Cleavon's performance is awesome and one of the strengths of the movies. His expressions and sophisticated demeanor was a perfect contrast to the racists.
It’s not a parody of racism? It’s a parody of all Hayes Western Movies / TV before it- As well as all movies made using The Hayes code, the indoctrination of the morel police. Under which (In movies, TV and comics) You weren’t allowed to show gays, a black lead, sympathize with the bad guy, nor was the good guy allowed to showcase flaws--Racism was always a one bad apple and never systemic, farting was not allowed, the clergy and law was to never to be mocked or portrayed as inept or corrupt. Kissing scenes could only be shown via shadows on the wall or less than three seconds. Mel Brooks said that simply putting a black person as the lead was like fist fighting the movie studio so he put in a Movie Studio fight scene in the movie . The movie satires the genre of Hayes Code Westerns so ruthlessly that not another Hayes Code Western was ever made, he destroyed that whole genre that’s why he’s breaking the Studio walls, Subsequently the actor Clevon Little was black listed (Same reason Richard Pryor wrote the script but didn’t star in it) To the point that he wasn’t allowed to make another movie until Jim Carrey came along and they made Once Bitten
It's unfortunately missed by people in this millennium that the racist characters in this movie are always totally evil. Either that or incredibly stupid. You know. Like the people that can't make that connection 🤔.
I'm glad you liked Madeline Kahn's "BAD" SINGING. In truth she was an excellent singer. She even had a bachelor's degree in operatic singing. It take a truly good musician to sound like a not so good musician.
I love the toll booth gag, not just because obviously they could go around, but that such hardened criminals with no qualms about hurting and killing people, would stop to give ten cents to a toll booth
*OFTEN-MISSED JOKE: Old man in wheelchair ('Dr. Gillespie Killings) IS BASED ON A COP-CRIME MOVIES SERIES FROM THE 1940s STARRING LIONEL BARRYMORE ("Old man Potter" in movie **_It's a Wonderful Life_** ).* DR GILLESPIE MOVIES ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT MEDICAL DOCTORS HELPING SOLVE CRIMES WITH POLICE.... It is kind of like CSI in the 1940s. btw, Dick Van Dyke tv series _Diagnosis Murder_ is loosely based on the Dr. Gillespie books/movies.
"It's twue, it's twue!" Censors forced Mel to cut a joke there. After "it's twue!" Bart's response was going to be "I hate to disillusion you, ma’am, but you’re sucking on my arm.'"
The only thing you might have missed out on from not seeing a lot of westerns is when Bart (Cleavon Little) asks for 24 hours to come up with a plan and the townspeople all shout "NO!", Bart says "You'd do it for Randolph Scott.", everybody takes off their hat and says, "Randolph Scott." with a certain reverence. It's because Randolph was a movie actor from the golden age of Hollywood who happened to be the hero in a lot of westerns. Also I think you missed the whole Headly/Hedy Lamarr joke. Headly was the bad guy in this movie (Harvey Korman), Hedy was a brilliant and lovely movie actress from the 30's and 40's mostly. They were playing off the similarity of their names so much that Hedy actually sued Mel Brooks for not asking if they could use her name. In fact Mel Brooks as the governor makes reference to this fact when he tells Headley, "Hell, this is 1874. You can sue HER.". They settled out of court and Hedy donated the settlement money to charity.
Not only was Hedy a beautiful and brilliant actress. She was also a genius and inventor. She patented a frequency switching technology intended to help the military in WWII. The tech she invented is the foundation of WiFi today.
@@jerryfick613 Yup, a radio frequency switching device for the navy used to send course corrections to radio controlled torpedoes without letting the Nazis hijack the signal. She was actually given laboratory space for her to pursue research and development into her ideas.
Also the YES NO on the buttocks of Mongo's bull. In those days, freight wagons (and later trucks) made frequent stops on the right side of the road for cargo, and they tended to move slowly, so that other traffic needed to flow around them. The YES and NO were reminders that traffic should pass them on the left, not the right, for safety. The joke is that Mongo's bull is as big as a truck.
Aria, I have watched hundreds of reactions but this was by far in my top 5. Your edit hit every one of my favorite parts of the movie. Most of the younger reactors just do not get the humor or are offended but you did not miss a single joke. You are now my favorite.
Thank you so much for laughing at "Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes". I've been using this line for years, completely out of context and it's even funnier!!! Of course I always give credit to Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks. Gods!!!!!
The "morons" line was improvised and made Cleavon crack up for real. Support Your Local Sheriff & it's sequel are more good western comedies from this era (late 60s-70s).
The old man talking gibberish is a lampooning of the famous actor Gabby Hayes. Gabby was the side kick of many Western actors of the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
@@Retr0racin : Yep. Credited in 'Blazing Saddles' under his FULL name - Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.; but later, like for 'First Blood' ( Rambo 1, ) just credited as Jack Starrett.
FYI there was a famous actress Named Hedy Lamar in the years around WWII. He kept saying hedly Lamar. She was a girlfriend or wife of a German weapons producer so she brought some of his shop talk with her when she moved to the US. She patented some innovations for frequency skipping for guided torpedoes that are in use today with Cellular phones. She was fascinating in her accomplishments. I am sure she is well represented on the inter-webs. She used her beauty to influence the bad guys and disguise the fact that she had a superior intellect.
@@procopiusaugustus6231 And true to form, she sued Mel Brooks for $10M. Brooks says he insisted they shouldn't fight her, because she was a legend and had brought so much joy to the world. Instead he wanted to have a meeting with her. There was probably some settlement (presumably less than $10M) but he never disclosed how much.
