Mel Brooks was so ahead of his time. He used humor to show just how absurd and ridiculous racism is. It also featured some of the greatest comedic actors of the day.
Yeah. A real visionary. The first thing the young illegal aggressive bucks arriving daily at Dover is ...wheres my benefits ? Closely followed by...."Where the wh*te Women at?"
Fun fact: The weekend after Gene Wilder died, select AMC theaters played this and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Saw it then (I also own it on DVD) and I'm getting ready to watch it for the 50th anniversery tomorrow.
Mel Brooks stated this classic would never be made in 1974 after someone told him that it can't be made today. But Warner Brothers Studio took a chance in 1974.
The apocryphal story I learned was that WB execs were... 'sweating' bricks the entire time until Mel arranged a screening for the crew and employees of the studio. The laughter quickly changed their minds.
The reason why it wouldn't be made nowadays is because the genre it's parodying, which is westerns that common on both TV and movies at the time, doesn't exist anymore with the exception of a rare occasion. It's like the Scary Movie series (which parodied horror movies of the past and at the "currently trending" at the time).
Just need a superhero movie that does this. Wouldn’t even be hard to do, can basically just strap this “lone hero and sidekick” plot on that genre with minimal changes.
YES! Heddy Lamar asn't a movie star until later. Jesse Oens didn't run until MUCH later. Lots of "anachronistic" comments in this movie! (references to things out of that time period)
Jesse Owens was a Track and Field Gold Medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. I can’t say that I’m surprised that not very many people know who he is.
That was my favorite joke in the movie. I had to point it out to a coworker that just watched it (he’s black) and I thought he was gonna choke from laughing.
ABSOLUTELY!!! Another line that goes over a lot of people's heads is when Bart comes back to the railroad camp!! Charlie says "you shifty Nigga, I heard you was hung!" And Bart says "And they were right!"😅😅😂
One of the greatest comedies ever. When this was rereleased I think for its 45th anniversary, I watched this in the theater. I think I was the only person in the whole theater just cracking up. Another famous line? “Is anybody gonna help that poor man?” This movie is golden!😂
*Some Fun Observations:* (1) The guy saying, "We don't need no stinkin' badges!" is referencing a scene from the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) starring Humphrey Bogart. (2) "Rhett (Butler)" is the name of the protagonist in the movie "Gone with the Wind" (1939) starring Clark Gable.
Slim Pickens was so nevervous about playing his character, he said afterwards he didn't feel good having to say a lot of those lines and it was Cleavon Little who convinced him to do the role explaining Mel Brooks genius in using humour to take on racism
never knew that, thats pretty awesome, its nice to see he wasn't comfortable at first, that says a lot about who he really was, also says a lot that he understood Mel's sense of humour
First time hearing that story, Pickens was pretty good actor. Don't remember the movie, just a scene where he's riding a bomb waving hat like he's on bull as drops, I was pretty young when seen it.
Despite the later allegations that Hitler refused to acknowledge Owens, the reality is that not only did the latter debunk these claims by insisting that he was waved at every time he was about to race, Robert Lee Van - an African American reporter who accompanied Jesse Owens to the Olympics - wrote this newspaper piece regard the Fuhrer’s reaction on August 4, 1936 after Owens won a gold medal: “And then;… wonder of wonders;… I saw Herr Adolph Hitler, salute this lad. I looked on with a heart which beat proudly as the lad who was crowned king of the 100 meters event, get an ovation the like of which I have never heard before. I saw Jesse Owens greeted by the Grand Chancellor of this country as a brilliant sun peeped out through the clouds. I saw a vast crowd of some 85,000 or 90,000 people stand up and cheer him to the echo.” The irony is that not only would Jesse Owens deny the rumours that Hitler snubbed him, he would turn these attacks on none other than Franklin Roosevelt himself: “Hitler didn’t snub me-it was Roosevelt who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” www.quora.com/Did-Hitler-shake-Jesse-Owens-hand-or-is-it-a-myth
Hmmm ... you may want to research that one to see what Jesse said on the matter. It didn't reflect well on the US President versus what Hitler actually did.
