BLAZING SADDLES (1974) | First Time Watching! | MOVIE REACTION!!!

In this video I reacted to BLAZING SADDLES😂😱
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[@journeymariereacts]

PSA: sorry for the background noises!! My fan was on but there’s also construction right outside my window all day😭 so sorry about that, I’ll definitely turn off my fan in the future & try to film when construction halts😁🙏🏼

[@jbwade5676]

@@journeymariereacts You Good

[@guitarman8462]

@@journeymariereacts you're good , it's summer !

[@adamscott4199]

No problem I do really enjoy ur reactions!

[@Damianzukowski-xi1nt]

react Wołyń 2016

[@robertcartwright4374]

"We can't hear ourselves think!"

[@lizardkingof1968]

Thank you for having the fortitude to not bleep out the "offensive" words. Censoring these words only serves to give them more power than they deserve.

[@johnscott4196]

Agreed

[@drigerdranzer7514]

8:54 The biggest star of the whole cast. A jazz legend. The one and only Count Basie and his band.

[@fahooga]

In his final non documentary on-screen appearance

[@GirlWithAnOpinion]

Got to see him perform at my university. Felt so blessed! He and his band was awesome! RIP Mr. Basie.❤

[@michaelbradley7529]

I would imagine she is multiple decades too young to know about Count Basie.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

Yep, an absolute legend.

[@ronweber1402]

It wasn't his gun that they were worried about Sheriff Bart whipping out. Lilli Von Schtupp was a parody of Marlene Dietrich a singer from the 1940's. Madeline Kahn is a very good singer and had to practice singing off key to play the part. Once you have seen the space movies like Star Wars, Alien, Star Trek , Planet of the Apes, etc you need to watch Spaceballs on your Mel Brooks journey.

[@robertmaez6706]

The whole set-up with the lingerie and sitting on a backward chair is satire of Dietrich from the 1930's German movie "The Blue Angel".

[@terrysperman304]

Yeah it was, his Love Gun. Haha

[@WAEVOICE]

I mean, she isn't wrong-- it, too, is a weapon that shoots.

[@thomastimlin1724]

From the 1930's AND 40's really.

[@robertmaez6706]

@@thomastimlin1724 Yep...

[@xbidmanfirst5219]

Harvey Korman geniously played the role of Hedley Lamar. He made his bones on the Carol Burnett Show with Tim Conway. Mel Brooks (History of the World Pt 1 & Pt2) , and the Governor in this movie, made outstanding satirical comedic cinema. Thanks once again Journey Marie. Your commentary is always worth the price of admission.

[@journeymariereacts]

So glad u enjoyed!!

[@BM-hb2mr]

Mongo was a professional football player for Detroit Lyons back in the day. Also he played as the father of Webster a great Sitcom back in the 80's.

[@cesarnarro6013]

@@BM-hb2mr Alex Karras

[@BM-hb2mr]

@@cesarnarro6013 yes thank you. I didn't want to cheat and just look it up lol. I do believe that's what is wrong wth society now is because No one has to retain anything. No memory because you can just look it up and not have to worry about remembering anything. Sucks lol

[@VincentPope-hy3qb]

Alex Karis.

[@kylehopkins1180]

Howard Johnson was the name of a huge hotel and restaurant chain.

[@0okamino]

It kind of makes me sad that we have to say “was” about it now.

[@alanwhetstone3922]

Richard Pryor was a co-writer along with Mell Brooks

[@jcarlovitch]

There was five writers

[@WVRSpenceWestVirginiaRebel]

He was going to star as Bart but the studio considered him too unstable.

[@Gravydog316]

@@WVRSpenceWestVirginiaRebel well, when they were in LA writing, Pryor phoned one day. He was in Detroit doing cocaine with a random woman he met, so, yeah I think the studio was right haha

[@shect1]

@@Gravydog316 The studios didn't consider him unstable for long, he was doing movies around the same time including several movies with Gene (Silver Streak was two years after Blazing Saddles). I think it worked out for the best and we still got to see the two of them do a bunch of movies together.

