Blazing Saddles (1974) | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

[@edgyviews]

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[@vincegamer]

The band leader was Count Basie. He was one of the most famous musical performers of the day

[@jstrahan2]

...and his name is quite prominent in the scene.

[@vincegamer]

@@jstrahan2 yes, I just want to be clear that it was him and not someone playing him. (Plus, the actor playing Carl Winslow was only 22 at the time this came out)

[@beaujac311]

And Count Basie was performing one of his most popular songs April In Paris in this movie.

[@jstrahan2]

@@vincegamer: Who is Carl Winslow?

[@vincegamer]

@@jstrahan2 edgy asked " is that Carl winslow?" Carl Winslow is a character on a TV show called family matters. He was played by Reginald veljohnson, who also played the cop in the car in die hard. Since Carl Winslow was cop, many people speculate he's playing the same character.

[@ShadowRyu]

For those who do not yet know, the horse Mongo punched was not abused in any way at all. That one horse was better cared for than the actors. The horse was a show horse and was trained to fall like that, and every bit of that scene was supervised by animal care specialists

[@jeffthompson9622]

This is the last movie I saw in the theater with my grandfather before he died. Some young reactors have called the movie racist. They didn't get that the racists in it are stupid, that it ridicules racism.

[@edgyviews]

Last movie you saw with your grandpa? then I know this movie must be special to you. But yea those young reactors are just trying to sound politically correct. There trying to say all the right things so they don't get canceled. That's the time we live in now. People are scared to express how they feel. Anyone that watches this entire movie can clearly see the deeper message behind it.

[@88wildcat]

I would be willing to bet I've seen at least fifty different reactions to this movie and not one of them have called it racist. They all get that it is satire on racism.

[@jeffthompson9622]

@@88wildcat Most get it, but you missed at least one.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

@@88wildcat I've seen movie reactors watch this and they don't get the comedy. They thought it wasn't appropriate. It was mostly from young reactors.

[@DocMicrowave]

It's funnybto see young reactors react to a lot of stuff from the 70s and 80s. They just can't comprehend sometimes. Too attuned to "modern" ways of thinking.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Cecil B. DeMille was a legendary film director at the time, whose forte was spectacular movies like The Ten Commandments, with giant crowd scenes, and widespread death and destruction.

[@mikelarsen5836]

Can't expect a mere YT reactor to know about movies! 😂😂😂

[@beaujac311]

Also Cecil B. DeMille was so well known as a movie director that his image of a movie director became and archetype. When you see someone acting as a movie director with a bullhorn, and dressed in a particular way, somewhat like the guy in this movie who was directing the men doing the dance number, they are copying Cecil B. DeMille.

[@benrod1]

On top of the hundreds of deaths in his epic films, he was also infamous for dangerous stunts and effects that would go terribly wrong and wound up killing his actors and stunt performers. This was in the days before studios created health and safety standards.

[@beaujac311]

@@benrod1 You peaked my interest. I didn't know that part about DeMille.

[@ZeroOskul]

@Benedicto Rodriguez A comprehensive and complete list of every single movie accident in which any performers, including stunt people, were really killed in a movie directed by Cecil B Demille: *Charles Chandler,* extra in "The Captive" 1915 another extra who had just done a scene with live rounds reloaded his own gun with blanks but accidentally left a live round in the gun and unintentionally killed Charles Chandler. The End

[@emmapeelfan]

When Hedley was molesting that statue, it was the figure of Lady Justice. So he was, in effect, screwing justice. Literally.

[@edgyviews]

That's hilarious 😂🤣

[@Isleofskye]

@@edgyviews Cecil B De Mille was a Film Director with over 70 Films...:)

[@beaujac311]

emmapeelfan:. I saw this movie for the first time at a movie theater a couple of years after its release and every time someone will point out something new that I have missed. Thank you for sharing.

[@Isleofskye]

@@beaujac311 Exactly Right. This is very similar to watching the original UK version of The Office and the number of "in" jokes and references I missed was mind blowing:)

[@lauracwhitney]

Hahaha! I have probably viewed this movie over twenty times over the years. One of the times was in a movie theater. In the scene in which the new Sheriff rode into town, and the preacher held up the Bible.......when somebody shot a hole through the Bible, you could hear the audible gasps in the theater. For first time theater goers for this movie, there were a lot of gasps being heard. It was a brilliant film.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Mel Brooks played the Governor and the Indian Chief and one of the thug roundup. 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 plays Mr. Hilltop in "Young Frankenstein". 4. Madeline Kahn also had a smallish role in it. 5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real. 6. The guy that was supposed to play Jim 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. 7. 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. 8. Jim still has his popcorn from the theater. Movie suggestion "Young Frankenstein" with Gene Wilder

[@edgyviews]

1. Mel Brooks is really talented. 2. Lol yea Mel Brooks Annihilated the fourth wall to go to the 5th dimension. 3. Yea I need to watch Young Frankenstein. I'm getting a lot of recommendations to watch it. 6. Damn 🤣....but that was a good tradeoff . 7. Interesting...that explains a lot of the edgy jokes. *Yes I will be reacting to it very soon.

