@Cobb Knobbler Name another comedy that has withstood the test of time and is funny to younger generations (generations not infected with PC). It is the funniest of all times, period.
What you and Slim Pickens were together in that film is pure gold. What great characters, great performances. You can’t fake slapstick timing as fine as the characters and script of this one. It’s a classic, as are you, sir. One of a kind.
I still can't get over how they managed to film those scenes keeping straight faces. I never get tired of this movie. Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks wrote a masterpiece that has never been surpassed. The first original script since the days of Shakespeare.
This is my all time favourite comedy. It never gets old no matter how many times I've watched it. The cast were unbelievable. Mel Brooks is a genius...and still around at the ripe old age of 94. God bless him.
Can't think of a nicer more down to Earth actor than Burton Gilliam. Always has that big smile and sunny personality. We need so many more like him in this world. 😀
Love the scene where Hedley is giving his pre-op rant "Now go do that voodoo that you do so welllll!" Gilliam was doing everything he could to keep from laughing. He was having the time of his life.
Legendary film packed with exceptional talent. Burton Gilliam comes off as a humble man, his performance was epic, as was the performance of many others in this film. Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor, that's one hell of a team!
I love people like Burton Gilliam, he has the guts to give up his job as a fireman to do acting, his workmates thought he was nuts. I left my lab tech job after 19 years to do music. No regrets!!!
You know, that's odd, because my LAST job for the police department was that of a Bong Smasher at the evidence vault of the police department. They gave me gloves, a bat, a hammer, and a trash barrel, along with a vaguely worded warning to look out for HIV infected needles and the like. It was there that I discovered the Universal Bong Theory - ANYTHING can be a bong......
The funniest scene of any movie I have ever seen in my 70 years on this earth.... before the movie or since. I nearly had to leave the cinema from laughing. Well done Mel Brooks, et al.
This gentleman's interview proves that there are some great down to earth kind of folks that used to be in Hollywood. I will bet that you could buy this guy a beer or two and talk all afternoon without any fake pretensions. Thanx for the video upload!
Incredible, I’m 63, first time I saw the movie it was at a drive in while I was in high school. I would have guessed this gentleman was a seasoned Hollywood actor. He was great in both movies. That’s what you call a natural born entertainer.
Watch "Bride of Frankenstein," a great movie in my opinion, and you will see the inspiration for the fabulous "Young Frankenstein." Likely, you'll be surprised at how closely YF parallels Bride.
Burton Gilliam is a delight to listen to and watch. You can tell that the 'movie business': hasn't lost it's intrigue or luster for him. He seems just amazed that he got such a lucky break and I am glad he did! He is a funny guy and you would never know that he was a total novice in 'Blazing Saddles'! Thanks Rob.
@@williamsmith666 Pryor wrote most of the Mongo lines, "Mongo only pawn in game of life" was from Pryor when they were in LA writing, Pryor phoned Mel Brooks. He was in Detroit with a woman doing cocaine. Wow.
The fart scene was one of only two scenes in movies where my father laughed so hard that we were actually worried he would have a heart attack. He nearly fell out of his chair, was red in the face and couldn't breathe. The other was the Black Knight in Holy Grail.
My mon who was suffering from canceer and in a lot of pain- I played "Return of the Living Dead," and she just about lost it during the scene when the zombie says, "send in more paramedics." The black Knight is timeless.
Burt is my Uncle (by marriage). Met him one time and he was super cool. I was a kid back then and he sent me a autographed picture with words of encouragement towards baseball (my love at the time). Great to see this interview!
I'm due to get my autograph from Burton Gilliam any day now. Wizard World featured him in one of their virtual conventions, and I snagged his autograph. Thank you, Mel ! You cast a great man in that part.
When I saw this in the theater, even the women were falling in the aisles with laughter during that "flatulence" scene. Which gave us guys the license to have the best belly laugh we had in a long time. When Slim Pickens uttered his "I reckon ya'll done had enough" line, it was like icing on a very fine cake.
Hey, Rob. Your supply of outstanding interviews is endless. I can't think of a role the Burton did that wasn't great. Blazing Saddles was Mel Brooks at his best. "De Camptown Races" and the campfire scenes are standouts that everyone remembers. Burton is a smile magnet. Even during this interview, he just makes one smile. Thank you, Rob. Never change and never stop.
In my opinion, Blazing Saddles was groundbreaking genius and the best movie of my generation. We all had a good laugh together and because of what Blazing Saddles did for Americans I will love Mel Brooks and the cast of that movie forever...
Burton is such a funny dude. To me, his facial expressions were funnier and more expressive than just about any comedians I’ve seen. It helps that I live in the south and he looks and acts like all of my cool, goofy uncles 😎
You do realize that this movie is explicitly a statement about racism and was co-written by perhaps the most outspoken anti-racist comedians of the time, right?
