I would say that 99.9% of people watching this have seen this movie and we know the drill.... But "in today's climate" we apparently have to give sacrifice to the B.H.L.W.
Re: the farting scene - When this made it to TV in the 80's, it was edited for television and the farting scene was still in, but the sounds were removed, so they were just sitting there eating, standing up and sitting down. I remembered watching that version as a kid and it was ridiculous (I knew it was supposed to be farting).
The thing people don't get. It shows ever one being racist. And it is dumb!!! Richard Pryor thank you. Btw I can't comment anymore, because I dont have dimes
Honestly, I don't know why they say that. I mean, almost 30 years after this movie was out, they made Harold and Kumar (White Castle and Escape From Guantanamo Bay), and both of those have the same kind of humor as Blazing Saddles. Although I will admit Blazing Saddles was A LOT MORE intelligent.
Richard Pryor was one of the writers. Mel Brooks originally wanted him to play Bart, but he was in a bit of trouble at the time. So anyway, Mel Brooks kept checking with Pryor about the use of that word. Pryor said "oh you gotta use it a LOT more to be accurate". Pryor also wrote the line "Mongo only pawn in game of life"
When Gene Wilder died, I rewatched this movie and had a good cry at the ending: "Where you goin', cowboy?" "Nowhere special." "'Nowhere Special.' Always wanted to go there..." RIP Gene, thank you for all the good times.
Madeline Kahn was not only a trained thespian but also a trained classical singer. She really could sing, which makes her off key singing in this movie so delightful. This move is one of my all time favorites.
Don't beat yourself up for missing pop culture references - you're the first TH-cam reactor I've seen who actually got the Laurel and Hardy gag. So props to you for that! Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
@@Isleofskye I’m 45 and had a boomer dad who sat me down to watch old westerns and other stuff of his youth (including this film), and I had never heard of Randolph Scott. I eventually looked him up and got the reference.
There is a story that in one of the crew meetings it was mentioned that they wanted to offend everyone. A crew member spoke up and said ''I'm Irish and I haven't been offended'' So Mel added a line in the movie to offend the Irish.
Congratulations young lady. I love watching these reactions from young people, I'm over 60 and when you get the jokes without getting offended, people my age appreciate you. Thos movie will always be a classic.
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 - October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising (1972-1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film Blazing Saddles. In the 1980s, Little continued to appear in stage productions, films, and in guest spots on television series. In 1989, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his appearance on the NBC sitcom Dear John. He later starred on the Fox sitcom True Colors (1991-1992).
Great reactions. I heard that Mel Brooks had asked the great John Wayne to read the script, and to be in it. John told him "I can't do a film like this, but if you make it - I'll be the SOB in line to see it." And John kept his word
For the record: The language used in the movie was NOT considered "acceptable" at the time of filming the movie. At least not "acceptable" for the AMOUNT of times it was used. As such, in order to push the satire even further, they basically shoved the language issue into your face so that it became such a vital point OF THE SATIRE ITSELF that nobody could deny just how satirical the whole concept of using the language in the real world.
... yep. i agree. that was pretty silly. this movie had racism in it. racism against blacks and whites. almost every white person in this movie was a blubbering a-hole. but it wasn't racist in the slightest. my biggest complaint about these "movie reaction" videos is that the "hosts" don't understand the cultural references most the time. i mean she didn't even know who randolph scott was. they really need to include someone who has some prior knowledge of the movie. i'm not sure why, but i do find them entertaining though.
@@highstimulation2497 Ah, so you consider Blazing Saddles to be an accurate period piece movie? The HUMOR is very 1970s, or at least, Mel Brook's 1970s.
@@cjmacq-vg8um shes just covering her butt.. unfortunately, they'll come after her life if she doesn't at least curtsy to appease those weirdos .. props to her for even uploading a reaction to this film, most wouldn't even have the balls.. ;-)
@@StayFractalesque ... there's dozens of "blazing saddles" reaction videos. and all the one's i've seen say they were told by their viewers that this movie is racist. ITS NOT! its just another example of youtube idiots not knowing what their talking and spreading falsehoods. all i'm doing is correcting those falsehoods. people with NO expertise on the subjects they're commenting on spread false information all over the internet, I'M SICK OF IT! i challenge the liars and expose the truth. its not the "uploaders" who're telling the lies. but they believe and repeat the lies of others. the internet has become a den of thieves and frauds. i think we shouldn't just sit back and let all these frauds use the internet to spread they're misinformation. i mean, my god! these people are being elected to political office and making policy decisions based on these delusions and absurdities. what do you think q-anon is all about? its all about spreading lies, paranoia and hate for political purposes.
Madeline's role as Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein was Mel's way of apologizing for Blazing Saddles, because she had a beautiful singing voice, which didn't get a good showing in BS.
I’ve seen this movie a dozen times, I’m very familiar with Laurel and Hardy, and this is the first time I’ve ever gotten the joke. I feel like a doofus.
@@katecassidy9357 I got this one. But I've always been confused by the Randolph Scott thing. This was old Hollywood even in the 80s, when I first saw it.
Congratulations on being the first reactor I've seen get the Heddy Lamarr and Laurel & Hardy references. Still nobody notices that Mel Brook's Indian chief is speaking Yiddish. Two other Brooks films are just as funny and essential - The Producers (original) and Young Frankenstein.
hahahha oh man I knew the language sounded weird! I think it's a matter of not wanting to look stupid by calling something out that I have no clue about lol! !I'm sure I missed 100 jokes
@@ShanelleRiccio I've seen this film many times over about thirty years. and I only just realised watching your reaction video that Madeline Kahn's greeting to Cleavon Little ("willkommen bienvenue welcome") is a reference to Joel Gray's sinister salutation in 'Cabaret'... so, you know, I don't think anybody can get all this stuff first time..!
The Governor was named after a French stage actor in the 1800’s who could make music with his farts and reportedly blow out a candle from a few feet away...LOL!!!!
