18 Months!
Re-watched your Blazing Saddles vid. Watched the wedding video. You made me cry a little. I hope you're happy! Making a grown ass man cry at how beautiful everything was. Love your show! Keep it up
While african americans were brought here into slavery, the irish were not welcome and many senators tried to pass laws outlawing irish immigration. Mainly because they were catholics but they claimed they were lazy drunks as well. I'm glad my irish ancestors got here before the country was established.
@@NandR yes which proves the adage that, First they came for ____ I did not speak up, then they came for, I dint speak up, then they came for me and there was no one left to speak up...
@@NandR Don't forget the HUGE white slave trade that was made up of the Irish, and they were some of the first slaves brought to the British colonies, but historians did their little magic, and refer to them as "indentured servants". www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076When this truth started coming out, the "fact checkers" were claiming it was false, but in the article, they neglected to disclose the landmark court case that allowed men to be PROPERTY. Google the name Anthony Johnson and John Casor. They don't teach this bit in school.
Mel Brooks has said that the actress who plays the cabaret singer was his favorite part of this movie. He said that the accent she does just cracks him up.
Richard Pryor was originally supposed to play Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles but the studio thought he was too controversial. His older standup comedy was pretty raw.
Just saw your reaction to this (and Airplane) a year later. Enjoyed your reactions especially as a millennial. I am a senior who saw these first run many years ago and still laugh just as much (or more) today as then. As for Blazing Saddles specifically, I think you got the messages Mel was trying to convey back then--he was way ahead of his time in addressing racism and hate. Bart was the smartest character in the movie (regardless of skin color) and that was the point. As for the toll gate, what was specifically funny about that was: #1 no electricity back then underground to make the bell chime and the gate go up and down, #2 why didn't the "bad guys" just ride around the gate since there was plenty of room on both sides to do just that and #3 who even knew what a toll gate was back then? They appeared mostly on Freeways in the 1960's. This was the 1800's. Funny stuff to be sure. Anyway, thanks again for your reactions to these Library of Congress entries (Blazing Saddles and Airplane). Oh and congrats on your almost two year anniversary now.
Next Mel Brooks movie: Young Frankenstein. FYI: Jesse Owens won the gold medal in 1936 - the Olympics were held in Berlin and Hitler was not happy that Owens won the race.
It's not racist humor
It's humor pointed at racists
There's a difference
You’re so right
Correct. People just get triggered immediately when hearing words then stop listening to the context. So a warning was appropriate just in case. You never know, so better to over prepare people. I showed it at my house one time and didn’t prepare anyone, assuming they could handle it, but no, I had to shut it down.
@@awkwardashleigh "You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons." - "You know… morons." was an ad-lib, Cleavon Little's laugh was genuine.
Oh, and congratulations. And many more to come.
Exactly. You can't learn from the mistakes of the past, if you continually erase the past.
"Blazing Saddles" is not a racist movie. It's satire to make fun of racists. The smartest guy in the movie is Cleavon Little.
Richard Pryor also was a writer and was to play Clevon Little's part but Richard took off to Detroit one too many times and they went with him. Think it is better with Clevon.
@@timbrady3090 Richard was in Rehab and the studio would not insure him due to a issue with Cocaine.. I think I like Clevon's portrayal better he is more mello and laid back, Richard was a tighter string.
I had a discussion about that with a teenage employee of mine who didn’t understand the satire AT ALL.
It’s a shame we live in an era where we need to explain jokes. Ok this is Irony...
@@tomquimby6432 The main message of the movie is a satire on racism.
'You couldn't do a movie like this now.' -everyone
"We couldn't do it _then!_ We did it anyway." -Mel
That's why Mel is a legend
I am Druish, and I approve this message.
You can't do this movie today because too many people would side with Headley.
@@RyanRichardsToby Funny... you don't look Druish
“They said you was hung”
“And they was right!”
…simply brilliant.
I finally got it.
slaps forehead. I'm old and I never got that before!
That was written by the late great Richard Pryor
I've seen numerous people react to this movie, and I think Ashleigh is the first one to get that joke.
Correct statement was when. LILLY Von Schtupe said is it true that you guys are gifted enter zipper sound here its true its true was written by the late great Richard Pryor he wrote all the black joke scenes like the smiling emoji face as with the kkk jokes too Richard Pryor went no hold bars on this movie which made this. A colt classic side note this was the first movie to poke fun at racism as a satire movie it also showed them pointing out how stupid the racists were and Mongo played by Former Nfl hall of fame star Alex Karras who also played in the 80s sitcom Webster great tv show too
I love when people call this movie racist, this is the most anti racist movie ever made.
I feel like anyone who calls it a racist movie totally miss the point of it. Hell Birth of a Nation is more of a racist movie.
ABOUT RACISM, Yes. Racist THough? It sure as hell isn't "Birth of a Nation" thats for Sure!
When you have the mind of a libturd, you see racism everywhere. Cause they can't think for themselves.
We live in a sad time. This movie is how a lot of TV and movies treated Racism and Bigotry. Go watch All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, etc. Go listen to Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. These all were great and we all laughed. White, Black, Brown, Yellow, Red, etc. It didn't matter. All the stereotypes were addressed head-on and shown how dumb they were.
