Jojo Rabbit does that brilliantly. It's amazing that it got made, let alone released in 2019

Anyone recall "History of the World, Part II" which had a trailer "Hitler on Ice"? That was a sneak up funny bit.

That explains why there was that one guy dressed as Hitler in the Warner Brothers commissary, mentioning that they lose him after the bunker scene.

Eric Basler how about Young Frankenstein ?

@Steve people dont like to talk about what the commies do/did

Yea getting rid of the apartheid really solved the problem of racism in South Africa. Everything is just great now !

Mel is hanging in there as of 2023

@@bearlemley That is what tends to happen when an authoritarian system of racial oppression is instituted. It creates devastating social, political, emotional, and economic damage to that society, that - would you believe it - cannot be repaired in a matter of decades. Only a child can believe that. "Oh, no! Things in South Africa aren't perfect - so we should have kept the system of racial oppression instead!" is a classic example of illogical conclusion from a premise, and you aren't even making this error of critical thinking accidentally. It is being employed clearly for the purposes of being a contrarian edgelord who flirts with racialism. If you truly believe this phantasm - a psychological construct which allows you to avoid dealing with the real issue and simply allows you to carry on feeling better about doing nothing - you have a lot of hard thinking to do in order to find your way as an adult.

LOL YES it was! And they had AWESOME Chemistry together! They just WORKED So well together!

No doubt. They are fantastic together. SO GOOD.

yeah, he and Richard Pryor made a good team, but it's really tragic that Wilder & Little never got to be a recurring team

You can see Little trying to hold it together. Like, "Something's coming. I don't know what, but something's coming!"

She was also great in History of the World, Part 1.

@nowonyuno Cause you know cocaine is expensive so he had to work double.

Gene Wilder wrote the original script for Young Frankenstein

And sadly, cancelled by the cancel culture.

No. Mel Brooks wrote Get Smart with Buck Henry in the '60s. That was Mel Brooks' prime! Don't take my word for it, check it out!

O I agree two of my top five all time watch it every chance I can

I said that to a Coke driver at my work: just came to mind, that it would be funny.... LOL.

everyone's reactions to Mongo: "Mongo! SANTA MARIA!" "Now gather round here folks, and-- HOLY SHIT!" "Never mind that shit! HERE COMES MONGO!"

"Hey the Sherrif is a nigGONG.... " ... "He said the Sherrif is near" ...no dogblammet dangblammet the sherrif is a nigGONG!" Has me rolling every time partly due to his physical delivery

@@ashandwit A coke driver? How do you get that job?

I never realized just how much my dad quoted Blazing Saddles during my childhood until I finally watched it when I was 15. From Bart's "Hep me! Hep me!", "I must, I must!", and Hedey's "...and Methodists!" He would use those lines in any context that he could. The old man's with the Lord now, but it's nice to rewatch Blazing Saddles and still find new Jokes and lines that he used to reference.

Of course film executives missed the point because they are racist

Richard Pryor helped write it.

You're entitled to your wrong opinion.

Amen. Talent like that will never been seen again

IMO the funniest ever

You threw Andy Devine in there. Everyone else you mentioned was in Blazing Saddles - Mr. Devine was not. Just wondering why you included him. Not that there's anything wrong with that! :)

i wouldnt be surprised if scumbags didnt ban and burn it before the century is half over. truly great art.

@@yessireebob9306 w

He was absolutely brilliant .

@Norbero Fontanez 🤦🏾‍♂️ask Dave who inspired him. You're welcome to your opinion. It's just wrong. Lol. 🤭🙌🏾✌🏾👍🏾🧡🇺🇸

@@toddtravis2596 could’ve been humble, but you ended the way you did. Ending with emojis hides the nasty, I guess? Lol

James Earl Jones would have made it odd, realizing of course that it was the original script.

the suttlety Cleavon Little put into the lines and feeders with Gene Wilder made for fanastic dry wit

It's twue!

She was one of his favorite leading ladies. Her comedy chops were something else

@@MUSKLR they read byron and shelly then jump on your belly!

