Madeline Kahn’s performance as Lili Von Shtupp was a parody of Marlene Dietrich’s performance as Frenchy in a earlier comedy western Destry Rides Again although the song that Lili Von Shtupp sings has more in common with Deitrich’s song in the Hitchcock film Stage Fright in which she sings The Laziest Gal in Town. I often wondered why Dietrich’s character, who has an obviously German accent, was called Frenchy but then I realised the Destry Rides Again was released in December 1939, three months into WWII in Europe. Although the US was staying out of it still I guess Hollywood was sensitive to public sentiment.
The main point of this comedy is how ridiculously idiotic it is to hate people due to their ancestry or religion. Some young people don’t appreciate the reasons for the slurs used.
@Gravydog316 Some animal lovers got upset by Alex Karras punched the horse. He didn't do it for real, it's the classic trick where he punched the air a bit away from the horse's mule and it was trained to fall on command.
This movie went beyond breaking the fourth wall straight into meta jokes, even before meta was a concept. Mel Brooks had trouble getting his movies done, some people were thinking he was doing too many racist jokes (even for his time) without realizing he was making fun or racism, making it look absurd and ridiculous. At the end, he made master pieces of farce and comedy.
" A Laurel, and Hardy Handshake" was a reference to the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy of the 1920'30' 40's. They were known around the world at one time.
My granddad was a member of the 78th in ww2 he was out by the time Brooks arrived, but the nazi part? Yeah it was UGLY he always loved Brooks and his take on everything
No one ever mentions the Laurel & Hardy handshake. "Schtoop" is Yiddish for the nasty. 🙂 Hedy Lamar was a gorgeous actress of the Golden Age of film. She was also an inventor.
"You'd do it for Randolph Scott!" Randolph Scott starred in dozens upon dozens of Westerns, including a several classics -- Ride the High Country (1962), Virginia City (1940), The Spoilers (1942), Western Union (1941), and Ride Lonesome (1959) to name a few. Madeline Kahn's saloon dance hall routine as Lili Von Shtupp parodies Marlene Dietrich in The Spoilers (1942).
Young Frankenstein would be good for you to watch, if you haven't already, I think it would also show you Madeline Kahn's more normal singing abilities.
The singer of the theme song is Frankie Laine. He was a popular country singer in the '40s-'60s. He is most famous for singing the theme song for the Western tv show Rawhide, which starred a young Clint Eastwood. *side note: the Rawhide theme was performed by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980). Please react to that wonderful musical comedy as well!!
I think Mel brooks actually advertised for a Franky Layne style singer to do it. Franky saw it and said “ why not just me?! “ and subsequently did not know the movie was a comedy.
Mel Brooks is an equal opportunity offender. Regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, it's all fair game. It's his way of fighting racism and other bigotries. When this came out it was a time that not everyone was so easily offended and could laugh at themselves and the stereotypes they may have related to. The actor playing 'Lyle' was very reluctant to say the "N-word" since he rode with Martin Luther King, Jr. on Freedom Bus Rides, but Cleavon Little, 'Bart', to him it was no problem and to actually stress it to make it even funnier. If you notice, those who were the most racist was also portrayed as the dumbest.
The cameo of the band leader with the piano is Count Basie. That's one of his signature songs April in Paris. Yes, it's an anachronism. Why? Because it's funny. And the music is amazing.
Bart's entrance was all about class - Gucci saddlebags, sharp threads ... and Count Basie. the joke is to have the orchestra actually present, not just in a soundtrack. he did a similar thing in High Anxiety, with tense suspense theme actually coming from a passing orchestra in a bus.
Emma this was really fun to watch, Mel Brooks is a genius. If I may suggest another western comedy thats much more recent, i really think you would enjoy 1000 Ways to Die in the West. Its really funny on a quirky level, its from the creator of Family Guy if you are familiar at all.
No shit? I had no idea about that. There’s so many references packed into this movie that went over my head when I saw it (multiple times) as a kid. The “Laurel & Hardy” joke I didn’t get until a few years ago.
"This is just blowing me..." I don't think that you get the American reference to that saying, but obviously we all knew what you meant. I just had to laugh loudly at that! haha
Madeline Kahn actually had a gorgeous singing voice. She was a wonderful actor and I can't praise her enough. Gene Wilder is probably my all-time favorite actor. Check him out (also with Madeline Kahn) in "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN" (1974).
Emma, I should have known you’d absolutely love Madeline Kahn’s singing. She’s hilarious! You really need to see her in her first movie roll in, What’s Up Doc? It a homage to the screwball comedies from the 1940’s. It’s also a love story…. Loved your reaction to Blazing Saddles. Warner Brothers was very nervous about releasing this movie. How about Open Range - another great western. I hope you’re feeling better soon.
they ask mel brooks could this movie be made today. he says they could not make it THEN, but they made it ANYWAY! 🤣...and made A LOT OF MONEY! 😁 LOVE your reaction emma! 👍☺
@@johnnygood4831 Oh, bull puckey. Making this movie was a risk for all involved because the racial slurs were offensive. Where do you get the idea that they weren’t offensive back then? The humor overcomes the offensiveness. Mel Brooks, the writers, and the performers were operating at such a high level of comedy that it defeated the outrage for most people. Do you know who complains the loudest about “woke” ruining comedy? Unfunny people that wish they were funny. Crybabies and hacks that substitute cheap outrage and shock for actual humor and their racist enablers. If this movie were made today, you’d have a bunch of lily livered culture warriors bemoaning the multi-ethnic cast, calling them DEI hires. Don’t fall prey to the grifters trying to recruit you to their brain dead culture war.