One reference you might have missed is Madeline Kahn was doing a Marlene Dietrch impersonation the whole time. She's in a western with Jimmy Stewart called "Destry Rides Again" where she's a saloon singer, and that quick shot of her singing to the German soldiers is another reference. (To be clear, she was German but strongly anti-Hitler, and came to the US to escape.)
you have so many goosebumps because this is just about as perfect of a movie as you could make, the social commentary is still relevant today, and mel brooks is truly a genius of satire, you gotta watch the movie many times, and you'll pick up on so much
At the end of each day of shooting, when all of the actors and crew went back to the hotel, Slim Pickens would stay out in the desert with his camper and enjoy the desert sunsets. Mel Brooks once asked him, since he had been in so many westerns, if he had any advice for him. Slim said "Sit down every chance you get."
Lili Von Shtupp: Would you like another schnitzengruben? Sheriff Bart: No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. Lili Von Shtupp: Well, then how about a little... [whispers in his ear] Sheriff Bart: Baby, please! I am not from Havana.
What I love most about this movie is that after all these years, it still holds up. It's just as funny and hilarious as it was all those years ago. This is one of my most favorite Mel Brooks films. Fun fact, this is also the first major motion picture to have fart jokes in it. My favorite part was when Bart said "Hey where da white women at?". If you're still looking for more Mel Brooks films to watch, you gotta check out Spaceballs.
I am shocked you edited the most re-used line in film history. Badges, we don't need no stinking badges. It's iconic, re-used in countless movies, identical, varied, comic relief, and straight up homage.
Worked on the musical "Anything Goes" which included "I Get a Kick Out of You." Played on Broadway and was also made into a movie. Cole Porter songs. The plot where a reformed gunfighter or drunk helping the hero has been used in many westerns. Madeline's singing is incredible considering she was a trained opera singer.
Further trivia: Before the premier, Brooks had a special preview showing for the California NAACP and Urban League. The reaction to "I Get No Kick From Champaign" was the biggest laugh he had ever heard.
I adore how we stop for 10 minutes to apologise for it being 'of its time' only to realise by the end that actually the satire is so on point no apology was necessary. Lovely.
Frankie Laine was a huge country singer. Mel Brooks didn't tell him that the movie was a comedy, so Frankie thought it was a serious western and went all out.
Huh. I've never heard a country song by Frankie Laine (but I've only heard a few of his songs). I've always thought of him as the first superstar lounge singer.
@@Tuning_Spork He did a lot of themes for westerns. His notable ones include the original 3:10 To Yuma and Gunfight AtThe OK Corral. Stylistically, he was all over the place, and rarfely failed to nail what he was doing.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Aah! I edited my post to remove the sentence "He was his own genre", because I didn't think I was familiar enough with his work to make that pronouncement. What I know is "Rock of Gibraltar", "Jezebel" and "Swamp Girl". "Jezebel" is slightly western, ;perhaps. but, by no means, not "country".
Frankie Laine, IMHO. has the single best version of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" ever released. If you haven't heard it, I recommend a little detour over to it. Your welcome in advance.
Knowing how much you love when the forth wall gets broken, I spent this entire reaction in anticipation of your reaction to the ending fight scene! I wasn't disappointed!
Not only was Hedy Lamarr a big actress, she co-developed frequency hopping spread spectrum communications, the basis for wireless technologies. A very brilliant woman!
And the throwaway nods to other productions they threw in... At around 16:23, Lilly's 'Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome...' to beckon Hedley into the parlor is the first line of a song from Cabaret.
Heddy Lamar was a famous actress that was also a brilliant mathematician. She invented packet switching technology (based on the 88 keys on a piano) that was used for encryption on torpedoes in WWII. Packet switching is used today in phone communication.
She also mentored Robert Oppenheimer and invented the nuclear fusion and discovered that an H-bomb releases neutrons much faster than a fission reaction, and these neutrons then bombard the remaining fissile fuel, causing it to undergo fission much more rapidly. This discovery was used to create the first Hydrogen bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima during WWII. Brilliant lady and master physicist.
During the part where you first see Bart ride towards Rock Ridge as the new sheriff, you see him greet legendary big band leader Count Basie with his orchestra. During that scene, you hear him play a portion of "April in Paris", which was one of his best known pieces.
Yes! Thank you for bringing up the Count! I was hoping she would know who he was, since she had caught other references which were way before her time..
A national treasure. See the Count at the piano with his orchestra from 1965 doing the complete April in Paris: th-cam.com/video/enijgnO_UA8/w-d-xo.html
When I was a kid I lived just down the street where they filmed the street scene outside the studio. I watched them all day and as I was a cute little boy on a bicycle they even gave me a free box lunch. Pretty cool huh?
@@phil8821 - Think you might be confused with his picture "To Be or Not To Be" where he did play a actor playing Hitler. The actor in the commissary who was playing Hitler ("They lose me after the bunker scene") was Ralph Manza.
One of the first R-Rated movies I watched with my Dad; got me hooked on Mel Brooks at the ripe old age of 11. Still one of the best satires ever made. I still quote it constantly! "Someone's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!"
How about "the orange roof on Howard Johnson's outhouse"? There was a famous restaurant chain Howard Johnson's in the 60s-70s, recognizable by its orange roof.
4:40--The cowboy with the red shirt and black vest went on to play a number of western roles, including the gun salesman from BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 3
The band @ 10:32 was rhe Count Basie Orchestra. Also, the script was written by Richard Pryor and he was supposed to star in the lead role opposite Gene Wilder. However, at this time he was deep into drugs and wasn't reliable enough for Mel Brookes to play the role.
Uh oh. You're gonna love this. One of my all time faves of all time. Edit: Also, Madeline Kahn based her performance and speaking voice off of Marlene Deitrich from the 1920s and 30s. Such a brilliant performance.
And her saying "Willkommen Bienvenue Welcome" when Bart knocks on the door is a reference to _Cabaret_ (made in 1972, two years before _Blazing Saddles_ .)
Young Frankenstein is certainly a movie you'd love too. It's both a great homage to the classic Frankenstein movies and a good parody. The 'walk this way.' gag that's often been repeated comes from here.
