My FIRST Time Watching Blazing Saddles & I was NOT Prepared!!!
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FYI - I apologize for missing anything during this! The Bluetooth for my headphones kept cutting in and out during the movie!
Otherwise, the movie was HILARIOUS, raunchy, unexpected, and I loved every second!
I have seen this movie what seems like hundreds of times. It's always amazing to watch someone see it for the first time ! And yes, that was legitimate laughter... Gene Wilder's response of "Morons" was a total ad-lib !!
Here's a brilliant interview with Mel Brooks about the movie... th-cam.com/video/uv7L6Hrlj58/w-d-xo.htmlsi=HEivY5GTVu_hG6ZU
They brought black comedian Richard Pryor in to help write and make sure the jokes were not too over the top or offensive. He not only signed off on all of them but came up with some of the cringe ones on his own.
28:45.."Methodists?" Mel and Richard didn't spare anybody!! Never saw you crack up so..best reaction to Blazing Saddles I've seen yet! My favs--When the Waco KId and Bart tease the KKK guys.."Hey where the white women at?!" Oh yeah, and the thugs getting stopped by the toll booth. I'm not sure they could get away with doing this film today, the PC police would go nuts!! But at least Heddy ( I mean, Hedley) Lamarr WAS an equal opportunity employer...
That was the great thing about movies from back then. They weren't afraid to make fun of things that were politically incorrect.
In response to those who say they could never make this movie today…Mel Brooks said “Today?!? I couldn’t make it back then!” 😂
😂
Fact
I like to think that Seth Macfarlane's A Million Ways To Die In The West, is the spiritual successor to Blazing Saddles.
People often forget how much controversy surrounded it at the time. I think most people generally mean it couldn’t be made by a large studio today. Especially WB.
He actually did remake it... "Paws of Fury, The Legend of Hank"
I don’t think it gets mentioned often enough, but it’s very important to keep in mind that Richard Pryor helped write this movie. The satire is super heavy and the racists are truly the ones being mocked.
Mel Brooks had Gene write the lines for the black sheriff and Richard wrote the lines for the gun fighter.
I think sometimes people see a clip from it and think it's a racist comedy, but it's really a comedy *about* racists.
If you like Mel Brooks and musicals you should check out the producers either one is good but i prefer the nathan lane version
Richard Pryor mostly wrote Mongos lines, only pawn in game of life thsts Richard Pryor
Brooks originally wanted Pryor to play Bart. But he declined.
This movie didn't just break the fourth wall. It tore it down, stepped through it, and proceeded to destroy the studio. And the backlot, and the theater.
and then hail a cab. perfection.
and continue at Grauman's lol
The laughter after Gene said "Morons" was legit. He improvised that line, and Cleavon had NO idea that he was going to say it.
I love that aspect. Can you imagine having Gene Wilder trying to crack you up?
@@therealnitrouso2world's most difficult try not to laugh challenge 😂
@@SliderFury1 i wouldn't even TRY to not laugh haha
I think Mel had the right idea. The way to eliminate "bad words" is not to prohibit them, but to ridicule them and abuse the terms until they are meaningless.
Not sure I would put it like that. We don't want them meaningless. I think what they are doing is satire and mocking to where something in even the most irrational hate filled brain gets a sense that they might be the bad person.
"Meaningless" is not what he was going for here, the very fact that he intentionally used language like that in the script says that he thinks they are meaningful. It's more about representing the way that the words are applied. Everyone in the film using derogatory terms was portrayed as being an absolute idiot, usually as a result of ignorance and separation. If you notice, none of the townspeople used derogatory language against the Sheriff once he became a part of their community and they knew him as a person. Mel (and Richard Pryor) wanted to associate that kind of language with people who have zero understanding of the world around them and how to navigate it.
@@jlog1c283 EXACTLY.
@@jlog1c283 I agree. Censor or forbid certain terms or language is never a good idea. It makes using those words even more appealing for a certain groups, no matter what. It is the same with 'explicit language warnings' in music. it's been seen almost as a badge of honor. It is always about context. And using terms like Mel Brooks did in this movie is genius. Also he doesn't beliterate the audience, he includes it into the movie in a way you have to laugh at the bad guys without you realizing that you start to see the stupidity of using derogatory terms. And it is entertaining as hell too. I hate to use the term perfection when it comes to Art, but this is damned close to it 🙂
Edit: hope I expressed what I mean in the right way, english isn't my native language
@@shanwyn
Look, white people have no place to say that word, period.
Having said that yes of course racism is stupid. 🙂
To this day, the funniest line I've heard in any movie, ever, is Cleavon Little's "Hey, where the white women at"
Yep, I still use that line.
Yes, funny at face value and almost all reactors laugh at that point, when they stop cringing and realize it's ok to laugh and get where this movie is coming from too.
I said the same thing. Easily the most quoted line of BS. And the fact that its a black Sheriff saying it to the KKK is priceless.
Oh yeah. "Where da white women at?" So many layers to that joke. Absolutely fantastic.
Back in high school band (early 80s), we had an away game in a town where a known klansman had recently made a bid for mayor. When we got to the school, one of the black guys in the band stepped off the bus and shouted that line. Everybody cracked up! Band, parents, band director, everyone!
