This introduction to satirical Westerns proves to me anything can be done in Hollywood and Mel Brooks’ sharp parody packs a punch. It’s a centrepiece of free speech and it’s evidently a comedic masterpiece that points out the stupidity of racism. Could this film be released today on any level or do you think it’d be cancelled before you could say “kaput!”?
In an interview in recent year Mel Brooks said they could not even get it made then, lol. They were told by the executives at the studio to cut, change, blah. Mel did some, but usually said he did and just went on. What we got was a perfect example of parody, exposing the stupidity of racist expression, by showing their stupidness.
@@Handletakenlol (rolls eyes) Yeah, umm, I'm a Gen Xer/former paratrooper (three tours of the sandbox)/former law enforcement special investigator/BA- and MS-holder (i.e., neither "young" nor "ignorant"; this is far from my first rodeo, and I've either done or witnessed pretty much everything a human can do), and the main (i.e., the most prominently featured and most frequently recurring) point of the film was making fun of racism -- everything else (and plenty of it) was secondary. You must've replaced Brooks's main point with your own feelings...and, in doing so, inadvertently stressed Brooks's genius -- which was not-so-subtly disguising his wickedly barbed main point with other trappings (as noted by Ms. Kate) ostensibly less off-putting to "simple farmers," "people of the land," and the "common clay." The irony... =| (shakes head) Sure, many young people can be too knee-jerk sensitive about certain words and actions, instead of considering them in context. But, at the same time, and much more insidiously, many so-called conservatives use certain words and actions to either soothe their own feelings or cynically profit profit from them AND then deceitfully blame over-sensitivity when they're righteously called out. You failed to condemn the latter, even worse, group. So, you're either myopic or deceitful. Anyway... It's not a big deal -- as you don't matter. But the truth is the truth. (shrug)
This movie is a comedy not a political satire. No matter what anyone with a bunch of letters before and after their name says. Lol you know.....morons.
Of course it could be made. The problem is finding someone talented enough to write it. Movies today are no where near this intelligent, or well acted.
yes, Young Frankenstein is a great satire of the 1930s b/w creature horror films. if you know / like Alfred Hitchcock movies, Mel Brooks did a satire of them with High Anxiety. If you know / like Humphrey Bogart / film noir, especially Casablanca & the Maltese Falcon, Neil Simon did a great satire called The Cheap Detective, starring Peter Falk.
I would recommend watching Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein be fore watching Young Frankenstein. There are specific jokes and directorial choice s based on those movies. That being said, Young Frankenstein is still a fun movie without watching the others.
Also highly recommended is The Producers (1968) which was written and directed by Brooks, who won an Oscar for the screenplay. It also stars Gene Wilder.
What about Mel Brooks’ first movie, The Producers. Not the broadway musical that was adapted from it, but the original. It’s not a genre parody, it’s wholly original. And it’s got Gene Wilder in one of his first major roles. Young Frankenstein is great, too. Make that the third Mel Brooks movie to watch.
@@MovieDateWithKate UK reactors seem to be more likely to get that gag; Stan was from Ulverston, of course, and he and Ollie toured British and other European stages in the years after their movie careers had waned; tell me if I'm wrong, but I think that is why European Millennials are still aware of Laurel & Hardy than Americans of the same generation.
In the scene with the Souix, Mel Brooks is playing the chief and the language he speaks is Yiddish. This was his commentary on Jewish actors playing Native Americans in westerns. If you have not seen Robin Hood Men in Tights (also by Mel Brooks), there is a nice call back to this movie in it.
I’m laughing at how clever that is!!!! What a man! Thanks for pointing that out to me. I’ve heard Robin Hood Men in Tights is hilarious. Nice to know it’s Mel again.
The old timer speaking gibberish, Gabby Johnson, is a parody of a movie Western sidekick of the 30s, 40s, 50s named Gabby Hayes. He looked and talked like Gabby Johnson in BLAZING SADDLES. Everyone in town is named Johnson with Howard being one of the leading citizens. Back in the 50s, 60s, & 70s there was a restaurant and motel chain called Howard Johnson's. It was of course founded by Howard Johnson. He started the company by opening an ice cream shop that featured 26 flavors (notice in the movie Howard Johnson's Ice Cream shop features one flavor). The company grew and in the 1950s Howard Johnson turned the company over to the family. The company was eventually sold and swallowed up by other motel / restaurant chains.
In case you're wondering, when Bart (Cleavon Little) is riding towards Rock Ridge for the first time as sheriff, the people he encounters is Count Basie and his Orchestra. Basie was known for playing mainly jazz and swing. I believe the song he's playing is a portion of "April in Paris" if I recall reading about it correctly.
besides the joke of having the movie music come from an actual orchestra on scene, the Count Basie Orchestra was one of the best known American swing bands of the 1930s - 1960s ... so another visual argument against racism . (it still plays today). the first song sung by (Sheriff) Bart & the railroad workers is a Cole Porter song, I Get a Kick Out of You, which, while an anachronism, has represented the epitome of class and high society elegance for decades. certainly not the hick country folk song the racist bad guys expected ... from the movie Night & Day, starring Carey Grant: ua-cam.com/video/wTQhDs7Ah34/v-deo.html
@@MovieDateWithKate There is a great live version of April in Paris with the Count et al. in 1965, and UA-cam has it: ua-cam.com/video/enijgnO_UA8/v-deo.html. The ending is the part that was heard in Blazing Saddles.
Brooks played the movie for executives who didn't laugh at all and told him he needed to change a bunch of things. Brooks was very depressed until he showed it to a test audience who couldn't stop laughing, so he left it as is. And the rest is history. 😀👍
@Educated2Extinction I'm sure they could have. My only point was about the supposed second test screening. It's a factoid that gets repeated ad nauseam, but there doesn't seem to be a reliable source for it. It's certainly not the way Mel Brooks tells the story when when has been asked about it in any interview i've ever seen.
Whenever someone from Britain watches this movie, I always eagerly anticipate their reaction to the line "...but we don't want the Irish!". LOL Your reaction cracked me up!
I saw this in the theater in 1975. People were laughing hysterically. Everybody understood that it was making fun of racists and racism. We weren't as easily offended back then as people are today. Great reaction, young lady. I'm so glad that you understood the point of the movie. Mel Brooks is an American treasure.
We were much closer to putting racism behind us when this movie was playing then we are today. People get offended by everything now. If another race is involved, It’s automatically considered racism.
Blazing Saddles All in the Family and The Jeffersons did more to combat racism than the actions of all politicians at all levels of government combined.
Seen before, but not since I was 9 or 10…is nice to have your company again. Will always remember the ‘stick out your tush’ dance, and my late father roaring with laughter when the cowboys fight interrupted it. Thank you Kate, the highlight of my evening
Cleavon Little the sherrif was not warned about the "you know. . . . morons" line and his reaction was real, also while filming, Burton Gilliam (Lyle, the henchman of Taggart (Slim Pickens)) was having a difficult time saying the "n" word, especially to Cleavon Little, because he really liked him, after several takes Little took Gilliam off to the side and told him it was okay because these weren't his words. Little jokingly added, "If I thought you would say those words to me in any other situation we'd go to fist city, but this is all fun. Don't worry about it."