I totally agree that Young Frankenstein is great; Mel Brooks' best-ever film, IMHO. But just to clarify a minor point: The "walk this way" joke was already old by the time it appeared in this film; it didn't "come from" this film. I've heard- and this may be fake trivia, so take it with a grain of salt- Marty Feldman did it as sort of a gag, like, an in-joke to amuse the filming bunch, assuming it would never actually be used, because it was such as old, over-used joke. But Brooks actually liked it, so he kept it in. I don't know if that anecdote is true or not. But the joke is older than dirt; I know that for a fact. At least as far back as early vaudeville; probably older than that.
One of the great things about Mel Brooks movies is that when you watch several of them in a row, you see all the callbacks to previous movies, like "walk this way," Harvey Korman chipping a tooth, the camera breaking a window, "it's good to be the king," Hitler making a cameo, or just straight up saying the names of his other movies.
Came here today to say at almost 45yo, i was today years old for the laurel & hardy joke. Seen em, flew over my head for sooo long! You are a gem shanelle!
I'm from the 20th century and saw this movie in the theater when it was released. So I really enjoy watching young people react to it YOU are the ONLY one who got the Laurel and Hardy joke! Thanks for that!! You are brilliant!😊
Silent Movie might be a good follow up and is famous for being a silent movie and having world class mime Marcel Marceau deliver the only spoken dialogue.
When Mongo rides into town, a man yells "Mongo! Santamaria!" and crosses himself. The joke is that Mongo Santamaria was a Cuban jazz percussionist in the 40s and 50s.
You didn't show some of the best lines. "Excuse me while I whip this out." "Ahhhhhhhhh!" "Little bastard shot me in the ass." and "Mongo only pawn in game of life."
Okay, that was easily the best Blazing Saddles reaction I've seen. You caught way more references than anyone could expect, and your film studies background serves you well. Absolutely do The Producers, but don't wait too long to do Young Frankenstein!
Agreed. I was thinking about that during Slim's scenes. Conventional wisdom says that Kubrick told Slim that the film was a drama, and had him play the likes straight. Still he's hilarious. "We're going toe to toe with the Ruskies in nuclear combat!"
@@MordicusEgg he was awesome but the part where the american soldier before he shot the coke machine, if you cant get him on the line... you'll have to answer to the coke company.
Entertainers like Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor didn't use the n-word to insult or demean black people. They used it to insult and demean the ignorant people who used it.
They didn't divide by political parties. They went straight for individuals, groups, institutions, and dumb ideas in general. They understood that this was what everyone knew was worth making fun of. It's to bad that's so hard to understand now. But, then that's not surprising when you watch a lot of supposed comedies and comedians today.
Hedy Lamarr is a terrific biography, if you choose to view, she and her piano playing partner were responsible for and hold patient's for the invention of what we now know as Bluetooth, very enlightening ride.
21:01 "And now for my next impression, Jessie Owns" *****Proceeds to run....****** Everyone misses this joke. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.
"A Laurel and Hardy handshake." Finally! Someone who gets that reference! So if you didn't pick up on every reference, you got one most people miss completely. I love that this a kind of "self-aware" movie as a tool for comedic effect.
4:37 A bit of history regarding Bart saying, “My grandmother was Dutch”. That's a reverse play on the "One drop rule" where a social and legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th century United States that asserted any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ('one drop' of 'black blood') is considered black. Bart was implying that since he had "one drop" of Caucasian blood that he wasn't really black. A subtle yet brilliant joke.
One of the best comedies ever. The scene where he threatens himself may be the funniest scene ever put to screen. Cleavon Little's delivery is just perfect.
My favorite joke in the entire movie happens with the hangman. He has a noose around a cowboy's neck and a horse's neck. Very few people seem to get it. "And the horse you rode in on . . ."
LOL Hedy Lamar coinvented a radio channel hopping technology that allowed for torpedo guidance. The tech is used in Bluetooth but what you’re saying is like: Henry Ford coinvented Tesla automotive.
@@Psilocybin77 While I was being somewhat facetious (and typoed her name), Hedy Lamarr did patent the frequency-hopping technology that became a forerunner of Bluetooth, GPS, and secure wi-fi. Sadly, not many people know her name, and those who only know her as an actress, rather than an inventor.
I've watched hundreds of these reactions to Blazing Saddles by young people (I first saw it at the cinema in 1974.) Shanelle Riccio is the first reviewing to get the Laurel & Hardy reference and also the hilarity of the Howard Johnson's ice cream reference.
Randolph Scott was the quintessential good guy in most Westerns he was in. The only one I can think of him as the antagonist was in The Spoilers, where he was up against the number one Western hero, John Wayne. Watch Randolph Scott and another good guy in Westerns, Joel McCrea in Sam Peckinpah's Ride The High Country.
Funnily, Brooks offered the Waco Kid role to John Wayne, who said he'd be first in line to buy a ticket but didn't think it would be a good choice for his image. He laughed when he read the script, especially when the Mayor told the town councilman to "blow it out your ass."
You didn't find out about Randolph Scott, the lanky, beanpole, square jawed actor who was Gary Cooper before Gary Cooper was! That's why the townspeople respected him - he's the ultimate cowboy.
One of her shorter roles but my favorite Madeline Kahn character ever Tons of great films by Brooks, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, The Producers, Space Balls, History of the World. All worth a watch
About that theme song.. Mel Brooks said once that he never told the singer that the move was a comedy satire of westerns. Just that it was for a serious western, so the guy sang it thinking it was for some epic, dead serious western. Also he said that when he screened it for the movie studio executives they DEMANDED that he take out a LOT, the fart scene, the "Oh it's true, it's true" line and basically all the funny stuff cause they thought it was too risky. So Mel said "sure, done I will remove it"... and ignored them. They never checked to see if he actually pulled the scenes, and then the movie was out and audiences LOVED it... Mel is a legend.
Actor playing Sherriff is Cleavon Little, and he loved the role. He was a great comedian at the time, he got the role when Mel Brooks (Gov) was told by the studio that Richard Prior his first choice could not be used.
You would also enjoy "Sherlock Holmes smarter brother" with Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom Delouise. Its a cross between" Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles". Lots of fun.
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Oh please, react to Dracula Dead And Loving it? It's a Mel Brooks movie
If you haven’t seen it yet, go for The Producers (original version). Put Mel on the map.