Peter Geyer I believe the original comment was regarding the cast,and not the plot. As obviously the film very much showed a lot of racism. Even through my childhood,it was obvious to me that the black character was in grave danger of being lynched because of his colour. It didn't shy away from this,and it really showed the quality of the writers to actually make a comedy around such an important real world matter.
spackle9999 I recently showed that scene to my 10 year old grandson and I thought he was going to pee himself. He brought new meaning to the phrase ROTFLMAO!!! It nearly killed me laughing at him!!!
My mom was the gassy one in the family and had no problem working one out when we were all watching tv as kids. We would laugh until tears streamed down our face. My dad would just whisper out a "my god." The blazing Saddles scene still reminds me of that.
Burton Gilliam is one of my favorites in Blazing Saddles. I love this and watch it over and over. I grew up on Blazing Saddles and still watch it when it is shown on cable. They put it on regular TV, that did not work for me. I got to have the uncut version.
thank you for this video rob Mr Gilliam seems like such a humble man so glad he's still with us as we've lost so many greats in our western erra god bless you both
Definitely Just watching him, you can see why Mel lobbied so hard to get him to play Lyle. It's impossible to imagine anyone else playing that role, a true icon.
You got that comment right 👍👍😂😉!!! My stomach hurts so much from laughing so hard at this scene 😂 LOL now!!!!! Peace out for now my friend 👋. Take care of yourself and your family during this coronovirus pandemic 😷 ok. Much love from Bunn NC.👋💖💖😊✌.
With all due respect to Burton Gilliam, I find it sad knowing that he's one of only three cast members from Blazing Saddles that's still living. I hope him and Mel and the governor's secretary live to be 100.
As I write this, it's July 31, 2020. The 'school marm' played by Carol Arthur is still alive. Fun Fact: She was married to Dom DeLuise, who also starred in "Blazing Saddles."
@@Bobman-ml5qf -- Toward the end of the movie, on a sound stage, he was the director/choreographer for the scene just before The Great Pie Fight. Dom DeLuise is trying to direct a group of queens in a musical number called "The French Mistake." - ie. "Throw out your hands, stick out your tush, hands on your hips, give them a push, you'll be surprised you're doing the French Mistake."
delon a,...Actors come from all over the world. The odds of being successful, simply by being born in Hollywood, are not increased if one is lacking talent.
I went through rookie school with Burton, he is not acting that is just him being himself. One of the funniest guys you will ever meet. Now I tell people I knew him when.
@delon a What is a "non Hollywood guy"? I'm pretty sure the vast majority of actors on the planet weren't born and raised in Hollywood, but rather went there for work... just like Burton Gilliam.
One of my favorite character actors - and was great in Fletch also. When I was a teenager Blazing Saddles played in the theater for several months - whenever we had free time we’d go see it again, probably 10 times.
I was 12 years old when I saw Blazing Saddles in 1974. I was crying from laughing so hard when I saw that scene! 🤣🤣🤣. I remember that moment vividly. I had never seen a fart scene in a movie before this one. Instant classic. 🤣👍
Mel, you made me laugh fit to bust with evrything you did. True comedic intuition and spot on writing. My personal thanks for so many happy moments in my life. Salutes sir!
Burton is a gem. And a true gentleman too. Always a pleasure to hear him talk. Such a positive person and what a fine actor too. Nice interview, more please!
I remember that scene very well, everyone in the movie theater was laughing so hard. I was a teen-ager back then and that scene, along with others, were ground breaking material for that time period. :-)
My wife had never seen Blazing Saddles. My sons were 18 and 4. They walked into the living room while I was watching Blazing Saddles just as the fart scene began. I have never seen people of varying ages laugh so hard at the same thing.
Once again Rob, another great interview with Mr. Gilliam ! Keep 'em comin' ! Great little golden bits of history that would otherwise be lost to time !
Come on boys, the way you're lolly gaggin around with them picks and shovels, you'd think it was a hunderd and twenty degrees, can't be more than a hunderd an fourteen! Only Burton could deliver that line like that. I always loved his work.
My wife and I had the pleasure to dine with Bubba and his girlfriend at a Luau on Maui back in 1992. What a great and humble guy. He was very gracious to sign autographs and take pictures with a long line of people and he didn't mind that they interrupted his meal. I will never forget that night or that big Texas grin! Thanks, Bubba!
I've only laughed myself off my seat in two movies. One was Peter Jackson's Brain Dead, the baby in the park scene, and the other was this scene from Blazing Saddles. One of the funniest movies of all time and it hasn't aged a day.
I was working in the concession stand at the Olive Theater on Ft. Knox and stayed after my shift to watch the next showing. I never laughed so hard in my life. What a perfect comedy.