@@MarcosElMalo2some of the risk of making it then was calling out the racist people like it did. It could definitely be made today, because it calls out the racism and bigotry as perpetrated by ignorant idiots.
When they sing 'I Get A Kick Out of You", it's a joke. It's anachronistic, it's as if they started singing a Post Malone or Taylor Swift song in the old west. The song wasn't written until the 1930's, and that style of singing didn't exist either. They were expecting a spiritual or work song.
The line about killing the first-born male child in every household refers to the final plague in the book of Exodus in the Bible...which is where the feast of Passover comes from. That's why he said "Too Jewish!" It is also echoed in Slaughter of the Innocents story in the New Testament (Matthew ch 2), where Herod, King of Judea ordered as such in hopes to eliminate the rumoured "new messiah" (Jesus) that he feared would threaten his rule. Also, related to the Bible, when Jim says "I must've killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille." Cecil B. DeMille was a famous film director who did such films as The Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah, The Sign of the Cross...he would often employ casts of thousands for battle scenes etc.
It's not really a Western. It's one of the greatest satires of the idiocy of racism ever created. Of course, the problem still remains - but when I have to warn the people in my life less than 35yrs old that there's some really offensive language in it, I think Mel's (he was Jewish) anti-bigot masterpiece helped society along a lil' bit. There are multiple stories of the actors having problems with some of the racist lines they had to deliver, and having to be persuaded by Mel and US comedian Richard Pryor that it was part of the 'biting satire' they were writing. Pryor was supposed to play Sheriff Bart, but was having drug abuse problems and the studio wouldn't allow it. Cleavon Little was an accomplished stage actor, IMO he did a wonderful job. And yeah, that voice!
This is one of my all time favorite movies, but I don't think I've ever seen a reaction to it that I enjoyed as much as yours. Incidentally, since you enjoyed Madeline Kahn so much, you really need to see the Western "Destry Rides Again". Marlene Dietrich's character in that movie was the inspiration for Lili von Shtupp. Seeing both will give you an even greater appreciation for Madeline Kahn's portrayal. Also, since you enjoyed this Mel Brooks movie so much, you should also see his movie "Young Frankenstein" if you haven't already.
Pryor was famously unreliable during this time, and made the studio very nervous. It worked out for the best, I think, because Cleavon Little was great.
@@taputechnic oh yes & Pryor wrote "Mongo only pawn in game of life" & most of the Mongo lines but when they were in LA writing, Pryor phones Mel Brooks: Pryor was in Detroit doing cocaine with a woman he met so... 😐
So many of the jokes in this film are uniquely American and based on the Golden Age of Hollywood. In fact, I think even most Americans only get about 60% of them! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. Your guess of "Tom and Jerry" when the" Looney Tunes" theme played was remarkably close!
In the 1970's there was a western TV comedy film called, "Evil Roy Slade" (1972) that had Dom Deluise, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle and John Astin in it. Though I don't think it was ever as funny as Blazing Saddles.
@rogermooretibbetts5310 Some say that Blazing Saddles was a ripoff of Evil Roy Slade since the latter came before the former, but I don't share that view. BS is in a class of its own. BTW another old comedy gem is "The Comic" (1969) starring Dick Van Dyke, who at age 98 is still alive.
I love this film, it's a great film and a great reaction by you, Emma. Another film by the same director which I recommend is, "Young Frankenstein" it would be a good one for 'Halloween' as it's based off old horror films.
The actor in the red shirt playing the racist cowboy read the script and was going to back out because he wasn't going to use the N-word. Cleavon Little (lead black actor) talked to him and convinced him to stay as part of the movie's use to point out stupid racial slurs.
Mongo is played by Alex Karres. Alex played professional football for the Detroit Lions. Is in hall of fame. Also went on to be television star with weekly comedy series.😊
LOVED your reaction to Madeline Kahn's song! She's a very talented singer, and she said she had to work just as hard to do this number as she did to actually sing well.
Madeline Kahn, Harvey korman and Gene Wilder are in most of mel brooks movies along with chloris leachman who's not in this one. Madeline Kahn wasn't too happy having to wear that outfit but she did that entire song in the first take. Her character is a parody of Marlene Dietrich in a 1930's movie.
I still can't stop laughing at "Work, work, work...." then staring at his mistress/secretary's bust "Hello boys, have a good nights rest, I MISSED YOU.." That was the late Madeline Khan. She was brilliant. She was parodying Marlene Dietrich's performance in Destry Rides Again.
This is my second favorite Mel Brooks movie. Young Frankenstein is #1. Brooks writes many of the songs in his movies. He's said that the song Lilly sings on stage, I'm Tired, is the dirtiest song he's ever written.
Mel Brooks didn't make a lot of movies...but they are all hysterical...The Producers...History of the World...Space Balls...Young Frankenstein...all of them are wonderful comedies.
1:35 - The story of the theme song is that when Mel Brooks wrote it, his intention was to find someone to sing it who sounded like Frankie Lane. Frankie Lane was a big Country/Western singer in the 60s and 70s and his voice basically defined the genre at the time. So, Brooks told his producers to find someone who sounded like Frankie Lane. Three days later, his producer led FRAKIE LANE into Mel's office. Mel led Frankie into the recording booth and they say he knocked it out in one take. Here's the kicker: Lane thought he was recording a theme for a SERIOUS Western. Legend says he never new the movie was a parody until he saw it at the premier. 5:05 - This is a reference to a TV series called Dr. Zhivago. The character of Dr. Gillespie was killed off half way through the novel, but when the series got to that part, the studios saw how popular the character was and brought him back next season anyway, so killing the guy was 'a doozy.' 19:56 - This line was improvised by Gene. That's Cleavon Little's REAL reaction. 30:12 - Randolph Scott was a famous Western actor.
