BLAZING SADDLES (1974) | Movie Reaction and Review! | First Time Watching!

[@lakeracer8453]

A lot of people say, "You couldn't make that movie today". When they said that to Mel his reply was, "You couldn't make it then".

[@kai_masters]

What a great response!

[@Agadorn70]

As far as I remember, he even added "we just didn't care"

[@RustyPopcorn]

I believe Weinstein told him, "They will shoot you in the streets."

[@mrtim5363]

The first fart on the big screen, the studio heads said: " YOU WILL NOT PUT A FART IN THIS MOVIE" Mel went back & told the crew, they said I couldn't put "A" fart in the movie, I'll put in 50. Side A - Studio heads hated him, he wouldn't listen or do as he's told. Side B - Studio heads loved him, true, he wouldn't listen, & did whatever he wanted, yet he still made them, a lot of money. $$$

[@russellgtyler8288]

I'm so old I can remember when Americans could laugh at themselves and each other.

[@jimilemons7680]

Every time you hear that word just know that it was written by Richard Pryor - he wanted you to laugh - take a break from the guilt and enjoy a movie that exposed bad stuff and helped us laugh TOGETHER

[@Gravydog316]

well... when they were writing in LA, Pryor phoned... ...he was in Detroit doing cocaine with a woman...

[@williamjones6031]

1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief, the round-up thug with the aviator hat. 2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground. 3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Khan also had a great roll in it. 4. Imagine how much fun this was to make. 5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real. 6. "Look, it's comin' off" 7. Gig Young was supposed to play Jim but showed up the first day drunk so he was let go. Wilder agreed to do this movie for Mel Brooks only if Mel would direct Young Frankenstein for him. 8. Richard Pryor was supposed to play Bart but he was going through his addictions at the time and they thought it wouldn't be a good idea. However, he did some of the writing.

[@kai_masters]

Lots of cameos for Mel Brooks! I can imagine the actors really enjoyed making this movie!

[@mrtim5363]

The actors are all old friends. & appear together in several films. Harvey Korman (Hedley Lamarr) gives a great speech about risking an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He wasn't nominated. Madeline Kahn (Lili Von Shtupp) However... Was, Nominated for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role. & Harvey Korman's friends never let him forget that Madeline Kahn was nominated, & he wasn't.

[@Discworld-Edge-Witch]

We don't need no stinking fourth wall!

[@tenjed4224]

'Mongo only pawn in game of life.' Quite possibly the best line in all of movie history.

[@kai_masters]

We’re all pawns of life in some way 🤔

[@tenjed4224]

@@kai_masters exactly.

[@BarnDoorProductions]

Either that or "Where are the white women at?" Close, either way.

[@Gravydog316]

that's one of the lines Richard Pryor wrote ...of course, when they were writing in LA, Pryor phoned... ...he was in Detroit doing cocaine with a woman...

[@jackal59]

@@Gravydog316 I seem to remember Mel Brooks saying that when Pryor called, he told Brooks, "I'm in Cleveland, and _I don't know why_ …."

[@garylee3685]

Hedy Lamarr was a 40's actress who actually did sue for (kind of) using her name. It was settled out of court.

[@smoothmove7566]

I can't believe she lived to the year 2000.

[@paulsander5433]

She was very protective of her name, and she sued anyone who used it for anything without permission. She was also an inventor. She made refinements to traffic signals. And with a composer friend, she invented something called "frequency hopping technology" which was a method with which the 1940's navy could resist the enemy's jamming of the guidance signals between ships and torpedoes. That technology is foundational to more modern inventions like wi-fi, bluetooth, and GPS.

[@kevinmoore2929]

Just calling her an actress is like saying whiskey is just a drink. Her accomplishments outside of Hollywood made her a national treasure. Throw in her acting and the fact she was one of the most beautiful women in movies.... She was definitely one of a kind in any decade!

[@garylee3685]

@kevinmoore2929 true but I didn't have time to type everything. I don't think she had much of a sense of humor though.

[@thomasruwart1722]

Hedy Lamarr was also a mathematician and invented something called "spread spectrum" that is the basis of wifi and cellphone radio transmission technologies. Thankyou Hedy.

