Watching BLAZING SADDLES (1974) For The First Time! Movie Reaction & Commentary Review!
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- In this video we are watching Blazing Saddles (1974). Kacee has not seen this movie yet but Anthony has watched it as a child, but still doesn't remember most of it. Clever railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town due to be razed to make room for a new train, in this satirical take on Westerns. At first, the residents of Rock Ridge have prejudices towards their new leader because of race. After learning that Bart and his perennially inebriated gunfighter comrade (Gene Wilder) are the only protection against a flood of thugs intended to purge the town of its inhabitants, they begin to warm to him.
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you should watch Spaceballs, 'Robin Hood Men in tights' and 'History of the world part 1' all are parodies by Mell Brooks and funny as hell. Spaceballs is a parody of Star Wars the other names speak for themselves. Oh And there is no History part 2 after all it's a parody.
11:55 You are 100% correct. Gene's line, "You know, morons," was an ad-lib, and that was a genuine laugh by Cleavon Little.
Kasee caught that. Great moment
I've heard that Mel Brooks was asked if he thought Blazing Saddles could be made today and he said it couldn't be made when we did it but we did it anyway to him the satire and being able to bring to light the stupidity of racism and bigotry through comedy was worth the risk
He also told the writers to "Write anything you want, because we'll never be heard from again. We will all be arrested for this movie."
The only reason it couldn't be made today is because of the crybaby Liberals. I don't think most black people would mind it. I think they're smart enough to know this movie is satire, and making racism look as stupid as it really is.
It could be made today no problem.
@@emcsquared8681 Yes. I agree, let the Liberal crybabies cry all they want.
@@j.woodbury412 I don’t think anyone would cry. But it’s conservatives that do most of the crying these days. They cried themselves to sleep over a black mermaid.
Kacee's face at the first use of the 'N' word had me laugh so hard, I had tears in my eyes...! 🤣
Back in the mid 80's, I was invited to a female friends engagement party, I knew only a couple of other friends who were going... it wasn't until I walked in, I realized that I was the only Black guy there so I cracked the line "Where the White women at..?" It did help ease a bit of the initial tension...!
😁😁
You were the token black guy of the party. Like in "not another teen movie"
"😬" 🤣
@@QuayNemSorr That is Wack!
@JB DAMN!
I'm white
And have used that line at least 1000 times while.walking into a place....one of the funniest lines ever
“Hey where all the white women at?” I still die at that line🤣🤣🤣🤣! This whole movie is basically Looney Toons Rated R
Best line ever it has Richard Pryor all over it!!!
Im so glad you guys caught the "they said you was hung" joke. A lot people miss it cuz they just threw it in there and just happens so fast.
took me 30 years to catch that joke😏
I wonder how many people missed the "Laurel and Hardy" reference when Bart first rode into town to become the new Sheriff.
@@j.woodbury412 I still don't know what that meant.
@@kingpin1982 Laurel and Hardy were a famous comedy team from the 1920's- Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. In the scene where Bart first arrives into town to become the new Sheriff, one of the men says something like "It's an honor to offer this laurel, and hardy handshake to our new....."
18:00 Randolph Scott was an immensely popular actor, best known for playing the lead in Westerns.
Kudos to you, NeonRabbit, for the brilliant pull of pop reference as it were from way, way, back. You beat me to the punch. The only thing I will add is that what makes Brook's genius with the Randolph Scott-bit in the screenplay more epic is one would have to appreciate just how much of an astonishingly bland & wooden actor Mr. Scott was. Let's just say Randolph was never in danger of getting cast in any plays of Shakespeare or Otto Preminger films. Knowing this and the adulation of the townsfolk, "...[gasp]...RANDOLPH SCOTT! 🎼🎵", makes it even more inspired. Comedic absurdity at its finest!
Madeline Kahn character was based on Marlene Dietrich' movie roles in several westerns. She had a bit of a husky voice. Randolf Scott played a rough, tough guy in many older western movies. A number of old westerns, the hero rode off into the sunset.
The reason Genes character was able to just leave the jail was because for a long time public drunkenness was punishable by a night in jail and theyd leave in the morning once they were sober.
Often it wasn't even intended as a punishment, but to keep the drunk safe from pickpockets and inclement weather.
George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 - March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned the years from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances over 60 were in Westerns.[1] According to editor Edward Boscombe, "...Of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott [was] most closely identified with it."[1]
I was in my early 40's when I finally found saw a Randolph Scott movie. I never knew who he was until then.
