When they were filming, Mel Brooks said, "Did I offend everybody?" An Irish stage hand said, "I'm not offended", so they put an Irish joke in there. :)
Irish immigrants did face discrimination, and were not wanted in many places, primarily because they were mostly Roman Catholic in predominately protestant country.
And it was the perfect joke in that moment of the script. "We'll give some land to the n-words and the (chinese slur of 5 letters), but we don't want the irish!"
@@janedoe5229 actually, the Irish were subject to discrimination back then , primarily because most of them were Catholic, in territories that were predominantly Protestant
Jim was sleeping off his liquor in the drunk tank, which used to be a common practice. He wasn't actually a prisoner, just a guest for the night. However, when he sobered up, revealed who he was, and treated Bart with respect, Bart decided that having such a man as a deputy would be a pretty good idea, particularly as Jim had first raised the idea.
Not too many people actually verbalize that they understand OR see the one little subtle line and action that to me is one of the funniest lines in the entire movie!!! When Bart reveals his hands, when he's dressed in the KKK outfit, and Gene Wilder starts rubbing his hands saying that it's burnt cross that can rub off, he turns Bart's hand over to the palm and says "SEE, it's coming off!"😅😂 ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!!!!
Indeed. He was part one of the greatest defensive front four in NFL history. And if I remember correctly he starred as the adoptive father on the tv show Webster.
Hello, young lady. First time here. Yes, your questions do belie a certain, let's say, youthful aspect to your video, but yours is a keeper, because you didn't bleep the sh*t out of it-you left it alone, as it was supposed to be seen, and practically nobody does that. It's admirable, and it convinces me to subscribe, so, here I am!
I saw this in the theatre when it was first released. When Cleavin Little said "Where the white women at?" the audience laughter was so loud you couldn't hear any dialogue for about 30 seconds. Comedy has often been used to point out outdated social norms, before people were triggered by everything. It's a dead art form.
Since you asked, Mel Brooks was the Governor and one of the dancing guys onstage. And the Indian when they were crossing the desert. Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) and Richard Pryor made a bunch of buddy comedies together. Richard Pryor was supposed to be the sheriff in this but couldn’t make it. I think Cleavon Little is excellent. Since you’ve watched Star Wars, you may consider Spaceballs. Another silly Mel Brooks comedy but more of a parody.
Sorry, not a dancing guy (any of the 4). I have the CD, and am staring at them right now. If you want his 3rd (uncredited) character, check out the "director" in the middle of the line of "mugs, pugs, thugs... and Methodists." Leather jacket, white scarf, baseball cap, and big sunglasses. A few feet to the left (white suit), you'll also find Lee Van Cleef.
@@holdenmcgroin1873 sorry, still wrong. Stop the movie at 56:36, he’s the first one on the left, next to her and he just said “I’m tired” then pulls out a chair for her. He is the shortest chorus boy. Also you can tell by his voice, he goes on to sing a bunch of lines when she sits down.
Nobody ever catches Mel Brooks as one of the hited bad guys (black leather jacket, gray cap, and sunglasses laughing with some cowboys after the Nazis and before the Arabs on the camels. Also, at the end, when Harvey Korman (Hedley Lamar) runs out of Warner Brothers and passes the old guy in the blue sweater, that guy was a real bystander and clueless he'd walked into a movie. Thank you for being the first grownup in the room to not censor everything when reacting to this movie! How else are we gonna see the point of the movie, which was to show how stupid racism is?
"I Get a Kick Out of You" is a Cole Porter song from the Broadway musical "Anything Goes." I worked that musical in a Summer Stock Theater. One of the multiple hints in the movie about Bart's sophistication versus the racists. Cleavon Little was a successful Broadway actor and singer.
@@Victor-lr2xr But the joke is that the song wasn't even written yet in the late 1800's....and that style of singing didn't exist either. They're expecting a work song or spiritual, which is what the audience understood at the time.
The real subtext is that the white cowboys are expecting a Minstrel show. When the black workers offer a sophisticated song, the cowboys then sing a song that was common in Minstrel shows and begin to dance around like they expected Minstrel performers to act. It's very subversive.
3:58 This guy here on the horse, not Mel Brooks. But you’re gonna just love his name, it’s Slim Pickens! No lie, check the credits. Of course that was just his stage name, his real name was Louis Burton Lindley.
"Do do that voodoo that you do so well" is a lyric from the song. "You Do Something To Me" written by Cole Porter in 1929. He also wrote "I Get A Kick Out Of You" which is the song the black railroad workers sing at the beginning of the movie.
No connection at all. That Old Black Magic was written by Harold Arlen who wrote the songs for The Wizard of Oz, and lyrics by Johhny Mercer. Mel Brooks made two references to Cole Porter in this movie.
Mel Brooks is a comedy genius with parodies and satire. Gene Wilder also stars in and co-wrote another of Brooks’ films “Young Frankenstein”, which is definitely worth watching as are all Brooks’ films. If you are going to watch more Mel Brooks films, watch them in order of release. His films quite often have references to his previous films as jokes.
One of my favorite bits of trivia about this movie is that Brooks originally wanted to make a movie satirizing racism in modern, post civil-rights era USA. He was told he couldn't put his anti-racism movie in 1974, so he put it in 1874 and made it a western. The entire studio scene ending of the movie was his way of demonstrating that the racism was as prevalent in 1974 as it was in 1874.
"Hey, where the white women at?" Insanely brilliant comedy that everyone needs to watch at least once. 😎 👍 Fun Fact: Randolph Scott was an American leading man who became Hollywood's greatest and most popular Western star. Historical Facts: Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany. Owens was credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy" boasting before the games. Art Imitates Life Fact: The scene in which Cleavon Little aims his gun at his own head to save himself from the townspeople's wrath was based on an incident from Mel Brooks' childhood. He said that once, to his disbelief, he stole some gum and a water pistol from a drugstore; when a store worker tried to stop him, Brooks held the worker at bay with the very water pistol he had just taken from the store. Music Enthusiast Fact: When Mel Brooks advertised in the show business trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" voice to sing the film's title song, he was hoping for a good imitator. Instead, Frankie Laine himself showed up at Brooks' office two days later, ready to do the job, but nobody told him the movie was a parody. Apparently, Laine did not take offense at the deception considering he reportedly was pleased with the film upon seeing it on release. Unwanted Extra Fact: At the end of the movie when the whole group is running out of the Warner Brothers studio front gates, there is a man in a sweater standing on the sidewalk, watching the action. Mel Brooks has said that the man was not part of the movie, and had simply wandered into the scene. They shooed him away and then went to film the scene. The guy came back into the shot and is seen standing next to a light pole as the characters stream past him down the street. Brooks had asked the man to move, as they were getting ready to shoot that scene. The man, not understanding their requests, stood there. So Brooks sent out a waiver for him to sign, and left him in the movie.