I think "gen z discovering mel brooks" may be my new favorite genre 😂
Right there next to "Gen Z discovering Leslie Nielson" and "Gen Z discovering 80s fantasy movies" :D
Lots of homages to early movies and characters. For example, Lily Von Shtupp character is based on Marlene Dietrich’s character in the 1930s movie The Blue Angel. Heddy Lamarr did sue for using her name without permission, when Mel was told she was suing and asked what they should do. He replied, “She’s Heddy Lamarr, pay her.”
The "stinking badges" bit (near the end) is a reference to Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart. Good movie if you haven't seen it.
Schtinzengoupen was long rumored to have been Hitlers real last name. Keep in mind Mel is Jewish and when playing the Indian Chief, he spoke German ...too many others
@@barrykeller4875No, was speaking Yiddish.
Nothing cringe about this movie at all. A pure comedic masterpiece.
99.9% of college people today would cringe, cry and run screaming for their fuzzy kittens safe spaces. THAT is why 99% of all comics BOYCOTT performing in ANY college or University. The radical leftist Marxist professors have brainwashed two generations of children now.
DO NOT send your child to college, university or even Military College. All are INFESTED with DEI and wokeness.
I think the US Merchant Marine Academy is still OK. Your child will work in an incredible union with incredible benefits for a mere six months per years and become a millionaire eventually.
Top tier officers in the right union on the right ship can make BANK! $200K for ONLY six months work per year. Masters Mates and Pilots. Become a PILOT and the kid is set for LIFE!
We are talking multi millionaire. NO WOKE ADGENDAS!
The cringe is the most hilarious part of the film. you KNOW it's wrong, and it keeps. going. on.
It's genius because the Mick is taken out of the stereotypes that use the crappy behaviours and it's actually an empowering film for the lead character
I was at a flea market, found one of those wooden paddles with the ball attached to it. I picked it up and started missing with it. I said "I got a warped one. Why do i always get a warped one?" A couple people walking by broke out laughing. One said greatest movie ever! True.
The one with the pen, when the guy says "think of your secretary" OMG
Working my job one day at a warehouse and no kidding I saw one of those too AND swung it around, except I said "This thing's defective." Nobody around me really got the reference though and it just made me feel old.
Every clueles lawyer I have to deal with, just trying to rack up billable hours on their clients' dimes, I think, "We must protect our phoney baloney jobs!"
I got a similar reaction to a line from Monty Python Holy Grail when I quoted it at the top of Glen Pass in the Sierra. A guy said something and I responded with that line (can't remember what it was) and he shot back with another line. He was backpacking with his family, and I believe his wife literally said "oh, my God" with an eye roll.
Cleavon Little IMO doesn't get enough love for this. The chemistry between him and Wilder unmatched and is the precursor for every buddy movie ever made.
The noose on the horses neck - “hung like a horse”
I think it's a reference to the saying, "I'll hang you and the horse you rode in on."
@@jeffdavis593 it’s actually referring to someone who is well endowed as being “hung like a horse”
Fun fact: Burton Gilliam (Lyle, the guy in the red shirt) was a firefighter who acted on the side. He stated publicly that he was having a big problem "calling people what I was having to call them". Cleavon took him aside and reassured him that it was OK because the words were written for a purpose and it was understood that Burton would not use them under normal circumstances. He was also hesitant about being the first person to fart on screen. "They won't let me back in the firehouse"
My uncle was a character actor and was good friends with Mel Brookes. They would go out to eat and Mel loved to pretend that he was a German tourist and would order his food in Yiddish. My uncle would fake interpret what Mel was ordering and Mel would eat whatever my uncle interpreted as his order.
Such a good memory, Raymond. Mel Brooks was a hoot.
So Brilliant!
Now there's a story - what fun!
I believe when the film was finished, but before it premiered, Mel Brooks said "either we'll get an Oscar or we're all going to prison!". 🤣
While it didn't win any, it did get three nominations, one of them being for Madeline Kahn for Best Supporting Actress. Also, I guess Harvey Korman knew he was risking a Best Supporting Actor nod, as his character mentions just before attempting to destroy Rock Ridge.
"What in the wide wide world of sports is uh goin on here" the most memorable and repeatable line ever!!
"Blazing Saddles" was written to be a parody of Frankie Lane's songs, and Brooks was looking for somebody who could sing in Frankie Lane's style. He was SHOCKED when Frankie Lane himself showed up and said, "I'd be happy to sing it"-which helped set the tone of the movie perfectly, and gave Lane a late-period hit song!
Brooks didn't even tell Lane it was for a comedy. That's why it sounds so soulful and real.
Reminds me of when Dalton took his role as Skinner in Hot Fuzz. They based thr character around him, and he was like "Yo I wanna do that"
The "you know, morons" was absolutely unscripted from my understanding, he totally made him laugh.
Yes, that was an improvisation by Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little's reaction was 100% natural.
I believe it was originally scripted as "Mormons" but Gene had other ideas.
Some of the greatest movie lines of all time were improv
@fredkeeler1234 true words man, true words
Facts
One of my favorite jokes in this is Mel as the Native Indian speaking Yiddish.
This is Brooks' masterpiece, and easily one of the top 10 greatest comedic films ever made. It's mastery of satire, mockery and innuendo is sublime, and the direction given to the actors really used their skills perfectly.
Just a little heads-up, Miranda, racism is a big theme in the movie. But it’s less “let’s all be racist,” and more “hey, isn’t racism stupid?!”
Exactly. Mel Brooks realized that the best way to combat racism is to show that racists are stupid fools. Nobody likes being mocked.