[@jeffsherk7056]

There are so many references to the 1960s that lots of people miss these days. The ice cream parlor in Rock Ridge has 1 flavor. Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlors had 31 flavors.

[@bobbuethe1477]

In the 1960s-70s, the top ice cream restaurant chain was Howard Johnson's, which advertised "28 flavors." (IMO, they had the best chocolate chip.)

[@DesertMike]

Laurel and hardy handshake gets me every time. 😂

[@kai_masters]

🤣

[@fannybuster]

Most of the actors in this movie are dead except Mel Brooks who is 97.

[@kai_masters]

Wow! That’s incredible that he’s done so well!

[@fannybuster]

@@kai_masters 98 in June

[@0okamino]

Well, if Sid Caesar (who once held Mel out of a window several stories up) didn’t kill him, I guess nothing else was going to.

[@guitarman8462]

If you haven't seen other Mel Brooks movies , here's a list : Young Frankenstien - History Of The World Part 1 - Spaceballs - The Producers - Robinhood Men In Tights. Those are a few of many

[@kai_masters]

Thanks! I appreciate the suggestions!

[@guitarman8462]

@kai_masters now you have more Mel Brooks movies to enjoy 😉

[@naelar13]

The Yes/No is a reference to truckers back in the day. There were signs on trailers back then that said yes and no (on the left and right side of the trailer), indicating to other drivers that they should pass the big rig on the ieft (yes), not on the right (no). This was because of quite a few accidents caused by drivers passing on the right, simply because the driver of the big rig couldn't see them. Today, trucks have much better (and more) mirrors that allow them to see a lot better from both sides of the rig. I barely remember seeing this kind of thing on rigs when I was a small boy (around the time this was made), but people that were adults in 1974 would have gotten the reference.

[@mysterychuck]

I've been wondering that for 49 years and now that I know I do remember seeing it on trucks as a child. Thank you.

[@wishbone54]

@@mysterychuck Me too!

[@MrTech226]

Kai Horse that Mongo (Alex Karras, former NFL player turned actor) punches is a trained stunt horse because you can see stunt rider pulling the reins signaling horse fall down safely.

[@johnnehrich9601]

I think the entire framework of this movie started as a take-off of the 1939 Destry Rides Again, starring Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. Dietrich in her white-blond hair and strong German accent plays a madam in an old west saloon. She dresses like Lili does here. The story is about a wild town there the good people bring in a new sheriff. However, he acts contrary to the rough-n-tumble gunslinger they were hoping for, but his methods turn out to actually get results. In the end, the good townsfolk have had enough and tackle the villains in a giant street brawl.

[@fannybuster]

Didn't she play this a few weeks ago..?

[@kai_masters]

@fannybuster it was claimed by Warner Bros and blocked like an hour after releasing it. So we are trying again.

[@fannybuster]

@@kai_masters This is a comedy classic,its a shame you had to delete some of the objectionable words

[@kai_masters]

@fannybuster some of the words are ones that you can’t put on KZbin 😬

[@paulsander5433]

Madeline Kahn, who played Lili von Schtupp, was a Tony award winning actress and opera singer. Her performance in Blazing Saddles earned her an Academy Award nomination. To make herself available for Blazing Saddles, she got herself fired from the cast of Mame by singing like Lili.

[@kai_masters]

Wow! Interesting backstory! The musical scene was one of my favourite parts of the movie.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

I think you're the first reactor to this I've seen that got the Howard Johnson's joke.

[@0okamino]

Until I started noticing reactors not getting the joke, I didn’t even realize how scarce those hotels had become (less than 300 in the world now), and that the associated restaurants had all closed down. It used to be a household name.

[@jimdetry9420]

As Mel Brooks said, "It doesn't have to be good taste to be funny."

[@Victor-lr2xr]

Historically the Irish were treated like the Blacks. Hedy Lamarr was a famous movie actress and genius. Developed frequency hopping.

[@horsedoconfb]

You cut the famous "beans around the campfire" scene. It was the first time a movie showed people farting

[@tubularap]

She could not stand the smell 🙂

[@snafu313]

Mel Brooks was asked about that scene and his explanation was that in all of those old westerns, they ate a lot of beans and drank a lot of black coffee. There had to be a lot of farting around that campfire.