I love a Native American speaking Yiddish! It's a slap at Hollywood casting ANYONE as Indians but actual indigenous people. I've actually seen a film where Joey Bishop played an Indian. Oy.
This movie is my favorite takedown of racist morons ever. Cleavon and Gene are pure gold. Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor's writing is comedy and satire legend.
There are many jokes in the movie that most people today dont get. The bad guy's name was Hedly Lamarr. There was a famous actress named Heddy Lamarr. That is why he is always pissed when they mispronounce his name. In one scene the Gov tells him that he can sue Heddy as he was born first. . The irony is that she wound up suing the movie. The Indian Chief was talking in Yiddish to the young boy (the sheriff) and his family. The same is true for Liily Von Shtup where the word Shtup is the yiddish verb for sex. When Hedly ties her up, she against uses Yiddish words. There were many other references to things from the 70s that most people have now forgotten.
Many of the townspeople are named for notable Johnsons of history or popular culture. Not all of the names resonate as well 50 years later. After westerns went out of fashion that western street on the Warner Brothers backlot was demolished for parking and other production buildings.
Howard Johnson is an ice cream company, it sells 28 flavors. Apparently it got its start in Rock Ridge with one flavor. I'm not sure you understood Hedley's "too Jewish" comment. When God sent Moses to free the Israelite slaves from Egyptian rule, the last of the ten plagues was that God killed the firstborn son in every Egyptian household. What did Gabby say? "He said the sheriff is near." No, that's not what he said. The band in the desert was the Count Basie Orchestra, a famous band from the swing era. The Count himself was conducting. Everybody seems to miss the laurel and hearty handshake. (Stanley) Laurel and (Oliver) Hardy were a famous comedy team, they made over 100 movies in the 1930s-40s era. "For my next impression, Jesse Owens." He was a black track and field athlete who humiliated Adolph Hitler in the 1936 Olympics (hosted by Germany) by beating Hitler's Aryan athletes to take home four gold medals. Oh, and the bad guy wearing the aviator jacket in the crowd was also Mel Brooks. I think "you'd do it for Randolph Scott" also went over your head because you flew right by it. Randolph Scott was another movie star, who made dozens of western movies in the 1950s-60s. No, that rap song isn't where "You do that voodoo" comes from. It's from a Cole Porter song, "You Do Something to Me" from the 1929 Broadway musical "Fifty Million Frenchmen". The song the railroad crew sang was "I Get A Kick Out of You", also a Cole Porter song. I often want to go nowhere special too.
He was actually supposed to play the sheriff, but the studio wouldn’t insure him. Brook’s initial intention was to have Pryor play the sheriff & John Wayne to play The Waco Kid.
In some towns they used to take the drunks in and put them in a cell to sleep it off. When they got sober and woke up they were free to go. They weren’t locked up unless they were accused of drunk and disorderly. After they started charging for public intoxication the open door policy died out because they arrested you when they took you in. However I do know a small town in Nebraska where if you don’t feel safe driving home you can go to the jail and they will put you in a bed until you can take yourself home or someone comes and gets you.
What was so great was it starts out as a super serious movie, but then it breaks down into sheer nuttiness. For reference, Richard Pryor wrote the white dialog, and Mel Brooks wrote the black dialog. It it truly anti-racist and anachronistic... and, btw, Mel Brooks played the dim-witted Gov. 😂
Another great Mel Brooks film with Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) is "Young Frankenstein". Definitely worth a watch and reaction. Then, "Spaceballs" is another great Mel Brooks film and worth a watch and reaction.
I'm not certain if the late Richard Pryor wrote most if not all of the script for this movie or shared the writing credit with someone else. Actually, Richard was supposed to portray Sherriff Bart in the movie, but Richard's well-known public and private issues led the studio to seek out a replacement which was Cleavon Little. Mel Brooks not only breaks the fourth wall, but he also curb stomps it, body slams it and tosses it off a cliff. Only Mel Brooks, would have the townsfolk engage in an all-out brawl which spills over into the studio during a dance rehearsal and continue into the cafeteria. Then have the movie's villain escape to the premier of Blazing Saddles only to be gunned down by the hero who then goes watches the rest of the movie that he is in. PRICELESS!!! Also, Mel Brooks @ 97 or 98yrs old and the dim-witted henchman Lyle at 85 or 86 and the Governor's secretary are the only surviving cast members from the movie.
From what I understand, Richard Pryor wrote the racist dialogue that some of the white people spoke. Mel felt that way he himself wouldn't get in trouble for it. 😄 Also, the white leader of the railway-building gang (in the red shirt and black vest) felt very uncomfortable saying the n-word and kept apologizing to the other actors. Cleavon Little had to reassure him that they knew it was just part of the script and they didn't hold it against him. 😁
@@torontomame The leader of the railroad crew is Burton Gilliam he portrayed Lyle in the movie. At 85 or 86 He is one of the few surviving cast members next to Mel Brooks . Gilliam was also in Back to the Future 3 as the gun salesman who gave Marty his gun for his future showdown with Mad Dag Tannen.
Howard Johnson's was restaurant known for its orange roof. Used to find them along the highways. Please note Bart's send off by Count Basie. Another point of class and sophistication.
"They said you was hung" "They were right"😂😂😂 So many great one liners in this A fantastic mel brooks movie with gene wilder (willie wonka) is young Frankenstein
Some other comedies you might enjoy: Monty Python & the Holy Grail; Monty Python & The Life of Brian; A Fish Called Wanda; Bros; Young Frankenstein; Bedazzled (1967); Harold & Maude; The Ruling Class; Educating Rita; The Blues Brothers; Delicatessen; The Birdcage; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; Shaun of the Dead; Hot Fuzz; The World's End; Heathers; The Big Lebowski; Annie Hall; Hannah and Her Sisters; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Zelig; Kingpin; Galaxy Quest; Raising Arizona; Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke; His Girl Friday; My Man Godfrey; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Beverly Hills Cop; Top Secret...
