@Hey_Jamie yes, but since this movie is set in in the 1800's, before laurel and hardy, the joke is a pun on the word Hearty. A hearty handshake is a thing, a Hardy handshake isn't a thing.
People say Blazing Saddles couldn't be made today, but Mel's humor and social commentary is needed now more than ever because he wasn't afraid to use it to call out the worst of society and show how stupid they are.
Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 - March 2, 1987) was a renowned American film actor, with a Hollywood career spanning from 1928 to 1962. He was a leading man for most of his cinematic career, appearing in a wide range of genres, including dramas, comedies, musicals, adventures, war, horror, and fantasy films, as well as Westerns.
Another Mel Brooks movie connection: at 13:15 where he peaks his head through the curtains, he imitated that exact same thing when he played a Mohel and looked through the tent curtains in his movie Robinhood Men in Tights.
Also, Gov. Le Petomane was named after French flatulist Le Petomane, a much loved 19th century entertainer who could fart the French national anthem. I guess Mel was saying politicians are full of hot air?
@@HorrorGenreLady It was a recent discovery for me. Like you, I've seen this movie more times than I can think & I'm certain Mel has more little nuggets in it. Cheers from Canada!
Fun Fact: The guy who plays Mongo is Alex Karras. He was a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions from 1958 to 1970. He was selected for the Pro Bowl four times during his career and was selected to the All 1960s football team. Later he was inducted into the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. In the 1980s he had a starring role in the TV series “Webster” where he played the adopted father of Emmanuel Lewis’s character and the husband of Susan Clark’s character. Susan Clark also happened to be his real-life wife and they were married from 1980 until his death in 2012. God bless you Mongo / Alex.
I was 11 or 12 when Blazing Saddles came out and it was rated R, so I talked my mother into taking me to see it. One of my most treasured life-long memories is of the two us laughing our butts off in the theater together. After this, we went to see all the Mel Brooks movies of the 70s together. In the decades since it debuted, interviewers would often remark to Brooks that he couldn't make that movie today and his response has always been the same, "We couldn't make it then!" After screening the movie, studio executives were going to cancel the release entirely. Brooks arranged for a second screening where the employees of the studio were invited. They enjoyed it so much the executives allowed an extremely limited release (I think NYC, LA, and Chicago). Audiences loved it so much that they widened the release a little, over and over until it was released everywhere. The thing to remember about the racism and racial slurs is that everyone who uses them are depicted as either idiots (all the villains) or ignorant (the townsfolk, who learn better and come to love Bart). In this way Brooks (a Jew who served in the US Army during WWII and is very familiar with prejudice) not only made a parody of Westerns, but also made an effective parody of racism.
Mel Brooks was in WW2 as a combat engineer. He saw the camps and was horrified by the hatred it took to do the things the Nazis had done. He decided that the best way to combat hatred was with humor. I remember when BLAZING SADDLES first came out. I believe it did more for the Civil Rights movement than any protest or march that I participated in.😅
I've heard in an earlier comment about Mel Brooks, that after the war and he got into the film industry, each of the jokes he came up with was an "F U" to Hitler and his ideas. now with your comment, I understand why.
The one joke that almost no one today gets (and that was skipped in this reaction): When Mongo rides into town, the first person to see him yells, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaria was a popular Cuban band leader in the early 1960s.
“Just think of your secretary “ is one of my favorite cinematic dirty jokes of all time. The governor’s name came from a French vaudevillian who was a professional fartist, as in his show was entirely him producing noises, etc., from his posterior. Now that’s a deep dive on comedy history!
I think this movie is really good. The perfect anti racism film. Setting it in 1874 when racism was the norm and using all of the racist expressions proper for that setting. Using it to show how ridiculous racism was. Then at the end do a transition to present day (1974) to make the audience realise that the stupid racism still exist. Simply brilliant!
you know how brilliant Mark Twain was with his novels and stories. all these years later I re-read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.... I never did finish reading Huckleberry Finn because of what was considered the normal way of speaking back then with the "N" word used in nearly every sentence. I thought, "Good, golly, Miss Molly! This could never be published today!"
Randolph Scott was an actor with a full 28 years (1931-1962) as a lead man in all genres of film. Mostly westerns but also Sci-Fi, fantasy, drama, comedies, musicals and horror. Jessie Owens was a black track athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics. He won 4 gold medals and embarrassed Germany's Arian "master race".
When the film was first shown on tv in the mid-70s, my classmates in junior high and I talked all about it the next day. The horse punch was probably the most discussed bit since they edited out the farting scene.
