Well, sort of. TSM had a similar line, "we don’t need no badges." it took an episode of the Monkees and Micky Dolenz to deliver the parody line, "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!"
@@originaldcjensen TSM: “Badges. We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.” Monkees: “Badges. We don’t need no stinking badges.” Blazing Saddles: “Badges. We don’t need no stinking badges.”
Slim Pickins was a true gem. I loved every movie he was in. He was a real cowboy riding the rodeo circuit when the movie people needed some people for western movies who ride horses. He said ( if I’m going to get bucked off all the time i might as well get paid for it.).
One of my favorite movies. My favorite line, probably of any movie is "Where all the white women at?"... OMGLMFAO!!! Not even mentioned amongst all the other scandalous content. The kind of movie you mention to a friend and you end up talking about the entire script.
This movie has to be one of the funniest films ever made. However, the line I remember most is not the one mentioned here. It was when the new sheriff stood before the townspeople and prepared to remove the directive from the governor appointing him to office from where he had it stashed for safekeeping. That line was so memorable that it found a spot somewhere within the confines of my brain and staked a claim there. After all these years, many times whenever I walk up to a urinal, I can hear Cleavon Little's voice in the back of my head saying, "'Scuse me while I whip this out." Makes me smile every time I recall it.
I say the HE** with all the critics. This is the best comedy of all time and, as good comedy should, it is a parodies many of society's problems to hilarious effect. Mel Brooks was a genius!
I respectfully disagree. As funny as Blazing Saddles is, Smokey and the Bandit has it beat as best all-time comedy IMO. Jackie Gleason was PERFECT as Buford T. Justice.
@@siskodefiant4275 I go to a Cafe-bakery called " Vicky's ", there slogan is "que sweet that is ",and I say" mm that's good coffee ". A variation on " that's good booze ". He lived in inverary, city of Lauderhill, for a few years. His house is still up for sale,but I will check.
The line is great, but what makes it classic is the response of the townswomen. First, the feigned squeals of horror. Followed by the far more honest "Ohhhhh"s of disappointment when all he "whipped out" was a piece of paper. Comic genius.
I had to go see Porky's again for that reason! Didn't work! During the scene in the principal office with Ballbreaker and the coaches the audience was laughing so loud I couldn't hear it! It was years later watching it on DVD to hear all that scene completely and even at that I had to watch it a coupe times!.
I first saw it on a wet Wednesday afternoon. There was me in the middle of the cinema and two others on the left front row. I almost ruptured myself stifling the laughter (Being a Brit, I felt uncomfortable guffawing in the middle of an empty theatre). Especially the beans scene. Yes, farting is funny. I know it. You know it. And Mel Brooks knew it !
@@jobob47 Fun fact: I remember it well - Warner Brothers were a tad concerned about any (potential) offence Blazing might cause in different countries - so they arranged 'Attitude evaluaters" in the main cities where it was showing. So - you have them interviewing audiences leaving the cinemas - here in Dublin they were concerned about the "... but we don't want the Irish" line. Net result? "Don't be stupid - it's a comedy and we all laughed". Just sayin'.
Mel Brooks....COMEDIC GENIUS!!! Not only is he funny but he also surrounded himself with equally talented and funny people. I don't think you could cast any character differently and still have as funny a movie.
Mel Brooks and the actors in all of his movies are part of a lost generation of true genius. I can't imagine there will ever be a more talented group of comedic actors to ever live. I'm glad to have been around during their reign. I will miss them.
Lyndon. Yet another classic line. (Another I still try to use today) but also loved when korman tried to find a legal way to "land snatch" & looks in his law book. ("Land snatch....land...land....see "snatch"" or fondling the "blind justice" statue). Also, after correcting the "Gov", (Brooks) about it being "Hedley", it was pointed out, "This is 1874. You can sue her." referring to Hedy Lamarr.
@@netowl3922 when she sued Brooks, (or threatened to) he said, screw it, pay her. He liked her and put up no fuss.....so he said. (unfortunately, not to me personally)
Cleavon Little's "....To tell a family secret, my grandmother was Dutch" line is grossly underrated. It is simultaneously hilarious and deep at the same time.
This is one of just a few movies that are truly LAUGH-OUT-LOUD funny! It could never made today. In fact, whenever it is shown on TV now, a disclaimer precedes it, warning that its content is inappropriate in current society. I say, "Lighten up Francis." This is comedy.
They are not the one's offended. They understand satire. It is the hypocritical right. It is the republicans/evangelicals/conservatives that would throw a fit. We want it aired on primetime unedited! Then see what happens in every red state. "Where the white woman at" would call for a lynching. We understand Satire and who is being mocked.
And this is where the NEW Mel Brooks types will be born.. A severe gap has been made and as history shows, it will be filled by someone at some point.. A “Mel Brooks” for their generation. Hope I’m still around to see it
This was my first Mel Brooks movie I saw and Blazing Saddles parodies of all the westerns I saw growing up made it the best thing And most memorable thing I love most about Mel Brooks movies. It was so ground breaking and daring I left the theater in Chicago thinking I could hardly believe what I just saw. It was the most fun I ever experienced and only wished I hadn’t seen it by myself. I had no one else to talk to about it but myself. It was a very memorable moment for me.
With all the times the studio tried to alter and stop the film, just reinforces my belief they have no clue what people really want for entertainment. Makes you wonder how many other great movies were ruined. A true classic among classics.
The Wizard of Oz movie. There was a huge argument over leaving in or taking out the song, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". They argued it slowed the movie down, meaning it didn't advance the storyline, and in addition they complained it made the movie too long. CAN YOU IMAGINE! Those knuckle heads in the board rooms.
In this case, it's not so much that they don't know what people want, as it is they do know what certain other people DON'T want, and those sorts of people can cause a lot of trouble.
Slim Pickens was not being "method" by sleeping under the stars. He was a cowboy and country singer, and brought his own trailer to the set, living under the stars, because he wanted to.
@@marksheiman1538 And the cowboy pilot in Dr. Strangelove. He showed up on that set in his regular (cowboy) clothes and the other actors thought he was already getting in character.
@@paulpeterson4216 When checking their survival gear, Dallas was the city originally said. Lip readers can make it out.The premier date was delayed because of the hit team rubbing out JFK.
I think he even had his dog with him. He was also a rodeo horse rider before becoming an actor. Jerry Skinner has a great video on his channel about Slim Pickens.
Animal House has a special memory for me. I talked my Father into going to the movies with me when I was 16 or 17 (he wasn't enthused initially). We both had a great time, and I was treated to many stories of dealing with Frat's while he attended Stanford (My Dad was a GDI... Go Damned Independent, and had a Greek GDI on hi car if I recall). Anyhow, thanks for bringing that memory back!
I was 20 years old when this movie came out, guys my age or younger thought that the campfire farting scene was by far the best part of the movie because no movie in history up to that point had ever made jokes about farts while in our actual lives we did all the time. so just the very first fart in that scene was already one of the funniest things in film history, and then they just kept coming one after another. it was revolutionary.