She was also the first Actress in the world to have a nude scene and had the Navy actually listen to her, they could have saved countless lives, but they figured she’s too pretty for intelligence
@johnguzman7425 , and the nude scenes were when she was 17 years old (she goes skinny dipping and someone steals her clothes and she goes running after them).
Don't feel pressured to get all the gags and references in the older movies, a lot are cultural references to the time and what were gags of the day. The great thing about re-watching movies is picking up on the small details we miss the 1st time watching. Love your reactions, you do an awesome job. Thanks for creating content for us all to watch! ❤
Aria, great job reacting to this Mel Brooks classic! I think you're a terrific reactor and your channel has become one of favorites! Have a great day !
I like that they have the horse fall the wrong direction to show that it didn't really get punched. Mongo punches to the left, horse falls to the right.
@Billinois78 No, the direction was fine. The important bit is that the horse's head traveled along the direction of the punch. Then its legs"collapsed," causing its body to fall in the opposite direction, maintaining the spine's curve. (If Mongo had punched the horse's _body_ instead, that would have been different.)
Great movie choice to react too.. May I also suggest another comedy with Gene Wilder You will like it.. The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother (1975)
LOL! Fun one, Aria! I really enjoyed rewatching this one with you. Yes, Men In Tights will be great to watch soon. You'll love it. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
I was looking for some reaction channels I haven’t seen in a little while and i decided to watch this one. You are absolutely gorgeous, your hair is beautiful, and I love your personality, you made me so happy while I watched the reaction. You now have a new fan, I will remain loyal watch as many of your reactions as I can, keep it up beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
1.The reason the ending was in then modern day is because when Brooks wanted to make the movie in modern day, the studios thought that the tensions in the nation at that time wasn't ready for that, so he made it a western and shuck his modern day in anyway. 2. The bit about Hedley Lamaar's name was based on a real actress Hedy Lamaar who threatened to sue Brooks for using her name, once again Brooks found a way around it, comically. That's why he kept saying Hedley when called Hedy. 3. The singing of the character Lilly Von Stoop was based off the actress Marlena Dietrich. Just a few things to give you a reference.
This came before Young Frankenstein or Space Balls. The Producers came before all 3. It's really good. The History of the World Part I came after them, another really funny one.
I saw this when it first came to the theaters. We realized that it wasn't racist, but a parody of racism. Mel pokes fun at everybody. We laughed our asses off.
I was 12 when Blazing Saddles came out but it was rated R, so I had to talk my mom into taking me to see it. One of my favorite life-long memories is of both of us laughing our butts off throughout the film. After that we went to see all the Mel Brooks movies of the 70s together. Brooks is Jewish and served in the US Army during WWII, so he is very aware of how horrible prejudice is. The thing to remember is that everyone in the movie who uses racist slurs is either stupid (all the villains) or ignorant (the townsfolk, who learn better and come to love Bart). In this way Brooks not only made a parody of westerns, but also used all that offensive language to make an effective parody of racism.
A comedy from that same era that may be even crazier is the hilarious "Kentucky Fried Movie" from the team that later created "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun." Many big laughs.
"He said 'The Sherriff is near!" (not pictured) This is what you tell your friends when another friend is yelling something across a parking lot, and no one can understand them. Then wait and see who gets it.
Harvey Korman (Hedley), is also very well known for the comedy skits he did on The Carol Burnett Show, an American TV show. Some of the skits are hilarious, especially when Tim Conway would be so funny that the other actors kept breaking up. You might like the 'Elephant Story,' and the 'Dentist.'
Blazing Saddles, along with the series of Airplane, Monty Python, are still my favorite movies! Love this type of comedy! There's nothing like laughing so hard people tell you to hush up and jump in laughing.😂❤😅😅
When actors look directly at the camera, that's called, "breaking the 4th wall". I've watched a number of reactors do this movie, and this is the most enjoyable of all I've seen. You caught the off color jokes and double entendres and found them funny. I like that! I wish you would have added more of the movie. I realize due to the stupid YT rules you can't have all the movie in your video due to the copyright rules.
I was 7 years old when my dad took me to see this in 1974. Most of the film went over my head, too. The longest running joke was Hedy/Hedley. I had no idea what that meant.
Burton Gilliam aka the guy who asked for the work song was working as a firefighter when he did this movie which was his second movie his first was paper moon starring Ryan Oneil Mel had loved him in that movie and wanted him to be in this picture but Burton turned him down three times he only agreed after Richard Pryor personally called him and asked him to do this picture. Burtons next issue was the racial slurs he didn't want to say them because he was not a racist and didn't want to offend anyone. But Cleavon little talked to him letting him know that everyone working on the picture knows that he is nothing like the character he is playing and that its okay to say the slurs because he is acting.
All these Mel Brooks movies are hilarious. I grew up with a lot of them including this one. I'm glad you checked it out. If you're interested in watching any western movies I highly recommend Tombstone, Unforgiven, The Good the Bad and the Ugly (really all the spaghetti westerns with Clint Eastwood are good.) 🤠
The only one I knew of was Dirty Harry😅 I don’t know anything accept the name of the movie and that it stars Clint Eastwood but I just always wanted to watch that movie series
If you like Mel Brooks, and are looking for more, check out the TV series Get Smart. Mel Brooks was one of the writers on that show, and it’s hilarious.
Probably better to call Mel a creator of Get Smart. He and Buck Henry originated the show, but Mel was not much involved as the series went forward. Still, a great show, a fine recommendation. Many younger people would overlook that part of Mel's resume.