James McKane - HA! Absolutely! Fun fact about that scene with Madeleine Kahn and Cleavon Little: The end of that “dwessing-woom” scene was cut off and edited after she says: “it’s twoo- it’s twoo...!” Cleavon had replied to Madeleine: “You’re suckin’ on my elbow...” OMG 😂🤣😂
There is a difference when a Black man writes comedy about racism (note how all of the racists were stupid in the film). Same with when a Jewish man writes a comedy where the Native Americans speak Yiddish. If that was written by a WASP it would have been offensive. If people today don't realize who wrote the film, it will be offensive to them.
@@Icutmetal Nope, in fact, that was how Mel Brooks looked at it. He talked about it years ago. He knew he needed a Black comedy writer to write those parts, and being Jewish I know Jewish people everywhere would have been upset at the Yiddish parts.
The strange thing about Blazing Saddles is this: stray one inch in either direction, toward more realism or more parody, and it collapses. It's so finally balanced between absurdity and realism. It's the most delicately balanced comedy ever. And Brooks knew that, and never wanted a sequel made.
The studio produced a television show called Black Bart with Louis Gossett Jr. for 4 years (6 shows per year) that never aired just to hold onto the rights in case they decided to do a sequel. It's crazy.
@@Nozoki I've always liked Louis Gosset Jr. If I'm not incorrect? I think he was in a great series IMO-called: The Young Rebels- which was set back in our Colonial times. I'd love to have those on DvD.
Mr. Gilliam was/is a true diamond in the rough. His "Floyd" character in Paper Moon is one of my all time favorites (as is that movie). And that role sure did open up a whole new can o' peas, didn't it? Looks like a genuinely happy and friendly guy too. Thanks for this great story!
Hahaha Lyle was one of my fave characters in the movie. RIP Burton Gilliam. Thank you for the laughs. You were also great in Back To The Future III. It was always great seeing him in an Old West setting.
Back then, comedy was funny, not politicized. We had different views, but we also didn't have comments on every article. I wish America could find something to collectively laugh at together.
If only we could bring back good westerns, you know the kind you can only watch with your grandpa on only a couple channels on satalite TV ,where he knows what's going to happen to who ,& who's going to say what.
I was 9 years old in 1973. My dear sweet grandmother (mother's mother) had taken me to the movie theater. She wanted to see "A Touch of Class", but I thought that looked boring: I told her I wanted to go see "Paper Moon" instead, because it looked more fun. Nana gave up watching the movie she wanted to watch to go watch "Paper Moon" with me instead. I'll never forget her doing that for me.
I met Burton and his wife when i was young adult. We had dinner together at my friend Melina. Her Mom grew up with him and they were visiting. I felt like such a fool because i didn't know him from Blazing Saddles. I knew him from the Salsa Commercials for Piconta sauce. 😂 They were both a real pleasure to be around. Im 51 now and this is one of my favorite memories . 💪👶🇺🇸
"That was a $400 hand cart!!" I'm laughing just thinking about it. And the fart scene was epic. Yup. Couldn't make today. "Is that a 10 gallon hat? Or are you just enjoying the show?!" LOL!!
So funny, and the funny part about it is the black and white people came together to make the most overtly racist movie yet that is hilarious and loved by so many. All for some chuckles, no hard feelings or offense.
I think that if they tried to make it today they might go overboard. Too far just to be edgy or too light not to offend. And they would have shoehorned a "life lesson" instead of letting the story speak for itself.
Charlie - "Bart." Bart - "(grabbing shovel) What?" C- "Don't do it." B-"Uh-uh, baby, (C-"C'mon, don't.") B- "I HAVE to." Taggart- "Send a wire to the main office. Tell them that I said (Bart connects with the shovel) 'OW!'" Lyle- "Send wire to main office. Tell them that I said, 'ow'. Got it!"
I met Burton at a Halloween party last night (10/30/22). He looked great! And what a great guy he was! It was an absolute joy to visit with and I wish we had more time. Blazing Saddles is my all time most favorite movie (I know, there’s no help for me…), so I was surprised and thrilled to meet Burton. He mentioned that he and Mel were the only two left and that they call each other a couple of times a week to make sure the other one is doing alright. They are still very close friends to this day. I wish them both well.
@@AWordonWesterns - same as he seems to wear in most of these videos. He was dressed in character for his role in blazing saddles. He was such a joy to visit with.
jealous! Burton's awesome. He reminds me of a bigger-time version of Sonny Shroyer. Both were in Burt Reynold's 'Gator'. These types of good-ole-boy character actors would pop up quite a bit in Reynold's flics.
Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot. No matter how many times I have seen it, one of those cinematic scenes that always makes me smile.
Blazing Saddles is the funniest movie of all times and I still love it!!
