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This movie didn't break the 4th wall. It declared a war on the 4th wall, and won!
Most important thing to know about this movie. It's not racist. It's making fun of the racists.
I am not surprised that this comment is not in the top. It's sad, really.
Well, that's pretty obvious. I've never heard anyone claim otherwise.
I'm shocked it isn't at the top if only because this is every hot couch guy's idea of brilliant sublime race discourse and can't wait to show off what they know
@@jackgilchristAre you kidding? Even the white actors on set were apologizing to the black actors between shots.
Omg what a revelation!
Madeline Khan is one of the greatest comedic actresses of all time, It's twoooo, It's twoooo.
oooooooooooooooooooooo sweet mystery of life at last i found you....
"Oh Bob, do I have any openings this man might fill?".
“Always coming and going and going and coming…
…and always too soon!”
They didn't let them put in one extra line. "Baby, why are you sucking on my arm?" LOL
She even got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for this too! Lost to Ingrid Bergman for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (this was Ingrid's 3rd win and her first in Supporting).
The scene with Mel Brooks playing the Indian Chief is even funnier when you realize he's speaking Yiddish.
There was a serious theory at one point that the American Indians were the 'lost' tribes of Israel - and thus Mel speaking Yiddish.
The ending is quintuple meta. They step out of their movie, into another movie, they watch their movie, step back into their movie, with popcorn from watching their movie.
HAHA!! I've watched this movie dozens of times...and this was the first time I noticed they had the popcorn
....and they drive off into the sunset.
Only Mel could make that insane ending work. Not only lampooning the idiocy of racism but going another step and lampooning Hollywood itself attempting to deal with racism.
That's a plethora of meta.
@@SavageDawgJoshua I would just like to know if you know what a plethora is.
The man playing piano in the middle of the desert, as Bart is first shown in his sheriff uniform, is none other than legendary jazz orchestra leader Count Basie
It always breaks my heart when people don't know this.
Who?
And Mongo was played by former NFL legend Alex Karras.
I saw Count Basie live the following year in Frederick, Maryland.
I thought so, but its not credited on IMDB.
Gene's 'You know, morons' line was improvised and Cleavon's reaction was a genuine laugh. Mel loved it so kept the take. It's twue !
"you know ...... _MORONS!"_
You do get that feeling from watching it 😂
With Gene’s friendly, comforting way of delivering the line, it’s really no wonder Cleavon cracked up a bit.
Gene was a ridiculously hilarious man. And the utter disinterested way he played the straight man in this makes it even funnier. I love that they left the genuine reaction in.
"The horses in this movie deserve better!"
Wait until Mongo gets into town.
You beat me to it
@@ploppy9943 Yeah, I clicked on this when it said "53 minutes ago"
The "Bean Scene" was the first time passing gas had ever been shown on any type of screen, movie or TV. Mel Brooks decided if he was going to break that barrier he might as well break it thoroughly.
So he was the man brave enough to break the wind barrier!
I'll see myself out!
He also dragged people walking by into the Foley studio to make fart noises, although most of them were Brooks himself. Also, the reason it is so loud is that they discovered at the previews that they had to mix them louder after the first one to be heard over the audience's laughter.
Saw this in high school, 80s. That scene had me in stitches, I think I missed the next few minutes of the movie at the time.
When I saw this on a local TV station the sound for that scene was muted...
1971's _Cold Turkey_ had a fart joke before this film.
We can thank WW2 for Mel Brooks humor. He was part of a combat engineer unit assigned to locating and disposing land mines. He was in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge. He was also present when some of the camps were liberated. He was so distressed by the hatred he saw that he decided to fight hatred with comedy. Thank you Mel Brooks.😅😂❤❤
"When it became obvious what a dumb and cruel and spiritually and financially and militarily ruinous mistake our war in Vietnam was, every artist worth a damn in this country, every serious writer, painter, stand-up comedian, musician, actor and actress, you name it, came out against the thing. We formed what might be described as a laser beam of protest, with everybody aimed in the same direction, focused and intense. This weapon proved to have the power of a banana-cream pie three feet in diameter when dropped from a stepladder five-feet high."