He was also gay and had to hide it cuz of the times
11:55 good call, that was indeed a real laugh, they didn't tell him the line and the setting was starting to get to him so when he heard it it broke the tension perfectly
"You know, morons!" was adlibbed by Gene.
This movie is pure genius. Portray all the racists as idiots. Make fun of the stupidity of racism and do it while people are laughing along with the film
Racism is mythological
RIP Alex Karras, Carol Arthur, Cleavon Little, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise,
John Hillerman, Jack Starrett, Liam Dunn, Madeline Kahn, Richard Collier, and Slim Pickens.
You forgot Gene Wilder.
12:22 Yep, you can definitely train a horse to do that. I used to work at Medieval Times back in the late 90s, and shortly before I got hired there, they had a part of the show where an "ambassador" shows up and rides around the arena... the joke of it was the ambassado was drunk, and so was the horse (the horse's name was Dennis). They taught him to stumble and sway around during this part of the show, and also trained him to fall over similar to that shot in the movie. Smartest damn horse I ever saw, lol. My brother (who worked there a before I did) said he could even add up the number of fingers you held up and would stomp the answer with his hooves.
If you watch closely, you can see the stunt rider pull the reins sharply to the right to signal the horse to fall down.
Mel Brooks at 96 or 97, The dim witted henchman named Lyle ( portrayed by the 84 yr old Burton Gilliam ) the Gov's secretary Robyn Hilton and the small black child during Sheriff Bart's flash back story portrayed by Rodney Allen Rippey are the only cast members who are still alive from the original credited cast.
I went to a screening of Blazing Saddles at the Alamo Drafthouse here in Katy, TX three years ago with Burton Gilliam in attendance. He was really spry and funny at then-age 81.
I do not think I have ever heard so much laughter during a film reaction. "The humor back then was different "
HAHAHAHA. Love you two!!!
You don’t NEED to make Blazing Saddles today. Because Blazing Saddles did it’s job incredibly well, shaming the movies it made fun of into not existing anymore. 😂
It'd probably get attacked by cancel culture if it was made today
A movie like that today? They'd run it out of town like a 2 dollar Indie.
@@daurydavis3983 It's more likley to be attacked by the Anti Woke crowed as now days anything with a black person as the main character gets called woke.
@@fallendevonish1869 Honestly, its both. Anything with a non-white character is called woke by one crowd. And any criticism/dislike of anything with a non-white character is racist, etc. Gets annoying, especially if you are not even American, & just like to enjoy American pop culture.
@@daurydavis3983 "Cancel Culture" is not even legitimate. It was created by those that want to burn books themselves and squelch real history. Those are the people that are being ruthlessly mocked in this movie. We understand SARCASM! We want this movie aired UNEDITED in primetime. Every redneck will have a fit when they hear, "Where the white woman at"? That's where the real cancel would begin.
I'm sure there'll be plenty of people who'll say this movie is funny because it's not "PC." That's not what makes this movie amazing. It's the great directing, the memorable characters, and the top notch writing that makes this a great film.
How about, instead of claiming that this movie is only good because of the time period and environment it was created, we give credit to the actors, writers, and everyone else who worked hard to give us this masterpiece.
The movie, in fact, mocks the very kind of people who are usually claiming stuff's too PC. The minorities are never the target of the joke in the film (except for the wagon train story)
If they made this movie today, people would be calling it "woke" just because of the focus on race.
Long ago when teachers would catch students chewing gum in class (against the rules), they would ask those students if they brought enough for the whole class. The answer would be “no” and they’d be sent to the principal. Apparently, it was more iconic than I realized.
"Where the white women at?" Best and most hilarious line ever. That scene still cracks me up to this day.
God I love this movie. Clevon Little threatening himself always cracks me up. Funniest scene ever.
So glad you caught the "They said you was hung" joke.
There is a story that at a crew meeting Brooks said that it was OK to offend people as long as you offend everyone. Then a crew member spoke up and said that he was Irish and hadn't been offended. So Brooks added a line to offend the Irish. 20:45
During a later interview in the 2000's Mell Brookes was asked, "You couldn't make that movie today. His reply was. We were told we couldn't make that movie in 1974. So, we did 😅
This movie doesn't just break the fourth wall; it knocks it to the floor shatters it and dances on the pieces.
The way they rail workers out smart the supervisors into singing and dancing around is one of the most underrated scenes imo.