No doubt
@Cobb Knobbler Name another comedy that has withstood the test of time and is funny to younger generations (generations not infected with PC). It is the funniest of all times, period.
@Cobb Knobbler Blazing Saddles is all time #1. Have a good life.
@Cobb Knobbler Kingpin
Nash Avi Anchorman will say hi to you in 30 years.
What you and Slim Pickens were together in that film is pure gold. What great characters, great performances. You can’t fake slapstick timing as fine as the characters and script of this one. It’s a classic, as are you, sir. One of a kind.
I still can't get over how they managed to film those scenes keeping straight faces. I never get tired of this movie. Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks wrote a masterpiece that has never been surpassed. The first original script since the days of Shakespeare.
This is my all time favourite comedy. It never gets old no matter how many times I've watched it. The cast were unbelievable. Mel Brooks is a genius...and still around at the ripe old age of 94. God bless him.
Can't think of a nicer more down to Earth actor than Burton Gilliam. Always has that big smile and sunny personality. We need so many more like him in this world. 😀
Love the scene where Hedley is giving his pre-op rant "Now go do that voodoo that you do so welllll!" Gilliam was doing everything he could to keep from laughing. He was having the time of his life.
Legendary film packed with exceptional talent. Burton Gilliam comes off as a humble man, his performance was epic, as was the performance of many others in this film. Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor, that's one hell of a team!
Happy Birthday, Mr. Gilliam. That was a wise move to take the part. Blazing Saddles is a classic. It will live on for many generations to come.
I love people like Burton Gilliam, he has the guts to give up his job as a fireman to do acting, his workmates thought he was nuts. I left my lab tech job after 19 years to do music. No regrets!!!
Studio 149 I bet not.
Lab tech vs music,,,
Music wins.
You know, that's odd, because my LAST job for the police department was that of a Bong Smasher at the evidence vault of the police department. They gave me gloves, a bat, a hammer, and a trash barrel, along with a vaguely worded warning to look out for HIV infected needles and the like. It was there that I discovered the Universal Bong Theory - ANYTHING can be a bong......
Fred Ferd that ain't odd.
Let me tell you about odd.
@@fredferd965 Sounds like a concept for a movie.
@@AWordonWesterns Lordy, yes! Where's Slim Pickins when you need him!!!!
The funniest scene of any movie I have ever seen in my 70 years on this earth.... before the movie or since. I nearly had to leave the cinema from laughing. Well done Mel Brooks, et al.
Man this guy had the look.. he stood out in everything he played in. Just hope he knows how much he was appreciated and he has lots of fans all races
This gentleman's interview proves that there are some great down to earth kind of folks that used to be in Hollywood. I will bet that you could buy this guy a beer or two and talk all afternoon without any fake pretensions.
Thanx for the video upload!
AGREED
Incredible, I’m 63, first time I saw the movie it was at a drive in while I was in high school. I would have guessed this gentleman was a seasoned Hollywood actor. He was great in both movies. That’s what you call a natural born entertainer.
"How about some more beans Mr. Taggart?"
Fanning his hat: "I'd say you've had enough!".
That line always cracked me up. 😏
Probably based on a real event 😂
Hard to believe Burton's the last surviving principal cast member of 'Blazing Saddles'....may he and Mel live to be 1,000 years!
YES!!!
What a great movie! As funny as Young Frankenstein. Both true classics.
And The Twelve Chairs. Don't forget that one.
Watch "Bride of Frankenstein," a great movie in my opinion, and you will see the inspiration for the fabulous "Young Frankenstein." Likely, you'll be surprised at how closely YF parallels Bride.
Phenomenal comedy! It managed to offend everybody equally, but nobody ever felt offended...
Mel Brooks knew what he was doing when he gave Mr. Gilliam that call. He was perfect for that role.
Burton Gilliam is a delight to listen to and watch. You can tell that the 'movie business': hasn't lost it's intrigue or luster for him. He seems just amazed that he got such a lucky break and I am glad he did! He is a funny guy and you would never know that he was a total novice in 'Blazing Saddles'! Thanks Rob.
Just one of the best and funniest films ever made! No idea the late great Richard Pryor was a writer in it! Explains a lot! 😂😂😂😂😂
Who else would come up with the line "What's happening in the CLEAN WORLD?"
@@williamsmith666 Pryor wrote most of the Mongo lines,
"Mongo only pawn in game of life" was from Pryor
when they were in LA writing,
Pryor phoned Mel Brooks.
He was in Detroit with a woman doing cocaine.
Wow.
The fart scene was one of only two scenes in movies where my father laughed so hard that we were actually worried he would have a heart attack. He nearly fell out of his chair, was red in the face and couldn't breathe. The other was the Black Knight in Holy Grail.
Are you my brother ?
