In 1976 apartheid South Africa, the world capital of racism, a group of friends roped me in to joining them to watch a "western". I went expecting a Clint Eastwood type spaghetti western, and by the end of the evening had nearly asphyxiated myself with laughter. For me, the satire in the context of where I was, and surprise of that movie will always make it one of the best I have ever seen. Thank you Mel Brooks.
@@bearlemley That is what tends to happen when an authoritarian system of racial oppression is instituted. It creates devastating social, political, emotional, and economic damage to that society, that - would you believe it - cannot be repaired in a matter of decades. Only a child can believe that. "Oh, no! Things in South Africa aren't perfect - so we should have kept the system of racial oppression instead!" is a classic example of illogical conclusion from a premise, and you aren't even making this error of critical thinking accidentally. It is being employed clearly for the purposes of being a contrarian edgelord who flirts with racialism. If you truly believe this phantasm - a psychological construct which allows you to avoid dealing with the real issue and simply allows you to carry on feeling better about doing nothing - you have a lot of hard thinking to do in order to find your way as an adult.
Blazing Saddles was cast perfectly. Period. I can't even imagine Richard Pryor in place of Cleavon Little. Little gives the role a sweetness and vulnerability that Pryor simply couldn't have done. With Pryor, it would have been very difficult to keep his anger, sarcasm and tendency to mug for the camera at every opportunity. But Little is PERFECT in this role. He is smart without being caustic, sardonic or angry. That's not easy to portray.
RIP - Cleavon Little, Alex Karras, Andy Devine, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Dom DeLuise, and (of course) Gene Wilder. Simply an incredible assemblage of talent, and one of the funniest movies ever made.
You threw Andy Devine in there. Everyone else you mentioned was in Blazing Saddles - Mr. Devine was not. Just wondering why you included him. Not that there's anything wrong with that! :)
"Hey the Sherrif is a nigGONG.... " ... "He said the Sherrif is near" ...no dogblammet dangblammet the sherrif is a nigGONG!" Has me rolling every time partly due to his physical delivery
I never realized just how much my dad quoted Blazing Saddles during my childhood until I finally watched it when I was 15. From Bart's "Hep me! Hep me!", "I must, I must!", and Hedey's "...and Methodists!" He would use those lines in any context that he could. The old man's with the Lord now, but it's nice to rewatch Blazing Saddles and still find new Jokes and lines that he used to reference.
Ironically, when I saw Blazing Saddles in the theater when it was first run all those years ago, I had no idea that it was a comedy. I was in the mood to see a western and I had heard Blazing Saddles was a good movie. Although it was not what I expected it to be, I loved it immediately.
Other memorable things you might not have known: 1. Mel Brooks actually ran into Jon Wayne during filming, and asked him about appearing in the movie. Wayne said he thought the script was hilarious, but that he couldn't appear in a raunchy comedy due to his brand/image. 2. The actor who played the racist Lyle (Burton Gilliam) actually had trouble saying his lines to Bart (Cleavon Little) because he felt so uncomfortable calling him the n-word. Eventually, Little took Gilliam aside and told him it was okay to say the lines. "If I thought you would say those words to me in any other situation we'd go to fist city, but this is all fun. Don't worry about it."
Was lucky enough to meet Gilliam at a con, and aside from mentioning what you just did, he also said that the "bean scene" had to be shot multiple times in the cold :)
@@edwardmeegan1849 I saw that interview. Richard Pryor drove that decision. Mel Brooks called Gilliam directly but he thought it was just another prank by his fire fighting buddies. It took Mel Brooks calling his chief to convince him it was a genuine offer. When told hey would end up being paid the equivalent of two years of fire fighting pay for about one month of work, he hung up his hose and signed on.
@@BigGator5 There is no such thing as "woke" Hollywood. Hollywood is all about making money and as capitalistic as you can get. Maybe I should use term Neo Liberal but I m not sure are you smart enough to know what that is. You might think that it' has something to do with what you think left to be when it's very right wing thing.
I saw this movie at a sneak preview showing, and after the end of the movie, we had to fill out an index-sized question card. It was a longer, uncut version that was even raunchier than what was later released. This might have been the version that the executives viewed when they were considering scrapping the film. When I saw the final theatrical release I wished that they had kept in a couple of the deleted scenes. Wish that original cut still existed.
Didn't mean to forget Cleavon Little. He died young. Dom DeLuise's wife played the school teacher. She passed recently. One of the greatest cast ever assembled. The writing for each unequalled.
John Wayne was pretty well known in Hollywood as a racist. It bursts some people bubble about their image of him, but my grandfather (RIP) worked in Hollywood in those days and confirmed it to us when I was a teenager. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why he refused it, even though it probably would have helped his image among his peers.
Still is a genius! Up until a few months ago when Carl Reiner died, Brooks joined his old friend nearly every night for dinner. Brooks is still sharp and funny as hell.
Mel Brooks was once asked why his movies always had Nazis in them. His answer was that they are evil and the best way to defeat evil is to laugh at it.
🎶 He rode a blazing saddle He wore a shining star His job, to offer battle To bad men near and far He conquered fear and he conquered hate He turned our night into day He made his blazing saddles A torch to light the way. 🎶
I live close to Burton Gilliam (Lyle) and have had the opportunity to chat with him several times. He’s a genuinely funny guy. In my opinion, his character is one of the reasons the movie was so successful.
I love Harvey Korman so much; I stumbled across the Carol Burnett Show on Prime and he steals the show. Also one of my favorite Muppet Show guests of all time.
My buddy was a communications major in college. He flew out to California to attend some convention where people are trying to shop new tv series to the various networks. While there he saw Harvey Korman about 50 feet away. It had been several years since the release of History of the World. My friend yelled out "Count de Money, Count de Money." Without missing a beat, Mr. Korman yelled back "That's de Monay."
I was about 7 the first time I watched this and that scene was my favourite part of the whole movie and still is. But that line in particular, I have used that so many times, and would go out of my way to set it up, or at least try to 😂 No one ever really got it, but it made me laugh. Maybe that's why I don't have a single friend in the world. Geez, that got dark 😂
That line right there is the most perfect example of why they worked so well. I love pryor, and him and wilder, but in this case i think little was perfect. Richard always had a kinda manic/angry/flustered vibe. Cleavon had more of a chill "deal w what happens" kinda feel that i think was perfect for the situations. And i dont know of an older actor at the time that could of pulled off wilders...i dont know, "weathered innocence"? He knew the racist crap was there, he just couldnt understand it on a basic level.
@@bigdaddy741098 though I see you and have missed many opportunities with that,, man what stuck with us was... And, isn't it a LOVELY morning ma'am.. And of course,,, SHITLOAD of dimes! Oh, least we forget,,, Tell me cowboy,, are you in show bizzness...? Peace my friend, class of '81 here, when 5$ could get enough gas and grass to get to the woods, and what truely WAS, freedoom..