I literally fell off my chair laughing the first time I saw Mongo knock out the horse. It caught me totally by surprise and was perfect for the character. (It's sad how bland political correctness has made our culture. Artists, ignore the humorless losers and do your thing.)
Has nothing to do with PC. At its foundation, PC means not to be a dic. It is about respect . It has been highjacked by the right, by the hate cult that needs to stay in denial about themselves. We understand Satire and want it aired in primetime TV unedited, especially in the rural south. And the horse stunt was hilarious! We understand the intent of the movie!
Sadly, the humorless are in the distribution racket - why you see actors and directors alike sucking up to naarratives nowhere near their creations at so-called awards. Anyway, this video skids all over the place rather than get straight to the point. So one of the more underrated scenes in my mind was Taggerts oblivious assistant parroting "Send wire to main office... tell them I said 'OW!' - Gotcha" The value of comedy is it disarms hubris.
I just saw a You Tube video that said PETA or whoever complained about that scene! That was one the funniest scenes in the movie! It required perfect timing!
I was home from college. My mother and sister were out, leaving me with my father, so we looked at the paper for a movie. I saw Mel Brooks’ name and said: “He’s funny, I saw him on David Suskind once. But this looks like a Western.” We went, knowing nothing about the movie and almost nothing about Brooks, not even realizing his connection with The Producers. My father was a native Yiddish speaker, so I got real time translations. So we not only saw Blazing Saddles, we saw it completely cold. That movie is a comedic shock under any circumstances. Now imagine it as a complete shock. Funny doesn’t begin to describe it.
@@koshersalaamiHaving a working knowledge of German, I immediately recognized the Yiddish lines from Mel Brooks. I laughed hysterically. Nobody else in the theater got it. Nearby moviegoers asked me what was so funny, When you have to explain ‘em………
I saw Blazing Saddles for the first time as an American student studying in Germany from 1974 through 1975. So the version I saw was dubbed into German, except for the Lilli von Stupft songs, which apparently were not translatable. So I’m sitting in the theater with a couple of friends and a bunch of strangers. The movie starts and even 20 minutes in, no one was laughing. I caught on that the German dialogue was dubbed almost word for word because there were so many idioms and jokes that REALLY got lost in translation. Once I caught on, I was laughing hysterically, with absolutely nobody else laughing. Then when we get to the I’m Tired song, I completely lost it. ROTFLMAS decades before it was ever an acronym! My friends were worried that we would get kicked out of the theater because they were with the crazy American woman. The first time I saw it in English, it was even funnier. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are still the Top Two whenever I need a good gut laugh. I’m an old lady now, but this is still a great memory.
That's "Franhk en steen" I'm told that Return of the Jedi had an African language for some of the non human characters & when the movie played in that country,they found that character's dialogue hilarious.
I hope you both laughed out loud and enjoyed the moment, from the way back. I offer my condolences and hope you are consoled by having such a special time. Rest in Power Dad. And Peace and Love to you, daughter❤😢
I’m sorry. I’m glad you two had time together my daughter and son go to movies when we all are in lubbock. If I’m in houston. My son and I go to movie s
All the people originally offered parts that turned them down, thank you. I could not imagine this movie with anyone other than the amazing actors who took the chance and made this movie the masterpiece it is. My #1 favorite Mel Brooks movie. Then comes Young Frankenstein, History of the World, Part I and Spaceballs.
This film was and still is very gutsy and also hilarious. I like "Young Frankenstein" a tiny bit more, because I'm a horror fan and know the old movie with Boris Karloff very well. The ending part where they fall into other film sets was untopped by any other film I've seen. A real trail blazer. Thanks for all the interesting info. Great job!
I thought the line was going to be “Mongo only pawn in game of life”, which was also an ad lib! That’s the one everyone remembers! Btw, this is the second funniest movie. My top is “It’s a mad mad mad mad world”!
Getsmarter. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world was great too. Both older actors and a lot of new comers. Funny, hectic, chaotic. Saw it when it came out. But, with Saddles, if everyone listed their favorite line, you'd have the entire script listed. Mad was funny, but known for the cast. When it came to Saddles, they knew no one would see it, so they could go crazy, write anything they wanted. (Although I still love: "unda a big dubbaya" by Durante before dying for the third time. Also, even as youngster, hated seeing Spencer Tracy as a bad guy)
Years ago when I would often fly out of Baltimore-Washington I always parked my car underneath the big W in the parking lot so I would never forget where I left it.
I have a fond memory of my Dad regarding this film. Mom, Dad, my cousin E and I went to see this while E was visiting from another state. When the "campfire flatulence" scene played out, Mom and E and I laughed - but then looked at dear old Dad, who was horrified by such rudeness. That completely topped it off for us - we lost it for a couple of more minutes. Dad was MORTIFIED.
My parents went to see this; my Dad literally fell off his seat laughing at the campfire scene. My Mum told him to get up and stop embarrassing her, or she'd go home.
This was supposed to be followed by the only line (delivered by Cleavon Little) cut from the movie to appease the censors, "I hate to disillusion you, but you're sucking on my arm."
I intended to point out all of the inaccuracies in this video and started listing them, but in the end I decided it just wasn't worth wasting my time by actually watching it to the end.
One of the greatest movies ever made. Today you can barely talk about it. While talking recently to a "twenty-something" at work, he asked several of us "What was the funniest/best movie ever made?" There were several answers (Animal House, Porky's, Blues Brothers, Rat Race, etc), when I said Blazing Saddles suddenly everyone changed their choice. The "twenty-something" asked "What's it about?", someone finally said "You'll have to watch it to find out!" No one was interested in trying to describe it. But we couldn't stop laughing.
While no new info was gathered with this video, it was great nostalgia. You left out, between Pryor and Little, the studio was pushing Flip Wilson for the part. As for John Wayne, they met in the commissary, when he said he couldn't be in it, (because of the line, "blow it out your ass") but he'd be first in line to see it. Also, for Waco Kid, Gig Young ended up turning it down too, as he couldn't use certain language. Wilder got the part he suggested he play from the start, but was told no. It was also suggested that the sounds around the campfire be lowered. (Although removed entirely for the TV version) Brooks said no, make it louder. The first time farting was used in a major motion picture. But you couldn't really hear it. As soon as it started, the theater was screaming with laughter. Almost 9 years ago, a friend showed me on his computer, people asking for their favorite lines/scenes from the movie. I gave mine, then looked. Almost the entire movie was mentioned as someone's favorite scene/line. (It was truly awesome. Dare I say.....historical?)
@@leondillon8723 not sure about "outstanding", but something was "out". Would have liked to see her coordination with the paddle with the ball on the rubber band toy.
Have to correct you: Richard Pryor's "self-immolation" was years later. The story I heard was Pryor was due on set at a particular time, but he had gotten in a car with friends the night before and ended up in St. Louis or someplace like that and thus Brooks deemed him too unreliable for a tight movie schedule.
Yeah, I picked up on that too as the movie came out when I was in the 5th grade and the Pryor incident happened when I was in H.S. Reading the comments, I see that two additional errors in this "review" are highlighted. The UA-cam producer should learn to do real research before posting what claims to be undisclosed information.