Another amazing reaction Kate, thank you. The true measure of a comedy is the level of soreness in the cheek bones, in this one you almost never stop smiling. Spaceballs is another Mel Brooks film , it pokes fun at the Star Wars films. It's also really funny and In my opinion, his film "Young Frankenstein" is Mel's masterpiece.
It’s so refreshing to see someone react to and enjoy this movie the way it’s supposed to be. Understanding it’s humor nothing more. I saw this as a kid when it first came out in the 70s and it’s been my favorite comedy since. Nice to see someone laugh and enjoy real comedy, fun reaction👏👏👏👏👏👏
Yes, highly enjoyable reaction, thank you!!! As others no doubt will concur, this film is so packed full of jokes and parodies that it’s quite possible to miss a fair fraction of them and still be overcome with laughter. We all come back to it again and again, with a little more knowledge each time…(Cecil b DeMille, Randolph Scott, Heddy Lamar, Marlene Dietrich… the Federales from Sierra Madre… etc.etc.) and it just gets richer every time… great send-up of Westerns and Hollywood in general.). Pure genius, Mel Brook’s Masterpiece. Your reaction here was a joyous event!
The "laurel and hardy handshake" line was actually a joke, in homage to early movies' comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, although more well known as Laurel and Hardy.
Hedy Lamarr was a famous Austrian-American actress of Hollywood's Golden era, a brilliant scientific inventor and once labeled "the most beautiful woman in the world". Randolph Scott was a handsome and famous actor in many early Western movies.
Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks when she found out about the Hedley character. They came to an out of court settlement to allow the joke to stay in the movie. As they were still filming, Brooks added in the Govenor's office scene that since it was the late 1800's Hedley could now sue her as he would have the name first.
Required trivia: at 29:41, the man in the blue jacket standing on the corner was *not* a member of the cast! He was just a pedestrian who happened to be standing there while the chaos broiled around him! 😂
I bet Mel Brooks thought that politicians were full of "hot air" because his character was named "Gov. Le Petomane". Le Petomane (1857-1945) was a popular French flatulist at the Paris Moulin Rouge. He could even fart the French national anthem. Love this film!
An interesting fact about this movie is that Burton Gilliam who played the character with the wide grin Lyle found it very difficult when it came to using racial words towards Clleavon Little’s character Bart that between takes he kept apologising to Cleavon who had to reassure him that he was only acting a part and not to worry , but this is an all time classic movie and like you say probably wouldn’t get pass the censors today , I had fits of giggles at your shocked expression at 7:10 😂 , great reaction Kate looking forward to your next upload .
Perfect guy to play Hedley Lamrr..Korman mastered the role for 10 + years on CBS's award winning Carol Burnett Show, always the over the top, funny evil snake. My biggest laugh is his looks before he slaps " Valarie," the strangled "Aieeee!' she lets out, and then his list of help wanted speech..dude was redder than a tomato. " Methodists?!
Kate there are too many things to mention that Brooks used to parody from old american western's. Lilly Von Stoop was a parody from Marlein Dietrich in a western role from the 30's or early 40's. The band greeting the Sherriff outside of town was one of the most famous bands of the 40's, notice the band was outside of town, many black performers could play in resorts, but had to segregate outside of cities, even las vegas.
Thanks!👋😎Miss Kate, what are Very Refreshing Take, Review, & Reaction on a Great Movie by a Younger Generation. BTW, i'm an old Gen-X'er now (born in 1969). The original title, Tex X, was rejected to avoid it being mistaken for an X-rated film, as were also Black Bart - a reference to Black Bart, a white highwayman of the 19th century - and Purple Sage. Brooks said he finally conceived Blazing Saddles one morning while taking a shower! Yes, Frankie did indeed sang his heart out ... and they didn't have the heart to tell him it was a Spoof.😁He never heard the Whip Cracks; they put those in Later. They got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song. On a Side Note, Blazing Saddles was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
@@MovieDateWithKate Miss Kate, You're Most Welcome!❤🤗It was all my Pleasure too to help out😎🙏My favorite Holiday Movie is the 1974 Canadian slasher film "Black Christmas" with Olivia Hussey who received widespread acclaim and international recognition for her performance. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character Jess Bradford (as 'Final Girl' or Survivor Girl - a trope in Horror Films, particularly Slasher Films. It refers to the last girl/s or woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story). The Italian Giallo Slasher Films and Psychological British Horror Films such as "Peeping Tom" (1960) and Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) as early heavy influences. My favorite Directors are Briton Alfred Hitchcock & Italian Mario Bava. I Love Hitchcock. And as you might be aware, Hitchcock was a Famous and Legendary English film director and widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. Known as the "Master of Suspense," he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955 - 1965). Hitchcock Presents was an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed The "Alfred Hitchcock Hour." And I still watch him here in America (Nashville, Tn, Music City USA) faithfully every late nite at 12 mid-nite to 1 am local time. Now mMario Bava was an Italian Master Filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish technical ingenuity, feature recurring themes and imagery concerning the conflict between illusion and reality, as well as the destructive capacity of human nature. Widely regarded as a pioneer of Italian genre cinema and one of the most influential auteurs of the horror film genre, he is popularly referred to as the "Master of Italian Horror" and the "Master of the Macabre." I am also a Very Big Fan of British Hammer Horror Films, a film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothc horror and supernatural fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classic horror characters such as Baron Victor Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and the Mummy, which Hammer reintroduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, as well as, in later years, television series. My favorite British Gothic-style Hammer Horror movies are "The Vampire Lovers" (1970), "Lust for a Vampire" (1971), "Twins of Evil" (1971), & "Hands of the Ripper" (1971). I Hope You Had Holidays & Have a Happy New Year! All the Best Wishes - God Bless You!🙂🙌
@@MovieDateWithKateMel also played the Indian chief. A note on the filming locations. The movie was filmed in the TMZ (a zone within 30 miles of Los Angeles). Filming in the TMZ means that the studio did not have to pay higher rates to the film crew for long distance traveling. For that reason you will notice that many cowboy movies and science fiction TV shows re-use the same places in films.
Mel always has Cameos in his Films, usually some High Ranking Official ("It's GOOD to be King"). In This Movie, He's the "GOV", The Indian Chief and wearing goggles in the Job Line. Since "Young Frankenstein" was technically a Gene Wilder Film, Mel's Cameo was Limited to him being the Sound of a Screeching Cat during a Dart Game.
Interesting fact, Mel Brooks served in the army during WWII. He was in the engineers and cleared German minefields during the Battle of the Bulge. I suspect that played a role in Brook's sense of humor.
@@MovieDateWithKate Kate what influenced Mel Brooks to dedicate his life to making people laugh was his experience liberating the camps. He was horrified by the level of hatred it took for people to treat others in such a way. He decided that the best way to combat hatred was with comedy. I think he succeeded.