Great reaction like always, one of my favourite Mel Brooks movie, There are some Fun-Facts about this film. The man playing piano in the middle of the desert, as Bart is first shown in his sheriff uniform, is none other than legendary jazz orchestra leader Count Basie, The scene with Mel Brooks playing the Indian Chief is even funnier when you realize he's speaking Yiddish. The campfire scene was the first audio fart in a movie and was edited out of the TV version for being to vulgar. Mel Brooks thought it silly that with all of the movies with cowboys eating beans that it was never addressed so he made sure it was part of that scene. The horses in the movie were actually very well-treated, despite the terrible time they had in the story. Slim Pickens (the guy Bart clobbered with a shovel at the end of the quicksand scene) was a professional rodeo performer as well as an actor. He owned many of the horses that performed in the film, and they were like his babies. Gene Wilder ad-libbed many of his lines in the film, most famously the "you know, morons!" line. Sheriff Bart's hysterical laughter in reaction to that line was the genuine response of his actor (Cleavon Little) who wasn't expecting the joke and was caught completely off guard! When the movie was made in 1974, the golden age of westerns had ended only a few years before. Many people considered them "sacred", a position Mel Brooks was directly attacking, hence the infamous "bean scene", which very nearly caused the studio to cancel the film's release. Mongo was played by Alex Kerras, who had been a professional football player prior to getting into acting. He also dabbled in pro wrestling. He was known for being a natural comedian, which led to his pursuing acting when his athletic days were over. Keep up the good work!
Most people see the final scenes as a culmination of the comedy, and really hitting it out of the park. It is rare that one would rather it not be in at all.
Bart's friend: "They said you was hung." Bart: "And they was right." So, so many jokes in this movie--virtually non-stop. You would need to see it hundreds of times to get it all and even after seeing it in the theaters when it was released and owning every version of it I could get my hand on over the years and watching it more times than I can count, I still hear and see new things. It's a shame that "Toni' didn't seem to appreciate or understand so much of the humor. This move, like so many of Mel Brooks' movies over the years, cannot be taken literally which I feel she did too often. BUt dude, great reaction from you for sure. You got it.
As for Mel Brooks films, "History of the World, part 1", has some brilliant scenes in it, and there's always his first script, "The Producers." Alternatively, there's "My Favorite Year," with Peter O'Toole, which is fictionalized account about a time when Mel Brooks was a junior writer on Sid Caesar's "Show of Shows" in the 1950s. Very funny and enjoyable film.
This movie is IMO anti racist, because of how bigotry is framed. All of the racists were "you know, morons"! Meanwhile Bart won hearts and minds wherever he went. Speaking of controversial Mel Brooks movies, you should consider reacting to the 1968 version of the Producers Starring Gene Wilder and Broadway legend Zero Mostel. The 2004 version is a film adaptation of the musical adaptation of the 1968 movie. It's a copy of a copy. The Producers was Mel Brooks' directorial debut.
Mel Brooks breaks the "fourth wall," as they say, a few times early in this film but that's just a warm-up for the ending, which is a clever spoof of that familiar trope. The cowboy brawl literally breaks through a physical, fourth wall into a modern reality.
The song "I Get a Kick" in the beginning was "slightly reworded" version of "I Get a Kick Out of You" from the musical "Anything Goes," which opened on Broadway (in New York City for those who may not be familiar,) in 1934.
To hear Madeline Kahn’s actual singing voice in another comedic performance, check out her rendition of the notoriously difficult to sing “Not Getting Married Today” from a tribute to Sondheim at Carnegie Hall. She nails it and at the intended speed, not slowed down like many singers have to do.
I think you could say he was the first (Or one of the first, I suppose that guy that played Tarzan might be one as well , Weismueller, I think his name was) big "Action Star". I remember reading about him and almost all Scott's movies were either westerns or detective movies, and he almost always played the 'good guy'.
The Statler Brothers had released a good-old-days song ("Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott") in 1973 that was very popular at the time. It's on RUclips!
❤ The reaction..65yr old lady, saw this when Jr . in High school ( was underage, friend from Drama Club worked at cinema snuck a few of us in through back door 😂) Had a Great time Lmao..Had a second Great time Years later....mid 90's brought VHS tape to parents house one Thanksgiving, after everyone went home and kids put to bed watched this with my Dad ...just us, knew Mom wouldn't like it (she was, Prim and Proper and still is, she'll be 90 in 2 days still going strong 😊) ANYWAY Thought Dad was going to choke to death laughing at Bean scene almost fell outta his Lazy Boy chair...One of Best times I had with Dad 😊 Subscriber awhile & Always ❤reactions Keep it up ❤❤
One of the greatest gags is Mongo punching out the horse. Naturally, he didn't really hit the horse, and it was trained to "fall down." If you watch again, watch the rider's right hand as he pulls the reigns.
Madelyn Kahn's character Lili Von Shtupp is meant to be a parody of legendary actress Marlene Dietrich's role of "Frenchy," from the 1939 western, Destry Rides Again. Another legendary actress, Hedy Lamarr, took offense with Harvey Korman's character, "Hedley Lamarr," and sued WB for defamation. Laurel & Hardy (known affectionately as Stan and Ollie) were an enormously successful comedic duo, similar to Abbott & Costello (Abbott and Costello started in vaudeville in 1936). Laurel and Hardy had both worked in silent films for several years before being partnered in 1926). They starred in 106 movies from 1921 to 1951.