About all the uses of the N word, and other words that today would not be allowed in a movie. Back in those days, the point was to mock racism and bigotry by having racists and bigots in the movie, doing and saying racist and bigoted things. In general, the more racist/bigoted someone was in a movie (or TV show, like All in the Family), the dumber they were. So while people realized the N word and such were not good words even back then, the usage made them acceptable: have someone use racist terms, then show that person to be a "more-on". There could even be character growth ... like the folks of Rock Ridge who wanted to kill Bart when he rode in to be sheriff, but at the end all accepted him and would have liked for him to stay. Also, Richard Pryor - an African American actor, write, and comedian - wrote "half" of the script.
"About all the uses of the N word, and other words that today would not be allowed in a movie." Apparently you have never seen a Quentin Tarantino movie.
Aria has the best reactions to Mel Brooks movies. Her reaction to Young Frankenstein is the best of that movie and this is the best to Blazing Saddles.
"You'd do it for Randolph Scott!" Randolph Scott starred in dozens upon dozens of Westerns, including 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). Shtupp is a Yiddish term for having sexual intercourse.
1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief, the round-up thug with the aviator hat. 2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground. 3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Kahn also had a great role in it. 4. Imagine how much fun this was to make. 5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real. 6. "Look, it's comin' off"🤣 7. Gig Young was supposed to play Jim but showed up the first day drunk so he was let go. Wilder agreed to do this movie for Mel Brooks only if Mel would direct Young Frankenstein for him. 8. Richard Pryor was supposed to play Bart but he was going through his addictions at the time and they thought it wouldn't be a good idea. However, he did some of the writing. 9. Finally, Mel Brooks is the oldest member of "Blazing Saddles" still living.
Another great reaction. Always enjoy your reactions to movies from my youth. I believe the great comedian and actor Richard Pryor worked with Mel Brooks on this script.
Fart jokes are universal. Cross all boundaries - including good taste. But they are still funny! Saw this as a Double Feature back in 1976 with The Holy Grail, and left the cinema in pain.
I thoroughly enjoyed your enjoyment of this classic comedy. Of COURSE, there were some jokes that you wouldn't get - cultural jokes transfer poorly - but you caught a LOT of them. The whole Johnson thing riffs on the previously ubiquitous Howard Johnson's restaurant/ice cream chain.There are many young people right here in the U.S. who'd miss that because the chain disappeared many years ago...and the last surviving store closed about a year or so back. They famously advertised "28 Flavors"...which makes the "1 flavor" posted on the front of Rock Ridge's Howard Johnson's especially amusing.
14:52 "Once you establish yourself, they _got_ to accept you." I mean, I wouldn't dispute that, but establishing oneself doesn't happen overnight. It takes time, and therefore, it takes patience.
Just came from your YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN reaction. Another excellent reaction! Not sure if your picked up on it but the preacher is the same actor as Mister Hilltop, (the skinny man that Gene Wilder used in his class for a demonstration of voluntary/involuntary reactions! Again, excellent reaction!
Mel Brooks originally wanted Richard Pryor to play Bart. Pryor helped write the screenplay. Lyle, the idiot in the red shirt, is now 85, and lives just outside Dallas, Texas. He still does public appearances, portraying a character similar to Lyle, only more pleasant. He was doing commercials for a local car dealership, just a few years ago.
I swear that the 'Fought Dix' joke is a tag on the famous U.S. Army's Fort Dix, but nobody else ever goes for it. 'Yes' and 'No' used to be painted on the backs of American school buses, to remind drivers what side of the vehicle to pass on.
When Lamar is rousing the rabble he ends by quoting any early Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" from 1929. Let me live 'neath your spell Do do that voodoo that you do so well For you do something to me That nobody else can do!
Hedy Lamarr was a famous actress. That's why he keeps saying Headley... She did end up suing Mel Brookes. If you like Gene Wilder, 'Young Frankenstein', 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother', one of the wackiest movies ever made, 'Silver Streak', and one many people don't know about, 'The Frisco Kid' 1979 with co-star Harrison Ford. @24:40, my favorite part of the movie, by Santa Clause and the Big Lebowski himself, "OK, we'll accept the ..... and the ......, but we don't want the Irish"
End scene is a parody of end scene fights in a lot of 50s westerns; many John Wayne movies included. It’s expected and Mel had fun with it. A kinda silly western you may like is “Paint Your Wagon”; it had a couple of songs in it too. Glad you had a fun time with this classic.
OOh you were beautiful as ever in this video 😍 This movie is hilarious....btw, there was a real person named Hedly Lemarr, she was an actress, but she's also really famous for coming up with the idea of Spread Spectrum Radio, which is still used today! It shifts frequency bands often, to make it harder for the enemy to listen in! But this movie offended her apparently, and she sued them for defamation 😲 and she got a bunch of money! 🙂 lmao 🙂 🤣😂🤣
The thing they do where they talk to the viewer and mention that it's a movie is called "Breaking the 4th Wall." It is a reference to the fact that movie and show sets where filming is done before a live studio audience only have three walls, so that the audience can see what's going on. The barrier between the stage and the audience is known as the 4th wall.
The guy playing Mungo is Alex Karras. He's mostly known for his time as a football player; acting was a side thing for him. He had another notable role in the movie Porky's.
This is one of those movies you have to re-watch a few times a year cuz sometimes you miss a little tiny nuanced if you look for those kind of things and you laugh even harder
Franky Lane was famous for dinging the themes to classic Westerns. Brooks advertised for a "Franky Lane type singer" and was astonished when Lane himself showed up. Brooks didn't mention this was a spoof. Brooks also met John Wayne and asked him to appear, either as Jim or a cameo. Wayne was always playing the extra-tough guy in Westerns and WW2 movies, so he declined. "I can't be in a movie like that, but I'll be first in line to see it." Jim and Bart are both left-handed. The real Hedy Lamarr sued for using her name, and Brooks told the studio just settle it and pay her. Lamarr settled for considerably less than she sued for.
