BLAZING SADDLES (1974) | *FIRST TIME WATCHING* | REACTION
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- BLAZING SADDLES (1974) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | REACTION
Please remember to LIKE & SUBSCRIBE 💞
And leave any comments down below, it's much appreciated 😊
Instagram: / dawn.marie.anderson
TikTok: / dawn.marie.anderson
FAIR USE:
*Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.
I had to laugh when she said there's going to be a lot of fart noises in this film, knowing the beans scene was coming
I was thinking the same thing 😆
Just so you know Mel Brooks was using this movie to make fun of all the rascists, and the black comedian Richard Pryor helped write the movie. And the actor with the red outfit truly had difficulty saying the N word, and apologized to Cleavon Little who was cool with it as it was part of the movie.
I was thinking the same thing. Just "Oh, you have no idea how many farts your going to have"
@Flashheart All my hate.
"...The Magical Fruit... ".
One joke I didn't catch until I was older:
Charlie: "They said you was hung!"
Bart: "And they was right."
My favorite line
That line always makes me laugh
Sis you get the Laurel and Hardy handshake?
It's a grammar joke.
"It's twoo, it's twoo"
"Hopefully, they won't use that word again."
Me: Oh, no....
LOL!!
Me: Oh, you sweet, summer child.
"There's going to be a lot a fartin' in this movie"
Again, oh no...
know the history but still it is sad, funny, inexplicable, confusing what kind of reaction one word causes.
@@theradgegadgie6352 Well said, LMAO 🤣
Madeline Kahn's performance was based on another Western movie called "Destry Rides Again" starring Marlene Dietrich, who was somewhat limited as an actress when it came to singing. Madeline's performance was so spot on, she was given an Oscar nomination for Best supporting actress.
Yes, and Dietrich had a thick German accent.
Dietrich sang a song in Alfred Hitchcock's movie Stage Fright that was called "The Laziest Gal in Town"
"Surely there only going to say that word once!"
*michevious chuckling intensifies*
As a note, Brook's believe somethings like words only have power over you if you let them. So he mocks those things to rob them of their power and to make one unafraid of that thing. It's why that word is used to such an extent and why there's so many racism jokes.
"The best way to drive out The Devil ... is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn."
-- Martin Luther
Also the only nonblack characters that use that word are evil bad guys or the inbred ignorant townsfolk and they are made out to look like the morons they are
Ironic for this film that DM substitutes "Fart Noise" for the N bomb!
Agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly, but the question becomes who has the standing to say what words, images, ideas.. don't have power, and how to address it in art. That is to say, he has standing for Springtime for Hitler. Getting a co-sign from Richard Pryor on this helps, but still shaky.
*Brooks
"Where the white women at?" The one movie line that has had me cracking up for decades now.
The *"Have A Nice Day"* on the back of the Klan robes was brilliant.
I always liked "oh, lawdy, lawdy!! He desperate, do what he say, do what he say!!!"
Mel Brooks is a genious. They new what comedy is. Unlike the pussy left today that run rough shod over the cinema.
@@nitewatchman1576 👍
Never answered the question. Would like to know.
Fun fact: The "Morons" line by Gene at 19:49 was completely improvised. Clevon wasn't expecting it, so his laugh was genuine lol.
My late father was a Hollywood Stuntman who never went to the movies. This was the only film he ever worked on, that he dragged me to see on opening night. Never in my life did I see my Dad laugh so hard for so long.
Apparently John Wayne was offered a role in this movie. He turned it down, saying he couldn't see himself in such a movie, but be first in line to watch it.
Thats such a great memory of you to have and share. So awesome he was in the movie. Did he get to be an extra in the fight scene too?
@@neilusdin2389 He acted and did stunts in the movie
@@queefreak666 This is one of my top 5 all time favorite movies. Thanks to your father as part of it.
@@neilusdin2389 Excellent, thanks for the kind words.
I love Blazing Saddles. It’s such a well crafted movie. Even back when it was made it was fairly risqué because of its subject matter, Mel Brooks had to fight with the studio a bit to keep it the way it was. His philosophy was the best way to combat the power of hate and intolerance is to ridicule it through humor. Take the racism in this movie, it’s always spoken by the villains which we are supposed to not like or the townsfolk which are ignorant backwater in-breeders (the whole town being Johnson’s). Another great Mel Brooks movie with Gene Wilder is Young Frankenstein.
Finally favorite meal… most any Mexican food, perhaps Puerco Pibil.
Something I didn't notice until more recently was that the primary villain of the story, Hedley Lamar, never uses slurs. Why not? Well, he was among the few white characters whose social status wasn't threatened by freed slaves or Chinese immigrants. Black or white, he was above everyone, and while we don't get his actual feelings on race, we know that using race to divide people is something that he's willing to do for his own benefit. When the working class of all races unite, his plans are done for.