The only people who call this movie racist, are racists. They're mad because it makes people laugh at them. I've got a copy of it, seen it hundreds of times, still laugh until I cry every time. 😀😂😂🤣😭
Yes Mel Brooks is crazy talented. One of the VERY few people to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy. He does everything.
My favrite story of him was back in WW2. He was a combat engineer for the U.S. army and during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 he was stuck having to listen to a German Propaganda speaker that was talking shit. So he wrangled up his own sound system of and blasted Jazz back at the Germans which they had made illegal due to it being to black. The guy trolled the fucking Nazis in one of the nastiest battles in U.S. history. What a legend.
I recently found out the man is 94 years old. 94!
Rita Moreno is another of that rare air.
@@TheDeist100 AND A LOT BETTER LOOKING TOO !
Ashley you are absolutely adorable!
The Irish thing was because the Irish have also been historically oppressed, including in the US. They used to put up signs telling the Irish not to bother applying for jobs in New York.
yes.........and this was happening during the time period of the movie (1874). So it's a historically accurate joke, not a "silly" one at all, even though it seems that way. In a way, it's the whole movie distilled in that one line.
As am Irish man I have always laughed at that part
I have always wondered what that irish part was about
My grandpa hated the Irish, kinda weird how recent all that was. (Including the racism against african americans)
Yes but only until the US started funding the IRA
"Maybe I would think this would be funnier if I knew who Jesse Owens was."
Jesse Owens was an African American track athlete who competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Since the Nazis were in power at the time, his appearance alone made an impact on the World stage. He won four gold metals, and is considered to be one of the most famous athletes of all time.
I always thought that was hilarious, that a black athlete won so many medals in nazi Germany.
You beat me to the reference. Good background info.
@@3DJapan how about the fact hitler showed him more respect than the american president did after he won.
@@christianbuczko1481 yeah Owens really.got screwed over by the head of the guy that ran the U.S. track program. Ruined his career.
@@3DJapan I don't think "hilarious" is the right term.
I really fail to see any racism in this film.
The film laughs AT the racists, not WITH them.
Correct!
It's the kind of satire they just can't, or won't do anymore, but which wasn't that unusual back then. Imagine a show like The Jeffersons airing today, or All in the Family. Those shows both dealt with and mocked racial issues constantly.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Agreed. Humor is what bridges the gap between cultures. It's a real shame that our current culture has become so hypersensitive to Political Correctness. True comedy has been almost eradicated. Too many people these days would rather act like the offended victim or the virtue signalling savior of humanity. Shrug.
Mark Twain: “Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it least.”
but at that time when the movie came out that was exactly the point of the movie. shining a light on laughing at the racists things people where failing to shine the big ole flash light on. then and aged well even now when its watched showing the same thing. when i was introduced to mel brooks by my parents this was a favorite movie we watched gives you prespective.
Too bad most of the population has lost the ability to tell the difference.
The extra level genius of Mel Brooks: The line about "We won't take the Irish" was said by an Irish actor.
One of the best lines in the whole frickin movie.
The "fart scene" was the first time farts were in cinema, so Mel just went the way Mel goes, over the top!
My father fondly recalled several people actually getting up and leaving the theater during that scene.
Apparently, it was kind of a big deal back then. Strange priorities by modern standards, given he recalls having difficulty watching the original Star Wars through the massive clouds of pot smoke floating through the theater.
When they played this at high school in the 80s, I lost it at this scene.
In fact farting was so taboo the actor that did the first fart almost didn't do it.
When Mr. Brooks told him what was going to happen in the scene the actor almost walked off the set because he was sure he would be black balled from acting if he did the scene.
It took some serious wrangling and negotiating to keep the actor on the set.
@@passingrando6457 Man, that must've been some top class shit everyone else was smoking.
If there had been as much methane as was suggested, that campfire would've gone up like Hiroshima.
When this came out theater's were packed. Everyone, no matter who or what they were laughed. Best comedy ever
,,, and not ONE person was offended. So much for human progress.
BIG JIM SLADE
Why would anyone be concerned that nobody was offended? It’s a comedy first, a parody second, and (I don’t even know what to call this concoction of social commentary and extreme satire; I don’t think the english language has that in one word yet) third, a satire of the worst our culture has experienced- including racism.
Since everybody has become so woke (sic) they judge things without context. So they draw the wrong conclusions far to often. The “new sheriff bit” for example: does anyone under 35 even get the laurel and hardy reference, the telescope, etc. etc. etc.
Nobody was offended in 1974 because it was watched and taken at face value in context.
In 2020 people add meaning and assign values to things based on a word or a stereotype they assume they are seeing with the spin of their own 2020 context and dichotomy; things that didn’t exist in the minds or intents of the audience, much less in the minds and hearts of the actors and producers. In this case anyway...
That’s also what’s wrong with BLM: they want to live in 1961-1968 repeatedly instead of embracing the progress and potential of white and black america since Dr. King was assassinated.
They want to lens 1965 from 2020’s context instead of recognizing and building on the successes by viewing 2020 in 1965’s context.
That Blazing Saddles has become so controversial is a conundrum when you consider what it actually is, a). And b), when you consider how profoundly it - being satire- ridicules racism, the gentility, and makes a laughingstock of the elite intellectuals (sic) we have today and had nearly 50 years ago.
The difference today, of course, is these dogmatic elite intellectuals see (and instruct the public to see) prejudice hiding behind every door and a racist in every high income job.