I love Mel Brooks so much. My favorite is Robin Hood Men In Tights. That movie makes me laugh so hard my sides hurt for hours after lol
Carey Elwes, babyface Dave Chappelle and the same hangman seen here. Not to mention Patrick stewart, Tracy allman, Dom DeLuise..... and all of the great classic Robin Hood movies as only Mel Brooks could mock them ( especially the constant digs at prince of Thieves)🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰
We are men, manly men, we're men in tights! We roam around the forest looking for fights.
This is a perfect example of how to make a film that is critical in many ways while still being funny and intelligent. The world needs more directors like Mel Brooks.
Tombstone is terrific - should be seen - Unforgiven is another western that should be seen, and it kind of flips the genre around (one of Clint Eastwood's best, in my opinion) - if you liked Blazing Saddles, History of the World, Pt 1 is also hilarious
randoulph scott is (apparently) a westerns actor that was exceedingly popular back in the day.
Mongo is played by Alex Karras, he was a well known NFL player. I wasn't born when this came out but in the 80's I know him as a football commentator. Also Randolph Scott was an actor who played in 60 western movies, he almost always played a sherriff in them all, so that was the reference.
A great western you'd both probably enjoy is Silverado, which has an all-star cast. And for a different take on a western, Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck. If you want more Gene Wilder westerns, try The Frisco Kid, which also stars Harrison Ford.
Aww, you left out the black-and-white Westerns. Such as "High Noon" (1952), "The Gunfighter" (1950), "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), Roughshod" (1949) or "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948).
@@Otokichi786 I wasn't going for an exhaustive list, just a few suggestions. I also left out the John Ford and Howard Hawks classics.
I'm really tired of people saying this movie couldn't be made today. Making fun of racists is always acceptable. And considering everyone's reaction videos, it is still funny. It's not like there wasn't people upset at this film when the movie came out. We had Django, before that south park, before that George Carlin. Great reaction though. You actually picked up the forth wall breaking faster than many others I have seen.
There are people who miss the point of the movie entirely. Like my sister. She sees it just as dated, offensive humor.
The Hangman is also in the movie "Robin Hood man in tights" Another Mel Brooks one.
George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 - March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances over 60 were in Westerns
Taken from his wiki page
At 26:26 when Headly comes running out there’s a man standing on the corner. The street had been closed but this guy unknowingly walked right on up. They didn’t notice him until later and had to track him down to sign papers.
Also, the funny thing about the Hitler but. If you know your history, as Hitler realized it was over and he’d lost, he hid in his bunker then killed himself. So when the other asks him how long he has left, he replies with. “They lose me right after the bunker scene”. It’s just hilarious. Or maybe my sense of humor is a touch too dark.
Randolph Scott was a legendary western actor between the 1940s and early 1960s.
Anthony you already know how lucky you are but Kacee is so beautiful! And Kacee you are super lucky cause Anthony is so handsome! You two are great. All the love to yall!
Many dont know that Mongo was played by Alex karras who was selected NFL's first all pro 4 times and second all pro 8 times and 4 Pro Bowl games 4 times. He played 161 games for the Detroit Lions from 1958 to 1970. and inducted into the NFL Football hall Of Fame. He also was a professional wrestler, actor and sports announcer.
Thank you for reminding me of how much i love this movie. It still holds up. Its very cleaver and another Mel Brooks CLASSIC!!!
always love seeing this reaction pop up on new channels
25:35 The commissary. I went to school on the back lot of Universal Studios and had lunch in their commissary almost every day.
Kacee
Yes, that was trained stunt horse with a stuntman (handler) during the horse punching scene by Mongo (Alex Karras) You and Anthony noticed when townie (stuntman) pulled the reins signal the horse to fall safely on the ground. Alex Karras (Mongo) does not actually hit the horse. Stunt coordinator with his crew shows Alex how to simulate hitting the horse without harming the horse. Sound effect of the punch added in post-production.
19:10 No matter HOW many times I see this movie, that one scene ALWAYS gets me laughing. And it looked like she almost hurt herself laughing there too.
To answer your question, no, Harvey Korman was not nominated for Best Supporting Actor for this film. But Madeline Kahn was. 😄
Burt Gilliam became famous for that campfire scene. He was the first person to fart in a major motion picture ever! Breaking the gas ceiling at last (no more holding it in)!
Love your two’s videos!!
I had a classmate who’s last name was Cavozos (won’t say first name for privacy) and he was a best friend when we were in 1st-5th grade!! I haven’t seen him since his family moved 😢
Mel Brooks has a nack for comedy. While some of the jokes could be seen as offensive to those with modern sensibilities they were made not to be exclusive to others but rather inclusive. That is the magic of Comedy, it brings people together. I was lucky enough to meet Mel Brooks a year ago when he was signing his book "All About Me".