This really is an even more brilliant and insightful movie than it gets credit for.
"There's gonna be lots of farting in this one"
*waits for the eating beans scene with a smile*
"Hopefully they won't use that word again..."
Definitely shows she knew nothing about this movie beforehand! 😆
When she said “is he Mel Brooks?”
OH BOY are you in for a TREAT now you need to watch this, YOUNG FRAKENSTIEN and SPACEBALLS!
"Frau Blucher..."
Dere wolf.
Darn... can't like this comment twice!
Putting on the Ritz - classic 🤣
I implore you, Dawn, please, please, please watch Mel Brooks's High Anxiety and Young Frankenstein.
Young Frankenstein is classic Gene Wilder (but so is almost everything he's in). Hope you'll give it a go. Thanks for treating us to a Blazing Saddles reaction!
Gene actually did BlaZing Saddles in exchange for Mel Brooks doing Young Frankenstein
@@leewinstead917 The wrong way round. The cowboy part was given to Gig Young but he had an seizure in his first scene and Gene Wilder had been reading the scripts as a friend of Mel Brooks. Brooks agreed to direct Young Frankenstein as a thank you as Wilder replacing Young meant they only lost a day and a half of filming.
Also fun fact: Mel Brooks asked John Wayne to play the Waco kid. He said that he couldn't take the role because it was too blue for his family-friendly image, but he'd be the first in line to watch it.
I always thought John Wayne doing the line about getting shot by the little kid would have been hilarious.
@@waltt69 Someone needs to make that with AI.
The film is NOT racist, it is ANTI racist.
It is using blatant racism to produce an opposite reaction.
Satires on racism are usually misunderstood by millions of people.
Very few understand satire, apparently.
Fun Fact: Mel Brooks said the "Beans" scene was influenced by him watching all these Western movie serials when he was a child. He noticed the cowboys in those movies always drank a lot of coffee and ate a lot of beans; leading him to have the thought if someone's eating all those beans and drinking all that coffee, they weren't going to be good company in about twenty minutes.
When gene wilder says "you know... morons" the laugh from cleavon little Is genuine as the line was added by wilder
That is true, in fact, the entire skit of the old lady aftermath was improv by Gene Wilders brilliance.
You can see him trying desperately not to laugh during the setup, then the punch line gets him.
That’s one of my favorite lines ever.
@@ravenlunatic3006 It's not true that the whole scene was improvised. It was just the last line.
In the first scene with Hedley Lamarr, the statue he's humping is Lady Justice so he is, in effect, "screwing justice".
I thought it was Hedy Lamarr?
@@Powerranger-le4up 😆
That's a bit of a reach.
Anyone who censors the words is missing the whole point of this film.
People under 60 wouldn’t know this, but Howard Johnsons was a very successful national restaurant chain (like Olive Garden, Applebees, or McDonalds today), and they were famous for their “28 Flavors” of ice cream, proudly displayed on their signage. So the gag in Blazing Saddles is the Howard Johnsons on Main Street; since this was 1874 (and HJ had obviously not even been conceived of yet), the sign proudly says “One Flavor”! 😊
What prophetic statement, " There's gonna be a lot of fartin' in this movie."
The best joke has to be when the Governor is trying to get his pen back in the holder and Hedley just says to him " think of your secretary sir!" BTW it's curry ;)
"Let's play chess"
Harumph!!
@@phil8821 Gentlemen, rest your sphincters!
Ah I didn’t pick up on that! 😂
@@DawnMarieX That's because you were too busy laughing at something else. The gags come thick and fast in a Mel Brooks film :)
I must admit, the old woman who yells "Up yours *******" is one of the moments I always laugh out loud at no matter how many times I watch this movie.
know what?
one Saturday morning, this was on TV (A&E of all channels,)
uncensored,
& at that scene, the old lady says "Outta my way, n*****!!"
so, they changed it, but kept the n-word in!
...like, why change it ?!
makes NO sense!
Gabby Johnson, the guy spouting frontier gibberish, is a reference to Gabby Hayes, the late staple of westerns. Like Randolph Scott. And Hedy Lamarr actually did sue. Mel was thrilled and told the studio to give her whatever she wants.
Also, the “it’s twue, it’s twue” was originally followed by Bart saying “sorry to disabuse you ma’am but you’re sucking on my elbow.” Mel had final cut but decided that went too far.
Cabbie is also the worthless deputy in rambo first blood
Ok, I grew up with this movie. And I cannot believe that it's taken me 45 years to get the YES NO joke on the back of the bull.
In the US, often times large semi trucks (which have very bad blind spots) will put "" on the back of their vehicles, to let someone know that they should pass on the left where they can be seen, not on the right, where they can't. So basically the bull is big as a truck, that's the joke.
Good information. Apparently one has to be American to understand that YES/NO joke - I've never understood it.