The cows in the buildings is a reference to the theatrical term "cattle call". That's when they put out a general call for actors to basically be background dancers or extras.
It's too bad so many jokes wont be understood by people born after the boomers, like Wide World of Sports, Laurel and Hardy, knowing that Count Basie was a famous musician, the band playing "Strike Up the Band" when asked by Howard Johnson, the entire Heddy/Hedley Lamarr running gag, riding off in the sunset and other old western tropes, etc. This movie lampooned western tropes so hard that it was a decade after blazing saddles until Hollywood made another big budget western (a little movie named back to the future 3) that reopened a revival of the genre.
Please Don't say it was off putting.....probably one of the best, honest and genuine reactions I've see on a reactor channel! Seriously, great job. Wanna see more Gene Wilder,? Another Mel brooks direction, watch "Young Frankenstein" Helps if your familiar with the story line and or the original Frankenstein movies from the 30's but, it's funny all by itself as well. Again great job!
RAVID! 5:15 How DID they lay the rails and ties over the quicksand, in the first place? Damn good question, and one I never thought about, until now. Howard Johnson's was more known for being a motel chain back when I was growing up, but as far back as 1925, they were a restaurant chain. As they branched out into hotels in the 1950s, the ice cream recipes were carried over, and the chain was just as famous for its ice cream as its rooms. 27:22 The greatest literal 4th Wall Break in American Cinema history.
The one thing that drove me crazy about Siskel and Ebert reviewing movies was they never began with "Let me pour a glass of wine 🍷 before we start this video." Back then there was no wine in the theater, but there sure as hell is now. THIS is the modern day version of an honest review. I love it
Lilli von Schtup is a send up of the German born actress Marlene Dietrich. She played a saloon girl in the Western “Destry Rides Again” and sings a couple of songs ala Lilli.
"I appoint Achoo my new Sheriff of Rottingham" "A black sheriff!!!????" "Why not? Worked in Blazing Saddles" You have got to watch Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Where the quote is from) Mel Brooks (Who was the governor) is a fantastic beyond amazing comedy director. One of the best to ever do it. And Young Frankenstein is perhaps the best comedy film ever.
Gene Wilder (Willie Wonka) has been in a lot of great movies. Hedley Lamar is Harvey Korman. He is hilarious. Lily "I'm Tired" is Madeline Kahn & is legendary. Too many classics to choose from. Here are my suggestions Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks "Spaceballs" movie. Or History of the World Part 1. Harvey Korman- skits with Tim Conway from the Carol Burnett show, like "The Dentist". Tim Conway would ad-lib and crack Harvey up.
1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief, the round-up thug with the aviator hat. 2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground. 3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Khan also had a great roll in it. 4. Imagine how much fun this was to make. 5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real. 6. "Look, it's comin' off".🤣 7. Gig Young was supposed to play Jim but showed up the first day drunk so he was let go. Wilder agreed to do this movie for Mel Brooks only if Mel would direct Young Frankenstein for him. 8. Richard Pryor was supposed to play Bart but he was going through his addictions at the time and they thought it wouldn't be a good idea. However, he did some of the writing. 9. Finally, Mel Brooks is the only member of "Blazing Saddles" still living.
😂🎥 Wow, what an entertaining reaction! Thanks for sharing your first-time experience with Blazing Saddles! Your commentary had me laughing along with you. 🌟 What was the most surprising or unexpected moment for you in the movie? And are there any other classic comedies you're planning to watch next? 🤔🎬 Keep up the awesome work! Can't wait for more reactions! 🙌🎉
You can't think too hard on how they were building the rail or how it got in "quicksand". If you really pay attention to the workers in the opening shot, they're just hitting the ground where there's already track laid. It would have been a huge expense to try replicating the actual building of rail, and quicksand used this way is a typical fantasy movie plot device. Mel Brooks movies are just big live-action cartoons. Gene Wilder's been in a couple more of Brooks' best: The Producers and Young Frankenstein.
Went to the movies today. The theater had a list of classic movies that were coming out again. Blazing Saddles was one. I cannot imagine this movie playing to a modern audience.
Hedy Lamar was an old time actress from the silent film era. Mel Brooks named the prosecutor “Hedy Lamar” assuming that she was dead. She wasn’t and threatened to sue him. He changed the name to “Hedly Lamar” and put in the line that, in a movie set in the 19th century, he could sue her!
I saw an interview with Mel Brooks and he said that Hedy Lamarr did sue him. But he had a boyhood crush on her. He said, "Give her whatever she wants - within reason. Give her my address".
My favorite deleted quote was immediately after she asked if the sheriff was gifted and she says it’s true, he has a line immediately after where he says, “I hate to disappoint you, but your sucking on my arm!”
Lily Von Schtup is impersonating Marlene Dietrich from Destry Rides Again - which is a VERY old western. The actress who plays Lily, Madeline Kahn, is really a terrific singer. And Schtup is Yiddish for the F-word.
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were something of a comedy duo, Silver Streak, See no Evil Hear no Evil, there are other movies. That's all l can remember off the top of my head. He was supposed to star in this as well but had personal issues and couldn't do it.
I love that you thought of Shoop 😂 They actually used those lyrics from a really old song, like a big band standard. I think Sinatra sung it, and probably others. But Salt n’ Pepa gave it some flavor 😁
Gene Wilder is in _Young Frankenstein_ (which was his idea and he co-wrote), _The Producers,_ and a lot of other stuff. He has a small part in _Bonnie and Clyde_ too.
Jim was just in the drunk tank drying out over night for drunk and disorderly; not a real criminal, so no problem letting him out. He just hung around because he liked Bart.