Frankie Laine who sang the title track was another golden find for this show. You may not have heard of him, but Laine was a famous singer whose career spanned 70+ years, he was probably "hottest" in the 1950-60s. If you've heard the original "Rawhide", that's him. When Brooks advertised for someone "like Frankie Laine" to sing the title track, Laine himself showed up. Brooks told Laine the movie was a western about racism. Laine sang thinking it was a serious show, Brooks didn't have the heart to tell him it was a comedy parody.
Mel Brooks likes to work with his friends so you'll see many of the same actors in his films. Harvey Korman says the line" Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor." He didn't get an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but Madeline Kahn did... & They never let Harvey forget it. I'll also point out, Madeline Kahn is a professionally trained Opera singer, that woman has pipes!
Great movie. Fyi Mel Brooks is the Govener and the Chief in the movie also I think Madeline Kahn I'm Tired song is a homage to Marlene Dietrich and Fyi Hedy Lamarr which is mention in the move was a famous smart and beautiful Hollywood actress you should see her in the movie Samson and Delilah. You should also watch Another great Mel Brooks movie you should see is High Anxiety (with Madeline Kahn rip which a spoof on classic Hitchcock movies like Psycho , Vertigo, The Birds and other so you should see those movie before).
Mel is also the leftmost German soldier dancing in the chorus line behind Madeline Kahn, as well as the biker in the mob employment line with the white scarf and the goggles.
Mel Brooks loved breaking the 4th wall! It always boggles my mind how "shocked" people are seeing "Hitler" in the commissary that they miss the joke. It's not really Hitler. It's an actor playing Hitler. The other actor asks him "how many days he's got" because small time actors are paid by the day. He says "they lose me after the bunker scene."
Beautiful reaction Emma 🥰 If you'd like to watch another Mel Brooks film, he is the director and wrote the screenplay, you have to see The Producers (1967) you will love it. Gene Wilder who played the Waco Kid here is one of the main characters.
Joke throughout - The antagonist was named Hedley Lamarr. They were going to use the name of actress Hedy Lamarr, but she blocked it. Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kieler) was born in Austria but left Europe to act in the US. She's also the inventor of frequency hopping, which is now used in smartphones.
"Well can't you that's the last act of a desperate man?" "We don't care if it's the first act of Henry V, we're leaving." So many people don't get that joke. Emma, if you like vampire movies, and I don't think that this has been suggested, you might really enjoy "Darcula, Dead And Loving It". Great reaction to one of my all-time favorites!
If you like Gene Wilder who played The Waco Kid and friend to the sheriff, tou might like See No Evil Hear No Evil. Wilder played a man who's deaf. Richard Pryor played a man who's blind. They get suspected of a crime and must run. I like your reactions. Thank you.
This will be interesting. Emma you should know that this was written largely by a black comedian named Richard Pryor and lead written by a Jewish film maker called Mel Brooks. It was a parody of the standard wild west "Manifest Destiny" movies of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. The critics made them take out many of the REALLY offensive jokes. They say it couldn't be made today, but it actually couldn't be made then either. Hope you enjoy the jokes. BTW Hedy Lamar did sue them for using her name without her permission.
The overall plot was taken from the 1939 western, Destry Rides Again. Jimmy Stewart plays a mild-mannered sheriff who comes to town to deal with the villains, a band of desperado thieves, the opposite of what the townspeople were expecting. But he does slowly win them over as he defeats the bad guys. The movie ends with a climatic fight, as the good folks rally forth to support Stewart by piling out into the streets to beat up on the bad guys. Marlene Dietrich plays the stereotypical dance hall madam with a heart of gold, dressed in her scanty attire and fishnet stockings and speaking with her distinctive German-accent and a problem pronouncing "W".
Mel Brooks actually cut very little dialogue in response to notes from studio heads or "critics". there is that one line about Sheriff Bart's elbow that had to go, though.
If you ever wanted to disappear down a rabbit hole , and never be the same , this is the movie creator you should pursue . More than just a director , producer , writer , and actor , Mel Brooks is a film icon ❗Diverse in their subject matter and content , his films maintain one constant , absurd genius . P.S. co writer Richard Pryor was originally intended to play the sheriff , but insurance could not be acquired .
To understand the joke behind everyone in the town named Johnson you have to know the environment of that day. Howard Johnson started an ice cream parlor in 1928 featuring 28 flavors (notice the 1 Flavor ice cream shop in the movie.) Later he opened a restaurant then added a motor lodge named Howard Johnson's. It was very popular with the traveling public. In 1956 he turned the business over to the family. The company was sold and the last Howard Johnson's was closed in the 80s.
Howard Johnson buildings were distinct so they could be recognized - general white with sky-blue trim but ALWAYS with a pumpkin orange roof. PS - Back then, the range of ice cream flavors tended to be limited to strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate, or all three in a container. So 28 was astonishing.
Madalyn Kahn as Lilly is a big take off on old move star from Germany Marlene Dietrich. Randolph Scott was a very famous Western movie star. Hundreds of jokes are going right over your head.
Very few people get the, "I'm not from Havana," joke. Prior to the Communist taking over Cuba, Havana was the playground of the rich and famous. One of the favored activities were the sex clubs where anything was available at all hours of the day or night.