My mon who was suffering from canceer and in a lot of pain- I played "Return of the Living Dead," and she just about lost it during the scene when the zombie says, "send in more paramedics." The black Knight is timeless.
Definitely two funny scenes!
Burt is my Uncle (by marriage). Met him one time and he was super cool. I was a kid back then and he sent me a autographed picture with words of encouragement towards baseball (my love at the time). Great to see this interview!
Thanks, Denton. Your Uncle Bubba is a hoot!
I'm due to get my autograph from Burton Gilliam any day now. Wizard World featured him in one of their virtual conventions, and I snagged his autograph. Thank you, Mel ! You cast a great man in that part.
‘Excuse me while I whip this out’..... that was all over my high school in the mid ‘70’s
When I saw this in the theater, even the women were falling in the aisles with laughter during that "flatulence" scene. Which gave us guys the license to have the best belly laugh we had in a long time. When Slim Pickens uttered his "I reckon ya'll done had enough" line, it was like icing on a very fine cake.
Thank You for Your brave Service as a firefighter and thank you for the laughs in the movie Blazing Saddle
Your most welcome
The fart scene is a classic, it still makes me cry with laughter even after all these years.
I still love Blazing Saddles!!!!
Mr. Gilliam sure has aged well. He looks great. Wishing many more years of good health to him and Mr. Brooks. Harrumph!
Today is his birthday, karl!
@@AWordonWesterns Happy 85th to Burton!
I have met him. What a great guy. Truly one of the gems. Probably because he is not a Hollywood type at all.
Hey, Rob. Your supply of outstanding interviews is endless. I can't think of a role the Burton did that wasn't great. Blazing Saddles was Mel Brooks at his best. "De Camptown Races" and the campfire scenes are standouts that everyone remembers. Burton is a smile magnet. Even during this interview, he just makes one smile. Thank you, Rob. Never change and never stop.
In my opinion, Blazing Saddles was groundbreaking genius and the best movie of my generation. We all had a good laugh together and because of what Blazing Saddles did for Americans I will love Mel Brooks and the cast of that movie forever...
Burton is such a funny dude. To me, his facial expressions were funnier and more expressive than just about any comedians I’ve seen. It helps that I live in the south and he looks and acts like all of my cool, goofy uncles 😎
I loved Mel's movies. There was no racism, it just laughed at everyone regardless of color or creed.
I love Mel Brooks. His movies are so funny.
You do realize that this movie is explicitly a statement about racism and was co-written by perhaps the most outspoken anti-racist comedians of the time, right?
Peter Geyer I believe the original comment was regarding the cast,and not the plot. As obviously the film very much showed a lot of racism. Even through my childhood,it was obvious to me that the black character was in grave danger of being lynched because of his colour. It didn't shy away from this,and it really showed the quality of the writers to actually make a comedy around such an important real world matter.
Hell yes there was racism!!! Racism against everybody! Loved it!
Blazing saddles,
is a classic
hysterical movie.
We all still enjoy this
Awesome funny Movie.
That fart scene almost killed 8 year old me. I will never laugh that hard again.
Watch Tyrone Magnus and Scar-Lo try not to laugh at farting preacher videos
Laughed so hard I farted, damn near sharted !
spackle9999 I recently showed that scene to my 10 year old grandson and I thought he was going to pee himself. He brought new meaning to the phrase ROTFLMAO!!! It nearly killed me laughing at him!!!
@@poppafly635 My mother said my father had to look away to keep from peeing his pants.
My mom was the gassy one in the family and had no problem working one out when we were all watching tv as kids. We would laugh until tears streamed down our face. My dad would just whisper out a "my god." The blazing Saddles scene still reminds me of that.
The local pub put on a movie night (blazing saddles) they were going to throw me out , couldnt stop laughing its the funniest film ever lol x
Another great episode!! Burton Gilliam was awesome. So glad he did it! Thanks for sharing.
He always seems to enjoy being interviewed. Seems very grateful for his career. Lovely guy 👍🇬🇧.
Burton Gilliam is one of my favorites in Blazing Saddles. I love this and watch it over and over. I grew up on Blazing Saddles and still watch it when it is shown on cable. They put it on regular TV, that did not work for me. I got to have the uncut version.
Right on, charles! Thanks.
@@AWordonWesterns You are most welcome
Paper Moon is a great movie and well Blazing Saddles is just plain epic!
Even if no one likes Ryan O'Neal, not even his children.
thank you for this video rob Mr Gilliam seems like such a humble man so glad he's still with us as we've lost so many greats in our western erra god bless you both
no one else than Gilliam could have played that part...epic
Agreed
No Shit
Definitely
Just watching him, you can see why Mel lobbied so hard to get him to play Lyle.
It's impossible to imagine anyone else playing that role, a true icon.