@@brianwilson6403 - Even one of Mel Brooks version of Pryor being a co-writer is Pryor submitted some ideas, but very little was actually used. But since Mel did agree to bring him on, he did not want to leave Pryor high and dry once he moved onto Little.
I'm the special features on my dvd, Mel said they had a writers meeting and Pryor called from the other side of the country needing money for a plane ticket.
The fist fight at the end Well I work for Mel Brooks and Dom Deluise exclaimed not the face not the face! I saw this one at the drive in in 1974 I graduated from high school in that year.
The memory around our house that got a good laugh was when the movie was released on broadcast TV after having been severely edited for "objectionable content." My son was "severely disappointed" when the campfire scene came along and the audio was "CUT!!!" That was his (probably still is, and he's 53 years old!) favorite scene in the whole movie. What can you do with teen age boys and their humor??? ;^)
My take is that it doesn’t mean he hasn’t seen the movie; he’s just completely incompetent with the English language. This is the worst UA-cam I’ve ever seen in my life
One of my all time favorites! So much so, I have five DVD's of it because I hate to see it all cut up(censored) when it's on TV!!! Mel Brooks comedy is genius and so are the actors that starred in his movies! Cheers!
Thought they were getting brave enough to leave the fart track in, now. The Don't Sue Us/CYA Disclaimer should read "Anyone who takes this seriously Deserves To."
The fact that this movie could not be made nowadays just demonstrates how far our society has fallen nobody has a sense of humor anymore and everybody gets butt hurt about everything
My favorite part is when Cleavon is riding up to the town and the lookout says "the sheriff is a ( BONNNNG! ) "What did you say?", "I said, the sheriff is a ( BOONNNGGG )". 🤣🤣🤣 The timely ringing of the church bell👍
My group of friends were in the last months of are senior year of high school when we all saw this film! We had smoked a HUGH amount of weed, we never laugh so hard in are lives!
I took a date to this movie in a theatre. I laughed so hard, I was literally in the aisle. She never got it! Last date by the way. “What has that asshole done now, someone has to go back and get a shit load of dimes”- Slim Pickins.
Arguably the funniest movie ever made that couldn't be produced today! Richard Pryor got burned by coke, Michael Jackson got burned by Pepsi. The word "shtupp" has a suggestive connotation in Yiddish, when aired by certain networks, it's beeped out. It's pronounced shtupe, BTW, The "bean scene" is enshrined in the Smithsonian Museum in D.C.
George Carlin had said something about Pryor. If I recall, it went something like this, “I heard Richard had a heart attack, then I had a heart attack. Then I heard that he set himself on fire. I said f-- this s--, I’m gonna have another heart attack.”
My sister and I ( we were both in high school at the time) saw this movie and laughed so hard we stayed and watched it at the second showing to see what we had missed from laughing so hard the first time!!
All anyone with a love of comedy needs to do is look at the list of notable, quality people who made this CLASSIC possible. FUNNY is as Funny does and we are STILL laughing.
Mel Brooks is and always will be a one of a kind. This man has single handedly offended just about every ethnic group out there. God bless him! I cannot WAIT for History of the World part 2! What an iconic career both for Brooks and Wilder.
One of the most amazing things about this movie is how the bigotry is actually an accurate portrayal of of life in that era but would never be allowed today. This movie is incredible.
right, i remember people were happy back then, for the most part. now if 3 people gather in a room, someone is always offended and a unison agreement on any subject is never reached. so keep looking down at those smart phones because society just fell into the toilet. all is good, right ?
The main issue with the hyper sensitive morons who think this is a racist movie because they can’t get passed the necessary racial slurs used for comedic effect. If they could get passed that, they would realize this movie is actually showing how stupid it is to be racist. There was a time when people could laugh at themselves but no more. Just like when Burt Reynolds called Sammy Davis JR. the chocolate monk in the Cannonball Run. Watching movies like this that had so much star power of yesteryear that these people were just having a good time joking around with one another and not taking offense and being able to laugh at themselves for the enjoyment of the paying public has been forever lost in Hollywood. That’s why these movies are classics that will be watched and cherished for generations to come while the woke garbage movies of today will be long forgotten in no time at all.
@@mikee2923 Society (mostly America) does not comprehend that laughing at yourself is a form of expression and laughter. Us Brits take the pi55 out of ourselves ALL THE TIME!!! It is what we are, it is how we get through a day. If you can't laugh at yourself, you have no right to laugh at others.
Just watching this has had me laughing remembering the movie. I had to watch it a coupe months ago. To me it is a timeless classic of the funniest western ever. A pure all star cast of the greats, even in football. Directors, actors, and a Pro football man.
Yeah, one of my favorite lines in HOWp1 was: Moses coming down from the mountain with 3 stone tablets "...and the lord has given me fifteen, fifteen..." one of the tablets falls to the ground an shatters, "...ten commandments".
RE the horse punch: at the time, it was made public that the horse was a trained "falling horse" as opposed to how some horses were made to fall using a trip wire. That horse wasn't hurt
IMO, this is the funniest film ever made! I have rewatched it dozens of times! Obviously, it is one of my all time favorites! An epic timeless classic. Comedy platinum!
Slim Pickens memorable raspy voice delivery with the toll booth scene: " ...La Petomane thruway?? What will that ASSHOLE think of next? Anybody gotta dime...someone's gotta ride on back ta town... 'an git us a shit load of dimes !!"
It is even funnier when you realize that le petomane was an early French performer whose medium of choice involved making funny sounds while breaking wind on stage. Joseph Pujol.
My wife and I saw Blazing Saddles at a theatre in Ottawa Canada. The theatre was packed with Canadians and us Americans. We laughed our ass's off but the Canadians were strangely quiet. Either they were too polite to show that they appreciated such broad humor or too ignorant to get it. It was very strange.
Having been to Canada and knowing the structure of their culture and environment, this is not at all strange to me. Unfortunately in general they are an anal group. My theater in New York, the audience was so racked with laughter that in many instances we weren't able to hear the dialogue. But then again, there's no place like New York City anywear in the world with the extraordinary sense of humor experiences you grow up with. In Canada, they'd be too embarrassed to laugh because someone might think poorly of them. In New York, we don't give a d--- mn what people think. We're free agents enjoying a humorous situation..
Being a musician, my favorite line was when Mongo rides into town and a man cries: "Mongo!!...Santa Maria!!" In case you didn't know, Mongo Santamaria was a Cuban percussionist and band leader who had a hit record in the 1960's with "Watermelon Man".
Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein are two of my most favorite comedic movies. As a matter of fact, I first saw Blazing Saddles when it was playing at the base theater on Zweibrucken Air Base in Germany. I went to the matinée, and then went right back into the theater for the second showing. There was so much going on in that movie that you needed to see it at least twice! Those were the days when everyone was fair game, and most people could laugh at themselves. No one was safe from comedy ... the way it should be. ✌🏻
Mongo didn't ride a horse. He rode a bull that said yes no on it's rear. My pops told me it was common for semi's to have that on the back of their trailers to warn drivers about the truck's blind spot. Don't know if that is true but it makes sense to me.