- Kurt Vonnegut, "In These Times," January 27, 2003
@@josephwallace202weren't you just flaming me for posting a quote? (it was actually a song)
@@SwiftJustice "flaming" Jesus christ you fossil lmao
And no, I was pointing out you have no wit of your own. You have never gotten a single like. The screenwriters of all your favorite movies have, but never you.
@@SwiftJustice "flaming" holy shit what a fossil lmao
And no, I was pointing out you have no wit of your own. You have never gotten a single like. The screenwriters of all your favorite movies have, but never you.
@@SwiftJustice "flaming" holy shit what a fossil lmao
And no, I was pointing out you have no ideas of your own. You have never earned a single like on a post. The screenwriters of all your favorite movies have, but never you.
Now please watch the best Mel Brooks movie, "Young Frankenstein". Lilly and the Waco kid return playing even funnier, better characters.
Blücher!
I wholeheartedly endorse this comment.
The Waco Kid is also in the first Brooks movie, which I'd put right up there with Young Frankenstein. It's called The Producers.
Yes, please!
@@flarrfan A very young Gene Wilder...
"...and METHODISTS!!"
"Could you repeat that?"
I feel Hedy's pain every time.
"That's Hedley!"
"Oh what are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue her. HAHAHAHA"
I thought the line was “you’ll be able to sue her.”
@@joeb918 I thought I typed sue. Thanks for pointing that out
@@joeb918The real Hedy Lamarr was not happy about jokes using her name, and threatened to sue. They settled out of court.
The SOLE Fact I am fully Lakota by birth and was adopted and raised Jewish makes this film SO Much funnier to me, KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK MY DEAR, CHEERS! :D
RIP Alex Karras, Charles McGregor, Carol Arthur, Cleavon Little, Count Basie, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, George Furth, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Jack Starrett,
John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, Madeline Kahn, and Slim Pickens.
About the only person still alive is Mel himself!
@@PogueMahone1 Burton Gilliam, "Lyle", is still alive. His story is pretty cool.
The loud speaking townslady portrayed by Carol Authur was the real-life wife of Dom DeLuise the loud speaking musical director.
My dad told me that he and my mom watched this in the theater. He said there was a black man sitting in the row in front of them laughing his ass off the whole time, wasn't offended at all.
Why would he be, the hero was a black guy.
Richard Pryor helped Mel Brooks write the script. He insisted on them using the N word for authenticity. Mel wasn't comfortable with it but he took Richard's word that it would be funny.
I have yet to see any black reactor having any thing but praise for this or Tropic Thunder. They get what it's doing and why.
I have seen a number of reactions from black streamers - and their mom's. Most were shocked, at first. Every single one loved it. They got the point. Thanks, Mel.
"Yeah, but I shoot with this hand..." Is a joke I use all the time... I live in Texas.
Ironic considering Cleavon Little DOES shoot left-handed in this movie.
Mongo was played by Alex Karras who was a hall of fame defensive lineman and one of the most feared players of his era. So great casting there. He also played a way different character in the 80’s sitcom com Webster. Where he plays Webster’s mild mannered adoptive dad.
Played for the Detroit Lions
There is a story that he didn't go through the regular casting call for that part. he found Mel Brooks in the movie studio cafeteria one day and went up to him and said "I want to play mongo" and then smashed a chair. he obviously got the part
You should also see 'Victor/Victoria' for more work of Alex Karras.
Also a former Pro wrestler
@@monorail4252started with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
He also played in an episode of Mash
"He said: The sheriff is near!"
This is what you say when someone is talking to/yelling at your group form across the parking lot, and you can't tell what they're saying.
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@@MightyJustice your friend needs your support
1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief, the round-up thug with the aviator hat.
2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground.
3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Khan also had a great role in it.
4. Imagine how much fun this was to make.
5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real.
6. "Look, it's comin' off".🤣
7. Gig Young was supposed to play Jim but showed up the first day drunk so he was let go.
Wilder agreed to do this movie for Mel Brooks only if Mel would direct Young Frankenstein for him.
8. Richard Pryor was supposed to play Bart but he was going through his addictions at the time and they thought it wouldn't be a good idea. However, he did some of the writing.
9. Finally, Mel Brooks is the oldest member of "Blazing Saddles" still living.
Seen this a million times and I still think that welcome sheriff sign being pulled back up is the funniest thing still. I was a kid in the 70's and I think people watching this movie today, should remember when this movie was made, the ERA it was made I mean.