@@BigGator5 There is no such thing as "woke" Hollywood. Hollywood is all about making money and as capitalistic as you can get. Maybe I should use term Neo Liberal but I m not sure are you smart enough to know what that is. You might think that it' has something to do with what you think left to be when it's very right wing thing.
I have almost all of Mel Brooks films. This is one of my all time faves of his... "Hey, the sheriff is..." *Clock Bell Dings* 🔔 "What did he say?" "The sheriff is a n..." *Clock Bell Dings* 🔔 "Oh, he said the sheriff is near" "No, gone blame it dang blammit! The sheriff is a..." *Clock Bell Dings* 🔔
“How ‘bout some more beans, Mr. Taggart?” “I’d say you’ve had enough!” It’s such a drag to think of the idea that so much of what made this film special and sold it wouldn’t have made it through today. Mel Brooks was not intending to indulge racism or promote it; he was attempting to combat it. The irony of the Richard Pryor connection is incredibly deep, considering the times that he and Gene Wilder worked together afterwards.
Mel Brooks truly is the master of comedy directing. It's too bad that he's retired, there are so many things that he could do a masterful comedy of in today's world. It will be a dark day indeed when he passes away.
I've got to correct this guy on the casting of The Waco Kid. Actor Gig Young did not turn the part down. He accepted the role. Till that point, his career was in a slump and had become a raging alcoholic. He showed up the first day of filming. Shot the scene where The Kid was hanging upside down, hung over in the jail cell. At first they thought he was playing the part to the hill until he started puking all over himself, started screaming then collapsed on the set due to alcohol withdrawal. He was fired on the spot and taken to the hospital by ambulance. Dan Daily didn't turn to part down because of saying the lines. He said no because he had shitty eyesight and felt it would be unsafe to ride horses.
Also need to correct him on timing of Young Frankenstein. When Gene Wilder came on the cast for Blazing Saddles, he requested that Mel Brooks do "his" movie idea next. This is also according to Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles was released in February 1974 and Young Frankenstein in December of that year.
So glad you mentioned the truth about why Gig Young did not portray The Waco Kid in the finished film. I am sorry he suffered so much, but I just can't see him (or Dan Dailey) in this comedy classic. Gene Wilder ended up giving a wonderfully hilarious performance. Poor Gig never did conquer his alcohol problem. He ended up shooting his 5th wife (they'd only been wed 3 weeks) and then turned the gun on himself. So sad.... :-(
@@jubalcalif9100 Yeah, Mel Brooks wanted someone older to play the part. Someone with visible age in their face. Told Gene Wilder no two or three times. He played the part brilliantly.
@@Tpklmale Thanks for your follow up comment ! I can see Mel's point; an older person with a craggy face would have made a good contrast to the youthful Cleavon Little. But in the long run, I am glad Gene ended up playing "The Waco Kid". At least they got an older gent with the wonderful Slim Pickens !!
Almost 50 years since the release, and still one of the Greatest Films of all time. A Masterpiece. Hard to imagine that only Brooks (96), Burton Gilliam (84), and Robyn Hilton (78) are still with us. "Somebody's gotta go back and get a S*load of dimes!"
You hear people say that all the time, and it simply is not true. Now, could you make a spoof of westerns that was a success today? Probably not, because westerns are not what they were back then. Could you make a movie poking fun at racism? Of course you could. Would it be the hit that BS was? Probably not, because BS blazed the trail, and nothing again can be the first. But is the topic or the language outside the pale for 2020? That's just pretending that PC is 117 times more than it really is. People mock racism and racists in film all the time.
Actually, you could. Look at Matt Groening w/ The Simpsons - 30+ years, Parker and Stone w/South Park - 24 years. MacFarlane w/Family Guy, American Dad, and so on... all no strangers to offensive comedy and still going strong. Just like Mel Brooks in his time, they all understand the CARDINAL RULE of offensive comedy: If you can’t offend EVERYBODY, then don’t offend ANYBODY!
@Matt THX The snowflakes are the right wing conservatives who desperately need to see themselves as the victims, no matter what anyone says about anything, its seen as a slight against the right wingers.
Yeah. You got those egghead idiots out there screaming like banshees at every "Niger" and "Fagot" word that is being said, and completely miss the point of the movie.
When Life of Brian came out I was 15 and I went to see it at the cinema - it was a double bill with blazing saddles. My face and ribs ached for days from laughing almost non- stop for over 4 hours.... Hand down my two favourite films.
I'm so glad it still gets love today. Like Minty said its a great example of how to show the stupidity of such intolerance with the natural power of laughter, rather than cram stuff down the audiences throat. I can't help but wonder how many friendships this movie started and made stronger thanks to its jokes. Thank you for making this vid sir, I got to learn more about one of my favorite childhood movies!
Definitely!! In a feature busting with hysterically funny and iconic lines, that's my favorite. I must have worked it into conversations a hundred times and I laugh every time I watch it.
League bowling has a phrase that if everyone gets a strike except you, then you're hung. I musta used that line so much it became the thing to say at that bowling alley, a great line
This movie had both, silly situational laughs, as well as classic lines that are quoted to this day. I miss the comedic genius of Mel Brooks and Richard Prior.
@@BigGator5 there's also this line... ..."how many times have I told you to wash up after cross burning"... ...(Waco Kid rubs sheriff's palm)... ..."see? It's coming of...
I Saw This, Along With Young Frankenstein, As A Double Bill Back In 1974, As A 12 Year Old, With My Childhood Friend Andrew, And We Laughed All The Way Through Both Fantastic Mel Brooks Films . . . :-) I Have Both On DVD, And Watch Them At Least 1 Time Every Year . . . Thank You Mel Brooks, For Making My Childhood In The 1970's A Fun 1 . . . :-)
i saw this at a walk in theatre in 74....totally blew me away....have watched it many times since then....no matter how many times i watch it i break up laughing....brooks created a classic
been laughing my ass of at this movie since my Dad showed me the campfire scene when I was 5. now only if Mel would get around to doing History of the World part 2
Mel is just a natural-born comedy genius, and a National Treasure ❤ Whenever my family heard that there would be a new Mel Brooks movie coming out, we had a hard time waiting for it to hit the theaters.....family night out!
I'd heard that he fully planned to make several "History of the World" movies, but it turned out they'd pretty much used all the best jokes in the first one.
Telling history is more and more difficult these days. You are a milestone in history. Years from now we will look to what you said to verify and confirm information.
All these comments make me happy. It’s incredible how we all have a connection to this movie. Read how many people share about laughing throughout the years with family and friends because of this movie. That is really a great accomplishment by Mel Brooks and the team. Lucky us.
A good Western Comedy from Director Mel Brooks. However the jokes that are used in the film would never work in today's society, as Brooks said in an interview that the PC culture and me too movement are killing Hollywood.
Maybe, but maybe not. Ask a lot of people what their opinion of the movie is, and I think a lot of them will still like it. So I think a movie like Blazing Saddles could work even today if it's done well. But whether it COULD be made is another question. Might be too risky for Hollywood, but maybe other studios somewhere in the world might give it a go.