Loved this one, loved "THE CANNONBALL RUN", too. If you guys haven't seen Steven Spielberg's "1941" (1979), it's a riot. Do check it out. Fun reaction, today. Thanks!
Probably my favorite of Mel Brooks' movies. As I heard one reviewer state, they not only broke the fourth wall in this movie, at the end, they broke down every wall. You guys mentioned that you've seen Young Frankenstein. I'd also recommend High Anxiety and Spaceballs.
I'm commenting before we watch your reaction to this classic because my wife and I expect a very confusing look on the beloved wife which will make this movie so much more hilarious. We love both of you and that's why you're in our top three reaction channels. 😂❤
Great review as always!! The ending will always get you on this one. As David mentioned, it is very much like Monty Python, breaking down the barriers between the movie and real life. Spaceballs is a another good one, but one people often forget us The Producers. In fact, Mel Brooks made The Producers twice. The first was in 1967, then after a Broadway run I believe they did it again in 2005 with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. As I recall they are both basically the same movies. Brooks always stated that he believes the best way to fight racism, or anything like it is to make fun of it and mock it. This, the producers makes fun of the Nazis. Gine Wilder played dr Frankenstein and the kid in this one. He made some really good comedies with Richard Pryor back in the 70 and 80s you might want to check out silver streak with them or Hear and see no evil. I think that is what that last one was called. I believe there were some others. Richard Pryor did some other great movies back then too. Looking forward to more 😄
Howard Johnson started his business empire in 1928. He opened his ice parlor that featured 28 flavors. He then expanded into a restaurant which led to a chain and eventually into motor lodges that he franchised. He retired in 1956 turning over the operations to his family. So all the Johnsons represent the history of Howard Johnson.
Of course it’s funny that they have Howard Johnson and mention Randolph Scott when the movie was set in 1875 before Howard Johnson and Randolph Scott existed
Mel Brooks Movies you should react to: High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, History of the World Part 1, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Producers (the original)
Hedy Lamarr was an actress in the 1940s and 50s. And did sue Mel Brooks using her name without permission. She also helped create frequency hopping. which is basically a wireless signal. That led to the two-way radio and eventually Wi-Fi. Gene Wilde was in another western called The Frisco Kid. And another Mel Brooks movie, The Producers
Hedy Lamarr is probably more famous today by technology history buffs because she and an inventing partner came up with the concept of switching frequencies to improve torpedoes during WWII. That concept was later applied to cell phone and Bluetooth technology.
She was active in the 30s and 40s, less so in the 50s, and retired after that. She did live long enough to enjoy being celebrated as the mother of cellphone tech, though.
John Wayne had meet Mel Brooks and said “ I hear you’re making a farting movie” and Mel wanted Wayne to make an appearance in it but Wayne was like “NO WAY” but he’ll see it in theaters 🤣
Richard Pryor gets an assist on this film. He gave his approval and gave some jokes and gags to be used in the film. He was Mel's first choice for the lead role but the studio thought he was too controlling.
The horses were stunt horses. You can see the rider signal on the reins for the horse to fall down. It wasn't really punched. So the Mrs can chill. If a horse were truly treated that way, she would be justified in her horror.
One of the interesting facts about this movie is that Mel Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play the sheriff, but nobody would insure Richard. Richard did help Mel write the script. Mel did the lines for the black actors and Richard did the lines for the white actors. If I remember right.
When the studio exe's saw this movie they wanted it cleaned up for language and other things but in mel's contract he had the last say about the movie and what you saw was the result, nothing changed. He stared in a movie with his wife Ann Bancroft, "To Be or Not to Be" check it out.
Richard Pryor was casted as the Sheriff role. However while filming he walked off the set because of the many disagreements he had with Mel Brooks and the producers.
5:38 To truly appreciate the humor here, a bit of American history is needed regarding Bart saying, “Sir, he specifically requested two n*ggers. Well, to tell the family secret, my grandmother was Dutch.” This is a reverse play on the "One drop rule" where a social and legal principle of racial classification in the 20th century United States asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ('one drop' of 'black blood') is considered black. Bart was implying that since he had "one drop" of Caucasian blood that he wasn't really black. A subtle yet brilliant joke. 8:49 You know the saying . . . "Eff you and the horse you rode in on!" Another subtle one.
Most people today don't know that America was flooded with Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century, due to the potato famine at the time. And typically job postings would state "Irish need not apply."
In case no one else mentioned it, Gene Wilder was the 2nd choice for Jim, the Waco Kid. The first guy was a well known western actor who apparently had a problem with alcohol so was always drunk. Wilder did this film on the condition that Brooks direct Young Frankenstein and also not have a cameo in it.
Mel Brooks did make a similar movie. It's an animated kids movie set in feudal Japan (1165-1603) but instead of using black and white people, he uses a town of cats and a dog as it's new Samurai protector. It's called "Paws of Fury: The Legend Of Hank" It has Samuel L. Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy) and Mel Brooks plays the Shogun. My nephew, a Mel Brooks fan, was playing it for his kids when I stopped by.