I got to see the movie when I was a kid in Germany when it 1st came out! That movie could not be made today because everybody is so damn uptight. When the ability to laugh at 1 another is gone, this is the society we have today. God forbid we might hurt somebody's poor widdle feelings. Blazing Saddles undoubtedly was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, and I'll watch it to this day and still get a hellava laugh out of it!
"What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?" NOW THAT'S GOLD!!!
At 12 years old, I saw Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein as a double feature. Man, what a hilarious night it was for me!
That's an awesome double feature!!
Wow talk about an overload. It's a good thing that it wasn't a triple with airplane. You could have died laughing.
Such a comedy gift
Lucky man!😅
My first double feature was Carrie's baby and the Exsorcist. Terrifying night.
This movie is hilarious!! My favorite line is “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!’ 😂😂😂
Great line , taken from The Treasure of The Sierra Madre
Well, sort of. TSM had a similar line, "we don’t need no badges." it took an episode of the Monkees and Micky Dolenz to deliver the parody line, "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!"
@@originaldcjensen but we're talking about Blazing Saddles!! I have no idea what movie your talking about and I'm really not interested!🤣
@@originaldcjensen TSM: “Badges. We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.”
Monkees: “Badges. We don’t need no stinking badges.”
Blazing Saddles: “Badges. We don’t need no stinking badges.”
@@ReimerKeith "Sierra Madre" was Waaay before the Monkees were born.
My favorite line is “someone’s gonna have to go back and get a shitload of dimes”. Slim Pickins
I have had a few beers and laughed my head by your text. It was a great movie.
Slim Pickins was a true gem. I loved every movie he was in. He was a real cowboy riding the rodeo circuit when the movie people needed some people for western movies who ride horses. He said ( if I’m going to get bucked off all the time i might as well get paid for it.).
That was always my favorite line, too.
One of my favorite movies. My favorite line, probably of any movie is "Where all the white women at?"... OMGLMFAO!!! Not even mentioned amongst all the other scandalous content. The kind of movie you mention to a friend and you end up talking about the entire script.
'Scuze me while I whip this out... That kills me...
This movie has to be one of the funniest films ever made. However, the line I remember most is not the one mentioned here. It was when the new sheriff stood before the townspeople and prepared to remove the directive from the governor appointing him to office from where he had it stashed for safekeeping. That line was so memorable that it found a spot somewhere within the confines of my brain and staked a claim there. After all these years, many times whenever I walk up to a urinal, I can hear Cleavon Little's voice in the back of my head saying, "'Scuse me while I whip this out." Makes me smile every time I recall it.
Nah, the best line was when the Waco Kid baited the Klan guys with the sheriff and having him say, "Hey, where the white women at?".
@@mattslupek7988 I was going to say this as well. Absolutely the funniest line.
Just thinking of that line makes me chuckle.
I like when Chevon Little sez where the white women at . I thought that line took a big chance
What the hell is this shit as well?
I say the HE** with all the critics. This is the best comedy of all time and, as good comedy should, it is a parodies many of society's problems to hilarious effect. Mel Brooks was a genius!
You are absolutely correct, it IS the funniest movie of all time
Just one small correction, Mel Brooks IS a genius.
@@brianwilson6403 You're right. He's still with us at 96 years young.
I respectfully disagree. As funny as Blazing Saddles is, Smokey and the Bandit has it beat as best all-time comedy IMO. Jackie Gleason was PERFECT as Buford T. Justice.
@@siskodefiant4275 I go to a Cafe-bakery called " Vicky's ", there slogan is "que sweet that is ",and I say" mm that's good coffee ". A variation on " that's good booze ". He lived in inverary, city of Lauderhill, for a few years. His house is still up for sale,but I will check.
"Where are de white women at" Kills me every time.
That was my biggest laugh in the movie
Same here...I got booted from a millennial group on social media for repeating that line.
Agree. This HAS to be the funniest line in the movie. Thank god I wasn't drinking anything at the time, lol!
So true - I reckon still hilarious because we didn't think about it too much....
My biggest laugh was, "Alright, we'll give land to the ni99ers and the ch*nks. But we don't want the Irish."
In these days of race peddling and political hypocrisy, Blazing Saddles took no prisoners. LOL. The humor that is needed so much today.
We've got to protect our phony-baloney jobs gentlemen... harrumpf, harrumpf!
"excuse me while I whip this out" was always the first lines/scenes that come to mind
Indeed
First Black Man in a leading roll of a major motion picture.
How about No dadgumit I said the sheriff is a near cracks me up everytime I hear it and I watch this movie a least 50 times a year
The line is great, but what makes it classic is the response of the townswomen. First, the feigned squeals of horror. Followed by the far more honest "Ohhhhh"s of disappointment when all he "whipped out" was a piece of paper. Comic genius.
Blazing Saddles is honestly the only movie I ever saw that I had to see it twice because I was laughing so hard I missed so much of it.
I have it on DVD so I can watch it whenever the mood strikes me.
@@bobmorgan1575 Same here.
I had to go see Porky's again for that reason! Didn't work! During the scene in the principal office with Ballbreaker and the coaches the audience was laughing so loud I couldn't hear it! It was years later watching it on DVD to hear all that scene completely and even at that I had to watch it a coupe times!.
i'm still laughing today when i think of some of the lines.
I first saw it on a wet Wednesday afternoon. There was me in the middle of the cinema and two others on the left front row. I almost ruptured myself stifling the laughter (Being a Brit, I felt uncomfortable guffawing in the middle of an empty theatre).
Especially the beans scene. Yes, farting is funny. I know it. You know it. And Mel Brooks knew it !
"They said you was hung",
"And they was right".
Still classic, and still used to this day......
that one. and "where all da white women at?"
I still laugh at that line every time like it was the first time I heard it.
@@jobob47 Fun fact: I remember it well - Warner Brothers were a tad concerned about any (potential) offence Blazing might cause in different countries - so they arranged 'Attitude evaluaters" in the main cities where it was showing. So - you have them interviewing audiences leaving the cinemas - here in Dublin they were concerned about the "... but we don't want the Irish" line. Net result? "Don't be stupid - it's a comedy and we all laughed". Just sayin'.
@@jobob47 Damn tootin'
My favorite was when the lights go out she screams its tru, it's tru
Mel Brooks....COMEDIC GENIUS!!! Not only is he funny but he also surrounded himself with equally talented and funny people. I don't think you could cast any character differently and still have as funny a movie.
High Anxiety was hilarious Brooks always had great comedic cast from himself to Madiline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman and so many others.
I agree completely, it was the perfect cast for the perfect movie.
Yes the casting for the roles was near perfection. Gene Wilder is one of my all time favorites.
My favorite line was you’d do it for Randolph Scott. And the townspeople’s awed response
Platoon. Don't you see that:s the last act of a desperate man? I don't care if it's the first act of Richard III, we're leaving.
My "most loved line" was when Sheriff Bart tweaked the Klansmen with, "Hey, where da white women at?"