Not so much a heads-up as for this video to be here means she's already seen it... 😂😂😂
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When Bart laughs at Jim referring to the people as morons, it was real. Cleavon Little broke character and they left it in. 😂
they knew gold when they saw it.
He broke character because the line was ad libbed
@@fullmetalcrusader it's such a cute moment and really sells their friendship.
I was wondering if the scene on the ridge where Bart whispered something to Jim that caused him to laugh hard was also an ad-lib, the laugh looked genuine on Gene Wilder's part
@@TuxKamenoh that would be funny
Slim Pickens played the perfect straight man. It was amazing he could keep a straight face with everything going on. Incredible actor.
How could you miss the great joke when he returned to the railroad camp!!
-MAN THEY SAID YOU WHERE HUNG
-AND THEY WHERE RIGHT🤣🤣🤣
the scene where Bart is sad and Jim tries to cheer him up with the "Moron" line was totally improvised by Wilder. Cleavon Little completely broke character and laughed for real so we get his actual reaction. Favourite line the movie!
There were a few improvisions that Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder did to each other. Another was when Cleavon Little is reading the letter from Lily, He used the accent she was using and it caused Gene Wilder to spit out his drink because he was laughing....
I remember Mel Brooks interview...
Interviewer :" They say you couldn't make a film like Blazing Saddles today"
Brooks: " They told us we couldn't make it back in '74, but we did!"
The GOAT Madeline Kahn! note that she breaks character right at the end of Lily's show, at the last moment as they carry her into the wings. Her laugh and smile are so very real to her person. Loved her.!
Everyone seems to miss that the Native Americans that intercept the wagon train are speaking yiddish. This whole movie is a gem.
There's nothing quite like Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor making a movie that pokes its finger in the eye of, literally, everyone. Blazing Saddles is one of my all-time favorite movies and for good reason, it is sooo over the top with taking on everything all at once; slapping the hell out of stereotypes; flat-out smashing racism right in its ugly face; and repeatedly breaking that fourth wall whenever it suits them. It is a complete and total MASTERPIECE, a comic masterclass on how to make a truly hilarious motion picture for the ages.
Yep. It will stand the test of time, and be hilarious in 200 years.
Uh - That's Cleavon Little in the movie. From Wikipedia: "Pryor was Brooks's original choice to play Sheriff Bart, but the studio, claiming his history of drug arrests made him uninsurable, refused to approve financing with Pryor as the star." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles#Casting That said, Sherriff Bart's role was obviously written with Pryor in mind.
The most notable cut joke from the movie is in the scene with Lily and Black Bart. After she says, "It's twoo! It's twoo!!", he originally said, "‘I hate to disillusion you, ma’am, but you’re sucking on my arm.'”
Mel Brooks took that line out (he had full editing control of the film) because he thought it was just a bit too much.
@RayNDeere actually, it's was the one joke that the studio said no to.
I've always found that so weird. Without that line, the whole bit becomes a lot more "spicy" because of the suggestiveness. That line diffuses it.
Blazing Saddles has been edited for TV and will air from 8PM EST until 8:05.
The funny thing is that they won't let anyone say Shtüpp (yiddish/low german for fuck) but they show the name 'Lili Von Shtüpp' on a large poster next to the door to the saloon.
13:12 Greatest Missed Opportunity-
“Hey, Gabby, why didn’t u tell us the sheriff was a #%^*?
Gabby: 🤬
Madeline Khan was so amazing in this movie, she got the Academy Award nomination for it. Her role was based off the lead character in a Western movie from 1939 called Destry Rides Again.
Weird fact, the bean scene was the first time flatulence was used in a film.
Also, the song, itself, is a parody (both lyrics and vocals) of the great Marlene Dietrich singing "Laziest Girl In Town". Easily google-able for the curious.
The "clean" version used for TV later actually cut out the sound, so it just looks like a bunch of guys randomly hopping up and down by the campfire. More hilarious than the actual flatulence scene! LOL
Another classic movie that both Madeline Kahn & Barbara Streisand delivered acting gold in was,, "What's Up,, Doc?" (1972) With Barbara also being incredibly attrative,, Causing young boys to old men to have instant crushes on her. 👧 ❤ 👦
Mel Brooks says that the flatulence sounds were recorded by him and anyone he could grab and drag into the foley studio. They're so loud because they discovered during previews that they had to be that loud because the audience's laughter quickly would drown them out.
Madeline was also a trained singer BEFORE she got into comedy and acting. Imagine her having to act out a role that is not only a terrible singer, but also a terrible actress simultaneously. They don't make many like that anymore.
I never get tired of watching the reactions of younger people to this movie. Watching it go from "WTF??", to "ok... am I supposed to be laughing at this?", to "LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL" will never get old.
Answering a question you asked during the video:
After the scene out on the street with the old woman, when Gene was talking to Cleavon in his office, yes, that was genuine laughter. Gene ad-libbed that whole scene, and finally got Cleavon to break. Mel Brooks loved it and kept it the way it was.
So envious, i wish i could go back and watch this movie for the first time again. Ive seen it more times than i can count over the past 30 years.
I saw this first time around in a full theatre. Nothing like it with the crowd roaring.
Back then, tractor-trailers had "YES" and "NO" on the back to indicate which side it was safe to pass on. The implication is that Mongo was as big as a truck.
being in and around cattle industry...the bull tail is choosining yes or no....majic eightball of the farm
@@darrenbickerstaff5858 I like your interpretation, but I stand by my previous answer. Mongo is being compared to a truck.