I never got that joke, either. Now I know, thanks!
YES BULLshit, NO BULLshit.
I am an American and i never knew that until today. thank you.
Still one of my favourite gags is the “and for my next impression; Jesse Owens” before running off. If you don’t know who Jesse Owens is, he was a black American athlete who competed at the 1936 Olympics (aka the Nazi Olympics) and won 4 gold medals
The delivery is also perfect. You can tell the actor was enjoying every line.
Ah I did wonder! But I guessed a runner. I thought he was a brilliant actor 😁
Cleavon Little really does make this movie perfect. And he wasn't even their first choice.
@@thefuge5 Honestly, I don't think Richard Pryor would've done the role the same justice. He was a very funny man and helped write the script, but there's just something about Cleavon Little's genuineness that really made Bart a great character.
@@WolfHreda Totally agree.
Randolph Scott was a western movie star for decades. It’s one of of my favorite moments in the movie. One of the few you can actually quote in public lol
I don't think most people think it's racist, some might think it's racist because it has racist characters in it. But the film is making fun of racists, they are the butt of the joke.
I was going to write the same thing. People using that word are "people of the land."
@@RPGMendrol you know, morons
Yes the morons!
Exactly, it's using ridiculously stupid over-the-top racism just to show how ridiculously stupid racism is.
Later Tropic Thunder did the same having a character play a character who is wearing blackface in a movie being shot, IN the movie as an illustration of just how wrong blackface is.
If someone after watching Blazing Saddles doesnt see exactly how stupid racism is or exactly why blackface is wrong after watching Tropic Thunder they are just plain stupid.
Really, it makes perfect sense actually since stupidity and racism are so embedded together.
Unfortunately it means we have about as much chance of getting rid of racism as we do getting rid of stupid people. As long as we have stupid people they will have stupid thoughts.
So as someone who grew up in Alaska, where a LOT of the “beaches” have quicksand - the most important thing is to move slowly and deliberately. If you panic and start struggling or flailing, that could kill you. Instead, you want to first take big, slow steps backwards to try to get out. If that doesn’t work, you want to lean back to lessen the pressure on your feet, which will make it easier to get them free. Rapid or jerky movements can turn sand that was firm into quicksand and get you stuck deeper - moving slowly and methodically will help you get free. It can take minutes or even hours to get free, but basically, spread out your weight. Lean back and basically swim out, like a very slow backward crawl.
Madelyn Khan is a symphony and orchestra singer, classically trained and a stunning voice but really had a knack for comedy. Did a few Mel films. And other comedy films and TV shows!
According to the movie’s DVD commentary, Blazing Saddles marks the first time a fart recording had been used in cinema.
Apparently it was more controversial than the n word being used so much.
And it was so offensive they blanked it out for TV. Can you imagine that scene without the audio?
@@mikejankowski6321 I've seen the scene with no audio, I was so confused the first time watching it
@@mikejankowski6321 it is as funny as the scene with the sounds.
@@theprimo100 yes, when i saw this on tv one morning, the bad words were all uncensored, but the farts were all silent
my dad just got up & went outside confused
"Surely, they're only going to say it once."
Yes, once... at a minimum... in every scene.
"I'm going to replace that word with fart noises..." Fine - but what are you going to replace the fart noises with? Oh, and lasagne.
LOL!!!!!!
Replace the fart noises with *that* word.
Yeah..everybody so sensitive nowadays, I bet that fart sound offends a select group out there.
@@shootingreal5945 Methane in the atmosphere is no laughing matter. Educate yourself and do better !
Totally Kidding
Genuinely grand reaction, you caught many things other reactors missed, great job, love it!
Mel Brooks was a genius of comedy.. Young Frankenstein, The Producers....
His son, Max Brooks, wrote World War Z
What Lily says about Sheriff Bart after he leaves is, “What a nice guy.”
The chemistry between Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little is just outrageous levels of wonderful and I’m so happy someone else agrees with me that they’re in love
also my favorite recipe of all time has got to be bibimbap! it’s an incredibly easy and tasty Korean dish plus it gives me an excuse to buy jasmine rice
"There's going to be a lot of farting in this movie."
Boy, if she only knew what came about 10 or so minutes later on. :-D
And that was before the campfire scene
Alex K. was a retired NFL lineman. That is why he is so big. Imagine what he looked like back in his prime. I am glad you watched this small clip of this classic film.
Also the dad on the 80's TV show "Webster."
Alex Karras more than pawn in game of football.
Hi Dawn! I've watched your reaction to this film before, and still love it. Since you like film trivia here's one that no one has ever commented on for this film to my knowledge: Lilly von Stupp, played perfectly by Madeline Kahn, is actually doing an amazing, outrageously over-the-top parody or German actress Marlene Dietrich who was quite well known in the 40s-60s and would still have been remembered by film audiences in 1974 when this film came out.