[@kai_masters]

We have some tough decisions to make as editors. Unfortunately, we can’t include everything in the KZbin version. Our Patreon has the full-length reaction: www.patreon.com/Kai_Masters

[@horsedoconfb]

@@kai_masters I apologize for any misunderstanding. I meant it as an observation not a criticism

[@jackal59]

@@snafu313 He also said that he directed the Foley session for that scene and, along with making a lot of the fart noises himself, dragged in people who were passing by in the hall to do them. Also, the reason they're so loud on the soundtrack is that they learned after the first couple of screenings that they had to turn them up to be heard over the audience's laughter. (I saw this when it came out, and I can believe that.)

[@sdhartley74]

Mel Brooks said Lill's song "I'm Tired" was the dirtiest song he'd ever written!

[@kai_masters]

It was a great song!

[@fannybuster]

Another Comedy Classic is "Some like it Hot"Starring Marilyn Monroe Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon .Voted funniest movie of all time

[@banzi403]

Add to the list "slap shot!". Paul Newman's favorite movie

[@TheTerryGene]

Hedy LaMarr was widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women in the world. If you want an example of her work, I recommend the Cecil B. DeMille Biblical epic “Samson and Delilah.”

[@manueldeabreu1980]

Hedy Lamarr was a popular and hotheaded actress from the 1940's. She would sue anyone. She is also the reason we have cell phones today. She used her knowledge of music to develop frequency hop technology for the military in it's defense against torpedoes. It is the foundation of cell phones today. She did try to sue Mel Brooks for making fun of her in this movie.

[@kai_masters]

It’s crazy that I’ve never heard of her!

[@Jsspres]

Dom Deloiuse, who plays Buddy the director, is in a few Mel Brooks movies. Including The Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie, Spaceballs, History of the World part 1, and Robin Hood Men in Tights.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Dom's wife, Carol Arthur, is also in the movie and played Harriet Van Johnson ("Isn't anyone going to help that poor man?").

[@drigerdranzer7514]

20:42 It's a reference to the practice in the 1950s of marking the back of school buses for which side was safe to pass on, essentially implying that Mongo and his mount are as big as a bus.

[@kai_masters]

Poor Mongo!

[@mikealvarez2322]

Hedley Lamarr's name is a take off on the actress and inventor Hedy Lamar.

[@kai_masters]

Never heard of her 🤷‍♀️

[@bjgandalf69]

Hedy Lamarr (/ˈhɛdi/; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914[a] - January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress and inventor. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial erotic romantic drama Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, Friedrich Mandl, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a film contract in Hollywood. Lamarr became a film star with her performance in the romantic drama Algiers (1938).[2] She achieved further success with the Western Boom Town (1940) and the drama White Cargo (1942). Lamarr's most successful film was the religious epic Samson and Delilah (1949).[3] She also acted on television before the release of her final film in 1958. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. At the beginning of World War II, along with George Antheil, Lamarr co-invented a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Axis powers. However, the technology was never adopted. From her Wikipedia page... About the joke of using her name in the movie: The 1970s was a decade of increasing seclusion for Lamarr. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. In 1974, she filed a $10 million lawsuit against Warner Bros., claiming that the running parody of her name ("Hedley Lamarr") in the Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles infringed her right to privacy. Brooks said he was flattered; the studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to Lamarr for "almost using her name". Brooks said that Lamarr "never got the joke".[57][58] With her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1981.[

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@kai_mastersHedy Lamarr was one of the most beautiful sought after stars of the 40s-50s. She was also a self taught scientist and inventor. She along with another invented a radio jamming system for torpedoes to defeat Nazi technology that was being used against our weapons. Her invention is still being used today as it makes blue tooth technology and GPS possible. She also developed a flavored tablet that produced a carbonated drink and an improved traffic light system. Hedy worked on some of these projects while on sets during breaks in filming. In her later years she became somewhat of a recluse. Talking to people over the phone became her primary means of communication with the outside world. She did sue Mel Brooks and Warner Brothers for using a name so similar to hers. They all settled for an undisclosed amount. Hedy Lamarr deserves to be remembered for her acting, her beauty, but most of all for her genius.