I did not know that, about the semis! Thanks!
@@Svensk7119 No reason you should have known. I was 21 when _Blazing Saddles_ came out in 1974, and I don't remember it; I found it online. I suspect it was actually from the fifties or forties, not the seventies - slightly before my time.
Thanks, never knew that and I saw the movie in a theater it's second run (the cheap theaters)
'We offer you this laurel, and hardy handshake.'
One of my favourite lines 😅
it goes over most reactors heads, but longtime movie fans get it. And almost no one catches the "What in The Wide Wide World of Sports is going on here?" That was a popular ABC network sports show in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. (i think it went longer but that was its heyday).
Movies like this make me SO VERY HAPPY to be old---we Old Folks get all the jokes!
Actually, it's "...this laurel and hearty handshake."
Wow I have seen this movie a thousand times and I never got it until now laurel and hardy. I used to watch them on tv.
As "how the hell did they get away with that" as this movie is, there was one moment that got cut that is hysterical! Remember when Lily cut the lights and checked to see how "gifted" Bart is? After the stream of "it's twue" over and over, Bart told her "that's my arm!". Apparently, Warner Brothers censors thought that remark was too dirty, but I busted up!
It was the only line that was cut.
A little trivia for y'all.
The theme song was song by a man who thought it was a serious western movie, so he put his heart and soul into it and Mel Brooks just didn't have the heart to tell him that it was a comedy, because he loved the song so much.
Also, Hedy Lamarr DID sue them over the Hedley bit and won 1000$, which in 1971 was a lot of money.
Best fact about this movie: Mel Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play Bart, but the studio decided against it. Brooks still wanted him to be a part of the movie so he asked Pryor to write it with him. Pryor said he would do it if he wrote all the parts for the white characters, and Mel would write for all the people of color. Adds another dimension to the movie knowing that I think
Not what I was given to understand. My understanding is Pryor wrote all the scenes involving Mongo (there is considerably more Mongo in the TV edit) entirely, and polished other parts - since a good three quarters of the movie involves both black and white actors, it would be highly impractical for the script to be divided up as you say...Brooks would hsve been casting parts for a movie with a script toraling about 15 minutes of runtime with no plot whatsoever.
Other trivia, Gene Wilder was not first chouce for Jim either - as partvof Wilder's agreement to take the part and bail Brooks out, Brooks had to help Wilder complete a script Wilder was already working on, and direct the movie - Wilder had planned to write, star, and direct, which he later did, but for t huh isvone, he settled for co-writer and gave ip the director's megaphone. That movie, if course, was Young Frankenstein .
Jim and Bart are both left-handed.
Slim Pickens camped at the shooting location during filming. The tent he comes out of during the campfire beans scene is where he was actually staying. Pickens also suggested Taggart get clinked with a shovel, as he figured Taggart had it coming.
I certainly respect your opinion, but i personally watched an interview with Mel where he said exactly what i wrote. Possible he simplified it for tv/interview or whatever, but it's straight from the horses mouth
@@MathMan271 It still doesn't make sense. There were *four* credited screenwriters, so its just not possible Brooks wtote for the black actors and Pryor wrote the white actor parts. Did the other two just write the farts and cow moos? And two *more* are credited with the actual story. This was also Pryor's first movie screenplay credit, and only his fifth writer credit overall, no way is he ready to take on that much alone.
Brooks probably says that because otherwise it looks like Pryor really just wrote a couple of scenes because so much Mongo is cut from the theatrical version most everybody watches, and he doesn't want to undercut how much work Pryor did.
Pryor was a bit of a loose cannon that the executives didn't want him, that was back when Richard got burnt, high AF.
The Yes/No on Mongo's "steed" is a reference to truck drivers who would write this on the back of their trailers to remind cars not to pass on the right side.
Great reaction! I hope you'll watch Young Frankenstein next. One of my all time favorites and perfect for Halloween! 🎃
Fronkenstien, right?
@@TarossBlackburn You know it, Frodrick
Oh, cool. That’s good to know about the yes/no. I had always assumed that when Mongo needed to make a decision, the big oaf would just flip the bull and see if it came up yes or no.
I've never seen that, but ok. I always thought it was a funny idea to turn the bull's tail into a sort of fortune decider...
Driver's training one of the basic things you learn is to ALWAYS pass on the left.
This movie is arguably the greatest satire movie ever made. Mel Brooks skewers everything and everybody with questionable intent in this hilarious romp.
Fun fact Richard Pryor helped Mell Brooks write this. Another fun fact is the studio told him to cut out most of the crude humor, so he told them he did and sent the original to the theatres.
"Excuse me while I whip this out..."
I loved it when you asked if there would be a lot of breaking the fourth wall!!😂
The opening was sung by Frankie Lane, who was not told it was for a comedy. That is why it is so well executed. Mel said, "we need a Frankie Lane type," and someone said "why not get Frankie Lane?"
They didn't tell Frankie it was a spoof on westerns.
Afterwards, they didn’t have the heart to tell him the truth
@@artembentsionovif I remember correctly Frankie Lane went to the premier and told Mel Brooks that he was embarrassed because he teared up singing it and didn't realize it was for a comedy but loved the film.
based
@@RayNDeereyup ... they were afraid he wouldn't do it for a western spoof......so they just never told him .... then he went to premier and said he liked it and "hadn't laughed so much at a movie in years" .