I'm a bit late to the party, but here are some things I haven't seen mentioned yet in the comments. 1) The Indian Chief - That was Mel Brooks, again, of course. He was speaking Yiddish, a Jewish dialect. When he says "Abi Gezheun" it's the same as "Auf Wiedersehen" in German. Mel also played the guy during the initial "#6" raid that crashed in to the window, and then crashes out from the inside into the next window, saying "Oh S**t!" 2) Lili Von Shtupp - The word "Shtup" is Yiddish for "having s*x." In fact, that word was censored in conservative TV markets where the movie was shown on TV (Chicago, for example). A lot of things were censored in those markets. For example, when the church parishioners are singing, "Our town is turning into..." They overdubbed a loud organ cord so you couldn't hear it. Likewise, during the very infamous "campfire" scene, all of the "flatulence" was overdubbed by horses neighing. 3) Gucci - It was established in 1926, whereas the movie takes place in 1874. The film itself was shot 100 years later in 1974. 4) Yes/No - In the 60's - 70's, large truck/trailers would paint "Yes" on the left side of the back and "No" on the right side. This was to indicate which side was safe for other cars to pass the truck on a highway. In other words, "Yes," it was safe to "pass on the left," but "No," not on the right. 5) CandyGram - This was, actually, an homage to the WB/Bugs Bunny Cartoon "The Old Grey Hare" (Robert Clampett) A very elderly Bugs and Elmer are still going at it after 60 years (1941 - 2000). The very last scene is Elmer, buried alive in the ground by Bugs being "relieved" that he no longer suffers from Bugs' attacks. Bugs busts in (underground) and says, "Weeeelll nooooow, I wouldn' say thaaaaaat." And he hands Elmer a lit stick of dynamite. Fade to black and then to the "That's All Folks" outro while the fuse is still lit and hissing. The Stick then blows while the outro is still playing and it shakes it. It's the only time the outro has ever had live action in it. 6) The Governor's name - A lot of people overlook this. The name "William J. LePetomane" is a reference to a French vaudevillian in the 19th century by the name of Joseph Pujol, His stage name was "Le Pétomane..." or, (closest French translation), "The Fartsy." His act consisted of "flatulating" various songs or other sounds with total precision. Pujol would, clean and irrigate his colon several times a day to keep his emissions from becoming "fragrant." 7) Hedy vs. Hedley - Certainly, "Hedy" Lamarr (the actress) was alive when the film came out and did in fact sue the production co. Apparently, they worked it out. Not many know this about her, but Hedy was quite intelligent and invented "wireless" technology components that are still used today in Wi-Fi equipment, etc. etc. 8) Campfire Scene - That was a satirical comment/parody by Mel on how you often see all these Western movies where the cowboys sit around a campfire and eat an unconscionable amount of beans and drink gallons of black coffee. His direct quote: "You can't tell me that if there are a bunch of cowboys sitting around eating all those beans and drinking all that black coffee, there isn't going to be a little gas in an hour or so."
Gene Wilder was in a number of films besides Willy Wonka. A few that come to mind are: Young Frankenstein, The Producers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holms' Smarter Brother, Silver Streak, and Stir Crazy.
This movie I discovered some time ago and truly has grown to be a favorite of mine, its such a treat. Amazing actors, sets, truly Mel Brooks putting in the coffin of Westerns Would say Gene wilder does some other work with Mel, Young Frankenstein is a classic.
My bro friends & I loved your reaction!! Awesome!!! Keep on rocking young lady!!! All HAIL Richard, Redd Foxx, Chris Rock, Creech Marin & Eddie Murphy!
It's a have to see at least once...and your reaction was one of my favorites! BTW...the Governor was Mel Brooks...I would encourage you to watch Robinhood Men In Tights for another reaction sometime soon... anyway... again... really enjoyed the reaction... you're a sweetheart...I mean you project a genuine kind hearted soul.
When they were filming, Mel Brooks said, "Did I offend everybody?" An Irish stage hand said, "I'm not offended", so they put an Irish joke in there. :)
LOL that's why nobody will ever be as good as Mel.
Irish immigrants did face discrimination, and were not wanted in many places, primarily because they were mostly Roman Catholic in predominately protestant country.
And it was the perfect joke in that moment of the script.
"We'll give some land to the n-words and the (chinese slur of 5 letters), but we don't want the irish!"
@@janedoe5229 actually, the Irish were subject to discrimination back then , primarily because most of them were Catholic, in territories that were predominantly Protestant
THE best reaction to THE best Mel Brooks classic. Uncut, unfettered, unafraid, & understood. Well done, ma'am.
Jim was sleeping off his liquor in the drunk tank, which used to be a common practice. He wasn't actually a prisoner, just a guest for the night. However, when he sobered up, revealed who he was, and treated Bart with respect, Bart decided that having such a man as a deputy would be a pretty good idea, particularly as Jim had first raised the idea.
Not too many people actually verbalize that they understand OR see the one little subtle line and action that to me is one of the funniest lines in the entire movie!!!
When Bart reveals his hands, when he's dressed in the KKK outfit, and Gene Wilder starts rubbing his hands saying that it's burnt cross that can rub off, he turns Bart's hand over to the palm and says "SEE, it's coming off!"😅😂
ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!!!!
The man who played MONGO, in the 70s, was one of the most feared NFL PLAYERS, of that time period. MR. ALEX KARRIS.
Indeed. He was part one of the greatest defensive front four in NFL history. And if I remember correctly he starred as the adoptive father on the tv show Webster.
Props and respect to you for not bleeping out the words! Seen as intended… 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Gene Wilder ad-libbed the line "You know, morons." Bart's laugh was legit.
Cleavon's laugh was legit, Bart is the character he played.
Hello, young lady. First time here. Yes, your questions do belie a certain, let's say, youthful aspect to your video, but yours is a keeper, because you didn't bleep the sh*t out of it-you left it alone, as it was supposed to be seen, and practically nobody does that. It's admirable, and it convinces me to subscribe, so, here I am!
I saw this in the theatre when it was first released. When Cleavin Little said "Where the white women at?" the audience laughter was so loud you couldn't hear any dialogue for about 30 seconds.
Comedy has often been used to point out outdated social norms, before people were triggered by everything. It's a dead art form.
Since you asked, Mel Brooks was the Governor and one of the dancing guys onstage. And the Indian when they were crossing the desert.
Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) and Richard Pryor made a bunch of buddy comedies together. Richard Pryor was supposed to be the sheriff in this but couldn’t make it. I think Cleavon Little is excellent.
Since you’ve watched Star Wars, you may consider Spaceballs. Another silly Mel Brooks comedy but more of a parody.
He was only Governor Lepetomane and the Indian Chief.
Don’t forget the indian chief spoke Yiddish. Just another piece of randomness tossed in.
@@MrMbws no, he’s also a dancing guy in Madeline Khan’s song.
Sorry, not a dancing guy (any of the 4). I have the CD, and am staring at them right now. If you want his 3rd (uncredited) character, check out the "director" in the middle of the line of "mugs, pugs, thugs... and Methodists." Leather jacket, white scarf, baseball cap, and big sunglasses. A few feet to the left (white suit), you'll also find Lee Van Cleef.