I’m proud to say I’ve never ‘blessed’ anyone with the “n” word (it actually isn’t a big deal; it takes no effort) but I also have to say Blazing Saddles doesn’t offend me because I take it for what it is: I don’t add meaning (that didn’t exist then) 46 years after it’s production.
@half a rasher raytown And as a blackman I agree. My mom is 76 and she loves it 😂😂
fishhuntadventure the word you’re looking for is irreverence! The closest thing these younger generations have to it is south park.
Young Frankenstein, The Producers (the original), and Robin Hood Men in Tights. That's the essentials. History of the World Part 1 is another classic.
Also "we love a good demonstration of power" immediately followed by Beans meowing loudly in the background 😂
The Producers is an absolute classic, and another Mel Brooks/Gene Wilder collaboration.
I would agree that YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a must watch. Beyond that, you can pretty much skip the rest of Brooks' work.
I LOVE History of the World Part 1. The original "It's good to be the king."
So happy to see young people "getting" this movie. Mel Brooks shows the absurdity of racism in this film through humor.
Modern censorship seems designed to deny younger generations of the in-your-face memes and ideas that made things like racism so laughably archaic and dumb.. but now with wokeists seemingly back in charge of political agendas we've got literal segregation of races and class at uinversity graduations in 2021, to give every group a separate 'safe space'. I keep expecting the back of the bus to make a comeback with Pelosi's lot in charge.
@@juliapigworthy Better wokeists than a bunch of inbred, knuckle-dragging nazis.
Keep the political stuff to yourself
I saw this the week it was released. I was a Senior in high school. The theater was packed; not one seat empty. This movie was huge! Me and my buddy were in tears as was nearly the whole audience. With one exception.
A young black couple walked out of the theater early on (about the time of the scene with Clevon Little and his buds being urged to sing by the dumb-as-dirt cowboys).
I can still remember the look of disgust on their faces as they muttered out loud how utterly offensive this movie was.
I could hardly believe it. The sarcasm and irony was COMPLETELY lost on them. Even as a 17 year old teen I understood IMMEDIATELY that this was making FUN OF RACIST people; NOT advocating racism.
Getting mad at "racism" in this movie is like getting mad at them for robbing a bank in a heist movie. Just because something is shown does not mean they are advocating it.
“Is there anything Mel Brooks can’t do?“
Mel Brooks has won more than one award, including the Golden Globes. I watched an acceptance speech he gave after winning a Golden Globe and he said, “Nobody can make a movie by themselves“ - - at this point, I assumed he was going to name people that he would thank - - “I know, because I tried. The hardest part was putting the little holes into the sides of the film!”
So typically Mel Brooks! 🤪
I don't think he can juggle... or knit. Sooooooooooo there's that
I remember when he said that! I'm old...
He can't eat pork.
Mel could make a movie AGAINST RACISM
without it being preachy woke victim garbage
@@zman8184 Most underrated comment ever. 🤣🤣🤣
Blazing Saddles was a comedy, still is. This is cinematic gold.
"Why do I feel Gene Wilder is so attractive?" Hon because you have eyes.
As Mel has said: the movie is like a pie in the face to racism.
"I've killed more people than Cecil B. DeMille" was ad libbed by Gene.
I lost it at "little bastard shot me in the ass." Gene did that so dead pan.
My favourite line
Gene Wilder’s deadpan delivery and demeanor truly doesn’t get enough credit.
Young Frankenstein was one of Mels best-known movies. Gene Wilder is in it so you know it has to be great - and he praised the film to no end. Unfortunately Mr Wilder is no-longer with us (RIP 2016), but he would be thrilled that millennials are still enjoying his work.
HaPpY AnNiVeRsArY!!!
This movie was written by Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks. The studio cited Richard's drug use and said he was uninsurable and refused financing, also Brooks originally wanted John Wayne as The Waco Kid, but he declined, good thing too as Gene was so much better. Also Pryor told Brooks that the N words had to be included in the film or else he felt it wouldn't be a realistically funny movie.
Trivia: When this movie aired on television the farts in the “campfire scene” were censored.
Edit:
Trivia:
Richard Pryor was originally going to play the role of sherif but due to some arrests the studio thought he wasn’t insurable. If he had, it would have been Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder’s first onscreen team up.
11:51 The horse was trained to turn its head and fall down (react to the punch) when the rider (its trainer) pulled on the reins. No actual harm done.
Blazing saddles is one of the greatest movies ever made !Hysterical
It's. a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is pretty good also.
@@haroldhenderson2824 As is History of the World: Part I
Fun fact: Richard Pryor was a writer on this movie. It is important to keep in mind that a legendary black comedian wrote the number of the racial jokes for this movie. Mel Brooks originally wanted him as the main character.
He was supposed to play the lead role, but the studio refused to allow him on screen in it.
Richard Prior actually gave the script a 'treatment' at Mel Brooks' request. That meant that he went over the script prior to it being sent to the studio.
Close enough to writing it, though.
@@crash406 He was one of the writers of the first draft. There were later drafts that he did not work on. Perhaps then he was asked to review.
See no evil, hear no evil is an awesome film
Oh word ? I never knew that until reading this . That's crazy .
Young Frankenstein. Gene and Mel at their best!! AND Madeleine! Watch that!!
Yes! - Do Young Frankenstein!
