I love watching reactions to this film. Every one is different, but the common thread is some variation of "What just happened?!" And I laugh out loud throughout. You know it's great comedy when it just keeps getting funnier every time.
@@RKnights Critics and many fans prefer Young Frankenstein, but I like this one best, if only for the social and cultural message. And your edit is the best of many I've seen of this film...
To people who get upset at the racial slurs, the thing to remember is that everyone who uses them is portrayed as both evil and stupid (all the villains) or just plain ignorant (the townsfolk, who eventually learn better and come around to love Bart). Mel Brooks didn't just make a parody of western movies, he also made an effective parody of racism.
He also took big swings at antisemitism, Hollywood cliches and stereotypes, out-of-control capitalism, politicians, and people who don't know how to laugh at themselves.
The night before shooting began, Burton Gilliam who played Lyle went to Cleavon Little's trailer and said, "I don't think I can do this.." --- Cleavon sat him down and said, "We're ACTORS... We read the lines.. It's not who we ARE.. It's just the parts we play.."
Someone once said to Mel Brooks recently "You could never make this movie today" and he said "You couldn't make this movie in 1974, but we did it anyways".
They tried to remake it recently. "Paws of Fury" aka "Blazing Samurai". For some unfathomable reason, they decided to make it an animated childrens film. It was pretty terrible.
And the Hedy-Hedley running joke, because few of the generations since mine remember Hedy Lamar. And I'm still waiting for somebody to recognize the great Cole Porter song or the Count Basie band in the desert...
Ray gets most of them, it's the younger reactors I want to hear from. But I have faith that these movies in a strange way are a cultural education and may bridge the gap.
Allegedly Mel showed the script to John Wayne and wanted him to be in it. After John Wayne read the script, he said there was no way he could appear in a film like this. He said, however, that he'd be first in line to see it.
That's how Mel gotten Gene Wilder after John Wayne declined the offer. Gene had one condition for Mel: next movie, directed it but not appeared in the movie. Movie is Young Frankenstein.
Well, it would have been fine, because Mel wanted him to play Taggart. The proof for this is the director commentary, so Brooks himself says so. They wanted someone else for Wako Kid, but the guy puked himself off set on day one, so Gene Wilder did the movie for a future favour: that favour came to be known as Young Frankenstein.
@@chazzn121 This fact will never cease to be funny. You can just picture the two of them, reading the lines off to one another and cacking themselves laughing.
Another thing I just remembered, you're aware, of course, that the Native American Chief was Mel Brooks speaking Yiddish, but did you know that the bead arrangement on his head band spelled out "Kosher" in Hebrew? When I found that out, I was blown away.
"Yes I did it. I killed Yvette. I HATED her ... SOOOO ... MUCH ... it it the feel it flame - flames ... FLAMES?? ... On the side of my face. Breathing breath heaving breaths." 🤣
Mel Brooks is a classic. One story about him- during WW2 he was a communication specialist in the Combat Engineers. During one battle (possibly the Battle of the Bulge) the Germans set up a loudspeaker set towards the American lines- broadcasting Nazi propaganda. Mel and some comrades ran commo wire to the loudspeaker, turned it around- and open returning to the American lines- started playing Yiddish songs by Al Jolson .....
I think the most impressive thing about this movie is that Harvey Korman is able to keep a straight face. He was notorious for getting cracked up on "The Carol Burnett Show". I wonder how much film they went through to get a take without him laughing in it?
@@RKnights It was a hit with my family as well. Tim Conway was another of my favorites. Their chemistry even carried over into "Mama's Family" with Vicky Lawrence. They just don't do comedy like that anymore.
This film was pretty controversial when it came out in 74 for different reasons than today. The studios almost wouldn't let him make it. Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks were the main writers and Clevon Little (Sherriff) kept daring them to make the race jokes worse "Dare, Dare!" In case you were confused they were poking fun at the racists and bigots.
@@Julieroo28 I think he was uncomfortable, especially at the beginning, because he didn't get any advance warning. His body language seemed VERY uncomfortable or anxious. First time reactors to this movie who are a little older or have been warned usually handle the awkwardness better, but even then, there can be a bit of a WTF factor at first.
The one joke Mel took out was when Lilly asks Bart about being gifted, the line that was removed was, "I hate to disappoint you, but you're sucking on my elbow!"
I love how Mel didn't break the 4th wall he destroyed it. 1974 was a big year for Mel Brooks with this movie and Young Frankenstein in the same year remarkable. I love how the Wide World of Sports comment flew right by the youngsters but I was a little disappointed that the mentor missed the extend a Laurel and Hardy welcome line nevertheless you have a new subscriber
Funniest thing about this reaction is that 2 guys are full on enjoying the movie and the 3rd one is trying to not get triggered and not get his feelings hurt😂
I saw this in packed theaters when it came out, and the audience reaction was so great that you couldn't hear some of the lines. It really amplified the show and made it 10X better than seeing it on TV without a crowd around.
I love this movie! If you haven't watched it there is a video essay called "You couldn't make Blazing Saddles Today!" That talks about the historical context for everything. It's very well done and explains a LOT of the jokes and satire. Highly recommend! Loved this reaction vid btw!
@@davidcave5426 Haha yes! And actually one of the points made in the video is how the real question should be "Why would you need to make Blazing Saddles today?" At the time it was made there were something like over 60 different cowboy shows on television, all of the same formulaic nature and based on this idea of white, American cowboys. In reality most cowboys were black or native or even Irish. But of course all of those ethnicities were characterized in those westerns. Love what Mel Brooks did by poking fun at this formula and offending everyone along the way, while also cowning on racists in a big way!