[@Heritage367]

Mel Brooks hired him, thinking he'd be good to write for the sherrif. But he actually preferred to write for Mongo 😂

[@johnnehrich9601]

The ENTIRE movie is a satire - which if you don't get it, will make the movie seem unbelievably offensive. Mel Brooks had relatives who died in the Holocaust and was very attuned to the devastating effects of prejudice. This movie was his attempt (a very brilliant attempt) to make as much fun of this as a way (by going way over the top) to combat it.

[@greg2976]

👍👍💯💯

[@bobbrown200]

I don't think she got it.

[@greg2976]

@@bobbrown200 She didn't get a lot of the movie!

[@wishbone54]

@@bobbrown200 Notice how she thought it was funny when the comedy made the white folks look stupid, but offended when it was against blacks?

[@cesarnarro6013]

Most young reactors don't get it

[@eastcoastaj5048]

Live band? Lawd Jesus that was the Count Basie Orchestra!

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Playing one of their signature numbers, "April in Paris"

[@journeymariereacts]

Sorryyyy😭 thanks for informing me

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@@journeymariereacts Nobody knows everything, and nobody knows anything until they find out. :)

[@MasterBiffPudwell]

Blazing Saddles made cinematic history in that it was the first movie to show farting on screen. Back then farting was considered extremely low class and highly vulgar. Much, much more than today. It was so taboo no director or actor would ever consider doing it in a movie. In fact, when Mr. Brooks informed the actor who was to fart first in that scene the actor almost walked off the set in fear he would be black balled from Hollywood and never allowed to work again. It took some serious negotiating by Mr. Brooks to convince the actor to stay and do the scene.

[@profprofanity2308]

“Imagine eating that many beans!” lol oh I love how the next second illustrates why you don’t need to imagine but get shown the exact reason to never eat that many beans.

[@danalynch8889]

This movie didn't just break the 4th wall but every wall.

[@lisathuban8969]

Great reaction! Thanks! So, there was a German actress, mostly active in the 1930's through the 1950's named Marlene Dietrich. Madeline Kahn is doing a sendup of her, not Marilyn Monroe. Marlene Dietrich often played burnt-out saloon singers. She fled from the Nazis and became a star in Hollywood.

[@Taylorswiftfan13308]

Thank you. I've seen a fair few reactions to this movie but I think you are the first to give a proper chuckle to the exchange: -"They said you was hung!" --"And they was right!" It's the little things😂 Thank you for another great reaction.

[@mcbeezee2120]

💯

[@journeymariereacts]

Lmaooo🤣 thanks for watching, glad u enjoyed😊

[@najhoant]

Modern viewers tend to look at this and think you can't get away with things like it today, with the many N-words and certain jokes, but the truth is they almost didn't get away with it when the movie was new either. The studio executives were horrified by it and tried to cut so many things from it, but luckily Brooks and the others managed to fight for them and keep them. Some have credited the movie with ending the older, "cleaner" Western genre and pushing it to more realism

[@lazyperfectionist1]

1:13 "Of course, they sound beautiful." Sure, but there's also a comic anachronism, here. See, these events are based in the year 1874 and this song is from sixty years later. Mel Brooks is _very_ fond of comic anachronisms. They pop up over and over again in his work.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

J.M., breaking the fourth wall is basically when an actor looks right at the camera and speaks to you as was done several times!! Like when Bart looked at the camera and said "and they are so dumb!" after the taking himself hostage!! Or when Hedley looks at the camera and says "why am I asking you?" BUT What Mel Brooks did in THIS movie was basically DROPPED a NUCLEAR bomb on the 4th wall.😮😮 One of the BEST reactions to this movie that I have seen so thank you for putting yourself through it!!😅❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@journeymariereacts]

Lol thanks for the explanation & thank you!! I’m glad u enjoyed it🙏🏼😁

[@dwglover55]

I consider Blazing Saddles the second best Mel Brooks comedy. The best is Young Frankenstein which you should watch for Halloween.

[@MasterBiffPudwell]

I agree 100% with your listing. Spaceballs would be my third favorite Brooks film.

[@thebeardedbrony9586]

Young frankenstein over men in tights?