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns Totally agree, I couldn't add anything to that!
You got that comment right 👍👍😂😉!!! My stomach hurts so much from laughing so hard at this scene 😂 LOL now!!!!! Peace out for now my friend 👋. Take care of yourself and your family during this coronovirus pandemic 😷 ok. Much love from Bunn NC.👋💖💖😊✌.
With all due respect to Burton Gilliam, I find it sad knowing that he's one of only three cast members from Blazing Saddles that's still living. I hope him and Mel and the governor's secretary live to be 100.
It's Blazing Saddles, They'll live forever!!!
As I write this, it's July 31, 2020. The 'school marm' played by Carol Arthur is still alive. Fun Fact: She was married to Dom DeLuise, who also starred in "Blazing Saddles."
I think campfire farter #3 is still living.
@@postingid3214 What did Dom DeLuise play in Blazing Saddles?
@@Bobman-ml5qf -- Toward the end of the movie, on a sound stage, he was the director/choreographer for the scene just before The Great Pie Fight. Dom DeLuise is trying to direct a group of queens in a musical number called "The French Mistake." - ie. "Throw out your hands, stick out your tush, hands on your hips, give them a push, you'll be surprised you're doing the French Mistake."
"Well I'd say you've had ENOUGH!!!" That line kills me every time, 😂😂😂
That and how he starts sniffing the moment he sticks his head out of the tent.
Damn, I miss Slim Pickens.
PinkOld
Yeah, he was funny as hell with John Belushi in 1941. Hollis P. "Hollywood" Wood
No wonder he is always amazing. He was a non Hollywood guy!
delon a,...Actors come from all over the world. The odds of being successful, simply by being born in Hollywood, are not increased if one is lacking talent.
You nailed it.
I went through rookie school with Burton, he is not acting that is just him being himself. One of the funniest guys you will ever meet. Now I tell people I knew him when.
@delon a
What is a "non Hollywood guy"? I'm pretty sure the vast majority of actors on the planet weren't born and raised in Hollywood, but rather went there for work... just like Burton Gilliam.
@@Nick-hv8gj
You nailed it..
My friend John Salomon said the famous line, “How about some more beans, Mr Taggert”. He was a great guy. Deeply missed.
One of my favorite character actors - and was great in Fletch also. When I was a teenager Blazing Saddles played in the theater for several months - whenever we had free time we’d go see it again, probably 10 times.
Dang ! We almost lost a $400 dollar hand cart ! .. lol
Best line ever, that and "where are all the white women " lol
@@billreurink9567 correction "Where all the white women AT?!" Brilliant!
👋🤣👍lmfao!
I saw him at a showing of Blazing Saddles. He spoke afterwards. He took pictures with everyone and spoke for awhile. Great dude.
moncorp1 Inc he was a bad guy in a few episodes of “Dukes of Hazzard” and the entire cast loved having him on set every time.
I was 12 years old when I saw Blazing Saddles in 1974. I was crying from laughing so hard when I saw that scene! 🤣🤣🤣. I remember that moment vividly. I had never seen a fart scene in a movie before this one. Instant classic. 🤣👍
Farts are never not funny!!! Especially in a long line in the grocery store, my specialty!!!
If memory serves, that was the first movie scene ever dedicated to farts.
This and the barf scene from Monty Python's "Meaning of Life" have me rolling on the floor every time!
@@davidplain3162 Crop-dusting the aisles is also fun!
I'm pretty sure that was the first time an audible fart aired in a movie. That's what made it so funny.
Burton is a great guy, he signed an autograph for me a few years ago and couldn't have been kinder about it. Going to watch it again tonight.
One of my favorite comedies of all time, blues brothers is a close second!
Absolutely hilarious in the camp town ladies scene. My personal favorite. My favorite comedy of all time.
I was 7 years old when I saw this in theatres. Many of the jokes went over our heads, but the fart scene had us kids literally on the floor rolling.
Mel, you made me laugh fit to bust with evrything you did. True comedic intuition and spot on writing. My personal thanks for so many happy moments in my life. Salutes sir!
“Send wire, main office. Tell him I said ow. Gotcha.” 😂😂
Burton is a gem. And a true gentleman too. Always a pleasure to hear him talk. Such a positive person and what a fine actor too. Nice interview, more please!
I remember that scene very well, everyone in the movie theater was laughing so hard. I was a teen-ager back then and that scene, along with others, were ground breaking material for that time period. :-)
I came for Blazing Saddles talk but was reminded of Paper Moon, one of my all time favourite movies!
Burton was also great in Fletch! Small part but extremely funny and memorable
My wife had never seen Blazing Saddles. My sons were 18 and 4. They walked into the living room while I was watching Blazing Saddles just as the fart scene began. I have never seen people of varying ages laugh so hard at the same thing.