The best thing about Blazing Saddles is that the butt of every joke is bigotry. It freed up people to talk openly about every form of prejudice and see the absurdity of them ALL! Prejudice and bigotry serve no purpose except to be laughed at, and that laughter becomes a unifying farce.
Anyone growing up in those times would have described it as a "Mad comics" style adult satire. Mad comics had been doing crazy satires of movies since the 50s and Mel's movies are definitely in that tradition.
@@Otokichi786 flat out wrong - Mad started in the 50s as a comic book printed by EC comics. Then the Comics Code Authority was enacted in reaction to the very grisly horror comics that EC published. EC also published Mad Comics at the time., of which I own the hardbound reprints. To subvert the Comic Code Authority, Gaines, the publisher, decided to print it as a magazine format so that they would have no power over his content, and so Mad Magazine was born. I also know that the writers of "The Show of Shows" the first live comedy skit show forTV, were fans of the mad comic book and there were always issues floating around the writers room. Ironically, Mel Brooks was one of those writers.
When this movie came out a friend of mine ran the projectors at several theaters. I got to see this movie half a dozen times the first 2 weeks it was out. "All I can say is, Mel Brooks", well said.
The part where the movie spills onto the set, breaking the forth wall, is known as "The French Mistake" and has been referenced in other shows and movies when breaking the fourth wall. The series Supernatural has one example with an episode named accordingly.
Loved how they "Rode off into the sunset" at the end of the movie. Plus, Like we found out in the movie, "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!", every Black Hero needs a theme song and Barts was Count Basse.
Bummer you had to re-upload, great reactions. I had added you to a mashup I did of Mongo punching the horse. I updated the links back here, hopefully you get your views back.
Thanks boss! It sucked that we had to do that but I guess its part of working with UA-cam. Hey we appreciate the mashup. If you are doing one for House of the Dragon's 9 episode dont forget us :-)
Madeline Kahn took her song style from a 1939 movie called Destry Rides Again with Marlene Dietrich who cannot sing but did in the film so Kahn copied how bad it was on purpose. Check it out, you will immediately see it LOL
Marlene Dietrich sings a lot better than Bob Dylan, was a terrific German actress who stood up to Hitler, and entertained allied troops for the entirety of World War II. She’s a hero of Brooks and countless others of his generation. Likewise, when Sheriff Bart trots past Count Basie in the desert and gets his seal of approval, that is no small thing either; his orchestra is one of the greatest cultural institutions in our nation’s history.
Some help with one of the jokes: In the opening scene where the foreman wants the workers to sing a "****** work song" He expected to hear a traditional negro spiritual, like Swing Low, Sweet Chariot etc. We sang that in public school music class (white middle class I might add), along with "Joshua fought..etc." So it was a joke when Cleavon Little broke into a crooner/nightclub standard just to mess with them.
I have watched a LOT of reactions to this movie, but your reactions are without doubt my favorite! Evidently, we have similar senses of humor, because my cheeks hurt from laughing. Great jobs.
Hedy Lamarr was a spectacularly beautiful German Jewish 40s movie star who also contributed to the development of Wi-Fi. She sued Mel and they settled out of court for unauthorized use of her name. I think she was hooked up with Howard Hughes. She left Germany in the 30s.
Laurel & Hardy reference was about a Comedy team who made several movies together. Mango is Alex Karis who played as Defensive Lineman for the Detroit Lions. Back in the mid 1840's into the 1850s when the Irish fled the famine. Employers would post signs saying, "Irish Need Not Apply". Plus, they added the obligatory riding off into the sunset, but in a Caddy. Don't forget to watch Mel's "Young Frankenstein".
You can tell the middle guy is older than the other two, as he caught some things they didn't, like the "What in the wide, wide world of sports is a goin' on here?"
I told them that several times. I produced a 2-part series on the making of that movie for it's 25th anniversary, for a regional sports television nework.
You guys should try watching "High Anxiety" (1977). Not only is it a Mel Brook's tribute film that spoofs many of Alfred Hitchcock's classics, but it stars Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn.
When the chairman of the welcoming committee says is my pleasure to extend to you this laurel and hardy handshake it was Mel brooks giving a shout out to the legendary comedy duo laurel and hardy.
@@thatsthat2612 It's true. That was the first time anyone had ever farted in a movie. Mel was told to cut the scene before release. He said alright, then released it as is.
@@r.awilliams9815 He also urged the editor to turn up the sound as far as it would go. He knew the audience would not be able to hear anything after the first fart - and he was RIGHT. Everyone fell apart, everyone SCREAMING with laughter. The entire audience regressed to six-year-olds. It was one of the most awesome nights of my life!
If you can find it there's another hilarious movie called Soggy Bottom USA from 1980. It has Don Johnson in it and other famous actors in it back in the day. I don't think alot of people will remember it but it's a good one to.
I took a tour of the studio when I was in my early 20s. It was pretty cool. They had carts take you from lot to lot, and you could walk around while they told you about the movies filmed on each one. It was literally the only part of going to California I enjoyed. 😂 I'm not fond of traveling or people, but I love movies. 😂 They had the Batmobile on display along with many other things.
@@RKnights Every Kubrick movie is great in one way or another, but the black comedy of Strangelove takes great to another level. My favorite Kubrick art is Clockwork Orange, but that would take even more editing than this one...
In one episode of Webster, Alex Karras' character punishes Webster for the first time. Webster breaks his bedroom mirror in anger, to which I said out loud, "7 years bad luck. You're never gonna grow, kid." My girlfriend's 15 year old brother laughed harder and longer at that than anything in that entire episode.