14:34 Makes me howl with laughter EVERY single time!! I don't know exactly what it is about that scene, but it just cracks me the hell up.
"Throw out your hands, stick out your tush! Hands on your hips, give 'em a push! You'll be surprised you're doing the French Mistake!" I don't remember breathing through that whole skit. My face hurt.
This movie is an actual masterpiece of comedy in so many ways, many of them related to how relentlessly and mercilessly it mocks racism.
Amen
All the Indians are jewish, most of the white folks are dumb, unthinking racists, and get outsmarted by the Sheriff with trick stolen from Bugs Bunny cartoons - one of my favourite US comedy movies
there is a sequel. its called "Tropic Thunder" and takes place in vietnam decades after the war. and it is a war movie about vietnam :*]
@@timetraveler1973sadly younger generations have invented a slang word called cringe. They will be offended at the r e tard scene and RDJ being in black face but not realize it is actually Kurt Lazarus making fun of actors
The character Mongo was played by a real life tough guy, Alex Karras. Karras was a first round pick of the Detroit Lions in the 1958 NFL draft. He was a 6'2" 250 defensive tackle who played from 1958-1970. He played 161 games, with several pro bowl, all pro, all American, and many other selections and honors during his career.
Interestingly enough. Alex Karras' first movie role was playing himself in the movie Paper Lion (starring Alan Alda as George Plimpton who was a writer that played one game for the Detroit Lions in a pre-season game for a Sports Illustrated article he was writing...and which was also expanded into a book before being made into a movie). Karras also played the Dad in the TV Series Webster in the 1980s.
@@otherstar1 he also played the crooked sheriff in Porkys.
@@jasonlmeadows Karras also had a mixed-race son, born out of wedlock. The boys name was "Webster."
@barrycohen311 Webster was his god-child. His best friend had died and he and Ma'am adopted Webster.
And voted into the pro football hall of fame
Great reaction video. ... I was 14 when Blazing Saddles came out in 1974 and remember going to see it in the local theater with my buddy. It instantly became part of our lives. Great to see you as a younger person reacting exactly as Mel Brooks intended. I loved seeing your genuine reactions and laughter at the brilliant humor of Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder and the entire cast. ... I'm guessing that the reason you got a little emotional at the end of the movie was not only because of the music but that you had also just witnessed a brilliant, classic artwork that made you feel something. Mainly joy.
"Where the white woman at?" Is one of my favorite lines in cinema of all time. Perfect setup and delivery. 10/10
Gene was actually busy writing Young Frankenstein and wasn't originally supposed to be in this picture but the original actor for his part wasn't working out. Another fun fact is John Wayne was asked to be in it but after reading the script and realizing how outrageous it was
said he wanted to see it when it was done but couldn't bring himself to be in it.
Never get a drunk to play a drunk.
After that statement Mel should've asked John Wayne to be in the audience in the theater scene.
If you didn't notice, the Indian chief was also played by Mel Brooks. And the language he was speaking...Yiddish, the dialect of German mainly spoken by Jewish people.
A reference to the myth that native Americans are the lost tribe of Israel. It’s a running gag in Cat Balou
On the theatrical poster for the original release of the film, the beadwork on Mel Brooks' headdress says "Kosher for Passover" in Hebrew.
Mel Brooks was also in line with the bad guys as a producer.
I recently watched this with my girlfriend.
I am NOT the person to watch this with for the first time.
I was able to quit saying lines before they were said but I could not stop pre-laughing.
I'd be laughing 10 seconds before the punchline & she'd be looking at me like I was nuts.
This came out a month after I was born. I've seen it at least dozens if not more than a hundred of times.
Never apologize for laughing at something that is truly funny!
My favorite one liner is during the Harrumphing scene "Think of your secretary" when he's trying to hit the inkwell with the pen.
Lili von Shtupp is absolute perfection, Madeline Kahn as taken far too soon.
One joke you left out was when Hedley is interviewing the bad guys to ride on Rock Ridge. He hands a Mexican guy a badge, and the guy responded, "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" This was a line lifted verbatim from the 1948 movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre".
Which was then satirized by Weird Al in UHF when Raul was accepting new animals for his "Wild Kingdom" show, he got some badgers. He says, "Badgers?! Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!" I laughed so hard at that!
And used in the movie Bubble Boy with Danny Trejo fixing a flat on his motorcycle. The main character (Jake Gyllenhaal) says, "I have patches." and Trejo responses, "PATCHES! ...I could uses some patches!"
Times were so different then. Enjoyed your laugh, smile and your singing voice! Lots of 70's comedies went there and stayed there. Subscribed!
That was a fake cow blown up with the fake town.
Mr. Brooks took the time to slowly break the 4th wall in increments.
It started with the elderly lady being punched in the stomach and she says to the camera "Have you ever seen such cruelty?" to the watching the end of the movie in the theater.
With each instance the breaking of the 4th wall was a larger scene.
Another fun fact. When they were looking for someone to sing the theme, they advertised a "Frankie Laine type". They got THE Frankie Laine. They did NOT tell him this was a satire and a spoof. So he went all out in the song. Brilliant.
Showed up in the studio and had the song in the can in about an hour.
Yes! Good call on the legit laughing of Clevon in the the "You know...morons" scene. Gene Wilder improvised a lot in this. They left that one in because it was so natural.