@@rodh1404 Think of the idea that the studio heads didn't want to release it then. Mel himself has said he could never make a movie like this today. So the discussion isn't whether or not it could 'work' today but rather if it could even get past some executives desk let alone be greenlit or financed now. I saw this in the theatre as a teenager in 1974 and upon viewing thought it to be the death knell [at least here in the US] for racism especially against blacks; that this kind of crass humor after so much violence and preaching during the previous decade would succeed as the final nail in the coffin of that form of prejudice. I hope you see what I'm trying to say here...
If y'all hadn't mentioned this, tho I'm 52, I'd've never thought of it. That was for my dad's and grandparents' generations. Thanks for the explication.
Blazing Saddles is one of the three funniest comedies because Mel Brooks is a comedic genius. The other two are Young Frankenstein and Caddy Shack, in my opinion. Honorable mention is Animal House.
When Blazing Saddles was released, I was in college. A group of friends and I drove a hundred miles to Westwood in L.A. to see it. We were drinking before the movie. Needless to say, when the movie was playing we were laughing hysterically at it. Normally, I’m a very quiet, introverted type of guy, but get me going and my laugh is kind of over-the-top funny. I had the people around us laughing at me laughing at the movie. Forty years later, Blazing Saddles became a “check list” item for prospective boyfriends of our two goddaughters. Our best friends would get us together with the “candidate.” If he laughed along with us, he was acceptable. If he didn’t, not. We all are still able to quote the movie line by line. Probably our favorite comedy of all time.
Provably my all time favorite. This is a classic that could not be made today. Mel Brooks and a perfect cast. Ok, Young Frankenstein is another GREAT creation of Mel Brooks.
Little bit of trivia: Near the end, when Hedley Lamarr runs into the theatre, we see a flashing (super-imposed) "Blazing Saddles" up on the marquee. It's quite obvious that this was added in post production. However, in SOME widescreen editions of the film, when the actors are all walking about the front of the theatre, if you look in the background, you can clearly see the theatre marquee showing yellow letters that say "BLACK BART". Meaning, the film was probably called "Black Bart" well into the production of the film, only finally changing to "Blazing Saddles" sometime between the end of filming and the beginning of post production.
I saw this movie when it came out. I loved it so much that I paid the admission to see it again. I was like..."What the hell did I just see ?!?!?!" Everyone was great in it and I especially "Mongo" !!! There is less than 5 times in my life that I paid twice to see a movie and this one was the first. Mel Brookes is a comedic genius, the Einstein of Comedy.
Been laughing at the comedy since I first saw Blazing Saddles in the theater, brilliant film, brilliant actors. brilliant script and always remember that a very brilliant master of comedy; Mel Brookes, was the energy behind it all.
Satire is dead. Poking fun at racism will be misinterpreted as racism these days. Those small minded people in charge, on twitter, the ones who control what gets released these days, you know, MORONS! :D
@@watchvidjedi There is less appreciation satire and sarcasm. 'Woke' has and is being 'taught' in our higher Institution of 'learning'. There is a much higher percentage of 'left' ideolgists than there are 'right', in fact the majority is great enough that Conservative professors have actually been fired or shamed to resign! How's that for Open Mindedness? (Sarcasm here)
@@laelpeters580 I totally agree. Back in 2008 I went back to Uni to retrain and one of the profs asked how we all voted in the last election. I was the only one who raised their hand and admitted voting Conservative. He replied, "that's because you're an arse!" I don't think that is very "open-minded" or conducive to an educational environment!
The only scene that was cut was when Madeline Kahn and Cleavon Little were in her room in the dark and Bart tells Lilli " That's my arm you are sucking on".
“ Well good morning ma’am, and isn’t it a lovely morning?” 😂😂😂 Blazing Saddles is probably the funniest movie ever made. So many gags going on, like did ya notice all the towns people have the same last name, Johnson?
"By the time we get to the end of this song/ Ten thousand Frenchmen can't be wrong!" Doctor Demento played the whole song one night (thirty years ago). I'm sure he still has the recording.
Actually, we don’t know how well it worked out because he wasn’t appointed as sheriff until the very end of the movie… Still, it’s an awesome reference. Lol
You've got that backwards. It was "A Black sheriff?" "Why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles!" I mean, Men in Tights was a good 25 years after Blazing Saddles.
“Blazing Saddles “ is the funniest movie ever made!!! It’s only competition for the #1 spot in my universe is “Monty Python And The Holy Grail”!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏾👍🏾
I would nominate Young Frankenstein but Something About Mary makes me thinks one cannot choose a single best because then there is The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby, whos generation and 'if we had another coat of paint on this car, we would have been in an accident...
LOVED this movie growing up. It was one of many I remember enjoying sitting down with mum and dad for the night. No matter how many times you watch this movie the jokes never get old.
"Has something to do with choo choo" This is one of my all time favorite movies. Always great for a laugh. One thing I learned from Sister Act is that any word can be used in an offensive way when Whoopi said "Bless You" that was said in such a way. I also feel that if the person the offensive word is being said to would turn around and laugh at the person saying it. All the power the word was supposed to have would be taken away.
It was a treat to be there with someone watching this for their first time a few months back. His sounds of confusion was just as entertaining as the movie.
In 1976 apartheid South Africa, the world capital of racism, a group of friends roped me in to joining them to watch a "western". I went expecting a Clint Eastwood type spaghetti western, and by the end of the evening had nearly asphyxiated myself with laughter. For me, the satire in the context of where I was, and surprise of that movie will always make it one of the best I have ever seen. Thank you Mel Brooks.
Yea getting rid of the apartheid really solved the problem of racism in South Africa.
Everything is just great now !
Mel is hanging in there as of 2023
@@bearlemley That is what tends to happen when an authoritarian system of racial oppression is instituted. It creates devastating social, political, emotional, and economic damage to that society, that - would you believe it - cannot be repaired in a matter of decades. Only a child can believe that. "Oh, no! Things in South Africa aren't perfect - so we should have kept the system of racial oppression instead!" is a classic example of illogical conclusion from a premise, and you aren't even making this error of critical thinking accidentally. It is being employed clearly for the purposes of being a contrarian edgelord who flirts with racialism. If you truly believe this phantasm - a psychological construct which allows you to avoid dealing with the real issue and simply allows you to carry on feeling better about doing nothing - you have a lot of hard thinking to do in order to find your way as an adult.
@@bearlemley, your a d@mb chimp who wants to own slaves, also those farmers were criminals who grew and sold ingredients for crystal meth
@@bearlemleyWhy am I hearing "Won't Get Fooled Again"?
Blazing Saddles was cast perfectly. Period. I can't even imagine Richard Pryor in place of Cleavon Little. Little gives the role a sweetness and vulnerability that Pryor simply couldn't have done. With Pryor, it would have been very difficult to keep his anger, sarcasm and tendency to mug for the camera at every opportunity. But Little is PERFECT in this role. He is smart without being caustic, sardonic or angry. That's not easy to portray.