[@DarkKnight52365]

correction Mel Brooks doesn't break the fourth wall as he never put one in

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

Madeleine also played the great Trixie Delight in Paper Moon💋

[@John-ci8yk]

That was Count Basie and his orchestra out in the middle of the desert, he worked with Frank Sinatra at one point. Thank you and thumbs up on the video.

[@jamesalexander5623]

Playing "April in Paris".

[@edgyviews]

Thank you John! I appreciate it

[@John-ci8yk]

@@edgyviews you're welcome, have a nice day.

[@BigGator5]

"Hey, where the white women at?" Insanely brilliant comedy that everyone needs to watch at least once. 😎 👍 Fun 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.

[@edgyviews]

Interesting facts, thank you! It's hard to believe that the incident was based on a true event that happened to Mel Brooks, that's hilarious. That scene is more interesting now. That story is a testament to never give up. Funny he end up being in the movie 😂.

[@BigGator5]

You're welcome. I'm glad that you found my comment informative. Merry Christmas! (Luke 2 : 8-14 (KJV)) 🎄 🎅 Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍

[@edgyviews]

@@BigGator5 Amen to that my brother 👌🏼 thank you!

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

My favorite line 🎉

[@88wildcat]

Believe it or not, when this movie was released the most controversial scene that got people riled up was Mongo punching the horse.

[@MGower4465]

You gotta admit the horse didn't deserve the punch

[@edgyviews]

I would of never guessed that lol

[@strettoasino9006]

And people still care for animals over POCs

[@MGower4465]

@@strettoasino9006 wrong

[@spacecadet35]

That was a very well trained horse. It was not harmed in that scene.

[@enderwiggin5572]

This is one of the absolute funniest satire movies ever.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, one of the best I've seen yet. Airplane is pretty good too.

[@enderwiggin5572]

@@edgyviews check out The Naked Gun!

[@andyleclerc3600]

Cleavinglittle (Sherrif Bart) was a triple threat performer...he acted, sang and danced. Sadly taken by cancer in 1992 at the young age of 53.

[@edgyviews]

Gone too soon

[@alanzlotkowski2695]

No, that's not Carl Winslow, that's Count Basie.

[@edgyviews]

Gotcha! Thanks for letting me know

[@Powerranger-le4up]

@@edgyviews Though Michael Winslow appears in Spaceballs.

[@regould221]

There is a story that at a crew meeting Mel Brooks said that it was ok to offend people as long as we offend everyone. An crew member spoke up and said that he was Irish and he hadn't been offended. So Brooks added a line into the movie to offend the Irish.

[@edgyviews]

That has to be one of the funniest behind the scenes story I've heard 🤣

[@markpekrul4393]

"To tell a family secret - my grandmother was Dutch" - love it!

[@edgyviews]

I know right lol

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

at least she wasn't Irish!

[@johnnehrich9601]

"I get a kick out of champagne" was written by Cole Porter in 1934.

[@brainofjtd]

I always wondered about that

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for the info. Now I could look it up on KZbin

[@Excanda]

@@edgyviews The funny part of it is that the song about cocain is a 'white' song sung by the 'black' and camptown ladies is a 'black' song sung by the 'white'. That's the joke. (if you didn't get that)

[@mikek0135]

@Fl vd R: I didn't know that. Dang, Brooks has shit in every little corner of this movie!

[@johnnehrich9601]

@@Excanda Not just the songs themselves but the way they were sung was a reversal, with the trackworkers sophisticated and polished and the cowboys, well . . . And the cowboys don't just try to demonstrate what they expect but they keep going.Bart and his friend on the handcar just moments later show they did indeed know the Camptown Ladies song. By the way, this song was written for a minstrel show in 1850 by famed American composer Stephen Foster. Minstrel shows were typically performed by white people in blackface in a very derogatory manner. And by the way, the way, if you want to see THIS also turned on its head (the minstrel show), look on KZbin for a song from Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited (search on that and "minstrel song.") Finally, this G&S musical, produced in 1890's, is a comedic reversal of "the white man's burden" and the King & I concept.

[@janedoe5229]

About quicksand: back in the 1970's, many TV shows had quicksand in them. I grew up thinking it was around the corner. They were always using the quicksand gag.

[@edgyviews]

I remember watching a lot of movies that did show quicksand. That's one of those things I don't wont to experience in real life lol

[@chemech]

"A Laurel & Hearty hanshake..." A play on Laurel & Hardy, comedic film legends.

[@jillk368]

Cecil B. DeMille was a film director, known for movies with big sets, big casts and big battle scenes. Here's a bit of his wiki bio: Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history.

[@edgyviews]

Nice! I appreciate the info Jil

[@mikesmith7102]

I love the scene where the overseer challenges the workers to give them a work song and they go into a delicious Cole Porter arrangement.

[@edgyviews]

lol yes me too

[@Moltar_Railfan]

this film did social commentary way better than most modern media from Hollywood!

[@edgyviews]

Absolutely agree

[@timroebuck3458]

The band leader is Count Basie.

[@edgyviews]

Ok okay thanks! I was wondering who that was..

[@archivemediavault]

@@edgyviews He had a very long career and was loved by everyone who met him.