19:28 "How long is this thing?" - that's what Lili Von Shtupp said. Usually in disappointment, no doubt! 😅 Ah yes, Blazing Saddles. The Mel Brooks film that broke not only the fourth wall, but all the others and the ceiling too! 🤣 I love it, right down to the riding off into the sunset, where the heroes leave their horses and, in true actor style, drive off in a limo!
Aria, the twelve chairs is another film by Mel brooks. It is different from the rest, however, because it isn’t a parody film. It stars Ron Moody, Dom Delouise and Frank Langela. Mel does have a brief role in it. Give it a shot sometime.
As a clarification (without editing my first comment), Mel’s film The Twelve Chairs is based on a Russian satirical novel by the same name that takes place in 1920 era.
This is so good comedy. Way it pokes racism and bigotry is great, but friendship between Jim and Bart was the best part for me. True friendship doesn't look color of skin or any other external attribute. Great film. Mel Brook's is genius. Also Gene Wilder and Madeleine Khan were absolutely joy in Young Frankenstein. Robin Hood men in tight's is parody of Robin Hood Prince of thieves (1991) like other's said watching that and Errol Flynn's Robin Hood film would give such context to that. And I think you would enjoy Robin Hood: Prince of thieves very much. It's good, old time, doesn't take itself too seriously popcorn blockbuster.
The sheriff, Cleavon Little, did it all, stage, screen and TV. This was his most famous role. He passed away in 1992 of cancer.
He is in another great movie : Vanishing Point.
@@timcynique8974 Vanishing Point doesn't get enough love.
While not as good as this one, another decent film he did later on was 1989's "Fletch Lives", which starred Chevy Chase.
Cleavon's performance is awesome and one of the strengths of the movies. His expressions and sophisticated demeanor was a perfect contrast to the racists.
This movie is a parody on racism. Terms are meant to be malicious, they're poking fun at the absurdity
It’s not a parody of racism? It’s a parody of all Hayes Western Movies / TV before it- As well as all movies made using The Hayes code, the indoctrination of the morel police. Under which (In movies, TV and comics) You weren’t allowed to show gays, a black lead, sympathize with the bad guy, nor was the good guy allowed to showcase flaws--Racism was always a one bad apple and never systemic, farting was not allowed, the clergy and law was to never to be mocked or portrayed as inept or corrupt. Kissing scenes could only be shown via shadows on the wall or less than three seconds. Mel Brooks said that simply putting a black person as the lead was like fist fighting the movie studio so he put in a Movie Studio fight scene in the movie . The movie satires the genre of Hayes Code Westerns so ruthlessly that not another Hayes Code Western was ever made, he destroyed that whole genre that’s why he’s breaking the Studio walls, Subsequently the actor Clevon Little was black listed (Same reason Richard Pryor wrote the script but didn’t star in it) To the point that he wasn’t allowed to make another movie until Jim Carrey came along and they made Once Bitten
And in 2024 absurdity and parody are unknown concepts.
@@SGlitz nah just people lacking talent. Take Gervaise as an example, all the jokes he tells were written 10 years ago on 4-Chan.
@SGlitz I'm Tired!
It's unfortunately missed by people in this millennium that the racist characters in this movie are always totally evil. Either that or incredibly stupid. You know. Like the people that can't make that connection 🤔.
Such a great takedown of racist morons and an amazing script. Mel Brooks is a legend. Cleavon Little had so much charisma.
Great to see you having such a good time laughing at Blazing Saddles. Thanks for your reaction, Aria.
I'm glad you liked Madeline Kahn's "BAD" SINGING. In truth she was an excellent singer. She even had a bachelor's degree in operatic singing. It take a truly good musician to sound like a not so good musician.
Her bad singing and German accent were a send-up of Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again". That's what made it so hilarious.
Since it got left out of the edit:
"They said you was hung."
"And they was right!"
And the inside joke about the horse on the gallows--("hung like a horse")
I think that a lot of people missed that joke and didn't really understand its actual meaning.
Mel Brooks explained Bart was basically Bugs Bunny.
Hence the Warner Brothers' Merrie Melodies (not Looney Tunes) cartoon theme song during the Candygram scene.
I love the toll booth gag, not just because obviously they could go around, but that such hardened criminals with no qualms about hurting and killing people, would stop to give ten cents to a toll booth
That’s what made it so hilarious 😂
I always mention that. They might have been bad guys. They were honest bad guys.
@@tenjed4224 Besides, it was their boss' highway toll booth.
Well, they had a lot of Methodists.
*OFTEN-MISSED JOKE: Old man in wheelchair ('Dr. Gillespie Killings) IS BASED ON A COP-CRIME MOVIES SERIES FROM THE 1940s STARRING LIONEL BARRYMORE ("Old man Potter" in movie **_It's a Wonderful Life_** ).* DR GILLESPIE MOVIES ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT MEDICAL DOCTORS HELPING SOLVE CRIMES WITH POLICE.... It is kind of like CSI in the 1940s. btw, Dick Van Dyke tv series _Diagnosis Murder_ is loosely based on the Dr. Gillespie books/movies.
"It's twue, it's twue!" Censors forced Mel to cut a joke there. After "it's twue!" Bart's response was going to be "I hate to disillusion you, ma’am, but you’re sucking on my arm.'"