Pretty bad of Hitler, if expected. What was worse was that government of Owens' own country also refused to meet him. There was a separate entrance into the White House for Blacks, but that didn't matter, because FDR didn't ask him to the White House in any case.
@@derekmclellan7337 dunno, he left early I know. It is the why that I find fascinating. Jim Crow was a minefield for all decent politicians. We did very well with FDR I believe.
As a male of color it was impossible for me to have the particular perspective, so it's just good to know that white women found that line funny, too. Or at least, they do now.
"We don't need no stinking badges"......... I never got around to sitting down and watching all of Treasure of the Sierra Madre but according to an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati way back when I was a kid, Howard hesseman playing radio dj Johnny Fever had a line in an episode about "we don't need no stinking badges" is a line from Treasure of the Sierra Madre
...and like above, the original line is often misquoted from the movie. Bandit (getting more irate with each line): "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges."
It's interesting to see the cultural differences between white and black reactors when it comes to the "See, it's coming off." joke. It appears to me many white reactors don't laugh at what is a hilarious joke because they are not aware of the color difference on the front and back of a black person's hands.
its wild how everyone of them missed the other jokes in this clip..the we dont need no badges is a joke from another movie and a looney toones cartoon..him turnng his hand over to his palm and saying see its coming off and the other jokes in this clip..hilarious
The Jesse Owens reference was a little more timely in the 70s. The Olympic legend was still alive. People still remembered his Gold medal haul at Hitler's Olympics.
All these movie reactors need to watch "Treasure of The Sierra Madre" to understand the "we don't need no stinking badges" line when the huge sombrero'd Mexican is handed a badge. Likely few have seen it!
who as a kid in the 50"s remember that line from you teacher "chewing gum in class, i hope you brought enough for every one, " before they stuck it on your nose for the entire time your in class, it only happen to me once, i learned my lesson
I'm so glad you enjoy it too! Yes, it's a SHOCK in the beginning; until you realize they are parodying racism and getting ridiculously campy, which is PERFECT! So many iconic lines, but make sure you, and your spectators are on the same page. A man I knew entered the camp with "where are the white women at?" (he is black) we all laughed except for a newcomer who stared at him in panic. we had to catch her up with Mel Brooks movies. Remember that Richard Pryor helped write this one!
The problem with most Mel Brooks movies today is the jokes reference people and events from the past and contemporary pop culture of the time, so many of the jokes dont land with younger audiences. Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo that even predated the 3 stooges (Laurel, and Hearty handshake) Hedy Lamarr was a golden age beauty queen pre WWII (also a very prolific inventor and engineer) who really did sue Mel Brooks for using her name in that running joke. Jesse Owens was a gold medal winning black track and field athlete at the Berlin Olympics (very embarrassing for the Arian race) Count Basie was a famous band leader and jazz pianist Strike up that band was literally the song they played when asked to strike up the band Wide World of Sports was a weekly tv sports broadcast And list goes on. Only us old people really get all the rapid fire humor.
There is an unconfirmed Hollywood legend that Hedy Lamar was in financial distress at the time, and Mel Brooks used her name so that she would sue. Then he could help her out without it being charity.
I saw this movie when I was about 15. Shared it with my nephew when he was about 15. While neither of us got "Laurel & Hardy", we both noticed Hitler in the background of one of the final scenes and busted out laughing. Pretty sure he's shown it to his kids. Mel's work is a gift that keeps on giving.
@@Kaddywompous Yeah, the studio thought he was too big of a risk, and they likely were right. He was one of the screenwriters. Brooks has said that while they were writing the film in L.A., he got a call one morning from Pryor who said, "Mel, I'm in Chicago, and _I don't know why_ ."