I would say that 99.9% of people watching this have seen this movie and we know the drill....
But "in today's climate" we apparently have to give sacrifice to the B.H.L.W.
Re: the farting scene - When this made it to TV in the 80's, it was edited for television and the farting scene was still in, but the sounds were removed, so they were just sitting there eating, standing up and sitting down. I remembered watching that version as a kid and it was ridiculous (I knew it was supposed to be farting).
You've seen the original Star wars film Shanelle. So PLEASE, react to Mel Brooks's "SPACEBALLS" !!!!!!
Thank you for noticing " A Laurel and Hardy Handshake" No one ever notices it and I just love that joke.
She's the first reactor I've seen to actually comment on the Laurel and Hardy pun. One of my favorites in the film.
Is that thumbnail the older Bilbo?
My dad had to explain that one to me as an adult (who knew who Laurel and Hardy were). 😳
How have I seen this movie and clips so many times but didn't catch that one until she mentioned it that. 😂😂😂
This was the first time I got it - I never made the connection, I took it literally. lol
Everyone - "You couldn't make this movie today"
Mel Brooks - "They told us we couldn't make it back then."
I think that people today are smart enough to figure out that the racists are the idiot.
The thing people don't get. It shows ever one being racist. And it is dumb!!! Richard Pryor thank you. Btw I can't comment anymore, because I dont have dimes
@@davidward9737 It doesn't show everyone being racist. It shows idiots being racist.
People said the same about Tropic Thunder, as if racism was somehow okay then too. Like Blazing Saddles, it's all in the framing.
Honestly, I don't know why they say that. I mean, almost 30 years after this movie was out, they made Harold and Kumar (White Castle and Escape From Guantanamo Bay), and both of those have the same kind of humor as Blazing Saddles. Although I will admit Blazing Saddles was A LOT MORE intelligent.
You enjoy Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Mel Brooks movies, see Young Frankenstein!
Yes! I think both movies were released the same year and both are absolute comedy classics.
@@everettcousland Whiiiiiieee
Also if she loves 1974.
@@everettcousland that actress recently died.
High Anxiety has the usual Brooks cast too.
"Somebody's got to go back and get a shitload of dimes" is my favourite line ever.
"Where da white women at?" is a classic too. It's used on late night talk radio all the time.
Charlie: They said you was hung.
Bart: And they was right.
Favorite joke in the whole movie.
Right next to....excuse me while i whip this out
I don't recall that and i watched it yesterday
The 'You know, morons' line by Jim (Wilder) was ad libbed so Bart's (Clevedon) laugh was genuine as he didn't expect it, naturally it was kept in.
Love that part especially knowing that fact and you can just tell they had fun together while filming
That scene didn't really work for me. It seemed like Little was breaking character.
@@DerpMuse The sudden change from blatant over-acting to spontaneous laughter felt more like an outtake than part of the movie to me.
Richard Pryor was one of the writers. Mel Brooks originally wanted him to play Bart, but he was in a bit of trouble at the time. So anyway, Mel Brooks kept checking with Pryor about the use of that word. Pryor said "oh you gotta use it a LOT more to be accurate". Pryor also wrote the line "Mongo only pawn in game of life"
When Gene Wilder died, I rewatched this movie and had a good cry at the ending:
"Where you goin', cowboy?"
"Nowhere special."
"'Nowhere Special.' Always wanted to go there..."
RIP Gene, thank you for all the good times.
A lot of people don't notice that while he's leaned back in that chair, he's still holding the popcorn from the movie theater.
I second your thoughts and by all the information available the man was a truly liked and genuinely kind guy
I love that Gene Wilder still has the bucket of popcorn at the end
Well he’s been dead for 5 years so no.. no he does not still have it 😂
Madeline Kahn was not only a trained thespian but also a trained classical singer. She really could sing, which makes her off key singing in this movie so delightful. This move is one of my all time favorites.
It takes real ability to sing badly well.
The joke doesn't really go over now because not many people anymore know who Marlene Dietrich was. But this was spot-on.
@@falcychead8198 Yet more evidence of the decline of Western civilisation.
Earned an Oscar nomination for this film
Don't beat yourself up for missing pop culture references - you're the first TH-cam reactor I've seen who actually got the Laurel and Hardy gag. So props to you for that! Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
and understood the Hedley vs Hedy joke.
I was really impressed how many little jokes like that she got, too.
But missed western movie star Randolph Scot
Maybe she hadn't heard of Randolph Scott.
Have you heard of Andy Bradbury? Thought Not...
@@Isleofskye I’m 45 and had a boomer dad who sat me down to watch old westerns and other stuff of his youth (including this film), and I had never heard of Randolph Scott. I eventually looked him up and got the reference.
There is a story that in one of the crew meetings it was mentioned that they wanted to offend everyone. A crew member spoke up and said ''I'm Irish and I haven't been offended'' So Mel added a line in the movie to offend the Irish.
"That's Hedley."
"What the hell are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue HER."
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Hedy did sue them. Mel paid up without fighting it.
Did Howard Johnson sue? haha
The joke there is that Hedy Lamar would constantly sue anyone over anything.
@@DansTravels5823 Not sure if it was a joke more than a knowledge he was going to have to pay her. haha
Might be my favourite fourth-wall joke in the whole film.
Slim Pickens as Major Kong in Dr. Strangelove is probably his most iconic role - or at least his most unforgettable scene.
I think it was also his first big role. (Either LandumC or Jerry Skinner did a video about him.)
@@hueyiroquois3839 Dig the handle. Former UH-1H CE. ; )
She: Doesn’t recognize Slim Pickens…
Me: Well, ok, understandable.
She: Have we met Randolph Scott yet?
Me: I’m so old. I’m like the Cryptkeeper. 😏
How I love a bomb! ,😂
Never liked Randolph Scott as the tough guy, too camp to pull it off.
Randoplh Scott and Gary Cooper. I always confused the 2 because to me they looked almost like twins.
@@TheAes86 Yeah and they both did similar films. I believed Cooper in High Noon though, unlike Scott in most of his westerns.
@@shugaroony Mr. Scott was "roommates" with Archibald Leach for quite a few years.
