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

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This will be my first time watching Blazing Saddles. This film was released February 7, 1974.
Movie Summary: " In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the people of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new leader. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population."

[@edgyviews]

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[@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

[@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💋

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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 🤣

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@thomasmcintosh390]

A groundbreaking accomplishment in breaking down barriers and breaking wind.

[@edgyviews]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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 😂.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

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

[@edgyviews]

Got it! Thanks for letting me know

[@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!

[@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

[@johntellefson4363]

The reference to Richard Dix was about Richard Nixon.

[@edgyviews]

Oh! Got it 😂...thanks for that info

[@royshashibrock3990]

Every time I watch a review of this movie, no one seems to catch that the White guys while dancing are saying "gwine to run all day" while the Black guys, when it's their turn, sing "GOING to run all day." No one seems to catch that.

[@edgyviews]

Yea I definitely didn't catch that...thanks for pointing that out

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@danielstartek9729]

Blazing chrome dome!

[@shaitanlavey]

Add the film Tropic Thunder to you list since you can appreciate movies like Blazing Saddles.

[@edgyviews]

Absolutely! I've heard about that film so many times. I'm looking forward to watching it.

[@paulmartin2348]

Don't worry about your "rant". This movie was written, directed by and also acted in my Mel Brooks, a Jew. The entire point of this "comedy" was to poke fun at how stupid being racist, or judging others by skin color or anything is. Being "edgy" as done here makes it so much more real. (the racism was stupid and ignorant more than offensive)

[@edgyviews]

I completely agree with you. I will be honest. I didn't know older movies was so good. I'm finding myself enjoying the older movies a little bit more than the modern ones. A lot of time the modern movies take themselves way to serious.

[@phoenixfire124]

If you haven't already seen it, I'd recommend "JoJo Rabbit". It's a more modern comedy that I think can be in the same category as these types of lasting comedies.

[@edgyviews]

I think I saw Jojo Rabbit. I believe it was regarding the war associated with Adolf Hitler. That movie was so good!

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

"It's twue."

[@caras2004]

A form of Richard is Dick. Just like in Band of Brothers. Richard Dix, Dick Dix

[@edgyviews]

Got it! Thanks

[@mv7921]

Mongo was played by Alex Karras, who also played the father in "Webster" the governors name "lapetomine" is a reference to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane a person that farted as a job.

[@edgyviews]

I appreciate that insight. Thank you

[@BarredCoast0]

Blazing Saddles isn't a racist move, it a movie that makes fun of racists.

[@edgyviews]

Yes Indeed and it's hilarious

[@georgekoukedis8589]

Mel Brooks playing the governor..

[@edgyviews]

You know I didn't know that was Mel Brooks that played the governor 😂

[@stevenboone5880]

Count Basie

[@edgyviews]

Thanks Steven

[@alankohn6709]

One of the funniest movies which points out the absurdity of racism better than any of the howling vitriolic movies made by the the latest crop of brainwashed film students and written by two of the funniest men Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks

[@edgyviews]

I didn't know it was also written by Richard Pryor. I guess I need to pay more attention to the credit scenes. But yes, this is one of the funniest movies without a doubt. But I wish somebody could remake it in today's time or do one similar with the same concept.

[@charlesrabas7001]

It's sad to see how many of the jokes went completely over the reviewer's head.

[@edgyviews]

Yes I'm a millennial so some things I will miss

[@tamiramos5873]

The intent was to make you laugh....so its ok to laugh. So, its a shame that there are a number of ridiculous sensitive people that would have an issue with this kind of comedy in today's movies....but there are many more that wouldn't.

[@edgyviews]

Yes, I agree with you! They need to make more of those types of movies in today's age.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

You need to also watch The Producers. It is just as funny and inappropriate. Watch the original with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.

[@edgyviews]

Gotcha! I will add it to my reaction list .