Ironically Gig Young who was a notorious drinker, still got the part of the Waco Kid after John Wayne turned it down. Wilder got the part when Young landed in jail.
Mel Brooks Amazing Writer,director, comedian. He Was/is so far ahead of his time and showed the world how stupid racism is using comedy. Side note: For those who didn't know who Jesse Owens was, He was the first track Olympian & African American to win 4 gold medals in the Berlin Olympics in 1936 and ticked Hitler off to no end. Basically he was the Usain Bolt of that time.
If anyone's interested, Jesse Owens was a track and field athlete who won multiple gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. He's basically saying that it's time to haul out of there. Hope that helps.
Man I love your vids. Especially because you are watching with cam and not some random mashup. Keep up the amazing work and may I recommend doing the same with music reactions too. I recommend Slipknot, Spit it out live at download 2009. Watch it for yourself and you’ll instantly see where to start and stop.
Sadly a movie like that wouldn't be able to be made like that today. Mel Brooks at 98, was way way ahead of his time. This movie was also against racism by making fun of it. The sad thing is all the actors are dead sadly except for Mel Brooks.
Mel Brooks has said it couldn't be made THEN. That 'the powers that be' wanted to censor a lot of the gags; Mel pretended to agree, then left them in, anyway.
Robert Downey Jr. Speaking about Tropic Thunder being made today said you could make yet inferred that it probably wouldn't go over well. I would say the about Brooks adding the language he used then would really make not go over well.
Guys... guys... We need to have a talk. Blazing Saddles came out in 1974, 50 years ago. Jesse Owens died in 1980, 44 years ago. Most of the reactors here look to be Millennials, the oldest being born in 1981 (43 years old). This isn't modern media anymore. It's a classic. And that's okay.
Yeah, nowadays though... even Robert Downey Jr. In an interview when asked about Tropic Thunder being made nowadays said you could but ....Basically infering that wouldn't go over well, yet you still make it.
Brooks meticulously ran the script past Richard Pryor and Cleavon Little to make sure he was being the right kind of offensive, so while that is partly true, he knew he shouldn't be the one to decide where the line was.
It's amazing how many of the younger people in the video clearly didn't know who Jesse Owens was and didn't understand why they were laughing. Do they not get irony and sarcasm? A lot of them seemed to take things literally.
Richard Pryor was a writer and Brooks wanted him to play the sherriff but Rich had a "problem" and ...... Etc. But the Combo of writers and actors, Priceless.
I hate seeing people getting offended by this film. Especially this part when the whole point is to demean and defang racism in general and groups like the kkk by having the audience laugh at it. Laughing at something takes away a lot of its supposed power over something. One of the purposes of this film is to laugh at and poke fun of those who believe in racial superiority in any form and we should always take every opportunity to do so.
Mel Brooks was so ahead of his time. He used humor to show just how absurd and ridiculous racism is. It also featured some of the greatest comedic actors of the day.
Truth. The reason you can't make a movie like this today is because too many people would side with Hedley.
@@AwwscrewitHeadie ;)
Yeah. A real visionary. The first thing the young illegal aggressive bucks arriving daily at Dover is ...wheres my benefits ? Closely followed by...."Where the wh*te Women at?"
What you talking about Willis?
@@degsbabe
Racist! 😡🤬👎🏽
I'm thinking many of these reactors have no idea who Jesse Owens is.
nor what satire/sarcasm is
So many
And apparently, you would be right.
They probably didn’t even get who Randolph Scott was either.
Ra-and-o-olf Scott
I doubt they don't even know who is Carl Lewis, but Usain Bolt definitely.
Fun fact: The weekend after Gene Wilder died, select AMC theaters played this and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Saw it then (I also own it on DVD) and I'm getting ready to watch it for the 50th anniversery tomorrow.