@@TheWadotexas ..and bust your balloon..

Yes, she was imitating Marlene Dietrich

I heard the smae thing but at 1st Frankie didn't like the movie but he did put a lot into the song

But at least he put his heart and soul into the song and sing it seriously

Mel Brooks wanted to make an authentic western movie, so for the title song, he put an ad in the business paper looking for a "Frankie Lane-type" singer. Two days later, Frankie Lane shows up in his office, ready to do the song.

Nazi sympathizers might - and we know they're out there.

There's alot of people that would be offended by it , not me though

Correct, but i bet there's a ton of snowflakes out there that do

Like "woke" Hollywood with an agenda?

@@BigGator5 There is no such thing as "woke" Hollywood. Hollywood is all about making money and as capitalistic as you can get. Maybe I should use term Neo Liberal but I m not sure are you smart enough to know what that is. You might think that it' has something to do with what you think left to be when it's very right wing thing.

WOW - I never knew that Dom DeLuise's wife was in this! Thanks for your comment

Hold on while I whip this out 🤣

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Charlie: “They said you was hung!” Bart: “And they was RIGHT!”

Bart: Are we awake? Waco kid: That depends. Are we black?

Aq

I remember i saw both movies at the old Town and Country 6 in Houston...

@@mikepatrick5909 Nice. I was born in 76, so I first saw them when I was kid during the first rental boom in the early eighties.

@starfiremale "GIDDY UP"!!! 👍

John Wayne was pretty well known in Hollywood as a racist. It bursts some people bubble about their image of him, but my grandfather (RIP) worked in Hollywood in those days and confirmed it to us when I was a teenager. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why he refused it, even though it probably would have helped his image among his peers.

Who can forget his exit in Doctor Strangelove?

Ditto!

Well he did try to head them off at the pass . 🤣🤣🤣

I love how Tim Conway made it a mission to bust him up. They were just too much together.

@@ferox965 Harvey and Tim made a perfect comedy duo!

It was even funnier when watching on Saturday night on a 25" color console with a signal coming in from the antenna outside.

@@Kingfisher1215 🎵🎶 Those were the days 🎶🎵 Different show, but you get it 😉

My buddy was a communications major in college. He flew out to California to attend some convention where people are trying to shop new tv series to the various networks. While there he saw Harvey Korman about 50 feet away. It had been several years since the release of History of the World. My friend yelled out "Count de Money, Count de Money." Without missing a beat, Mr. Korman yelled back "That's de Monay."

Lol... “Fist City” Now I want to see a movie with that title.

@@TheRealNormanBates Words of a country song. Loretta Lynn or Tammy Wynett

Was lucky enough to meet Gilliam at a con, and aside from mentioning what you just did, he also said that the "bean scene" had to be shot multiple times in the cold :)

I read that Burton Gilliam was a firefighter, then became an actor after staring in this movie.

@@edwardmeegan1849 I saw that interview. Richard Pryor drove that decision. Mel Brooks called Gilliam directly but he thought it was just another prank by his fire fighting buddies. It took Mel Brooks calling his chief to convince him it was a genuine offer. When told hey would end up being paid the equivalent of two years of fire fighting pay for about one month of work, he hung up his hose and signed on.

Oh.. Mongo Straight!

I grew up with it. Though I understand why some people might find it offensive, I’m not one of them.

@@Shred_The_Weapon amazing movie but I somehow doubt with this day and age of snowflakes being offended that it would ever be made in present time

Assuming I really know whom you are trying to identify as “snowflakes“,Gerard, i’m one of them. I still like this movie.

If you’re a guy😉.

🎶 He rode a blazing saddle He wore a shining star His job, to offer battle To bad men near and far He conquered fear and he conquered hate He turned our night into day He made his blazing saddles A torch to light the way. 🎶

and the disappointed "AW" sound(from a man) when he whips out a piece of paper.