[@mr.peanut344]

@@kai_masters During filming Hedy sued to stop the use of her name in this film. Hedy lost the lawsuit & in GOV’s office he says, “you can sue her” is a reference to the lawsuit

[@johnhoblock5872]

Mel Brooks said the best way to deal with racism is to make fun of it.

[@kai_masters]

That’s an interesting philosophy!

[@MrTech226]

Kai You are correct about movie is making fun of the bigotry.

[@vincentsaia6545]

There was prejudice against the Irish in many parts of America until about the 1950s.

[@AstroXeno]

The next one people will be recommending is Monty Python and the Holy Grail- which was, incidentally, shown as a double feature with Blazing Saddles in art house theaters from the late 70s probably into the 90s. In fact, if you keep your eye on the movie listings you may still find that double feature playing every once in a while.

[@jesusperez8394]

Top Secret is a movie on the same level of Airplane. It's Val Kilmer's first movie. Very funny.

[@mr.peanut344]

How silly can you get? 🎼

[@charlesmaurer6214]

The most American sport ever possible is in the opener too, won't spoil it.

[@JohnImrie]

@@charlesmaurer6214 And with such a good song

[@mikealvarez2322]

Howard Johnson's was a well known Motel with restraunt chain all across the US.

[@kai_masters]

I’ve heard of the chain. Isn’t it like a Holiday Inn in Canada?

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@kai_masters Howard Dearing Johnson started his business by creating 28 flavors of ice cream in 1929. Later, as the Great Depression subsided he opened some restaurants, some company owned and some franchised out. Howard then decided to go into the motor lodge business using the same franchise model as his restaurants. He bought up property along America's highway system and built motor lodges and restaurants along the way. By 1960 Howard Dearing Johnson turned over the company to his eldest son Howard Brennan Johnson. This is why you see all Johnsons listed in the town. Eventually the company was bought by Charles Schwab then Wyndham Corporation. The last Howard Johnson's closed a few years ago. I believe there is one in my area run by Wyndham Resorts.

[@DerekDominoes]

And most people knew the Stephen Foster song "Camptown Races" and Cole Porter's "I Get A Kick Out Of You." Most reactors seem to be unfamiliar with both.

[@bobbuethe1477]

I miss Howard Johnson's restaurants, especially their fried tendersweet clams and their chocolate chip ice cream.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

It was many times watching this movie before I noticed the "One flavor" sign outside the Rock Ridge Howard Johnsons. That's the beauty of Mel Brooks films, there is often clever humour hidden in plain sight in the background...

[@paulsander5433]

Other Mel Brooks films of note: "Spaceballs" parodies sci-fi. "Young Frankenstein" parodies horror (and features Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn). "History of the World, Part 1" parodies religion.

[@wolf9walker]

this is a great movie, and yes a lot of this could not be made today. however comedy movies today are not as funny as they used to be. offensive humor is funny. but movie studios are afraid of offensive humor these days because of the way people today would react if something like this came out today. but they laugh at older movies with it.

[@williambanks2223]

Another fact: everyone in this movie uses the N-word except Mel Brooks. Also, as many times guns were fired only one person was shot and killed: Hedley Lamarr at the end of the movie.

[@NealMarchuk]

In case no one has mentioned: In this time period, Irish people were often looked down upon, as an 'inferior kind of white'. It might have been partially motivated by religious differences -- most settlers in the West were WASPs (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants), whereas Irish people tended to be Catholic.

[@JohnImrie]

The no Irish line is said to have come about because Mel got everyone together one day and asked if there was anyone who they hadn't insulted. One guy put his hand up and said, I'm Irish you haven't insulted me yet.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Did you notice that during Lily's stage act the soldiers were wearing early WW1 helmets. BTW, Mongo was played by Alex Karras, NFL defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions. I know he also broadcast NFL games after he retired and at one time was a professional wrestler (I think).

[@bobbuethe1477]

36:45 Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous actress in the 1930s-40s. She was also an inventor, and created the technology that is the basis for today's WiFi and Bluetooth.

[@kai_masters]

I'm surprised I haven't heard about her. She definitely has a rare combination of talents!