Several actors returned in other Mel Brooks movies even those in brief roles, so you will see Boris again. Also, the mayor's welcome speech was a little tip of the hat to comedians Laurel and Hardy. Also, you noticed the Indian chief was Mel Brooks. What you might not have noticed is the chief was speaking Yiddish.
Yup... Lots of Jewish jokes in his movies, being Jewish himself. Most of his films he has a cameo role.
It's sort of an in-joke for anyone that understands Yiddish.
It was Yinglish -- English-affected Yiddish of Jewish immigrants from Poland (Galitzianer dialect of Yiddish) characteristic of the old Jewish men Mel Brooks knew.
"The Princess Bride"
Because it's great, and has no quicksand.
Hmmm...
technically correct.
I feel conflicted.
But yes, watch The Princess Bride.
Liar.
@@alanzlotkowski2695
There was no quicksand in The Princess Bride.
Also, there's no quicksand anywhere. It's just a television and movie plot device.
@@russellflagg8519 quick·sand | \ ˈkwik-ˌsand
\
Definition of quicksand
1 : sand readily yielding to pressure especially : a deep mass of loose sand mixed with water into which heavy objects readily sink
2 : something that entraps or frustrates lead poor people into consumerist quicksand- Robert Wright
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quicksand
Please let me recommend “Dr Strangelove”- I think the humor is up your alley...
I’ll add it to the list thank you!
@@DawnMarieX I'll second Dr Strangelove.
At least you watched an uncensored version.
One reference I think most people miss is to Dr. Gillespie. In the 30s+40s, there was a series of movies about a doctor in a wheelchair staring Lionel Barrymore.
The band that was playing during Bart's ride to town was the great Count Basie & His Orchestra. They were playing his well-known arrangement of "April in Paris."
Lily von Shtupp is a parody of Marlene Dietrich as the saloon singer, Frenchy, in the 1939 Western, "Destry Rides Again." Frenchy famously sings "The Boys in the Back Room," which became one of Dietrich's signature songs.
Lily's first line "Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome" is the first line of the first song in the musical, "Cabaret."
Alex Karras's character was named "Mongo" for a particular gag. When he rides into town on his Brahman bull the first one to see him exclaims, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaría was a famous, Cuban jazz percussionist who spent most of his career in the US. He passed away in 2003.
American Brahman cattle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Brahman
"We don't need no stinking badges," is a reference to the classic, Humphrey Bogart film, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Hedy Lamarr was one of the biggest stars of the 30s-50s. Many considered her the most beautiful woman in film. She also was a co-inventor of , an essential technique which has led to cellular phone service.
I don't think I can narrow down my culinary choices to a single dish. There are so many great cuisines and dishes to choose from.
Didn't know about "Mongo Santamaria". Thanks. Yes, Hedy Lamarr was a genius and one of the most attractive women to ever live.
Shtup means "screw" in Yiddish (to be polite) and the musical is "Cabaret" about a prostitute in decadent pre-war Berlin. Hedy Lamarr did in fact sue Brooks over the use of her name and Brooks settled with her. (This is 1874, you can sue her.) notwithstanding.
@@michaelfine9211 Yes, I see that somehow the word Cabaret fell out of my comment. Odd, since the quotation marks I put around the title are still there. Anyway, I've edited it in. Thanks for catching that.
@@ElliotNesterman You're welcome. BTW, did you catch the 10 lost tribes shtick. Brooks, the Yiddish speaking Indian chief was parodying the old saw that the ten lost tribes of Israel became the American Indian tribes. Total nonsense of course but Brooks' Yiddish asides - translation -"... ein su leiben?""have you ever in your life? They darker than us!! Abi gezint" - go in health are "fwiggin" hilarious.
@@michaelfine9211 Yes. On occasion I've had to translate the Yiddish for people. I don't know if you recall but on the posters for the film the headband of Brooks's headdress says "כשר לפסח."
The Lily Von Schtupp character was based on Marlene Dietrich, possibly from her appearances in Destry Rides Again and Rancho Notorious.
And Schtupp is Yiddish for doing the nasty. 🤣
I don't think you should be ashamed of not knowing who Randolph Scott is. He was extremely famous as a leading man in The Golden Age of Cinema (around the 30's-50's). He was particularly well known for his work in Westerns though.
She's apologizing to me. I explained to her last week who Randolph Scott is and told her to remember when watching "Blazing Saddles." I'm honestly happy that she remembered that I told her to remember even if she didn't remember WHAT I told her to remember.
@@waterbeauty85 I remembered the name just couldn’t think why I had to remember who he was 😂 sorry again! I’ll try hard to pay attention more. And thank you so much for watching!
I am 52, and I had to ask who Randolph Scott was, too.
@@DawnMarieX No need to be sorry. I'm not like some strict schoolmaster out of a Victorian novel. Any information I give is "This might be helpful,' not "You're going to be graded on this later."