[@CPny65]

A number of years ago They played this movie at Radio City Music hall in NYC. It is an i9conic Theater. I got tickets for myself and 5 friends. To see it on such a huge screen, which i had never been able to do before, was amazing. Reciting many of our favorite lines with the ret of the audience. At the end Mel Brooks came out and spoke for at least 45 minutes. This was shortly after Gene Wilder had passed away, and he told the story on how Gene was scheduled to be in Young Frankenstein (Another Brooks Classic) later that year, when the actor who was to play the Waco Kid just didn't work out in the comedic role. Brooks asked Wilder to step in, and what a job he did. Still filming Young Frankenstein later that year. LOVE this movie

[@GeraldWalls]

I had a similar experience about 25 or 30 years ago with a grand opening of an AMC movie theater complex. To celebrate the grand opening they played about a dozen Charlton Heston films. There were about six that I really would have liked to have seen on the Big Screen but my wife and I chose The Ten Commandments. Before the movie played Charlton Heston came to the front of the theater and talked for about half an hour. It was very interesting to see an Old Man walking up to the front of the theater using the railing as support, who was then replaced with the Commanding Presence when he started talking.

[@edgyviews]

What a treat! so, Mel Brooks came out to speak for 45 minutes. That's awesome and wilder did an amazing job. It's hard to see any other actor playing that role. Young Frankenstein is definitely a movie I will be reacting too. It's not the first time someone mentioned it to me.

[@Serai3]

Both Richard Dix and Randolph Scott were early movie stars that specialized in Westerns. Dix played bad guys ("Remember when Richard Dix tried to take over this town?"), while Scott played good guys (*hats off* "RANDO-O-OLPH SCOTT!"). This movie is filled with things like that, references to classic films and movie stars.

[@edgyviews]

Interesting stuff 🤔 I appreciate the insight.

[@rlevitta]

...fought indians, fought locusts, fought drought, fought dix - I think that "fought dix" is a pun for "Fort Dix" an army base in New Jersey which was a training and staging ground for thousands of soldiers during World War II.

[@ralpholson7616]

"a Laurel and Hardy handshake" is one of my favorites that goes way over the heads of young folk

[@gimmeabreak6844]

@@ralpholson7616 And the Howard Johnson's 1 Flavor. HJ was a famous restaurant and hotel chain that is part of Wyndham today. The 1 flavor of the HJ ice cream parlor was a parody of Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors Ice Cream Parlor. "(What in the ) WIDE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS" was the predecessor of ESPN. Gene Wilder had to take the red eye from New York to replace the drunk actor originally cast and had to learn his lines and the script in flight. He literally hit the ground running. The old woman getting punch & saying "Up Yours Ni....." was Lilian Gish, a famous silent film star of Old Hollywood.

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

I thought fought Dix was a play on Fort Dix🙄

[@johnnehrich9601]

At the time this movie was made, the popular western movie genre NEVER had black people in it at all (that I can remember), not even in the typical-for-time subservient roles they appeared in other movies. Occasionally Hollywood include an Asian person, but typically even the Indians were not played by Native Americans but Italian Americans. And the lead in the picture itself no matter what the subject by a black man, except for specialty movies for black audiences, was totally earth-shaking.

[@strettoasino9006]

Woody Strode ...ever heard of him...?

[@edgyviews]

Wow so the movie is truly groundbreaking . The film was definitely ahead of it's time. Funny that this type of film can't be remade in 2022.

[@strettoasino9006]

@@edgyviews I guess the film's of Jim Brown/Fred Williamson/Sidney Poitier/Harry Belafonte their westerns don't count...? Like I said *hite audience's have this, While Bill Cosby's "Man and Boy", "Sounder", Thomasina and Bushrod, Buck and the Preacher....etc.

[@jd-zr3vk]

In The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence had a black man in one of the central roles.

[@johnnehrich9601]

@@jd-zr3vk Haven't seen it, but a quick check shows it was released in 1962, when things like this were beginning to change. But the guy, Pompey, is the leading man's "handyman." I wouldn't be surprised that he was brought out west along with his boss. (But again, this is pure conjecture on my end.) And I'm sure there are other exceptions, too. I haven't watched that many westerns, to tell you the truth, it just seems from my memory of that era, it would be at odds to prevailing convention.

[@BluesJammer69]

Saw this as a 16 yr old at a drive-in...funniest movie i have ever seen...your right, they could not/would not make this now. Mel Brooks had a vision and some balls to pull this off!

[@edgyviews]

We definitely need more of this more than ever

[@mkozlinski]

Mel Brooks is known to take shooting his spoofs very seriously when it comes to sets, props, photography...all production values. Nothing is cheap or cheesy (at least until the late 80's) and that's why "Blazing Saddles" looks "like a real Western". What's more: the title song is sung by Frankie Laine - once a leading performer of film songs such as "3:10 to Yuma" or "Gunfight in OK Corall". The fun part is that Brooks was looking for Frankie Laine type singer through an advertisement in the trade union newsletter. And he was answered by Frankie Laine himself, who did not know that this film was a parody. He was so excited about singing a Western song again that no one had the heart to tell him and he sang it 100% serious.

[@edgyviews]

Your 100% accurate... everything about this movie is legit when it comes to the set, the props, custom design, the story, and so on. I think that's why the film was so well received.

[@leonchavarria2707]

@@edgyviews This movie came out when I was in high school so I didn't see it until I was 30, because there were no racists in Michigan. I must thank you Edgy for your laughter and comments....now I live in Oregon.