Slim Pickens was a genuine cowboy persona having spent twenty years in the rodeo before becoming an actor. I read somewhere that he had a small trailer on location shooting for Blazing Saddles and pretty much just camped outside under the stars by a fire anyway.
His role as Major Kong in 'Dr. Strangelove' is iconic and made him as a respected actor in Hollywood.
Luv you guys you’re one of the few REAL reactors that do not come out fake!!! Luv u guys!!!!
Mid 90's we would watch this at our high school football dinners the night before our game. Cant wait to watch.
Frankie Laine sings the title/ theme song. Mel Brooks wasn't sure if he would do it because Laine didn't know the film was an "R" rated parody. Laine was chosen because he was a renowned singer in Western films.
'They couldn't make that movie today.' Mel Brooks once said something along the lines of, 'we couldn't make it back then either' in an interview years later. The important thing to remember is that everyone who uses a racial slur is portrayed as either stupid and evil (all the villains), or just ignorant (the town folk, who learn better and come around to love Bart). In the end Mel Brooks didn't just parody westerns, he also made a very effective parody of racism.
I was 11 or 12 when this movie came out, and because it was rated R I begged my mom to take me to go see it in the theater. We both laughed so much, I remember her almost falling out of her seat during the campfire scene, she was laughing so hard. It became a tradition for us to go see all the other Mel Brooks films together throughout the 70s, and Blazing Saddles remains one of my favorite memories.
Can they train a horse to "take a punch?" Yes! for that scene, the trainer was the one sitting on the horse, and the horse was trained to throw its head to the side and lie down when the trainer gave a tug on the reins. People don't notice it because their eyes naturally follow Mongo approaching the horse...but if you watch the trainer, you can clearly see him give the horse the signal. I like to imagine everyone huddled around a monitor watching the playback afterward, and the horse saying "Can we do one more take? I think I can do it better," and the director going "Are you kidding? You nailed it, baby. It's perfect."
I was 7 years old when my mom took me to see this in the theatre
The people being "morons" line was improved, that's why Bart's laugh looked so authentic
Love this comedy classic. Mel Brooks is the man. True Grit (1969), Orca: The Killer Whale (1977), The Crow and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) are recommended movies about revenge for y’all
You left out one movie which had revenge as a subplot...and generated a classic line..."My name is Inigo Montoya..."("The Princess Bride")
Ha, how had this not been on the channel yet? Can't wait to watch
this is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time.
Nice reaction ! Good job guys!
Barts laugh was indeed a real laugh. Nice catch
Back then we had things like "parody" and "context" and "sarcasm," which were incorporated into a genre of films we called comedy.
Now audiences are simply expected to react. Like houseplants.
But I'm not bitter. 😁
It was a real laugh. The "morons" line was improved by Gene Wilder
If you want to see a great western Tombstone is the one to watch and you definitely need to see Young Frankenstein and I would throw in Robin Hood Men in Tights as an additional Mel Brooks movie to see as well a little more modern 90s instead of 70s
My Name is Nobody!!! Love this western and totally underrated. banger!!!!
Unless you are already familiar with Western movies from the 1930's through 1960's, many references to famous actors and nods to the scenes from movies they were in will sail right over your heads. "Blazing Saddles" came out when the viewing audience would be very familiar with the old movies and stars.
Monthy Python: "Do you know what this '4th Wall' is everyone talks about?"
Mel Brooks: "You know, I have been wondering about that myself."
The song "do the voodo that you do so well." Was a song done by one of the star actress in a movie. Which I can't remember.
Tombstone or Unforgiven. But definitely Young Frankenstein first
the actor who played mongo was a former nfl player who played for the detriot lions and he was inducted into the nfl hall of fame in 2020 or 2021 . he also starred on the 80's classsic tv show webster
The actor who plays Boris the hangman plays the same role in Robin Hood Men in Tights. But with the eyepatch over the other eye. Two other Mel Brooks movies staring Gene Wilder are Young Frankenstein and The Producers.
If you want a cowboy movie (it is a comedy), I highly recommend The Villain 1979 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas, and Ann Margaret - need I say more?
I saw it as a kid too it was and is one of my dad's favorite movies, I can recite it at this point lol.
The "fought Dix" joke was a pun on Fort Dix, the Army base.
Burton Gilliam is from the east Dallas/ mesquite area. He used to be a Dallas firefighter.