"Oh what ever happened to Randolph Scott, ridin' the trail alone?
What ever happened to Gene and Tex and Roy and Rex, the Durango Kid?
Oh what ever happened to Smiley Burnette, Tim Holt and Gene Aut-ry?
What ever happened to Randoph Scott has happened to the indus-try..."
-The Statler Brothers -
Pasta is my go to meal, any kind. You must watch young frankenstein, another Mel brooks/gene wilder classic x
I believe that Richard Pryor co-wrote the script for this movie. Moreover, he was supposed to play opposite Wilder, but the studio wouldn’t insure him, so they got Little instead.
My fav piece of trivia (from IMDb) about this movie shows that even in 2021, the more things change, the more they stay the same:
"When the film was first screened for Warner Brothers executives, almost none of them laughed, and the movie looked to be a disaster that the studio would not release. However, Mel Brooks quickly set up a subsequent screening for the studio's employees. When these regular folks laughed uproariously throughout the movie, Warner Brothers finally agreed to take a chance on releasing it."
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Ps. Rice and beans are my all time fav meal (and fav form of comedy) 😉💨💨
@@niziggz haha nice one 😏 thank you so much for watching all the way through!
@@DawnMarieX i enjoy your content! So really it's thanks to you 😜 haha, keep up the great content! Love from Texas
YOUR comments point out one GLARING FACT, studio executives SPECIFICALLY at Warner brothers DON'T HAVE A GODDAMN CLUE!!!
22:08- originally the last line in that scene was "Ma'am, you're sucking on my elbow." The censors demanded it be cut.
I always heard it was "I hate to disappoint you ma'am, but you're sucking on my arm." Either way would have been one of the funniest lines in the movie!
I heard wrist. Same difference, really.
"Where the White women at?" Is my absolute favorite line in this movie. Hands down. I got a kick out of your reaction to that! And I think my favorite meal is probably Korean BBQ, specifically Galbi, with all the sides.
Unfortunately you're missing the point of the movie when you're "beeping" the words you find offensive - they are actually essential in order to understand how Brooks is making fun of racism. Then again; you're young and thus have been marinated in the contemporary idea that some words are politically incorrect and can never be used - not even in a historical context. Pity.
Not only are these bad guys Racists they are also quite stupid. They could have gone around the toll gate. I still think this flick is funny. Dark but funny.
"Surely, they're only gonna say it once..." WHoooo
We are saying it more than once, and don't call me Shirley 😁
"These are the 15 - oops, 10 commandments!"
wrong movie..
@@chriskwakernaat2328 That's the Mel Brooks line that sticks out in my mind.
History of the World
You just chose my dinner movie for me.
"It's good to be the king."
@@alanzlotkowski2695 unless you are the Gov. :)
Cleavon & Gene are both both so charming in this one. They really play well off of one another.
Cleavon is brilliant, and Gene is just so lovable.
Wilder and Richard Pryor (who shared with Mel Brooks on writing the screen play for Blazing Saddles) were also a great duo. I highly recommend Silver Streak (1976) in which Wilder and Pryor starred - sort of a comedy/thriller.
"All I know is it's _racist_ but in a _good_ way. I don't know _how."_
I wouldn't go so far as to call this movie _racist._ When Mel Brooks made this movie, he took a very careful approach. See, with this movie, they poked fun at _every_ group of people, but the people who came _up_ with the jokes for each group were members _of_ the group in question. As a result, the jokes are actually funny; not offensive.
Yes. Richard Pryor wrote some of the jokes. And they were definitely pointing out how stupid racism is.
@@chrisoralls3555 Yeah, it's like Huckleberry Finn...everyone using the word is an idiot or pretending to be an idiot.