[@mildredpierce4506]

The guy you thought was Carl Winslow is actually Count Basie. He is a famous band leader and composer.

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for the clarification

[@Powerranger-le4up]

The part where they say they don’t want the Irish is actually based on reality because the Irish were victims of discrimination.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Yes, the potato famine of the 1840's brought a slew of desperate Irish immigrants to America. Employers used to post a sign "Irish need not apply."

[@davidschmitz4300]

That and a lot of the Western settlers were Protestants. The Irish are usually Catholic.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

@@davidschmitz4300 and being Catholic myself, I was not too happy when I found out that they were discriminated against.

[@davidschmitz4300]

@@Powerranger-le4up I felt the same because I am also Catholic.

[@Extortionism]

David Huddleston (the actor which said the line) is Irish from his mother's side, which adds to the humor of the scene. 😀

[@stevenmonte7397]

Tropic Thunder is the closest movie to this. Another movie that couldn't be made today, but it's brilliant!! my two most watched movies ever!

[@edgyviews]

Tropic thunder is another movie that I will be reacting too. Can't wait to watch it

[@MrBigPicture835]

Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history.

[@topomusicale5580]

He was particularly known for his production of big epic scenes, including battles with tons of extras, hence the "killed more people than Cecil B. DeMille".

[@edgyviews]

70 features? Wow... interesting stuff. I appreciate the info.

[@joannesuzieburlison7128]

I love this film so much. I saw it as a child, my dad took me, we didn't talk about it going home, now I see why. He must have been gobsmacked.

[@edgyviews]

Yes I definitely see why ya didn't speak about it afterwards lol..yes this film is brilliant

[@jasonskeans3327]

the gum thing is very funny in the States, whenever one of our teachers would catch us with gum, we'd had better have brought enough for the whole class

[@edgyviews]

Trust me 😂 I was laughing inside. I know how it is. I've been through it too. It was just funny to see criminals do it.

[@jasonskeans3327]

@@edgyviews that movie is sheer brilliance. You should watch anything that Mel Brooks directed, my personal faves are History of the World Part I, Young Frankenstein, Robinhood Men in Tights and Spaceballs

[@janedoe5229]

That's right, you could get in BIG trouble for chewing gum in class. Only the bad kids did it.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

I remember a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip where Calvin got caught chewing gum and when asked that same question, he took the gum out and said, “Probably, but do you think they’d want it?”.

[@craftyladybug411]

Mel Brooks is a genius. This and Space Balls are my faves. 😂😂

[@edgyviews]

I will also be reacting to Spaceballs. So many people are mentioning it in the comment section. They mention that and Young Frankenstein.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

1974 was Mel Brooks' best year, by far. Both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein came out that year, and are two of the funniest movies ever made. Brooks is the king of absurdist humor, although the "ZAZ" team gave him a run for his money with Airplane! and Naked Gun.

[@brycehiigel235]

Robin Hood men in tights was directed by Mel Brooks.

[@robsambosky6444]

Hedy Lamarr was a German-Jewish immigre who became a big actress here in the US. She was stunningly beautiful and made foundational contribution for WiFi technology. She sued and they settled out of court. Cecil B. DeMille was a director of big movies like the 10 Commandments in the 50s.

[@edgyviews]

Pretty interesting...thanks for that insight and I remember watching the ten commandments so many times. They use to always play it on TV.

[@brianwilson9206]

Mel Brooks, the governor and Lakota chief, wrote the black jokes. Richard Pryor wrote the white folk jokes. This movie is a movie which rebukes racism and stereotypes. Very edgy and couldn’t be made today. Too many self righteous types that would be offended and totally miss the humor and the message.

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for the insight Brian and I wish someone can remake this film today. People that get offended by stuff like this are not self righteous. I think their selfish. They want people to only see the world how they see it.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

During the making of the movie, the white actors were very uncomfortable with saying the n word. Burton Gilliam, who played Lyle, had to be taken aside by Cleavon Little. Little told him it was okay to say it because those were just lines in the script and not his actual words.

[@johnnehrich9601]

I've read that Gilliam fought against segregation and actually marched with Dr. King at one point.

[@johnnehrich9601]

I've heard a few reactors who are quite in alignment with the goals of this movie who nonetheless feel the word is used past its successful attempt at making the point. A good part of the script was written by Richard Pyror and if you ever heard his stand-up comedic night club act, he peppered his talk with this word.

[@edgyviews]

Regardless of the mini challenges that happen behind the scenes. Everything turned out great! Their performance seemed natural.

[@lauracwhitney]

Great reactions. Your narrative is thought provoking. Blazing Saddles is a brilliant movie.Mel Brooks is a genius. Well done. I am proud to subscribe to your channel.

[@edgyviews]

Thank you so much Laura 🙏🏼 I'm honored to have you as a subscriber

[@thomasmcintosh390]

A groundbreaking accomplishment in breaking down barriers and breaking wind.

[@edgyviews]

Yes I love how the film accomplish that without being preachy.

[@MGower4465]

Side note, from a southpaw - of everyone in the movie, the hero and sidekick, Bart and Jim, are both left-handed. Which is why they are the smart ones.

[@edgyviews]

That's a interesting take 🤣I didn't even think of it that way.