"She's Gone Country!" (LOL) The Laughs are NOT gonna stop with this one tonight, and I Hope that Toni had just as much FUN too!🙏Don't forget about "City Slickers" / "Quigley Down Under" and if I may also Recommend "Open Range!" 🤠👍
Yeah the scene with the beans by the fireside was THE first fart joke on film that the sound wasn't replaced by chimes/bike horn/etc and actually sounded like a fart. That's why they carried it on so long (and I bet theaters were probably dying of laughter.)
Randolf Scott was an actor who played a very tough cowboy. Mongo is the Former Detroit Lions defensive play Alex Karras. Don't forget Slim Pickens. It is a cult classic.
The modern end is because Mel Brooks first wanted to have it in 1974 but Warner stated that he couldn't do a parody about racism in modern times so he turned the clock 100 years back, and then made the switch to modern time to state that it's still relevant today.
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Congratulations.... of all the reactions I've seen for this movie. You are the first to chuckle at the Laurel & Hardy handshake.
Laurel and HEARTY handshake...
@@garylee3685no, it’s hardy. That’s literally the joke.
@Hey_Jamie yes, but since this movie is set in in the 1800's, before laurel and hardy, the joke is a pun on the word Hearty. A hearty handshake is a thing, a Hardy handshake isn't a thing.
Hedy Lamar wasn't a thing. The joke went over your head. No reason to feel embarrassed @@garylee3685
I'm almost ashamed to admit how many rewatches over literally many decades before I spotted that gag
I've seen at least 50 reactions to this movie and finally someone got the Howard Johnson joke.
A reporter once told Mel Brooks, "You couldn't make this movie today." His response was, "I couldn't make it then."
It's absolutely true that you could not make this movie today. Almost all the actors are dead.
@@tardisrider613all but Mel Brooks
The movie was making fun of idiots and not about agreeing with their unjust ideas. Just like the tv show "All in the Family."
Exactly!
People say Blazing Saddles couldn't be made today, but Mel's humor and social commentary is needed now more than ever because he wasn't afraid to use it to call out the worst of society and show how stupid they are.
Bingo.
Hello, Mel Brooks is a member of " The Greatest Generation " that battled in World War II.
Mel Brooks said they couldn't have made it then either, they just did it anyway.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Hello, I liked Burt's ancestor in # 4.
Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 - March 2, 1987) was a renowned American film actor, with a Hollywood career spanning from 1928 to 1962. He was a leading man for most of his cinematic career, appearing in a wide range of genres, including dramas, comedies, musicals, adventures, war, horror, and fantasy films, as well as Westerns.
@@Impeach44 he was also Cary Grant's "roommate".
He was the original "white hatted good guy".
Another Mel Brooks movie connection: at 13:15 where he peaks his head through the curtains, he imitated that exact same thing when he played a Mohel and looked through the tent curtains in his movie Robinhood Men in Tights.
11:00 WHAT?! I never realized that is the Big Lebowski!!! I will never unsee it now!
Madeline was talking like that because she was parodying the German-born actress Marlene Dietrich
Look up what "Schtupp" (her character's name was Lily von Schtupp) means in Yiddish to get the rest of that joke! ;-)
@richarddefortuna2252 Yeah that make sense I thought that was what it meant especially when they had her sing a song about being tired of doing it
Also, Gov. Le Petomane was named after French flatulist Le Petomane, a much loved 19th century entertainer who could fart the French national anthem. I guess Mel was saying politicians are full of hot air?
@@CharCanuck14 Well no one can accuse Mel Brooks of not doing his research I've watched this movie so many times and never knew about that
@@HorrorGenreLady It was a recent discovery for me. Like you, I've seen this movie more times than I can think & I'm certain Mel has more little nuggets in it.
Cheers from Canada!
Fun Fact: The guy who plays Mongo is Alex Karras. He was a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions from 1958 to 1970. He was selected for the Pro Bowl four times during his career and was selected to the All 1960s football team. Later he was inducted into the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. In the 1980s he had a starring role in the TV series “Webster” where he played the adopted father of Emmanuel Lewis’s character and the husband of Susan Clark’s character. Susan Clark also happened to be his real-life wife and they were married from 1980 until his death in 2012. God bless you Mongo / Alex.
When Hedley was molesting that statue, it was a figure of Lady Justice. So he was, in effect, screwing justice. Literally.
Caught this at like 11pm on TBS as a black teen and still think it's brilliant. The message is more important than the words.
It helps that Richard Pryor helped write the script.