Really? I've always seen it even back in the day.
Richard Pryor joke
Brooks decided to cut the joke himself, before the censors got to it. The only time he ever thought he might have gone too far.
@@UnclePengy if I remember correctly there is an uncensored version out there.
I absolutely enjoyed watching you laugh your way through this reaction. Glad you liked this, the best comedy ever filmed.
The only thing you might have missed out on from not seeing a lot of westerns is when Bart (Cleavon Little) asks for 24 hours to come up with a plan and the townspeople all shout "NO!", Bart says "You'd do it for Randolph Scott.", everybody takes off their hat and says, "Randolph Scott." with a certain reverence. It's because Randolph was a movie actor from the golden age of Hollywood who happened to be the hero in a lot of westerns. Also I think you missed the whole Headly/Hedy Lamarr joke. Headly was the bad guy in this movie (Harvey Korman), Hedy was a brilliant and lovely movie actress from the 30's and 40's mostly. They were playing off the similarity of their names so much that Hedy actually sued Mel Brooks for not asking if they could use her name. In fact Mel Brooks as the governor makes reference to this fact when he tells Headley, "Hell, this is 1874. You can sue HER.". They settled out of court and Hedy donated the settlement money to charity.
When Mel Brooks was told he was being sued, he replied "Pay her!"
She was also a gifted inventor. Hit up Google and you'll be surprised at the things she did in her life.
Not only was Hedy a beautiful and brilliant actress. She was also a genius and inventor. She patented a frequency switching technology intended to help the military in WWII. The tech she invented is the foundation of WiFi today.
@@jerryfick613 Yup, a radio frequency switching device for the navy used to send course corrections to radio controlled torpedoes without letting the Nazis hijack the signal. She was actually given laboratory space for her to pursue research and development into her ideas.
Also the YES NO on the buttocks of Mongo's bull.
In those days, freight wagons (and later trucks) made frequent stops on the right side of the road for cargo, and they tended to move slowly, so that other traffic needed to flow around them. The YES and NO were reminders that traffic should pass them on the left, not the right, for safety.
The joke is that Mongo's bull is as big as a truck.
THE SHERIFF IS NEAR !!!
NO DADBLAMMITMISCHISHERE! THE SHERIFF IS A 🔔🔔🔔🔔
Aria, I have watched hundreds of reactions but this was by far in my top 5. Your edit hit every one of my favorite parts of the movie. Most of the younger reactors just do not get the humor or are offended but you did not miss a single joke. You are now my favorite.
Ditto
Thank you so much for laughing at "Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes". I've been using this line for years, completely out of context and it's even funnier!!! Of course I always give credit to Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks. Gods!!!!!
The "morons" line was improvised and made Cleavon crack up for real.
Support Your Local Sheriff & it's sequel are more good western comedies from this era (late 60s-70s).
"Support Your Local Sheriff" is a great film. 🤠👍 The sequel, "Support Your Local Gunfighter," not so much. 🙄👎
@@IDLERACER I liked them both, but yes, the 1st one is better.
The old man talking gibberish is a lampooning of the famous actor Gabby Hayes. Gabby was the side kick of many Western actors of the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
Another fun fact, the actor Jack Starrett is the same actor that was the bad ass cop that falls from the helocopter in Rambo First blood.
@@Retr0racin : Yep. Credited in 'Blazing Saddles' under his FULL name - Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.; but later, like for 'First Blood' ( Rambo 1, ) just credited as Jack Starrett.
Now watch first blood and try not to hear only gabby speaking to rambo
Ravid!
FYI there was a famous actress Named Hedy Lamar in the years around WWII. He kept saying hedly Lamar. She was a girlfriend or wife of a German weapons producer so she brought some of his shop talk with her when she moved to the US. She patented some innovations for frequency skipping for guided torpedoes that are in use today with Cellular phones. She was fascinating in her accomplishments. I am sure she is well represented on the inter-webs. She used her beauty to influence the bad guys and disguise the fact that she had a superior intellect.
The joke was she was notorious for suing people.
@@procopiusaugustus6231 And true to form, she sued Mel Brooks for $10M. Brooks says he insisted they shouldn't fight her, because she was a legend and had brought so much joy to the world. Instead he wanted to have a meeting with her. There was probably some settlement (presumably less than $10M) but he never disclosed how much.
She was also the first Actress in the world to have a nude scene and had the Navy actually listen to her, they could have saved countless lives, but they figured she’s too pretty for intelligence
Simpin' hard, there...
@johnguzman7425 , and the nude scenes were when she was 17 years old (she goes skinny dipping and someone steals her clothes and she goes running after them).
29:35 It's a western, so it ends with the heroes riding off into the sunset. But it's a satire, so that ride is in a chauffer-driven Cadillac.
Loved your reaction. Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite Mel Brooks comedies. 😊😂
You seemed to get more of the jokes than other reactors. Great reaction!!
Don't feel pressured to get all the gags and references in the older movies, a lot are cultural references to the time and what were gags of the day. The great thing about re-watching movies is picking up on the small details we miss the 1st time watching. Love your reactions, you do an awesome job. Thanks for creating content for us all to watch! ❤
I knew it, i'm surrounded by Johnsons.
Look on the bright side, at least Dix didn’t succeed in taking over.
Aria, great job reacting to this Mel Brooks classic! I think you're a terrific reactor and your channel has become one of favorites! Have a great day !
I've seen this movie dozens of times and I'm always impressed with the horse punch stunt. So much training and trust to get the horse to do that.
I like that they have the horse fall the wrong direction to show that it didn't really get punched. Mongo punches to the left, horse falls to the right.