Also good for Halloween !!
This really is the best Mel Brookes. Plus its starring Gene Wilder
Throwing my vote down for Young Frankenstein, too!
It is Mel Brooks AND a spooky movie.
"Excuse me while I whip this out" is a classic line that will make me laugh til the day I die.
Loved your review
I use it at the grocery store frequently.
Mel actually had three parts in this film: the two you named and he was standing in the line of bad guys with a brown leather jacket, and goggles right when you were asking the one guy to stop playing with his gun. He doesn't say anything, but he's there.
I've never caught that! Cool! He's also on stage with Lily Von Schtupp.
"Is there anything Mel Brooks can't do?" Yes. Make a sequel.
Still waiting on History Of The World Part II :P
Why bother with sequels? He says everything that needs to be said in the 1st lol
He actually has no interest in sequels. In fact, in his contract for Blazing Saddles he included a clause that he thought would make it impossible for Warner Bros. to make a sequel. Here's the story.
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@@Choalith_Ikanthe with Hitler on ice
🤣
Recommendation: Young Frankenstein
Spooky Movie: Alien and Aliens
And girl you rocked that dress! Your man looked pretty sharp too. Congrats on one year together!
Definitely Young Frankenstein - good call. Another good one worth a mention is the original '78 version of Salem's Lot (be aware though, it runs for three hours). Also, Let The Right One In ... or if you don't like subtitles, Let Me In (but the Swedish one is the best).
Edit: Oh yeah, one I forgot - an absolute must for the Halloween season ... Halloween!
Ditto "Young Frankenstein." Also, in a close second, "Dracula: Dead and Loving it." Down the road she should also watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights, but she might not get so many of the references in that movie if she hasn't watched the Kevin Costner "Robin Hood' movie from the early 90s.
Mel Brooks movies with Gene Wilder: Young Frankenstein, and also the Producers (1967). More Gene Wilder: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the Frisco Kid, and See No Evil Hear No Evil. More Mel Brooks: History of the World Part I, High Anxiety, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A lot of good classics to watch.
Another vote for Young Frankenstein. This movie was just prior to Blazing Saddles, and also has Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn.
@@danieljungers8094 definately! She should watch Kevin's before Men in Tights
True story.
Women in elevator: Mr. Brooks, your movie is so vulgar
Mel Brooks: Madam, my movie rises below vulgarity.
True classic
Mel was also in the employment line @ 15:02 dressed as the pilot with leather jacket, scarf and pilot goggles. Sometimes he was sneaky and you had to be alert as he could inject himself in any scene, anywhere.
Wait a minute...do we have to add “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory” to your list, if you didn’t recognize Gene Wilder from that?
Also, now you REALLY have to watch “Clue!”
Truth being told here.
a extra vote for willy wonka and clue
Seconding Clue!
Thirding Clue!
remember to denote the Gene Wilder version, and not the Johnny Depp version.
and Jesse Owens was an 4 time gold medal winning track and field athlete, specifically sprints and long jump. won his medals in the 1936 Olympics.
Also known as 'the fastest man alive' for quite a while
Also important to note, the 1936 Olympics was held in Berlin. A black man won 4 gold medals while Hitler was trying to showcase the superiority of the Aryan race.
Absolutely! Great point
@@havok6280 And yet, it wasn't Hitler that snubbed Owens, it was Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Jacob Nissen actually Hitler did snub Owens. He also refused to meet with him.
Fun fact. Gene Wilder's "You know, morons." was in his script, but not in Cleavon Little's, hence his now iconic reaction.
The way I've heard it, Wilder kept using a different word in place of "morons" with every take, and Little cracked up every time. They wound up using the one where he cracked up the *least.*
"Morons" was not the word that was said in the original film. It was dubbed in later for TV.
@@knucklesdragon4040 yes, morons was in the original movie...i know, because i saw this movie in the theater
it was an add lib that was kept. and in the original move. the only thing that Mel actually cut was when Lilly Marlena was saying "it is , it is" Little said thats my forearm. that line was cut but - was put back in for the directors cut
The scene where he holds himself hostage is iconic: Farscape has a similar scene due to this!
Also lol it looks like they filmed part of this movie at the Star Trek rocks, they look desolate but they're easy to get to
That was always my favorite part.
Gene Wilder caught the attention of mannnny ladies when this movie came out. The film featured his blue eyes so perfectly. He became a subject of l'amour from this point on. Welcome to the club Ashleigh! :)
Blazing Saddles is positively one of the funniest movies ever made. I've seen it countless times and still laugh hard every time I see it.
“Is there anything [Mel] can’t do?” He also defused land mines in WW2 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
And tweaking the Geemans by playing Al Jooson ovér a loudspeaker to them....
"I love a display of power"
*Beans immediately meows*
Love when Brooks is playing the Indian chief speaking Yiddish. 🤪
Auf wiedersehn!
They darker than us!
@@SamuelBlack84 🤪😂
Never noticed that before but yeah he is🤣🤣
Matt Stone and Trey Parker did a similar gag for Cannibal the Musical, but in that case they were Japanese
The Naked Gun and Airplane! are loaded with those absurd gags and punchlines that you seem to enjoy. :)
But note - the law of diminishing returns - like many comedies, the sequels are really pretty poor compared to the original movies
Surely you can't be serious.
@@williewilliams6571 "and don't call me Shirley!"