I had a feeling! The sherif's laugh felt too genuine to be fake
Mel Brooks encouraged improve. Another reason he is a great director.
Having grown up in the 70's and 80's I miss the ability to laugh at ourselves with a movie over a message vs now days where it is a message forced down our throats with a movie somewhere involved. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder are (and were, RIP Gene) incredible at their craft. Cleavon LIttle, of course, and hell everyone in the movie made the whole thing come together. And never forget the always incredible Richard Pryor. Happy to have grown up in an era of ultimate comedy without fear. Blazing Saddles with always be a favorite!
Yep, who would've thought, don't be racist, would be so easy to forget and needed to keep Big reminded to people 🤷
Yeah, people being taught that having their feelings hurt and getting offended are going to be the biggest hurdles they face in life are going to be both extremely disappointed and woefully unprepared for reality.
loved the reactions!!! I respect people now a days that can actually watch this movie and realize the humor behind it and not get triggered.
It's easy to laugh at it because it mocks the racist
Mel Brooks, a master of using satire to make fun of real life. Love it.
I'm so glad the younger generation are discovering this movie and seeing it's not as much of a bogey man, as it is a mockery of one. Racism isn't an institution or an organisation with some shadowy, evil aims and means, and codewords that shall never be uttered lest you be racist yourself. It's just idiots, small-minded, and simple people being themselves. And they should be treated as a laughing stock. An intelligent person knows the difference between racism and satire, and I see a lot of young people loving this movie. This and Tropic Thunder. There's still hope in this newest generation.
In case you were wondering about one of the more obscure references in this movie: when the man cries out “Mongo! Santa Maria!”, he’s referencing an actual person. Mongo Santamaría was a legendary Cuban congo drummer and bandleader who had a prolific career in the 1960s’ pachanga and boogaloo dance scenes.
Every scene made reference to things that were popular and well known back then. I would howl in laughter while watching this , but would have to explain everything to my grand kids when we watched it so the would get the humor. Unless you were there when the movie came out initially or have a good knowledge of history from that time, it's not the same.
@@heru-deshet359 Sylvester cartoon as he approaches a bridge in a Venetian gondola: "Ducka you head, Lowla Bridgeada" is not only about Italian accents and a low bridge, it's also about Gina Lollobrigida.
9:48 This was a joke referencing the Howard Johnson chain of restaurants which were famous for their ice cream. No one under 40 would probably get the reference now as the last Howard Johnson closed years ago.
From Wikipedia:
Music
Brooks wrote the music and lyrics for three of Blazing Saddles' songs, "The Ballad of Rock Ridge", "I'm Tired", and "The French Mistake". Brooks also wrote the lyrics to the title song, with music by composer John Morris.[2] To sing the title song, Brooks advertised in the trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" singer; to his surprise, Laine himself offered his services. "Frankie sang his heart out ... and we didn't have the heart to tell him it was a spoof. He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later. We got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."[25]
The choreographer for "I'm Tired" and "The French Mistake" was Alan Johnson. "I'm Tired" is a homage to and parody of Marlene Dietrich's performance of Cole Porter's song "I'm the Laziest Gal in Town" in Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 film Stage Fright, as well as "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" from The Blue Angel.[2]
The orchestrations were by Morris and Jonathan Tunick.[2]
I'm lucky to be old enough to have been young when there was comedy in the movies.
20:16 fun fact: it was indeed real laughter from Cleavon Little (Sheriff Bart) as Gene had improvised the last sentence of “you know…. Morons”
I knew it!!
Fun fact: The theme song was performed by Frankie Laine. With lyrics written by Mel Brooks. Frankie did not know the song was for a screwball comedy, so he sang it seriously & he put his heart into it. Frankie did such a good job that Mel didn't have the heart to tell him. They kept the recording as is & used it to contrast the rest of the movie.
Mel had originally advertised calling for a performer to sing the song in the style of Frankie Laine, because he didn't think he could get Laine. Laine got in touch, asked what it was for, and the reply was it was a Western about racism.
Laine came back with his performance, and the rest is history.
He also sung the theme song for the TV western Rawhide
When she said she had heard this song before. I actually think she heard the Rawhide theme before.
Mel Brooks had put an ad in Backstage asking for a "Frankie Lane-type singer" (Frankie Lane sang the theme for "Rawhide"). Frankie Lane himself responded and sang the "Blazing Saddles" theme.
I've got to admit that you have quite a melodious singing voice, and a personality that would make any movie seen with you a lifelong moment of fun.
This seems to have been your first movie with Madeline Kahn (Lily Von Schtupp). Definitely seek out more of her work. She was a legend, and we lost her way too soon.
She was also a talented singer. She said she had practice singing "bad" for the movie just as much as she had to practice singing for Broadway.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Edit for clarification: I meant that the work that goes into doing it fluently and with no ham-fisted attempts is what makes it great. She put in a lot of work to be a 'bad singer/actress' on command and make it look genuine. That's the sign of talent.
Pre-Edit: The age-old adage about telling 'good' from 'great'. Great is being able to convincingly be bad on command without forcing it.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 I got a notif that you'd replied to a post, but it didn't direct me to the reply. I'm hoping it was my post in THIS comment? I clarified, because I was unsure if you misunderstood the statement or were disagreeing. I have edited accordingly and appreciate drawing attention to the lack of clarity.