The oldest “raunchy” TV show I can think of was The Benny Hill Show, which started airing in 1955 on BBC. You might consider “Some Like It Hot” from 1959 a raunchy comedy movie… it had Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon.
A great film. I agree about the best description is - It's a Mel Brooks Film. And it should be noted some people really had a hard time with saying that one word. Even though it was still common then, it was not generally accepted as a good word. I still love this film.
Alex Karras, who played Mongo, was supposed to swing at the horse and the horse was supposed to fall down. By what method. What really happened is Alex actually hit the horse. Obvious;y he was not supposed to and he totally regretted doing so. Al little trivia about Alex. He played George Stephanopoulos on the TV show Webster. Susan Clark played his wife. Behind the scenes, They were actually married.
Shout-out to the late great Slim Pickens --- his name --- for playing "Taggert so hilariously. He is a LEGENDARY cowboy actor, an everyman with no looks, but criminally underrated skills. He is a comic-relief or sidekick staple of decades of westerns. To see why he's criminally underrated, go back to the toll booth scene, and watch him use two sweeping rears, like a windshield wiper, to bring his horse to a stop in ONE HORSE LENGTH, all this with other horses hard-riding up behind him. That's control, and flare. That's horsemanship. And despite his ENORMOUS hesitation to take this role --- the carpet-bombing of the N-word in his dialog being his reasons --- he also saw the wisdom, already knowing the power of comedy. The shovel bit was worked up between him and Mel. They needed Taggert to be the brunt of as many jokes as possible.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is another Mel Brooks movie that comes close to having as much raunchy humor in it as this one - most notably the "Shadow Puppet" scene. And that's all I'm going to say about that . . .
Gerard That horse hit by Mongo (Alex Karras) is a trained stunt horse with his handler, stuntman posing as a town member. You will see that stuntman pulled the reins signal the horse to fall safely. Mongo (Alex Karras) does not hit the horse. Karras acted like he hit the horse. Sound effects added later in post-production.
Alex Karras aka Mongo was a Pro Bowler, Hall of Famer for both College and NFL. He played for Iowa (College) and Detroit Lions (NFL) as a Defensive Tackle.
If anyone worries about the horse being abused or getting hurt they should watch a few videos. I've had the luck of being on a few movie sets. Those horses LOVE doing the stunts and tricks and literally get upset if they have to spend too much time in the stables on set. They are like big spoiled dogs wanting to go play fetch and are treated extremely well with safety in mind at all times.
There's breaking the fourth wall and then there's leaving the film and watching from the other side of the fourth wall. This movie is brilliant. Also, for more amazing Madeline Khan, Clue is the one to watch if you haven't yet.
PS: Oh yeah! I didn't see this when it was new in a movie theater. My first time was probably regular broadcast television. Then I saw it uncensored during a dormitory movie night in the lounge. Then there was a campus movie night, when a reel to reel projector was used to project it against the white exterior wall of one of the campus buildings. Viewings like that and drive-in movie theaters were two ways for passing minors to see what they weren't meant to see even if the context was lost without sound! It used to be a common practice to make at least two versions of a movie at the same time! One for television and one for theaters. Laurel & Hardy, would make an English language version first, and then do it all over again in Spanish! The series "Highlander" made a "European Cut" with the bare breasts kept in! 👌
I was only a year or two old when this came out. But my dad made sure I watched it. It’s the best satire on racism ever made. I’m thrilled to see another generation enjoying this film. People keep saying this film couldn’t be made today. It sad, but true, races actually got along better and could joke with each other without anyone dying back then. I had a group of black guys at a bar in laughing their butts off at my “reverse racism” joke rant about 13 years ago….. I wouldn’t even try it today because people today don’t seem to have a sense of humor.
I wish l could remember but there was a movie by Woody Allen where he woke up in the future, it was a raunchy comedy made in the early 70's. I think it had Jane Fonda co-starring.
When Harvey Korman was running out of the studio at the end there was a little old man standing on the corner. He wasn't part of the movie. They had to get a release from him after the scene was shot.
I watched your entire reaction to this. Yall laughed when you should have and no one got offended over words. I've seen reaction videos where it didn't go well. I will continue to watch your videos.
The screenplay was co-written by Richard Pryor. PLEASE watch What's Up, Doc? (1972), a great slapstick comedy. Wonderful raunchy comedies? National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Porky's (1981). Also, Police Academy (1984), and Porky's II.
What's Up, Doc? is one of the best madcap comedies ever. Animal House is hilarious slapstick. The Porky's movies are great raunchy teen sex comedies. You'll love Lassie.
Mel Brooks wanted Gene Wilder for the Waco Kid. Before he agreed to do it, Gene asked Brooks to direct a screenplay he had just written. That was Young Frankenstein.
Gene was an emergency replacement. They had originally hired Gig Young, an old time western actor, to play the Waco Kid. Problem was he was a raging alcoholic and arrived completely drunk on 1st day shooting. So Brooks asked Wilder to take the role and that's when Wilder laid the Young Frankenstein condition on him.
10:52 - It says something about the state of the world that at time of production, THIS was considered the most offensive thing in the movie. 20:52 - "There is NO way to describe that movie!" Mel Brooks satirizes racism and the Western movie genre. 21:50 - People have commented to Mel Brooks that there is no way this movie could be made today. His response is "There was no way it could be made then, but we did it."
When this movie, first played in the Bay Area, it was on KBHK Channel 44, they left all the "N" words, but they cut out Madelin Khan's last name. But one scene that was cut out was she's alone with Cleavon Little and she exclaims "It's True, It's True!" He says "That My Elbow".