"How many times have I told you, wash your hands?... See, it's comin' off!"
That quote got my facebook account suspended. True story.
@@amityrockwell5162 Sad how people have lost their ability to laugh at life.
Yes!!
“Let’s play cards”!
I thought the most loved line was “Mongo only pawn in game of life”
"Cleavon Little couldn't help but laugh at his own improvisation." The problem is the line cited was said by Gene Wilder.
Exactly!
You are correct.
Almost half of these "facts" are wrong.
@@0311Mushroom Yeah. I stopped watching early on, when it got to the "Mongo parked his *horse* in prohibited area" part. smh
Your exactly right and a lot of other facts here are wrong too, smh! I love that movie!!!
Mel Brooks and the actors in all of his movies are part of a lost generation of true genius. I can't imagine there will ever be a more talented group of comedic actors to ever live. I'm glad to have been around during their reign. I will miss them.
Mel Brooks is still with us, unless I missed some horrible news. If I did, don't tell me.
Each time he mentioned Harvey Kormans character, he should've said Heddy Lamar, with Kormans voice coming in and saying, "That's Hedley!"
If you look at the scene ,you see him having sex with the statue of Lady justice. The look that slim gave is funny. ( screw justice)
Lyndon. Yet another classic line. (Another I still try to use today) but also loved when korman tried to find a legal way to "land snatch" & looks in his law book. ("Land snatch....land...land....see "snatch"" or fondling the "blind justice" statue). Also, after correcting the "Gov", (Brooks) about it being "Hedley", it was pointed out, "This is 1874. You can sue her." referring to Hedy Lamarr.
@@fdoe9184 Hedy Lamarr, in later years was known for suing anything and everything in sight.
@@netowl3922 when she sued Brooks, (or threatened to) he said, screw it, pay her. He liked her and put up no fuss.....so he said. (unfortunately, not to me personally)
Whenever I see a post on any social media about Heddy Lamar, I leave one comment. "It's Hedley". It never gets negative comments.
Cleavon Little's "....To tell a family secret, my grandmother was Dutch" line is grossly underrated. It is simultaneously hilarious and deep at the same time.
This is one of just a few movies that are truly LAUGH-OUT-LOUD funny! It could never made today. In fact, whenever it is shown on TV now, a disclaimer precedes it, warning that its content is inappropriate in current society. I say, "Lighten up Francis." This is comedy.
I made sure to buy the movie so they can't change the wording, it's just as classic.
lighten up francis ; wasnt that a line in stripes ( bill murray 1981)
@@patrickmurray8304 Yep.
@@charlie6629 Smart idea. If they removed everything that could be considered "insensitive" the film would be little more than a vine!
Check out History of The World Part 1. It's another one of Mel Brooks classic. No PC BS.
We need more movies like this to shake up this generation ,and quit being so offended. Laugh!
They are not the one's offended. They understand satire. It is the hypocritical right. It is the republicans/evangelicals/conservatives that would throw a fit. We want it aired on primetime unedited! Then see what happens in every red state. "Where the white woman at" would call for a lynching. We understand Satire and who is being mocked.
And this is where the NEW Mel Brooks types will be born.. A severe gap has been made and as history shows, it will be filled by someone at some point.. A “Mel Brooks” for their generation. Hope I’m still around to see it
Imagine if Brooks had gotten John Wayne to do a one-line offscreen voiceover: "Anyone Who Takes This Epic Seriously... Deserves To."
Pilllllgrim.
You could not even make a movie anywhere this close in todays world.. or make another TV show like Married with Children..
If you think the Only concern was Laughing, You're Vastly Missing the Point.
This was my first Mel Brooks movie I saw and Blazing Saddles parodies of all the westerns I saw growing up made it the best thing And most memorable thing I love most about Mel Brooks movies. It was so ground breaking and daring I left the theater in Chicago thinking I could hardly believe what I just saw. It was the most fun I ever experienced and only wished I hadn’t seen it by myself. I had no one else to talk to about it but myself. It was a very memorable moment for me.
Check out Rustlers Rhapsody with Tom Berringer - it ain't Blazing but well worth watching.....
@@daveroche6522 Another good comedy western is McClintock!.
@@bobmorgan1575 Cheers Bob - I'll check it out....
With all the times the studio tried to alter and stop the film, just reinforces my belief they have no clue what people really want for entertainment.
Makes you wonder how many other great movies were ruined.
A true classic among classics.
Yes and these studio people still don’t understand this film.
The Wizard of Oz movie.
There was a huge argument over leaving in or taking out the song, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
They argued it slowed the movie down, meaning it didn't advance the storyline, and in addition they complained it made the movie too long.
CAN YOU IMAGINE!
Those knuckle heads in the board rooms.
In this case, it's not so much that they don't know what people want, as it is they do know what certain other people DON'T want, and those sorts of people can cause a lot of trouble.
Slim Pickens was not being "method" by sleeping under the stars. He was a cowboy and country singer, and brought his own trailer to the set, living under the stars, because he wanted to.
I picked up on one error in this "review" and I already see 2 more errors listed in the comments. This video has way too many errors to merit belief.
He was also in " In harm's way:.played a bosun"s mate named Culpepper.
@@marksheiman1538 And the cowboy pilot in Dr. Strangelove. He showed up on that set in his regular (cowboy) clothes and the other actors thought he was already getting in character.
@@paulpeterson4216 When checking their survival gear, Dallas was the city originally said. Lip readers can make it out.The premier date was delayed because of the hit team rubbing out JFK.
I think he even had his dog with him. He was also a rodeo horse rider before becoming an actor. Jerry Skinner has a great video on his channel about Slim Pickens.
This movie and animal house were my favorites when I was growing up.
The campfire scene was hilarious
Animal House has a special memory for me. I talked my Father into going to the movies with me when I was 16 or 17 (he wasn't enthused initially). We both had a great time, and I was treated to many stories of dealing with Frat's while he attended Stanford (My Dad was a GDI... Go Damned Independent, and had a Greek GDI on hi car if I recall).
Anyhow, thanks for bringing that memory back!
Dat's some epic spit!
With the exception of the campfire scene, which was distractingly stupid and juvenile, I will agree with you about this movie being overall hilarious.
@@elimgarak7330 Teenage (and some overgrown ) boys loved it. I, not so much.
I was 20 years old when this movie came out, guys my age or younger thought that the campfire farting scene was by far the best part of the movie because no movie in history up to that point had ever made jokes about farts while in our actual lives we did all the time. so just the very first fart in that scene was already one of the funniest things in film history, and then they just kept coming one after another. it was revolutionary.
Yeah, today's Jewish directors act as if this movie never existed.... Mel Brooks was politically incorrect and funny AF !!!
They do?
One of the greatest comedies ever made
I got my dvd copy. I’m afraid it may go out of print or be banned from all streaming services.
Co written by Richard Pryor
It won't go out of print because Bart is the hero.
@@jmad627 Why would it be banned?