The joke about not wanting the Irish is because starting back in the day when the U.S. was a colony of England and continuing for many, many years the Irish were the most hated group of people living here. They were even lower down on the rung than black slaves. I read a news article once that was published back it the 1700's about working on cargo ships. The reporter noticed that the black slaves were working on deck throwing boxes down into the hold of the ship, and that all the men in the hold were Irish. Working in the hold was the more dangerous of the two jobs because men would occasionally miss catching a box and get hit in the head. The reporter asked the loading officer why the loading was done that way. His reply was "If one of those Paddys get killed we just get another but those n.....s cost too much." Most people don't get the joke because they don't know the history of the past hatred of the Irish and by the time this movie was made there was no longer any real prejudice against Irish people in the United States. People just assume that they had to have had it easy because they were white, but that wasn't the way it was. When Mel Brooks plays the Indian chief all his dialog is Yiddish or done with a Yiddish accent. That was done because there are some people that believe Native Americans were one of the lost tribes of Israel. Mongo doesn't hate horses, it's just a joke about his strength. Both the horse slipping and falling and the horse punch were planned stunts with trained stunt horses and none of the horses were hurt in any way. Also, the "YES" and "NO" on Mongo's bull is because tractor trailers used to have that on either side of the back to indicate to pass on the left and not on the right. The scene where the Waco Kid tells Bart that the townspeople are morons was ad libbed by Gene Wilder and the laugh you see from Cleavon Little was a genuine, unscripted laugh. There was also a line cut from a scene. The writer who wrote the seduction scene fought with Mel Brooks not to cut it, but he admitted after he saw the movie that Mel was right to cut the line. Right after you hear the zipper sound and Lilly Von Shtupp say, "It's true" four times, you were to hear Cleavon Little's voice say, "Excuse me ma'am but you're sucking on my elbow!" The joke about Hedly Lamar being able to sue Heddy Lamar is because Heddy heard that they were going to parody her name in the movie and threatened to sue. Mel Brooks settled with her out of court and got the rights to use her name. He said he just "paid the old broad off, she probably needed the money anyway". Richard Pryor was a writer on the film and was supposed to play Bart. He left on a Friday after work and was supposed to be back at the studio for a meeting early Monday morning. Mel Brooks said that he finally got a call from Richard late Monday afternoon. Richard called and told Mel he was in Detroit. Mel Brooks asked him what he was doing in Detroit. Richard's reply was, "I don't know". He was off on a cocaine binge and the studio said that they didn't want to risk having him in the movie because of his erratic behavior. They didn't want the production held up if he went on another bender and that's when Cleavon Little got the role. When this movie premiered Mel Brooks had some theaters where they put cows in the lobby, just like in the final shootout scene, and I read that there were some drive in theaters that would let you in free if you came on a horse. I hope I've filled in some gaps for you and gave you some trivia you may not have heard about. I'm glad you liked the movie, and encourage you delve deeper into the works of Mel Brookes. He is a TRUE comedy genius. Every one's a winner. Who else could have made a silent film in 1976 called "Silent Movie" and had another big hit?
Richard Pryor said Brooks should use the N word for this film.
"Hopefully, they won't use that word again." LMFAO I was like "Ooh she looks so uncomfortable" PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA
Have you been watching these reactions? Every black person that does it, leaves the word in once or twice. Every white person omits it. It's pretty funny to see how socially awkward people are.
And when she said, "There's going to be a lot of fart sounds," I'm thinking, "Just wait until the bean scene."
"There is going to be a lot of farting in this movie" , well, "fart" words or not, you surely got that one right.
Censoring a fifty year old movie.
Something's not right.
"There's going to be a lot of fart noises in this movie."
Me: You have no idea!
The Producers (the 1960s version) and Young Frankenstein need to be seen next.
The play opening in the original Producers is Brooks's favorite scene he filmed. I
The play opening in the original Producers is Brooks's favorite scene he filmed. I
I love the producers is one of my all time faves.
Randolph Scott was an old time actor in western movies. Also, many of the Johnson names were a play on words:
1) Howard Johnson was once a popular restaurant chain
2) Olsen & Johnson were a comedy team in the 1940s.
3) Gabby Johnson resembles Gabby Hayes, an old time actor who looked and talked that way.
And Van Johnson the actor
A lot of towns in the west were populated by trainloads of fresh immigrants from europe. It wouldn't be rare to find a town full of swedes all with similar names though my danish uncle said that his family name - jensen was the equivalent of smith or jones in america. Another reason johnson was used is that it is slang for penis, and writers liked slipping things like that past the censors. Just like they used the name richard dix (dick dicks).
@@johngraesser4911 Richard Dix was actually a reference to Richard Nixon.
@@bradsouthers7476 No. It's a play on "Fought Indians, fought Dix," making "Fort Dix" sound like "fought" because of David Huddleston's accent.
Plus I believe that Johnson was old time slang for a penis
"There's going to be a lot of farting in this movie"
You didn't even know the half of it
It's not that the movie is "racist" it is a satire that pokes fun at the hypocrisy of racism..
Dawn: "I didn't know 'that' word was allowed. Surely they're only going to say it once..."
The Entire World: "Wow. Just.... wow"
What I find so... _worrying_ about it is that we live in a society now where _the bad guys_ are getting to the point that they can't be racist pieces of garbage. I mean... how can you reflect life if you're afraid to show what it's _actually_ like out there? There _are_ racist people out there who used language like that! Those weren't the _heroes_ using it, they were _the villains!_
One of the greatest films ever made a true masterpiece Blazing Saddles directed by Mel Brooks starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. Thank you Dawn Marie for reacting this classic😊
Now that you have dived in to Mel Brooks you must do Young Frankenstein. Or Fronkenstein if you prefer.
Do you also say Frodrick?