If you are looking for classic westerns a couple you might consider is "Once Upon a Time in the West" or "Silverado" or any John Wayne western like "Stagecoach". Looking for Mel Brooks, try "Young Frankenstein" or "High Anxiety" more with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn try "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes smarter brother".
Fun fact: Blazing Saddles had an ultimately unsuccessful television sequel called Black Bart. It's a good case study of what happens when a studio doesn't listen to a creator
I luv the Lily von Stupp scene! Madeline Kahn is hilarious with that song!! 🙏Please Emma learn that song and sing it on your other channel!😁 Lol Mel Brooks spares no one's feelings and always went for the full humorous effect! That worked back in the day and might never be done again. I luv Mel's movies! Thanks for sharing Emma ❤️💛
17:42 something that I see alot of people miss about this scene is that he’s speaking Yiddish. Which is not a Native American language lol the actor playing that role is Mel brooks and he’s Jewish and he thought it’d be funny to have his Indian character speaking Yiddish
The song Bart and the railroad workers sang was "I Get A Kick Out of You" by Cole Porter (1934). Many of the jokes involve cultural or historical references to things that didn't occur or exist until well after the setting of the movie.
@bossfan49 , I still think my favorite is newly appointed Sheriff Bart riding out of town and stumbling across Count Basie's orchestra actually *playing* "April in Paris" in the middle of the desert. I'm with Emma, though..man, I'd love to hear Cleavon and his acapella buddies do the whole Porter tune. That would have been fantastic!
*whip crack* "leitmotif for this song..." Not a phrase I expected to hear early on a Saturday morning. Love a knowledgeable vocabulary!And yo might want to try Shane next if you're in the mood for westerns.
It is interesting that many people consider Young Frankenstein as Mel Brooks' best film and the only reason Mel ever did it is that it was a condition for Gene Wilder to do this film...that and Mel wasn't allowed to cameo in it.
Mongo is played by Alex Karras, a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions. He was also a professional wrestler, but his primary claim to game was as a bruising defensive tackle.
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Madeline Kahn is actually a really good singer. Before her movie career she was doing Broadway shows.
Madeline Kahn’s performance as Lili Von Shtupp was a parody of Marlene Dietrich’s performance as Frenchy in a earlier comedy western Destry Rides Again although the song that Lili Von Shtupp sings has more in common with Deitrich’s song in the Hitchcock film Stage Fright in which she sings The Laziest Gal in Town. I often wondered why Dietrich’s character, who has an obviously German accent, was called Frenchy but then I realised the Destry Rides Again was released in December 1939, three months into WWII in Europe. Although the US was staying out of it still I guess Hollywood was sensitive to public sentiment.
Glad I searched through the comments. You saved me the time explaining the tribute to Markene Dietrich.
Good job!
The main point of this comedy is how ridiculously idiotic it is to hate people due to their ancestry or religion. Some young people don’t appreciate the reasons for the slurs used.
Good take - I read it the same way.
Yes absolutely satire. Calling out those that were bigoted in different ways and showing how ridiculously ignorant they were.
ohhhh... i thought it was to punch horses
...oh this changes everything... 😮
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 😂
@Gravydog316 Some animal lovers got upset by Alex Karras punched the horse. He didn't do it for real, it's the classic trick where he punched the air a bit away from the horse's mule and it was trained to fall on command.
This movie went beyond breaking the fourth wall straight into meta jokes, even before meta was a concept.
Mel Brooks had trouble getting his movies done, some people were thinking he was doing too many racist jokes (even for his time) without realizing he was making fun or racism, making it look absurd and ridiculous. At the end, he made master pieces of farce and comedy.
I enjoyed this movie. It’s very funny movie. lol. Thank you again. Have a beautiful weekend.
" A Laurel, and Hardy Handshake" was a reference to the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy of the 1920'30' 40's. They were known around the world at one time.
Mel Brooks was a combat engineer during WW2. He saw the hatred of the Nazis and decided to combat hatred with comedy. I would say he succeeded.
The Producers is the finest anti-Nazi movie ever made.
My granddad was a member of the 78th in ww2 he was out by the time Brooks arrived, but the nazi part? Yeah it was UGLY he always loved Brooks and his take on everything
i love most your reaction to lady singing you really loved it
Burton Gilliam, (Lyle, the singing cowboy in the red shirt), still lives in the Dallas area, and routinely does appearances in his Lyle costume!
he was on TV recently about a Warner Bros. thing that was happening & was interviewed
No one ever mentions the Laurel & Hardy handshake.
"Schtoop" is Yiddish for the nasty. 🙂
Hedy Lamar was a gorgeous actress of the Golden Age of film. She was also an inventor.
Schtup, not schtoop.
@@Parallax-3D I spelled it phonetically on purpose.
No one mentions La Pétomane either
I had to watch the movie several times before I caught the Laural and Hardy joke.
@@Ken-pi7qk That one's even more esoteric.
"You'd do it for Randolph Scott!" Randolph Scott starred in dozens upon dozens of Westerns, including a several classics -- Ride the High Country (1962), Virginia City (1940), The Spoilers (1942), Western Union (1941), and Ride Lonesome (1959) to name a few. Madeline Kahn's saloon dance hall routine as Lili Von Shtupp parodies Marlene Dietrich in The Spoilers (1942).
Young Frankenstein would be good for you to watch, if you haven't already, I think it would also show you Madeline Kahn's more normal singing abilities.
Ok, it’s a good idea 👍🙏🙏😘😘😘
@@Emma_Reactions yes you must review Young Frankenstein, and Airplane! (1980) & Naked Gun (1988)
at least those 3, for sure
"Where the white women at?"-scene is one of my all time fave scenes. I love Mel Brook's films so much!