2K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: "Raunchy"? Hmm. What about "Risqué"? Well, there's all of those old movies that caused the establishment of the "Hayes Code" I reckon. More recently? The movie "MASH"? By the way! I've seen the CBM "Barbarella" and during the opening credits of it, actress Jane Fonda as the titular character, is aboard her spaceship, floating in zero gravity, stripping off her clothes before showering, and then putting on clean clothes! Later on she says that she has never done nudity for a movie! My guess is, that rather than being forgetful or having been tricked, that she was comfortable with the body parts that she exposed! So imagine that attitude being prevalent and affecting the movie ratings back then! 🤔 Though I will always feel sorry for the horses, I still laugh at the rest of the movie. "Meta Humor" describes this comedy genre! Via "Tubi" I recently viewed all four "Matt Helm" movies again. I couldn't tell if they showed more than what I used to see on broadcast TV or not. Attitudes were changed during the Reagan Administration, by the way. Before him, the nudity in the movie "MASH" wasn't always censored, for example, when broadcast! Seeing "Hot Lips" exposed was a popular school playground topic! The TV series on by then, so it was quite the contrast! "PBS" wasn't censoring back then either, like they do now. I'm too tired to continue! Bye for now. 😊
I love watching reactions to this film. Every one is different, but the common thread is some variation of "What just happened?!" And I laugh out loud throughout. You know it's great comedy when it just keeps getting funnier every time.
This has to be Mel's Masterpiece :-)
@@RKnights Critics and many fans prefer Young Frankenstein, but I like this one best, if only for the social and cultural message. And your edit is the best of many I've seen of this film...
especially the mongo horse incident and ... well.. mostly everything else i spose xD
Not to mention Mongo Santamaria and "They said you was hung, yes and they was right"
@@flarrfan😊
To people who get upset at the racial slurs, the thing to remember is that everyone who uses them is portrayed as both evil and stupid (all the villains) or just plain ignorant (the townsfolk, who eventually learn better and come around to love Bart). Mel Brooks didn't just make a parody of western movies, he also made an effective parody of racism.
He also took big swings at antisemitism, Hollywood cliches and stereotypes, out-of-control capitalism, politicians, and people who don't know how to laugh at themselves.
@lopez Some people have to grow into it.
@lopez Same with any movie with that tells a message in a shocking way.
Mel Brooks knew the best way to discuss social issues is over laughter.
Also Richard Pryor, a black comedian wrote all the black jokes...not Mel Brooks
The night before shooting began, Burton Gilliam who played Lyle went to Cleavon Little's trailer and said, "I don't think I can do this.." --- Cleavon sat him down and said, "We're ACTORS... We read the lines.. It's not who we ARE.. It's just the parts we play.."
Someone once said to Mel Brooks recently "You could never make this movie today" and he said "You couldn't make this movie in 1974, but we did it anyways".
They tried to remake it recently. "Paws of Fury" aka "Blazing Samurai". For some unfathomable reason, they decided to make it an animated childrens film. It was pretty terrible.
So many people miss the "It is my privilege to extend a Laurel and Hardy handshake." line.
I missed it for 40 years.
And the Hedy-Hedley running joke, because few of the generations since mine remember Hedy Lamar. And I'm still waiting for somebody to recognize the great Cole Porter song or the Count Basie band in the desert...
And the wide, wide world of sports…that ABC TV station aired…I used to watch it often.
A laurel (a flowered wreath) and a HEARTY handshake.
@@voidmstr The joke is a reference to Laurel and Hardy, which is why the OP wrote it that way.
"What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is goin' on around here?"
I knew you were the correct age to get that reference, Ray!
For sure! Use to watch that sports show with my pops
@@RKnights Ditto!
@@robspore5046 😀😀😀
Ray gets most of them, it's the younger reactors I want to hear from. But I have faith that these movies in a strange way are a cultural education and may bridge the gap.
@@RKnights So I presume you have memories of the skiier racking himself as the Agony of Defeat Guy?
Allegedly Mel showed the script to John Wayne and wanted him to be in it. After John Wayne read the script, he said there was no way he could appear in a film like this. He said, however, that he'd be first in line to see it.
That's how Mel gotten Gene Wilder after John Wayne declined the offer. Gene had one condition for Mel: next movie, directed it but not appeared in the movie. Movie is Young Frankenstein.
@@MrTech226 Wrong.
Thank God because John Wayne was a terrible character and the actor that played him could only play John Wayne.
Well, it would have been fine, because Mel wanted him to play Taggart. The proof for this is the director commentary, so Brooks himself says so.
They wanted someone else for Wako Kid, but the guy puked himself off set on day one, so Gene Wilder did the movie for a future favour: that favour came to be known as Young Frankenstein.
Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor wrote the jokes. They wanted to show just how dumb racism is and they did so perfectly.
and note that richard wrote the lines for the white actors and mel wrote the lines for the black actors
@@chazzn121 This fact will never cease to be funny.
You can just picture the two of them, reading the lines off to one another and cacking themselves laughing.
It was brilliant mockery of prejudice of many kinds. Mel Brooks is a genius.
Another thing I just remembered, you're aware, of course, that the Native American Chief was Mel Brooks speaking Yiddish, but did you know that the bead arrangement on his head band spelled out "Kosher" in Hebrew?
When I found that out, I was blown away.
Brooks is also one of the cutthroats waiting in line to sign up for the raid on Rock Ridge.
@@AS-gh1yk , I just learned that a few weeks ago, from a buddy of mine. He was spoofing a director he hated.
I didn't know that, but being Irish I always loved the line "we don't want the Irish"
Actually it says "Kosher For Passover"
That is one of my favorite parts😂😂😂😂
Madeline Kahn passed away in December of 1999. Hard to believe she's been gone so long. Beautiful and so funny!