Of course film executives missed the point because they are racist
Richard Pryor helped write it.
You're entitled to your wrong opinion.
RIP - Cleavon Little, Alex Karras, Andy Devine, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Dom DeLuise, and (of course) Gene Wilder. Simply an incredible assemblage of talent, and one of the funniest movies ever made.
Amen. Talent like that will never been seen again
IMO the funniest ever
You threw Andy Devine in there. Everyone else you mentioned was in Blazing Saddles - Mr. Devine was not. Just wondering why you included him. Not that there's anything wrong with that! :)
i wouldnt be surprised if scumbags didnt ban and burn it before the century is half over. truly great art.
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"Excuse me while I whip this out."
This movie is filled with some of the most quotable lines in Cinema history.
I said that to a Coke driver at my work: just came to mind, that it would be funny.... LOL.
everyone's reactions to Mongo:
"Mongo! SANTA MARIA!"
"Now gather round here folks, and-- HOLY SHIT!"
"Never mind that shit! HERE COMES MONGO!"
"Hey the Sherrif is a nigGONG.... "
... "He said the Sherrif is near" ...no dogblammet dangblammet the sherrif is a nigGONG!"
Has me rolling every time partly due to his physical delivery
@@ashandwit A coke driver? How do you get that job?
I never realized just how much my dad quoted Blazing Saddles during my childhood until I finally watched it when I was 15. From Bart's "Hep me! Hep me!", "I must, I must!", and Hedey's "...and Methodists!" He would use those lines in any context that he could. The old man's with the Lord now, but it's nice to rewatch Blazing Saddles and still find new Jokes and lines that he used to reference.
Gene Wilder’s “you know... morons” line was ad-libbed and Cleavon Little’s laughter at it was genuine.
LOL YES it was! And they had AWESOME Chemistry together! They just WORKED So well together!
No doubt. They are fantastic together. SO GOOD.
yeah, he and Richard Pryor made a good team, but it's really tragic that Wilder & Little never got to be a recurring team
You can see Little trying to hold it together. Like, "Something's coming. I don't know what, but something's coming!"
Ironically, when I saw Blazing Saddles in the theater when it was first run all those years ago, I had no idea that it was a comedy. I was in the mood to see a western and I had heard Blazing Saddles was a good movie. Although it was not what I expected it to be, I loved it immediately.
Other memorable things you might not have known:
1. Mel Brooks actually ran into Jon Wayne during filming, and asked him about appearing in the movie. Wayne said he thought the script was hilarious, but that he couldn't appear in a raunchy comedy due to his brand/image.
2. The actor who played the racist Lyle (Burton Gilliam) actually had trouble saying his lines to Bart (Cleavon Little) because he felt so uncomfortable calling him the n-word. Eventually, Little took Gilliam aside and told him it was okay to say the lines. "If I thought you would say those words to me in any other situation we'd go to fist city, but this is all fun. Don't worry about it."
Lol... “Fist City”
Now I want to see a movie with that title.
@@TheRealNormanBates Words of a country song. Loretta Lynn or Tammy Wynett
Was lucky enough to meet Gilliam at a con, and aside from mentioning what you just did, he also said that the "bean scene" had to be shot multiple times in the cold :)
I read that Burton Gilliam was a firefighter, then became an actor after staring in this movie.
@@edwardmeegan1849 I saw that interview. Richard Pryor drove that decision. Mel Brooks called Gilliam directly but he thought it was just another prank by his fire fighting buddies. It took Mel Brooks calling his chief to convince him it was a genuine offer. When told hey would end up being paid the equivalent of two years of fire fighting pay for about one month of work, he hung up his hose and signed on.
That's the thing a lot of people miss. It was written by a Jewish man and a black man. Nobody but nobody should find this movie offensive.
Nazi sympathizers might - and we know they're out there.
There's alot of people that would be offended by it , not me though
Correct, but i bet there's a ton of snowflakes out there that do
Like "woke" Hollywood with an agenda?
@@BigGator5 There is no such thing as "woke" Hollywood. Hollywood is all about making money and as capitalistic as you can get. Maybe I should use term Neo Liberal but I m not sure are you smart enough to know what that is. You might think that it' has something to do with what you think left to be when it's very right wing thing.
I saw this movie at a sneak preview showing, and after the end of the movie, we had to fill out an index-sized question card. It was a longer, uncut version that was even raunchier than what was later released. This might have been the version that the executives viewed when they were considering scrapping the film. When I saw the final theatrical release I wished that they had kept in a couple of the deleted scenes. Wish that original cut still existed.
Honestly glad Pryor didn't do the film, love him, but Cleavon Little was absolutely brilliant.
He was absolutely brilliant .
@Norbero Fontanez 🤦🏾♂️ask Dave who inspired him. You're welcome to your opinion. It's just wrong. Lol. 🤭🙌🏾✌🏾👍🏾🧡🇺🇸
@@toddtravis2596 could’ve been humble, but you ended the way you did. Ending with emojis hides the nasty, I guess? Lol
James Earl Jones would have made it odd, realizing of course that it was the original script.
the suttlety Cleavon Little put into the lines and feeders with Gene Wilder made for fanastic dry wit
I’ve got to mention the lovely Teutonic Titwillow. Madeline Kahn was brilliant in this movie.
It's twue!
She was one of his favorite leading ladies. Her comedy chops were something else
@@MUSKLR they read byron and shelly then jump on your belly!
@@TheWadotexas ..and bust your balloon..
Yes, she was imitating Marlene Dietrich
Didn't mean to forget Cleavon Little. He died young. Dom DeLuise's wife played the school teacher. She passed recently. One of the greatest cast ever assembled. The writing for each unequalled.
WOW - I never knew that Dom DeLuise's wife was in this! Thanks for your comment
They didn't get John Wayne, but they got an even greater western veteran SLIM PICKENS. He seems to be one of the un-sung hero's of the movie. 👍
@starfiremale "GIDDY UP"!!! 👍
John Wayne was pretty well known in Hollywood as a racist. It bursts some people bubble about their image of him, but my grandfather (RIP) worked in Hollywood in those days and confirmed it to us when I was a teenager. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why he refused it, even though it probably would have helped his image among his peers.
Who can forget his exit in Doctor Strangelove?
Ditto!
Well he did try to head them off at the pass . 🤣🤣🤣
Brooks and Wilder were on fire that year. This movie is one of the best, funniest and vicious satires of all time. Never fails to bust me up.
I remember i saw both movies at the old Town and Country 6 in Houston...
@@mikepatrick5909 Nice. I was born in 76, so I first saw them when I was kid during the first rental boom in the early eighties.
Mel Brooks was an absolute genius! This was his greatest work ever!
Not enough thumbs up to reply to your comment 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Still is a genius! Up until a few months ago when Carl Reiner died, Brooks joined his old friend nearly every night for dinner.
Brooks is still sharp and funny as hell.
Maybe I did know these things.
Mel Brooks was once asked why his movies always had Nazis in them. His answer was that they are evil and the best way to defeat evil is to laugh at it.