R.I.P To Some Of The Actor's Who We're In This Movie,Are No longer With Us, Still Miss Them All, Always
The singer of the theme song is Frankie Laine. He was a popular country singer in the '40s-'60s. He is most famous for singing the theme song for the Western tv show Rawhide, which starred a young Clint Eastwood.
*side note: the Rawhide theme was performed by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980). Please react to that wonderful musical comedy as well!!
I think Mel brooks actually advertised for a Franky Layne style singer to do it. Franky saw it and said “ why not just me?! “ and subsequently did not know the movie was a comedy.
Mel Brooks is an equal opportunity offender. Regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, it's all fair game. It's his way of fighting racism and other bigotries. When this came out it was a time that not everyone was so easily offended and could laugh at themselves and the stereotypes they may have related to. The actor playing 'Lyle' was very reluctant to say the "N-word" since he rode with Martin Luther King, Jr. on Freedom Bus Rides, but Cleavon Little, 'Bart', to him it was no problem and to actually stress it to make it even funnier. If you notice, those who were the most racist was also portrayed as the dumbest.
Actor, who plays Lyle is Burton Gilliam and still living today at the age of 86
@@MrTech226 For some reason I can never remember his name. LOL
I'll bet a thousand dollars Emma downloads the lyrics to "I'm So Tired" and starts singing it in the shower ;)
...And always too soon.
The cameo of the band leader with the piano is Count Basie. That's one of his signature songs April in Paris. Yes, it's an anachronism. Why? Because it's funny. And the music is amazing.
Bart's entrance was all about class - Gucci saddlebags, sharp threads ... and Count Basie.
the joke is to have the orchestra actually present, not just in a soundtrack.
he did a similar thing in High Anxiety, with tense suspense theme actually coming from a passing orchestra in a bus.
Laughter truly is the best medicine😂
My deepest respect always goes out the the reviewers who do NOT edit the words out. That is key to understanding the satire.
well, the problem is RUclips bots will flag your videos
Emma this was really fun to watch, Mel Brooks is a genius. If I may suggest another western comedy thats much more recent, i really think you would enjoy 1000 Ways to Die in the West. Its really funny on a quirky level, its from the creator of Family Guy if you are familiar at all.
So is a beautiful song.
20:06 - the full line is "Mongo? Santa Maria!" - Mongo Santamaría was a Cuban bandleader that Mel Brooks admired.
No shit? I had no idea about that.
There’s so many references packed into this movie that went over my head when I saw it (multiple times) as a kid. The “Laurel & Hardy” joke I didn’t get until a few years ago.
Madeline Kahn was a really, really good singer and had problems getting herself to sing off-key for "I'm so tired".
Howard Johnsons was a chain restaurant that featured 28 flavors of ice cream they were famous for having orange roof
I did not know that. Learn something new every day.
They had the best chocolate chip ice cream.
"This is just blowing me..."
I don't think that you get the American reference to that saying, but obviously we all knew what you meant. I just had to laugh loudly at that! haha
Blowing me away. lol, blow me! 😮
Madeline Kahn actually had a gorgeous singing voice. She was a wonderful actor and I can't praise her enough. Gene Wilder is probably my all-time favorite actor. Check him out (also with Madeline Kahn) in "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN" (1974).
And in another comedy western, "The Frisco Kid" from 1979. Wilder teamed up with Harrison Ford. I've been pushing for somebody to react to that one.
@@bobbuethe1477 Oh, yes! Excellent film, I've prodded that one several times, myself. Emma would love it.
Emma:
Comes for the Western parody/criticism of racism
Stays for Lily Von Schtupp complaining of exhaustion
Me: 👌
It's even better if you are old enough to understand all of the references. Mel Brooks is a genius.
Madeline Khan stole the show ❤
I read that when Madeline(?) Kahn did her saloon act the whole cast and crew really lost it.....just like you did 🤣🙃😊
Emma
That Willy Wonka aka Gene Wilder playing Waco Kid
Emma, I should have known you’d absolutely love Madeline Kahn’s singing. She’s hilarious! You really need to see her in her first movie roll in, What’s Up Doc? It a homage to the screwball comedies from the 1940’s. It’s also a love story….
Loved your reaction to Blazing Saddles. Warner Brothers was very nervous about releasing this movie. How about Open Range - another great western.
I hope you’re feeling better soon.
Madeline Kahn's performance satirizes Marlene Dietrich role as a bar room singer in Destry Rides Again (1939)starring Jimmy Stewart.
they ask mel brooks could this movie be made today. he says they could not make it THEN, but they made it ANYWAY! 🤣...and made A LOT OF MONEY! 😁 LOVE your reaction emma! 👍☺
In this woke society? They can't make anything with this much comedy.
@@johnnygood4831 Oh, bull puckey. Making this movie was a risk for all involved because the racial slurs were offensive. Where do you get the idea that they weren’t offensive back then?
The humor overcomes the offensiveness. Mel Brooks, the writers, and the performers were operating at such a high level of comedy that it defeated the outrage for most people.
Do you know who complains the loudest about “woke” ruining comedy? Unfunny people that wish they were funny. Crybabies and hacks that substitute cheap outrage and shock for actual humor and their racist enablers.
If this movie were made today, you’d have a bunch of lily livered culture warriors bemoaning the multi-ethnic cast, calling them DEI hires.
Don’t fall prey to the grifters trying to recruit you to their brain dead culture war.