[@MasterBiffPudwell]

@@thebeardedbrony9586 Yes,. Men in tights was good but not over Young Frankenstein. LOL I mean, Gene Wilder. Enough said.

[@mcbeezee2120]

I LOVE your reactions. Your editing. Your facial expressions. Your comments. Keep 'em coming, ma'am.

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you so much!! Will do😁🙏🏼

[@lazyperfectionist1]

33:25 And of course, it's a trope of Westerns to end with the heroes riding off into the sunset. But because this is satire, it should not surprise us that the ride in question is by chauffer-driven Cadillac.

[@629GSMITH]

@@lazyperfectionist1 Richard Pryor Co wrote this movie

[@Marine777-bn6cf]

Great reaction video to a pretty wild and crazy movie I will leave you with some movie suggestion to add to your list and I guarantee that you will like them and will be good for the channel 1. The adventure of sherlock holmes smarter brother (1975) 2. Marathon Man (1976)

[@GirlWithAnOpinion]

Thank you for not bleeping out all the bad things! You let it be honest in all its stupidity! Thank you! You ROCK! You are a powerful woman! ❤

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank youuu!!

[@zedwpd]

"She can not sing". That's the joke, Madeline Kahn is a classically trained singer.

[@hwinker]

If you don't know Marlene Dietrich, and young folks today mostly don't, then the entire sequence seems like a non sequitur. It's not particularly funny otherwise that a woman sings in a dull baritone. A lot of the references in Blazing Saddles are lost on later generations. The main running joke of the movie requires a viewer to know who Hedy Lamarr was!

[@shect1]

@@hwinker That's how it works with satire. Laughing and criticizing things that might not be around for much longer. It's also hard when you go into a movie thinking it's a western when it's a comedy

[@hwinker]

@@shect1 How it works with satire, sure. With contemporary or historical references of any kind, with social mores, with language conventions or slang, with fashion, with musical styles, with technology. Many things risk being "dated" the instant they are cemented into a film. But then Mel also was satirizing things that were "old" even when Blazing Saddles was new. The point is, seasoned fans need to imagine how this reads to a young person of the current century just getting their feet wet in older movies.

[@rickpat-x9u]

*MARIE, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL & BRAVEST OF ALL OF THE MOVIE REACTION CHANNELS. I TRULY MEAN THAT!!!!!* Luv the fact that you are brave enough to mostly unedited... 1) *Wide, Wide World of Sports* that you skipped was an ABC sports show in the 60s-90s on Saturday & sometimes Sunday too.. It was a 90min, but up to 3hrs some weeks, where you were live at one sports event like track & then they showed live feeds or taped-delay of other sports like tennis or bike racing from Paris, boxing fromTokyo, skating or swimming from Moscow all in one show. *2) Old man in wheelchair being hung "Dr. Gillespie killings" is based on 3-4 1940s murder mystery movies starring Lyonel Barrymore in wheelchair as a hospital doctor solving murders using forensic & medical knowledge....*

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you for the kind words!! & history lesson🙏🏼😊

[@rickpat-x9u]

@@journeymariereacts if you ever decide to get into watching old-old, 40s-50s era B&W movies..... there are several stand alone movies or serials that are better than many of the 2000-2024 tv shows like CSI shows, Law&Order, and such.... I think you would like them & some of the good SciFi of the 50s-60s.

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

Just Wide World of Sports. Only one Wide.

[@rlevitta]

Madeleine Kahn’s impression of Marlene Dietrich was spot on. She had a Barbara Walters kind of impediment that replaced R with a W sound. Here’s a clip of Marlene singing- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYq7mGqCod-shZosi=Rq2SH6i4lNlRpPKo She was born and raised in Germany but became a US citizen and worked tirelessly in her support of the fight against the nazis during World War II by entertaining allied troops all over Europe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJmsgXyngrlrr8Usi=d1kUtuApX5IZa3og

[@XcaptainXobliviousX]

if youre curious about Cleavon Little's immaculate singing in the movies intro scene, he was actually a tony award winning stage and theater actor before getting big into movies!