Congratulations young lady. I love watching these reactions from young people, I'm over 60 and when you get the jokes without getting offended, people my age appreciate you. Thos movie will always be a classic.
It sincerely makes me sad that I didn't know how awesome Gene Wilder was until after he was gone.
Hey, as long as we remember, that's the important thing. We can always go back and enjoy the good times with him whenever we want.
Luckily his work will live forever.
Hats off entertainment has a wonderful video on Gene Wilder. He was a really wonderful person offscreen as well as on, according to all accounts.
That's how I feel about Buster Keaton
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 - October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising (1972-1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film Blazing Saddles.
In the 1980s, Little continued to appear in stage productions, films, and in guest spots on television series. In 1989, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his appearance on the NBC sitcom Dear John. He later starred on the Fox sitcom True Colors (1991-1992).
Mel Brookes is a genius. One of the few who have won an Emmy, a Tony, a Grammy, and an Oscar.
Great reactions. I heard that Mel Brooks had asked the great John Wayne to read the script, and to be in it. John told him "I can't do a film like this, but if you make it - I'll be the SOB in line to see it." And John kept his word
"Hey, where the white women at?"😊
Never mind that shit, HERE COMES MONGO!
I still use that line whenever I show up to a party.
Black men still use that line to this day
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one of my favorite lines in the movie
As I get older this has moved up my list higher and higher. Definitely my favorite movie now.
Next Mel Brooks movie should be The Producers, the original version with Wilder and Mostel.
Also, To Be, or Not To Be, done with Anne Bancroft, his wife. A not too widely seen, or reviewed movie on YT.
Both of these recommendations are Aces.
I love that movie. It's in my top 3 of all time.
@@timhonigs6859 "You haven't heard of him? He's world famous in Poland."
The Producers was Brooks first movie. To Be Or Not To Be is a remake but is wonderful because it has Mel and Anne starring together.
Finally! You are the first reaction channel to bring up that they all had the same last name. Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻
Breaking the fourth wall, they broke the whole building.
For the record: The language used in the movie was NOT considered "acceptable" at the time of filming the movie. At least not "acceptable" for the AMOUNT of times it was used. As such, in order to push the satire even further, they basically shoved the language issue into your face so that it became such a vital point OF THE SATIRE ITSELF that nobody could deny just how satirical the whole concept of using the language in the real world.
This is one of the most anti-racist movies ever made. No need for disclaimers or apologizing for 1970s social norms.
... yep. i agree. that was pretty silly. this movie had racism in it. racism against blacks and whites. almost every white person in this movie was a blubbering a-hole. but it wasn't racist in the slightest.
my biggest complaint about these "movie reaction" videos is that the "hosts" don't understand the cultural references most the time. i mean she didn't even know who randolph scott was. they really need to include someone who has some prior knowledge of the movie. i'm not sure why, but i do find them entertaining though.
it wasn't a 1970s social norm. hello? the film is set after the civil war, around EIGHTEEN seventy. It was an 1870s social norm, not a 1970s one.
@@highstimulation2497 Ah, so you consider Blazing Saddles to be an accurate period piece movie? The HUMOR is very 1970s, or at least, Mel Brook's 1970s.
@@cjmacq-vg8um shes just covering her butt.. unfortunately, they'll come after her life if she doesn't at least curtsy to appease those weirdos .. props to her for even uploading a reaction to this film, most wouldn't even have the balls.. ;-)
@@StayFractalesque ... there's dozens of "blazing saddles" reaction videos. and all the one's i've seen say they were told by their viewers that this movie is racist. ITS NOT! its just another example of youtube idiots not knowing what their talking and spreading falsehoods.
all i'm doing is correcting those falsehoods. people with NO expertise on the subjects they're commenting on spread false information all over the internet, I'M SICK OF IT! i challenge the liars and expose the truth. its not the "uploaders" who're telling the lies. but they believe and repeat the lies of others.
the internet has become a den of thieves and frauds. i think we shouldn't just sit back and let all these frauds use the internet to spread they're misinformation. i mean, my god! these people are being elected to political office and making policy decisions based on these delusions and absurdities. what do you think q-anon is all about? its all about spreading lies, paranoia and hate for political purposes.
Madeline's role as Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein was Mel's way of apologizing for Blazing Saddles, because she had a beautiful singing voice, which didn't get a good showing in BS.
I love that you get the old movie references. Nobody your age gets "a laurel--and hardy handshake..."
I've had great drama teachers through the years!!
@@ShanelleRiccio I hope you've seen Ed Wood. If you love movies, you'll adore this one.
I’ve seen this movie a dozen times, I’m very familiar with Laurel and Hardy, and this is the first time I’ve ever gotten the joke. I feel like a doofus.
@@katecassidy9357 I got this one. But I've always been confused by the Randolph Scott thing. This was old Hollywood even in the 80s, when I first saw it.
One or two farts is low-brow humor. A hundred farts is genius.
Congratulations on being the first reactor I've seen get the Heddy Lamarr and Laurel & Hardy references. Still nobody notices that Mel Brook's Indian chief is speaking Yiddish. Two other Brooks films are just as funny and essential - The Producers (original) and Young Frankenstein.
hahahha oh man I knew the language sounded weird! I think it's a matter of not wanting to look stupid by calling something out that I have no clue about lol! !I'm sure I missed 100 jokes
That's one of the small bits of brilliance I love. It's a nod to how in old time westerns they often had Jewish actors playing Native Americans.
@@ShanelleRiccio I've seen this film many times over about thirty years. and I only just realised watching your reaction video that Madeline Kahn's greeting to Cleavon Little ("willkommen bienvenue welcome") is a reference to Joel Gray's sinister salutation in 'Cabaret'... so, you know, I don't think anybody can get all this stuff first time..!
Brooks also appears in the line of the bad guys dressed as a movie director.
The Governor was named after a French stage actor in the 1800’s who could make music with his farts and reportedly blow out a candle from a few feet away...LOL!!!!
"You know, morons" was ad-libbed by Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little laughing was genuine.
23:48 'How many days you got left, Joey?'
"They lose me right after the bunker scene"
xD !