One my favorite lines from that movie (at the toll booth) “ somebody is gonna have to go back and get a sh*t load of dimes!” 😂😂😂
"What'll that asshole think of next?!"
in the middle of an open plain.
Best friggin line in the movie😂
"What'll that asshole thinK of next? ANYBODY GOT A DIME?!"
They hit Buddy. Come on girls.
Mel Brooks stated this classic would never be made in 1974 after someone told him that it can't be made today. But Warner Brothers Studio took a chance in 1974.
The apocryphal story I learned was that WB execs were... 'sweating' bricks the entire time until Mel arranged a screening for the crew and employees of the studio. The laughter quickly changed their minds.
It almost didn't get released back then.
It would definetly not be released today 😂
The reason why it wouldn't be made nowadays is because the genre it's parodying, which is westerns that common on both TV and movies at the time, doesn't exist anymore with the exception of a rare occasion. It's like the Scary Movie series (which parodied horror movies of the past and at the "currently trending" at the time).
Just need a superhero movie that does this.
Wouldn’t even be hard to do, can basically just strap this “lone hero and sidekick” plot on that genre with minimal changes.
After all the times I’ve seen this movie, I’m JUST NOW realizing the movie takes place before Jesse Owens was even born. 😂😂😂
YES! Heddy Lamar asn't a movie star until later. Jesse Oens didn't run until MUCH later. Lots of "anachronistic" comments in this movie! (references to things out of that time period)
@@valkyrie1066 "What the hell are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue her."
DAAAMN
Jesse Owens was a Track and Field Gold Medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. I can’t say that I’m surprised that not very many people know who he is.
"See, it's coming off" [turns his hand palm up].
That's the funniest part of the Scene!
I feel like most people don't catch that one, haha.
That was my favorite joke in the movie. I had to point it out to a coworker that just watched it (he’s black) and I thought he was gonna choke from laughing.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Another line that goes over a lot of people's heads is when Bart comes back to the railroad camp!!
Charlie says "you shifty Nigga, I heard you was hung!"
And Bart says
"And they were right!"😅😅😂
Soooo many people don't catch that.
Jesse Owens, so fast he pissed off Hitler.
Hitler actually gave him a salute, and Jesse Owens said he was quite civil with him.
Ironically, he said many Americans treated him worse.
@@lonestar6709 FDR wouldn't even invite him to the White House or shake his hand. The most progressive president in US history.
@@Totentanz23FDR was jealous he was meeting one of the fastest runners on the planet, and he couldn’t walk
@@lonestar6709It was only after the war began Owen’s story changed.
@@Totentanz23 That's Democrats for ya.
I always enjoy seeing other people enjoying Blazing Saddles instead of getting all offended
If they're getting offended they don't understand the movie.
I've never seen or heard one person being offended by it
I swear more people complain about people being offended than the actual people being offended
Nobody ever gets offended from this movie. Get over yourself.
The line we don't need no stinking badges. That's a reference to the film "Treasure of the Sierra Madre".
It’s a reference I’ve seen on several occasions, but never watched the movie
@@beatmet2355 I believe that it was also referenced in "City Slickers" a 90s comedy western.
@@OtisMcNuttIII “Goin’ South”, Nicholson and Belushi, too (‘78)
My mother used to quote it all of the time 😂
Thank you! I was trying to recall what movie that was from. You saved me from having to look it up.
"Hey, where are the white "women at?"
"See, it's comin' off."
“Oh, why Rex, how many times have I told you to wash up after a weekly cross burning?!”
Yes, kids, Willy Wonka said that! 😅
Years later he would say 'YES I'M F***ING DEAF' in the movie See No Evil Hear No Evil.
My fav line in the whole movie. I STILL crack up hearing it LOL.
Hey, where the white women at?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I always thought the line would be better as, "Hey, where are all the white women at?". Just a better rhythm.