[@newmoon766]

This movie catches everyone off guard, no matter how much they think they know going in. Loved your reaction.

[@edgyviews]

Thank you 🙏🏼 I will be rewatching it with my wife & brother. I can't wait to see their reaction lol.

[@jstrahan2]

You glossed over the campfire scene, probably the funniest part of the movie.

[@beaujac311]

jstrahan2:. I think a lot of these young reactors don't really pick up on the comedic expressions of the one and only Slim Pickens. I love how he says in his famous southern drawl "I say you've had enough".

[@edgyviews]

I need to rewatch that scene then...but some scenes I had to cut off due to copyright restrictions

[@mrtim5363]

@@edgyviews Farting in movies to that point in time was in 'don't go there' land. Mel Brooks being who he is said: not only will I put a fart in my movie because they told me I can't. I'll make a whole scene of people farting around the campfire. 😝

[@mayordjq]

I'm sure someone has pointed it out, but the piano player you thought was Carl Winslow was actually Count Basie. The band was playing one of his hits: April in Paris.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, I appreciate the info

[@pirbird14]

For me, the funniest line is when the towns people are singing a hymn with the line, "Our town is turning into sh*t."

[@edgyviews]

That part was hilarious 😂

[@jeffgalus8454]

This movie was political incorrect. It was absolutely brilliant

[@edgyviews]

Film was ahead of it's time. One of the funniest films I saw in 2022 (that says a lot).

[@Powerranger-le4up]

4:09 That was Slim Pickins’ idea as way for comeuppance.

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for clarifying.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

10:45 It's the legendary Count Basie and his band.

[@edgyviews]

Got it! Thanks for letting me know

[@mildredpierce4506]

2:26 When the guy on a horse said “what in the wide wide world of sports is going on here“ he was referencing a sports anthology that was called the Wide World of Sports.

[@edgyviews]

I would've of never knew that lol

[@paulbarlow9981]

Great reaction and I'm always fascinated to see a black person's reaction to this movie as you're absolutely right, there's no way a movie like this would be made today (I think Tropic Thunder is probably the last time racism was used to give an anti-racism comedic message.) I was a kid when this movie came out and I remember watching it and just thinking it was funny, and I've always loved the friendship and chemistry between Bart and Jim. But that was the 80s, when we didn't have the media telling us what we should be offended by.

[@edgyviews]

Thank you Paul and it gotten so ridiculous that we can't even enjoy sports in peace. When did sports turn political? But, yea Tropic Thunder is one of those movies I always wanted to watch. I will be react to it soon.

[@java4653]

LOL. "Tropic Thunder is the last film"....lol. Media is even more radical today. The myths people invent. Of course you couldn't make it today. *The writers and the era that created it don't exist*. That's how it works. So funny how people invent myths about "the good ole days".

[@russellburress6240]

The actor that played Mungo Played in the NFL as a defensive lineman for the Detroit lions Alex Karras

[@edgyviews]

Now I think about it. That makes a lot of sense lol he did a good job playing the role

[@gregmiller-qq5on]

That campfire scene was actually historic. Burt Gilliam playing Lyle, the bad guy foreman, became the first person ever to fart on screen in a major motion picture.

[@edgyviews]

That's historic and funny at the same time 😏

[@SM-BSW]

I grew up watching these movies, as my parents are huge Mel Brooks fans. You may also want to check out Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, the Producers (the 1968 version. The 2004 version is a failed adaptation of the musical adaptation of the 1968 film), and High Anxiety. 15:45 the Indians are speaking Yiddish. It's a dig at the way a lot of Jewish Actors were cast as native Americans and other ambiguously ethnic characters at the time. When my mom told me that when she first saw the film in theaters, you could tell who the Jews were in the audience by who was laughing at that scene. (we're Jewish)

[@edgyviews]

Yes, since I like this film so much I will watch those other Mel Brooks Films. Especially Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein. I would of love to watch this film in theaters. I know your mom had a great experience seeing it in theaters. It would be cool to see people's reactions during certain jokes.

[@Braincleaner]

people often say "oh you couldn't make this movie today!" and I never get that. sure there's a ton of racist characters in it, but the movie is not racist. Bart is shown as brave, smart and a hero, he's never the butt of the joke, the cowboys and the towns people are, the dumb racist charcters.. The only reason you couldn't make this movie today is much of the stuff it spoofs, the white savior westerns of the 50's, are now 70 years old and not in pop culture anymore.

[@edgyviews]

People say that because if they remake it they will not allow the white actors to say N** or allow them to say 50% of the jokes in the movie. Even though the movie has a good message. People just want complete control of what is offensive and what is not. But I do see what your saying but they would make the movie too PG

[@Braincleaner]

@@edgyviews check out stand up comic roy jones jr talking about leonardo dicaprio in Django :)

[@jd-zr3vk]

Madeline Kahn is imitating Marlena Dietrich with the r to w subtitution.

[@edgyviews]

Okay got it! I look her up. She has a interest past.

[@SM-BSW]

Fun facts, Richard Pryor wrote most of Mongo's dialogue. Also, Madeline Kahn was nominated for an Oscar for playing Lilly von Schtupp (Schtupp means to screw/smash in Yiddish)

[@edgyviews]

Interesting facts 🤔 the funny thing is Mango didn't have a lot of lines but the little lines he had carried the film forward (in my opinion).