*Forming a line to slap the crap out of the hysterical woman*
Nice Beaver!
Yeah, the whole point was it isn't racist, it's making fun of racists.
Some people think they are being PC when they are just being stupid. I know people who actually think All In The Family is racist just because it's got racist people in it.
I just want to add that it doesn't seem Ashleigh has fallen into this trap.it's ok to think a show is racist if everyone is telling her it is before she sees it, but by the end she definitely got the point.
She is too young to get the gags.
Excuse me while I whip this out... got to be one of my all-time favorite quotes!
Something that goes with Halloween, and Mel Brooks, is 'Young Frankenstein".
Dracula Dead and Loving it also
Exactly what I was thinking! And that movie is way funny too.
Yep Young Frankenstein is one of the funniest movies ever!
💪 😁
Frau Blücher! lol
Honestly, it's his best movie. It's far more consistent throughout the movie compared to Blazing Saddles, which bounces around between genius and scenes which don't quite work. Whereas EVERY SCENE in Young Frankenstein works.
Actually, the gag at the town meeting was that the schoolteacher was "not used to oublic speaking" when that is literally what she does every day.
That, and she goes from quiet and soft-spoken to blasting out loud enough to be heard in the nosebleed section.
I love the part where she shouts out and everybody flinches. Makes me laugh every time.
That's not even the biggest gag in that scene, look at the sign of all the townspeople's names. Johnson.
@@devinfaux6987 I wonder if Marion Ramsey (Hooks From The Police Academy Movies.) used her for
inspiration?
I forgot how much I miss Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman.
Gone but never forgotten. Legends.
...and David Huddleston. "Oh, blow it out your ass, Howard."
And Dom DeLuise.
And of course Cleavon Little...
And Gene Wilder.
i just love ashleigh's reactions , i have seen this womans tonsils more than her dentist! never change sweeetie, you are adorable and your laughter lights up the world....
Mel Brooks quote: I want to make a million dollars at Hitlers expense. Today Mel Brooks worth 100 million dollars.
Fun trivia: according to Mel, there was one line that the censors would not budge on.
At the end of Bart and Lili's introduction, after the lights go out, Lili asks "Tell me, schatze, is it twue what they say about the way you people are... gifted?"
*zipper*
"Oh, it's twue. It's twue. It's twue, it's twue!"
The next line was Bart saying, "Begging your pardon, ma'am, but you're sucking on my arm!"
The line that makes the line before it funny.
Lol yes! The documentary has Mel explaining that very thing.
Wasn’t it his elbow?
BAHAHAHAHA!
That’s weird why that one of all things
The story goes that the “IRISH” joke was put in because Mel Brooks asked who they had not made fun of yet...and the Irish actor said “the Irish”.
So they added the line!
There actually is historical context for this joke as well. During the Great Famine of the 19th century, thousands of Irish emigrants fled to America and faced harsh discrimination. Many businesses even put signs up saying “Irish keep out.”
This is a good writeup of why the Irish were so despised during later part of the 1800s
www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis
To that point, the reason it makes sense is the Irish immigrants to America during the famine in the 1840s were treated as less than human and deeply discriminated against by the American people of the time. It was Brooks acknowledging that American heritage has shown hate to many minority groups not just Blacks, Jews, etc.
It's also true, though, that there is a lot of historical discrimination against the Irish.
The Irish were also discriminated against being considered a lower race comparable to Black people.
I love that you laughed at the Madeline Kahn song and dance number. She was actually a great singer, so you have to imagine how hard it was to sing so badly. She was doing a campy version of the famous German actress Marlene Dietrich.
“Young Frankenstein” be Mel Brooks starring Gene Wilder
Funny, that was my first thought - "she has to watch Young Frankenstein" next.
We got the Aerosmith song walk this way from that movie.
Yes!
And History of the World, Part 1
Agreed, you need to see Gene Wilder's "Young Dr. Frankenstein" next (and yes, that movie is in black and white on purpose)
But not before watching the original 60s version of 'The Producers' - see Gene Wilder in his first movie and Mel Brooks directing his first movie.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games
And he went to Ohio State. Go Bucks!
He defeated all the Nazis track athletes too and embarrassed Hitler too (1936 Olympic Games were in Germany)!
Leigh Foulkes pissed of hitler
But sadly he was snubbed by his own president for being black, but not by Hitler.
@@leighfoulkes7297 Suddenly, that joke makes even more sense. There's no time where Mel Brooks isn't gleefully wiggling his ass at the nazi party.
You loved Mel Brooks.
You loved Gene Wilder.
The next movie can be only: "Young Frankeinstein".
And if you know the classic Frankenstein's Universal movie of the '30s, you will really love twice this movie :)
Agreed, YF was the best
Ash: We love a good demonstration of power
Beans: Demonstrates power
Ash: *sigh*
Jessie Owens was the black athalete who beat hitler's arian race runners in the 1936 olympics.
Owens said that Hitler was actually very pleasant to him. It was the journalists who made up the story that Hitler rejected him.
@@Eyes-of-Horus I can believe that. Makes sense really looking at it removed from those times, they were all in conflict after all, so of course there would be propaganda about it.
Mit Yelsob: Did you mean Jesse?