Maddy was one of a kind
"Yes I did it. I killed Yvette. I HATED her ... SOOOO ... MUCH ... it it the feel it flame - flames ... FLAMES?? ... On the side of my face. Breathing breath heaving breaths." 🤣
Mel Brooks is a classic. One story about him- during WW2 he was a communication specialist in the Combat Engineers. During one battle (possibly the Battle of the Bulge) the Germans set up a loudspeaker set towards the American lines- broadcasting Nazi propaganda.
Mel and some comrades ran commo wire to the loudspeaker, turned it around- and open returning to the American lines- started playing Yiddish songs by Al Jolson .....
Way to often I yell out "Nevermind that sh**, here comes Mongo!!". My wife is over it 😂
I think the most impressive thing about this movie is that Harvey Korman is able to keep a straight face. He was notorious for getting cracked up on "The Carol Burnett Show". I wonder how much film they went through to get a take without him laughing in it?
I have fond memories of watching the Carol Burnett show with my mom. Good show good times
@@RKnights It was a hit with my family as well. Tim Conway was another of my favorites. Their chemistry even carried over into "Mama's Family" with Vicky Lawrence. They just don't do comedy like that anymore.
@@Easy_Skanking agree. Times have changed
Also voices the Great Gazoo in The Flintstones.
Harvey Korman is a master!
This film was pretty controversial when it came out in 74 for different reasons than today. The studios almost wouldn't let him make it. Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks were the main writers and Clevon Little (Sherriff) kept daring them to make the race jokes worse "Dare, Dare!" In case you were confused they were poking fun at the racists and bigots.
and from what ive read is that Richard Pryor was the writer for the white actors and mel brooks was the writer for the black actors
@@michaeltellez1277 I think ive heard otherwise, but if thats the case, thats hilarious.
I can't believe none of you guys knew what the hell Slim Pickens line, "What in the wide, wide, world of sports ...." is from. God damn I'm old.
The guy on the left is so afraid to laugh. That's the funniest thing on this reaction
If there's only one joke in the whole movie that will make you laugh, it's that one.
I don’t think he gets the humor.
@@Julieroo28 I think he was uncomfortable, especially at the beginning, because he didn't get any advance warning. His body language seemed VERY uncomfortable or anxious. First time reactors to this movie who are a little older or have been warned usually handle the awkwardness better, but even then, there can be a bit of a WTF factor at first.
You need to tell him that it is an "anti racist" movie, and only the bad guys are racist.
And tell him that Mel Brooks was Jewish. He was very familiar with racism.
The one joke Mel took out was when Lilly asks Bart about being gifted, the line that was removed was, "I hate to disappoint you, but you're sucking on my elbow!"
I love how Mel didn't break the 4th wall he destroyed it. 1974 was a big year for Mel Brooks with this movie and Young Frankenstein in the same year remarkable. I love how the Wide World of Sports comment flew right by the youngsters but I was a little disappointed that the mentor missed the extend a Laurel and Hardy welcome line nevertheless you have a new subscriber
Funniest thing about this reaction is that 2 guys are full on enjoying the movie and the 3rd one is trying to not get triggered and not get his feelings hurt😂
AGREE 😊😊
I saw this in packed theaters when it came out, and the audience reaction was so great that you couldn't hear some of the lines. It really amplified the show and made it 10X better than seeing it on TV without a crowd around.
I love this movie! If you haven't watched it there is a video essay called "You couldn't make Blazing Saddles Today!" That talks about the historical context for everything. It's very well done and explains a LOT of the jokes and satire. Highly recommend! Loved this reaction vid btw!
Mel Brooks was even quoted as saying that he couldn't make Blazing Saddles back then. But he did!
@@davidcave5426 Haha yes! And actually one of the points made in the video is how the real question should be "Why would you need to make Blazing Saddles today?" At the time it was made there were something like over 60 different cowboy shows on television, all of the same formulaic nature and based on this idea of white, American cowboys. In reality most cowboys were black or native or even Irish. But of course all of those ethnicities were characterized in those westerns. Love what Mel Brooks did by poking fun at this formula and offending everyone along the way, while also cowning on racists in a big way!
The best thing about Blazing Saddles is that the butt of every joke is bigotry. It freed up people to talk openly about every form of prejudice and see the absurdity of them ALL!
Prejudice and bigotry serve no purpose except to be laughed at, and that laughter becomes a unifying farce.
Anyone growing up in those times would have described it as a "Mad comics" style adult satire. Mad comics had been doing crazy satires of movies since the 50s and Mel's movies are definitely in that tradition.
OMG, I had a pretty big collection of Mad magazines and my mom tossed them. Along with some pretty expensive comics. *sigh* Love you mom
"MAD" was a Magazine, NOT a "comic book.";) So, a bit classier than Stan Lee's "newsprint books."
@@Otokichi786 flat out wrong - Mad started in the 50s as a comic book printed by EC comics. Then the Comics Code Authority was enacted in reaction to the very grisly horror comics that EC published. EC also published Mad Comics at the time., of which I own the hardbound reprints. To subvert the Comic Code Authority, Gaines, the publisher, decided to print it as a magazine format so that they would have no power over his content, and so Mad Magazine was born. I also know that the writers of "The Show of Shows" the first live comedy skit show forTV, were fans of the mad comic book and there were always issues floating around the writers room. Ironically, Mel Brooks was one of those writers.
I still have my beloved Mad Magazine Board Game. Those we're fun times.
Great comedy with a message , so well written by Brooks ,Richard Pryor and others best way to treat racism is ridicule ,this film does it so well .
This was written by Mel’s Brooks and Richard Pryor! Both legendary!