Pretty surprised that she actually got what this movie was all about and from the very beginning. Can't tell you how many people I have seen react to this and watched their jaw drop open until they actually get it. Nice job!!!
From what I've seen most of them get it within a couple of minutes. If you are not familiar with Mel Brooks you don't know what to expect at first and it takes a minute to get your bearings.
"Mongo only pawn in game of life." LOL, that gets me every time.
"Mongo STRAIGHT!"
I played a Western RPG and modeled my character after Mongo. it was so fun!
@@brauliobNooice!
"Mongo ain't a who, he's more of a what."Don't shoot him. You'll only make him angry."
@@brauliobI think my next Fallout New Vegas play through will be a Mongo player through 😂
Robert Ridgely played the hangman in BOTH Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
He was the flasher in High Anxiety. He also Voiced Tarzan and Flash Gordon in the Filmation cartoons.
As someone who used to work for WB, I get a little thrill in my spine every time I see the scene at the west gate when everybody piles out of the studio. It's a really nerdy and special thing to see.
Madeline Khan is an icon
I am not a bimbo!!!
You might even say she's an iKhan.
07:03: "Why am I asking you?" "I don't know. I'm not helping you with this."
Ah. We love you, Addie.
22:34: Yeah, there was a time the Irish immigrants were REALLY hated in America. There's a tragically long succession of us finding new "thems" to blame for everything.
It's common for people to say that "You couldn't make a movie like Blazing Saddles today." Mel Brooks is known to retort "Today? We couldn't make it back then!" But he went ahead and did it anyway.
I personally feel "Dracula: Dead And Loving It" is a highly underrated film of his (also, sadly, his last film, he pretty much retired after).
Yeah, back then they had to deal with censors, but people in general were much less sensitive then than they are today. The audiences loved Blazing Saddles and no one was trying to cancel Mel Brooks.
The really hilarious part of that bit is that David Huddleson's mother, Ismay Dooley, was a Irish-American, making David half Irish.
The movie was co-written by Richard Pryor. A lot of references have been lost over the years, many of today's audiences will not know Howard Johnson, Actress/inventor Hedy Lamar (not Headly), Laurel and Hardy and Randolph Scott.. Mel Brooks played the Governor and the Sioux Chief. Madeline Khan was doing Marlene Dietrich's character from the famous Western "Destry Rides Again".
I actually wonder how many people get the Jesse Owen's reference as well.
As well as Cole Porter, Count Basie, and Mongo Santamaría.
This movie is in the vaults right? 500 years after the apocalypse, anthropology need to remember this humor.
Another great duo film with Gene Wilderis "Silver Streak" with Richard Pryor. Side note, Richard Pryor helped write "Blazing Saddles"
totally agree although i think Stir Crazy better.
She should watch the original version of "The Producers".
I do love the original "The Producers" movie, but a part of me prefers the musical adaptation in 2001, later made into its own film in 2005. The changes to the ending in the musical alone makes it at least worth a watch.
@@theassortedhobbyistabsolutely. Uma Thurman….wow
Yes. Nothing equals Zero.
Absolutely!! The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Then maybe the second Producers musical. Pretty sure Addie will love each of those!
Many years ago I read an interview with Mel Brooks, and apparently he and Zero Mostel did not get along. Brooks said that Mostel was an extremely talented performer, but was very difficult on set. Brooks said something like, if some day he ever meets someone as talented as Mostel but actually nice to be around, he would "die in his arms."
8:19
The biggest star of all the cast.
The one and only Count Basie and his band
Mel Brooks is a comic genius. Young Frankenstein has to be on the must watch list.
You should have been around when this came out in the theaters. There literally were people rolling in the aisles with laughter and you almost had to see it twice to catch the jokes you missed the first time.
24:58 the Hitler repeatedly saluting on a table in the background always kills me
"You dropped your beads." *gets front of queue* "Student." "Are you kidding?"
Harvey Korman steal this show.
the "wide World of Sports' was a TV show on ABC 70s-90s- Saturday afternoon sports.
"Dazzling urbanite" is wonderful.
"The horses deserve better in this movie!!"
They're stunt horses, they're just doing their job.
It is also making fun of the old westerns that were horrible to horses. I believe in one of them dozens of horses died doing stunts. It was horrible.