[@darylabrams2]

My favorite line from this film is F You, I'm working for Mel Brooks. 😂 The cowboy at the beginning really had a tough time saying the N word to Ckeavon. Ckeavon finally took him aside and said if I thought you meant it, I'd be mad. This is a comedy so let's all just have fun. Really great cast.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

"Think of your secretary..." And then later, "not in the ear, not in the ear..."

[@patrickmcandrew6631]

Mel Brooks once said this was 1870 as seen though the eyes of 1970 😊

[@greeneyesinfl9954]

Great reaction!! You can't go wrong with any Mel Brooks film 😊🙏

[@zeigbert1743]

If it's not in authentic frontier gibberish, it's not a valid argument.

[@Fmanzo10]

Rureck!

[@zeigbert1743]

@@Fmanzo10 😂

[@tayhigh5561]

Great reaction journey as always I never seen this movie but it was really good keep going 💪🏾🙏🏾

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you! Will do!

[@najhoant]

Wow, I just realized this movie turns 50 this year

[@darthken815]

"A true classic never goes out of style." -Brad Dourif

[@jamesfischer2427]

31:05 They went through the 'Tunnel of Love". A joke based on a themepark ride with boats that go through a dark tunnel guided by an underwater track. Young couples would go on the ride so that they could make-out without being seen and yelled at.

[@_blueskies]

11:43 This lady starting her letter with "We, the white, God-fearing citizens..." kills me every time! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jordanwright6364]

Loved the reaction. Another great Mel Brooks film to watch is The Producers (1967)

[@fahooga]

Mongo Santamaria was a Cuban percussionist. My favorite obscure reference.

[@bellantwain21]

This movie was good and funny 19:16 He didn't have to knock the damn horse out like that. The horse ain't do nothing😂 love the video Marie stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way

[@slongf15]

Great reaction! I love it when women don't wear makeup. You have a very pretty smile and a great laugh

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you!! Fun fact: I wear makeup in every reaction😊🙏🏼

[@slongf15]

@@journeymariereacts No worries! Well I definitely couldn't tell that you had makeup on 😃

[@joek468]

Starring Cleavon LITTLE and Gene WILDER... The tag line should of been,,, the West just got a Little Wilder.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Hah! That is great. :) Cleavon Little never got the fame he deserved.

[@guitarman8462]

That scene where Gene Wilder tells the sheriff that these people are morons . And the sheriff laughs, that's wasn't in the script. That line really made him laugh. So I guess you can say it was a Blooper that was left in the movie😂😂😂😂

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Someone else pointed out you can see Wilder and Little look up off-camera afterwards to see if that was an okay take or if they were going to have to do it again. I'm glad they used that one. :D

[@GranpaMike]

I love this cast. Gene Wilder is my favorite actor, and Cleavon Little is absolutely fabulous. For more fun from Mel Brooks, check out his "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN" (1974). Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn are back together with another amazing cast. You'll adore it.

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

This movie is an absolute classic! Thank you 😊 EDIT: Just to point out the whole town being called Jonson alluded to the fact that a lot early settler towns were founded by small family groups who then grew generationally through inbreeding, hence the name and the stupidity of the towns folk.

[@eastcoastaj5048]

Just one of several movies from that era that could not be made today.

[@darthken815]

"We couldn't make it then!" -Mel Brooks

[@timroebuck3458]

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

[@darthken815]

Ain't no reason to be afraid. Hold on, I need to blaze one. (deep inhale) Now, as I was saying, . . . (BOOM!)

[@thunderstruck5484]

Sheriff Bart the coolest character along with Snake Plissken ever written for the big screen! Awesome thanks for sharing your reaction.

[@journeymariereacts]

Glad you enjoyed it😊🙏🏼

[@leealderman]

Very nice editing. Brilliant.

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you very much!😊

[@BM-hb2mr]

9:36 he wasn't talking about his pistol they all thought he was pulling his. Thang out lol. Lots of references to the size of a black mans well you know what im saying lol I remember watching this behind my mommas back and I see why now lol. We grew up on this. Lot of Richard Pryor jokes in this movie.