If you liked Gene Wilder in this movie, you HAVE to watch "Young Frankenstein." He wrote it with Mel Brooks (who also directs it) and co-stars in it with a great cast. Plenty of horses in that one, too, and none of them get hurt. 😉 And a prime rib dinner is at the top of my list.
We still have NO idea what Frau Blucher was doing to those horses behind the scenes.
Or how else do you explain their terror?
And I love Young Frankenstein.
"Why is everyone called 'Johnson?'"
Whenever you set up a small town, if that town has a fairly insular existence, with no one new coming in from the outside, give it a few generations and everyone's got the same last name.
Bleeping all the "bad words" destroys the meaning of the film, it's called "satire".
*CORRECT!*
Mel Brooks plays the Governor as well as the Chief in Bart’s flashback...he actually is the star in a few of his own movies as well...The History of the World, Pt. 1 is one of the best!
Aslo played Dracula in dead and loving it
He's also in line when they're signing up bad guys, he's got the sunglasses on.
@@ffjsb Nice dig at Hollywood producers.
I think the only two films he doesn't appear in are The Producers and Young Frankenstein. In High Anxiety, Silent Movie, History of the World, and Dracula, dead and loving it, he was either the star or a co star. In Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs and Robin Hood, Men in Tights he played smaller roles.
@@robstoll7542 In the original version of The Producers, his voice is clearly heard in the "Springtime for Hitler" scene: "Don't be stupid, be a smarty - come and join the Nazi party"
When you said you were replacing the N-word with fart noises I absolutely lost it! You will definitely not go wrong with any Mel Brooks film, they are always hilarious. My go to favorite meal is pizza.
Randolph Scott was the best star of Western movies. Jessie Owens won four Gold Medals running in the 1936 Olympics. Mongo was Alex Karras who was an outstanding Pro Football player. The best to you and your family.
Most athletes are poor actors and don't really work to become a decent actor. Alex Karras (Mongo) stayed with acting and become the lead in his own tv sitcom that ran for 4-5 years. In probably his best acting performance, he played Hans Brumbaugh a farmer, in the 1970's mini series Centennial. I was so impressed by his performance.
@@robstoll7542 He was great as Squash in "Victor/Victoria" - somebody needs to do a reaction to that !
Mel Brooks is the Governor. Hedley Lamar is played by Harvey Korman.
And the Indian chief.
Please show episodes of "All in the Family", "Archie Bunker's Place", "Married with Children", "Sanford and Son" and needless to say, "WC Field's, "Laurel and Hardy" and "Charlie Chaplins' " flicks if you possibly can you g lady. I really would appreciate it very, very much. Thank you Darling. Have a Blessed Evening. God bless you. Adios.
He can still be a student and old. As a freshman in college at 41, I felt that.
The scene where Bart takes himself hostage is one of the funniest scenes in film.
He is so talented. Seriously, Cleavon Little was just brilliant. As much as I love Richard Pryor, he was perfect casting for this.
@@StCerberusEngel " Once Bitten "
That was the scene that made me realize this movie knew what it was doing.
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Haven't thought of that movie in forever. I should give it another watch soon.
@@StCerberusEngel I didn't realize it until recently, but the lead in that film was a very young Jim Carrey.
The attitude of the film from the writers was lets put 1974 into 1874 ;)
Mel Brooks played the Governor, and Indian Chief
.
Suggest, Mel Brooks, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ( My FAV meal, Philippine Chicken Adobo, I now live in Philippines)
.
I got to watch this a few years back in a theatre and immediately following, Mel Brooks came out for a Q&A about the movie and was hilarious! He talked about how he wanted Richard Pryor in the movie so badly, but there was some issue (I can't remember what) that kept him out of the movie, but they never said he couldn't work on the movie! Brooks wrote the entire thing with Pryor. Brooks wrote the parts for the black guys and Pryor wrote the parts for the white people.
What's really interesting is that this was filmed roughly at the same time as Brooks' other classic (one of, but arguably his best) "Young Frankenstein". Gene Wilder refused Brooks over and over again for starring in the movie after doing "Blazing Saddles". Brooks was practically begging him to do it, so Wilder said he would star in "Young Frankenstein" on one condition. Brooks said "anything, name it." Wilder told him, "I'll do the movie, but you can't be in it at all." It's the only movie Mel Brooks ever did - to my knowledge - where he never appeared in it at all. If my memory serves me, Wilder HATED Brooks when he was acting AND directing, because Brooks would want to do his scenes a thousand times (an exaggeration). He was always overly critical of his own acting and never thought he got it just right.
Iirc, Wilder had also been in an early Mel Brooks film: the original, pre musical version of The Producers. I don't remember whether MB making an appearance in that one but I wouldn't be too surprised to hear otherwise.
He had a drug problem, and the studio couldn't get insurance for him as an actor because he had kept getting arrested IIRC. You don't need that kind of insurance for a writer though.