The stunts were pretty ruthless in older movies. Is they wanted scenes of horses falling they would just use a trip wire and trip the horses running at full tilt.
Later they began training horses to fall, which is where they pull the reins full to one side so the horse kind of rolls onto its side.
Horse feet are very vulnerable to injury due to certain characteristics being bred into them by humans over hundreds of years.
@@Rodshark75 mostly those directed by Sam Peckenpaw in one scene he sent a wagon and four horses off a cliff
Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes.
A quote I use frequently, even if it makes little sense.
I occasionally break out "What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?". Occasionally someone gets the reference.
For me it's Harumph, harumph!
@@strawpiglet I didn't get a harumph outta that guy...
@@mikelundquist4596 Harumph!!
Now you need to watch Young Frankenstein.
Besides Young Frankenstein I would recommend the original version of The Producers, which Mel Brooks won an Oscar for Screenplay. He took that same story and in the early 2000s turned it in to a Broadway musical and then movie. The musical itself won a lot of Tony Awards.
Zero Mostel is great as a slimy con artist.
A classic. No better or funnier way to call out the stupidity of racists. Mell Brooks and Gene Wilder were a great team, Young Frankenstein and The Pruducers are both a must watck.
Need to add that Richard Pryor worked with Mel Brooks in writing Blazing Saddles. Important contribution to this movie.
Democrats are The Real Racists!
The horses in this movie were all trained stunt horses and they belonged to Slim Pickens who played Taggart.
He was actually a famous wild west actor at that time.
Mel Brooks also produced the true story " The Elephant Man " but changed his name on the credits. He thought if viewers saw his name in the credits it would be a comedy.
same thing goes for the 1980's remake of The Fly
The most fantastic touching movie, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Mel Brooks wife Ann Bancroft. Based on a true story.
A masterpiece of a movie.
Didn't know that. Nice trivia.
The credits do list "Brooksfilms" as the production company, though.
I'm not sure of how true it is. It makes his name John Merrick, but his real name was Joseph. I suspect that it's been heavily fictionalised, just like Amadeus.
Mel saw "Eraserhead" and realized David Lynch would give E.M. great mood.
My favorite line, for the acting, in this entire film, the quicksand, “I don’t know…but I hate it.” I use that line with the emphasis to respond to most questions lately.
I really enjoy watching people react to Blazing Saddles!
- The horses in the movie were actually very well-treated, despite the terrible time they had in the story. Slim Pickens (the guy Bart clobbered with a shovel at the end of the quicksand scene) was a professional rodeo performer as well as an actor. He owned many of the horses that performed in the film, and they were like his babies.
- Gene Wilder ad-libbed many of his lines in the film, most famously the "you know, morons!" line. Sheriff Bart's hysterical laughter in reaction to that line was the genuine response of his actor (Cleavon Little) who wasn't expecting the joke and was caught completely off guard!
- When the movie was made in 1974, the golden age of westerns had ended only a few years before. Many people considered them "sacred", a position Mel Brooks was directly attacking, hence the infamous "bean scene", which very nearly caused the studio to cancel the film's release.
- Mongo was played by Alex Kerras, who had been a professional football player prior to getting into acting. He also dabbled in pro wrestling. He was known for being a natural comedian, which led to his pursuing acting when his athletic days were over.
- Director Mel Brooks played two characters in the film: the sorry excuse for a governor and the Yiddish-speaking Sioux chief.
the reason for the "Jewish Indians" was because during the haydays of the western they often hired Jews to play Indians in the westerns
The campfire scene was the first audio fart in a movie and was edited out of the TV version for being to vulgar. Mel Brooks thought it silly that with all of the movies with cowboys eating beans that it was never addressed so he made sure it was part of that scene.
AND it was the one scene that got this movie an "R" rating, if I recall correctly.
I remember being very disappointed that the first time it was on tv that whole part was just silent. The N was fine but the farts had to go. 😂. At least we’ve advanced to the opposite now.
@@wyeri They dubbed horse whinneys instead of the farts.
Glad you realized the point of the movie👏👏👏, several reactors just don't find the jokes funny because they cringe at the very mention of the topic, while in the times of Mel Brooks, racist jokes were common but he found a way to make fun of the joke itself. He showed great genius in his comedy and it was a delight to watch it in the big screen.
one of my favorite parts is the back story of Bart in the wagon train and the entire Sioux nation catches them, the chief of the tribe (Mel Brooks) speaking with a Yiddish accent!