I was 11 or 12 when Blazing Saddles came out and it was rated R, so I talked my mother into taking me to see it. One of my most treasured life-long memories is of the two us laughing our butts off in the theater together. After this, we went to see all the Mel Brooks movies of the 70s together. In the decades since it debuted, interviewers would often remark to Brooks that he couldn't make that movie today and his response has always been the same, "We couldn't make it then!" After screening the movie, studio executives were going to cancel the release entirely. Brooks arranged for a second screening where the employees of the studio were invited. They enjoyed it so much the executives allowed an extremely limited release (I think NYC, LA, and Chicago). Audiences loved it so much that they widened the release a little, over and over until it was released everywhere. The thing to remember about the racism and racial slurs is that everyone who uses them are depicted as either idiots (all the villains) or ignorant (the townsfolk, who learn better and come to love Bart). In this way Brooks (a Jew who served in the US Army during WWII and is very familiar with prejudice) not only made a parody of Westerns, but also made an effective parody of racism.
Randolph Scott was an American actor who was on screen from 1928 - 1962. Randolph Scott starred in over 100 films 60 of which were westerns.
Mel Brooks was in WW2 as a combat engineer. He saw the camps and was horrified by the hatred it took to do the things the Nazis had done. He decided that the best way to combat hatred was with humor.
I remember when BLAZING SADDLES first came out. I believe it did more for the Civil Rights movement than any protest or march that I participated in.😅
Yes. I think part of the reason most people cringe at watching the movie today is BECAUSE of efforts like this back then.
I've heard in an earlier comment about Mel Brooks, that after the war and he got into the film industry, each of the jokes he came up with was an "F U" to Hitler and his ideas. now with your comment, I understand why.
The one joke that almost no one today gets (and that was skipped in this reaction): When Mongo rides into town, the first person to see him yells, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaria was a popular Cuban band leader in the early 1960s.
I must have seen this movie, or reactions to it, over 100 times and never knew that. It just goes to show ...
“Just think of your secretary “ is one of my favorite cinematic dirty jokes of all time. The governor’s name came from a French vaudevillian who was a professional fartist, as in his show was entirely him producing noises, etc., from his posterior. Now that’s a deep dive on comedy history!
Which makes him the leading a-hole in the state.
The genius of Brooks is when this film uses racial and homophobic slurs it's done by characters who are idiots who are not to be taken seriously.
I think this movie is really good. The perfect anti racism film.
Setting it in 1874 when racism was the norm and using all of the racist expressions proper for that setting. Using it to show how ridiculous racism was.
Then at the end do a transition to present day (1974) to make the audience realise that the stupid racism still exist.
Simply brilliant!
you know how brilliant Mark Twain was with his novels and stories. all these years later I re-read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.... I never did finish reading Huckleberry Finn because of what was considered the normal way of speaking back then with the "N" word used in nearly every sentence. I thought, "Good, golly, Miss Molly! This could never be published today!"
"Little bastard shot me in the ass!"
My favorite punchline in the whole movie. 🤣
Actor Alex Karras, who played 'Mongo,' is an NFL hall of famer with Detroit Lions. He also played the dad in the sitcom "Webster."
now you have to do "Robinhood: Men in tights"
Randolph Scott was an actor with a full 28 years (1931-1962) as a lead man in all genres of film. Mostly westerns but also Sci-Fi, fantasy, drama, comedies, musicals and horror.
Jessie Owens was a black track athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics. He won 4 gold medals and embarrassed Germany's Arian "master race".
The most famous scenes
1.punching the old lady
2. The beans at the campfire
3. Punching the horse
You know, morons
Have you seen such cruelty?
When the film was first shown on tv in the mid-70s, my classmates in junior high and I talked all about it the next day. The horse punch was probably the most discussed bit since they edited out the farting scene.
Robin Hood Men in Tights is a really good Mel Brooks movie.
Great reaction like always, one of my favourite Mel Brooks movie, There are some Fun-Facts about this film. The man playing piano in the middle of the desert, as Bart is first shown in his sheriff uniform, is none other than legendary jazz orchestra leader Count Basie,
The scene with Mel Brooks playing the Indian Chief is even funnier when you realize he's speaking Yiddish.
The campfire scene was the first audio fart in a movie and was edited out of the TV version for being to vulgar. Mel Brooks thought it silly that with all of the movies with cowboys eating beans that it was never addressed so he made sure it was part of that scene.
The horses in the movie were actually very well-treated, despite the terrible time they had in the story. Slim Pickens (the guy Bart clobbered with a shovel at the end of the quicksand scene) was a professional rodeo performer as well as an actor. He owned many of the horses that performed in the film, and they were like his babies.
Gene Wilder ad-libbed many of his lines in the film, most famously the "you know, morons!" line. Sheriff Bart's hysterical laughter in reaction to that line was the genuine response of his actor (Cleavon Little) who wasn't expecting the joke and was caught completely off guard!
When the movie was made in 1974, the golden age of westerns had ended only a few years before. Many people considered them "sacred", a position Mel Brooks was directly attacking, hence the infamous "bean scene", which very nearly caused the studio to cancel the film's release. Mongo was played by Alex Kerras, who had been a professional football player prior to getting into acting. He also dabbled in pro wrestling. He was known for being a natural comedian, which led to his pursuing acting when his athletic days were over. Keep up the good work!