Let me get this straight: Mr. Owens effectively gave the rhetoric of white supremacy the middle finger just by out performing everyone. Despite this he probably got treated better by the f-ing NAZIS than his home country of the United States, who banned him from professional track and field after he refused to endorse the U.S. military during WWII.
@@jstrahan2 Yeah, I think s/he meant Jesse. And athlete. And Aryan.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.
Yeah, he competed in the 1936 Olympics. In Berlin. In front of Hitler. Incredible he could run at all with balls that big.
And since neither mentioned it and she didn't know the reference, Jesse Owens was black. Having a black man best Hitler's chosen athletes is definitely a highlight of the Olympics throughout history.
@@normalgamergal Especially when you remember that the German athlete, Luz Long, gave Jesse Owens some advice on where to start the long jump so he wouldn't be disqualified from the finals and was the first to congratulate him afterwards. Luz and Jesse wrote to each other afterwards till Luz was killed during WW2. Safe to say that Jesse and Luz were both better examples of men than all the full-blown Nazis in the audience that day.
Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" holds a special place in my heart because not only is it a hilarious movie but also the movie my parents went to see on their first date.
" Walk this way. "
Another Mel Brooks classic is 'History Of The World: Part I'.
It’s coming!!
Hell Yes!! 😂😂😂
@@awkwardashleigh Heck yeah, that's a treat. Not perhaps for you, but us. :D
It's good to be the King
@@awkwardashleigh That's what she said. And Gene Wilder is in it too
For a scary movie, Trick r Treat
Your reaction to Mongo punching the horse was priceless!
The original ROAD RAGE incident?
Agree with everyone suggesting “Young Frankenstein” but would like to add that you’ll enjoy it more if you watch the classic original, “Frankenstein” movie with Boris Karloff. YF might be my favorite Mel Brooks movie of all.
One I haven’t seen mentioned is called, “High Anxiety”. I worked in the revolving restaurant at the top of the hotel in SF it was filmed in years later.
Young Frankenstein is Mel Brooks' best film. It is an all-time great.
Oh yea... Young Frankenstein for Halloween
Young Frankenstein is a classic. I'd love too see her do it. Another one I'd like to see her cover is Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I'd also like to see her look at Airplane! & the Naked Gun series from Zucker, Abrams, & Zucker. All of them are some of the funniest films I've ever seen!
Totally agree with High Anxiety, wonderful movie.
Such is the age you poor young folks have to live in...in my day, we laughed at the stupidity of racism...now you can get flamed or fired ver QUOTING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE. The part where the sun-tolerant gentleman holds himself hostage is hilariously stupid...but this is the age of cultural self-censorship-
not even Orwell saw that coming
The beans scene has gone down in history as one of the funniest in movies. Brilliant movie, Mel at his best.
This was the funniest fart scene but IMHO the fart scene in Down Periscope gives it a good run for it's money. I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe the first time I saw it.
That's why they called it.....(Blazing Saddles) lol.
it's funny, but eye rolling when you use to see this on broadcast tv, of course they censored some of the 'language'. But they dubbed the beans scene and every time you were suppose to hear something else a horse would whinny.
nova136565 BUCKMAN!
Mel had to fight the studio executives to keep it in.
Staying on a comedy western theme, how about a Steve Martin classic: ¡Three Amigos!
"It's a mail plane." :)
Omg yes
hell yes, that movie like this one is fantastic
Or, "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". :)
Oh yes!
“Never mind that shit here comes Mongo” 🤣🤣🤣
"The fool's going to... I mean the sheriff's going to do it!"
@@geoffwilliams4478 Mongo like candy...
@@DavidStowers-o7k **KA-BOOM**
**Looney Tunes theme plays**
🐴💥🤛🏻
Yeah... they used the "N" word a lot in this...mostly to show the ignorance of regular people in the town and how ridiculous bigotry can be.
Correct. Blazing Saddles was a satire on cultural racism. Taika Waititi did the same thing in Jojo Rabbit with the constant Heil Hitler dialogue.
Richard Pryor told Mel Brooks as they were writing it to add MORE n-bombs to make it more accurate
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
So, they still use the n-wordin movies. Have you seen the Hateful Eight?
@@paulwagner688 I could picture that.
This has made my week before I've even pressed play.
Thanks for saving the world, Ashleigh
STOP IT. I hope you love it. 🥰
@@awkwardashleigh but it's twue, it's twue!
Gene Wilder agreed to do Blazing Saddle on two conditions. 1. Mel would direct a movie Gene was writing & 2. Mel wouldn’t Star in it. That movie was Young Frankenstein.
Absolutely love that movie.
One thing that I have not seen any reactors mention: Howard Johnson's restaurant. At the time the movie was made, Howard Johnson's restaurant was the largest chain in the United States (according to Wikipedia). They advertised, in part, based on the number of flavors of ice cream they offered. Here in the movie, Howard Johnson owns a restaurant proudly proclaiming the choice of 1 flavor. It lacks the characteristic orange roof, probably to avoid any legal issues.
Fun fact: Mel Brooks is Jewish himself. He also played the Native American "Yiddish" chief, designed to lampoon the old Hollywood practice of casting Jewish actors to play Native Americans.
MEL BROOKS IS JEWISH!!!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!?
Mel Brooks also has a cameo in the line of bad guys signing up with Hedley.