The actor who played Mongo is Alex Karras, before becoming an actor he was a football player for the Detroit Lions. The band leader was Count Basie, one of our greatest! Basie & his orchestra were the warm up band for Sinatra in Las Vegas. Another joke is that everyone in Rock Ridge has the surname Johnson, including the hotel proprietor, Howard Johnson. Those of us who are….of an age remember Howard Johnson Motor Lodges dotting the American landscape as our highway system expanded. They were famous for their family-style food,including 30 or 31 flavors of ice cream. In the movie, Howard’s hotel sign advertises 1 flavor of ice cream. Great reaction!
Slim Pickens who plays Taggert was a real cowboy who later starred in Western's. He never did a comedy before and had a real hard time using the N word in the movie, Finally the actor who plays Sheriff Bart pulled him aside and told him it was alright it was a parody.
I wish I could time travel back to the 70s and make a movie where Harvey Korman and Graham Chapman play rival moustache-twisting villains who are so fixated on destroying an inept hero that they're always inadvertently foiling each other's plans
Young Frankenstein stands on its own just fine. It's Mel Brooks comedic genius at work, filmed in black and white and seriously funny Welcome to the Mel Brooks rabbit hole.😂😂
I was 17 years old when this opened. I took a first date with me to see this, neither of us knew what it was about. There had been nothing like it ever before. We were panicked with laughter by the time it was over!
No dag nabbit, the sheriff is a......, that character was a parody of Gabby Hayes a legendary sidekick in many westerns. Looked and talked like that, but in life was a cultured individual who loved opera and Broadway.
And he’ll be wanting his Laurel and Hardy handshake (which I imagine to be one in which both parties keep extending the hand on the same side, making the handshake not really work properly).
"Excuse me while I whip this out" was probably the most often quoted movie line for several years after this movie came out. I was in high school and we looked for opportunities to use this line.
I loved seeing your reaction to this great comedy, Kate, it was delightful. A few more Mel Brooks comedies for you: "The Producers" 1967, "Young Frankenstein" 1974, a parody of Universal B&W Frankenstein films, "The History of the World. Part 1" 1981, "Spaceballs" 1987, Star Wars parody. There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
There's British humour, there's American humor, then there's Mel Brooks. Now, one trope in this film often overlooked is "drunk redeems himself" most famously done in Rio Bravo (1959) and El Dorado (1966).
I love your laugh. Infectious! If you have not watched Tombstone put that on the list. It’s about a real person. Great movie, great story. Great acting!
Mel's was mocking racism by making us laugh at ithose who were racist in the film. One of the funniest parts is when everyone goes running out of the studio gate. There's a guy standing on the corner acting very puzzled. Because he was not a actor but a pedestrian who wandered into the shot. And Mel said just leave alone.
Great appreciation of the film’s depiction of the stupidity of prejudice. You’d love Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as well as their Life of Brian, given your reaction to this one. Thank you, Kate.
But not the Irish comes from Mel getting the cast together towards the end of the shoot and asking them if there was anyone who hadn't been insulted, a guy put up his hand and said I'm Irish, I haven't been insulted.
I live in Texas, and I love your accent!! May I suggest what I believe is the best Gene Wilder movie ever. 'The Frisco Kid', funny from start to finish.
First when the governor says 'phoney baloney' is a term for fake. How a politician prioritizes protecting their "fake" job whenever a major crisis occurs. Second my favorite thing is that Gene Wilder added the line 'morons' making the Sherriff's laughter genuine when describing the townfolk.
Gabby Johnson was played by Jeff Daniels. Who acted in the butcher’s wife, dumb and dumber, and The newsroom. Where his character was asked what makes America the greatest country in the world. His answer went viral. In social media.
Gene Wilder was not the first choice to play the Waco Kid, instead sixty year old Gig Young was Mel Brooks choice. In the 1950's Gig Young was a funny, handsome "comic relief" actor but rarely played the lead in a film. By the 1970's Young had a serious drinking problem and showed up drunk for the first day of shooting. Brooks fired him and brought in Wilder. I can't imagine what Blazing Saddles would have been like without Gene Wilder!
Ahh another movie on your channel that I haven't watched yet! Not gonna watch this reaction atm so I'll just comment lol. I like the denim jacket though, very fitting! 🤠
Gene Wilder was also in The Producers, the first movie directed by Mel Brooks. And Robert Ridgley, who plays the hangman, has the same role in Robin Hood Men in Tights.
There's one joke that almost no one gets:.When Mongo rides into town, the first person to see him yells, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaria was the name of a popular Cuban bandleader in the early 1960s.
A few years later, the eventual writers of "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" made their first film "Kentucky Fried Movie" and it's a wild collection of parodies that only has "Blazing Saddles" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" as equals in terms of go-for-broke silly but smart comedy.
I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction! It was clear you were genuinely loving every bit of the movie, and I appreciated how you only chimed in when you were laughing-it made the experience feel authentic. You had me laughing out loud with you when 'they showed what happened at the end!' I'd never found that part funny before, but your reaction helped me see the humor in it. Kudos to you for such an entertaining and genuine reaction!
I saw this when it came out (I’m 70), but haven’t seen it since. Yours is the first reaction to it that I have watched, because I was curious about how a Brit would react. You didn’t disappoint, as I enjoyed your reaction. You would have noticed many spoofs of old Hollywood cliches and performers if you knew more about old westerns. You were quite right about the Monty Python vibe, and shortly after that we see an instance in which the film steals an old MP joke (“You said rape twice.” “I like rape.”). Buster Keaton was the first, I think, to create that movie meta: watching and then participating in the movie. He did this in his classic silent comedy, “Sherlock, Jr.,” where he falls asleep as a film projectionist and then steps into the film he is projecting. Here are some recommended classic westerns: “Stagecoach” (1939), “High Noon,” (1952), “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (1966), “Unforgiven” (1992, my favorite) and “Open Range” (2003).
Bart has the most beautiful horse of any movie cowboy EVER. When the Mexican fellow exclaims, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" it's a joke on the name of Mongo Santamaria, a popular Afro-Cuban bandleader of the era the film was made in. That, and 'Yes/No' on the back of Mongo's bull, are probably the two jokes that modern viewers miss most often (American school buses used to have 'Yes' and 'No' on the back, to remind drivers which side was safe to pass the vehicle on). In the TV version of the film, Bart made two more attempts to bring Mongo down, because the dynamite didn't do the job. He tricked Mongo into testing his quickdraw against a mechanized cannon, and then convinced him to go diving in the town well for Spanish Dubloons. While Mongo was at the bottom of the well, Bart cut off the air supply and THAT was how he finally beat Mongo.
This film has so many great scenes and iconic lines that some always inevitably get cut for time in a reaction. But you had 2 of my favorites: when the GOV says “Sheriff murdered?! Gentlemen we’ve got to protect our phones baloney jobs!” And when Mel Brookes playing the Indian Chief does the whole thing in Yiddish 🤣😂. Such a fun reaction I couldn’t help but subscribe.