[@maxruff9913]

Watch Robin Hood Men in Tights

[@edgyviews]

Thanks Max. I'll put that in my list of reaction to do.

[@maxruff9913]

@@edgyviews imma sub and be waiting

[@brettmanus7904]

You left too much out and blanked things that could have been left in.

[@edgyviews]

This was my second attempt to upload the movie. I had to take a lot of things out the second time due to copyright issues

[@kaygee2121]

Hilarious reaction! I'd never actually seen this movie so I'm glad I caught your reaction! Spaceballs is a funny parody movie you could watch (after the original star wars trilogy). Of course I'd bring up Star Wars ...lol

[@edgyviews]

As always thanks for the support Kay! you know I heard someone mention that movie (Spaceballs) before. I will add it to my reaction list. And of course your my star wars mentor 😂.

[@kaygee2121]

@@edgyviews I wonder if that makes you my apprentice or padawan? lol

[@bln3576]

Your a coward for cutting everything out, A coward.

[@edgyviews]

what an ignorant comment 😅 I can't show everything due to KZbin's policy.

[@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.

[@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 🎉

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@markpekrul4393]

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

[@edgyviews]

I know right lol

[@Gravydog316]

at least she wasn't Irish!

[@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?”.

[@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🙄

[@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.

[@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. 😀

[@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.

[@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.

[@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. 😝

[@Moltar_Railfan]

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

[@edgyviews]

Absolutely agree

[@chemech]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@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).

[@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.

[@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".

[@VirtualBabe29]

Burton Gilliam (Lyle) has stated that he had a lot of problems "calling people what I was having to call them". Cleavon took him aside and told him that these are just words that were written down for a reason, and he understood that Burton did not mean them.

[@jeffreyseidman8100]

Gilliam's full time job at that time was as a firefighter. He was very concerned what the black firefighters on his shift would think about what his character said.

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for the insight. Glad he overcame it cause he did really good.

[@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.

[@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

[@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).

[@Powerranger-le4up]

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

[@edgyviews]

Thanks for clarifying.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@JonsTunes]

The absurdity of racism personified

[@edgyviews]

Yes indeed! Love this movie

[@brianschaffer9220]

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

[@edgyviews]

True 😂

[@fudhater8592]

You keep talking over the best lines

[@edgyviews]

😂

[@janedoe5229]

And you cut a few of the best lines out.

[@janedoe5229]

Yes, like: "Where da white women at?":

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@davidteller7681]

Ya left out "...where's the white women at?" 😁

[@edgyviews]

Yes I know, I had to cut down the video due to copyright but that part was hilarious

[@davidteller7681]

@@edgyviews i still enjoyed your review!

[@JoeZamecki]

Censoring a movie that's more than 40 years old is bizarre. It's like you're against progress.

[@edgyviews]

Due to KZbin. I have to censor it.

[@peterblood50]

I think 'JoJo Rabbit' is in the same vein...where 'Blazing Saddles' showed how absurd American racism is, 'Jojo Rabbit' showed how absurd the Nazi version was. Both great films.

[@edgyviews]

Jojo Rabbit was really good. Now I think about it...your absolutely right.

[@Artaimus]

Brooks plays the Native American chief because old westerns would use people of Italian and Jewish descent to play them and Yiddish, which is what he was speaking there, was used as an all-purpose "native" language. Everyone who is racist in the movie are idiots. The townsfolk learn to not be as racist towards others and become smarter and Hedley, while evil, never once uses racist language and thus is the one smart man surrounded by idiots. To quote another Mel Brooks movie: "I knew it I'm surrounded by assholes!"

[@edgyviews]

I'm just realizing that Hedley never used racist language and that's why he was one of the smart ones in the movie lol that's genius. Thanks for pointing that out. #comedygold🥇

[@leejoelbeasley5005]

"paws Of Fury" was a simi Parody of this movie.

[@edgyviews]

I can definitely check it out

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😏

[@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