Jojo Rabbit does that brilliantly. It's amazing that it got made, let alone released in 2019
Anyone recall "History of the World, Part II" which had a trailer "Hitler on Ice"?
That was a sneak up funny bit.
That explains why there was that one guy dressed as Hitler in the Warner Brothers commissary, mentioning that they lose him after the bunker scene.
Eric Basler how about Young Frankenstein ?
@Steve people dont like to talk about what the commies do/did
One of the funniest and most outrageous movies ever made. Everyone should give it a go. Thanks, Minty!
I grew up with it. Though I understand why some people might find it offensive, I’m not one of them.
@@Shred_The_Weapon amazing movie but I somehow doubt with this day and age of snowflakes being offended that it would ever be made in present time
Assuming I really know whom you are trying to identify as “snowflakes“,Gerard, i’m one of them. I still like this movie.
If you’re a guy😉.
🎶 He rode a blazing saddle
He wore a shining star
His job, to offer battle
To bad men near and far
He conquered fear and he conquered hate
He turned our night into day
He made his blazing saddles
A torch to light the way.
🎶
My son is black and this is his all-time favorite movie! He "got it" the first time watching it at age 6
“The sheriff is NEAR!"
"No no no. I said the sheriff is a n..(‘BONG’) classic scene. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hold on while I whip this out 🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Charlie: “They said you was hung!”
Bart: “And they was RIGHT!”
Bart: Are we awake?
Waco kid: That depends. Are we black?
Aq
RIP Gene wilder we will miss you😪😪😪😪😪
@David R he was funny in stir crazy
@David R I loved him as Willy Wonka
@David R have you ever seen Brewster's millions?
@David R question if you had $30 million what would you do with it?
Gene's been dead for four years. Your sentiment is too late.
I live close to Burton Gilliam (Lyle) and have had the opportunity to chat with him several times. He’s a genuinely funny guy.
In my opinion, his character is one of the reasons the movie was so successful.
I love Harvey Korman so much; I stumbled across the Carol Burnett Show on Prime and he steals the show. Also one of my favorite Muppet Show guests of all time.
I love how Tim Conway made it a mission to bust him up. They were just too much together.
@@ferox965 Harvey and Tim made a perfect comedy duo!
It was even funnier when watching on Saturday night on a 25" color console with a signal coming in from the antenna outside.
@@Kingfisher1215
🎵🎶 Those were the days 🎶🎵
Different show, but you get it 😉
My buddy was a communications major in college. He flew out to California to attend some convention where people are trying to shop new tv series to the various networks. While there he saw Harvey Korman about 50 feet away. It had been several years since the release of History of the World. My friend yelled out "Count de Money, Count de Money." Without missing a beat, Mr. Korman yelled back "That's de Monay."
I've heard that the lines that Wilder said, with the punch line being, " You know. Morons " was ad lib and that's why Clevon laughed.
It was, and Brooks left it in.
I was about 7 the first time I watched this and that scene was my favourite part of the whole movie and still is. But that line in particular, I have used that so many times, and would go out of my way to set it up, or at least try to 😂
No one ever really got it, but it made me laugh.
Maybe that's why I don't have a single friend in the world.
Geez, that got dark 😂
That line right there is the most perfect example of why they worked so well. I love pryor, and him and wilder, but in this case i think little was perfect. Richard always had a kinda manic/angry/flustered vibe. Cleavon had more of a chill "deal w what happens" kinda feel that i think was perfect for the situations.
And i dont know of an older actor at the time that could of pulled off wilders...i dont know, "weathered innocence"? He knew the racist crap was there, he just couldnt understand it on a basic level.
@@blackc1479 I love both Pryor and Little, but I can't imagine Little being replaced, he was so good in the role.
@@bigdaddy741098 though I see you and have missed many opportunities with that,, man what stuck with us was... And, isn't it a LOVELY morning ma'am..
And of course,,, SHITLOAD of dimes! Oh, least we forget,,, Tell me cowboy,, are you in show bizzness...?
Peace my friend, class of '81 here, when 5$ could get enough gas and grass to get to the woods, and what truely WAS, freedoom..
Going on 50 years later - I STILL laugh!!!
One of my all-time favorites!
If you are offended by Blazing Saddles, then YOU are the racist. Just saying.
Love it. Could not get made today
Binx 1371 ...That's because "woke" Hollywood is racist and they wouldn't know what a morality tale is if it jumped up to bite them on the face.
Facts.... sjws are the new facist of today....this is a classic movie
@@BigGator5 There is no such thing as "woke" Hollywood. Hollywood is all about making money and as capitalistic as you can get. Maybe I should use term Neo Liberal but I m not sure are you smart enough to know what that is. You might think that it' has something to do with what you think left to be when it's very right wing thing.
That makes absolutely zero sense.
"Mongo only pawn in game of life"
" Candygram for Mongo"
“Mongo like candy.”
Richard Pryor said his favorite character to write was Mongo
@Carl Hopf even better there's this...th-cam.com/video/q-swoCuEMJI/w-d-xo.html
That would be because Pryor wrote most of Mongo's lines.
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives!" Headley Lamarr is the man!
Uhhh, ditto!
YES YES YES! Far and above the best line/ scene! Splendid!
“You use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar who*e!!”…
ditto
I have almost all of Mel Brooks films. This is one of my all time faves of his...
"Hey, the sheriff is..." *Clock Bell Dings* 🔔
"What did he say?"
"The sheriff is a n..." *Clock Bell Dings* 🔔
"Oh, he said the sheriff is near"
"No, gone blame it dang blammit! The sheriff is a..." *Clock Bell Dings* 🔔
Followed by the sheriff holding gun to his head and threatening himself... "These people are DUMB!"
@@Tarathathe77wookiee As a kid I found that bit the funniest part in the movie.. "I think he's serious !"
Dude, please give me a ranking.
@@Tarathathe77wookiee "You know...morons!
"What do you like to do?"
"I don't know, play chess... screw..."
"Let's play chess."
Oh.. Mongo Straight!
"You Know, Morons" . That line get me every time.
I read somewhere that line was pure ad-lib on the part of
Gene Wilder. Pure genius!
@@popeye807 I read that on IMD. I always felt that line was ad-libbed because of Cleavon Little's reaction. One of my favorite lines.
@@popeye807 - The only ad-lib in the whole movie
The common clay...
LOL
“How ‘bout some more beans, Mr. Taggart?” “I’d say you’ve had enough!”
It’s such a drag to think of the idea that so much of what made this film special and sold it wouldn’t have made it through today. Mel Brooks was not intending to indulge racism or promote it; he was attempting to combat it.
The irony of the Richard Pryor connection is incredibly deep, considering the times that he and Gene Wilder worked together afterwards.
I always thought Mel should have had the campfire flames gradually get higher as they farted.
I once ready somewhere where this movie used the n-word 74 times.