Classic, Mulavi.
Another great story about a classic western.... Thanks Rob!!! 👍😊
What a joy. My father took me to see this movie. ! Everytiime i see it reminds me of him. Thank you ! Keep up the great work ! God bless
Once again Rob,
another great interview with Mr. Gilliam !
Keep 'em comin' !
Great little golden bits of history that would otherwise be lost to time !
Thanks. That's why we keep making and posting them. Glad you're enjoying them, too.
Come on boys, the way you're lolly gaggin around with them picks and shovels, you'd think it was a hunderd and twenty degrees, can't be more than a hunderd an fourteen! Only Burton could deliver that line like that. I always loved his work.
the best line in the film for me was "we welcome you with this laural and hardy handshake", a hidden gem in the film
My wife and I had the pleasure to dine with Bubba and his girlfriend at a Luau on Maui back in 1992. What a great and humble guy. He was very gracious to sign autographs and take pictures with a long line of people and he didn't mind that they interrupted his meal. I will never forget that night or that big Texas grin! Thanks, Bubba!
He was one of the most memorable characters in Blazing Saddles. Well cast.
This movie is a hilarious classic. Met this guy at a comic con back in 2010 very nice humble guy.
I've only laughed myself off my seat in two movies. One was Peter Jackson's Brain Dead, the baby in the park scene, and the other was this scene from Blazing Saddles. One of the funniest movies of all time and it hasn't aged a day.
I was working in the concession stand at the Olive Theater on Ft. Knox and stayed after my shift to watch the next showing. I never laughed so hard in my life. What a perfect comedy.
Is Blazing Saddles the funniest movie ever. It's tarue it's tarue.
James McKane - HA! Absolutely! Fun fact about that scene with Madeleine Kahn and Cleavon Little: The end of that “dwessing-woom” scene was cut off and edited after she says: “it’s twoo- it’s twoo...!”
Cleavon had replied to Madeleine: “You’re suckin’ on my elbow...”
OMG 😂🤣😂
I thought it was twoo?
@@albertperson4013 twoo or tarue take your pick
Yes!! Christopher Guest has also made some incredible movies. Both him and Mel Brooks were trailblazers!!
It was until dumb and dumber was released.
I truly enjoyed watching this story of how Burton Gilliam got into acting, I am a fan of his and have enjoyed his protrals for many years. Thank You.
Blazing Saddles made in a time when everyone had a sense of humour.
There is a difference when a Black man writes comedy about racism (note how all of the racists were stupid in the film). Same with when a Jewish man writes a comedy where the Native Americans speak Yiddish. If that was written by a WASP it would have been offensive. If people today don't realize who wrote the film, it will be offensive to them.
tartfuel Aaaaaand you’re thinking about it way too hard.
@@Icutmetal Nope, in fact, that was how Mel Brooks looked at it. He talked about it years ago. He knew he needed a Black comedy writer to write those parts, and being Jewish I know Jewish people everywhere would have been upset at the Yiddish parts.
tartfuel Still thinking wayyyy to hard about it.
How true
Paper Moon IS a classic and so is Burton Gilliam. That giant grin was priceless!!!😃 Mel Brooks and Bogdonovich knew that.
Brooks made a wise decision. Burton's performance kills me every time I see this film and is one of the most memorable.
That is one of the best stories. Thank you for posting this. I had a smile in my face from the start to the end.
The strange thing about Blazing Saddles is this: stray one inch in either direction, toward more realism or more parody, and it collapses. It's so finally balanced between absurdity and realism. It's the most delicately balanced comedy ever. And Brooks knew that, and never wanted a sequel made.
The studio produced a television show called Black Bart with Louis Gossett Jr. for 4 years (6 shows per year) that never aired just to hold onto the rights in case they decided to do a sequel. It's crazy.
We all know a sequel would have never worked, but the reruns work every time.
@@Nozoki I've always liked Louis Gosset Jr. If I'm not incorrect? I think he was in a great series IMO-called: The Young Rebels- which was set back in our Colonial times. I'd love to have those on DvD.
The very best of Juvenal humor! This this exactly what western films should be.
I get a belt out of you.
What a great mug Gilliam has. His face just SCREAMS southern blood.
And literally the greatest grin in history.
I saw Blazing Saddles with my father at the drive in. He was a Western fan and we loved it.
Mr. Gilliam was/is a true diamond in the rough. His "Floyd" character in Paper Moon is one of my all time favorites (as is that movie). And that role sure did open up a whole new can o' peas, didn't it? Looks like a genuinely happy and friendly guy too. Thanks for this great story!
Hahaha Lyle was one of my fave characters in the movie.
RIP Burton Gilliam. Thank you for the laughs. You were also great in Back To The Future III. It was always great seeing him in an Old West setting.