I literally fell off my chair laughing the first time I saw Mongo knock out the horse. It caught me totally by surprise and was perfect for the character. (It's sad how bland political correctness has made our culture. Artists, ignore the humorless losers and do your thing.)
Has nothing to do with PC. At its foundation, PC means not to be a dic. It is about respect . It has been highjacked by the right, by the hate cult that needs to stay in denial about themselves. We understand Satire and want it aired in primetime TV unedited, especially in the rural south. And the horse stunt was hilarious! We understand the intent of the movie!
The owner was proud of his horse. I'd heard somewhere else that it was the horse's favorite trick.
Sadly, the humorless are in the distribution racket - why you see actors and directors alike sucking up to naarratives nowhere near their creations at so-called awards.
Anyway, this video skids all over the place rather than get straight to the point. So one of the more underrated scenes in my mind was Taggerts oblivious assistant parroting "Send wire to main office... tell them I said 'OW!' - Gotcha"
The value of comedy is it disarms hubris.
1000%
I just saw a You Tube video that said PETA or whoever complained about that scene! That was one the funniest scenes in the movie! It required perfect timing!
I was home from college. My mother and sister were out, leaving me with my father, so we looked at the paper for a movie. I saw Mel Brooks’ name and said: “He’s funny, I saw him on David Suskind once. But this looks like a Western.” We went, knowing nothing about the movie and almost nothing about Brooks, not even realizing his connection with The Producers. My father was a native Yiddish speaker, so I got real time translations. So we not only saw Blazing Saddles, we saw it completely cold. That movie is a comedic shock under any circumstances. Now imagine it as a complete shock. Funny doesn’t begin to describe it.
"Schwartz's!They Darker than Us!"
@@jamespage4092 That Yiddish I understood. That line may have cracked me up more than any in the whole movie.
@@koshersalaamiHaving a working knowledge of German, I immediately recognized the Yiddish lines from Mel Brooks. I laughed hysterically. Nobody else in the theater got it. Nearby moviegoers asked me what was so funny, When you have to explain ‘em………
I saw Blazing Saddles for the first time as an American student studying in Germany from 1974 through 1975. So the version I saw was dubbed into German, except for the Lilli von Stupft songs, which apparently were not translatable. So I’m sitting in the theater with a couple of friends and a bunch of strangers. The movie starts and even 20 minutes in, no one was laughing. I caught on that the German dialogue was dubbed almost word for word because there were so many idioms and jokes that REALLY got lost in translation. Once I caught on, I was laughing hysterically, with absolutely nobody else laughing. Then when we get to the I’m Tired song, I completely lost it. ROTFLMAS decades before it was ever an acronym! My friends were worried that we would get kicked out of the theater because they were with the crazy American woman.
The first time I saw it in English, it was even funnier. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are still the Top Two whenever I need a good gut laugh. I’m an old lady now, but this is still a great memory.
That's "Franhk en steen"
I'm told that Return of the Jedi had an African language for some of the non human characters & when the movie played in that country,they found that character's dialogue hilarious.
Jonel Filepek, What a fine critique you have written.
Mongo didn't ride a horse. He was riding a Brahma bull.
14:35 - is where he FINALLY discusses the "mistake". Although, it was clearly not a mistake - it was an ad lib.
Wonder who writes such stuff -- a 27y.o. intern? Let alone the "young male A.I. voice" that mispronunces Lili von Schtupp. More care should be taken.
Thanks, you saved me a lot of time!!
Thanx
@@w.reidripley1968 It's not AI.
Half of the "facts" in this are wrong.
Watched this movie with my dad a few days before he died. This movie is one of my favorite movies of all time.
I hope you both laughed out loud and enjoyed the moment, from the way back. I offer my condolences and hope you are consoled by having such a special time. Rest in Power Dad. And Peace and Love to you, daughter❤😢
@@GregParr58 thank you. God bless you.
I’m sorry. I’m glad you two had time together my daughter and son go to movies when we all are in lubbock. If I’m in houston. My son and I go to movie s
All the people originally offered parts that turned them down, thank you. I could not imagine this movie with anyone other than the amazing actors who took the chance and made this movie the masterpiece it is. My #1 favorite Mel Brooks movie. Then comes Young Frankenstein, History of the World, Part I and Spaceballs.
Nobody could do comedy quite like Mel Brooks. A true comedic genius!
It's good to be da king.
Slim Pickens and Harvey Korman were great together .
"Yeah but THIS is the hand that I shoot with!"
This film was and still is very gutsy and also hilarious. I like "Young Frankenstein" a tiny bit more, because I'm a horror fan and know the old movie with Boris Karloff very well. The ending part where they fall into other film sets was untopped by any other film I've seen. A real trail blazer. Thanks for all the interesting info. Great job!
Trivia about Young Frankenstein, the equipment in the lab is the original from the 1931 Karloff film!!!
Wilder wrote Young Frankenstein, then Brooks polished it up and directed.
I thought the line was going to be “Mongo only pawn in game of life”, which was also an ad lib! That’s the one everyone remembers! Btw, this is the second funniest movie. My top is “It’s a mad mad mad mad world”!
That line by Mongo still makes me laugh to this day!
That line was from Richard Pryor
Getsmarter. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world was great too. Both older actors and a lot of new comers. Funny, hectic, chaotic. Saw it when it came out. But, with Saddles, if everyone listed their favorite line, you'd have the entire script listed. Mad was funny, but known for the cast. When it came to Saddles, they knew no one would see it, so they could go crazy, write anything they wanted. (Although I still love: "unda a big dubbaya" by Durante before dying for the third time. Also, even as youngster, hated seeing Spencer Tracy as a bad guy)
Years ago when I would often fly out of Baltimore-Washington I always parked my car underneath the big W in the parking lot so I would never forget where I left it.
I would love to see them bring that back in movie theaters today!
Never happen! The Left and Hollywood are too woke!
The jews and black folks would never let that happen.lol
What about the Irish?
I have a fond memory of my Dad regarding this film. Mom, Dad, my cousin E and I went to see this while E was visiting from another state. When the "campfire flatulence" scene played out, Mom and E and I laughed - but then looked at dear old Dad, who was horrified by such rudeness. That completely topped it off for us - we lost it for a couple of more minutes. Dad was MORTIFIED.
That was my brother's favorite scene!
My parents went to see this; my Dad literally fell off his seat laughing at the campfire scene. My Mum told him to get up and stop embarrassing her, or she'd go home.
Go into a theater after eating a whole lot of beans, chili, hard boiled eggs, and beer. Sit near the AC and let it rip.
Mel Brooks was an absolute genius at film making!
He's still around! Last I heard, working on History of the World part 2!
I completely agree I love all his films
One of, if not THE, funniest movies ever made ! !
So right
My favourite line is, "It's trew, It's trew!" Beautifully delivered from Madeline Kahn.
This was supposed to be followed by the only line (delivered by Cleavon Little) cut from the movie to appease the censors, "I hate to disillusion you, but you're sucking on my arm."
I'm going to watch a TV edited version of Blazing Saddles, it airs 8 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Intro and credits?
Absolutely one of the funniest films ever made. Cleavon Little was the only one who could be Bart.