Mel Brooks truly is the master of comedy directing. It's too bad that he's retired, there are so many things that he could do a masterful comedy of in today's world. It will be a dark day indeed when he passes away.
Uhh, Mel is retired? I guess they forgot to tell him.
My late parents got me into this movie and Mel Brooks in general. So glad they did, because his stuff is absolutely hilarious.
"Now go do, that voodoo, that you do, so well."
Harvey Korman was a great comedian.
Chewing gum on line? I hope you brought enough for everybody!
@@jamesmack3314 "I Didn't Know There Was Going To Be So Many...."
@@CYBERVISIONSdotCom Boy, are they strict.
He was one of the only good parts of the Star Wars Holiday Special.
"Scuse me while I whip this out" followed by the blood-curdling scream was my dad and all my uncles' favorite part. 🤣🤣
and the disappointed "AW" sound(from a man) when he whips out a piece of paper.
THAT and this video clip are my FAVORITE LINES from this film...👍👍
I've got to correct this guy on the casting of The Waco Kid. Actor Gig Young did not turn the part down. He accepted the role. Till that point, his career was in a slump and had become a raging alcoholic. He showed up the first day of filming. Shot the scene where The Kid was hanging upside down, hung over in the jail cell. At first they thought he was playing the part to the hill until he started puking all over himself, started screaming then collapsed on the set due to alcohol withdrawal. He was fired on the spot and taken to the hospital by ambulance. Dan Daily didn't turn to part down because of saying the lines. He said no because he had shitty eyesight and felt it would be unsafe to ride horses.
Straight from Mel Brooks himself.
Also need to correct him on timing of Young Frankenstein. When Gene Wilder came on the cast for Blazing Saddles, he requested that Mel Brooks do "his" movie idea next. This is also according to Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles was released in February 1974 and Young Frankenstein in December of that year.
So glad you mentioned the truth about why Gig Young did not portray The Waco Kid in the finished film. I am sorry he suffered so much, but I just can't see him (or Dan Dailey) in this comedy classic. Gene Wilder ended up giving a wonderfully hilarious performance. Poor Gig never did conquer his alcohol problem. He ended up shooting his 5th wife (they'd only been wed 3 weeks) and then turned the gun on himself. So sad.... :-(
@@jubalcalif9100 Yeah, Mel Brooks wanted someone older to play the part. Someone with visible age in their face. Told Gene Wilder no two or three times. He played the part brilliantly.
@@Tpklmale Thanks for your follow up comment ! I can see Mel's point; an older person with a craggy face would have made a good contrast to the youthful Cleavon Little. But in the long run, I am glad Gene ended up playing "The Waco Kid". At least they got an older gent with the wonderful Slim Pickens !!
Context tells the story every time. This film came from a place of love and that was evident throughout.
Count Basie was in the movie amazingly talented Count Basie.
Mel Brooks is one of the GREATEST comedic mind of all time.
Almost 50 years since the release, and still one of the Greatest Films of all time. A Masterpiece. Hard to imagine that only Brooks (96), Burton Gilliam (84), and Robyn Hilton (78) are still with us. "Somebody's gotta go back and get a S*load of dimes!"
One of the best comedies of ALL TIME!!! Sadly this movie would never be made in today’s society. Even though it is a 100% anti racism film 🎞
You hear people say that all the time, and it simply is not true. Now, could you make a spoof of westerns that was a success today? Probably not, because westerns are not what they were back then. Could you make a movie poking fun at racism? Of course you could. Would it be the hit that BS was? Probably not, because BS blazed the trail, and nothing again can be the first. But is the topic or the language outside the pale for 2020? That's just pretending that PC is 117 times more than it really is. People mock racism and racists in film all the time.
Actually, you could. Look at Matt Groening w/ The Simpsons - 30+ years, Parker and Stone w/South Park - 24 years. MacFarlane w/Family Guy, American Dad, and so on... all no strangers to offensive comedy and still going strong. Just like Mel Brooks in his time, they all understand the CARDINAL RULE of offensive comedy: If you can’t offend EVERYBODY, then don’t offend ANYBODY!
@Matt THX The snowflakes are the right wing conservatives who desperately need to see themselves as the victims, no matter what anyone says about anything, its seen as a slight against the right wingers.
@@paulpeterson4216 Nope.
Yeah. You got those egghead idiots out there screaming like banshees at every "Niger" and "Fagot" word that is being said, and completely miss the point of the movie.
Blazing Saddles, Life of Brian, and Airplane are the top three, in no particular order, funniest films ever.
When Life of Brian came out I was 15 and I went to see it at the cinema - it was a double bill with blazing saddles. My face and ribs ached for days from laughing almost non- stop for over 4 hours.... Hand down my two favourite films.
So true
I would say: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I'm so glad it still gets love today. Like Minty said its a great example of how to show the stupidity of such intolerance with the natural power of laughter, rather than cram stuff down the audiences throat. I can't help but wonder how many friendships this movie started and made stronger thanks to its jokes. Thank you for making this vid sir, I got to learn more about one of my favorite childhood movies!
"I heard you was hung?"
" And they was right " 😂
By the end of the movie I was exhausted from laughing.
Definitely!! In a feature busting with hysterically funny and iconic lines, that's my favorite. I must have worked it into conversations a hundred times and I laugh every time I watch it.
OK, because of a mis-spent youth, (until my '60's)
I know just about every line. Uh, they ALL are the best.
steve
League bowling has a phrase that if everyone gets a strike except you, then you're hung. I musta used that line so much it became the thing to say at that bowling alley, a great line
This movie is such a classic that almost every line is iconic.
Hey Minty, FYI - Mel Brooks’ character in the film, LePetomane, is actually a French term which means “to fart”.
Actually, Le Petomane (real name: Joseph Pujols) was a French performer who farted music. For real.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane
He also played the Indian cheif.
@@janetaldrich7747
His career ended when he followed through.
@@keegan773 Yeah, Le Shartomane was not as popular.
I just petomaned.
One of my favorite movies of all time! So many memorable lines. So many absolutely funny actors and actresses!
Ya gotta love Mel Brooks, comedy gold.
The Greatest comedy ever period
Its Headly
@@isaiah5323 yup
@@isaiah5323 , and Spaceballs.
What the hell are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue *her*.
This movie had both, silly situational laughs, as well as classic lines that are quoted to this day. I miss the comedic genius of Mel Brooks and Richard Prior.
Mel Brooks is still alive he's 95
Additional thing: Cleavon Little's sister is DeEtta Little, best known for singing Gonna Fly Now in the first Rocky.
Holy shit. Seriously, thank you. I'd've never known, and am better off for learning. Be well, friend.
@@injunsun NP bud, stay awesome!
COOL!
“Wow”
"What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?"
"Where are all the white women at?"
I lose it every time. 😂
@@BigGator5 "Auf wiedersehen, baby"
Jessica Wood ...Madeline Kahn is the kind of class and sexy that we won't ever see again.
@@BigGator5 there's also this line...
..."how many times have I told you to wash up after cross burning"...
...(Waco Kid rubs sheriff's palm)...