[@jillk368]

@@edgyviews mongo only pawn in game of life

[@armastat]

Somehow People think that 'Swing Low' is a racist thing... But as someone who was in the music Club in an all black school in 69. We sang it every day and smiles all around.

[@edgyviews]

Yes thanks for clearing that up. Since I wasn't born around those times. I have to go with whatever people tell me.

[@RedRanger1138]

This is one of the best anti-racist movies out there. The movie tells the audience if you are racist and use racist words you are the dumbest of the dumb. I would recommend watching more Mel Brooks movie they don’t have the message this one does but are extremely hilarious. SpaceBalls, Robin Hood Men in Tights, and Young Frankenstein are three I highly recommend.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, this has to be the best anti racist movie thus far. It's hard to see another movie toping it. Mel Brooks is hilarious I will check out more of his stuff and I will add those movies to my reaction list. Especially Spaceballs (I heard about it).

[@bidwell13]

This movie is so funny. Mel Brooks is a comedy genius. He said in an interview that the song Lily Von Shtupp sings was the dirtiest song he’s ever written. The campfire scene was the first time fart sounds were used in a film. Mel sat in the editors room recording different fart sounds and grabbing anyone who walked by the room to contribute to the sounds. One neat fact about this movie is the actor who played the henchman Lyle didn’t like saying the “n” word. He felt bad about it and Clevon Little (Bart) sat and talked with him and told him that it wasn’t his words that he was just reading a script which made him feel better about the role. When you see Mongo coming into town on the ox and the back had “yes” on one side and “no” on the other was in reference to which side of the bus you should pass on. The scene where Gene Wilder’s character says “you know…morons” was improvised by Wilder so Clevon’s reaction was real. Mel Brooks made a remake of this film recently that’s on Paramount Plus. It’s called “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank”. It’s an animated movie with cats and dogs in it.

[@edgyviews]

I appreciate those insights and yes Mel Brooks is a comedy genius. I can't wait to watch his other films. I will be reacting to some of his other films very soon.

[@douglasthomashayden2566]

1:30 -ish The white boy cowboy *actor* didn't want to speak those lines because they're so contemptible, but Mel Brooks & Richard Pryor talked him into it.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, a couple of commenters already told me the same thing. I'm just glad everything worked out.

[@ronbarnes687]

This movie is about fun and bringing the races together Richard Pryor was the co-writer of the screenplay their job was to create a movie you will always want to see again.

[@edgyviews]

The movie accomplished what it was set out to do

[@grendeltech]

I think the main reason this movie works is that it uses racism to ridicule racism, while still being funny.

[@edgyviews]

Pure comedy gold. I love that it did it without being preachy

[@janedoe5229]

It's not "Carl Winslow", it's the actual COUNT BASIE and his personal orchestra. Way more famous.

[@edgyviews]

I noticed he is more famous. Everyone keeps telling me the same thing in the comments 😂.

[@Athyma28]

Mel Brooks is amazing at parody movies! You should check out more of his. Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Spaceballs, to name a few.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, I'm adding those films to my reaction list. I will be reacting to them very soon. Thanks!

[@johnlong9534]

My favorite part of the video is how the opinion of the town people was changed. This movie isn't only about racism, it makes fun of racism. The governor and the Indian chief were played by Mel Brooks, he produced this movie and he is Jewish.

[@edgyviews]

People have have been telling me that the governor was played by Mel Brooks but I didn't know he also played the Indian lol. He's really talented.

[@candacemurphy8765]

A few more cultural references: When Slim Pickens rides up on the men dancing and asks, “What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is going in here?” Back when there were only seven channels, there was a sports anthology show on Saturday afternoons called The Wide World of Sports. Essentially it was a sports clip show and the tag line was “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat”. It ran from the ‘60’s the ‘90’s. When the mayor is practicing his speech and says, “it is my pleasure to extend a laurel and hearty welcome…” it is reference to early comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. They started in silent movies in the 1920’s and continued making movies into the ‘50’s. Their 1934 movie, “March of the Wooden Soldiers” is shown on tv every year around Thanksgiving or Christmas. The Lili Von Shtupp character is based on German born actress Marlene Dietrich who also started in silent movies in the 20’s and moved into talkies. She had some very, uhm, progressive ideas about sex for her time. She was also rumored to be a spy during WWII.

[@edgyviews]

Thanks Candace! interesting stuff...I'm looking up some of those things your saying especially the one about marlene dietrich.

[@majedal-baghl4917]

@@edgyviews Shtupp is Yiddish for fornicate.

[@gsparkman]

FYI: When the guy at the church meeting says, “fought dicks” it is play on words. There is a famous army base in New Jersey named, l “Fort Dix.” Fought Dicks/Fort Dix. Get it.

[@edgyviews]

Got it 😂 I knew it was a play on words but I didn't know who "Fort Dix" was ...but that one of my favorite jokes in the movie.

[@user-pe9gz8si8k]

please keep in mind this is a comedy. it is meant to elicit laughter from absurd scenarios.