@@holdenmcgroin1873 sorry, still wrong. Stop the movie at 56:36, he’s the first one on the left, next to her and he just said “I’m tired” then pulls out a chair for her. He is the shortest chorus boy. Also you can tell by his voice, he goes on to sing a bunch of lines when she sits down.
IT IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS. I WATCH IT ALL THE TIME. MEL BROOKS WAS A GENIUS.
Nobody ever catches Mel Brooks as one of the hited bad guys (black leather jacket, gray cap, and sunglasses laughing with some cowboys after the Nazis and before the Arabs on the camels.
Also, at the end, when Harvey Korman (Hedley Lamar) runs out of Warner Brothers and passes the old guy in the blue sweater, that guy was a real bystander and clueless he'd walked into a movie.
Thank you for being the first grownup in the room to not censor everything when reacting to this movie! How else are we gonna see the point of the movie, which was to show how stupid racism is?
No one ever gets that when they sing "I Get A Kick Out of You" it's completely anachronistic---it's as if they started rapping.
"I Get a Kick Out of You" is a Cole Porter song from the Broadway musical "Anything Goes." I worked that musical in a Summer Stock Theater. One of the multiple hints in the movie about Bart's sophistication versus the racists. Cleavon Little was a successful Broadway actor and singer.
@@Victor-lr2xr But the joke is that the song wasn't even written yet in the late 1800's....and that style of singing didn't exist either. They're expecting a work song or spiritual, which is what the audience understood at the time.
The real subtext is that the white cowboys are expecting a Minstrel show. When the black workers offer a sophisticated song, the cowboys then sing a song that was common in Minstrel shows and begin to dance around like they expected Minstrel performers to act. It's very subversive.
3:58 This guy here on the horse, not Mel Brooks. But you’re gonna just love his name, it’s Slim Pickens! No lie, check the credits. Of course that was just his stage name, his real name was Louis Burton Lindley.
9:54 The governor is played by Mel Brooks. He also plays the Indian chief a lil later on in Barts flashback.
Another Mel Brooks comedy staring Gene Wilder you may want to check out is "Young Frankenstein"
*Fronk-en-steen!
"Do do that voodoo that you do so well" is a lyric from the song. "You Do Something To Me" written by Cole Porter in 1929. He also wrote "I Get A Kick Out Of You" which is the song the black railroad workers sing at the beginning of the movie.
I was thinking it bore some similarity to 'That Old Black Magic.' Is there any connection?
No connection at all. That Old Black Magic was written by Harold Arlen who wrote the songs for The Wizard of Oz, and lyrics by Johhny Mercer. Mel Brooks made two references to Cole Porter in this movie.
Mel Brooks is a comedy genius with parodies and satire. Gene Wilder also stars in and co-wrote another of Brooks’ films “Young Frankenstein”, which is definitely worth watching as are all Brooks’ films. If you are going to watch more Mel Brooks films, watch them in order of release. His films quite often have references to his previous films as jokes.
One of my favorite bits of trivia about this movie is that Brooks originally wanted to make a movie satirizing racism in modern, post civil-rights era USA. He was told he couldn't put his anti-racism movie in 1974, so he put it in 1874 and made it a western. The entire studio scene ending of the movie was his way of demonstrating that the racism was as prevalent in 1974 as it was in 1874.
"Hey, where the white women at?"
Insanely brilliant comedy that everyone needs to watch at least once. 😎 👍
Fun Fact: Randolph Scott was an American leading man who became Hollywood's greatest and most popular Western star.
Historical Facts: Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany. Owens was credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy" boasting before the games.
Art Imitates Life Fact: The scene in which Cleavon Little aims his gun at his own head to save himself from the townspeople's wrath was based on an incident from Mel Brooks' childhood. He said that once, to his disbelief, he stole some gum and a water pistol from a drugstore; when a store worker tried to stop him, Brooks held the worker at bay with the very water pistol he had just taken from the store.
Music Enthusiast Fact: When Mel Brooks advertised in the show business trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" voice to sing the film's title song, he was hoping for a good imitator. Instead, Frankie Laine himself showed up at Brooks' office two days later, ready to do the job, but nobody told him the movie was a parody. Apparently, Laine did not take offense at the deception considering he reportedly was pleased with the film upon seeing it on release.
Unwanted Extra Fact: At the end of the movie when the whole group is running out of the Warner Brothers studio front gates, there is a man in a sweater standing on the sidewalk, watching the action. Mel Brooks has said that the man was not part of the movie, and had simply wandered into the scene. They shooed him away and then went to film the scene. The guy came back into the shot and is seen standing next to a light pole as the characters stream past him down the street. Brooks had asked the man to move, as they were getting ready to shoot that scene. The man, not understanding their requests, stood there. So Brooks sent out a waiver for him to sign, and left him in the movie.
"Mongo! Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaria was a famous Cuban bandleader and percussionist.
The n___ work song they sang at the beginning was by Cole Porter, the first black composer to be featured on Broadway. So, it a n____ song.
I love a Native American speaking Yiddish! It's a slap at Hollywood casting ANYONE as Indians but actual indigenous people. I've actually seen a film where Joey Bishop played an Indian. Oy.
This movie is my favorite takedown of racist morons ever. Cleavon and Gene are pure gold. Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor's writing is comedy and satire legend.
"Have you ever seen such cruelty"
That will never NOT be funny
There are many jokes in the movie that most people today dont get. The bad guy's name was Hedly Lamarr. There was a famous actress named Heddy Lamarr. That is why he is always pissed when they mispronounce his name. In one scene the Gov tells him that he can sue Heddy as he was born first. . The irony is that she wound up suing the movie. The Indian Chief was talking in Yiddish to the young boy (the sheriff) and his family. The same is true for Liily Von Shtup where the word Shtup is the yiddish verb for sex. When Hedly ties her up, she against uses Yiddish words. There were many other references to things from the 70s that most people have now forgotten.
Many of the townspeople are named for notable Johnsons of history or popular culture. Not all of the names resonate as well 50 years later. After westerns went out of fashion that western street on the Warner Brothers backlot was demolished for parking and other production buildings.
Howard Johnson is an ice cream company, it sells 28 flavors. Apparently it got its start in Rock Ridge with one flavor.