[@jmil843]

The hardest I ever heard my dad laugh was when ol’ boy said “Where the white women at?” LMAOOO

[@journeymariereacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RoGueNavy]

Burton Gilliam, (big teeth), still does appearances as his character from this movie, around north Texas.

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

He acted the part brilliantly! His Camptown Races dance was hilarious 😆

[@kylehopkins1180]

My first time watching you react. I will be back. Just subscribed.

[@journeymariereacts]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@naelar13]

Mongo was the late, great Alex Karras. A defensive lineman with the Detroit Lions in the 50s and 60s. After this movie, he went on to star in the sit com "Webster".

[@michaelfisher1395]

Mel Brooks played the Governor and Indian Chief. Mongo was Alex Karass. He was a famous football player who later stared with his wife on Webster. The movie is intended to make fun of racism. Mel Brooks loves breaking the 4th wall.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

He also was the guy in shades in the bad guy line up.

[@RobinTig]

Great reaction, this is a crazy movie to watch at first. Glad you appreciated the insanity of it all 🏆

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Thanks for taking a look at this classic satirical comedy. :) It looks like you had a good time.

[@wiggion]

"Mongo" was an NFL star lineman named Alex Karras. He was known to have a pretty wild sense of humor and wanted to go into acting after football.

[@Cbricklyne]

And he would later on go on to play Webster's dad in the famous TV sitcom.

[@kylehopkins1180]

Mongo was a great NFL football player for the Detroit Lions Alex Karras

[@karimhicks8376]

The man who played MONGO, was the feared Detroit LIONS NFL player, MR. ALEX KARRAS; in the late 1970s. He also became an actor on the TV HIT show, called WEBSTER.

[@thescrambler692]

Great reaction to a Mel Brooks classic Journey Marie.

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you!!😁

[@kylehopkins1180]

Richard and Gene Wilder later teamed up in a few movies. The best was Silver Streak

[@davemchard1530]

In answer to your question, Gucci has been around since 1921.

[@warrenread7488]

It's wonderful you watched the whole thing. Our problem back then was the 'N' word was part of a system rather than an insult, and bigotry was everywhere.

[@jsurace]

Most of the actors playing cowboys were notable western actors, which at the time had been one of the dominant genres on screen and television. Taggart (the henchman) was played by Slim Pickens, who was very famous. You can actually see him in "Doctor Strangelove" as well. The other guy (Lyle, with the teeth, as you said) was played by Burt Gilliam, another famous western actor. Behind the scenes he had real trouble calling Cleavon Little the N-word, and had to be assured that he didn't take it personally.

[@jimdetry9420]

One of the funiest movies ever.

[@kylehopkins1180]

Bart’s friend is Freddie from Super Fly. Freddie’s Dead song

[@yournamehere6002]

When they start singing at the railroad track, the joke never lands with anyone these days. The song and style of singing didn't exist when the film is set, in the late 1800's. It's as if they started rapping or broke into a Beyonce song. People just assume they're really good singers, and there's no joke. Even when I saw this in the late 70's as a little kid, I knew it didn't fit the time period, and laughed out loud.

[@merkitten953]

I always thought the joke was the white guys assumed the black guys only knew "negro working songs" and expected a raggedy version of one they could laugh at, but instead they got a classy tune sung by great voices. 🤷‍♀️

[@yournamehere6002]

@@merkitten953 You're half right. "I Get A Kick Out of You" was written in the 1930's, and the style of singing was the Mills Brothers or crooners of the big band era.

[@journeymariereacts]

Ohhh lol thanks for explaining that!

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@@merkitten953 That is part of it yes. And then also, they tricked the white guys into singing the degrading song themselves. Lots of Looney Tunes type gags in this movie. It's great.

[@merkitten953]

@@IstasPumaNevada makes sense. My favorite part is "excuuuse me while i whip this out" Crowd: "aaaagghh!🙀" 🤣

[@shaunnoonan1734]

Great Reaction!! Thank You!!! You nailed it!+!

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you!!!

[@kylehopkins1180]

They keep coming and going and going and coming 😂😂😂

[@darthken815]

And always too soon.