I still hear when a minister says “Matthew, Mark, Luke,,,,” instead of John I hear Duck…lol
When this movie came out a friend of mine ran the projectors at several theaters. I got to see this movie half a dozen times the first 2 weeks it was out. "All I can say is, Mel Brooks", well said.
The part where the movie spills onto the set, breaking the forth wall, is known as "The French Mistake" and has been referenced in other shows and movies when breaking the fourth wall. The series Supernatural has one example with an episode named accordingly.
Loved how they "Rode off into the sunset" at the end of the movie.
Plus, Like we found out in the movie, "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!", every Black Hero needs a theme song and Barts was Count Basse.
I don't know why, but : "Well, to tell the family secret, my grandmother was Dutch. Always gets me...
I know why, but it took 4 or 5 viewings before I really got it.
It's actually a very very deep joke that hits on all kinds of messy realities.
The one Johnsons that's drunk a lot and can't understand comes from a classic western wino troupe normally played by an Actor named Gabby Hayes
14:37 The line that came next, which the studio wouldn't allow, is "Ma'am, you're suckin' on my elbow."
yeah because THAT was going too far. It makes me laugh every time it comes up.
Bummer you had to re-upload, great reactions.
I had added you to a mashup I did of Mongo punching the horse. I updated the links back here, hopefully you get your views back.
Thanks boss! It sucked that we had to do that but I guess its part of working with UA-cam. Hey we appreciate the mashup. If you are doing one for House of the Dragon's 9 episode dont forget us :-)
Another joke none of the reactors get is when the man and horse are both getting hanged. The unspoken joke is “hung like a horse”
Richard Pryor worked with melbrooks on this movie and they both wrote the screen play
Madeline Kahn took her song style from a 1939 movie called Destry Rides Again with Marlene Dietrich who cannot sing but did in the film so Kahn copied how bad it was on purpose. Check it out, you will immediately see it LOL
Marlene Dietrich sings a lot better than Bob Dylan, was a terrific German actress who stood up to Hitler, and entertained allied troops for the entirety of World War II. She’s a hero of Brooks and countless others of his generation. Likewise, when Sheriff Bart trots past Count Basie in the desert and gets his seal of approval, that is no small thing either; his orchestra is one of the greatest cultural institutions in our nation’s history.
Blazing Saddles (censored) will show on TV between 7:00 pm and 7:10 pm
No, it'll still be a 2 hour time slot, but it'll have 1 hour and 50 minutes of commercials.
Some help with one of the jokes: In the opening scene where the foreman wants the workers to sing a "****** work song" He expected to hear a traditional negro spiritual, like Swing Low, Sweet Chariot etc. We sang that in public school music class (white middle class I might add), along with "Joshua fought..etc." So it was a joke when Cleavon Little broke into a crooner/nightclub standard just to mess with them.
I feel like so many younger reactors don’t get this joke.
I have watched a LOT of reactions to this movie, but your reactions are without doubt my favorite! Evidently, we have similar senses of humor, because my cheeks hurt from laughing. Great jobs.
Thank you. This movie was awesome
One of the greatest movies of all time!!
One very quotable line I'd heard a lot:
Excuse Me While I Whip This Out
2:23 Going through his mind:
"dont laugh at that dont laugh at that"
Lily von Schtupp is a parody of German actress Marlene Dietrich in the western Destry Rides Again with Jimmy Stewart.
Dietrich and Hedy Lamar seem mostly unknown to young'uns today...
Hedy Lamarr was a spectacularly beautiful German Jewish 40s movie star who also contributed to the development of Wi-Fi. She sued Mel and they settled out of court for unauthorized use of her name. I think she was hooked up with Howard Hughes. She left Germany in the 30s.
Laurel & Hardy reference was about a Comedy team who made several movies together. Mango is Alex Karis who played as Defensive Lineman for the Detroit Lions. Back in the mid 1840's into the 1850s when the Irish fled the famine. Employers would post signs saying, "Irish Need Not Apply". Plus, they added the obligatory riding off into the sunset, but in a Caddy. Don't forget to watch Mel's "Young Frankenstein".
The only one of them that hasn't seen it is the one on the left, so they probably won't want to do a reaction video. Who knows, though.
"They loose my right after the bunker scene" is still one of my favorite lines from this movie.
You can tell the middle guy is older than the other two, as he caught some things they didn't, like the "What in the wide, wide world of sports is a goin' on here?"
This might be a good time to introduce Monty Python. Perhaps with Quest for the Holy Grail?
Or Life of Brian
Ya know, the movie Slap Shot with Paul Newman is a great 70s comedy. Last I checked, nobody has reacted to it. Be the first. 🤙
Yes, I love that movie too! Hansen brothers lol
I told them that several times. I produced a 2-part series on the making of that movie for it's 25th anniversary, for a regional sports television nework.
@@suebeawho6537 I recommended Slap Shot to them, too. Several times.
You guys should try watching "High Anxiety" (1977). Not only is it a Mel Brook's tribute film that spoofs many of Alfred Hitchcock's classics, but it stars Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn.
When the chairman of the welcoming committee says is my pleasure to extend to you this laurel and hardy handshake it was Mel brooks giving a shout out to the legendary comedy duo laurel and hardy.
Believe it or not- the fart scene almost got this movie cut from theaters. Because nothing else in the movie is offensive.
No...stop it. Really? That's amazing 🤣🤣🤣 Jesus christ
@@thatsthat2612 It's true. That was the first time anyone had ever farted in a movie. Mel was told to cut the scene before release. He said alright, then released it as is.
You have to remember that it was the first time anyone had EVER put a fart onscreen.