Mel Brooks is a comedy genius. Young Frankenstein is my favorite Brooks film. Blazing Saddles would be second and then Spaceballs third. Mel Brooks plays the parts of the Governor and the Indian Chief.
Hi Kate. Happy New Year. Another great choice of film and reaction too. I'm glad you got it as it was meant to be viewed and found it really funny also. Still makes me cry with laughter 😂. When I went to San Francisco I wanted to hire a bike to cycle across the Golden Gate bridge. There were a few companies who hired bikes but one was called Blazing Saddles, so I went with them. It had to be done 😉😆. Keep up the good work 👍☺️. Simon xx
I am hoping you will enjoy the work of Mel Brooks. He has a strong absurdist streak, and enjoys parody of genre (here Westerns) and medium (Silent Movie & The Producers lambast screen and stage respectively), as well as specific mockery (Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, etc) He even makes fun of history in History of the World Part 1
Can’t make this kind of movie today. Mel Brooks said in a recent interview thatvthey couldn’t make it back then! But they did it anyway and it’s a comedy classic. And when you made the comment about this reminding you of watching Bugs Bunny and Road Runner, I thought, “I’m just waiting to see her reaction to the Candygram for Mungo bit.” And finally, may I welcome you to the utterly screwball world of Mel Brooks! You are now required to watch Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and History of the World Part I. Not necessarily in that order. Enjoy!
This defiantly has crossed over to many that has never heard of it and is being rediscovered by many 50 years later, the cast is great .. Popular music and film from that era are still very enjoyable and timeless .. High Anxiety by Mel Brooks is good also.. ,it is worth a look.. Two westerns I can recommend is The Wild Bunch and True Grit original with John Wayne ,the remake is not as good
For more Mel Brooks films...there are a number...I would recommend Young Frankenstein. Hard to pick between that movie and Blazing Saddles as to which is Mel's best film...both are great!
Thanks once again for the wonderful reaction. May I suggest Cat Ballou for a future reaction? It's got a more conventional plot, and not such broad humor, but it is a very enjoyable, gentle spoof of the Western genre. Lee Marvin shocked the world by winning a Best Actor Award for this film. Also, I would try Mel Brooks' follow-up to Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein. Happy New Year!
I would highly recommend just getting a list of Mel Brooks movies and just having a Mel Brooks reaction fest. You'll laugh so hard your ribs will hurt. The greatest comedy filmmaker ever.
I am so glad you got what this movie was all about. So many are offended and don't get it! For a more modern western there is "Silverado", for a more classic western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" Great job by the way.
"I don't know anything about the plot." Brace yourself, sweet lady. You're in for a wild ride. This movie was made before everybody got soft and started being offended by, well, pretty much anything.
This introduction to satirical Westerns proves to me anything can be done in Hollywood and Mel Brooks’ sharp parody packs a punch. It’s a centrepiece of free speech and it’s evidently a comedic masterpiece that points out the stupidity of racism. Could this film be released today on any level or do you think it’d be cancelled before you could say “kaput!”?
In an interview in recent year Mel Brooks said they could not even get it made then, lol. They were told by the executives at the studio to cut, change, blah. Mel did some, but usually said he did and just went on. What we got was a perfect example of parody, exposing the stupidity of racist expression, by showing their stupidness.
@@Handletakenlol (rolls eyes) Yeah, umm, I'm a Gen Xer/former paratrooper (three tours of the sandbox)/former law enforcement special investigator/BA- and MS-holder (i.e., neither "young" nor "ignorant"; this is far from my first rodeo, and I've either done or witnessed pretty much everything a human can do), and the main (i.e., the most prominently featured and most frequently recurring) point of the film was making fun of racism -- everything else (and plenty of it) was secondary. You must've replaced Brooks's main point with your own feelings...and, in doing so, inadvertently stressed Brooks's genius -- which was not-so-subtly disguising his wickedly barbed main point with other trappings (as noted by Ms. Kate) ostensibly less off-putting to "simple farmers," "people of the land," and the "common clay." The irony... =| (shakes head)
Sure, many young people can be too knee-jerk sensitive about certain words and actions, instead of considering them in context. But, at the same time, and much more insidiously, many so-called conservatives use certain words and actions to either soothe their own feelings or cynically profit profit from them AND then deceitfully blame over-sensitivity when they're righteously called out. You failed to condemn the latter, even worse, group. So, you're either myopic or deceitful. Anyway... It's not a big deal -- as you don't matter. But the truth is the truth. (shrug)
This movie is a comedy not a political satire. No matter what anyone with a bunch of letters before and after their name says.
Lol you know.....morons.
"The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" is a film everyone should see at some point in their lives, you'd love the character dynamics - how about it Kate?
Of course it could be made. The problem is finding someone talented enough to write it. Movies today are no where near this intelligent, or well acted.
If you haven’t seen it yet, you should watch Young Frankenstein next. Another great Mel Brooks movie also starring Gene Wilder.
Come on now, you are going to get her started down a rabbit hole that is impossible to get out of, lol.
yes, Young Frankenstein is a great satire of the 1930s b/w creature horror films.
if you know / like Alfred Hitchcock movies, Mel Brooks did a satire of them with High Anxiety.
If you know / like Humphrey Bogart / film noir, especially Casablanca & the Maltese Falcon, Neil Simon did a great satire called The Cheap Detective, starring Peter Falk.
I would recommend watching Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein be fore watching Young Frankenstein. There are specific jokes and directorial choice s based on those movies. That being said, Young Frankenstein is still a fun movie without watching the others.
Also highly recommended is The Producers (1968) which was written and directed by Brooks, who won an Oscar for the screenplay. It also stars Gene Wilder.
What about Mel Brooks’ first movie, The Producers. Not the broadway musical that was adapted from it, but the original. It’s not a genre parody, it’s wholly original. And it’s got Gene Wilder in one of his first major roles.
Young Frankenstein is great, too. Make that the third Mel Brooks movie to watch.
Im so old 😂😂
I get the "Laurel and Hardy handshake" joke
Awww well that’s a blessing in itself! :)
@@MovieDateWithKate UK reactors seem to be more likely to get that gag; Stan was from Ulverston, of course, and he and Ollie toured British and other European stages in the years after their movie careers had waned; tell me if I'm wrong, but I think that is why European Millennials are still aware of Laurel & Hardy than Americans of the same generation.
That doesn't make you old. It just makes you a cinephile.
What about the Wide Wide World of Sports?
@@chetstevensq ...and the agony of defeat.
It kinda sad all the main characters are dead, only Mel Brooks is still with us, He'll be 99 this coming June
The movie was from 50 years ago. Time will make dead of us all.
Burton Gilliam, who played the number two henchman Lyle, l believe is still alive.
@@neileric100 Gilliam is indeed alive as is Robyn Hilton who played the Gov's secretary, Miss Stein.
@@chrissmalley83 It wasn't time that got Cleavon and Madeline, it was cancer. Both were still in their 50.
99 will look good on him! He’s giving Dick Van Dyke a run for his money haha
In the scene with the Souix, Mel Brooks is playing the chief and the language he speaks is Yiddish. This was his commentary on Jewish actors playing Native Americans in westerns.