..."see? It's coming of...
Miklos Ernoehazy ..."And now, for my next impression... Jesse Owens." (runs off)
I Saw This, Along With Young Frankenstein, As A Double Bill Back In 1974, As A 12 Year Old, With My Childhood Friend Andrew, And We Laughed All The Way Through Both Fantastic Mel Brooks Films . . . :-)
I Have Both On DVD, And Watch Them At Least 1 Time Every Year . . .
Thank You Mel Brooks, For Making My Childhood In The 1970's A Fun 1 . . . :-)
i saw this at a walk in theatre in 74....totally blew me away....have watched it many times since then....no matter how many times i watch it i break up laughing....brooks created a classic
been laughing my ass of at this movie since my Dad showed me the campfire scene when I was 5.
now only if Mel would get around to doing History of the World part 2
HECK YES!! Part 1 is hilarious!!
Mel is just a natural-born comedy genius, and a National Treasure ❤
Whenever my family heard that there would be a new Mel Brooks movie coming out, we had a hard time waiting for it to hit the theaters.....family night out!
Spaceballs is part 2.. If you remember at the end of party 1 they show a preview for "history of the world part 2: Jews in space"
I think he better hurry. He’s 94 now!
I'd heard that he fully planned to make several "History of the World" movies, but it turned out they'd pretty much used all the best jokes in the first one.
Easily one of my favorites. Actually saw it in the theater. Can't imagine Richard Pryor playing the Sheriff. Cleavon Little was perfect.
"More beans Mr. Taggert?"
"I'd say you've had enough"
Absolute classic movie
This is truly a comedy classic but there's no way a movie like this could be made today. Much like the movie Airplane.
Too many whining people finding everything offensive today.
best get yourself a copy, before these SJWs have the movie erased forever...
Even Mel Brooks himself has said that his movies could never be made today, but at least he DID make them and we DO have them! Love Mel!
Yep to many people would get butt hurt over it! I love this movie and was only 3 when it came out. Watched it much later
Mel brooks the god of comedy spaceballs,blazing saddles, and airplane!
Mel Brooks is a comedic genius! Pryor's influence on this mixed with Mel's brilliance took this movie to epic levels!
An absolutely perfect cast line up for this film!
An epic classic ! I could watch this movie a million times and not get tired of it.
Telling history is more and more difficult these days. You are a milestone in history. Years from now we will look to what you said to verify and confirm information.
All these comments make me happy. It’s incredible how we all have a connection to this movie. Read how many people share about laughing throughout the years with family and friends because of this movie. That is really a great accomplishment by Mel Brooks and the team. Lucky us.
A good Western Comedy from Director Mel Brooks. However the jokes that are used in the film would never work in today's society, as Brooks said in an interview that the PC culture and me too movement are killing Hollywood.
Maybe, but maybe not. Ask a lot of people what their opinion of the movie is, and I think a lot of them will still like it. So I think a movie like Blazing Saddles could work even today if it's done well. But whether it COULD be made is another question. Might be too risky for Hollywood, but maybe other studios somewhere in the world might give it a go.
ya which is a bit of a shame, as comedy is imo better form of awareness then tragic melancholy.
@HeedArmy83 why is complaining about a symbol used to verify a real account a thing? What does a checkmark have to do with your point?
PC has gone too far. get REAL, anything and everything we say or do is going to offend someone.
@@rodh1404 Think of the idea that the studio heads didn't want to release it then. Mel himself has said he could never make a movie like this today. So the discussion isn't whether or not it could 'work' today but rather if it could even get past some executives desk let alone be greenlit or financed now. I saw this in the theatre as a teenager in 1974 and upon viewing thought it to be the death knell [at least here in the US] for racism especially against blacks; that this kind of crass humor after so much violence and preaching during the previous decade would succeed as the final nail in the coffin of that form of prejudice. I hope you see what I'm trying to say here...
We extend this laurel, and hardy hand shake
I just now got that! True sign of a great movie when you catch new things after all these years.
I always loved Laurel and Hardy movies.
If y'all hadn't mentioned this, tho I'm 52, I'd've never thought of it. That was for my dad's and grandparents' generations. Thanks for the explication.
To our new... (ahem) Sheriff 😉 😂😂
I’m 46, and I got that as a kid. Of course, back then you had three channels, and Laurel and Hardy played quite a bit late at night.❤️
"Somebody's got to go back and get a shitload of dimes".
LMAO I hear Slim's voice right now!
Quite possibly one of the best lines in the film. But the options are endless really.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
My absolute favourite line - especially as all they had to do was go around the toll booth rather than through it. Genius!!
The tollbooth in the middle of the desert was my favorite scene. LePetomane Thruway? What'll that asshole think of next?
As a wise man once said, "Great ideas don't happen in the boardroom; they happen in the BATHROOM!"
When it comes to quotable lines, so many have come from Mel Brooks film!
Blazing Saddles is one of the three funniest comedies because Mel Brooks is a comedic genius. The other two are Young Frankenstein and Caddy Shack, in my opinion. Honorable mention is Animal House.
Ah, when the world had a sense of humor 😁😎
Hopefully Borat 2 will tear the SJWs a new one but I doubt it
@@_Too_Late I'm sure it will, sasha is a hit and miss with me but I like how he pushes the envelope.
@@Hotrod69. for sure, I love mel Brooks movies. I loved his movies as a kid and understood them as an adult, lol.
Yes indeed
@@_Too_Late I was unaware there was going to be a new one
With a perfectly gilded 'Lily' from the unbeatable genius that was Madeline Kahn. (The ultimate 'fantasy dinner' guest?)
"It's twoo, it's twoo!"
When Blazing Saddles was released, I was in college. A group of friends and I drove a hundred miles to Westwood in L.A. to see it. We were drinking before the movie. Needless to say, when the movie was playing we were laughing hysterically at it. Normally, I’m a very quiet, introverted type of guy, but get me going and my laugh is kind of over-the-top funny. I had the people around us laughing at me laughing at the movie.
Forty years later, Blazing Saddles became a “check list” item for prospective boyfriends of our two goddaughters. Our best friends would get us together with the “candidate.” If he laughed along with us, he was acceptable. If he didn’t, not.
We all are still able to quote the movie line by line. Probably our favorite comedy of all time.
Provably my all time favorite. This is a classic that could not be made today. Mel Brooks and a perfect cast. Ok, Young Frankenstein is another GREAT creation of Mel Brooks.
Little bit of trivia: Near the end, when Hedley Lamarr runs into the theatre, we see a flashing (super-imposed) "Blazing Saddles" up on the marquee. It's quite obvious that this was added in post production. However, in SOME widescreen editions of the film, when the actors are all walking about the front of the theatre, if you look in the background, you can clearly see the theatre marquee showing yellow letters that say "BLACK BART". Meaning, the film was probably called "Black Bart" well into the production of the film, only finally changing to "Blazing Saddles" sometime between the end of filming and the beginning of post production.