I bet Chris Turner could have been good as that character.
You don't think Pryor would'a just killed it? Come on!
For me the best line that I still hear today is the Mexican Bandito replying "Badges? We don't need no stinking Badges!"
This was, of course, originally a line from "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."🤩
Funniest movie ever for its day. It's weird, I can still recall who I was with watching it and parts of the conversation we had.
I intended to point out all of the inaccuracies in this video and started listing them, but in the end I decided it just wasn't worth wasting my time by actually watching it to the end.
One of the greatest movies ever made. Today you can barely talk about it. While talking recently to a "twenty-something" at work, he asked several of us "What was the funniest/best movie ever made?" There were several answers (Animal House, Porky's, Blues Brothers, Rat Race, etc), when I said Blazing Saddles suddenly everyone changed their choice. The "twenty-something" asked "What's it about?", someone finally said "You'll have to watch it to find out!"
No one was interested in trying to describe it. But we couldn't stop laughing.
While no new info was gathered with this video, it was great nostalgia. You left out, between Pryor and Little, the studio was pushing Flip Wilson for the part. As for John Wayne, they met in the commissary, when he said he couldn't be in it, (because of the line, "blow it out your ass") but he'd be first in line to see it. Also, for Waco Kid, Gig Young ended up turning it down too, as he couldn't use certain language. Wilder got the part he suggested he play from the start, but was told no. It was also suggested that the sounds around the campfire be lowered. (Although removed entirely for the TV version) Brooks said no, make it louder. The first time farting was used in a major motion picture. But you couldn't really hear it. As soon as it started, the theater was screaming with laughter. Almost 9 years ago, a friend showed me on his computer, people asking for their favorite lines/scenes from the movie. I gave mine, then looked. Almost the entire movie was mentioned as someone's favorite scene/line. (It was truly awesome. Dare I say.....historical?)
There was some "outstanding" performance done by the governor's secretary.
@@leondillon8723 not sure about "outstanding", but something was "out". Would have liked to see her coordination with the paddle with the ball on the rubber band toy.
Have to correct you: Richard Pryor's "self-immolation" was years later. The story I heard was Pryor was due on set at a particular time, but he had gotten in a car with friends the night before and ended up in St. Louis or someplace like that and thus Brooks deemed him too unreliable for a tight movie schedule.
Pryor a co writer however.
Yeah, I picked up on that too as the movie came out when I was in the 5th grade and the Pryor incident happened when I was in H.S. Reading the comments, I see that two additional errors in this "review" are highlighted. The UA-cam producer should learn to do real research before posting what claims to be undisclosed information.
@@brianwilson6403 -
Even one of Mel Brooks version of Pryor being a co-writer is Pryor submitted some ideas, but very little was actually used. But since Mel did agree to bring him on, he did not want to leave Pryor high and dry once he moved onto Little.
I'm the special features on my dvd, Mel said they had a writers meeting and Pryor called from the other side of the country needing money for a plane ticket.
@@brianwilson6403 Yeah he wrote the bean scene. Well, maybe he didn't "write" it but it was his idea.
My favorite line is from the Late, Great Slim Pickens, "What in the wide wide world of sports is a going on here"?!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You use your tongue better than a twenty dollar whore😂😂
The fist fight at the end Well I work for Mel Brooks and Dom Deluise exclaimed not the face not the face! I saw this one at the drive in in 1974 I graduated from high school in that year.
I borrow that line whenever I'm in a perplexing situation 😁
The memory around our house that got a good laugh was when the movie was released on broadcast TV after having been severely edited for "objectionable content." My son was "severely disappointed" when the campfire scene came along and the audio was "CUT!!!" That was his (probably still is, and he's 53 years old!) favorite scene in the whole movie. What can you do with teen age boys and their humor??? ;^)
I got a big laugh in the movie that the town folk would give the Black and Chinese railroad workers land, but didn't want the Irish.
Tell me you haven't seen, "Blazing Saddles," without telling me you haven't seen, "Blazing Saddles."
Cleavon Little giggled at his own improvisation.
My take is that it doesn’t mean he hasn’t seen the movie; he’s just completely incompetent with the English language. This is the worst UA-cam I’ve ever seen in my life
One of my all time favorites! So much so, I have five DVD's of it because I hate to see it all cut up(censored) when it's on TV!!! Mel Brooks comedy is genius and so are the actors that starred in his movies! Cheers!
Thought they were getting brave enough to leave the fart track in, now.
The Don't Sue Us/CYA Disclaimer should read "Anyone who takes this seriously Deserves To."
@@w.reidripley1968 I agree and would leave in the "N' word as well. It was used in levity.
For me, the funniest line is "For my next impression, Jesse Owens."
The fact that this movie could not be made nowadays just demonstrates how far our society has fallen nobody has a sense of humor anymore and everybody gets butt hurt about everything
The line I loved to, this day is," Mongo is just a pawn in the game of life" .
‘’Dam near lost a 400 hundred dollar pull cart” 😂
"$400 hand car"
@@rotunda57 I stand corrected
My favorite part is when Cleavon is riding up to the town and the lookout says "the sheriff is a ( BONNNNG! )
"What did you say?", "I said, the sheriff is a ( BOONNNGGG )". 🤣🤣🤣
The timely ringing of the church bell👍
In the original movie that wasn't cut.It was actually said
My favorite movie! No matter how many times I see it, it still makes me laugh!!! Gene Wilder has been one of my most loved actor!
>>>DITTO
Loved Gene Wilder in Silver Streak. The interaction between he and Richard Pryor was great. Especially the scene in the Kansas City depot. "We bad"
My group of friends were in the last months of are senior year of high school when we all saw this film! We had smoked a HUGH amount of weed, we never laugh so hard in are lives!
I took a date to this movie in a theatre. I laughed so hard, I was literally in the aisle. She never got it! Last date by the way. “What has that asshole done now, someone has to go back and get a shit load of dimes”- Slim Pickins.
good litmus test for a date!
Arguably the funniest movie ever made that couldn't be produced today!
Richard Pryor got burned by coke, Michael Jackson got burned by Pepsi.
The word "shtupp" has a suggestive connotation in Yiddish, when aired by certain networks, it's beeped out. It's pronounced shtupe, BTW,
The "bean scene" is enshrined in the Smithsonian Museum in D.C.
George Carlin had said something about Pryor. If I recall, it went something like this, “I heard Richard had a heart attack, then I had a heart attack. Then I heard that he set himself on fire. I said f-- this s--, I’m gonna have another heart attack.”
The whole movie has been inducted into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.
"oh boys, lookie what we have here"................."hey, where da white wimmen at?"
My sister and I ( we were both in high school at the time) saw this movie and laughed so hard we stayed and watched it at the second showing to see what we had missed from laughing so hard the first time!!
One of the funniest movies of all time , watch it on DVD , every now and then still laugh till my gut hurts 🤣 😆 😅 😂 😄 😭
This was back when comedy was allowed to be funny. One of the funniest movies ever made,
The Gov : "we have to protect our phony baloney jobs" Elderly woman: everything, Dom Deluise, everything. The Best Comedy Ever.
one of the many funny lines in the movie "Is that a 10 gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?"