If you have not seen Robin Hood Men in Tights (also by Mel Brooks), there is a nice call back to this movie in it.
I’m laughing at how clever that is!!!! What a man! Thanks for pointing that out to me. I’ve heard Robin Hood Men in Tights is hilarious. Nice to know it’s Mel again.
And his wearing red, white and black warpaint, the colors of the imperial German flag at the time of the Wild West.
hey I’m Ryan I have a movie request jungle book 1 and if you can please wear long wedding gloves to
@@ryanhill-x6m 1942, 1967, 1994, or 2016? How inconsiderate of you.
@@libertyresearch-iu4fy Don’t kink-shame Ryan.
The old timer speaking gibberish, Gabby Johnson, is a parody of a movie Western sidekick of the 30s, 40s, 50s named Gabby Hayes. He looked and talked like Gabby Johnson in BLAZING SADDLES.
Everyone in town is named Johnson with Howard being one of the leading citizens. Back in the 50s, 60s, & 70s there was a restaurant and motel chain called Howard Johnson's. It was of course founded by Howard Johnson. He started the company by opening an ice cream shop that featured 26 flavors (notice in the movie Howard Johnson's Ice Cream shop features one flavor). The company grew and in the 1950s Howard Johnson turned the company over to the family. The company was eventually sold and swallowed up by other motel / restaurant chains.
and don't forget one of the citizens is Anal Johnson. I don't know how that passed the censors but it did.
That was "Emil."
In case you're wondering, when Bart (Cleavon Little) is riding towards Rock Ridge for the first time as sheriff, the people he encounters is Count Basie and his Orchestra. Basie was known for playing mainly jazz and swing. I believe the song he's playing is a portion of "April in Paris" if I recall reading about it correctly.
besides the joke of having the movie music come from an actual orchestra on scene, the Count Basie Orchestra was one of the best known American swing bands of the 1930s - 1960s ... so another visual argument against racism . (it still plays today).
the first song sung by (Sheriff) Bart & the railroad workers is a Cole Porter song, I Get a Kick Out of You, which, while an anachronism, has represented the epitome of class and high society elegance for decades. certainly not the hick country folk song the racist bad guys expected ...
from the movie Night & Day, starring Carey Grant:
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Fabulous!!! It was so unexpected and smooth like champagne haha
Nice!!! I’ll have to listen to April in Paris tomorrow when tidying my room 😄🎺
@@MovieDateWithKate There is a great live version of April in Paris with the Count et al. in 1965, and UA-cam has it: ua-cam.com/video/enijgnO_UA8/v-deo.html. The ending is the part that was heard in Blazing Saddles.
Brooks played the movie for executives who didn't laugh at all and told him he needed to change a bunch of things. Brooks was very depressed until he showed it to a test audience who couldn't stop laughing, so he left it as is. And the rest is history. 😀👍
I'm pretty sure that part about the second audience is apocryphal. Brooks' contract gave him final cut, and he just flat-out refused to make changes.
@@TheOtherOne111 I suspect the studio could have effectively buried it, if they were willing to take the loss.
@Educated2Extinction I'm sure they could have. My only point was about the supposed second test screening. It's a factoid that gets repeated ad nauseam, but there doesn't seem to be a reliable source for it. It's certainly not the way Mel Brooks tells the story when when has been asked about it in any interview i've ever seen.
Good on him! It was such a delight to giggle!!
Whenever someone from Britain watches this movie, I always eagerly anticipate their reaction to the line "...but we don't want the Irish!". LOL Your reaction cracked me up!
I was offended for real!! 😂
I saw this in the theater in 1975. People were laughing hysterically. Everybody understood that it was making fun of racists and racism. We weren't as easily offended back then as people are today. Great reaction, young lady. I'm so glad that you understood the point of the movie. Mel Brooks is an American treasure.
We were much closer to putting racism behind us when this movie was playing then we are today. People get offended by everything now. If another race is involved, It’s automatically considered racism.
Blazing Saddles All in the Family and The Jeffersons did more to combat racism than the actions of all politicians at all levels of government combined.
Thanks ever so much! 😃
Seen before, but not since I was 9 or 10…is nice to have your company again. Will always remember the ‘stick out your tush’ dance, and my late father roaring with laughter when the cowboys fight interrupted it. Thank you Kate, the highlight of my evening
Haha I’ll remember that the next time I’m on a dance floor!
Cleavon Little the sherrif was not warned about the "you know. . . . morons" line and his reaction was real, also while filming, Burton Gilliam (Lyle, the henchman of Taggart (Slim Pickens)) was having a difficult time saying the "n" word, especially to Cleavon Little, because he really liked him, after several takes Little took Gilliam off to the side and told him it was okay because these weren't his words. Little jokingly added, "If I thought you would say those words to me in any other situation we'd go to fist city, but this is all fun. Don't worry about it."
More comedies please Kate, you have an incredible laugh.
Thanks Jack!! I hope to include more :)
@@MovieDateWithKate Sweet, Joe Dirt is a good one, you're welcome.
If you like Blazing Saddles then I recommend Support Your Local Sheriff.
Another amazing reaction Kate, thank you. The true measure of a comedy is the level of soreness in the cheek bones, in this one you almost never stop smiling.
Spaceballs is another Mel Brooks film , it pokes fun at the Star Wars films. It's also really funny and In my opinion, his film "Young Frankenstein" is Mel's masterpiece.
Thank you!!! I was so goofy laughing the whole time, it was really nice.
This is one of the best comedies of all time, and still makes great social commentary.
It’s so refreshing to see someone react to and enjoy this movie the way it’s supposed to be. Understanding it’s humor nothing more. I saw this as a kid when it first came out in the 70s and it’s been my favorite comedy since. Nice to see someone laugh and enjoy real comedy, fun reaction👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks so much indeed for your awesome comment. I appreciate that! It was a really fun watch. Nice to laugh a lot.
Yes, highly enjoyable reaction, thank you!!! As others no doubt will concur, this film is so packed full of jokes and parodies that it’s quite possible to miss a fair fraction of them and still be overcome with laughter. We all come back to it again and again, with a little more knowledge each time…(Cecil b DeMille, Randolph Scott, Heddy Lamar, Marlene Dietrich… the Federales from Sierra Madre… etc.etc.) and it just gets richer every time… great send-up of Westerns and Hollywood in general.). Pure genius, Mel Brook’s Masterpiece.
Your reaction here was a joyous event!
Thanks for the super duper feedback 😃
The "laurel and hardy handshake" line was actually a joke, in homage to early movies' comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, although more well known as Laurel and Hardy.
Nice he paid homage that way
Hedy Lamarr was a famous Austrian-American actress of Hollywood's Golden era, a brilliant scientific inventor and once labeled "the most beautiful woman in the world". Randolph Scott was a handsome and famous actor in many early Western movies.
Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks when she found out about the Hedley character. They came to an out of court settlement to allow the joke to stay in the movie. As they were still filming, Brooks added in the Govenor's office scene that since it was the late 1800's Hedley could now sue her as he would have the name first.