[@fannybuster]

Mel Brooks did "Young Frankenstein" in a similar style

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Another Mel Brooks film like this is his remake of "To Be or Not to Be" set in WWII Poland. Brooks served in the Army in Europe and as a Jew, takes a special joy from making fun of the Nazis. In a way he nearly plays himself with his real life wife in it. Brooks plays a theater owner, producer and actor caught in the invasion of his country and uses his company of actors to resist and escape. One of the few Brooks films of the era he does not at least cameo in is "Young Frankenstein" that he also worked with Gene Wilder (Waco Kid) about the same time. Also he does Young Frankenstein in black and white as part of his respect for the original with props from the prior movie. Another under reviewed Brooks film that is done in an older style is "Silent Movie" with only one word spoken in the whole film. It is hard to go wrong with one of his films and most do Space Balls and Robin Hood Men in Tights or History of the World Part I. He has slowed down and his more recent films are mostly cartoons that his company produced. If you watched his credits he Produced, Directed, Acted, Wrote both Scripts and Songs for most his films, often playing more than one role in the same film.

[@kai_masters]

A man of many talents 😮

[@johnnehrich9601]

If you look at the overall history of films, in the early '30's, they instituted the Hays Code, a very restrictive censorship in all regards, including what could be said (big kerfuffle over including the word "damn" in the iconic ending line of Gone With The Wind, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn), sexual matters (even married couples had to be shown sleeping in twin beds), and how much gore. In 1969, it was replaced by our current letter rating system, and there was so much freedom. As a result, there was this explosion of these kind of over-the-top comedies - Airplane, Blazing Saddles, Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Naked Gun, Rocky Horror, Naked Gun - for about a decade as movies exploited their new freedoms.

[@kai_masters]

Kind of like the idea of celebrating freedom after being in jail so long!

[@bobbuethe1477]

20:38 The "Yes/No" is what's often displayed on the back of trucks and buses to remind drivers which side is safe for passing. 17:00 A lariat is a lasso.

[@duanetelesha]

Along with Mel Brooks this was written with Richard Pryor. When the studio ex's saw the movie they sliced and diced for release, what Mel Brooks had written in his contract he had final say on the movie, released as you see it no edits.

[@williambanks2223]

You are the first reactor who picked up on the satire of bigotry quickly. Mel Brooks wanted someone to sing the title theme that sounded like Frankie Laine, the ballladeer who sang "Rawhide". He was surprised when Mr. Laine actually came in to sing it. Mel told him it was a classic western and couldn't tell him it was a comedy until it was over.

[@jeffsherk7056]

I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s. If the teacher caught you with gum in class, you would be asked if you brought enough for everybody because chewing gum in front of everyone is rude if you are the only one with gum. You could be asked to sit in the hall, or sent to talk to the Principal because you had gum for yourself only. Plus, chewing gum in school was forbidden anyway.

[@kai_masters]

Things have definitely changed!

[@fannybuster]

I Got caught once chewing gum in class and the teacher made me stick it on my nose for the whole class

[@bluebird1239]

Another Mel Brooks movie that you might enjoy, especially if you know the Frankenstein story, is YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974). It is a comedy/ parody of the original Frankenstein story and has Gene Wilder and Madelaine Kahn plus some other knock out performances. I could watch Young Frankenstein once every year and still enjoy it. Lots of comedy and silliness. It you have seen the first three movies (1977, 1980 and 1983) in the Star Wars franchise, there is Mel Brooks comedy/parody Spaceballs (1987).

[@kai_masters]

Lots of great suggestions. I’ve heard lots of recommendations for Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein so I will probably check those out at some point 👍

[@PhillipButler1962]

A lariat is a cowboy rope Mel brooks is the governor and Indian chief Hedy Lamar was a female film star.

[@vincentsaia6545]

Lili and her song "Tired" was a parody of Marlene Dietrich

[@kai_masters]

It was a great song!

[@WithTwoFlakes]

9:00 I love the "fought Dix" joke. Most folks don't get the multiple levels of humour present in this scene. It's a reference to Fort Dix, an Army base in New Jersey. Mel Brooks served in WW2 and passed through Fort Dix on his way out to and back from Europe. Then the Richard Dix part. The shortening of Richard is Dick, so it's "dick dicks" which is kinda funny too. And it's contained within the joke of everyone being named Johnson. So Mel Brooks is hiding two dicks amongst a bunch of johnsons 😄

[@kai_masters]

A lot of potty humor all in one shot!