[@marcoaguilar2394]

You kids just don't get the concept of humor. We laughed our butts off when this came out. Even us minorities. We knew it was just a comedy movie. Richard Pryor wrote a lot of racial jokes.

[@journeymariereacts]

I literally laughed the whole movie🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Nah, I'm pretty sure she got it. :) A lot of the references are literally fifty years old so it's difficult for new viewers to get every last reference and in-joke, but she definitely got the overall humor.

[@marcoaguilar2394]

@@IstasPumaNevada Funny is funny no matter when it happens.

[@alanwhetstone3922]

Just a silly movie and we need silly

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Great fricking reaction as always Marie

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you!! 😁

[@MOS650]

Yes one of the great old classics!❤.. If you haven’t t seen it yet i suggest you check out Radio starting Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr… a great emotional classic.

[@brianvernon249]

As a Phoenician, only over 120 does it get hot. Yet 45 is darn cold.

[@mikehenderson631]

Swim Pickens the man who played Taggart was the cowboy in real life.Don't worry about the horses.The well trained will are crying to do stunts

[@benpowersguitar]

This movie has been my favorite takedown of rasict morons since I was about 10. I grew up with it. Cleavon has charisma that is off the charts. He and Gene are so good together.

[@NathanBFrost]

One of my favorite Mel Brooks films ever ❤️

[@MichaelWilliams-bs6ez]

Loved your beautiful reaction thank you ❤

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you too!🙏🏼🥲

[@percyjohnson5205]

This role was originally written for Richard Pryor. (He served as a writer on the film and is credited) However, the studio didn’t want him in the role (due to negative past incidents on set for other projects) and threatened to dump the project if he was casted.

[@Cbricklyne]

"cast" No such word in the English language as "casted".

[@percyjohnson5205]

@@Cbricklyne I stand corrected.

[@grandgnd]

Black man riding off into the sunset in a Caddy😉

[@robstyles8535]

Mel Brooks said of this movie: “we set out to show the world how stupid racism is, and make you laugh while doing it.”

[@NotPoliticalCorrect]

Annoying background noice ! 😏

[@ronweber1402]

Sounds like a hydro-vac working outside. I would bet it's a street crew working digging around something sensitive like gas or hydro/tel lines.

[@journeymariereacts]

Welp🤷🏼‍♀️

[@IggyStardust1967]

My first time seeing your channel, and of course, with it being Blazing Saddles, I just HAD to watch it with you. A few things I would like to say, first off you got a "Like" as soon as I realized you were letting "the language" fly. Most Reaction channels that watch this movie shy away from that. I grew up during the era this movie is from, in fact, I was 8 years old when it released, and was allowed to watch it. I mean, I grew up on television shows like "All in the Family", "Chico and The Man", "The Jeffersons", "MASH", everything by Sid and Marty Krofft, as well as comedians like Richard Pryor (who co-wrote this movie), George Carlin, and a lot more that I can't even think of off the top of my head. Back then, if someone "got offended" by something, they got laughed at and made fun of for it. And since you're not one to get easily offended... I will definitely look around and see what else you've watched that I may be interested in. Mel Brooks is one of those writer/directors that you literally can't go wrong with. "History of the World (Part 1)" is my favorite movie of his. The scene where the man AND the horse were hung, is a fairly obscure joke that many people don't "get" right off the bat. Have you ever heard the phrase, "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on!"? That's what that is a reference to. They executed the guy, and the horse he rode in on. 6:30 - That, is Mel Brooks. He also plays a Native American later on in the scene where Bart tells about his parents having to have their own circle. 10:45 - Yeah, that's pretty much the entire point of the "social commentary" about racism: Those that practice it, are really stupid. Because let's face it: We're all the SAME race, no matter what colour our skin is. 24:18 - It's the accent for the character. Also, the actress actually could sing, but the character was not supposed to be able to sing worth a damn. Madaline Khan was a very funny actress back in the day. 31:35 - Mel Brooks is a master at not only breaking the fourth wall, but completely destroying it.