@Billinois78 No, the direction was fine. The important bit is that the horse's head traveled along the direction of the punch. Then its legs"collapsed," causing its body to fall in the opposite direction, maintaining the spine's curve. (If Mongo had punched the horse's _body_ instead, that would have been different.)
I love how many times you predicted the next line. Shows me where your head is at!!!!
You said you needed a smile and you got it.Happy for you!
Great movie choice to react too.. May I also suggest another comedy with Gene Wilder You will like it..
The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother (1975)
Thanks for the reaction video, Aria, it was a lot of fun. Much appreciated.
LOL! Fun one, Aria! I really enjoyed rewatching this one with you. Yes, Men In Tights will be great to watch soon. You'll love it. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
I was looking for some reaction channels I haven’t seen in a little while and i decided to watch this one. You are absolutely gorgeous, your hair is beautiful, and I love your personality, you made me so happy while I watched the reaction. You now have a new fan, I will remain loyal watch as many of your reactions as I can, keep it up beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Thankyou❤️❤️❤️
@@ariachanson01 you’re very welcome gorgeous! ❤️❤️❤️
Just a little trivia. The scene when they beans at the campfire, that was the first fart joke in a major movie.
I ride a Blazing Saddle every day I go to my work facility. Sing it, too.
The scene where Jim tells Bart his story was a parody of a scene from the Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Denton on Doomsday".
I've seen this movie at least a hundred times through reactions and that reference is new to me. Thanks
Madeline Khan is to this day (I'm 51) still the most funny woman I've seen on screen!! Thank you for this amazing reaction
1.The reason the ending was in then modern day is because when Brooks wanted to make the movie in modern day, the studios thought that the tensions in the nation at that time wasn't ready for that, so he made it a western and shuck his modern day in anyway.
2. The bit about Hedley Lamaar's name was based on a real actress Hedy Lamaar who threatened to sue Brooks for using her name, once again Brooks found a way around it, comically. That's why he kept saying Hedley when called Hedy.
3. The singing of the character Lilly Von Stoop was based off the actress Marlena Dietrich. Just a few things to give you a reference.
This came before Young Frankenstein or Space Balls.
The Producers came before all 3. It's really good. The History of the World Part I came after them, another really funny one.
I saw this when it first came to the theaters. We realized that it wasn't racist, but a parody of racism. Mel pokes fun at everybody. We laughed our asses off.
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Aria: "Take that shovel and hit him in the head!"
Film: "Hold my beer...."
That made me so happy😁
I was 12 when Blazing Saddles came out but it was rated R, so I had to talk my mom into taking me to see it. One of my favorite life-long memories is of both of us laughing our butts off throughout the film. After that we went to see all the Mel Brooks movies of the 70s together. Brooks is Jewish and served in the US Army during WWII, so he is very aware of how horrible prejudice is. The thing to remember is that everyone in the movie who uses racist slurs is either stupid (all the villains) or ignorant (the townsfolk, who learn better and come to love Bart). In this way Brooks not only made a parody of westerns, but also used all that offensive language to make an effective parody of racism.
Great seeing you enjoy these classics. You have a great laugh. 😊
Mel Brooks just went for it with no limits in his films.
when they showed this on TV one Saturday morning, they left in all the bad words,
but of course muted the farts
...of course... 😂
Of course😂
A comedy from that same era that may be even crazier is the hilarious "Kentucky Fried Movie" from the team that later created "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun." Many big laughs.
That movie was hysterical. 😂❤
a film of extraordinary magnitude
@@marekmarecki7065 also includes.... BIG JIM SLADE
The Laurel and Hardy handshake was a joke referencing the comedy film duo of the same name.
Hedy Lamarr really existed, though. She was, of all things, both an _actress_ and an _inventor._
"He said 'The Sherriff is near!" (not pictured)
This is what you tell your friends when another friend is yelling something across a parking lot, and no one can understand them. Then wait and see who gets it.
looking at the camera and addressing the audience is called *"Breaking the 4th Wall"* Mel brooks is famous for it
I didn't see this mentioned yet, Madeline Kahn was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in this.
Harvey Korman (Hedley), is also very well known for the comedy skits he did on The Carol Burnett Show, an American TV show. Some of the skits are hilarious, especially when Tim Conway would be so funny that the other actors kept breaking up. You might like the 'Elephant Story,' and the 'Dentist.'
thank you for reacting to this film as it was meant to be seen
Blazing Saddles, along with the series of Airplane, Monty Python, are still my favorite movies! Love this type of comedy! There's nothing like laughing so hard people tell you to hush up and jump in laughing.😂❤😅😅
I’m editing Monty Python at the moment and it’s so hard because I keep stopping to laugh😂
When actors look directly at the camera, that's called, "breaking the 4th wall". I've watched a number of reactors do this movie, and this is the most enjoyable of all I've seen. You caught the off color jokes and double entendres and found them funny. I like that! I wish you would have added more of the movie. I realize due to the stupid YT rules you can't have all the movie in your video due to the copyright rules.
I was 7 years old when my dad took me to see this in 1974. Most of the film went over my head, too. The longest running joke was Hedy/Hedley. I had no idea what that meant.
Burton Gilliam aka the guy who asked for the work song was working as a firefighter when he did this movie which was his second movie his first was paper moon starring Ryan Oneil Mel had loved him in that movie and wanted him to be in this picture but Burton turned him down three times he only agreed after Richard Pryor personally called him and asked him to do this picture. Burtons next issue was the racial slurs he didn't want to say them because he was not a racist and didn't want to offend anyone. But Cleavon little talked to him letting him know that everyone working on the picture knows that he is nothing like the character he is playing and that its okay to say the slurs because he is acting.