Required trivia: at 29:41, the man in the blue jacket standing on the corner was *not* a member of the cast! He was just a pedestrian who happened to be standing there while the chaos broiled around him! 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 can you imagine going home, then months later watching the movie and thinking… is that me?!!!
Watching you laugh all the way through has been a genuine pleasure.
I bet Mel Brooks thought that politicians were full of "hot air" because his character was named "Gov. Le Petomane". Le Petomane (1857-1945) was a popular French flatulist at the Paris Moulin Rouge. He could even fart the French national anthem.
Love this film!
All these little details just sing Mel’s praises! What a clever man.
Its not that this movie is offensive.
It's the fact that those who are offended by it are too stupid to understand it's point.
Right! Such smart smart writing.
An interesting fact about this movie is that Burton Gilliam who played the character with the wide grin Lyle found it very difficult when it came to using racial words towards Clleavon Little’s character Bart that between takes he kept apologising to Cleavon who had to reassure him that he was only acting a part and not to worry , but this is an all time classic movie and like you say probably wouldn’t get pass the censors today , I had fits of giggles at your shocked expression at 7:10 😂 , great reaction Kate looking forward to your next upload .
Aww thank you! I’m delighted you had fun watching it with me.
Perfect guy to play Hedley Lamrr..Korman mastered the role for 10 + years on CBS's award winning Carol Burnett Show, always the over the top, funny evil snake. My biggest laugh is his looks before he slaps " Valarie," the strangled "Aieeee!' she lets out, and then his list of help wanted speech..dude was redder than a tomato. " Methodists?!
Kate there are too many things to mention that Brooks used to parody from old american western's. Lilly Von Stoop was a parody from Marlein Dietrich in a western role from the 30's or early 40's. The band greeting the Sherriff outside of town was one of the most famous bands of the 40's, notice the band was outside of town, many black performers could play in resorts, but had to segregate outside of cities, even las vegas.
"Lili von Shutpp"--(shutpp means to screw).
That’s such a true point about the band!!! Holy smokes, wasn’t Brooks just so clever. Such a smart move to make a point like he did then.
Thanks!👋😎Miss Kate, what are Very Refreshing Take, Review, & Reaction on a Great Movie by a Younger Generation. BTW, i'm an old Gen-X'er now (born in 1969). The original title, Tex X, was rejected to avoid it being mistaken for an X-rated film, as were also Black Bart - a reference to Black Bart, a white highwayman of the 19th century - and Purple Sage. Brooks said he finally conceived Blazing Saddles one morning while taking a shower! Yes, Frankie did indeed sang his heart out ... and they didn't have the heart to tell him it was a Spoof.😁He never heard the Whip Cracks; they put those in Later. They got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song. On a Side Note, Blazing Saddles was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
That’s so kind and generous of you!!! Really made me smile! Thanks ever so much for your gift and support to me & my channel. ❤️🪐
@@MovieDateWithKate Miss Kate, You're Most Welcome!❤🤗It was all my Pleasure too to help out😎🙏My favorite Holiday Movie is the 1974 Canadian slasher film "Black Christmas" with Olivia Hussey who received widespread acclaim and international recognition for her performance. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character Jess Bradford (as 'Final Girl' or Survivor Girl - a trope in Horror Films, particularly Slasher Films. It refers to the last girl/s or woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story). The Italian Giallo Slasher Films and Psychological British Horror Films such as "Peeping Tom" (1960) and Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) as early heavy influences.
My favorite Directors are Briton Alfred Hitchcock & Italian Mario Bava.
I Love Hitchcock. And as you might be aware, Hitchcock was a Famous and Legendary English film director and widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. Known as the "Master of Suspense," he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955 - 1965). Hitchcock Presents was an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed The "Alfred Hitchcock Hour."
And I still watch him here in America (Nashville, Tn, Music City USA) faithfully every late nite at 12 mid-nite to 1 am local time.
Now mMario Bava was an Italian Master Filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish technical ingenuity, feature recurring themes and imagery concerning the conflict between illusion and reality, as well as the destructive capacity of human nature. Widely regarded as a pioneer of Italian genre cinema and one of the most influential auteurs of the horror film genre, he is popularly referred to as the "Master of Italian Horror" and the "Master of the Macabre."
I am also a Very Big Fan of British Hammer Horror Films, a film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothc horror and supernatural fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classic horror characters such as Baron Victor Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and the Mummy, which Hammer reintroduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, as well as, in later years, television series.
My favorite British Gothic-style Hammer Horror movies are "The Vampire Lovers" (1970), "Lust for a Vampire" (1971), "Twins of Evil" (1971), & "Hands of the Ripper" (1971).
I Hope You Had Holidays & Have a Happy New Year! All the Best Wishes - God Bless You!🙂🙌
Thanks for your lovely and thoughtful message! God bless you as well and I hope you have a great weekend.
when the Waco kid is talking to the sheriff and says they’re morons and the sheriff laughs that was improvised
Mel Brooks wrote the title song as well as writing, directing, and acting in the movie in 2 roles.
Hired Frankie Layne to sing it (legendary guy who sang many western title songs) and never told him the movie was a parody. Brilliant.
I realised that today when I googled him and thought OMG he’s the governor lol.
That’s so funny!!! You can tell Frankie is singing his heart out.
@@MovieDateWithKateMel also played the Indian chief.
A note on the filming locations. The movie was filmed in the TMZ (a zone within 30 miles of Los Angeles).
Filming in the TMZ means that the studio did not have to pay higher rates to the film crew for long distance traveling.
For that reason you will notice that many cowboy movies and science fiction TV shows re-use the same places in films.
@@MovieDateWithKateand the Yiddish speaking Indian chief
Mel always has Cameos in his Films, usually some High Ranking Official ("It's GOOD to be King").
In This Movie, He's the "GOV", The Indian Chief and wearing goggles in the Job Line.
Since "Young Frankenstein" was technically a Gene Wilder Film, Mel's Cameo was Limited to him being the Sound of a Screeching Cat during a Dart Game.
Interesting fact, Mel Brooks served in the army during WWII. He was in the engineers and cleared German minefields during the Battle of the Bulge. I suspect that played a role in Brook's sense of humor.
Wow!! That’s tremendous to know. Yeah, I feel so too. Life’s too short kind of thing.
@@MovieDateWithKate Kate what influenced Mel Brooks to dedicate his life to making people laugh was his experience liberating the camps. He was horrified by the level of hatred it took for people to treat others in such a way. He decided that the best way to combat hatred was with comedy. I think he succeeded.
The actor who played Mongo is Alex Karras, before becoming an actor he was a football player for the Detroit Lions. The band leader was Count Basie, one of our greatest! Basie & his orchestra were the warm up band for Sinatra in Las Vegas. Another joke is that everyone in Rock Ridge has the surname Johnson, including the hotel proprietor, Howard Johnson. Those of us who are….of an age remember Howard Johnson Motor Lodges dotting the American landscape as our highway system expanded. They were famous for their family-style food,including 30 or 31 flavors of ice cream. In the movie, Howard’s hotel sign advertises 1 flavor of ice cream. Great reaction!