[@edgyviews]

Yes indeed, I was laughing throughout the while film

[@jamesdemarco7161]

Almost a great reaction! I do take exception to one thing. There is nothing in this incredible movie that is similar to she hulk. Trash does not compare to greatness. While I think you got the whole point of the movie (afterall, you said it several times), I'm not sure you pieced together the idea that what you thought IS the point of the movie. You noted on several occasions that a lot of the people In the movie are stupid... and you also pointed out that a lot of them are racist. The point of the movie is that racist people ARE stupid!!! They did not shy away from using slurs in order to make the racism more obvious, and also to put on full display just how stupid it makes people sound. The movie is pure genius!! It makes people understand the stupidity of bigotry, while making you roll on the floor with laughter. There are very few movies that have accomplished its goals as brilliantly as this one.

[@edgyviews]

Thank you James! and trust me I wasn't trying to compare it to She hulk. I was trying to say that the last scene (of them going inside the set) reminded me of the last episode of she Hulk cause she did the same thing. And I agree with you the movie is GENIUS! I love that it got it's message across without being preachy.

[@jamesdemarco7161]

@@edgyviews I figured as much... I was just joking around on that part of it. Very good work, Sir!!

[@marksmith4892]

"I have NO idea what this movie is about." Oh my Holy God

[@edgyviews]

😅

[@missjody5803]

One of my all time favorite movies, its outrageously funny.😊😂

[@edgyviews]

Unlike anything I've seen!

[@missjody5803]

@@edgyviews i personally feel we need more like it. What happened to our senses of humor?

[@alexkuball2593]

This guy has a great laugh! Very fun reaction

[@edgyviews]

Thank you 🤣 I appreciate it

[@davewhitehead5116]

Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) kept correcting those who called him Hedy Lamarr, a famous 40s actress.

[@edgyviews]

Lol that makes a lot of sense....I couldn't stop laughing at that part.

[@ZeroOskul]

You have got to see Douglas Fairbanks in "His Majesty The American" it's a silent Batman-esque adventure. That way as you go to take your own last breath, you too can wonder: "How did he do such fantastic stunts with such little feet?" And then you can die happy.

[@edgyviews]

I'll check it out. Thanks Zero

[@whoaman8616]

One of the most important, and definitely the funniest movie ever made.

[@edgyviews]

I was so happy that I watch this movie. It's one of those movies that everyone needs to see

[@academyofshem]

Carl Winslow? That's Count Basie, dude, one of the greatest jazz big band leaders of all time.

[@edgyviews]

Yea, everybody is telling me that lol I'm learning

[@brianschaffer9220]

11:55 Who the hell says that, in public??

[@edgyviews]

True 😂

[@FM-OttO]

Great review Edgy. I saw this film in the 80's and still rewatch it today. Funny film, edgy but not meant to offend. Wouldn't work in todays cinemas, too politically incorrect unfortunetaly.

[@edgyviews]

Thank you Frank and yes I know but I just would love to see a film like this in today's time.

[@FM-OttO]

@@edgyviews i agree, would love to see something like this made today as well, guess we never say never.

[@janedoe5229]

Back in the 1970's, if you wanted to show who the bad guy was, you just made him racist. And the racists always lost in the end.

[@edgyviews]

So even in the 70s a lot of movies was already preaching against racism.

[@oldschool72]

I have never watched anyone say so many sarcastic comments and have such a sour face towards one of the funniest movies ever made.

[@edgyviews]

Idk cause I was laughing throughout the whole movie

[@bebop_557]

Slim Pickins (that "what in the hell in the wide wide world of sports is going on" guy) is actually the inspiration for John DiMaggio's performance of Bender in Futurama.

[@beaujac311]

Slim Pickins is one of my all time favorites. Hardly any of these reactors ever say "who is that guy". My favorite quote of his in this movie is "We'll make Rock Ridge think it's a chicken that got caught in a tractor's nuts! It's a dumb quote but for some odd reason it makes sense. Do a tractor have nuts? Even still if you got caught in a tractors nuts it sounds painful.

[@edgyviews]

That's interesting! Did not know that..but he does look familiar. I think I seen him before.

[@beaujac311]

@@edgyviews You probably don't know him because he did most of his acting from the 1950's thru the early 1980's.

[@allyliddiard7320]

He started out in rodeos, you can see how gets that horse back under control without a moment's hesitation when it shies like crazy as they approach the tollbooth.

[@stevenmonte7397]

"excuse me while I whip this out!" One of the funniest lines of the movie. You KNOW that was Richard Pryor. He wrote for the movie.

[@edgyviews]

I didn't know Richard Pryor wrote the movie. Wow!!... that was a brilliant line 🤣

[@stevenmonte7397]

@@edgyviews he’s mentioned on the credits as a writer along with Mel Brooks and 3 others.

[@strettoasino9006]

Praising a drug addict... And Charles Manson wrote song's

[@stevenmonte7397]

@@strettoasino9006 oh lookie here... Stretto enters into the conversation as a perfect being. begone with that foolishness.

[@mikele5756]

Mel Brooks' intention was to tell people how stupid racism actually is. I think he succeeded. What a great movie.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, the movie was Amazing

[@Cypress078]

One of the funniest movies ever made, with an important message.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, I'm happy I watch it.

[@paulmohr319]

If no one has mentioned it, Mongo is played by Detroit Lions and also was a wrestler. You should see him and his real life wife in a movie called Porkys. You should check that one out.