THAT and this video clip are my FAVORITE LINES from this film...👍👍

Easy, shewiff.

funny thing about the "it's twru,it's twru" joke theres a line cut from the scene that goes " hate to disappoint you ma'am,but you're sucking on my elbow."😂🤣

15 is my limit on schnitzengruben

Uh, your sucking on my arm

@@LancGuy13 easy baby, you're making a German spectical of yourself

Followed by the sheriff holding gun to his head and threatening himself... "These people are DUMB!"

@@Tarathathe77wookiee As a kid I found that bit the funniest part in the movie.. "I think he's serious !"

Dude, please give me a ranking.

@@Tarathathe77wookiee "You know...morons!

Uhh, Mel is retired? I guess they forgot to tell him.

It was, and Brooks left it in.

I was about 7 the first time I watched this and that scene was my favourite part of the whole movie and still is. But that line in particular, I have used that so many times, and would go out of my way to set it up, or at least try to 😂 No one ever really got it, but it made me laugh. Maybe that's why I don't have a single friend in the world. Geez, that got dark 😂

That line right there is the most perfect example of why they worked so well. I love pryor, and him and wilder, but in this case i think little was perfect. Richard always had a kinda manic/angry/flustered vibe. Cleavon had more of a chill "deal w what happens" kinda feel that i think was perfect for the situations. And i dont know of an older actor at the time that could of pulled off wilders...i dont know, "weathered innocence"? He knew the racist crap was there, he just couldnt understand it on a basic level.

@@blackc1479 I love both Pryor and Little, but I can't imagine Little being replaced, he was so good in the role.

@@bigdaddy741098 though I see you and have missed many opportunities with that,, man what stuck with us was... And, isn't it a LOVELY morning ma'am.. And of course,,, SHITLOAD of dimes! Oh, least we forget,,, Tell me cowboy,, are you in show bizzness...? Peace my friend, class of '81 here, when 5$ could get enough gas and grass to get to the woods, and what truely WAS, freedoom..

I read somewhere that line was pure ad-lib on the part of Gene Wilder. Pure genius!

@@popeye807 I read that on IMD. I always felt that line was ad-libbed because of Cleavon Little's reaction. One of my favorite lines.

@@popeye807 - The only ad-lib in the whole movie

The common clay...

LOL

Not enough thumbs up to reply to your comment 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Still is a genius! Up until a few months ago when Carl Reiner died, Brooks joined his old friend nearly every night for dinner. Brooks is still sharp and funny as hell.

Maybe I did know these things.

@David R he was funny in stir crazy

@David R I loved him as Willy Wonka

@David R have you ever seen Brewster's millions?

@David R question if you had $30 million what would you do with it?

Gene's been dead for four years. Your sentiment is too late.

" Candygram for Mongo"

“Mongo like candy.”

Richard Pryor said his favorite character to write was Mongo

@Carl Hopf even better there's this...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5OjqtJ02quxen0.html

That would be because Pryor wrote most of Mongo's lines.

Uhhh, ditto!

YES YES YES! Far and above the best line/ scene! Splendid!

“You use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar who*e!!”…

ditto

Chewing gum on line? I hope you brought enough for everybody!

@@jamesmack3314 "I Didn't Know There Was Going To Be So Many...."

@@CYBERVISIONSdotCom Boy, are they strict.

He was one of the only good parts of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

the media are the only ones offended, this erases their work on our division.

so you’re saying a comedy that INSULTS BIGOTS wouldn’t be made today? well, BIGOTS do love cancel culture.

YES POLITICAL CORRECTNESS HAS RUINED THIS.

The dummycrats ruined that.

Quite easy get rid of the jerks

Definitely!! In a feature busting with hysterically funny and iconic lines, that's my favorite. I must have worked it into conversations a hundred times and I laugh every time I watch it.

OK, because of a mis-spent youth, (until my '60's) I know just about every line. Uh, they ALL are the best. steve

League bowling has a phrase that if everyone gets a strike except you, then you're hung. I musta used that line so much it became the thing to say at that bowling alley, a great line

This movie is such a classic that almost every line is iconic.