[@xander66644]

Other Mel Brooks ro see ... "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", "Young Frankstein", "Spaceballs" and "The Producers".... these are the best Mel Brooks films.

[@mikehenderson631]

Slim Pickens to man who played Taggart. He was raised on a ranch and really was. And what work and did rodeo and was a real cowboy in real life.

[@JohnImrie]

He's also in another great comedy. Dr. Strangelove

[@marksterner7532]

You must react to "Young Frankenstein" (also by Mel Brooks) - Gene Wilder (played the Waco Kid) and Madeline Kahn (played Lily von Stuup) are both outstanding. Nowhere near the number of cringeworthy lines as were in Blazing Saddles - the dialogue is very clever. Excellent cast, with everyone giving absolutely terrific performances. It is a great film!

[@MrTech226]

Kai One of the actors, Burton Gilliam (cowboy wearing black vest and red shirt) had a hard time saying the "N" word during filming because he was going to offend Cleavon Little (Bart) and other black actors there. But Cleavon put Burton at ease stating very offensive word is in the script. Mel wanted Richard Pryor to Bart, but Warner Brothers balked the idea of Pryor playing Bart because they felt that he was too controversial back in the day. Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor co-written screen play for Blazing Saddles.

[@MrTech226]

Interesting fact is that Mel wanted iconic Westerns' actor, John Wayne to be in Blazing Saddles, but John Wayne declined the offer. So, he offered to Gene Wilder for the role as Jim aka Waco Kid. But Gene made one condition request for next movie together. Next movie is you (Mel Brooks) just direct next movie, and I (Gene) act in it. Movie, that I am talking about is also released in 1974, Young Frankenstein.

[@mikealvarez2322]

I forgot to say that everyone knew of Howard Johnson's up until the 80s.

[@ericwalker8636]

Well done, catching the contradiction of the teacher not being "used to public speaking". Most reactors miss that.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Fun Fact they tried to make a TV show of the core script called Black Bart and the Pilot was included on my DVD as a bonus L. Gosett Jr. played the black sherif in that one. They toned it down for TV and I think it just failed without the over the top comedy.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The "Gov" was played by Mel Brooks

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Farce is nothing new. The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup did the same sort of thing in 1933. Definitely a movie to react to along with their A Night at the Opera.

[@kai_masters]

I’ve heard of the Marx Bros but I’m not familiar with their specific films.

[@waynebenedict5785]

Richard Pryor helped write the script for this movie, btw.

[@cesarnarro6013]

Another Mel Brooks movie i like a lot is High Anxiety, spoof on Alfred Hitchcock movies. Cloris Leachman as nurse Diesel is hilarious !

[@kai_masters]

I haven’t heard of that one but I’ll take note of it 📝

[@ThomasKnip]

Breaking the fourth wall has been done since silent movies. One doing it on a regular base was Oliver Hardy (of Laurel and Hardy). In the end, it is an old vaudeville theater stunt to create a connection with the audience.

[@buzbom1]

23:39 Jewish actress playing a German vaudeville/burlesque entertainer at 32 Madeline was Mel's and our VIP in this movie as to Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein. To much to the young brain of mine back in those days. RIP Maddy, and thankyou.

[@lexzone-six9912]

Remember, this movie was released only 6 years after Jim Crow laws were officially outlawed.

[@FrogLegs313]

Mel Brooks engaged Frankie Lane, the famous singer of western songs, to sing the theme song "Blazing Saddles" but didn't tell him about the movie itself because he was afraid it would color his interpretation of it.

[@kai_masters]

Interesting tidbit!

[@bluebear1985]

Mel Brooks did a number of good parodies. Ones i would recommend are "Spaceballs" (1987) and "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" (1993).

[@kai_masters]

I’ve heard of Spaceballs!

[@bluebear1985]

@@kai_masters You'll love it. It's a parody of science fiction. While it parodies mainly Star Wars, they do some jokes about a few other films of the genre as well.

[@vincentsaia6545]

Heddy Lamar was a 1940s movie star.

[@larryk731]

The Producers 1967 version - avoid the 2005 version. It parodies the N-zis.