Mel Brooks went beyond breaking the fourth wall, all the way to meta jokes before even meta was a thing.
Typical Zoomer ignorance...
@@Blutteufel Be nice. @granadosvm just needs a crash course on Tex Avery cartoons. 🙂
Mel Brooks : History Of The World Part 1 - The Producers - Life Stinks - High Anxiety 👍 👍 👍.
All these Mel Brooks movies are hilarious. I grew up with a lot of them including this one. I'm glad you checked it out. If you're interested in watching any western movies I highly recommend Tombstone, Unforgiven, The Good the Bad and the Ugly (really all the spaghetti westerns with Clint Eastwood are good.) 🤠
The only one I knew of was Dirty Harry😅 I don’t know anything accept the name of the movie and that it stars Clint Eastwood but I just always wanted to watch that movie series
10:55 went right past the room full of Johnson's 😂
Room full of Johnsons or not, sometimes you just have to keep going.
If you like Mel Brooks, and are looking for more, check out the TV series Get Smart. Mel Brooks was one of the writers on that show, and it’s hilarious.
Probably better to call Mel a creator of Get Smart. He and Buck Henry originated the show, but Mel was not much involved as the series went forward. Still, a great show, a fine recommendation. Many younger people would overlook that part of Mel's resume.
About all the uses of the N word, and other words that today would not be allowed in a movie. Back in those days, the point was to mock racism and bigotry by having racists and bigots in the movie, doing and saying racist and bigoted things. In general, the more racist/bigoted someone was in a movie (or TV show, like All in the Family), the dumber they were. So while people realized the N word and such were not good words even back then, the usage made them acceptable: have someone use racist terms, then show that person to be a "more-on". There could even be character growth ... like the folks of Rock Ridge who wanted to kill Bart when he rode in to be sheriff, but at the end all accepted him and would have liked for him to stay.
Also, Richard Pryor - an African American actor, write, and comedian - wrote "half" of the script.
"About all the uses of the N word, and other words that today would not be allowed in a movie." Apparently you have never seen a Quentin Tarantino movie.
@@tsmartin Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood uses the N word a lot?
The tollbooth is my favorite gag. 🤣
It was genius 😂
Aria has the best reactions to Mel Brooks movies. Her reaction to Young Frankenstein is the best of that movie and this is the best to Blazing Saddles.
"You'd do it for Randolph Scott!" Randolph Scott starred in dozens upon dozens of Westerns, including 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). Shtupp is a Yiddish term for having sexual intercourse.
1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief, the round-up thug with the aviator hat.
2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground.
3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Kahn also had a great role in it.
4. Imagine how much fun this was to make.
5. The line, "You know morons" was ad lib by Wilder. Little's reaction was real.
6. "Look, it's comin' off"🤣
7. Gig Young was supposed to play Jim but showed up the first day drunk so he was let go.
Wilder agreed to do this movie for Mel Brooks only if Mel would direct Young Frankenstein for him.
8. Richard Pryor was supposed to play Bart but he was going through his addictions at the time and they thought it wouldn't be a good idea. However, he did some of the writing.
9. Finally, Mel Brooks is the oldest member of "Blazing Saddles" still living.
Okay, the Gov, the Chief, but there's no indication that Mel Brooks played a "thug with an aviator hat"
Another great reaction. Always enjoy your reactions to movies from my youth. I believe the great comedian and actor Richard Pryor worked with Mel Brooks on this script.
Well let's play chess 😂😂😂😂
But i wanna screw😭😭😭😭😭
Very nice reaction! Gene Wilders reaction when Bart explained the toll both plot to him was priceless, I'm glad you showed it 😂 ❤️
Aria, Richard Dix was a famous cowboy actor from the early days of films.
Campfire scene. It's pretty bad when you're afraid to light a match and you're sitting in the audience.
Fart jokes are universal. Cross all boundaries - including good taste. But they are still funny! Saw this as a Double Feature back in 1976 with The Holy Grail, and left the cinema in pain.
Madeline Kahn is doing a comedic take on German actress Marlene deitrich.
28:01 I used to have lunch in a studio commissary every day. Nothing like this ever happened! 😅
I thoroughly enjoyed your enjoyment of this classic comedy. Of COURSE, there were some jokes that you wouldn't get - cultural jokes transfer poorly - but you caught a LOT of them. The whole Johnson thing riffs on the previously ubiquitous Howard Johnson's restaurant/ice cream chain.There are many young people right here in the U.S. who'd miss that because the chain disappeared many years ago...and the last surviving store closed about a year or so back. They famously advertised "28 Flavors"...which makes the "1 flavor" posted on the front of Rock Ridge's Howard Johnson's especially amusing.
14:52 "Once you establish yourself, they _got_ to accept you."
I mean, I wouldn't dispute that, but establishing oneself doesn't happen overnight. It takes time, and therefore, it takes patience.
I think it was your pronunciation of “Dart Wader” that made me subscribe in the first place.
😂😂😂
Someone's gotta go back and get a s**tload of dimes!
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Two jokes no reactor under 40 have gotten, "wide wide world of sports" and "Laurel and Hardy handshake" but they were Hi-larry-ous in the theaters
They fought Dix is a pun on Fort Dix NJ.
There was an actress named Hedy Lamarr. She did actually sue and settled out of court.
For context of why it’s referenced, Fort Dix is where Mel Brooks was inducted into the Army during WWII.
And Richard Dix was a real-lfe actor who starred in Cimarron (1931), the first Western to win a Best Picture Academy Award.