@@mongoardath1 ok
While Clevon's line is great... the delivery of "Hey boys!" kills me sooo much
One of the greatest comedies ever. When this was rereleased I think for its 45th anniversary, I watched this in the theater. I think I was the only person in the whole theater just cracking up. Another famous line? “Is anybody gonna help that poor man?” This movie is golden!😂
Gene Wilder turning his hand over and saying, "See, it's coming off" is so underrated.
Richard Pryor co-wrote this screenplay with Mel Brooks
Richard Pryor was responsible for all the Mongo stuff. He LOVED that character.
Pryor was going to play Bart, but his drug problems made the studio say "No"
_"They're pulling a Star Wars."_
You gotta love young people. 😅😆
One of the best lines in the movie....and there were plenty.
Even Gene Wilder's delivery of "Hey boys!" is gold.
“We don’t need no stinking badges.” One of the most classic and under appreciated lines in MANY western movies lol
*Some Fun Observations:*
(1) The guy saying, "We don't need no stinkin' badges!" is referencing a scene from the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) starring Humphrey Bogart.
(2) "Rhett (Butler)" is the name of the protagonist in the movie "Gone with the Wind" (1939) starring Clark Gable.
Slim Pickens was so nevervous about playing his character, he said afterwards he didn't feel good having to say a lot of those lines and it was Cleavon Little who convinced him to do the role explaining Mel Brooks genius in using humour to take on racism
never knew that, thats pretty awesome, its nice to see he wasn't comfortable at first, that says a lot about who he really was, also says a lot that he understood Mel's sense of humour
First time hearing that story, Pickens was pretty good actor. Don't remember the movie, just a scene where he's riding a bomb waving hat like he's on bull as drops, I was pretty young when seen it.
@@ff13enlno31tleb Doctor Strangelove.
@ff13enlno31tleb that's Doctor Strange Love
@@alantoms9298 thank you, wasn't familiar with the movie, just that scene being referenced in other things.
I have to think that was one of Richard Pryor's lines. Not only cuz it's damn funny, but also due to his own predilections.
Actually as I understand it, the Jewish co-writers wrote all the racial stuff and Richard Pryor wrote the Mongo and Jewish stuff.
"Qualifications?"
"Stampeding cattle"
"...that's not much of a crime"
"Through the Vatican?"
"Kinkyyy"
😅😅
One of the most underrated comedy moments not appreciated unless you're a Catholic with a sense of humor!😅😂😂🤣🤣😅😉
1936 Berlin Olympics American track star Jesse Owens. 5 gold medals and Hitler refused to shake his hand.
Despite the later allegations that Hitler refused to acknowledge Owens, the reality is that not only did the latter debunk these claims by insisting that he was waved at every time he was about to race, Robert Lee Van - an African American reporter who accompanied Jesse Owens to the Olympics - wrote this newspaper piece regard the Fuhrer’s reaction on August 4, 1936 after Owens won a gold medal:
“And then;… wonder of wonders;… I saw Herr Adolph Hitler, salute this lad. I looked on with a heart which beat proudly as the lad who was crowned king of the 100 meters event, get an ovation the like of which I have never heard before. I saw Jesse Owens greeted by the Grand Chancellor of this country as a brilliant sun peeped out through the clouds. I saw a vast crowd of some 85,000 or 90,000 people stand up and cheer him to the echo.”
The irony is that not only would Jesse Owens deny the rumours that Hitler snubbed him, he would turn these attacks on none other than Franklin Roosevelt himself:
“Hitler didn’t snub me-it was Roosevelt who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”
www.quora.com/Did-Hitler-shake-Jesse-Owens-hand-or-is-it-a-myth
Hmmm ... you may want to research that one to see what Jesse said on the matter. It didn't reflect well on the US President versus what Hitler actually did.
Pretty bad of Hitler, if expected. What was worse was that government of Owens' own country also refused to meet him. There was a separate entrance into the White House for Blacks, but that didn't matter, because FDR didn't ask him to the White House in any case.