[@kai_masters]

Haven’t heard of it but I’ll take note 📝

[@buzbom1]

35:43 Joey(hitler)Ralph Manza is seen in Godzilla 97 running for his life on the pier. "They also loose me after the pier scene". Great character actor back in the day. Another R.I.P. and thankyou.

[@LordVolkov]

Anything by Mel Brooks will have you laughing. Young Frankenstein is probably his greatest work, again with Gene. Mel Brooks' films after Blazing Saddles are more direct parodies, Young Frankenstein included. High Anxiety is a parody of Vertigo, with other Hitchcock jokes Spaceballs is a parody of Star Wars and other sci-fi Robin Hood:Men In Tights is a parody of Prince Of Thieves, with nods to the classic Robin Hoods Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a parody of the Dracula story in general, with specific jokes from the 90's Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as some of the older Dracs like Christopher Lee & Bela Lugosi

[@kai_masters]

Thanks for all of the recommendations! 👍

[@jamesfischer2427]

Lariat is an anglicised version of the Spanish for a rope. It can refer to the Lasoo, but originally referred for the little piece of rope that the cowboy tied the calve's legs together with.

[@maestro80smusic93]

I just found out the other week that the town drunk was one of the cops that mistreated Rambo in the police station at the beginning of First Blood...

[@buzbom1]

36:15 The ending reminded me and my parents of "It's a MAD MAD MAD MAD World" That was out there and star studded for the early 60's.

[@remccom]

its will be showing at our local movie house Fathom’s Big Screen Classics Blazing Saddles 50th Anniversary Run Time: 1 hour 38 minutes . see it with your friends! love your review

[@kai_masters]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@candicelitrenta8890]

Mel Brooks wrote the beginning song and the one that Lillie sang on the stage

[@kai_masters]

He seems like a man of many talents! 😮

[@jackbrooks5487]

Since you liked this movie, I suggest you go further down the Mel Brooks rabbit hole. Arsenic and Old Lace is also a wonderful parody and stars the great Cary Grant.

[@kai_masters]

I haven’t heard of those movies but I will take note of your suggestion 📝

[@larryk731]

They didn't break the 4th wall - they blew it up, stomped on it and threw it back.

[@kai_masters]

😂

[@charlesmaurer6214]

@@kai_masters In others he shows the film crew in funny bits.

[@buzbom1]

31:29 I believe after all these years is that this actor who did voice acting to Christmas and other cartoon seasonal specials was as Irish decent as you can get lol. David Huddleston ladies and gentlemen. It's the little things in Mel Brooks movies you gotta listen for.

[@beannathrach2417]

How long the golden halo? Mel Brooks had said there's not a lot he can do about bad people. One thing is to hold them up to public ridicule. It's hard to be afraid ofof someone you're laughing at. The movie does use bad language to show how stupid and petty are the people who say those things. The song duel in the beginning is the white bigots expecting spirituals . The blacks respond with Cole Porter songs . Irish used to be as bigoted against as blacks. You don't have to ride into sunset to ride into sunset. Rustler's Rhapsody.

[@dalewcrighton8083]

Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ləˈpɛtəmeɪn/,[1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.[2] His stage name combines the French verb péter, "to fart" with the -mane, "-maniac" suffix, which translates to "fartomaniac". The profession is referred to as "flatulist", "farteur", or "fartiste".[3]

[@Daren_PNW]

i love this movie, especially the language and small details of Hedy and The Gov hitting their heads in funny spots

[@kai_masters]

I was laughing nonstop through much of the movie!

[@Tangent099]

Young Frankenstein is worth a watch.

[@wjadam024]

Mel Brooks Invented "Wait For It.."

[@BluesJammer69]

Saw this at a drive-in at the age of 16...and wow we thought was very funny...and proved a point...to show how stupid this stuff is!

[@nathan.brazil780]

The governor and the Indian chief are both Mel Brooks

[@kai_masters]

That’s what I thought!

[@charlesmaurer6214]

@@kai_masters And a thug in line with sunglasses that were far too modern.

[@bigsarge8795]

Hey where the white women at ??

[@timroebuck3458]

Campfire scene. It's pretty bad when you're afraid to light a match and you're sitting in the audience.