Sorry Alex Karras was average to poor at best. You have never seen great talent f you think he was great.
Alex Kerras also played the father on the TV show Webster
@@jeff-ni5cy- Piss off! Karras was a 4 time Pro-Bowl player, and is in the College and Professional Football HOF.
Slim Pickens who plays Taggert was a real cowboy who later starred in Western's. He never did a comedy before and had a real hard time using the N word in the movie, Finally the actor who plays Sheriff Bart pulled him aside and told him it was alright it was a parody.
Awww what a man.
My favorite joke is when The Waco Kid shows his shakey shoot'n hand. Also, Madeline Kahn was so funny ❤
Great reaction, Kate!!! Your sweet laugh and genuine grasp of the comedy puts you far ahead of any other reactor for this film. ❤
Oh thank you! That’s a nice compliment 😊
I wish I could time travel back to the 70s and make a movie where Harvey Korman and Graham Chapman play rival moustache-twisting villains who are so fixated on destroying an inept hero that they're always inadvertently foiling each other's plans
Many have said you couldn't make Blazing Saddles today. Mel Brooks said he couldn't make Blazing Saddles in 1974 but he did it anyway.
Young Frankenstein stands on its own just fine.
It's Mel Brooks comedic genius at work, filmed in black and white and seriously funny
Welcome to the Mel Brooks rabbit hole.😂😂
I was 17 years old when this opened. I took a first date with me to see this, neither of us knew what it was about. There had been nothing like it ever before. We were panicked with laughter by the time it was over!
That’s a fun thing to do - new experiences slightly out of our comfort zones is great.
Fun Fact: This movie and Monty Python and the Holy Grail were shown as a double feature in art house theaters all through the 80s
The sheriff is near
No dag nabbit, the sheriff is a......, that character was a parody of Gabby Hayes a legendary sidekick in many westerns. Looked and talked like that, but in life was a cultured individual who loved opera and Broadway.
@@markinman8156yes I always like gabby when he was with hop along.
And he’ll be wanting his Laurel and Hardy handshake (which I imagine to be one in which both parties keep extending the hand on the same side, making the handshake not really work properly).
The most lovely laugh. Very enjoyable reaction. Young Frankenstein is my second favorite Brooks film.
“Hey. Where da white women at?”
"Excuse me while I whip this out" was probably the most often quoted movie line for several years after this movie came out. I was in high school and we looked for opportunities to use this line.
😂😂😂 that’s given me such a giggle. I can imagine!!
You should watch Mel Brooks’ “The Producers”. Absolute masterpiece.
Make sure it’s the 1967 version. Right up there with Young Frankenstein as his best.
Probably the most accurate portrayal of politicians in the history of movies.
I’m smiling so wide! So bloody true!
I really liked you reaction to this movie. You really got the humor of this film.
I loved seeing your reaction to this great comedy, Kate, it was delightful.
A few more Mel Brooks comedies for you:
"The Producers" 1967,
"Young Frankenstein" 1974, a parody of Universal B&W Frankenstein films,
"The History of the World. Part 1" 1981,
"Spaceballs" 1987, Star Wars parody.
There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
Thanks so much for your kind comment and list of Brooks’ other works. ☺️
There's British humour, there's American humor, then there's Mel Brooks.
Now, one trope in this film often overlooked is "drunk redeems himself" most famously done in Rio Bravo (1959) and El Dorado (1966).
I love your laugh. Infectious! If you have not watched Tombstone put that on the list. It’s about a real person. Great movie, great story. Great acting!
Mel's was mocking racism by making us laugh at ithose who were racist in the film.
One of the funniest parts is when everyone goes running out of the studio gate. There's a guy standing on the corner acting very puzzled. Because he was not a actor but a pedestrian who wandered into the shot. And Mel said just leave alone.
“Where the white women at?”
An absolute masterclass in satire
That line was top notch!!
I haven't seen this for years,an absolute classic!
Great appreciation of the film’s depiction of the stupidity of prejudice. You’d love Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as well as their Life of Brian, given your reaction to this one. Thank you, Kate.
Thanks so much! Ohh I’ve always wanted to watch Life of Brian! 😆
29:11 I've spent a lot of time eating in the Universal Studios commissary but I've never seen a food fight break out. lol
At the time this movie came out, ABC Television did an intro to the Wild World of Sports, where it featured the best in sports and the worst.
Count Basie's band is the group playing in the desert.
Such style!!
Madeline Kahn received a best supporting actress Oscar for her role
But not the Irish comes from Mel getting the cast together towards the end of the shoot and asking them if there was anyone who hadn't been insulted, a guy put up his hand and said I'm Irish, I haven't been insulted.
I live in Texas, and I love your accent!! May I suggest what I believe is the best Gene Wilder movie ever. 'The Frisco Kid', funny from start to finish.
also stars a young-ish Harrison Ford.
1979, so post-Star Wars, pre-Raiders.
Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein were both both made in 1974, a banner year forMel Brooks & Gene Wilder.
Pleasantly surprised you “got” this movie 🙂
Liked and subbed, greetings from 🇺🇸
My favorite bit of trivia from it is they didn't tell the guy singing the thene song that it was for a comedy.
I absolutely love that too. He belted it out with such sincerity!
First when the governor says 'phoney baloney' is a term for fake. How a politician prioritizes protecting their "fake" job whenever a major crisis occurs.
Second my favorite thing is that Gene Wilder added the line 'morons' making the Sherriff's laughter genuine when describing the townfolk.
Gabby Johnson was played by Jeff Daniels. Who acted in the butcher’s wife, dumb and dumber, and The newsroom. Where his character was asked what makes America the greatest country in the world. His answer went viral. In social media.
You had me at "the sheriff is near!" thanks for the reaction!
Gene Wilder was not the first choice to play the Waco Kid, instead sixty year old Gig Young was Mel Brooks choice. In the 1950's Gig Young was a funny, handsome "comic relief" actor but rarely played the lead in a film. By the 1970's Young had a serious drinking problem and showed up drunk for the first day of shooting. Brooks fired him and brought in Wilder. I can't imagine what Blazing Saddles would have been like without Gene Wilder!
This is so funny! Great reaction, Kate.
One of my favorite movies of all time! I just saw that you uploaded this, so I'm excited to see what you think 😁
Ahh another movie on your channel that I haven't watched yet! Not gonna watch this reaction atm so I'll just comment lol. I like the denim jacket though, very fitting!
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The desert scenes were filmed in the California desert. Most of Southern California is desert and mountains.
Gene Wilder was also in The Producers, the first movie directed by Mel Brooks. And Robert Ridgley, who plays the hangman, has the same role in Robin Hood Men in Tights.
There's one joke that almost no one gets:.When Mongo rides into town, the first person to see him yells, "Mongo! Santa Maria!"
Mongo Santamaria was the name of a popular Cuban bandleader in the early 1960s.