@@MarcosElMalo2some of the risk of making it then was calling out the racist people like it did. It could definitely be made today, because it calls out the racism and bigotry as perpetrated by ignorant idiots.
When they sing 'I Get A Kick Out of You", it's a joke. It's anachronistic, it's as if they started singing a Post Malone or Taylor Swift song in the old west. The song wasn't written until the 1930's, and that style of singing didn't exist either. They were expecting a spiritual or work song.
Oh, I see now 🤣
The line about killing the first-born male child in every household refers to the final plague in the book of Exodus in the Bible...which is where the feast of Passover comes from. That's why he said "Too Jewish!" It is also echoed in Slaughter of the Innocents story in the New Testament (Matthew ch 2), where Herod, King of Judea ordered as such in hopes to eliminate the rumoured "new messiah" (Jesus) that he feared would threaten his rule.
Also, related to the Bible, when Jim says "I must've killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille." Cecil B. DeMille was a famous film director who did such films as The Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah, The Sign of the Cross...he would often employ casts of thousands for battle scenes etc.
It's not really a Western. It's one of the greatest satires of the idiocy of racism ever created. Of course, the problem still remains - but when I have to warn the people in my life less than 35yrs old that there's some really offensive language in it, I think Mel's (he was Jewish) anti-bigot masterpiece helped society along a lil' bit. There are multiple stories of the actors having problems with some of the racist lines they had to deliver, and having to be persuaded by Mel and US comedian Richard Pryor that it was part of the 'biting satire' they were writing. Pryor was supposed to play Sheriff Bart, but was having drug abuse problems and the studio wouldn't allow it. Cleavon Little was an accomplished stage actor, IMO he did a wonderful job. And yeah, that voice!
For another western I’d recommend “Little Big Man”. A comedy/drama starring Dustin Hoffman and an all star cast.
This is one of my all time favorite movies, but I don't think I've ever seen a reaction to it that I enjoyed as much as yours. Incidentally, since you enjoyed Madeline Kahn so much, you really need to see the Western "Destry Rides Again". Marlene Dietrich's character in that movie was the inspiration for Lili von Shtupp. Seeing both will give you an even greater appreciation for Madeline Kahn's portrayal. Also, since you enjoyed this Mel Brooks movie so much, you should also see his movie "Young Frankenstein" if you haven't already.
..."Mongo Only Pawn in Game of Life"...🤔
One of Richard Pryor’s contributions to the dialogue.
Take chances. Push the boundaries!
Hilarious Movie!!!! Richard Pryor wrote it and was supposed to star
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Pyror wrote some of the dialogue. Mel Brooks wrote most of the movie and song lyrics
Pryor was famously unreliable during this time, and made the studio very nervous. It worked out for the best, I think, because Cleavon Little was great.
@@taputechnic oh yes
& Pryor wrote "Mongo only pawn in game of life" & most of the Mongo lines
but when they were in LA writing, Pryor phones Mel Brooks:
Pryor was in Detroit doing cocaine with a woman he met
so... 😐
So many of the jokes in this film are uniquely American and based on the Golden Age of Hollywood. In fact, I think even most Americans only get about 60% of them! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. Your guess of "Tom and Jerry" when the" Looney Tunes" theme played was remarkably close!
In the 1970's there was a western TV comedy film called, "Evil Roy Slade" (1972) that had Dom Deluise, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle and John Astin in it. Though I don't think it was ever as funny as Blazing Saddles.
Haven't seen that but it is one hell of a cast. Thanks for the info.
@rogermooretibbetts5310 Some say that Blazing Saddles was a ripoff of Evil Roy Slade since the latter came before the former, but I don't share that view. BS is in a class of its own. BTW another old comedy gem is "The Comic" (1969) starring Dick Van Dyke, who at age 98 is still alive.
I love this film, it's a great film and a great reaction by you, Emma. Another film by the same director which I recommend is, "Young Frankenstein" it would be a good one for 'Halloween' as it's based off old horror films.
Nobody from this generation is ever ready for "Blazing Saddles". The things we just took in stride, shocks them to the marrow.
When everyone was in on the joke and we understood CONTEXT. Context is everything.
WHY do you think they are called SNOWFLAKES!?!?!?!?
haha ok, this was on TV on Saturday morning when I was little,
but they kept all the n-words & swears in, but muted all the farts
The actor in the red shirt playing the racist cowboy read the script and was going to back out because he wasn't going to use the N-word. Cleavon Little (lead black actor) talked to him and convinced him to stay as part of the movie's use to point out stupid racial slurs.
Mongo is played by Alex Karres. Alex played professional football for the Detroit Lions. Is in hall of fame.
Also went on to be television star with weekly comedy series.😊
LOVED your reaction to Madeline Kahn's song! She's a very talented singer, and she said she had to work just as hard to do this number as she did to actually sing well.
Madeline Kahn, Harvey korman and Gene Wilder are in most of mel brooks movies along with chloris leachman who's not in this one. Madeline Kahn wasn't too happy having to wear that outfit but she did that entire song in the first take. Her character is a parody of Marlene Dietrich in a 1930's movie.
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That horse, Mongo (Alex Karras) hits is trained stunt horse with stunt rider pulling its reins to signal horse to fall down safely.
History of the World part one by Mel brooks. You'll love it.
Madeline is amazing in this one, too.
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The biggest star of the whole cast.
The one and only Count Basie and his band.
To call this movie a western.... well... ummm... in the twisted mind of Mel Brooks maybe. Great classic!
"1874 in 1974"
The outlaw josie Wales classic western.