The lines that Mel speaks are actual colloquial Yiddish. When he sings out "Lo zim geyn" that means "let them go" and is a joke about the Jewish holiday Passover and the Ten Plagues of Ancient Egypt and Moses. LOL
Like Ed Ames.
Actually, some "experts" in the nineteenth century claimed that the native Americans were descended from the "Lost Tribe of Israel'.
TIL: Did not know that though I can't really say I'm surprised.
Mel Brooks plays in all his movie's with the exception of Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder (Original Willy Wonka btw) was writting Young Frankenstein and Mel Brooks found it and was like I love this, lets make it and Gene was like Only if you are NOT in it lol. So in the movie Mel Brooks is not in it but he does Howl like a Wolf for a backround effect and that is it! Lol its a must see! =D
Brooks also does a voiceover in the town hall scene in YF
TERRI GAR is so funny in it and MADALEN KAHN RULES!
I forgot about the town hall! Lol
Also Mel totally opposed Gene Wilder's idea of making the monster tap dance, they were very good friends and Gene said that was the only time they had an argument. th-cam.com/video/U3MqONAYz8E/w-d-xo.html
Mel Brooks did provide the meow in the dart throwing scene.
It is still the best anti-racist movie ever made. Only Mel Brooks could have pulled it off (with help from Richard Pryor writing a lot of the jokes and gags.) Its like will never be made again, due to the current softness of today’s society.
Tropic Thunder though...
There is no way that movie could be made in today's culture. More's the pity.
Matt V Tropic Thunder was snuck in right before the insanity really got going. Robin Hood Men in Tights couldn’t even be made now. Well, they could be made, but no studio would ever pick it up and distribute it. It’s a shame, I’d bet it would actually do really well, the protests and flipping out over it would only help.
Obviously you've never watched any Spike Lee
Pedro Lopez Spikes films aren’t in the same stratosphere as Mels. He tackled race with a ham fisted bruteness, and overall they aren’t good movies. They get the acclaim they do from white guilt, they aren’t actually well made movies. He uses the same techniques in each one. There’s very little, if any nuance.
OMG, your reactions are precious! Not my first watching of your videos, but this one is grand!
Let’s get back to the 80’s.
“Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”
and Star wars (1977) and close encounters (1977) were 80's films??? Just sayin'
@@Leon-wz1js - I never claimed all the movies reviewed were from the 80's.
It’s coming Bill and Ted Face the Music
When this was released, I saw this with all of my friends including black ones. Everyone was in tears laughing so hard. I miss those days when people weren't looking to be offended and enjoyed life more.
Imagine being nervous over an effing movie.
Regarding the Irish: yes, there's historical context. In the latter half of the 1800s there was a lot of immigration from Ireland. It was extremely unpopular and Irish folks experienced a wave of as anti-Irish racism. Most people have forgotten about that and Mel was making sure to include this nod to a time when racism was sometimes white-on-white. The same happened on the west coast with Asian immigrants.
Yes, regarding America during that time: If I understand it correctly, blacks were considered 'valuable property' when compared to Irish or Chinese. The more dangerous jobs were offered to the Irish or the Chinese instead because they were considered "cheaper to replace". No choices were given for a less dangerous job. If you wanted to feed yourself and family, you took that risk.
Things were even worse for the Irish in the UK. England would export most of the food from Ireland under armed guard while Irish families starved to death. That is why so many Irish emigrated from Ireland.
@@dunringill1747 Another reason was the potato blight. Poor Irish farmers became incapable of even subsistence when a disease got into their extremely bad farming techniques. Without emigration many would have starved to death.
@@billmilligan7272 Yes, that is true. It was at its worst during the potato famine. Large amounts of other food was still exported to England during this time period.
The Irish were referred to as "jays", and that's where the term "jaywalking" originated from.
Bill Milligan ironically the Irish Americans turned out to be the most racist people I’ve met, and I’m white.
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Girl the historical context is that the irish were EXTREMELY oppressed in America.
Something I find funny (and sad) about many of the racists today complaining about the "wrong sort" and other bull dont know there history well enough to know that very likely their ancestors were judged and not wanted at some point, probably not so long ago either for race, religion, class, polical beleifs, or something people falsely labelled them as. One of my favorite jokes was on Golden Girls. Sophie is suprised to learn a black family is now living in her old apartment. The black man is suprised they "let" an Italian family live there.
The dolphin noises as a censor... GENIUS!
Thank you!
I could almost hear Patrick in my mind saying, "you said number eleven!"
"Raping Cattle" ... I finally get it! This makes those outlaws "COW POKES"!
This observation made me laugh out loud, I got this joke at age 12 but half the others went over my head until I was older.
@@patm4899 When It Comes To "Over My Head", I Got You Beat. About 70% Of The Innuendo
In The Carry On Movies Escaped Me Until My Early 20's, I'll Be 50 In Roughly 18 Months!
"The Thing" by John Carpenter. Best sci fi horror movie ever and a cult classic.
TH-cam video: Ennio Morricone - The Thing (theme)
Oh.....perfect Halloween flick. PERFECT.
I like how as soon as she says "I love a good demonstration of power" the cat shows her how it's done.
“Is there anything this man can’t do?”
Well, he can do a backflip.
He also sings
@@betsyduane3461 And raps. So the short answer would be "No".
Ashleigh "We love a good demonstration of power"
Beans "Pay attention to me, Human! I command you to flip!"