One reference you might have missed is Madeline Kahn was doing a Marlene Dietrch impersonation the whole time. She's in a western with Jimmy Stewart called "Destry Rides Again" where she's a saloon singer, and that quick shot of her singing to the German soldiers is another reference. (To be clear, she was German but strongly anti-Hitler, and came to the US to escape.)
Madeline Kahn is the secret weapon of comedy. She makes everything she's in better.
Like Gilda Radner, Madeline Kahn died way too young of Ovarian Cancer.
Except "Won Ton Ton, The Dog That Saved Hollywood."
What’s Up, Doc? is one of my favorites with her.
Madeline Kahn is also great in Peter Bogdanovich’s PAPER MOON, WHAT’S UP DOC?, and the underrated AT LONG LAST LOVE.
One of Brooks’ favourite actors. She was in Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety.
you have so many goosebumps because this is just about as perfect of a movie as you could make, the social commentary is still relevant today, and mel brooks is truly a genius of satire, you gotta watch the movie many times, and you'll pick up on so much
At the end of each day of shooting, when all of the actors and crew went back to the hotel, Slim Pickens would stay out in the desert with his camper and enjoy the desert sunsets. Mel Brooks once asked him, since he had been in so many westerns, if he had any advice for him. Slim said "Sit down every chance you get."
Lili Von Shtupp: Would you like another schnitzengruben?
Sheriff Bart: No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.
Lili Von Shtupp: Well, then how about a little...
[whispers in his ear]
Sheriff Bart: Baby, please! I am not from Havana.
Sheriff Bart: Auf Wiedersehen, baby.
"Mungo only pawn in game of life..." sidenote: FINALLY a reactor notices the "Laurel and Hardy handshake..."
What I love most about this movie is that after all these years, it still holds up. It's just as funny and hilarious as it was all those years ago. This is one of my most favorite Mel Brooks films. Fun fact, this is also the first major motion picture to have fart jokes in it. My favorite part was when Bart said "Hey where da white women at?". If you're still looking for more Mel Brooks films to watch, you gotta check out Spaceballs.
The farting scene was in response to how cowboy movies always have bean eating and yet no one breaks wind.
Was the first time a fart was ever shown on screen IIRC.
Slim Pickens most quoted line from this movie? "I think you've had enough beans."
I am shocked you edited the most re-used line in film history. Badges, we don't need no stinking badges. It's iconic, re-used in countless movies, identical, varied, comic relief, and straight up homage.
My favorite is from "U.H.F" "Badgers... badgers... we don't need no stinkin' badgers.."
a lot of people think that line originated with Blazing Saddles
My personal favorite is John Belushi in Going South staring Nicholson, and Brando.
No sir don't, hombre. We didn't mean to show you any harm. Why don't you try to be a little more polite?
The line is itself a reference to _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre._ th-cam.com/video/5hTtXfThAss/w-d-xo.html
Worked on the musical "Anything Goes" which included "I Get a Kick Out of You." Played on Broadway and was also made into a movie. Cole Porter songs. The plot where a reformed gunfighter or drunk helping the hero has been used in many westerns. Madeline's singing is incredible considering she was a trained opera singer.
Further trivia: Before the premier, Brooks had a special preview showing for the California NAACP and Urban League. The reaction to "I Get No Kick From Champaign" was the biggest laugh he had ever heard.
Champagne*
@@killinglonliness88 Thanx
@@JohnWhitehead-f6z No problem. ☺️
Lol
I adore how we stop for 10 minutes to apologise for it being 'of its time' only to realise by the end that actually the satire is so on point no apology was necessary. Lovely.
Frankie Laine was a huge country singer. Mel Brooks didn't tell him that the movie was a comedy, so Frankie thought it was a serious western and went all out.
'laine' is 'wave' in Finnish. :)
But Frankie Laine had nothing to do with Finland.
Huh. I've never heard a country song by Frankie Laine (but I've only heard a few of his songs). I've always thought of him as the first superstar lounge singer.
@@Tuning_Spork He did a lot of themes for westerns. His notable ones include the original 3:10 To Yuma and Gunfight AtThe OK Corral. Stylistically, he was all over the place, and rarfely failed to nail what he was doing.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Aah! I edited my post to remove the sentence "He was his own genre", because I didn't think I was familiar enough with his work to make that pronouncement. What I know is "Rock of Gibraltar", "Jezebel" and "Swamp Girl". "Jezebel" is slightly western, ;perhaps. but, by no means, not "country".
Frankie Laine, IMHO. has the single best version of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" ever released. If you haven't heard it, I recommend a little detour over to it. Your welcome in advance.
Knowing how much you love when the forth wall gets broken, I spent this entire reaction in anticipation of your reaction to the ending fight scene! I wasn't disappointed!
Not only was Hedy Lamarr a big actress, she co-developed frequency hopping spread spectrum communications, the basis for wireless technologies. A very brilliant woman!
Yes, I saw a very good biography/ documentary about her. Very interesting. She was VERY impressive.
Yep she had advanced degrees in mathematics.
And the throwaway nods to other productions they threw in... At around 16:23, Lilly's 'Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome...' to beckon Hedley into the parlor is the first line of a song from Cabaret.
Heddy Lamar was a famous actress that was also a brilliant mathematician. She invented packet switching technology (based on the 88 keys on a piano) that was used for encryption on torpedoes in WWII. Packet switching is used today in phone communication.
Yes. She was also arguably the most beautiful woman in Hollywood.
From what I understand, she threatened to sue anyone who used her name in any movie, thus the Hedley joke was born
She also mentored Robert Oppenheimer and invented the nuclear fusion and discovered that an H-bomb releases neutrons much faster than a fission reaction, and these neutrons then bombard the remaining fissile fuel, causing it to undergo fission much more rapidly. This discovery was used to create the first Hydrogen bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima during WWII. Brilliant lady and master physicist.
To say this film COULD NOT be made today is an understatement. This was Mel Brooks at his finest
Mel Brooks said, "We couldn't make it THEN! ...but we did it anyways!"
The actor who plays Mongo was a NFL football star. He would later play the Dad on 1980's sitcom Webster
Alex Karras
Alex Karras was great in Victor/Victoria. Hey, Shanelle would love it - it's a musical !