Actually that wasn't Hitler, it was racist Americans who treated him like shit
@@derekmclellan7337 dunno, he left early I know. It is the why that I find fascinating. Jim Crow was a minefield for all decent politicians. We did very well with FDR I believe.
Love your editing and selection of channels. This is the best of these channels. ❤
Glad you enjoy it!
The funnies reaction was when they noticed he turns Bart's hand over and says "See? It's coming off." 😂😂😂
Honestly I think the funniest part is when Gene starts licking and wiping Cleavon's palms and says:
"Look it's coming off" 😂😂😂
Nice Dude Movie Night --- FYI, Blazing Saddles was released 3 years before Star Wars.........
Great video. Mel Brooks is such a genius
my local radio station used that line as a bumper until about 2005 then it went away for obvious reasons
I had "Here where are the white women at?" as my email sound at work in the 2000s. I laughed every time it went off.
A lot of pain in this joke. That's why it works. RIP Emmett Till.
It’s the core fear of the KKK since Birth of a Nation came out in 1915.
Richard Pryor co-wrote the script. It's a freaking crime that Millennials and Gen Z don't know his genius.
Some of us are very familiar with who he is. Including many of the great movies he and Gene Wilder did together.
Oh i am a millennial and i damn well know EXACTLY who Pryor is and what he did for comedy.
I forgot the "We dont need no stinkin badges," that was the best line of the skit.
Blazing Saddles is a CLASSIC!!!
"See? It's coming off." Lmao
As a male of color it was impossible for me to have the particular perspective, so it's just good to know that white women found that line funny, too.
Or at least, they do now.
Mel Brooks was actually ahead of his time, I was actually a little kid in 1974 when Blazing Saddles came out
Fun fact: Richard Pryor was a co writer of Blazing Saddles.
"We don't need no stinking badges"......... I never got around to sitting down and watching all of Treasure of the Sierra Madre but according to an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati way back when I was a kid, Howard hesseman playing radio dj Johnny Fever had a line in an episode about "we don't need no stinking badges" is a line from Treasure of the Sierra Madre
...and like above, the original line is often misquoted from the movie. Bandit (getting more irate with each line): "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges."
"They pulled a Star Wars"
No, Star Wars pulled a Blazing Saddles
I love these mash-ups! I've seen almost all of the individual reactions and this conglomeration is all smiles.
The film is supposed to take place in 1874 and he mentions Jessie Owens.
Blazing Saddles walked so Django Unchained could run
Blazing Saddles ran so Django Unchained could fly
It's interesting to see the cultural differences between white and black reactors when it comes to the "See, it's coming off." joke. It appears to me many white reactors don't laugh at what is a hilarious joke because they are not aware of the color difference on the front and back of a black person's hands.
Yep, if you don’t have friends with dark skin in your life, this joke just doesn’t ring a bell to many people with light skin
you know, cleavon little in a kkk hood gives me finn in a stormtrooper outfit vibes 😄
Sometimes they’re just woke and they miss the opportunity to be self-aware.
I actually see how it could if you are big star wars fan it would have a familiar look.
Where the white women at ,white women know what we want the vg
Those "Boyz in the Hoods" sho' were wishin' all o' us to "Have a nice day!" 😅 😮 😉
its wild how everyone of them missed the other jokes in this clip..the we dont need no badges is a joke from another movie and a looney toones cartoon..him turnng his hand over to his palm and saying see its coming off and the other jokes in this clip..hilarious
This will NEVER stop being funny.😂 It's literally the funniest line in the movie.
I have other favorites but there are so many to pick from it’s hard to say which is the best.
Amazing movie.
Jim referred to Bart as "Rhett." That's a reference to Rhett Butler from Gone with the Wind.
I don't see how anyone could have not watched Blazing Saddles at least once in their life.
Don't forget Gen Zers would be too woke to fully watch this classic movie.🤔😉
This movie had balls, and even more, knew who it was making fun of. Truly a great comedy.