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The biggest star of the whole cast.
The one and only Count Basie and his band.
The look on Toni's face through this movie was priceless glad yall reacted to this one 😅
Grim.
I've been quoting "With chaos comes order" my whole life. People think I'm a genius every time I say it. Thanks Mel.
Robert Ridgely who plays the hangman also plays the hangman in another Mel Brooks movie Robinhood Men in Tights.
He also plays a jerk of an upperclass man in The Ref
Just to prove he could Mel brook remade this as a family animated movie, paws of fury the legend of Hank the n word is replaced with dog
You may want to react to the 1967 Mel Brooks's movie ".The Producers".
Mongo is played by “Alex Karas” he was a famous football player!!
@@susanliltz3875 and Webster's Dad
He is hilarious in Victor/Victoria as James Garner’s bodyguard.
Toni is so on theme and I’m living for it!
David's chuckles and side eyes are as entertaining as Toni 's leaps and cries.
Most people see the final scenes as a culmination of the comedy, and really hitting it out of the park. It is rare that one would rather it not be in at all.
Bart's friend: "They said you was hung." Bart: "And they was right." So, so many jokes in this movie--virtually non-stop. You would need to see it hundreds of times to get it all and even after seeing it in the theaters when it was released and owning every version of it I could get my hand on over the years and watching it more times than I can count, I still hear and see new things. It's a shame that "Toni' didn't seem to appreciate or understand so much of the humor. This move, like so many of Mel Brooks' movies over the years, cannot be taken literally which I feel she did too often. BUt dude, great reaction from you for sure. You got it.
As for Mel Brooks films, "History of the World, part 1", has some brilliant scenes in it, and there's always his first script, "The Producers." Alternatively, there's "My Favorite Year," with Peter O'Toole, which is fictionalized account about a time when Mel Brooks was a junior writer on Sid Caesar's "Show of Shows" in the 1950s. Very funny and enjoyable film.
It's good to be the King.
@@richarddefortuna2252 Cousin Larry plays the young Mel Brooks...
@@jasonremy1627 indeed he does!
The Producers is (and was) deliberately cringe-worthy play-within-a-play "Springtime for H1tler!" for the same anti-bigot message.
History Of The World Part 1 is in my top 3 of movies from Mel Brooks. Along with Spaceballs and Robinhood Men In Tights. 😂😂😂😂
This movie is IMO anti racist, because of how bigotry is framed. All of the racists were "you know, morons"! Meanwhile Bart won hearts and minds wherever he went.
Speaking of controversial Mel Brooks movies, you should consider reacting to the 1968 version of the Producers Starring Gene Wilder and Broadway legend Zero Mostel.
The 2004 version is a film adaptation of the musical adaptation of the 1968 movie. It's a copy of a copy.
The Producers was Mel Brooks' directorial debut.
This movie IS anti-racist, opinion has nothing to do with it.
30:51 Randolph Scott was an actor in westerns from the 194ps through to the 60s.
Mel Brooks breaks the "fourth wall," as they say, a few times early in this film but that's just a warm-up for the ending, which is a clever spoof of that familiar trope. The cowboy brawl literally breaks through a physical, fourth wall into a modern reality.
The song "I Get a Kick" in the beginning was "slightly reworded" version of "I Get a Kick Out of You" from the musical "Anything Goes," which opened on Broadway (in New York City for those who may not be familiar,) in 1934.
To hear Madeline Kahn’s actual singing voice in another comedic performance, check out her rendition of the notoriously difficult to sing “Not Getting Married Today” from a tribute to Sondheim at Carnegie Hall. She nails it and at the intended speed, not slowed down like many singers have to do.
Randolph Scott (1898-1987) was an actor. Out of his more than 100 film appearances, more than 60 of them were Westerns.
I think you could say he was the first (Or one of the first, I suppose that guy that played Tarzan might be one as well , Weismueller, I think his name was) big "Action Star". I remember reading about him and almost all Scott's movies were either westerns or detective movies, and he almost always played the 'good guy'.
The Statler Brothers had released a good-old-days song ("Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott") in 1973 that was very popular at the time. It's on RUclips!
❤ The reaction..65yr old lady, saw this when Jr . in High school ( was underage, friend from Drama Club worked at cinema snuck a few of us in through back door 😂) Had a Great time Lmao..Had a second Great time Years later....mid 90's brought VHS tape to parents house one Thanksgiving, after everyone went home and kids put to bed watched this with my Dad ...just us, knew Mom wouldn't like it (she was, Prim and Proper and still is, she'll be 90 in 2 days still going strong 😊) ANYWAY Thought Dad was going to choke to death laughing at Bean scene almost fell outta his Lazy Boy chair...One of Best times I had with Dad 😊 Subscriber awhile & Always ❤reactions Keep it up ❤❤
One of the greatest gags is Mongo punching out the horse. Naturally, he didn't really hit the horse, and it was trained to "fall down." If you watch again, watch the rider's right hand as he pulls the reigns.