He milked his opportunities like few did.
I thought "Webster" would've been a better show if Alex Karras had played Webster.
I never realized that!
I really love that you know what you're talking about. So many other reviewers are clueless and miss so many jokes. You did great!
During the part where you first see Bart ride towards Rock Ridge as the new sheriff, you see him greet legendary big band leader Count Basie with his orchestra. During that scene, you hear him play a portion of "April in Paris", which was one of his best known pieces.
Yes! Thank you for bringing up the Count! I was hoping she would know who he was, since she had caught other references which were way before her time..
A national treasure. See the Count at the piano with his orchestra from 1965 doing the complete April in Paris: th-cam.com/video/enijgnO_UA8/w-d-xo.html
When I was a kid I lived just down the street where they filmed the street scene outside the studio. I watched them all day and as I was a cute little boy on a bicycle they even gave me a free box lunch. Pretty cool huh?
Mel Brooks plays 3 characters. The governor, Indian chief and was in the recruitment line wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses.
He was also one of the townspeople when the town was getting attacked.
@@Orlor Wow, i didn't know that. I'll have to see if i can spot him. Thanks.
And the Hitler actor
@@phil8821 - Think you might be confused with his picture "To Be or Not To Be" where he did play a actor playing Hitler.
The actor in the commissary who was playing Hitler ("They lose me after the bunker scene") was Ralph Manza.
I always love the frontier gibberish:
"no sidewinder, bushwhacking, hornswoggling...
...cracker croaker, is going to ruin my biscuit-cutter!"
One of the first R-Rated movies I watched with my Dad; got me hooked on Mel Brooks at the ripe old age of 11. Still one of the best satires ever made. I still quote it constantly! "Someone's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!"
My whole family uses the term "the common clay" to refer to dumb people in a general, sociological kinda sense.
This is actually the first movie to have audible flatulence. They had to edit it out for TV and airplane viewing.
I think at the time, that scene was the most controversial part of the film.
Congratulations, you're the only TH-camr that caught the Johnson joke
How about "the orange roof on Howard Johnson's outhouse"? There was a famous restaurant chain Howard Johnson's in the 60s-70s, recognizable by its orange roof.
@@russb24 I was born in the 80s on the west coast, there is no way I would have caught that
@@russb24 There is actually one still around, though reviews are not kind to it.
And that he had only had one flavor instead of 28, which was their slogan for years.
"A laurel and hearty handshake." How did I not get that joke until now. Thank you!
4:40--The cowboy with the red shirt and black vest went on to play a number of western roles, including the gun salesman from BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 3
Omg, that’s right. How did I miss that fact the 100 times I saw BTTF3?
@@FallenHellscape Its alright, I knew him most from Rodeo Ford commercials.
This was his first movie. He was a fireman and he was gonna say no because of the language, but I think his fire chief talked him into it.
The band @ 10:32 was rhe Count Basie Orchestra.
Also, the script was written by Richard Pryor and he was supposed to star in the lead role opposite Gene Wilder. However, at this time he was deep into drugs and wasn't reliable enough for Mel Brookes to play the role.
Uh oh. You're gonna love this. One of my all time faves of all time.
Edit: Also, Madeline Kahn based her performance and speaking voice off of Marlene Deitrich from the 1920s and 30s. Such a brilliant performance.
Lmao we literally said Uhoh within seconds of each other
And her saying "Willkommen Bienvenue Welcome" when Bart knocks on the door is a reference to _Cabaret_ (made in 1972, two years before _Blazing Saddles_ .)
Specifically Marlene Dietrich in Destroy Rides Again.
You mean "Marwena Deitwich".
@@johnfraley8544 'Destry Rides Again', I looked it up for my comment, hah!
Love your trivia section at the end of your reactions... I always find out stuff that makes me go 'ooh, I did NOT know that!'
Young Frankenstein is certainly a movie you'd love too. It's both a great homage to the classic Frankenstein movies and a good parody. The 'walk this way.' gag that's often been repeated comes from here.
I totally agree that Young Frankenstein is great; Mel Brooks' best-ever film, IMHO.
But just to clarify a minor point: The "walk this way" joke was already old by the time it appeared in this film; it didn't "come from" this film. I've heard- and this may be fake trivia, so take it with a grain of salt- Marty Feldman did it as sort of a gag, like, an in-joke to amuse the filming bunch, assuming it would never actually be used, because it was such as old, over-used joke. But Brooks actually liked it, so he kept it in.
I don't know if that anecdote is true or not. But the joke is older than dirt; I know that for a fact. At least as far back as early vaudeville; probably older than that.
At the end before they rode off, Gene Wilder was holding movie theatre popcorn: classic touch.
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder would work together eventually. Stir Crazy is a personal favourite.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, come on!
They did a couple of movies together.
@@TDoughter23 Though ironically in that film they both see and hear Kevin Spacey.
@@TDoughter23 Silver Streak! Please! lol
@@Pixelologist Silver Streak seconded.
One of the great things about Mel Brooks movies is that when you watch several of them in a row, you see all the callbacks to previous movies, like "walk this way," Harvey Korman chipping a tooth, the camera breaking a window, "it's good to be the king," Hitler making a cameo, or just straight up saying the names of his other movies.
Mel brooks films are so unique
Came here today to say at almost 45yo, i was today years old for the laurel & hardy joke. Seen em, flew over my head for sooo long! You are a gem shanelle!
Madeline Kahn was also nominated for an academy award for her role in this movie
I'm from the 20th century and saw this movie in the theater when it was released. So I really enjoy watching young people react to it YOU are the ONLY one who got the Laurel and Hardy joke! Thanks for that!! You are brilliant!😊
Young Frankenstein is a good follow up after Blazing Saddles, with some of the cast from Blazing Saddles, Gene Wilder and Madeline Khan.
Silent Movie might be a good follow up and is famous for being a silent movie and having world class mime Marcel Marceau deliver the only spoken dialogue.
When Mongo rides into town, a man yells "Mongo! Santamaria!" and crosses himself.
The joke is that Mongo Santamaria was a Cuban jazz percussionist in the 40s and 50s.