Holy shit. Seriously, thank you. I'd've never known, and am better off for learning. Be well, friend.

@@injunsun NP bud, stay awesome!

COOL!

“Wow”

I always thought Mel should have had the campfire flames gradually get higher as they farted.

I once ready somewhere where this movie used the n-word 74 times.

Yes. You are right. Brooks thought that Young would be great as an alcoholic, because he WAS an alcoholic, but he was also unreliable and too drunk to work.

Glad you brought this point up; I was going to if no one else had.

He's got a few mistakes in this one. Another is that he said Brooks showed the script of Blazing Saddles to Wilder during filming Young Frankenstein. Simple look at release date would've told you that was bogus. Blazing Saddles Feb 1974, Young Frankenstein Dec 1974. It was actually Wilder who pitched the idea of Young Frankenstein to Brooks during filming of Blazing Saddles.

My mom said she had to do the same thing, lol.

Love it. Could not get made today

Binx 1371 ...That's because "woke" Hollywood is racist and they wouldn't know what a morality tale is if it jumped up to bite them on the face.

Facts.... sjws are the new facist of today....this is a classic movie

@@BigGator5 There is no such thing as "woke" Hollywood. Hollywood is all about making money and as capitalistic as you can get. Maybe I should use term Neo Liberal but I m not sure are you smart enough to know what that is. You might think that it' has something to do with what you think left to be when it's very right wing thing.

That makes absolutely zero sense.

Mel Brooks is still alive he's 95

When Life of Brian came out I was 15 and I went to see it at the cinema - it was a double bill with blazing saddles. My face and ribs ached for days from laughing almost non- stop for over 4 hours.... Hand down my two favourite films.

So true

I would say: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

You hear people say that all the time, and it simply is not true. Now, could you make a spoof of westerns that was a success today? Probably not, because westerns are not what they were back then. Could you make a movie poking fun at racism? Of course you could. Would it be the hit that BS was? Probably not, because BS blazed the trail, and nothing again can be the first. But is the topic or the language outside the pale for 2020? That's just pretending that PC is 117 times more than it really is. People mock racism and racists in film all the time.

Actually, you could. Look at Matt Groening w/ The Simpsons - 30+ years, Parker and Stone w/South Park - 24 years. MacFarlane w/Family Guy, American Dad, and so on... all no strangers to offensive comedy and still going strong. Just like Mel Brooks in his time, they all understand the CARDINAL RULE of offensive comedy: If you can’t offend EVERYBODY, then don’t offend ANYBODY!

@Matt THX The snowflakes are the right wing conservatives who desperately need to see themselves as the victims, no matter what anyone says about anything, its seen as a slight against the right wingers.

@@paulpeterson4216 Nope.

Yeah. You got those egghead idiots out there screaming like banshees at every "Niger" and "Fagot" word that is being said, and completely miss the point of the movie.

Straight from Mel Brooks himself.

Also need to correct him on timing of Young Frankenstein. When Gene Wilder came on the cast for Blazing Saddles, he requested that Mel Brooks do "his" movie idea next. This is also according to Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles was released in February 1974 and Young Frankenstein in December of that year.

So glad you mentioned the truth about why Gig Young did not portray The Waco Kid in the finished film. I am sorry he suffered so much, but I just can't see him (or Dan Dailey) in this comedy classic. Gene Wilder ended up giving a wonderfully hilarious performance. Poor Gig never did conquer his alcohol problem. He ended up shooting his 5th wife (they'd only been wed 3 weeks) and then turned the gun on himself. So sad.... :-(

@@jubalcalif9100 Yeah, Mel Brooks wanted someone older to play the part. Someone with visible age in their face. Told Gene Wilder no two or three times. He played the part brilliantly.

@@Tpklmale Thanks for your follow up comment ! I can see Mel's point; an older person with a craggy face would have made a good contrast to the youthful Cleavon Little. But in the long run, I am glad Gene ended up playing "The Waco Kid". At least they got an older gent with the wonderful Slim Pickens !!