I still can't stop laughing at "Work, work, work...." then staring at his mistress/secretary's bust "Hello boys, have a good nights rest, I MISSED YOU.." That was the late Madeline Khan. She was brilliant. She was parodying Marlene Dietrich's performance in Destry Rides Again.
This is my second favorite Mel Brooks movie. Young Frankenstein is #1.
Brooks writes many of the songs in his movies. He's said that the song Lilly sings on stage, I'm Tired, is the dirtiest song he's ever written.
Mel Brooks didn't make a lot of movies...but they are all hysterical...The Producers...History of the World...Space Balls...Young Frankenstein...all of them are wonderful comedies.
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1:35 - The story of the theme song is that when Mel Brooks wrote it, his intention was to find someone to sing it who sounded like Frankie Lane. Frankie Lane was a big Country/Western singer in the 60s and 70s and his voice basically defined the genre at the time. So, Brooks told his producers to find someone who sounded like Frankie Lane. Three days later, his producer led FRAKIE LANE into Mel's office. Mel led Frankie into the recording booth and they say he knocked it out in one take. Here's the kicker: Lane thought he was recording a theme for a SERIOUS Western. Legend says he never new the movie was a parody until he saw it at the premier.
5:05 - This is a reference to a TV series called Dr. Zhivago. The character of Dr. Gillespie was killed off half way through the novel, but when the series got to that part, the studios saw how popular the character was and brought him back next season anyway, so killing the guy was 'a doozy.'
19:56 - This line was improvised by Gene. That's Cleavon Little's REAL reaction.
30:12 - Randolph Scott was a famous Western actor.
That's "Dr. Kildare." "Dr. Zhivago" was a 1965 movie based on a novel about the Russian Revolution.
@@bobbuethe1477 Oh. Okay, thanks.
Be-you-to-full! Good reaction, Emma. i love the "I'm Tired" song.
Oh yeah))) this is my fav))) 😂😂😂😂😂
Great movie.. it's the #1 or #2 comedy of all time depending on that day (can be young frankenstein also) #3 being Airplane... :)
Frankie Laine who sang the title track was another golden find for this show. You may not have heard of him, but Laine was a famous singer whose career spanned 70+ years, he was probably "hottest" in the 1950-60s. If you've heard the original "Rawhide", that's him. When Brooks advertised for someone "like Frankie Laine" to sing the title track, Laine himself showed up. Brooks told Laine the movie was a western about racism. Laine sang thinking it was a serious show, Brooks didn't have the heart to tell him it was a comedy parody.
I would say Mel Brooks is very brilliant to come up with this movie 💯🎬
Hi Emma this movie is absolutely hilarious wonderful reaction. I hope you are doing well it's so good to see you laugh and i wish you a great weekend😍
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Mel Brooks likes to work with his friends so you'll see many of the same actors in his films. Harvey Korman says the line" Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor." He didn't get an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but Madeline Kahn did... & They never let Harvey forget it. I'll also point out, Madeline Kahn is a professionally trained Opera singer, that woman has pipes!
Great movie. Fyi Mel Brooks is the Govener and the Chief in the movie also I think Madeline Kahn I'm Tired song is a homage to Marlene Dietrich and Fyi Hedy Lamarr which is mention in the move was a famous smart and beautiful Hollywood actress you should see her in the movie Samson and Delilah. You should also watch Another great Mel Brooks movie you should see is High Anxiety (with Madeline Kahn rip which a spoof on classic Hitchcock movies like Psycho , Vertigo, The Birds and other so you should see those movie before).
Mel is also the leftmost German soldier dancing in the chorus line behind Madeline Kahn, as well as the biker in the mob employment line with the white scarf and the goggles.
Mel Brooks loved breaking the 4th wall! It always boggles my mind how "shocked" people are seeing "Hitler" in the commissary that they miss the joke. It's not really Hitler. It's an actor playing Hitler. The other actor asks him "how many days he's got" because small time actors are paid by the day. He says "they lose me after the bunker scene."
Beautiful reaction Emma 🥰 If you'd like to watch another Mel Brooks film, he is the director and wrote the screenplay, you have to see The Producers (1967) you will love it. Gene Wilder who played the Waco Kid here is one of the main characters.
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Nice Reaction Sweetheart ❤, Please Keep Them Coming
Joke throughout - The antagonist was named Hedley Lamarr. They were going to use the name of actress Hedy Lamarr, but she blocked it. Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kieler) was born in Austria but left Europe to act in the US. She's also the inventor of frequency hopping, which is now used in smartphones.
Important message: what others say or do is beyond your control. How you respond, however, is within your control.
Very funny
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"Well can't you that's the last act of a desperate man?"
"We don't care if it's the first act of Henry V, we're leaving."
So many people don't get that joke. Emma, if you like vampire movies, and I don't think that this has been suggested, you might really enjoy "Darcula, Dead And Loving It". Great reaction to one of my all-time favorites!
The song is entitled SO by the band War..
If you like Gene Wilder who played The Waco Kid and friend to the sheriff, tou might like See No Evil Hear No Evil. Wilder played a man who's deaf. Richard Pryor played a man who's blind. They get suspected of a crime and must run. I like your reactions. Thank you.
Gotta watch "Young Frankenstein "
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Someone's afraid of getting cancelled. 🙈🙉🙊
This will be interesting. Emma you should know that this was written largely by a black comedian named Richard Pryor and lead written by a Jewish film maker called Mel Brooks. It was a parody of the standard wild west "Manifest Destiny" movies of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. The critics made them take out many of the REALLY offensive jokes. They say it couldn't be made today, but it actually couldn't be made then either. Hope you enjoy the jokes. BTW Hedy Lamar did sue them for using her name without her permission.