@@r.awilliams9815 He also urged the editor to turn up the sound as far as it would go. He knew the audience would not be able to hear anything after the first fart - and he was RIGHT. Everyone fell apart, everyone SCREAMING with laughter. The entire audience regressed to six-year-olds. It was one of the most awesome nights of my life!
That it was still cut from the TV release is a bonus fact.
If you can find it there's another hilarious movie called Soggy Bottom USA from 1980. It has Don Johnson in it and other famous actors in it back in the day. I don't think alot of people will remember it but it's a good one to.
Check out an earlier Mel Brooks movie from 1968- The Producers.
Springtime for Hitler!
This is actually a really awesome film. Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel kill it
I took a tour of the studio when I was in my early 20s. It was pretty cool. They had carts take you from lot to lot, and you could walk around while they told you about the movies filmed on each one. It was literally the only part of going to California I enjoyed. 😂 I'm not fond of traveling or people, but I love movies. 😂 They had the Batmobile on display along with many other things.
And who can argue with that. I'm especially proud that these children up front was exposed to genuine frontier gibberish
Recommended, especially for Gen Z, "Doctor Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb".
We were debating to see if we should watch this movie so not sure yet.
@@RKnights Every Kubrick movie is great in one way or another, but the black comedy of Strangelove takes great to another level. My favorite Kubrick art is Clockwork Orange, but that would take even more editing than this one...
Alex Karras (Mongo) played defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions back in the '60s, and was a 4-time All-Pro!
Really?! Wow, thanks for the info :-)
I always remember him as the dad on "Webster"
@@rtm27 OMG!!! You are right!
Alex Karras more than pawn in game of football.
In one episode of Webster, Alex Karras' character punishes Webster for the first time. Webster breaks his bedroom mirror in anger, to which I said out loud, "7 years bad luck. You're never gonna grow, kid." My girlfriend's 15 year old brother laughed harder and longer at that than anything in that entire episode.
I love watching homeboy on the left trying not to laugh! Lol
My favorite unstated joke in the movie is that the racist town folk are all inbred. (They are all Johnsons)
The oldest “raunchy” TV show I can think of was The Benny Hill Show, which started airing in 1955 on BBC. You might consider “Some Like It Hot” from 1959 a raunchy comedy movie… it had Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon.
I remember as a young kid watching the Benny Hill show
A great film. I agree about the best description is - It's a Mel Brooks Film. And it should be noted some people really had a hard time with saying that one word. Even though it was still common then, it was not generally accepted as a good word. I still love this film.
Alex Karras, who played Mongo, was supposed to swing at the horse and the horse was supposed to fall down. By what method. What really happened is Alex actually hit the horse. Obvious;y he was not supposed to and he totally regretted doing so. Al little trivia about Alex. He played George Stephanopoulos on the TV show Webster. Susan Clark played his wife. Behind the scenes, They were actually married.
The guy with the braids trying not to laugh killed me. It's okay baby, you can laugh.
Shout-out to the late great Slim Pickens --- his name --- for playing "Taggert so hilariously. He is a LEGENDARY cowboy actor, an everyman with no looks, but criminally underrated skills. He is a comic-relief or sidekick staple of decades of westerns.
To see why he's criminally underrated, go back to the toll booth scene, and watch him use two sweeping rears, like a windshield wiper, to bring his horse to a stop in ONE HORSE LENGTH, all this with other horses hard-riding up behind him. That's control, and flare. That's horsemanship.
And despite his ENORMOUS hesitation to take this role --- the carpet-bombing of the N-word in his dialog being his reasons --- he also saw the wisdom, already knowing the power of comedy. The shovel bit was worked up between him and Mel. They needed Taggert to be the brunt of as many jokes as possible.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is another Mel Brooks movie that comes close to having as much raunchy humor in it as this one - most notably the "Shadow Puppet" scene. And that's all I'm going to say about that . . .
In case you guys didn't know who Jesse Owens was, he's a track and field star that competed in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin
Yup, and Hitler did not like him for kicking ass over there 🙂
Written by Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor
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That horse hit by Mongo (Alex Karras) is a trained stunt horse with his handler, stuntman posing as a town member. You will see that stuntman pulled the reins signal the horse to fall safely. Mongo (Alex Karras) does not hit the horse. Karras acted like he hit the horse. Sound effects added later in post-production.
Alex Karras aka Mongo was a Pro Bowler, Hall of Famer for both College and NFL. He played for Iowa (College) and Detroit Lions (NFL) as a Defensive Tackle.
If anyone worries about the horse being abused or getting hurt they should watch a few videos. I've had the luck of being on a few movie sets. Those horses LOVE doing the stunts and tricks and literally get upset if they have to spend too much time in the stables on set. They are like big spoiled dogs wanting to go play fetch and are treated extremely well with safety in mind at all times.
FWIW Madeline Kahn found the bad singing very tricky. She was a trained Soprano, so singing badly was actually really hard for her.
"Meet Me In My DWESSING Woom Aftew Da Schoow !! ... " Bow-Vow!!"
May she rest in peace. She was great
@@RKnights also see her in YOUNG FRANSCHTEEN ..(" FRANKENSTIEN")
Everytime she comes out in the bunny suit I go "...oh dear lord.."
A gang of watched this on a video and beer night there wasn't much beer drank because we couldn't drink it for the laffing
There's breaking the fourth wall and then there's leaving the film and watching from the other side of the fourth wall. This movie is brilliant. Also, for more amazing Madeline Khan, Clue is the one to watch if you haven't yet.