"I don't care if I'm a grown ass woman I love a good fart joke." And I just subscribed
Good for you, She's a funny girl.
That F the S**t outta the women line had me dying🤣 you’re reaction was priceless
The next line "Too Jewish." to this day has me in stitches.
Here's a little fact about Mel Brooks. He's one of a very short list of people who has won an Emmy, and Oscar, a Grammy, and a Tony.
And on top of that, fought in WW II
He along with buck Henry created get smart and was a writer on your show if shows and Caesar’s hour where he also played the thousand year old man.
They call those individuals EGOTs. Aubrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, some lesser known award winning producers. 15 official EGOTs currently.
Has anybody recommended "History of the World, Part 1" ? Another Mel Brooks movie.
I did, above. But I agree with others... With Halloween imminent, she should definitely watch Young Frankenstein!
It doesn't rank with Young Frankenstein or Blazing Saddles but it has some funny parts.
Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein"; trust me on this.
This.
Frau Blücher! lol
@@firebugjohnnypyro "NEEIIGHH\NEEIIGHGH"
IT'S FRANK-ENSTEIN!
"BLOUCHER!"
Re-watched your Blazing Saddles vid. Watched the wedding video. You made me cry a little. I hope you're happy! Making a grown ass man cry at how beautiful everything was. Love your show! Keep it up
I think you'd really enjoy Clue, if you haven't seen it.
"Is there a historical context I am missing?"
Yes.
While african americans were brought here into slavery, the irish were not welcome and many senators tried to pass laws outlawing irish immigration. Mainly because they were catholics but they claimed they were lazy drunks as well. I'm glad my irish ancestors got here before the country was established.
You would actually see signs outside of stores stating "Help wanted-Irish need not apply." America has been shitty to all kinds of people.
@@NandR yes which proves the adage that,
First they came for ____ I did not speak up, then they came for, I dint speak up, then they came for me and there was no one left to speak up...
@@NandR Don't forget the HUGE white slave trade that was made up of the Irish, and they were some of the first slaves brought to the British colonies, but historians did their little magic, and refer to them as "indentured servants". www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076When this truth started coming out, the "fact checkers" were claiming it was false, but in the article, they neglected to disclose the landmark court case that allowed men to be PROPERTY. Google the name Anthony Johnson and John Casor. They don't teach this bit in school.
Another good movie dealing with anti-Irish prejudice is Gangs of New York.
"is there anything this man can't do?"
Well. Reach a high shelf probably.
You watch your ass
Mel Brooks has said that the actress who plays the cabaret singer was his favorite part of this movie. He said that the accent she does just cracks him up.
"I'm so tiiiiiiiiiired....sick...and tired of love...." She kills me.
Madeline Kahn is her name.
The Jerk. It lends itself to this kind of humour, and features some of the same actors.
Spammy Dagger The Jerk would be a wonderful choice!
I also think she would like another Martin film, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
@@matth1589 That's a terrific film too. Quite high concept and pulled off brilliantly. "Cleaning woman, cleaning woman!"
All I need is this lamp, this lamp and this ashtray thats all I need...and this chair. This lamp, this ashtray and the chair
Blazing saddles should be mandatory in every high school in the western world
Silver Streak with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor they are gold together!!!
Stir Crazy is great too.
Richard Pryor was originally supposed to play Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles but the studio thought he was too controversial. His older standup comedy was pretty raw.
@@borimirtheboring cool!!!!
Also See No Evil, Hear No Evil with both of them.
@@borimirtheboring Also Pryor told Mel Brooks "Look I can pass for Cuban, you need someone DARK that'll scare those old townsfolk!"
Just saw your reaction to this (and Airplane) a year later. Enjoyed your reactions especially as a millennial. I am a senior who saw these first run many years ago and still laugh just as much (or more) today as then. As for Blazing Saddles specifically, I think you got the messages Mel was trying to convey back then--he was way ahead of his time in addressing racism and hate. Bart was the smartest character in the movie (regardless of skin color) and that was the point. As for the toll gate, what was specifically funny about that was: #1 no electricity back then underground to make the bell chime and the gate go up and down, #2 why didn't the "bad guys" just ride around the gate since there was plenty of room on both sides to do just that and #3 who even knew what a toll gate was back then? They appeared mostly on Freeways in the 1960's. This was the 1800's. Funny stuff to be sure. Anyway, thanks again for your reactions to these Library of Congress entries (Blazing Saddles and Airplane). Oh and congrats on your almost two year anniversary now.
Check out "Big Trouble in Little China".
It's a great mix of comedy and over-the-top Wuxia fantasy action.
I second this after your Mel Brooks kick.
Same! So great!
It's all in the reflexes.
Have a Kirk Russel film festival. Starting with(1) Big Trouble, (2) Captain Ron (3) Escape from New York, (4) Escape from LA.
Don't forget "Used Cars", and "Death Proof"!
Next Mel Brooks movie: Young Frankenstein.
FYI: Jesse Owens won the gold medal in 1936 - the Olympics were held in Berlin and Hitler was not happy that Owens won the race.
It should be added that Jesse Owens was an African American.
That's a myth,totally untrue!
A lot of women thought Gene Wilder was hot, too. Emma Thompson admitted she had a huge crush on him.
It was his beautiful eyes that melted hearts.
I've seen so many of your videos since this. It's fun having a time a time machine.
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