The overall plot was taken from the 1939 western, Destry Rides Again. Jimmy Stewart plays a mild-mannered sheriff who comes to town to deal with the villains, a band of desperado thieves, the opposite of what the townspeople were expecting. But he does slowly win them over as he defeats the bad guys. The movie ends with a climatic fight, as the good folks rally forth to support Stewart by piling out into the streets to beat up on the bad guys.
Marlene Dietrich plays the stereotypical dance hall madam with a heart of gold, dressed in her scanty attire and fishnet stockings and speaking with her distinctive German-accent and a problem pronouncing "W".
Mel Brooks actually cut very little dialogue in response to notes from studio heads or "critics".
there is that one line about Sheriff Bart's elbow that had to go, though.
If you ever wanted to disappear down a rabbit hole , and never be the same , this is the movie creator you should pursue . More than just a director , producer , writer , and actor , Mel Brooks is a film icon ❗Diverse in their subject matter and content , his films maintain one constant , absurd genius .
P.S. co writer Richard Pryor was originally intended to play the sheriff , but insurance could not be acquired .
To understand the joke behind everyone in the town named Johnson you have to know the environment of that day. Howard Johnson started an ice cream parlor in 1928 featuring 28 flavors (notice the 1 Flavor ice cream shop in the movie.) Later he opened a restaurant then added a motor lodge named Howard Johnson's. It was very popular with the traveling public. In 1956 he turned the business over to the family. The company was sold and the last Howard Johnson's was closed in the 80s.
Howard Johnson buildings were distinct so they could be recognized - general white with sky-blue trim but ALWAYS with a pumpkin orange roof.
PS - Back then, the range of ice cream flavors tended to be limited to strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate, or all three in a container. So 28 was astonishing.
Madalyn Kahn as Lilly is a big take off on old move star from Germany Marlene Dietrich. Randolph Scott was a very famous Western movie star. Hundreds of jokes are going right over your head.
Very few people get the, "I'm not from Havana," joke. Prior to the Communist taking over Cuba, Havana was the playground of the rich and famous. One of the favored activities were the sex clubs where anything was available at all hours of the day or night.
Sort of, but not really. This is a joke about the Afro-Caribbean stereotype regarding their legendary virility.
cue, part of 'The Godfather part 2'
If you are looking for classic westerns a couple you might consider is "Once Upon a Time in the West" or "Silverado" or any John Wayne western like "Stagecoach". Looking for Mel Brooks, try "Young Frankenstein" or "High Anxiety" more with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn try "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes smarter brother".
Fun fact: Blazing Saddles had an ultimately unsuccessful television sequel called Black Bart. It's a good case study of what happens when a studio doesn't listen to a creator
If you ever heard the expression hung like a horse? Lol I believe that’s what they were referring to.
I luv the Lily von Stupp scene! Madeline Kahn is hilarious with that song!! 🙏Please Emma learn that song and sing it on your other channel!😁 Lol Mel Brooks spares no one's feelings and always went for the full humorous effect! That worked back in the day and might never be done again. I luv Mel's movies! Thanks for sharing Emma ❤️💛
Matt Walsh perfectly timed the release of his movie "Am I Racist?" for the 50th anniversary of "Blazing Saddles!"
Shame that 50 years later, people like Matt Walsh still exist.
17:42 something that I see alot of people miss about this scene is that he’s speaking Yiddish. Which is not a Native American language lol the actor playing that role is Mel brooks and he’s Jewish and he thought it’d be funny to have his Indian character speaking Yiddish
The song Bart and the railroad workers sang was "I Get A Kick Out of You" by Cole Porter (1934). Many of the jokes involve cultural or historical references to things that didn't occur or exist until well after the setting of the movie.
Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! 😘☺️
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@@Emma_Reactions I've watched dozens of reactions to this great movie and not one reactor, old or young, has gotten that...
@bossfan49 , I still think my favorite is newly appointed Sheriff Bart riding out of town and stumbling across Count Basie's orchestra actually *playing* "April in Paris" in the middle of the desert. I'm with Emma, though..man, I'd love to hear Cleavon and his acapella buddies do the whole Porter tune. That would have been fantastic!
There are some movies you never forget.
Mel Brooks made several.
*whip crack* "leitmotif for this song..." Not a phrase I expected to hear early on a Saturday morning. Love a knowledgeable vocabulary!And yo might want to try Shane next if you're in the mood for westerns.
Enjoyed your reaction. Hope you're feeling better.
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When the Indian Chief(Mel Brooks) yells, "Luz em gain", That is Yiddish for "Let them go"
If you could secretly upload your Titanic full reac, you'd make my world Emma!
I can rewatch it, unfortunately this video is not available…… sorry 😔
@@Emma_Reactions I didn't realise you'd literally lost everything, as opposed to it being deleted online. Only if you want to!
You probably know Gene Wilder from Willy Wonka or Young Frankenstein.
It is interesting that many people consider Young Frankenstein as Mel Brooks' best film and the only reason Mel ever did it is that it was a condition for Gene Wilder to do this film...that and Mel wasn't allowed to cameo in it.
But you do hear him at one point.
@stuartwald2395 True, but the only condition was that we didn't see him in the film.
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Mongo is played by Alex Karras, a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions. He was also a professional wrestler, but his primary claim to game was as a bruising defensive tackle.
And he gives, in this movie the best line written in any film: Mongo only pawn in game of life.
And he was Websters adoptive father