[@journeymariereacts]

Thanks for watching! & for all the background info, I really appreciate & I’m so glad u enjoyed🙏🏼😊

[@rccraig7580]

You can count on Mel Brooks to elbow drop, suplex, throat punch and kick the fourth wall off of a cliff LOL!

[@animatedreality4526]

You should try out Space Balls next. Essentially all of Mel Brooks movies are like this, random with weird 4th wall breaks and stupid jokes. He also always casts himself in his movies as an idiot or bad guy which shows he really does not care how hes portrayed. First time watching a reaction from you, I loved it!

[@journeymariereacts]

I’ll add it to the list! & thank you, so glad u enjoyed🙏🏼😁

[@lazyperfectionist1]

11:31 "No, literally. Everybody's name is 'Johnson.'" That was often how it was in the old west, with small towns starting up, here and there. Until the First World War, most people didn't move around too much. So people would move to a small western town, settle and just _live_ there. Now, in a marriage, it was the norm for the woman to take the man's last name and for their _kids_ to have it as well. As that happened, over successive generations, one particular last name would come to dominate. It would change from town to town. "Johnson" would be the popular last name that took over _one_ town, but something like "Porter" would be the popular last name that would come to take over the _next._

[@react2reactions246]

Lol I must be getting old, bc these concepts you’re describing like they’re a relic of the past seem pretty standard to me 😂

[@markzavala2837]

😂 this was like a western comedy !!!

[@stephenseay3878]

This is an important movie.

[@Alex-nu7vc]

Mel Brooks did stuff like this. He basically poked fun and showed how racism was dumb. Not just toward black folk.

[@guitarman8462]

You have to watch ALL the Mel Brooks movies - Stir Crazy & This Is Spinal Tap

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Journey, Mel Brooks had nothing to do with either of these movies. But Stir Crazy did star Richard Pryor (co-writer, and intended actor for the role of Sheriff Bart, for Blazing Saddles), and Gene Wilder. And This Is Spinal Tap is definitely a silly classic.

[@guitarman8462]

@@IstasPumaNevada I never said " Stir Crazy & Spinal Tap " was a Mel Brooks. It's just 2 more to put on her watch list.

[@Nickel138]

Great reaction. Subscribed. Mel Brooks movies always break the 4th wall. This movie was revolutionary for its time. Still is in a way.

[@journeymariereacts]

Thanks for the sub! Glad u enjoyed it😁

[@Jsspres]

Hedy Lamarr was an actress in the 1940s and 50s. And she did sue Mel for using her name. Two other Mel Brooks movies with both Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman are High Anxiety and History of the World Part 1.

[@Otokichi786]

Well now, an uncensored version of "Blazing Saddles"? This is going to be a great ride over Hollywood Western cliches.;) 5:19 When that phrase pops up, I am reminded of Larry McMurtry's book, "The Last Picture Show." One night the high school football players got drunk and went looking for a "moonlight Heifer" to use. 6:28 The "farting governor" is cross-eyed.

[@joshscott6914]

I love your reactions, lol. Also hoops look good

[@journeymariereacts]

Thanks! 😄

[@bobbuethe1477]

Here's a recommendation for another Western comedy: "The Frisco Kid" (1979) starring Gene Wilder (the Waco Kid) and Harrison Ford (in-between "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark").

[@mevb]

There's one joke that Mel Brooks took out as he thought it was too dirty. Right after Lilli Von Schtup says "It's twue! It's twue!" you'd hear Bart say in the dark "Sorry to disappoint you, baby, but you're sucking my arm.".

[@journeymariereacts]

Oh wowww😭

[@Mittens.49]

Still super pretty 😍. Nice review 👌

[@journeymariereacts]

Thank you! 🤗

[@wellfit1511]

Blazing Saddles is one of the most important comedies of all time. It shines a light on the stupidity of racism. They are all called Johnson, I think Mel Brooks might be suggesting they have very close family relations. Btw the first fart noises ever put to film. There are so many inside jokes too, it is worth reading up on it.

[@adamscott4199]

I enjoyed ur reaction it sounded like someone was mowing the lawn outside ur house...lol

[@journeymariereacts]

Lol sorry about that!!!

[@lamontwilliams4172]

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