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30:46 Randolph Scott is John Wayne before John Wayne.
More like a five-and-dime version of Gary Cooper after Gary Cooper.
Madelyn Kahn's character Lili Von Shtupp is meant to be a parody of legendary actress Marlene Dietrich's role of "Frenchy," from the 1939 western, Destry Rides Again.
Another legendary actress, Hedy Lamarr, took offense with Harvey Korman's character, "Hedley Lamarr," and sued WB for defamation.
Laurel & Hardy (known affectionately as Stan and Ollie) were an enormously successful comedic duo, similar to Abbott & Costello (Abbott and Costello started in vaudeville in 1936). Laurel and Hardy had both worked in silent films for several years before being partnered in 1926). They starred in 106 movies from 1921 to 1951.
Yes, in Destry, Dietrich appears in fishnet stockings and I believe at one point, she straddles a straight-back chair as does Lili.
The ending is just to show that it's just a movie, and it added to the satire effect, and they made it quite funny imo
Loved this one, loved "THE CANNONBALL RUN", too. If you guys haven't seen Steven Spielberg's "1941" (1979), it's a riot. Do check it out. Fun reaction, today. Thanks!
Madeleine Kahn is a classically trained singer. Her not being able to sing with a think German accent is the joke.
Before making a success in regular show business, she worked for awhile as a singing waitress in a German-themed restaurant/beer hall.
Probably my favorite of Mel Brooks' movies. As I heard one reviewer state, they not only broke the fourth wall in this movie, at the end, they broke down every wall. You guys mentioned that you've seen Young Frankenstein. I'd also recommend High Anxiety and Spaceballs.
I'm commenting before we watch your reaction to this classic because my wife and I expect a very confusing look on the beloved wife which will make this movie so much more hilarious. We love both of you and that's why you're in our top three reaction channels. 😂❤
Thank you!
I think you're the first reactor to this I've seen, who noticed (and understood) the Howard Johnson's joke.
I always get a chuckle from the "and Methodists!" part, my mother's a Methodist and we never missed that part.
Hello Pop Culturally Challenged, I decided to come watch this film with you. My favorite line in the film is: " Work! Work! Work! ". " Hey! "
Great review as always!! The ending will always get you on this one. As David mentioned, it is very much like Monty Python, breaking down the barriers between the movie and real life.
Spaceballs is a another good one, but one people often forget us The Producers. In fact, Mel Brooks made The Producers twice. The first was in 1967, then after a Broadway run I believe they did it again in 2005 with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. As I recall they are both basically the same movies. Brooks always stated that he believes the best way to fight racism, or anything like it is to make fun of it and mock it. This, the producers makes fun of the Nazis.
Gine Wilder played dr Frankenstein and the kid in this one. He made some really good comedies with Richard Pryor back in the 70 and 80s you might want to check out silver streak with them or Hear and see no evil. I think that is what that last one was called. I believe there were some others. Richard Pryor did some other great movies back then too.
Looking forward to more 😄
Mel Brooks, History of the World part 1, High Anxiety spoofs Hitchcock movies, The Producers was a big hit. Fun reaction.
Howard Johnson started his business empire in 1928. He opened his ice parlor that featured 28 flavors. He then expanded into a restaurant which led to a chain and eventually into motor lodges that he franchised. He retired in 1956 turning over the operations to his family. So all the Johnsons represent the history of Howard Johnson.
Of course it’s funny that they have Howard Johnson and mention Randolph Scott when the movie was set in 1875 before Howard Johnson and Randolph Scott existed
@mildredpierce4506 Did you notice Howard Johnson's 1 Flavor of Ice Cream.
A number of the Johnsons were also famous in history such as Samuel Johnson, famed English writer of the 18th century.
@@mildredpierce4506Before Heddy Lamar or Looney Tunes, too.
@@johnnehrich9601Did you notice the 1 Flavor of Ice Cream.
Randolph Scott was an actor who played the hero in a lot of old western films.
Mel Brooks Movies you should react to:
High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, History of the World Part 1, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Producers (the original)
Another pretty funny western is The Frisco Kid with Gene Wilder.
Hedy Lamarr was an actress in the 1940s and 50s. And did sue Mel Brooks using her name without permission. She also helped create frequency hopping. which is basically a wireless signal. That led to the two-way radio and eventually Wi-Fi. Gene Wilde was in another western called The Frisco Kid. And another Mel Brooks movie, The Producers
Hedy Lamarr is probably more famous today by technology history buffs because she and an inventing partner came up with the concept of switching frequencies to improve torpedoes during WWII. That concept was later applied to cell phone and Bluetooth technology.
She was active in the 30s and 40s, less so in the 50s, and retired after that. She did live long enough to enjoy being celebrated as the mother of cellphone tech, though.
Brooks was apparently quite in awe of her, knowing full-well she might sue after he failed to get permission to use her name but doing so nonetheless.
The preacher was the patient at the beginning of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
He also plays a newspaper vendor in Silent Movie where he keeps getting hit with bundles of newspapers
Randolph Scott was a famous actor who did several westerns.