It kills me that "see... it's coming off" got glossed over 95% of the time.
That had to be another Pryor line
The Jesse Owens reference was a little more timely in the 70s. The Olympic legend was still alive. People still remembered his Gold medal haul at Hitler's Olympics.
All these movie reactors need to watch "Treasure of The Sierra Madre" to understand the "we don't need no stinking badges" line when the huge sombrero'd Mexican is handed a badge. Likely few have seen it!
I'm just going to say it: Mel Brooks did more in fighting racism with this one scene than Spike Lee has done with his entire career.
who as a kid in the 50"s remember that line from you teacher "chewing gum in class, i hope you brought enough for every one, " before they stuck it on your nose for the entire time your in class, it only happen to me once, i learned my lesson
Never had a teacher say it in the 80's, yet heard referenced as joke lot.
@@ff13enlno31tleb 1950's and 60's were a lot different including the dunce cap
Never knew about that, but it does make it light compared to Heddy's, I mean Headly's reaction to the gum infraction!😅😂😂
A great movie that unfortunately wouldn’t be made today ✌️
I'm so glad you enjoy it too! Yes, it's a SHOCK in the beginning; until you realize they are parodying racism and getting ridiculously campy, which is PERFECT! So many iconic lines, but make sure you, and your spectators are on the same page. A man I knew entered the camp with "where are the white women at?" (he is black) we all laughed except for a newcomer who stared at him in panic. we had to catch her up with Mel Brooks movies. Remember that Richard Pryor helped write this one!
The problem with most Mel Brooks movies today is the jokes reference people and events from the past and contemporary pop culture of the time, so many of the jokes dont land with younger audiences.
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo that even predated the 3 stooges (Laurel, and Hearty handshake)
Hedy Lamarr was a golden age beauty queen pre WWII (also a very prolific inventor and engineer) who really did sue Mel Brooks for using her name in that running joke.
Jesse Owens was a gold medal winning black track and field athlete at the Berlin Olympics (very embarrassing for the Arian race)
Count Basie was a famous band leader and jazz pianist
Strike up that band was literally the song they played when asked to strike up the band
Wide World of Sports was a weekly tv sports broadcast
And list goes on. Only us old people really get all the rapid fire humor.
How dare you tell me how old I am 😂
There is an unconfirmed Hollywood legend that Hedy Lamar was in financial distress at the time, and Mel Brooks used her name so that she would sue. Then he could help her out without it being charity.
I saw this movie when I was about 15. Shared it with my nephew when he was about 15. While neither of us got "Laurel & Hardy", we both noticed Hitler in the background of one of the final scenes and busted out laughing.
Pretty sure he's shown it to his kids. Mel's work is a gift that keeps on giving.
Richard Pryor was originally chosen to play the part of Bart the sheriff but the studio refused to cast him.
I heard it was because of his drug use, but I could be wrong.
@@Kaddywompous Yeah, the studio thought he was too big of a risk, and they likely were right. He was one of the screenwriters. Brooks has said that while they were writing the film in L.A., he got a call one morning from Pryor who said, "Mel, I'm in Chicago, and _I don't know why_ ."
@@jackal59 😂😂
Yes and it insurance companies wouldn't cover him either because of his habit.
Ironically Gig Young who was a notorious drinker, still got the part of the Waco Kid after John Wayne turned it down.
Wilder got the part when Young landed in jail.
Mel Brooks Amazing Writer,director, comedian. He Was/is so far ahead of his time and showed the world how stupid racism is using comedy. Side note: For those who didn't know who Jesse Owens was, He was the first track Olympian & African American to win 4 gold medals in the Berlin Olympics in 1936 and ticked Hitler off to no end. Basically he was the Usain Bolt of that time.
If anyone's interested, Jesse Owens was a track and field athlete who won multiple gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.
He's basically saying that it's time to haul out of there.