YES! Young Frankenstein for sure. That is my favorite of his movies even though I really like this one. Great reaction.
I think it’s funny how Madeline Kahn’s characters are size-queens in three of Mel Brooks movies.
My Jamaican uncle showed this movie to my brother and I when I was 11.
The phrase is Fort Dix, a play on the words Fought Dix. An early cowboy movie star.
It's always amazing to me, how most of the younger crowd are "shocked" at the few times the oh-so evil n-word is used in Blazing Saddles, but yet don't bat an eye at how many times it was used in Tarentino's "The Hateful 8"
Not to mention “Django Unchained”.
5:35 the Fort Dix joke passes many people by so don't feel bad. Fort Dix is an Army training base in New Jersey. Mel Brooks & Andrew Bergman who co-wrote the screenplay were both from New York so would know of it.
The conversation between Jim & Bart where Jim says “morons” was adlibbed by Gene Wilder so Clevon’s reaction was real. The song that Lily sings according to Mel Brooks was the dirtiest song he’s ever written.
Another great Mel Brooks movie from 1993 is Robin Hood: Men in Tights featuring Cary Elwes who played Wesley in the Princess Bride and a very young Dave Chappell. Also, the same dude who plays the executioner here is also the executioner in Robin Hood. He's even dressed the same. That's not the only tie in to Blazing Saddles but you'll have to watch for the rest.
Part of the movie they skip was that Bart did more than the candy gram to take out Mongo but they don't show it all .
The guy standing on the corner at the light. When everyone came running out into the street. Apparently he wasn't apart of the movie and had no clue what was going on.
Im glad im not the only one that was initially worried about the horses. Theres like 3 or 4 scenes of horses falling over in this movie, and horses falling is dangerous af. But yeah, they did it safely somehow.
Fun to see young people react well to this but there are so many little things you can't be expected to catch - Hedley Lamarr, "the orange roof of Howard Johnson's outhouse", "a Laurel and Hardy handshake", and many more.
Phenomenal how you laugh as you got by the YT authoritarians. My new favorite channel ;)
YES, please watch Tombstone. Its one of THE best movies for the genre. seriously.
The "You know, morons" was an adlib by Gene Wilder, so yes, Cleavon Little's laugh was a real reaction.
Absolutely yes on the tombstone. Great flick
"fought dicks" is a reference to Fort Dix and also the actor Richard Dix who did a lot of westerns. [edit] As did Randolph Scott.
19:11, I think that was the first time that Kacee actually laughed properly.
If you haven't already seen it, I'd highly recommend checking out 'Young Frankenstein'. It's another Mel Brooks movie who's basic plot was suggested by Gene Wilder while they were making 'Blazing Saddles'. Other Mel Brooks movies I'd also recommend checking out include 'Spaceballs', which is patterned on the original Star Wars trilogy with references to other sci-fi movies thrown in, and 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights', which is patterned after 'Robin Hood: Price of Thieves' staring Kevin Costner, so you may want to watch that one first.
I think "Young Frankenstein" is really more of a Gene Wilder movie but he asked Mel Brooks to produce it for him.
@@ugaladh The way I understand it, Gene pitched the story to Mel and they wrote it together.
Fun fact, among the most controversial scenes in this movie at the time was actually the farting scene by the campfire.
Randolph Scott was a popular actor at the time the movie came out.
Funny thing is he said he was going to act like Jessie Owens. In fact when this movie took place, he had not been born yet.
Tombstone is one of the best one. There is another "version" of it with Kevin Costner called Wyat Earp that I seem to remember was rather good.
Then there are ofc the spagetti western with "The good the Bad and the Ugly" being the biggest name and ofc the "For a few dollars more" and A fistful of dollars where Clint Eastwood plays the man of no name. All three movies are directed by Sergio Leone. They are called a triology more so in name. Also I mentioned them all in the wrong order of apperance.
Then there is my childhood favorite movie Silverado. With a very young Kevin Costner in it.
Attempt number 2... Now yes let's hope the sheriff is near.
The Gold, the Bad and the Ugly, The Lawman, Two great Westerns
Nobody seems to get the ‘Laurel and Hardy handshake’
Cleavon Little's reaction to Gene Wilder's "You know, morons", was real, not scripted. Wilder ad-libbed the line and it caught Little off guard.
Burton Gilliam, who played Lyle, was nervous about saying the "n-word" around Cleavon Little, since they were both good friends. Little told him it was okay, since they were just pretending.