[@edgyviews]

I heard he was a football player. I didn't know he was a wrestler too. That's pretty cool. I'll check out Porky's. I'm interested to see how his wife looks.

[@jillk368]

He also played the father on Webster. I loved that show.

[@janedoe5229]

I have seen this a bunch of times and I just noticed this: When Gene Wilder was upside down, his hat didn't fall off. They must have pinned it.

[@Thom1212]

If you look, you can see the drawstring under (above?) his chin near his neck

[@MGower4465]

When Mongo is crushing eveeyone behind the piano at the saloon, there is one pair of boots sticking up in the crowd. I had to see this movie to the point I have memorized every line before jt ever registered some poor nonny is upside down in the crowd.

[@edgyviews]

I just realized that too 😂

[@mildredpierce4506]

Another Mel Brooks movie you would like is high anxiety. It is a parody of various Alfred Hitchcock movies but you would enjoy it even if you have never seen an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

[@edgyviews]

Okay got it and some people are also telling me to watch Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs. I believe Mel Brooks also did those (I may be wrong).

[@subitman12]

I'm a new subscriber. if you want to see another parody or satire, try Dr. Strangelove. It's about an imminent nuclear war with planes having nuclear warheads as a deterrent. A message goes out and then radio silence.

[@edgyviews]

Thank you for subscribing. I appreciate the support. I will add the movie to my reaction list. A lot of people are also telling telling me to react to Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs.

[@stevedavis5704]

When this movie came to tv surprisingly one of the few things found objectionable and edited out was the fart sounds. You just saw a shot of a group of men bouncing up and down around a campfire. Also, The governor is named after a late 1800’s comedy performer whose stage name translates to basically ‘fartomaniac’ thus continuing the joke. A truly hilarious movie that could never be made today. If you haven’t seen them, Robin Hood Men In Tights, Young Frankenstein and Dracula Dead and Loving It are good movies that will make you laugh.

[@edgyviews]

Your kidding 😂 so the farting scene was one of the scenes that had to be edited lol that's funny. Yes the movie was brilliant. I already had a couple of people that mentioned for me to watch young Frankenstein and Robinhood men in tights. I will put those other movies in my list as well. Thanks Steve

[@java4653]

@@edgyviews Yep. Just before this era, toilets don't even exist on tv. Husbands & wives are shown sleeping in separate beds. It's a big deal when Archie Bunker is heard flushing a toilet on "All in the Family". Part of the fart thing is compromise. People complained about the movie in all sorts of ways, but those in charge of programming were now ignoring racists & conservatives who hated it (as a comedy it gets missed and many communities don't even show the movie). By 1974, too much had shifted. But still: nobody's mom wanted to hear farts on tv, so that goes and "we did something" to make the censors happy. The last three decades has "opened" up people even more. What's acceptable today is unprecedented. The greatest era of "free speech" in history.

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

The piano player was Count Basie ☮️

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for letting me know.

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

@@edgyviews ☮️

[@iamhop]

The thing that's great about this movie is that it's about how stupid racism is. Definitely a top 5 movie for me

[@edgyviews]

Yes, definitely! Love the message. They did it without being peachy

[@mutazoia]

And he still has the popcorn from the movie ;)

[@edgyviews]

Yea I caught that lol...that was funny

[@dereklagrandwalker]

have adults be infantilized to the point we say f-word and n-word --- whats wrong with you people

[@edgyviews]

😂it's not our fault 😅 KZbin don't play that ...we can't say that on video. Plus, if we want to create videos on their platform we have to abide by their rules.

[@vapoet]

That wasn't Carl Winslow, that it the legendary Count Basie.

[@edgyviews]

Got it! Thanks for letting me know

[@JonsTunes]

The absurdity of racism personified

[@edgyviews]

Yes indeed! Love this movie

[@jimshreve83]

I find hilarious that almost all of the reacters to Blazing Saddles get confused by how fast Jim grabs the King not realizing that Jim just stands there in Mel calls cut, some how thinking it's in real time.

[@edgyviews]

😂

[@danrivera5588]

It’s actually shot in real-time. You can see “Bart” pull the king off the board and drop into his lap before bringing his hands up above the board. And “Jim” just had a 2nd King in his holster.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

What a lot of reactors miss about the movie is that the people of Rock Ridge were ignorant racists, unlike Mr Taggert and Headley Lamar who were overt racists. At the beginning of the film, the townspeople wanted to shoot him and called him names, but at the end of the film the townspeople called him Sheriff and were sad to see him leave. Sheriff Bart saved the town from the outlaws and from the townspeople's ignorance as well.

[@edgyviews]

The movie was amazing (beyond it's time). The film got those messages across without being preachy.

[@wiggion]

Count Basie did play Vegas, which is in the desert, so not a total complete weird reference.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, I see

[@johntellefson4363]

The reference to Richard Dix was about Richard Nixon.

[@edgyviews]

Oh! Got it 😂...thanks for that info

[@paulrussell9004]

You might know by now but the guy who is playing the governor Mel Brooks he wrote this movie

[@edgyviews]

Yes, a lot of ppl already told me. That says a lot about how talented is.

[@paulrussell9004]

@@edgyviews thanks Edgy that was a great movie but I'm afraid it wouldn't fly in today's atmosphere have a great holiday season

[@danielstartek9729]

Blazing chrome dome!