Given the scene that’s coming up, the fart noises are appropriate
Was thinking the same thing LOL
@@ZUGTFO
Some newbies might have thought it was just a bunch of N-words.
@@sean---the-other-one haha oops!
You got a lot of the jokes, more than I thought you would. This movie poked a lot of fun at prejudice and stereotypes. Much of the language isn't permitted in movies today, but they used the language to drive home their point.
Mel Brooks is a legend of comedy and produced/directed many other fine comedic movies. This is his best IMO.
Stunt horses. Movie makers have come up with ways to simulate horrible things happening to animals WITHOUT actuaally hurting them.
Now do another Mel Brooks movie, with Gene Wilder, "Young Frankenstein".
Then after you've seen Star Wars, do "Spaceballs".
A wonderful irreverent movie with the actor playing Mongo is "Victor/Victoria" (Something completely different, to borrow a phrase)
Blazing Saddles is one of my all-time favorite movies!! It is so politically incorrect for nowadays that this movie could in no way be made. Mel Brooks is a genius!! The guy that played Mongo was a former NFL football player named Alex Karris. Looking back to my childhood, I could not believe my parents let my brother and I watch this movie, I was 11 and was about 15. Lol. My go-to favorite meal is ribeye steak, garlic mashed potatoes, and a salad, with a good bottle (or 2) of Reisling wine. Enjoyed your reaction!! You have to do Caddyshack!!
It could be made, and it would be a smash with the maga crowd who would feel emboldened to use that particular word, not in any ironic sense, or lessening-its-power sense, but because they like the word and use it daily anyway. I wonder if you feel it was politically correctness that kept interracial or homosexual couples, or heaven forbid homosexual interracial couples off screens for moral reasons up into the 60s? Because that was truly political correctness in the worst possible way.
I love your laugh and smilies. Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies! The theme was sung by Frankie Laine who was famous for many “serious “ westerns. Brooks was afraid that he was refuse to sing it since this is a spoof. He wasn’t told until the theme was delivered. If you want to stick with Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein would be great. If you want another American comedy, I would suggest My Cousin Vinny.
Humor that makes you think and makes a social statement and fart jokes, the perfect comedy
32:00 im always around till the end of vids, bc im usually in other tabs. *FOOD* i only eat the GRL'D chicken burger w pineapple tomato cheese lettuce red onion & sweet chili mayo. idk if it is my fav. but it is what i eat. *FILM* idk. i watch reactions more than films. & everyone suggests the same ones. exorcist (i think bc all west is so christian at base, whether we like it or not.) always gets ppl, but you did that. life of brian, the only monty worth watching. i know! *INVINCIBLE* (episode 1 even) or *THE BOYS* (episode 1). they are 8 ep series, so you may have to edit 45 mins clips of 3 eps togetr, for 15min per ep for 3 vids per season. but you could do each ep, if you are watching them anyway (ppl certainly do it). editing is a nightmare tho (i find). maybe make series patron only for the first month, something like that. *but even just invincible ep1* , people do that. keep it up! gr8 reacts as always.-JC
That's a Brahma bull that Mongo rides.
The governor and the Sioux chief (who was speaking Yiddish, by the way) were both played by Mel Brooks, who is Jewish. In Westerns it was common for native Americans to be played by Jews with dark complexions, and Brooks was skewering that bit of nonsense, as well. The chief's headdress also has Yiddish words on it.
They're all named Johnson for the same reason they talk about a villain named Dick Dix - it's a euphemism for a certain part of the male body.
Randolph Scott was a popular leading man best known for his roles in Westerns.
They used some extremely good stunt horses in this movie - by the time it was made Hollywood had developed ways to keep horses safe in Western movies.
Favorite meal - pizza.
Richard Pryor never gets enough credit for the work he did on this movie. All time favorite meal: Salmon teriyaki followed by chocolate ice cream for dessert.
Fun fact: while Pryor was obviously hired to work on Sheriff Bart, he wound up writing a ton for Mongo. Imagine Mongo's lines in a Pryor standup. "Who am I gonna believe? You or your lyin' eyes? I'm only a pawn in the game of life."
Earlier comment being said, two things about Lyle, the guy with the red shirt and the very white teeth. He had huge problems saying the "n" word to the black actors. It was Cleavon Little who took him aside to reassure him that the word was needed if they really wanted to ridicule racism. The other thing was about the fart scene. As people have said, it was the first time a fart noise was ever used in a movie and we was the first to fart. He was worried about going back to work after his colleagues saw it. He was told that if he did it, that act alone menat he'd never need to go back to work again. They were right. The version of the movie in American TV had the fart noises silenced because of the censors. They made all the motions but with no noise.
In case you didn't know, Mel Brooks plays the governor. He's also plays the Native American chief that let Bart and his family go.
He was also in the the line of criminals that Headley was hiring and he was Hitler in the commissary.
If you liked this movie you should watch Young Frankenstein