Toni I have watched this movie on and off since 1974 and have never noticed the portrait. Good eye as usual. Be well
I think a Mel Brooks movie that she would really enjoy is Robin Hood Men in Tights.
John Wayne had meet Mel Brooks and said “ I hear you’re making a farting movie” and Mel wanted Wayne to make an appearance in it but Wayne was like “NO WAY” but he’ll see it in theaters 🤣
Richard Pryor gets an assist on this film. He gave his approval and gave some jokes and gags to be used in the film. He was Mel's first choice for the lead role but the studio thought he was too controlling.
Your the first reactor to get the 1 flavor joke.
The horses were stunt horses. You can see the rider signal on the reins for the horse to fall down. It wasn't really punched. So the Mrs can chill. If a horse were truly treated that way, she would be justified in her horror.
All a matter of training. As Gene Hackman said in Crimson Tide, "You just stick a cattle prod up their ass, and you can get a horse to deal cards."
15:54 It's The Big Lebowski aka actor David Huddleston.
Schnitzengruben is the sausage.
"Is it crude humor?" Laughs in campfire scene 😜
One of the interesting facts about this movie is that Mel Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play the sheriff, but nobody would insure Richard. Richard did help Mel write the script. Mel did the lines for the black actors and Richard did the lines for the white actors. If I remember right.
I never get tired of watching reactions to this movie
Campfire scene. It's pretty bad when you're afraid to light a match and you're sitting in the audience.
Other Mel Brooks movies that you should see: "The Producers," "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," and "Dracula: Dead and Loving It."
When the studio exe's saw this movie they wanted it cleaned up for language and other things but in mel's contract he had the last say about the movie and what you saw was the result, nothing changed. He stared in a movie with his wife Ann Bancroft, "To Be or Not to Be" check it out.
Richard Pryor was casted as the Sheriff role. However while filming he walked off the set because of the many disagreements he had with Mel Brooks and the producers.
5:38 To truly appreciate the humor here, a bit of American history is needed regarding Bart saying, “Sir, he specifically requested two n*ggers. Well, to tell the family secret, my grandmother was Dutch.” This is a reverse play on the "One drop rule" where a social and legal principle of racial classification in the 20th century United States asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ('one drop' of 'black blood') is considered black. Bart was implying that since he had "one drop" of Caucasian blood that he wasn't really black. A subtle yet brilliant joke.
8:49 You know the saying . . . "Eff you and the horse you rode in on!"
Another subtle one.
Mel Brooks History of the World, Part 1 is a good one too.
"Oh my gosh!" count: 24,781 😂
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir.
...all right...but we don't want the Irish... 😂😂
Most people today don't know that America was flooded with Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century, due to the potato famine at the time. And typically job postings would state "Irish need not apply."
Hedley Lamarr's name is a joke about Austrian/American actress Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000), that's why he keeps correcting people.
Hedy Lamarr was a good actress and an awesome scientist. She is the reason we have a thing called Bluetooth.
Open minds without restrictions. That's the way it should still be.
In case no one else mentioned it, Gene Wilder was the 2nd choice for Jim, the Waco Kid. The first guy was a well known western actor who apparently had a problem with alcohol so was always drunk. Wilder did this film on the condition that Brooks direct Young Frankenstein and also not have a cameo in it.
Love watching you guys watching!!!
Mel Brooks did make a similar movie. It's an animated kids movie set in feudal Japan (1165-1603) but instead of using black and white people, he uses a town of cats and a dog as it's new Samurai protector. It's called "Paws of Fury: The Legend Of Hank" It has Samuel L. Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy) and Mel Brooks plays the Shogun.
My nephew, a Mel Brooks fan, was playing it for his kids when I stopped by.
"She's Gone Country!" (LOL) The Laughs are NOT gonna stop with this one tonight, and I Hope that Toni had just as much FUN too!🙏Don't forget about "City Slickers" / "Quigley Down Under" and if I may also Recommend "Open Range!" 🤠👍
Yeah the scene with the beans by the fireside was THE first fart joke on film that the sound wasn't replaced by chimes/bike horn/etc and actually sounded like a fart. That's why they carried it on so long (and I bet theaters were probably dying of laughter.)
Thank y'all!
Five “Oh my gosh”’s in a row.
Toni, you are marvelous.
Open Range for a real good Western with a great romance, for Toni.
@18:00 It’s probably tea.
Randolf Scott was an actor who played a very tough cowboy. Mongo is the Former Detroit Lions defensive play Alex Karras. Don't forget Slim Pickens. It is a cult classic.
The modern end is because Mel Brooks first wanted to have it in 1974 but Warner stated that he couldn't do a parody about racism in modern times so he turned the clock 100 years back, and then made the switch to modern time to state that it's still relevant today.
Mel Brooks is in the line of bad guys, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses.
I recommend 'The Producers' as your next Mel Brooks reaction. It was his first movie and I like it better than most of his others.
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