Recognize the executioner from 'Men In Tights?' The horse was an Accessory to the Crime. He was the getaway driver. Lily's 'wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome' greeting is from the musical 'Cabaret.' Mongo was portrayed by former NFL player Alex Karras. He later played the father in the 'Webster' TV series. Best 4th Wall break EVER.
Am I the only one who was astonished as a child to learn that quicksand isn't absolutely _everywhere?_
Nope, you're not. 🙂
If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, if you stepped into *any* wooded area, you were in constant danger of falling into quicksand. It was just a law of nature. Couldn't avoid it. Instant death unless there was a convenient low-hanging branch that was strong enough to hold your weight.
A cut scene with lily at 17:41 he was originally supposed to comment "You're sucking on my arm" before the scene change.
the line is "You are sucking on my elbow" but the studio said that was too far across the line so it was cut
Hear no evil, see no evil. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. These two guys made a number of movies together and they're all worth watching.
Richard Pryor was supposed to play Sheriff Bart... Glad he didnt, Cleavon Little NAILED it.
This movie had exactly one line cut at the insistence of the studio. After Lilly exclaims "Its true! Its true!" the line was supposed to be "Sorry to disappoint you, but your sucking on my arm." Mel ignored the rest of their cuts.
I watched "Blazing Saddles" again, recently. I remembered that line and was surprised when it didn't appear in the version I just watched. I thought maybe I was misremembering... but that "cut" line (or very close) was definitely in the European release, back in the day. One of the funniest lines in the movie.
@@tribaltalker1608 interesting. I didn’t think the full scene was ever released.
Is the “nigger”-word also cut out or is it only for youtube that it’s been deleted?
@@joshualandry3160 I'm wondering now if I'd read the cut line and inserted into my memory of the film script. I had a brain injury & sometimes misremember. And I'm old enough to have seen this when it first came out.
If you want more Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder, I'd highly recommend The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Both are excellent. YF may be more of an October jam, but Producers works anytime.
Mel Brooks is a comedy legend! This not A comedy Western, it is THE comedy Western.
Harvey Korman is so utterly hilarious in this movie! I really love his villainous turn as Hedy-sorry, that’s HEDLEY-Lamarr. I think my favorite scene of his is the bathtub with Froggy.
His 4th Wall breaks were epic!
He's also hilarious as Count The Money... I mean... De Monay
(Toll booth scene)
Addie: Is this actually gonna work?
This entire movie is basically a live action, old-school Warner Bros. Cartoon …… For adults.
Bigots, of course it worked.
The n___ work song at the start of the movie was a song by Cole Porter - the first black artist to have work on Broadway. So, it was a n___ work song just not what the boss wanted.
Eh? Cole Porter was black? He hid it well.
One of the most amazing movies ever made. The story about making it would blow your mind. Fantastic reaction!
considering this movie came out *50 YEARS AGO!* (1974) i saw it in the theater and Everyone in the audience was laughing their asses off!
the Victim mentality has made folks thin skinned and Soft. they can't even laugh at themselves any more this movie was AWESOME and Brooks maintained creative control by writing, directing and PRODUCING the picture. there is a great exposé about his movies in Mel Brooks autobiography *"All About Me!"* well worth the eyeball time and the audio book is done by Brooks himself. it's like sitting down with him as he recounts tails from his life. well worth listening to as well
They didn't break the fourth wall, they threw it out and stomped it into tiny little pieces.
The word she was searching for was "smashed".
And threw the pieces through the silver screen where they landed in the popcorn.
It took 18 years and a team of 3,872.7 writers to reinstall the 4th wall after this movie.
Fourth Wall? We don't need no stinking fourth wall!
I live near the Warner Bros. lot and every time I drive by that gate (or ride my bike, sometimes) I have to say "Drive me off this picture". Another "fun fact" that I haven't seen anyone else mention is that actor David Huddleston, the heavier set citizen of Rock Ridge, the one who said " ... but we don't want the Irish", also played the wheelchair bound millionaire Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski", of course, along with 146 other acting credits over his career. I also agree whole-heartedly that you should watch "Young Frankenstein" - which is definitely my favorite of Mel's movies - but you'll get more out of it if you can watch the original "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" films from 1931 & 1935, respectively, and both directed by James Whale. Both of those films are specifically the influence for "Young Frankenstein" and many of the jokes are direct spoofs of scenes in both films. Mel was even able to get some of the original sets used in the making of those films which really tied them together. Great reaction, as always, Maddie!