I'm not sure you understood Hedley's "too Jewish" comment. When God sent Moses to free the Israelite slaves from Egyptian rule, the last of the ten plagues was that God killed the firstborn son in every Egyptian household.
What did Gabby say? "He said the sheriff is near." No, that's not what he said.
The band in the desert was the Count Basie Orchestra, a famous band from the swing era. The Count himself was conducting.
Everybody seems to miss the laurel and hearty handshake. (Stanley) Laurel and (Oliver) Hardy were a famous comedy team, they made over 100 movies in the 1930s-40s era.
"For my next impression, Jesse Owens." He was a black track and field athlete who humiliated Adolph Hitler in the 1936 Olympics (hosted by Germany) by beating Hitler's Aryan athletes to take home four gold medals. Oh, and the bad guy wearing the aviator jacket in the crowd was also Mel Brooks.
I think "you'd do it for Randolph Scott" also went over your head because you flew right by it. Randolph Scott was another movie star, who made dozens of western movies in the 1950s-60s.
No, that rap song isn't where "You do that voodoo" comes from. It's from a Cole Porter song, "You Do Something to Me" from the 1929 Broadway musical "Fifty Million Frenchmen". The song the railroad crew sang was "I Get A Kick Out of You", also a Cole Porter song.
I often want to go nowhere special too.
Howard Johnsons was also a diner/hotel chain
@@allenruss2976 True but in Blazing Saddles the Howard Johnson's in Rock Ridge was an ice cream parlor not a restaurant or hotel.
@@justwondering5651 and therein lies the joke. I always took it this was supposed to be the first business eventually leading to the motel empire
Howard Johnson's started as restaurants featuring ice cream desserts. It later expanded to motels with restaurants.
Richard Pryor was one of the writers of this script
He was actually supposed to play the sheriff, but the studio wouldn’t insure him. Brook’s initial intention was to have Pryor play the sheriff & John Wayne to play The Waco Kid.
Gene Wilder's character was in the drunk tank. Sleeping off a charge of public drunkeness.
In some towns they used to take the drunks in and put them in a cell to sleep it off. When they got sober and woke up they were free to go. They weren’t locked up unless they were accused of drunk and disorderly. After they started charging for public intoxication the open door policy died out because they arrested you when they took you in. However I do know a small town in Nebraska where if you don’t feel safe driving home you can go to the jail and they will put you in a bed until you can take yourself home or someone comes and gets you.
Mel Broooks is the one who played the governor in the movie.
And the Indian chief!
@@garybassin1651 and its a shame that she doesn't know nothing about him... im Mexican and Ive seen this movies easily 50 times or more.
Richard Pryor was a co-writer on this and Brooks wanted him for the lead but the studio thought he was too much of a risk.
Mel Brooks wrote and directed this movie. He also played the part of the Governor and the Indian Chief.
What was so great was it starts out as a super serious movie, but then it breaks down into sheer nuttiness.
For reference, Richard Pryor wrote the white dialog, and Mel Brooks wrote the black dialog.
It it truly anti-racist and anachronistic... and, btw, Mel Brooks played the dim-witted Gov. 😂
Sheriff Bart, one of the coolest characters ever written for the big screen, thanks enjoyed your reaction!
Another great Mel Brooks film with Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) is "Young Frankenstein".
Definitely worth a watch and reaction.
Then, "Spaceballs" is another great Mel Brooks film and worth a watch and reaction.
I'm not certain if the late Richard Pryor wrote most if not all of the script for this movie or shared the writing credit with someone else. Actually, Richard was supposed to portray Sherriff Bart in the movie, but Richard's well-known public and private issues led the studio to seek out a replacement which was Cleavon Little. Mel Brooks not only breaks the fourth wall, but he also curb stomps it, body slams it and tosses it off a cliff.
Only Mel Brooks, would have the townsfolk engage in an all-out brawl which spills over into the studio during a dance rehearsal and continue into the cafeteria. Then have the movie's villain escape to the premier of Blazing Saddles only to be gunned down by the hero who then goes watches the rest of the movie that he is in. PRICELESS!!! Also, Mel Brooks @ 97 or 98yrs old and the dim-witted henchman Lyle at 85 or 86 and the Governor's secretary are the only surviving cast members from the movie.
From what I understand, Richard Pryor wrote the racist dialogue that some of the white people spoke. Mel felt that way he himself wouldn't get in trouble for it. 😄 Also, the white leader of the railway-building gang (in the red shirt and black vest) felt very uncomfortable saying the n-word and kept apologizing to the other actors. Cleavon Little had to reassure him that they knew it was just part of the script and they didn't hold it against him. 😁
@@torontomame The leader of the railroad crew is Burton Gilliam he portrayed Lyle in the movie. At 85 or 86 He is one of the few surviving cast members next to Mel Brooks . Gilliam was also in Back to the Future 3 as the gun salesman who gave Marty his gun for his future showdown with Mad Dag Tannen.
. Thanks! I couldn't remember his name. And I didn’t know he was still with us. Yay! 😊
Howard Johnson's was restaurant known for its orange roof. Used to find them along the highways. Please note Bart's send off by Count Basie. Another point of class and sophistication.
Loved Count Basie. Wasn't he also in Jerry Lewis' Cinderfella?
When Mongo rides into town, the bystander says, "Mongo Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaria was a musician with the hit "Watermelon Man".
"They said you was hung"
"They were right"😂😂😂
So many great one liners in this
A fantastic mel brooks movie with gene wilder (willie wonka) is young Frankenstein
That Voodoo song was way way before your time it was first played in the 1940's and was made famous by artists like
Frank SINATRA.
Some other comedies you might enjoy: Monty Python & the Holy Grail; Monty Python & The Life of Brian; A Fish Called Wanda; Bros; Young Frankenstein; Bedazzled (1967); Harold & Maude; The Ruling Class; Educating Rita; The Blues Brothers; Delicatessen; The Birdcage; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; Shaun of the Dead; Hot Fuzz; The World's End; Heathers; The Big Lebowski; Annie Hall; Hannah and Her Sisters; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Zelig; Kingpin; Galaxy Quest; Raising Arizona; Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke; His Girl Friday; My Man Godfrey; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Beverly Hills Cop; Top Secret...
The cows in the buildings is a reference to the theatrical term "cattle call". That's when they put out a general call for actors to basically be background dancers or extras.