PS: Oh yeah! I didn't see this when it was new in a movie theater. My first time was probably regular broadcast television. Then I saw it uncensored during a dormitory movie night in the lounge. Then there was a campus movie night, when a reel to reel projector was used to project it against the white exterior wall of one of the campus buildings. Viewings like that and drive-in movie theaters were two ways for passing minors to see what they weren't meant to see even if the context was lost without sound!
It used to be a common practice to make at least two versions of a movie at the same time! One for television and one for theaters. Laurel & Hardy, would make an English language version first, and then do it all over again in Spanish!
The series "Highlander" made a "European Cut" with the bare breasts kept in! 👌
I was only a year or two old when this came out. But my dad made sure I watched it. It’s the best satire on racism ever made. I’m thrilled to see another generation enjoying this film. People keep saying this film couldn’t be made today. It sad, but true, races actually got along better and could joke with each other without anyone dying back then. I had a group of black guys at a bar in laughing their butts off at my “reverse racism” joke rant about 13 years ago….. I wouldn’t even try it today because people today don’t seem to have a sense of humor.
I wish l could remember but there was a movie by Woody Allen where he woke up in the future, it was a raunchy comedy made in the early 70's. I think it had Jane Fonda co-starring.
Sleepers.
"Let me mentally prepare myself for this."
uh... this is Mel Brooks, there IS no preparing for this!
I saw this when it came out. Half the people walking out in the first 20 minutes. It’s like Who’s On First. Funnier each time.
When Harvey Korman was running out of the studio at the end there was a little old man standing on the corner. He wasn't part of the movie. They had to get a release from him after the scene was shot.
One of the funniest movies ever made. A masterpiece.
The screen play was written by Richard Pryor, and he was supposed to play the sheriff. But he had scheduling problems.
My favorite line in the whole movie will always be when the old lady says up yours
"won't someone help that poor man"
I watched your entire reaction to this. Yall laughed when you should have and no one got offended over words. I've seen reaction videos where it didn't go well. I will continue to watch your videos.
We appreciate that
Corinthian leather was Chrysler not Cadillac there Ricardo Montalban. lol
The New Animated Movie Paws of Fury Makes Lots Of References to Mel Brooks' Movies....especially Blazing Saddles...
The screenplay was co-written by Richard Pryor.
PLEASE watch What's Up, Doc? (1972), a great slapstick comedy.
Wonderful raunchy comedies? National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Porky's (1981). Also, Police Academy (1984), and Porky's II.
What's Up, Doc? is one of the best madcap comedies ever. Animal House is hilarious slapstick. The Porky's movies are great raunchy teen sex comedies. You'll love Lassie.
@@jackbrooks5487 I still quote Kenneth Mars from What's Up, Doc?
I'll never forget Kim Cattrall at her peak of attractiveness.
History of the World part 1 and Space Balls are my fave Mel Brooks movies
History of the World will be up hopefully this week :-)
Young Frankenstein is my sentimental go-to, but History of the World might be my favorite for sheer silliness.
Comedy first became raunchy in 1350 BC..
Mel Brooks wanted Gene Wilder for the Waco Kid. Before he agreed to do it, Gene asked Brooks to direct a screenplay he had just written. That was Young Frankenstein.
Gene was an emergency replacement. They had originally hired Gig Young, an old time western actor, to play the Waco Kid. Problem was he was a raging alcoholic and arrived completely drunk on 1st day shooting. So Brooks asked Wilder to take the role and that's when Wilder laid the Young Frankenstein condition on him.
8:59 Who the he says that in any public or private conversation...Ever???
10:52 - It says something about the state of the world that at time of production, THIS was considered the most offensive thing in the movie.
20:52 - "There is NO way to describe that movie!" Mel Brooks satirizes racism and the Western movie genre.
21:50 - People have commented to Mel Brooks that there is no way this movie could be made today. His response is "There was no way it could be made then, but we did it."
This was the greatest anti racism movie ever made….
This is truly, an all time classic !!!! You couldn`t make it today but wow, it is so funny!!!!
When this movie, first played in the Bay Area, it was on KBHK Channel 44, they left all the "N" words, but they cut out Madelin Khan's last name. But one scene that was cut out was she's alone with Cleavon Little and she exclaims "It's True, It's True!" He says "That My Elbow".
One of my favorite movies of all time I love watching people's reactions to it because they don't know what to think at first.
2K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️
Notes: "Raunchy"? Hmm. What about "Risqué"? Well, there's all of those old movies that caused the establishment of the "Hayes Code" I reckon. More recently? The movie "MASH"?
By the way! I've seen the CBM "Barbarella" and during the opening credits of it, actress Jane Fonda as the titular character, is aboard her spaceship, floating in zero gravity, stripping off her clothes before showering, and then putting on clean clothes! Later on she says that she has never done nudity for a movie! My guess is, that rather than being forgetful or having been tricked, that she was comfortable with the body parts that she exposed! So imagine that attitude being prevalent and affecting the movie ratings back then! 🤔
Though I will always feel sorry for the horses, I still laugh at the rest of the movie.
"Meta Humor" describes this comedy genre! Via "Tubi" I recently viewed all four "Matt Helm" movies again. I couldn't tell if they showed more than what I used to see on broadcast TV or not. Attitudes were changed during the Reagan Administration, by the way. Before him, the nudity in the movie "MASH" wasn't always censored, for example, when broadcast! Seeing "Hot Lips" exposed was a popular school playground topic! The TV series on by then, so it was quite the contrast!
"PBS" wasn't censoring back then either, like they do now.
I'm too tired to continue! Bye for now. 😊
"It's a social commentary comedy western"
You need to let the guys watch "Top Secret!"
This is in my top 5 movies of all time.
Features the best cut line ever "I'm sorry to disappoint you ma'am but your sucking my arm"