"which really tied them together", i see what you did there.
@@skapunker21 - Haha, OMG I literally did not do that on purpose and didn't even notice it until you mentioned it.
And it turns out that David Huddleston had Irish roots down both of his parents lines. That's the fun of this movie, everyone gets to participate in ridiculing those who have been racist against them, sometimes by portraying the racists in a weird but satisfying revenge.
When Madeleine Kahn showed up I realized that you've probably never seen "Young Frankenstein." It's done by largely the same team, and is among Gene Wilder's best roles.
Also, Mongo is played by Alex Karras, who had a very successful NFL career with the Detroit Lions.
The main protagonist in the opening scene who told the railroad workers "that it couldn't be more than 114° (with a laugh) was played by the actor Burton Gilliam. He had such an incredibly hard time using the n-word that he repeatedly apologized to Cleavon Little (the new sheriff of Rock Ridge) and Little had to repeatedly assure him that he was not offended and that this was just repeating words in a script.
Mel Brooks', "Young Frankenstein". ✌️❤️🌹
She's promised it for October.
So much fun watching this with you! You're the BEST!! Thank you!
Cleavon Little (the sheriff) was very funny, a great comedic actor who, unfortunately died young at 53 of cancer.
Saw this a few years ago in the middle of NYC in Bryant Park. First two or three times you heard that word, people got very quiet. After 15 seconds or so we all remembered what Mel Brooks intended with the absurdity and had a great time.
Gene Wilder is in : Young Frankenstien & Stir Crazy ...with Richard Pryor😂😂😂
4:49-That there horse helped his owner escape the scene a' his crimes..That's aiding and abetting!! 8:20, Yes, clap for the Count Baise Orchestra.. Kept us jazz fans entertained for 40 years. 17: Don't let Kahn's performance fool you..she was actually a very good jazz singer..probably had to concentrate quite a bit to sound that flat. Glad ya had fun with this and didn't mind the slurs too much..Props to the Horse Trainers in this movie and Harvey Korman as LaMarr..dude played parts like that for years in skits from CBS' Emmy-winning " Carol Burnett Show"
The Indian Chief is Mel Brooks: the same guy who plays the governor. When he is an Indian, he is speaking Yiddish.
Now you just need Spaceballs to close out the Mel Brooks trifecta.
"the wide world of sports" was a popular saturday tv show from the 60s and 70s that televised a variety of different sports from around the world. its title was often satorized by comedians. thanks for the video.
It ran into the 80s. I remember it
"The thrill of Victory.... and the agony of Defeat..."
@@flashgordon6238 ... yep, and to demonstrate that "agony of defeat" that same poor skier was shown crashing week after week.
And now, for my next suggestion: History of the World, Part 1
Clean up your room first
Don't mind Joe. You've got to remember he's just a simple farmer. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know...
@@ShwiftJustice I love how you're so overwhelmed with anger towards me that you'll literally defend a Jordan Peterson fanboy lmao
@@josephwallace202There there. It's okay. You're okay.
@@SwiftJustice you just can't resist any bait
I'd hate to say this but I'm very disappointed that you have not seen Young Frankenstein. That is absolutely a must watch.
I was 5 when I first watched this. To this day one of my favorite films of all time.
I was a happy kid running around the living room singing the theme song.
To this day I'm not sure how I was allowed to watch this, as a kid I really didn't understand it and for the most part thought it was funny.
I'm happy to see Addie react to this film. :)
This story takes place in about 1875, way before either world war and way before motorcycle gangs
I love how the motorcycle gang guys only have handle bars (since motorcycles weren’t invented yet)
The one joke that almost everybody misses is the name of the governor. The following is from Wikipedia.
Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ləˈpɛtəmeɪn/,[1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.
Another one is "Mongo! Santa Maria!"
Mongo Santamaria was a popular jazz percussionist in the sixties.
So he's a politician with sights set on the Presidency, who's name is a foreign fart joke, who also runs a casino?