🪘🪇🎺🎤 that’s funny.
A few years later, the eventual writers of "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" made their first film "Kentucky Fried Movie" and it's a wild collection of parodies that only has "Blazing Saddles" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" as equals in terms of go-for-broke silly but smart comedy.
That guy getting hung with this horse is like the saying “hung like a horse” lol
I have watched this movie for 50 years and many different reactions and never thought of that, lol. More snitchengrubbin, lmao.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s absolutely brilliant!!
If not the best comedy ever filmed, it's in the top 2. Really enjoyed your reaction.
Thank you :)
I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction! It was clear you were genuinely loving every bit of the movie, and I appreciated how you only chimed in when you were laughing-it made the experience feel authentic. You had me laughing out loud with you when 'they showed what happened at the end!' I'd never found that part funny before, but your reaction helped me see the humor in it. Kudos to you for such an entertaining and genuine reaction!
That’s such a nice comment to read. I’m really pleased!! 😌
I saw this when it came out (I’m 70), but haven’t seen it since. Yours is the first reaction to it that I have watched, because I was curious about how a Brit would react. You didn’t disappoint, as I enjoyed your reaction. You would have noticed many spoofs of old Hollywood cliches and performers if you knew more about old westerns.
You were quite right about the Monty Python vibe, and shortly after that we see an instance in which the film steals an old MP joke (“You said rape twice.” “I like rape.”).
Buster Keaton was the first, I think, to create that movie meta: watching and then participating in the movie. He did this in his classic silent comedy, “Sherlock, Jr.,” where he falls asleep as a film projectionist and then steps into the film he is projecting.
Here are some recommended classic westerns: “Stagecoach” (1939), “High Noon,” (1952), “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (1966), “Unforgiven” (1992, my favorite) and “Open Range” (2003).
Bart has the most beautiful horse of any movie cowboy EVER. When the Mexican fellow exclaims, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" it's a joke on the name of Mongo Santamaria, a popular Afro-Cuban bandleader of the era the film was made in. That, and 'Yes/No' on the back of Mongo's bull, are probably the two jokes that modern viewers miss most often (American school buses used to have 'Yes' and 'No' on the back, to remind drivers which side was safe to pass the vehicle on). In the TV version of the film, Bart made two more attempts to bring Mongo down, because the dynamite didn't do the job. He tricked Mongo into testing his quickdraw against a mechanized cannon, and then convinced him to go diving in the town well for Spanish Dubloons. While Mongo was at the bottom of the well, Bart cut off the air supply and THAT was how he finally beat Mongo.
Oh that’s jokes about the school bus!!! 🚍 and I like the ode to Cuban music too 🇨🇺
This film has so many great scenes and iconic lines that some always inevitably get cut for time in a reaction. But you had 2 of my favorites: when the GOV says “Sheriff murdered?! Gentlemen we’ve got to protect our phones baloney jobs!” And when Mel Brookes playing the Indian Chief does the whole thing in Yiddish 🤣😂. Such a fun reaction I couldn’t help but subscribe.
Thanks so much for subscribing! That chief scene was funny now that I read it. I didn’t know that was happening at the time haha
Mel Brooks is a comedy genius.
Young Frankenstein is my favorite Brooks film.
Blazing Saddles would be second and then Spaceballs third.
Mel Brooks plays the parts of the Governor and the Indian Chief.
Hi Kate. Happy New Year.
Another great choice of film and reaction too. I'm glad you got it as it was meant to be viewed and found it really funny also. Still makes me cry with laughter 😂.
When I went to San Francisco I wanted to hire a bike to cycle across the Golden Gate bridge. There were a few companies who hired bikes but one was called Blazing Saddles, so I went with them. It had to be done 😉😆.
Keep up the good work 👍☺️.
Simon xx
Thanks for your super message, Simon! I bet that was a blast of a bike ride!! 🌉🌁 good on you!!! Happy New Year to you too.
I am hoping you will enjoy the work of Mel Brooks. He has a strong absurdist streak, and enjoys parody of genre (here Westerns) and medium (Silent Movie & The Producers lambast screen and stage respectively), as well as specific mockery (Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, etc)
He even makes fun of history in History of the World Part 1
Well at least he plays a real life role in 'History;, you know BS artist. lol
High Anxiety is a satire of Hitchcock thrillers, and Silent Movie ... exactly as you would think.
Kate you have a great laugh. i love this movie its just about having fun with alot of things.
Can’t make this kind of movie today. Mel Brooks said in a recent interview thatvthey couldn’t make it back then! But they did it anyway and it’s a comedy classic. And when you made the comment about this reminding you of watching Bugs Bunny and Road Runner, I thought, “I’m just waiting to see her reaction to the Candygram for Mungo bit.”
And finally, may I welcome you to the utterly screwball world of Mel Brooks! You are now required to watch Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and History of the World Part I. Not necessarily in that order. Enjoy!
You were a joy to watch you laugh at this movie what a delightful reaction 😊
This defiantly has crossed over to many that has never heard of it and is being rediscovered by many 50 years later, the cast is great .. Popular music and film from that era are still very enjoyable and timeless .. High Anxiety by Mel Brooks is good also.. ,it is worth a look.. Two westerns I can recommend is The Wild Bunch and True Grit original with John Wayne ,the remake is not as good
Ok Luv, you've got to see YOUNG FRANKYSTEIN !! The BEST though of course is The PRODUCERS !! Mel's a goddamn genius!!
Glad you had a great laugh reaction, this is a very funny movie.
The fart made its cinematic debut in this film at the campfire scene.
@@tysoncromwell2684 No. 'Good Morning' (1959) by Yasujirō Ozu features the first fart in cinema history.
For more Mel Brooks films...there are a number...I would recommend Young Frankenstein. Hard to pick between that movie and Blazing Saddles as to which is Mel's best film...both are great!
The movie was filmed here in Arizona; the old film studio in Old Tucson. It’s on the other side of the mountains from Tucson.
What a delightful laugh! Just the right sound to make one's day a good one!
I’m so glad!! 😌
Thanks once again for the wonderful reaction. May I suggest Cat Ballou for a future reaction? It's got a more conventional plot, and not such broad humor, but it is a very enjoyable, gentle spoof of the Western genre. Lee Marvin shocked the world by winning a Best Actor Award for this film. Also, I would try Mel Brooks' follow-up to Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein. Happy New Year!
I would highly recommend just getting a list of Mel Brooks movies and just having a Mel Brooks reaction fest. You'll laugh so hard your ribs will hurt. The greatest comedy filmmaker ever.
"Love the music! Snazzy!"
It should be. That's Count Basie and his orchestra.
How incredible! I love that they agreed to play in it!
I am so glad you got what this movie was all about. So many are offended and don't get it! For a more modern western there is "Silverado", for a more classic western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" Great job by the way.
Thank you for watching my video :)
"I don't know anything about the plot." Brace yourself, sweet lady. You're in for a wild ride.
This movie was made before everybody got soft and started being offended by, well, pretty much anything.
@SwiftJustice that made no sense whatsoever.