Hope that helps.
Jeremy Allen White from "The Bear" looks like a young Gene Wilder.
Best single line in the history of cinema.
This when offending each other was funny instead of being so serious it was called comedy
I used to have that as my text message notification.
😂
Our local theater just played Blazing Saddles last night. That was fun to see it in the theater again.
For those who don't know who Jesse Owens was, he's basically the Usain Bolt of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Forgot to say he black ,so the skinhead can get mad
Before anyone starts crying racism, it was Richard Pryor that wrote this for Mel brooks
Rewatching these clips make me realize how often I quote this movie.
I love the reactions... especially from da whiet weemun!
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I saw this movie in the movie house and this got the biggest laugh.
Nice to see the lovely Shanelle on one of these :)
Man I love your vids. Especially because you are watching with cam and not some random mashup. Keep up the amazing work and may I recommend doing the same with music reactions too. I recommend Slipknot, Spit it out live at download 2009. Watch it for yourself and you’ll instantly see where to start and stop.
The Don't need Stinky Badges bit, came from an old Humphrey Bogart movie.
Sadly a movie like that wouldn't be able to be made like that today. Mel Brooks at 98, was way way ahead of his time. This movie was also against racism by making fun of it. The sad thing is all the actors are dead sadly except for Mel Brooks.
Mel Brooks has said it couldn't be made THEN. That 'the powers that be' wanted to censor a lot of the gags; Mel pretended to agree, then left them in, anyway.
Robert Downey Jr. Speaking about Tropic Thunder being made today said you could make yet inferred that it probably wouldn't go over well. I would say the about Brooks adding the language he used then would really make not go over well.
Guys... guys... We need to have a talk.
Blazing Saddles came out in 1974, 50 years ago.
Jesse Owens died in 1980, 44 years ago.
Most of the reactors here look to be Millennials, the oldest being born in 1981 (43 years old).
This isn't modern media anymore. It's a classic. And that's okay.
I hate how so few people catch the Jesse Owens reference.
Only Mel Brooks can get away with humor like this
Yeah, nowadays though... even Robert Downey Jr. In an interview when asked about Tropic Thunder being made nowadays said you could but ....Basically infering that wouldn't go over well, yet you still make it.
Brooks meticulously ran the script past Richard Pryor and Cleavon Little to make sure he was being the right kind of offensive, so while that is partly true, he knew he shouldn't be the one to decide where the line was.
That line cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I would love to see Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan do commentary on this movie.
It's amazing how many of the younger people in the video clearly didn't know who Jesse Owens was and didn't understand why they were laughing. Do they not get irony and sarcasm? A lot of them seemed to take things literally.
Richard Pryor was a writer and Brooks wanted him to play the sherriff but Rich had a "problem" and ...... Etc. But the Combo of writers and actors, Priceless.
The greatest line in any movie EVER!!!
I believe Richard Pryor wrote that line!!🤣
"They said you was hung!"
"And they were RIGHT."
Love this movie with all of my heart.
Richard Pryor and Cleavon Little wrote the racial jokes. 😂
RIP Gene Wilder Young Frankenstein is still one of my favorite comedies of all time.
Best joke of the whole movie! 😂😂😂
My favorite scene: eating beans around the campfire😂
The funniest thing about these clips, is that half of these people didn't even know who Jesse Owen's was !
Not many of the reviewers seem to know who Jesse Owen was.
I hate seeing people getting offended by this film. Especially this part when the whole point is to demean and defang racism in general and groups like the kkk by having the audience laugh at it. Laughing at something takes away a lot of its supposed power over something. One of the purposes of this film is to laugh at and poke fun of those who believe in racial superiority in any form and we should always take every opportunity to do so.
Wait until the reactors find out Richard Pryor helped write the jokes and movie with Mel Brooks.
So amazing!
I’ve watched at least 40 different reactors and no one has recognized the Count Basie orchestra!