Back then, comedy was funny, not politicized. We had different views, but we also didn't have comments on every article. I wish America could find something to collectively laugh at together.
Isn't going to happen. The left has taken everything funny and made them taboo.
@@tjj300 It was made by the left you fool.
@@williamjackson5942 In 1974 you moron. That version of the left is now right of center.
If only we could bring back good westerns, you know the kind you can only watch with your grandpa on only a couple channels on satalite TV ,where he knows what's going to happen to who ,& who's going to say what.
twine3410 You and the world do have something to laugh at together. I really don't have to say who it is.
I was 9 years old in 1973. My dear sweet grandmother (mother's mother) had taken me to the movie theater.
She wanted to see "A Touch of Class", but I thought that looked boring: I told her I wanted to go see "Paper Moon" instead, because it looked more fun. Nana gave up watching the movie she wanted to watch to go watch "Paper Moon" with me instead. I'll never forget her doing that for me.
Love Burtons smile. This man is full of joy.
I entirely agree with Burton on Paper Moon...."can of peas" ! What an amazing hidden talent! Perfect for that time period!
"C'MON BOYS THE WAY YOUR LOLLYGAGGING AROUND WITH THEM PICKS AND SHOVELS YOU'D THINK IT WAS 120 DEGREES...WHY IT CANT BE ANY HOTTER THAN 114!"
85passthru: thank you sir I truly rolled on the floor laughing - priceless
Can't be more than 114*
Sad. If they were trying to make it today, it wouldn’t have gotten any farther than the script. One of the best comedies of all time!
Love the behind the scenes stories. Wouldn’t it be something to get a call from Mel Brooks begging you to be in his picture???
Great story! Love Blazing Saddles. Love Mel Brooks movies
Me too!
He was great in that part. Always had those huge chops and smile!
I met Burton and his wife when i was young adult. We had dinner together at my friend Melina. Her Mom grew up with him and they were visiting. I felt like such a fool because i didn't know him from Blazing Saddles. I knew him from the Salsa Commercials for Piconta sauce. 😂 They were both a real pleasure to be around. Im 51 now and this is one of my favorite memories . 💪👶🇺🇸
"That was a $400 hand cart!!" I'm laughing just thinking about it. And the fart scene was epic. Yup. Couldn't make today. "Is that a 10 gallon hat? Or are you just enjoying the show?!" LOL!!
So funny, and the funny part about it is the black and white people came together to make the most overtly racist movie yet that is hilarious and loved by so many. All for some chuckles, no hard feelings or offense.
I think that if they tried to make it today they might go overboard. Too far just to be edgy or too light not to offend. And they would have shoehorned a "life lesson" instead of letting the story speak for itself.
Charlie - "Bart."
Bart - "(grabbing shovel) What?"
C- "Don't do it." B-"Uh-uh, baby, (C-"C'mon, don't.") B- "I HAVE to."
Taggart- "Send a wire to the main office. Tell them that I said (Bart connects with the shovel) 'OW!'"
Lyle- "Send wire to main office. Tell them that I said, 'ow'. Got it!"
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It was one unforgettable scene after another. Every one a winner.
A hand cart is a two wheeled dolly. They were using a handcar in the movie.
I met Burton at a Halloween party last night (10/30/22). He looked great! And what a great guy he was! It was an absolute joy to visit with and I wish we had more time. Blazing Saddles is my all time most favorite movie (I know, there’s no help for me…), so I was surprised and thrilled to meet Burton.
He mentioned that he and Mel were the only two left and that they call each other a couple of times a week to make sure the other one is doing alright. They are still very close friends to this day. I wish them both well.
That’s fantastic, Ty. Burton is the real deal! What was his costume?
@@AWordonWesterns - same as he seems to wear in most of these videos. He was dressed in character for his role in blazing saddles. He was such a joy to visit with.
jealous! Burton's awesome. He reminds me of a bigger-time version of Sonny Shroyer. Both were in Burt Reynold's 'Gator'. These types of good-ole-boy character actors would pop up quite a bit in Reynold's flics.
What a wonderful backstory of one of my favorite all time movies!
A different time for sure. Proud to have been part of this. Classics.
My favourite scene with Burton Gilliam is when he and his buddies are singing "The Camp Town Ladies".
I can't remember Slim Pickens line when he walks up on 'em dancing around and singing but it was a good one.
I got the chance to interview Burton "Bubba" Gilliam about 10 years ago. He's a great guy with some awesome stories.
He is charming, Terry. So very funny...naturally, it seems. I'd really like to have him back.
I can still quote many of the lines from this movie even though it came out in 1974. The funniest movie ever.
Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot.
No matter how many times I have seen it, one of those cinematic scenes that always makes me smile.