Good reaction. I extend to you this Laurel and Hardy handshake...
Just came from your YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN reaction. Another excellent reaction! Not sure if your picked up on it but the preacher is the same actor as Mister Hilltop, (the skinny man that Gene Wilder used in his class for a demonstration of voluntary/involuntary reactions!
Again, excellent reaction!
Thankyou:)
I didn't realise it was the same actor until someone pointed it out after I uploaded the video😅
Another great reaction, Aria. Keep up the great work!
The preacher was also the old man test subject in Young Frankenstein.
Nice… hopping.
Mel Brooks originally wanted Richard Pryor to play Bart. Pryor helped write the screenplay.
Lyle, the idiot in the red shirt, is now 85, and lives just outside Dallas, Texas. He still does public appearances, portraying a character similar to Lyle, only more pleasant. He was doing commercials for a local car dealership, just a few years ago.
This showing up on my screen made my Saturday morning. I can't wait to watch this!
I swear that the 'Fought Dix' joke is a tag on the famous U.S. Army's Fort Dix, but nobody else ever goes for it. 'Yes' and 'No' used to be painted on the backs of American school buses, to remind drivers what side of the vehicle to pass on.
When Lamar is rousing the rabble he ends by quoting any early Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" from 1929.
Let me live 'neath your spell
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
For you do something to me
That nobody else can do!
Hedy Lamarr was a famous actress. That's why he keeps saying Headley... She did end up suing Mel Brookes. If you like Gene Wilder, 'Young Frankenstein', 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother', one of the wackiest movies ever made, 'Silver Streak', and one many people don't know about, 'The Frisco Kid' 1979 with co-star Harrison Ford. @24:40, my favorite part of the movie, by Santa Clause and the Big Lebowski himself, "OK, we'll accept the ..... and the ......, but we don't want the Irish"
End scene is a parody of end scene fights in a lot of 50s westerns; many John Wayne movies included. It’s expected and Mel had fun with it. A kinda silly western you may like is “Paint Your Wagon”; it had a couple of songs in it too. Glad you had a fun time with this classic.
Love Paint Your Wagon!
Yeah, if you liked Lili von Stupp's singing, you might like this one, too! 😁
OOh you were beautiful as ever in this video 😍 This movie is hilarious....btw, there was a real person named Hedly Lemarr, she was an actress, but she's also really famous for coming up with the idea of Spread Spectrum Radio, which is still used today! It shifts frequency bands often, to make it harder for the enemy to listen in!
But this movie offended her apparently, and she sued them for defamation 😲 and she got a bunch of money! 🙂 lmao 🙂 🤣😂🤣
Cleavon Little who play Bart, is in another great movie, Vanishing Point, that I advice you to see. Great movie.
The thing they do where they talk to the viewer and mention that it's a movie is called "Breaking the 4th Wall." It is a reference to the fact that movie and show sets where filming is done before a live studio audience only have three walls, so that the audience can see what's going on. The barrier between the stage and the audience is known as the 4th wall.
The guy playing Mungo is Alex Karras. He's mostly known for his time as a football player; acting was a side thing for him. He had another notable role in the movie Porky's.
This is one of those movies you have to re-watch a few times a year cuz sometimes you miss a little tiny nuanced if you look for those kind of things and you laugh even harder
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The biggest star of the whole cast.
The one and only Count Basie and his band.
And if you want an extra laugh that aren't Mel Brooks movies you have : Amazon Women On The Moon - The Kentucky Fried Movie
14:15 😄Oh, you know it's Mel Brooks when it gets a reaction like _that._
Franky Lane was famous for dinging the themes to classic Westerns. Brooks advertised for a "Franky Lane type singer" and was astonished when Lane himself showed up. Brooks didn't mention this was a spoof.
Brooks also met John Wayne and asked him to appear, either as Jim or a cameo. Wayne was always playing the extra-tough guy in Westerns and WW2 movies, so he declined. "I can't be in a movie like that, but I'll be first in line to see it."
Jim and Bart are both left-handed.
The real Hedy Lamarr sued for using her name, and Brooks told the studio just settle it and pay her. Lamarr settled for considerably less than she sued for.
19:28 "How long is this thing?" - that's what Lili Von Shtupp said. Usually in disappointment, no doubt! 😅
Ah yes, Blazing Saddles. The Mel Brooks film that broke not only the fourth wall, but all the others and the ceiling too! 🤣 I love it, right down to the riding off into the sunset, where the heroes leave their horses and, in true actor style, drive off in a limo!
Excellent reaction Aria.
Aria, the twelve chairs is another film by Mel brooks. It is different from the rest, however, because it isn’t a parody film. It stars Ron Moody, Dom Delouise and Frank Langela. Mel does have a brief role in it. Give it a shot sometime.
As a clarification (without editing my first comment), Mel’s film The Twelve Chairs is based on a Russian satirical novel by the same name that takes place in 1920 era.
This is so good comedy. Way it pokes racism and bigotry is great, but friendship between Jim and Bart was the best part for me. True friendship doesn't look color of skin or any other external attribute. Great film. Mel Brook's is genius. Also Gene Wilder and Madeleine Khan were absolutely joy in Young Frankenstein. Robin Hood men in tight's is parody of Robin Hood Prince of thieves (1991) like other's said watching that and Errol Flynn's Robin Hood film would give such context to that. And I think you would enjoy Robin Hood: Prince of thieves very much. It's good, old time, doesn't take itself too seriously popcorn blockbuster.
Yup, really glad I didn’t watch robin hood that day though, I have some homework to do first😂