For the sake of making my notification make sense: I meant that she put in a lot of work to make 'appearing to be a bad actress/singer' in a way that wasn't forced implies a certain amount of desire to showcase talent. It's very hard to be convincingly bad at singing and acting without it being forced. To do both simultaneously is... Way harder. That's the genius of Madeline Kahn. Gone too soon.
@@AdeptusCaeiusIII I had misinterpreted your comment and I posted a response, then I reread what you wrote, so I deleted my reply.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Oh! Sorry about the misunderstanding.
As a music fan I think you'll appreciate knowing that Mel Brooks writes a lot of his own songs. He's a ridiculously talented guy. Also, Young Frankenstein gets my vote for the next one. It also stars Gene Wilder, btw.
That's Fronkensteen.
@@mideon84 LOL...I stand corrected.
DOES HE REALLY?!?! can he share some of that talent please?????
@@TheMirandalorianReacts Evidently not. I've been wishing he'd share with me for 50 freaking years and he still won't!
@@TheMirandalorianReacts Mel is one of 18 people to have completed the EGOT; he has 4 Emmys, 3 Grammys, an Oscar and 3 Tony awards to his name. The really fun thing is that he won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for The Producers (if you haven't seen that, it's another with Gene Wilder), and 2 of his Grammys and all 3 of his Tonys are associated with the 2001 Broadway adaptation of the movie.
It's those wholesome bits that make the punches land just a little harder 😁
One of the best quotes in the whole movie "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." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Fun fact about Gene Wilder in this movie: He wasn't actually supposed to be in this one, but the original actor got sick during the upside-down scene, so Mel Brooks asks Gene to jump in on short notice, and if that isn't the luckiest coincidence, every because he and Clifton Little have such good chemistry!
Also, since you like Gene Wilder and musicals, you are probably going to love the original 1968 The Producers movie.
Actually the original actor showed up on set for the first day of shooting completely plastered. Brooks needed a replacement, _fast,_ so he contacted Gene.
BTW, during the big fight, we had a short scene of Lily leading some German soldiers in a sing along. The song came from the original The Producers.
@@Caseytify That song is a German folk song that is believed to have originated in1820
Mel's wife Anne Bancroft always pressured Mel to have Gene play the part of 'The Waco Kid' but Mel wanted an older actor who could play the role of an old worn out alcoholic better so went with I believe Gig Young (who unknown to all, actually was an alcoholic). That first scene with him hanging upside down did it. He started vomiting up some kind of green slime and was immediately hospitalized. Mel then listened to his wife and call Gene in New York to fly out and take to roll. Moral: listen to your wife! Also Anne and Gene were good friends and had worked together on Broadway in New York. That is actually how Mel met Gene before he and Anne were married and only dating. Mel was waiting for Anne after a show she was in with Gene and Gene came out first and he and Mel hit it off from there.
The effect of this movie gets more profound every year. I loved it as a teenager in the mid-eighties. I showed it to a class of college freshmen in 2003 and realized that I hadn't accounted for how much culture had changed. Those young adults were scandalized and amused. Twenty years later your reaction is even more shocked than theirs was.
The central ideas are more significant than ever. The mere mention of unpleasant ideas scares people away from serious conversation (and always have), but if smart people can confront ugliness with wit and intelligence we can maybe figure out how to change things.
I remember watching this every year on TV growing up.
I saw this movie when it first came out decades ago, and I love seeing a young person enjoying it still. Movie still makes me laugh. It's a classic.The humor hasn't lost its hilariousness (if that's a word).
The title song was written for this movie. When they had the singer record the song, they told him it was for a legit western movie, not a spoof, so that he would sing it straight.
And it was reported that the guy got really pissed when he knew it was for a comedy.
That honestly makes it even better!!!
The executioner is a running gag in Mel's films. He was also in Robin Hood Men in Tights. He said "no noose is good noose!" in response to being told to let the condemned man go free. Mel loves a good pun.
Loves. The great man is still with us!
@@shugaroony typo....fixed
i love watching you're innocent gen-Z reaction to this. You're adorable.
I've seen this movie dozens of times and never cringed once. One of the greatest comedies ever made.
Zero cringe in this movie, just the cold hard reality of the late 1800s. God I miss the 1970s.
Thanks, I was wondering if the definition of cringe had changed recently.
In the 70’s, everyone was in on the joke!!!! Sitcoms of the era appealed to everyone even if the show was nothing but black casts or all white casts. To this day if I see Sanford and son, the Jefferson’s, good times, what’s happening, all in the family…… I stop flipping the channels, grab popcorn and enjoy every second.
Rightwingers don't get that for example Archie Bunker was being satirized, they LOVE him. Norman Lear, Carroll O'Connor,, and Rob Reiner are and were all good liberals. RIP Carroll #The70s
@@treetopjones737that’s not true. I’m what you would call a “right winger” and we knew exactly what Archie Bunker was. We were not laughing with him we were laughing at him because his opinions on race and religion were so ridiculous. I’m Italian and catholic and the jokes I laughed the hardest at were the ones about Italians and Catholics.
Conservative viewers understood that Archie was a bigot, and they appreciated that the show made it clear that his views were outdated and wrong. At the same time, the show also poked fun at liberal views and showed that they had their own problems and flaws. In doing so, the show presented a nuanced and balanced view of both political viewpoints, and encouraged viewers to consider both sides.@@treetopjones737
Don't know if you know this, but the guy singing at the start of the movie DIDN'T know the movie was a comedy. He was singing his heart out because he thought it was for a geuine western and wanted to give it is best effort, and they were laughing at how genuine and heartfelt it was with the singer not knowing and Mel has to get them settled down because he loved it so much. Anyways, glad you enjoyed it becayse I know somr people cannot handle it. It's an absolute classic and glad to had a good time. Have a great day! ❤
That's amazing!!!