All anyone with a love of comedy needs to do is look at the list of notable, quality people who made this CLASSIC possible.
FUNNY is as Funny does and we are STILL laughing.
Mel Brooks is and always will be a one of a kind. This man has single handedly offended just about every ethnic group out there. God bless him! I cannot WAIT for History of the World part 2! What an iconic career both for Brooks and Wilder.
"Shtupp" is like "Screw" so "Lily Von Shtupp" is a dirty joke all throughout the film.
There is great comedy hidden in the Yiddish words and phrases.
One of the most amazing things about this movie is how the bigotry is actually an accurate portrayal of of life in that era but would never be allowed today. This movie is incredible.
IT WAS PROPER !!!!ITS ALL PANSY !!!TODAY.😔g
right, i remember people were happy back then, for the most part. now if 3 people gather in a room, someone is always offended and a unison agreement on any subject is never reached. so keep looking down at those smart phones because society just fell into the toilet. all is good, right ?
The main issue with the hyper sensitive morons who think this is a racist movie because they can’t get passed the necessary racial slurs used for comedic effect. If they could get passed that, they would realize this movie is actually showing how stupid it is to be racist. There was a time when people could laugh at themselves but no more. Just like when Burt Reynolds called Sammy Davis JR. the chocolate monk in the Cannonball Run. Watching movies like this that had so much star power of yesteryear that these people were just having a good time joking around with one another and not taking offense and being able to laugh at themselves for the enjoyment of the paying public has been forever lost in Hollywood. That’s why these movies are classics that will be watched and cherished for generations to come while the woke garbage movies of today will be long forgotten in no time at all.
@@mikee2923BOOM!
@@mikee2923 Society (mostly America) does not comprehend that laughing at yourself is a form of expression and laughter. Us Brits take the pi55 out of ourselves ALL THE TIME!!! It is what we are, it is how we get through a day. If you can't laugh at yourself, you have no right to laugh at others.
Just watching this has had me laughing remembering the movie. I had to watch it a coupe months ago. To me it is a timeless classic of the funniest western ever. A pure all star cast of the greats, even in football. Directors, actors, and a Pro football man.
One of my favorite movies I have watched it countless times,
I loved History Of The World Pt 1 and Blazing Saddles. Spaceballs was hysterical as well. I don't think I've ever seen a bad Brooks flick.
Yeah, one of my favorite lines in HOWp1 was: Moses coming down from the mountain with 3 stone tablets "...and the lord has given me fifteen, fifteen..." one of the tablets falls to the ground an shatters, "...ten commandments".
RE the horse punch: at the time, it was made public that the horse was a trained "falling horse" as opposed to how some horses were made to fall using a trip wire. That horse wasn't hurt
Think it was a highly trained stunt bull also...?
This is one of my favorites. Still funny all these years later.
OMG yes, Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks were MAGIC! Young Frankenstein is right up there with Blazing Saddles. "Frauline Blucher....." "whinny"
IMO, this is the funniest film ever made! I have rewatched it dozens of times! Obviously, it is one of my all time favorites! An epic timeless classic. Comedy platinum!
It's twue It's twue. Lol
What is amazing is that you can make a video 15 minutes long that is supposed to be about one line.
I totally missed the famous line while reading the other funny famous lines in the comments. 😅
Trying to find the line in the comments because this guys voice was making me homicidal. What is it??..Please.
@@rantman4521 "...... you know, morons."
Slim Pickens memorable raspy voice delivery with the toll booth scene: " ...La Petomane thruway?? What will that ASSHOLE think of next? Anybody gotta dime...someone's gotta ride on back ta town... 'an git us a shit load of dimes !!"
It is even funnier when you realize that le petomane was an early French performer whose medium of choice involved making funny sounds while breaking wind on stage. Joseph Pujol.
My favorite line is we don't need no stinking badges
From The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Blazing Saddles is America’s answer to Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail.
My wife and I saw Blazing Saddles at a theatre in Ottawa Canada. The theatre was packed with Canadians and us Americans. We laughed our ass's off but the Canadians were strangely quiet. Either they were too polite to show that they appreciated such broad humor or too ignorant to get it. It was very strange.
Too anal.
I brought a DVD copy into Canada with me about 12 years ago. I was actually worried about it being seized at the border. 😅
Having been to Canada and knowing the structure of their culture and environment, this is not at all strange to me. Unfortunately in general they are an anal group. My theater in New York, the audience was so racked with laughter that in many instances we weren't able to hear the dialogue. But then again, there's no place like New York City anywear in the world with the extraordinary sense of humor experiences you grow up with. In Canada, they'd be too embarrassed to laugh because someone might think poorly of them. In New York, we don't give a d--- mn what people think. We're free agents enjoying a humorous situation..
Being a musician, my favorite line was when Mongo rides into town and a man cries:
"Mongo!!...Santa Maria!!"
In case you didn't know, Mongo Santamaria was a Cuban percussionist and band leader who had a hit record in the 1960's with "Watermelon Man".
Thank you! Great bit of trivia.
And his line was my favorite in the movie:..
Mongo only pawn in great game of life.
Given my wife is of Irish descent I have my own favorite line.
Blazing Saddles & Young Frankenstein are two of my most favorite comedic movies. As a matter of fact, I first saw Blazing Saddles when it was playing at the base theater on Zweibrucken Air Base in Germany. I went to the matinée, and then went right back into the theater for the second showing. There was so much going on in that movie that you needed to see it at least twice! Those were the days when everyone was fair game, and most people could laugh at themselves. No one was safe from comedy ... the way it should be. ✌🏻
The first time I watched that movie I was ten or twelve. I'm 52 now and I laugh just as hard now as then. Greatest comedy ever!!.
You get better answers by just watching the extras on the movie DVD.
Mongo didn't ride a horse. He rode a bull that said yes no on it's rear. My pops told me it was common for semi's to have that on the back of their trailers to warn drivers about the truck's blind spot. Don't know if that is true but it makes sense to me.
Designated which side it is safe to pass on. Very true. Still used to this day.
Mongo only pawn in game of life- the best line.
that is a great line
Never forget, Richard Pryor was the main comedy contributor to this movie!
Richard. Actually, Pryor focused mainly on the Mongo character. (Like:. Mongo just a pawn in the game of life.)
In my opinion, Slim Pickens was the funniest character in the movie.
I got to see the movie when I was a kid in Germany when it 1st came out! That movie could not be made today because everybody is so damn uptight. When the ability to laugh at 1 another is gone, this is the society we have today. God forbid we might hurt somebody's poor widdle feelings. Blazing Saddles undoubtedly was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, and I'll watch it to this day and still get a hellava laugh out of it!
If anyone gets butt-hurt over this movie, then get a sense of humor. A classic in filmmaking.👍👍😂😂😂😂
"Somebody's gonna have to get a shitload of dimes!"
LOL - you'd think the outlaws would simply go around the toll booth!!
That campfire scene with the beans was absolutely hilarious.