An absolutely perfect cast line up for this film!

Beans

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@Thomas B same thing happens in spaceballs in the who made that man a gunner scene

My favorite part of the movie. Every time I see a roll of dines I think of the sh*t load of dimes line

@Thomas B Yeah, it didn't sound anything like the rest of the line!

HECK YES!! Part 1 is hilarious!!

Mel is just a natural-born comedy genius, and a National Treasure ❤ Whenever my family heard that there would be a new Mel Brooks movie coming out, we had a hard time waiting for it to hit the theaters.....family night out!

Spaceballs is part 2.. If you remember at the end of party 1 they show a preview for "history of the world part 2: Jews in space"

I think he better hurry. He’s 94 now!

I'd heard that he fully planned to make several "History of the World" movies, but it turned out they'd pretty much used all the best jokes in the first one.

Actually, Le Petomane (real name: Joseph Pujols) was a French performer who farted music. For real. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

He also played the Indian cheif.

@@janetaldrich7747 His career ended when he followed through.

@@keegan773 Yeah, Le Shartomane was not as popular.

I just petomaned.

did you notice the hotel/house with an orange roof?

@Kd 78orangerangerpete I'm offended by that! 😡Ummm... what did you say again? 😉

@@jay-day EXACTLY !!!

Remember that cowboy movie Jamie Fox was in? That was literally Blazing Saddles.

I think Mel Brooks playing the INidan Chief and calling the Black Slaves found in one Covered Wagon= "Swatzas" and then continuing speaking Yiddish might be considered very offense today. Pls see my other comment

@@HoldenNY22 Take it from a Jewish New Yawker, the word is _shvartzers._ And the Yiddish Indian chief was *hilarious!* In the PC delirium that later infected society, they arbitrarily decided that saying the Yiddish word for blacks was somehow derogatory and offensive. (The word _shvartz_ in Yiddish means black - nothing more or less. Schwartz, a common name, means "black" and "Weiss" means white.)

@@isaiah5323 yup

@@isaiah5323 , and Spaceballs.

What the hell are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue *her*.

Maybe, but maybe not. Ask a lot of people what their opinion of the movie is, and I think a lot of them will still like it. So I think a movie like Blazing Saddles could work even today if it's done well. But whether it COULD be made is another question. Might be too risky for Hollywood, but maybe other studios somewhere in the world might give it a go.

ya which is a bit of a shame, as comedy is imo better form of awareness then tragic melancholy.

@HeedArmy83 why is complaining about a symbol used to verify a real account a thing? What does a checkmark have to do with your point?

PC has gone too far. get REAL, anything and everything we say or do is going to offend someone.

@@rodh1404 Think of the idea that the studio heads didn't want to release it then. Mel himself has said he could never make a movie like this today. So the discussion isn't whether or not it could 'work' today but rather if it could even get past some executives desk let alone be greenlit or financed now. I saw this in the theatre as a teenager in 1974 and upon viewing thought it to be the death knell [at least here in the US] for racism especially against blacks; that this kind of crass humor after so much violence and preaching during the previous decade would succeed as the final nail in the coffin of that form of prejudice. I hope you see what I'm trying to say here...

Bart: A man drinks like that’s gonna die. Waco kid: When?

"It's twoo, it's twoo!"

"Where are all the white women at?" I lose it every time. 😂

@@BigGator5 "Auf wiedersehen, baby"

Jessica Wood ...Madeline Kahn is the kind of class and sexy that we won't ever see again.

@@BigGator5 there's also this line... ..."how many times have I told you to wash up after cross burning"... ...(Waco Kid rubs sheriff's palm)... ..."see? It's coming of...

Miklos Ernoehazy ..."And now, for my next impression... Jesse Owens." (runs off)

or what she was able to do to Cleavon's arm!

It's true...

It's twue, it's twue, it's twue!

Madeline Kahn was the best!

The title of this video was 10 things you didn't know about Blazing Saddles not what you didn't know about any of the actors or their contributions.