It's too bad so many jokes wont be understood by people born after the boomers, like Wide World of Sports, Laurel and Hardy, knowing that Count Basie was a famous musician, the band playing "Strike Up the Band" when asked by Howard Johnson, the entire Heddy/Hedley Lamarr running gag, riding off in the sunset and other old western tropes, etc. This movie lampooned western tropes so hard that it was a decade after blazing saddles until Hollywood made another big budget western (a little movie named back to the future 3) that reopened a revival of the genre.
Please Don't say it was off putting.....probably one of the best, honest and genuine reactions I've see on a reactor channel! Seriously, great job. Wanna see more Gene Wilder,? Another Mel brooks direction, watch "Young Frankenstein" Helps if your familiar with the story line and or the original Frankenstein movies from the 30's but, it's funny all by itself as well. Again great job!
Dunks only had to stay the night in jail, as soon as jim woke up he was free
"Oh, it's making fun" I get it, now. Thank you.
RAVID!
5:15 How DID they lay the rails and ties over the quicksand, in the first place? Damn good question, and one I never thought about, until now.
Howard Johnson's was more known for being a motel chain back when I was growing up, but as far back as 1925, they were a restaurant chain. As they branched out into hotels in the 1950s, the ice cream recipes were carried over, and the chain was just as famous for its ice cream as its rooms.
27:22 The greatest literal 4th Wall Break in American Cinema history.
Watch the movie "Airplane!" It's a must-see comedy!
There are two other Mel Brooks movies with Gene Wilder. The Producers (1967) and Young Frankenstein (1974).
The Producers is my Favorite. Madeline is also great in 2 Peter Bogdanovich movies - What's Up Doc? & Paper Moon.
@MrMbws Madeline Kahn is also in a few Mel Brooks movies. Including Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, and History of the World Part 1.
The one thing that drove me crazy about Siskel and Ebert reviewing movies was they never began with "Let me pour a glass of wine 🍷 before we start this video." Back then there was no wine in the theater, but there sure as hell is now. THIS is the modern day version of an honest review. I love it
Richard Pryor helped write this script.
Lilli von Schtup is a send up of the German born actress Marlene Dietrich. She played a saloon girl in the Western “Destry Rides Again” and sings a couple of songs ala Lilli.
She is also in “Young Frankenstein”. Willie Wonka is a fun movie but, if you have already seen it, check out YF.
You must remember that Richard Pryor was a writter on this film. He didn't give 2 shits about political correctness!!
Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder you can't miss.
Mel Brooks was the GOV! and the Indian chief. He didn’t just break the fourth wall, he knocked it down 🤠
"I appoint Achoo my new Sheriff of Rottingham"
"A black sheriff!!!????"
"Why not? Worked in Blazing Saddles"
You have got to watch Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Where the quote is from)
Mel Brooks (Who was the governor) is a fantastic beyond amazing comedy director. One of the best to ever do it. And Young Frankenstein is perhaps the best comedy film ever.
Gene Wilder (Willie Wonka) has been in a lot of great movies. Hedley Lamar is Harvey Korman. He is hilarious. Lily "I'm Tired" is Madeline Kahn & is legendary. Too many classics to choose from. Here are my suggestions
Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks "Spaceballs" movie. Or History of the World Part 1.
Harvey Korman- skits with Tim Conway from the Carol Burnett show, like "The Dentist". Tim Conway would ad-lib and crack Harvey up.
When he had that popcorn box while in the movie...lol
Runs back to see what I missed 😂
Greatest comedy of all time!
This film was co-written by Richard Pryor!
1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief, the round-up thug with the aviator hat.
2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground.
3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Khan also had a great roll in it.
4. Imagine how much fun this was to make.
5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real.
6. "Look, it's comin' off".🤣
7. Gig Young was supposed to play Jim but showed up the first day drunk so he was let go.
Wilder agreed to do this movie for Mel Brooks only if Mel would direct Young Frankenstein for him.
8. Richard Pryor was supposed to play Bart but he was going through his addictions at the time and they thought it wouldn't be a good idea. However, he did some of the writing.
9. Finally, Mel Brooks is the only member of "Blazing Saddles" still living.
😂🎥 Wow, what an entertaining reaction! Thanks for sharing your first-time experience with Blazing Saddles! Your commentary had me laughing along with you. 🌟
What was the most surprising or unexpected moment for you in the movie? And are there any other classic comedies you're planning to watch next? 🤔🎬
Keep up the awesome work! Can't wait for more reactions! 🙌🎉
Gene Wilder did a few comedies with Richard Pryor, who was a big stand up comedian in the day and co wrote this movie.
Not only was Madelyn a brilliant actress,and comedian, bur an opera singer beyond parallel!
You can't think too hard on how they were building the rail or how it got in "quicksand". If you really pay attention to the workers in the opening shot, they're just hitting the ground where there's already track laid. It would have been a huge expense to try replicating the actual building of rail, and quicksand used this way is a typical fantasy movie plot device.
Mel Brooks movies are just big live-action cartoons. Gene Wilder's been in a couple more of Brooks' best: The Producers and Young Frankenstein.
Comedy suggestion: Raising Arizona is hilarious and a great introduction to the brilliant Coen brothers...
The statue is a statue of justice so he is humping justice.
Kudos for not bleeping the n-word. That’s exactly what Richard Pryor intended.
Went to the movies today. The theater had a list of classic movies that were coming out again. Blazing Saddles was one. I cannot imagine this movie playing to a modern audience.
it's very popular with reactors. has to be an older audience
Young Frankenstein! Excellent saw at the theater, classic
In case you didn’t notice the governor and the Indian chief are Mel Brooks
And Gabby Johnson, who speaks in genuine frontier jibberish.
Hedy Lamar was an old time actress from the silent film era. Mel Brooks named the prosecutor “Hedy Lamar” assuming that she was dead. She wasn’t and threatened to sue him. He changed the name to “Hedly Lamar” and put in the line that, in a movie set in the 19th century, he could sue her!
I saw an interview with Mel Brooks and he said that Hedy Lamarr did sue him. But he had a boyhood crush on her. He said, "Give her whatever she wants - within reason. Give her my address".
Mel Brooks was the governor. He wrote produced directed, and acted in most of his movies!
A really great movie with Gene Wilder is called “See no evil, Hear no evil” it’s Wonka and Richard Pryor. One is blind and the other is deaf.
Mel Brookes was the guy who played the governor and the Yiddish-speaking Indian chief.