@@TheMirandalorianReacts, the singer's name is Frankie Laine. He actually sang music for Western genre films during the height of their popularity in the 1940s/'50s. My dad was a big fan of those movies, if my childhood memory serves - he had a couple of the man's records in the house. First time I saw the film (I was 12yrs old in 1974, but sneaked in to the theater to see it) and heard that voice, I wondered what on earth Mel had done to pull off that trick!
@panamafloyd1469 I forgot the guy's name, good reminder!
Yes and Mel Brooks wanted a singer who "sounded like" Frankie Laine. But ended up actually getting him
@@rickwoodham4570IIRC the ad called for a "Frankie Lane type." They never expected Lane himself to apply.
The "morons" bit, yes that is legit Cleavon breaking character. He was supposed to scowl the entire time, but Gene made him laugh with that take.
Fun Fact : The Intro Singer was famous for creating music for many famous westerns at the time. He was well known to all western afficionados and he didn't realize this was a comedy when he made the intro. He thought it was a standard western. 🙂 Mongo is also the same actor as the Dad in Webster
I tried to explain this movie to a 20 something female co-worker in the office a couple of years back. it came off of me using the phrase "Candygram for Mr Mongo" due to something that was about to happen, and being asked by her what I meant as the older guys around me had all started laughing. It's impossible in the modern office to do so without getting called into HR. I just gave up and told her to watch it. Reminding her that it's actually one of the greatest anti-racist movies of all time.
And how did she like it?
@@B0mber44 Unfortunately she left the company shortly after and I never found out.
It's sad how some of the references in the movie get lost on the younger generations who just haven't been exposed to them. The genius comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy from the 30s and 40s gets referenced when Bart first shows up at Rock Ridge ("we present to you a laurel, and hearty handshake"), and it mostly sails right over the heads of the last couple generations.
Sadly a lot of the jokes in this masterpiece go over the head of a majority of viewers.
but the genius of the movie is that even not getting all the period references, the younger generation is still loving the movie
"the orange roof of Howard Johnson's outhouse"
Knock it off with the smug arrogant assumptions about what others do or do not get.
Yes - that was a great reference weaved into a joke.
Watching you make with the Pew Pew is heartwarming. This is probably Mel's funniest film, but Young Frankenstein is his best. And I cannot wait until I see your wholesome innocence meet...this movie!!! (Edit: 5 mins in and you did not disappoint!!)
Not sure if it was mentioned but the Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) was originally supposed to be played by Richard Pryor but there was a lot of problems with him and drugs. So instead Pryor helped out with the screenwriting, now what's funny is Pryor was the one that really amped up all the naughty jokes and scenes.
Miranda, this is the first time I've watched you. Blazing Saddles is my favorite movie. It's satire at its finest. Instead of hiding from racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, Mel Brooks went at it head on and offended everybody. He's the only man that could get away with it. It was groundbreaking in 1974 when I first saw it and would never play today. The underdog wins and the triumph over stereotypes is just plain funny as hell. You simply MUST watch Young Frankenstein especially if you like Gene Wilder. Your reactions were priceless and I laughed while you laughed. Thanks for watching my favorite movie of all time!
Same here,,
I agree Young Frankenstein is incredible for Gene Wilder too
Watch Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder and the whole cast will leave you in stitches. I'm 65 and went to see Blazzing Saddles at the Drive in when I was 16. LOL 😂
Blazing Saddles is absolutely hilarious in many ways, but I actually think Young Frankenstein is Brooks' best, funniest movie.
"That's Fronk-un-steen"! ... 😉🤣😎 ^v^
This is my absolute favorite Mel Brooks movie! He's an "equal opportunity offender," LOL, and teaches us not to take life so seriously. It's great to just sit back and laugh your head off sometimes. ❤️
i dont even see that much that's offensive about this. the only characters who are used as jokes are the white ones. the black characters make jokes, but the white characters are jokes. like, look at how everybody is protrayed in this movie, and the ones who come out looking the most idiotic and savage are the white characters by orders of magnitude, and this came out in the god damn 70s!
No one was safe and it was GLORIOUS!!!
@@TheMirandalorianReacts The 'Not the Irish' was added because they thought they offended everyone and someone on staff said 'not me, I'm Irish.'
"The Great Race" has one of the best pie fight scenes ever
Enjoyed your reaction so much I am watching again. Thank you.
This movie is one of a kind and you will never see another one like this. Ever! Any move where Dom Deluise appears in as well is just a 10 out of 10 haha.
Hedley Lamarr was actually a tribute to famous actress Hedy Lamarr. Brooks LOVED her and wanted to use her name. She refused and said she'd sue him and Warner Bros if they did. Brooks loved her so much, he convinced the studio to pay her even though he eventually changed the name.
Hedley Lamarr was more than just an actress. She designed a guided missile. Her designs helped people create the mobile phone. She never got the credit she deserved.
@@DarrenEden-ub4vjshe got awards for it late in life
@@DarrenEden-ub4vjthat's Hedy....lol
Yes, every town resident is named Johnson