You didn't show some of the best lines. "Excuse me while I whip this out." "Ahhhhhhhhh!" "Little bastard shot me in the ass." and "Mongo only pawn in game of life."
"Let's play chess"
When the sign rolls up...
Yeah, you're skipping all the good parts. It's like you skip past the joke and only react to the punch line.
Okay, that was easily the best Blazing Saddles reaction I've seen. You caught way more references than anyone could expect, and your film studies background serves you well. Absolutely do The Producers, but don't wait too long to do Young Frankenstein!
Slim Pickens is crucial to the amazing film, "Doctor Strangelove".
Agreed. I was thinking about that during Slim's scenes. Conventional wisdom says that Kubrick told Slim that the film was a drama, and had him play the likes straight. Still he's hilarious. "We're going toe to toe with the Ruskies in nuclear combat!"
@@MordicusEgg he was awesome but the part where the american soldier before he shot the coke machine, if you cant get him on the line... you'll have to answer to the coke company.
In my opinion Slim was even better as Hollis Wood in the movie 1941
Randolph Scott scene is probably my favorite scene in the film. That and the gibberish and the “but we don’t want the Irish!” Line lol
At least when people spoke their minds we knew who the a-holes were.
Honesty is the best policy for many reasons.
Entertainers like Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor didn't use the n-word to insult or demean black people. They used it to insult and demean the ignorant people who used it.
How can you ridicule bigotry if you can't show bigotry? And ridicule is the best weapon ever invented.
Now the a-holes are the ones that falsely accuse everyone of bigotry and try to stifle free speech.
They didn't divide by political parties. They went straight for individuals, groups, institutions, and dumb ideas in general. They understood that this was what everyone knew was worth making fun of. It's to bad that's so hard to understand now. But, then that's not surprising when you watch a lot of supposed comedies and comedians today.
Hedy Lamarr is a terrific biography, if you choose to view, she and her piano playing partner were responsible for and hold patient's for the invention of what we now know as Bluetooth, very enlightening ride.
It didn't fly back then either. That was the point.
'This doesn't fly now.' The hell it doesn't, funny is funny.
The crazy thing about this movie is that Mel Brooks is the only one alive who starred in this movie
21:01 "And now for my next impression, Jessie Owns" *****Proceeds to run....******
Everyone misses this joke. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.
"A Laurel and Hardy handshake." Finally! Someone who gets that reference! So if you didn't pick up on every reference, you got one most people miss completely.
I love that this a kind of "self-aware" movie as a tool for comedic effect.
4:37 A bit of history regarding Bart saying, “My grandmother was Dutch”. That's a reverse play on the "One drop rule" where a social and legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th century United States that asserted any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ('one drop' of 'black blood') is considered black. Bart was implying that since he had "one drop" of Caucasian blood that he wasn't really black. A subtle yet brilliant joke.
One of the best comedies ever. The scene where he threatens himself may be the funniest scene ever put to screen. Cleavon Little's delivery is just perfect.
My favorite joke in the entire movie happens with the hangman. He has a noose around a cowboy's neck and a horse's neck. Very few people seem to get it.
"And the horse you rode in on . . ."
What blew my mind, back when I first heard about it, is that Hedy Lamar co-invented Bluetooth technology back during the beginning of WWII.
😂 Am I missing a joke here? She co invented a radio technology to allow torpedo guidance.
No she didn’t
LOL Hedy Lamar coinvented a radio channel hopping technology that allowed for torpedo guidance. The tech is used in Bluetooth but what you’re saying is like: Henry Ford coinvented Tesla automotive.
@@Psilocybin77 While I was being somewhat facetious (and typoed her name), Hedy Lamarr did patent the frequency-hopping technology that became a forerunner of Bluetooth, GPS, and secure wi-fi.
Sadly, not many people know her name, and those who only know her as an actress, rather than an inventor.
I've watched hundreds of these reactions to Blazing Saddles by young people (I first saw it at the cinema in 1974.) Shanelle Riccio is the first reviewing to get the Laurel & Hardy reference and also the hilarity of the Howard Johnson's ice cream reference.
Randolph Scott was the quintessential good guy in most Westerns he was in. The only one I can think of him as the antagonist was in The Spoilers, where he was up against the number one Western hero, John Wayne. Watch Randolph Scott and another good guy in Westerns, Joel McCrea in Sam Peckinpah's Ride The High Country.
Funnily, Brooks offered the Waco Kid role to John Wayne, who said he'd be first in line to buy a ticket but didn't think it would be a good choice for his image. He laughed when he read the script, especially when the Mayor told the town councilman to "blow it out your ass."
And he was in something like 100 westerns in his career - check his iMDB.
Do you think we will ever see a reaction to a Peckinpah film?
You didn't find out about Randolph Scott, the lanky, beanpole, square jawed actor who was Gary Cooper before Gary Cooper was! That's why the townspeople respected him - he's the ultimate cowboy.
One of her shorter roles but my favorite Madeline Kahn character ever
Tons of great films by Brooks, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, The Producers, Space Balls, History of the World. All worth a watch
And Silent Movie, one of my favourites
About that theme song.. Mel Brooks said once that he never told the singer that the move was a comedy satire of westerns. Just that it was for a serious western, so the guy sang it thinking it was for some epic, dead serious western.
Also he said that when he screened it for the movie studio executives they DEMANDED that he take out a LOT, the fart scene, the "Oh it's true, it's true" line and basically all the funny stuff cause they thought it was too risky. So Mel said "sure, done I will remove it"... and ignored them. They never checked to see if he actually pulled the scenes, and then the movie was out and audiences LOVED it... Mel is a legend.
Gene Wilder's character is a homage to Dean Martins in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchums in El Dorado
Good catch.
Actor playing Sherriff is Cleavon Little, and he loved the role. He was a great comedian at the time, he got the role when Mel Brooks (Gov) was told by the studio that Richard Prior his first choice could not be used.
You would also enjoy "Sherlock Holmes smarter brother" with Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom Delouise. Its a cross between" Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles". Lots of fun.
Or another Gene Wilder western, " _The Frisco Kid_ , with Harrison Ford (1979).
"Why don't we all have some very sexy wine"