[@Discworld-Edge-Witch]

If you like this movie, you'll LOVE young Frankenstein. Co-written by Gene Wilder (The Waco Kid) and Mel Brooks (the Gov/Sioux Chief). And Madeline Kahn (Lily Von Schtupp) is in it too. Fun fact, Madeline got an Oscar nomination for Blazing Saddles.

[@kai_masters]

Sounds like a great recommendation 👍

[@mikehenderson631]

Don't worry, all the all the horses were well-trained. They were trained tdefault, and the person on the horse. Was there a trainer? And they knew how and they would send a signal to the horse perform the stunt.

[@ALGJR100]

The " We don't want the Irish " is funny because the whole town is Irish , Every ones last name is Johnson . They will except every one but their own .

[@GirlWithAnOpinion]

Actually, it's mostly English and Scottish and the reference is referencing FACT that the Irish were virtually slaves in early America, being Indentured Servants and considered low life's by the rest od the White population. The joke is they were more open to the Negoes and Chinese than the Irish, who look like them. I.E. Racism is DUMB!

[@alansmith1989]

Even more `way out` in that genre in many peoples opinion is possible the `Ultimate` in bizarre comedy films, namely 1975s `Monty Python and the Holy Grail`. That one is really `out there!`.

[@kai_masters]

I’ve heard of the Monty Python movies but never checked them out.

[@phillymike3181]

Spoof recommendation: "Putney Swope" 1969 by Robert Downey SR. Ad agency "accidentally" elects black Board Chairman who turns industry upside down with raunchy ads, payoffs, drugs and Black Power tropes.

[@kai_masters]

Sounds interesting!

[@shaewynn3369]

The sad part is in the irony that we're now too stupid to appreciate the fact that Brooks is showing us all how stupid and blind ALL of us are to our own hypocrisies. We're all laughing at ourselves. If we can laugh at it, we should be able to rethink it. Maybe some things aren't really taboo after all and never should have been. This movie is a hysterical look at our own reflections. Don't take it literally bc everything about it shovels our self-righteous gullibility right back in our faces.

[@kai_masters]

That's a great way of looking at it. I think that's probably what Mel Brooks intended.

[@neiloliver4745]

The only other 70s movie that was as wild as this and worked was the precursor to "Airplane", the crazed "Kentucky Fried Movie." There's a little of everything in there, but not for the prudish by any means.

[@buzbom1]

Saw this when I was 13 with my parents, cause they were Mel Brooks fans, and you couldn't get into an R rated movie without a parent under 17. When Jim spoke in falsetto after taking a hit from Bart's j........um.....we all know what it was.....jeeez. Someone in our audience yelled "Good sh-t". Even my parents laughed with everyone else. Ahh, the good ole days when America still had a sense of tolerance and humor. Just watch all the Don Rickles, Dean Martin roasts vids. That was my teen era. George Carlin, Cheech n Chong, Benny Hill, Monty Python, etc. Today I'm scared to go outside and talk freely.......... That right so many gave their lives in world wars for. Any way.................. love your reaction........love this movie and all who were in it.

[@kai_masters]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts and experiences! 😊

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

That was Count Bassie

[@Excanda]

This movie is super racist to make fun of racism and it basically is a parody on all western movies. Another great parody from Mel Brooks is Spaceballs. I really suggest you watch it. It's awesome and a lot less racist.

[@kai_masters]

I’ve heard of that movie. Sounds like a great suggestion 👍

[@Excanda]

@@kai_masters It's like this one, but a parody to all that is Star Wars.

[@goofyrulez7914]

I'd highly recommend "Young Doctors In Love" (1982) It's like Airplane.

[@jamiehanna45]

James Garner Support Your Local Sherriff and Gunfighter

[@regould221]

Mel Brooks offended everyone. Even movie directors. He was one of the bad guys in the line of bad guys to sign up and he was dressed as the stereotype of a movie director

[@kai_masters]

I see him as more genius and hilarious than offensive.

[@boqndimitrov8693]

I guess you haven't seen Tarantino's movies. There, the word that annoys you is found in every second sentence. 🗣

[@stuartlynn-q8q]

The more you know about life , the more and more you see in the movie. Most of the reality of humans is portrayed , good and the bad Lots of bad