I saw this movie when it came out. I loved it so much that I paid the admission to see it again.
I was like..."What the hell did I just see ?!?!?!"
Everyone was great in it and I especially "Mongo" !!!
There is less than 5 times in my life that I paid twice to see a movie and this one was the first.
Mel Brookes is a comedic genius, the Einstein of Comedy.
Been laughing at the comedy since I first saw Blazing Saddles in the theater, brilliant film, brilliant actors. brilliant script and always remember that a very brilliant master of comedy; Mel Brookes, was the energy behind it all.
This is one of those movies that could NEVER be made today. It seems like the more time goes on. The more closed minded we become.
Satire is dead. Poking fun at racism will be misinterpreted as racism these days. Those small minded people in charge, on twitter, the ones who control what gets released these days, you know, MORONS! :D
so you’re saying a comedy that INSULTS BIGOTS wouldn’t be made today?
well, BIGOTS do love cancel culture.
@@watchvidjedi There is less appreciation satire and sarcasm. 'Woke' has and is being 'taught' in our higher Institution of 'learning'. There is a much higher percentage of 'left' ideolgists than there are 'right', in fact the majority is great enough that Conservative professors have actually been fired or shamed to resign! How's that for Open Mindedness? (Sarcasm here)
Exactly. Too much "Political Correctness" in this world. It's like everyone's got a stick up their ass.
@@laelpeters580 I totally agree. Back in 2008 I went back to Uni to retrain and one of the profs asked how we all voted in the last election. I was the only one who raised their hand and admitted voting Conservative. He replied, "that's because you're an arse!" I don't think that is very "open-minded" or conducive to an educational environment!
The only scene that was cut was when Madeline Kahn and Cleavon Little were in her room in the dark and Bart tells Lilli " That's my arm you are sucking on".
🤣🤣🤣
Oh my stars. That would have been great.
Hilarious!
Bart: Are we awake?
Jim: We're not sure. Are we black?
Bart: Yes. We are black.
Jim: Then we are awake, but very puzzled.
Bart: A man drinks like that’s gonna die.
Waco kid: When?
“ Well good morning ma’am, and isn’t it a lovely morning?”
😂😂😂
Blazing Saddles is probably the funniest movie ever made. So many gags going on, like did ya notice all the towns people have the same last name, Johnson?
did you notice the hotel/house with an orange roof?
This movie caused me to experience my one and only occurrence of hyperventilation as I laughed myself into that state. Ah, good times.
"Throw up your hands/Stick out your tush/Hands on your hips/Give 'em a push/You'll be surprised, you're doing the French Mistake/Voila!"
Linnea D sounds like steam escaping!
@@mckinleycason8884
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssss....
"By the time we get to the end of this song/ Ten thousand Frenchmen can't be wrong!"
Doctor Demento played the whole song one night (thirty years ago). I'm sure he still has the recording.
French MISTIQUE.
You made a MISTAKE.
One of my all time favorite movies! I wish people would find their sense of humor again.
They've decided to run it on TV this year. Heavily edited, of course, so it'll be shown from 8:00 pm - 8:07 pm.
This was the first Mel Brooks movie I ever saw. I was sold on him after that!
"What's that on your hand"?
"Wait see it's scrubbing off".
Best movie gag EVER!😂
Why Chet! how many times have I told you to wash your hand after weekly cross burnings?
I liked Clevon Little in Vanishing Point, he played Super Soul.
May I also suggest Once Bitten. He plays a supporting role, but steals every scene ❤️
He was also the preacher in the TV movie "The Homecoming" which eventually became"The Waltons"
And the 1989 sequel 'Fletch Lives' starring Chevy Chase.
Fun Fact: In the 1978 Film 'F.M'. Cleavon Little starred alongside in the film with fellow co-star Alex Karras a.k.a Mongo.
ChainsGoldMask I remember seeing that as a kid and going holy shit it’s sheriff Bart!
I was 10 years old when I first saw that farting scene, I'm 57 and it still makes me laugh, mel Brooks was a genius
"LE PETOMANE THRUWAY!"
"NOW WHAT WILL THAT A..HOLE THINK OF NEXT."
"DOES ANYBODY GOT A DIME?"
"SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO BACK
AND GET A S...LOAD OF DIMES!"
Beans
😂$$$🥴
@Thomas B same thing happens in spaceballs in the who made that man a gunner scene
My favorite part of the movie. Every time I see a roll of dines I think of the sh*t load of dimes line
@Thomas B Yeah, it didn't sound anything like the rest of the line!
I love this movie, everything about this movie is absolutely spot on. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍
"A black sheriff?"
"And why not? It worked in Robin Hood: Men in Tights."
Well done.
Actually, we don’t know how well it worked out because he wasn’t appointed as sheriff until the very end of the movie… Still, it’s an awesome reference. Lol
You've got that backwards. It was "A Black sheriff?"
"Why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles!"
I mean, Men in Tights was a good 25 years after Blazing Saddles.
@@janetaldrich7747 I meant it as an ironic joke. Apparently, you have no sense of humor.
@@billyyank2198 I do, when something's funny.
“Blazing Saddles “ is the funniest movie ever made!!! It’s only competition for the #1 spot in my universe is “Monty Python And The Holy Grail”!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏾👍🏾
Anthony Summers That might be!. But I still love Animal House!.
I nominate Hot Shots Part Deux
Airplane!
those two are right in there. I also find What's up Doc? hilarious
I would nominate Young Frankenstein but Something About Mary makes me thinks one cannot choose a single best because then there is The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby, whos generation and 'if we had another coat of paint on this car, we would have been in an accident...
When I was a kid, me and my friend watched this movie all the time. My friend would stay over and we always watched it, it was great!
Still my all-time favourite comedy. It's hard to beat such a powerful story wrapped in a barrel of laughs.
LOVED this movie growing up. It was one of many I remember enjoying sitting down with mum and dad for the night. No matter how many times you watch this movie the jokes never get old.
A movie like this would never get made today let alone even cross the desk of a movie executive.
"Has something to do with choo choo" This is one of my all time favorite movies. Always great for a laugh. One thing I learned from Sister Act is that any word can be used in an offensive way when Whoopi said "Bless You" that was said in such a way. I also feel that if the person the offensive word is being said to would turn around and laugh at the person saying it. All the power the word was supposed to have would be taken away.
Exactly!!!
Have you ever heard a Southern woman say "Well, Bless your little heart"? OW! 😂
It was a treat to be there with someone watching this for their first time a few months back. His sounds of confusion was just as entertaining as the movie.
Not too proud to say that the flatulence scene I had tears running down my eyes it was so funny. Definitely a had to be there kind of moment.
One of my favorite movies! Just great fun. Especially the ni, ahem, the sherriff. Love him!!!
If Mel wanted to make this today, Hollywood would not let it happen. Between cancel culture, snowflakes, and Karens, somewhere all would be offended.
Mel Brooks once said he couldn't have made this movie 5 years earlier, or later.
This my favorite comedy. Never get tired of watching it.😀