This seems oddly prescient
I believe Richard Prier was a writer on this movie and Mel Brooks kept asking him if they could use that word or satire in the move and Richard said yes!
The Wide, Wide World of Sports was actually a Saturday afternoon show which covered the wide, wide world of sports! There are SO MANY reference in this film that only older Americans pick up on and understand.
something i always love pointing out about blazing saddles is how much this movie was mocking the racism in contemporary westerns-- there was a reason mel played the yiddish-speaking sioux chief, and a specific reason they pulled out into the WB lot. i mean, you can sneak a lot under an executive's nose when you go for a live-action cartoon. mel was part of that first wave of new york television-- if it helps to inform you a little more on mel, one of his contemporaries was a fella by the name of ernie kovacs, whose motto in comedy was "nothing in moderation."
"'they couldn't get away with blazing saddles' today?' we didn't get away with it *then!* -- mel brooks
Young Frankenstein is another Mel Brooks must-watch. I think it's his best.
Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor = Gold!
Mel Brooks wrote a wonderful book. It is " It's All About Me." He talks about how he got away with things on his moves. I recommend it if you love his movies. I hope he lives to be 200! Thanks for this post Addie I am now a subscriber. Good luck !
Ain't it a loooovely morning? 😁
Lili Von Shtupp (to funk in Yiddish) is supposed to be a take on Marlene Dietrich.
She was also based on Lily Langtry, an actual 19th century European actress who toured America.
@@FrankJReynolds Lillie Langtry, I find no reference to Mel saying Lily was anything other than Dietrich, based on her performance in Destry Rides Again (1939)
After the producers and the studio executives watched the completed movie, they told Mel Brooks it was all good except for the farting scene. They told him to take that out and he told them he would and then just never did. 😂
Fun Fact: There was a TV pilot made in 1975 based on the movie called Black Bart that starred Louis Gossett Jr. Warner Bros. made the series so they could retain the rights. The pilot is on UA-cam and there's a rumor that they made four seasons of six episodes each which remain in the WB vault, never to be seen. It doesn't look like the character of Jim was in it.
🎵He _RODE_ a Blazing Saddle!
He wore a *shining star*
His job to offer battle~
To bad men near and far!🎶
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🎵He conquered Fear and he conquered Hate!
He turned our night into day!
He made his Blazing Saddle~
A torch to light the way!🎶
@@ShwiftJustice "how could I be mad if I'm repeating the same dogshit as before? Please believe me, I care very much that you don't think I'm mad"
lol
@@josephwallace202Joe,
Where the white women at?!
@@ShwiftJustice trying too hard to act like you're rolling with the punches. Sounds extremely hurt and mad
The one thing that was cut, after Madeline Kahn and Cleavon little go through the "its true, its true" lines, he was supposed to say, "I hate to disappoint you, but you're sucking on my arm"
About the only line Brooks cut from the script.
Yeah, Mel Brooks knew that would have over-played the gag (no, not intended!) on a joke that was already pushing it. If Mel knows anything, he knows jokes.I just saw his interview at the AFI a couple months ago- he still has it at what, 97?
I was in freshman in college when this movie came out in 1974. I was dating a Southern Baptist girl who never swore, drank and was a very devout Christian. I don't think that either of us were quite prepared for what we were going to see, but we both enjoyed it immensely.
fun fact - Richard Pryor helped Mel Brooks write the script for this and was who was supposed to be the sheriff. The studio wouldnt take the risk with Pryor in the staring role, this was during his drug addiction problems, so they had to recast the role and Cleavon Little got it and the rest is history.
Richard Pryor was also a very talented writer. He wrote Blazing saddles. Two wonderful comics Mel Brooks and the Late Richard Pryor
Pryor wrote the white folks dialog and Brooks wrote the black folks dialog. They both came up with the other gags and jokes together.
The only scene that the censors wanted cut was . . . the fart scene. Out of everything in the movie the 'Farting' was the most offensive to them.
IIRC it's the first on-screen fart joke in a movie.
One of Mel Brooks' greatest achievements was to be married to the beautiful Anne Bancroft star of "The Graduate" (1967) for some 40 yrs.
And they both claimed that they were the one who fell in love with the other at first sight.
Greatest comedic movie ever!!! Watch it again for you.....and only you.
Hey Addie- so happy to see you are approaching 100k so fast! Keep rocking!