That's a brama bull mongo is riding they are a species of cattle with that prodomandt hump
MEL BROOKS WAS THE GOV.
My favorite deleted quote was immediately after she asked if the sheriff was gifted and she says it’s true, he has a line immediately after where he says, “I hate to disappoint you, but your sucking on my arm!”
Lily Von Schtup is impersonating Marlene Dietrich from Destry Rides Again - which is a VERY old western. The actress who plays Lily, Madeline Kahn, is really a terrific singer. And Schtup is Yiddish for the F-word.
FYI, Salt N Pepa came after this movie. The song was an old Cole Porter song.
Mel Brooks portrayed the GOV & the Indian chief in the sheriff's 1956 flashback
watch "stir crazy" its funny and has gene wilder in it too, maybe CB4 if you have not seen it
gotta do Airplane...
Watch Robin Hood men in tights by Mel Brooks. You will like the ending.
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder were something of a comedy duo, Silver Streak, See no Evil Hear no Evil, there are other movies. That's all l can remember off the top of my head. He was supposed to star in this as well but had personal issues and couldn't do it.
In case you're wondering Tynia, Mel Brooks played the governor
I recommend Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka). Another Mel Brooke's movie. To my count Mel had 5 characters in the movie.
I love that you thought of Shoop 😂 They actually used those lyrics from a really old song, like a big band standard. I think Sinatra sung it, and probably others. But Salt n’ Pepa gave it some flavor 😁
Shoop is my karaoke song 😂😂
@@WhatsTeeWatchin looking forward to that upload 😁
You should watch the buddy comedies Gene Wilder did with Richard Pryor 😂😂 you won't stop laughing.
I was curious, so I had to look it up. The earliest mention of "the voodoo" etc dates from the Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" from 1929.
Gene Wilder is in _Young Frankenstein_ (which was his idea and he co-wrote), _The Producers,_ and a lot of other stuff. He has a small part in _Bonnie and Clyde_ too.
Jim was just in the drunk tank drying out over night for drunk and disorderly; not a real criminal, so no problem letting him out. He just hung around because he liked Bart.
Old westerns used to have huge fight scenes.
I'm a bit late to the party, but here are some things I haven't seen mentioned yet in the comments.
1) The Indian Chief - That was Mel Brooks, again, of course. He was speaking Yiddish, a Jewish dialect. When he says "Abi Gezheun" it's the same as "Auf Wiedersehen" in German. Mel also played the guy during the initial "#6" raid that crashed in to the window, and then crashes out from the inside into the next window, saying "Oh S**t!"
2) Lili Von Shtupp - The word "Shtup" is Yiddish for "having s*x." In fact, that word was censored in conservative TV markets where the movie was shown on TV (Chicago, for example). A lot of things were censored in those markets. For example, when the church parishioners are singing, "Our town is turning into..." They overdubbed a loud organ cord so you couldn't hear it. Likewise, during the very infamous "campfire" scene, all of the "flatulence" was overdubbed by horses neighing.
3) Gucci - It was established in 1926, whereas the movie takes place in 1874. The film itself was shot 100 years later in 1974.
4) Yes/No - In the 60's - 70's, large truck/trailers would paint "Yes" on the left side of the back and "No" on the right side. This was to indicate which side was safe for other cars to pass the truck on a highway. In other words, "Yes," it was safe to "pass on the left," but "No," not on the right.
5) CandyGram - This was, actually, an homage to the WB/Bugs Bunny Cartoon "The Old Grey Hare" (Robert Clampett) A very elderly Bugs and Elmer are still going at it after 60 years (1941 - 2000). The very last scene is Elmer, buried alive in the ground by Bugs being "relieved" that he no longer suffers from Bugs' attacks. Bugs busts in (underground) and says, "Weeeelll nooooow, I wouldn' say thaaaaaat." And he hands Elmer a lit stick of dynamite. Fade to black and then to the "That's All Folks" outro while the fuse is still lit and hissing. The Stick then blows while the outro is still playing and it shakes it. It's the only time the outro has ever had live action in it.
6) The Governor's name - A lot of people overlook this. The name "William J. LePetomane" is a reference to a French vaudevillian in the 19th century by the name of Joseph Pujol, His stage name was "Le Pétomane..." or, (closest French translation), "The Fartsy." His act consisted of "flatulating" various songs or other sounds with total precision. Pujol would, clean and irrigate his colon several times a day to keep his emissions from becoming "fragrant."
7) Hedy vs. Hedley - Certainly, "Hedy" Lamarr (the actress) was alive when the film came out and did in fact sue the production co. Apparently, they worked it out. Not many know this about her, but Hedy was quite intelligent and invented "wireless" technology components that are still used today in Wi-Fi equipment, etc. etc.
8) Campfire Scene - That was a satirical comment/parody by Mel on how you often see all these Western movies where the cowboys sit around a campfire and eat an unconscionable amount of beans and drink gallons of black coffee. His direct quote: "You can't tell me that if there are a bunch of cowboys sitting around eating all those beans and drinking all that black coffee, there isn't going to be a little gas in an hour or so."
his name is gene wilder not willy wonka
Gene Wilder was in a number of films besides Willy Wonka. A few that come to mind are: Young Frankenstein, The Producers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holms' Smarter Brother, Silver Streak, and Stir Crazy.
Mel Brooks played the Governor. His son, directed World War Z.
This movie I discovered some time ago and truly has grown to be a favorite of mine, its such a treat. Amazing actors, sets, truly Mel Brooks putting in the coffin of Westerns
Would say Gene wilder does some other work with Mel, Young Frankenstein is a classic.
My bro friends & I loved your reaction!! Awesome!!! Keep on rocking young lady!!! All HAIL Richard, Redd Foxx, Chris Rock, Creech Marin & Eddie Murphy!
It's a have to see at least once...and your reaction was one of my favorites! BTW...the Governor was Mel Brooks...I would encourage you to watch Robinhood Men In Tights for another reaction sometime soon... anyway... again... really enjoyed the reaction... you're a sweetheart...I mean you project a genuine kind hearted soul.
2 great & funny films to watch with Gene Wilder is (1976) "Silver Streak" with Richard Pryor & the Mel Brooks film (1974) "Young Frankenstein"
I AM SORRY YOU DONT WANT TO WATCH IT AGAIN. YOUR LOSS. THE MORE YOU SEE THE MORE YOU APPRECIATE HOW FUNNY IT IS.