The sheriff, Cleavon Little, did it all, stage, screen and TV. This was his most famous role. He passed away in 1992 of cancer.

This movie is a parody on racism. Terms are meant to be malicious, they're poking fun at the absurdity

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.

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.

Such a great takedown of racist morons and an amazing script. Mel Brooks is a legend. Cleavon Little had so much charisma.

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

"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.'"

Mel Brooks explained Bart was basically Bugs Bunny.

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.

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.

Loved your reaction. Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite Mel Brooks comedies. 😊😂

Since it got left out of the edit: "They said you was hung." "And they was right!"

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.

I absolutely enjoyed watching you laugh your way through this reaction. Glad you liked this, the best comedy ever filmed.

You seemed to get more of the jokes than other reactors. Great reaction!!

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 !

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).

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! ❤

THE SHERIFF IS NEAR !!!

15:16 Fun fact: Gene Wilder ad-libbed that scene. Cleavon Little's laugh was genuine - he had no idea where Gene was going with that, and broke character when Gene said "morons." Mel Brooks left it in because it was funnier than what he had written.

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.

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.

I love how many times you predicted the next line. Shows me where your head is at!!!!

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.

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 ❤️❤️❤️

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)

The scene where Jim tells Bart his story was a parody of a scene from the Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Denton on Doomsday".

You said you needed a smile and you got it.Happy for you!

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.

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.

I didn't see this mentioned yet, Madeline Kahn was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in this.

Very nice reaction! Gene Wilders reaction when Bart explained the toll both plot to him was priceless, I'm glad you showed it 😂 ❤️

This showing up on my screen made my Saturday morning. I can't wait to watch this!

The first movie directed by Mel Brooks is The Producers with Gene Wilder. The actor who plays the hangman, has the same role in Robin Hood Men in Tights.

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.'

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.

Great seeing you enjoy these classics. You have a great laugh. 😊 Mel Brooks just went for it with no limits in his films.

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.

Thanks for the reaction video, Aria, it was a lot of fun. Much appreciated.

Aria, Richard Dix was a famous cowboy actor from the early days of films.

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.

Another great reaction, Aria. Keep up the great work!

"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.

when they showed this on TV one Saturday morning, they left in all the bad words, but of course muted the farts ...of course... 😂

"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.

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.) 🤠

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.

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.😂❤😅😅

😎👍 Madeline Kahn is also in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" (1977) and "History Of The World Part I" (1981). Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn are BOTH in "Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975). Mel Brooks uses a lot of the same actors in many of his films.

I have a dvd box with several of his films, and one that very few people talk about is the Silent Movie. I recommend. It's a silent movie about a director (Mel Brooks) that is trying to make a silent movie to come back form drinking problems.

Hedy Lamarr really existed, though. She was, of all things, both an _actress_ and an _inventor._

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 ride a Blazing Saddle every day I go to my work facility. Sing it, too.

Just a little trivia. The scene when they beans at the campfire, that was the first fart joke in a major movie.

The Laurel and Hardy handshake was a joke referencing the comedy film duo of the same name.

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.

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.

If someone says you can't make a movie like this today, Mel Brooks would say you couldn't make it back then either.

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.

Mel Brooks went beyond breaking the fourth wall, all the way to meta jokes before even meta was a thing.

You earned a good non-stop laugh after all the heavy stuff you've been watching lately. Try "The Producers" (the 1967 one) pure, insane Mel Brooks film which introduced Gene Wilder. Absolutely gold.

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.

The basic framework of this movie was the 1939 western-comedy Destry Rides Again. Western town overrun with outlaws, the townspeople think they are getting a shoot-'em sheriff (played by Jimmy Stewart) who turns out to be the exact opposite, yet in the long run turns out to be effective. Movie ends with a big melee in the streets as the townspeople come out and fight the bad guys. Marlene Dietrich, with her strong German accent, plays the saloon hall madam, in fishnet stockings. In the beginning, the trackworkers sing a Cole Porter song from the 1930's (out of time for a movie set in 1874). The cowboys in turn want them to sing Camptown Ladies, a song composed in 1850 by famed American songwriter Stephen Foster, specifically for minstrel shows popular in 19th century vaudeville shows. A half-dozen white men, in black face, sit on straight-back chairs in a line across the stage. They sing a song, accompanied with banjoes, tambourines, "spoons," and "bones." Every so often, they stop and one guy will ask "Do you know . . ." and the other will say "No, Mr. . . " and repeat that part, and the first will give the punch line, all in a stereotypical racist fashion. In other words, Campbell Ladies is one of the most offensive songs to ask black men to sing.

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!

thank you for reacting to this film as it was meant to be seen

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.

3:38 Aria: "Take that shovel and hit him in the head!" Film: "Hold my beer...."

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.

Campfire scene. It's pretty bad when you're afraid to light a match and you're sitting in the audience.

“Blazing Saddles” makes reference to a number of old-time Hollywood performers whose names would still have been very familiar to American moviegoers in the early 1970s but are not necessarily well known today. Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress who moved to the United States in the late 1930s. Her movie career spanned the 1930s, ‘40s, and early ‘50s. She’s also notable as an inventor. Randolph Scott was an American actor of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s who was especially well known for starring in many Westerns.

I think it was your pronunciation of “Dart Wader” that made me subscribe in the first place.

Aria: They can just walk around it... Me: What are you talking about? 😜😂😉🙂 I hope you do the original 60's version of The Producers, which was both Mel Brooks's & Gene Wilder's breakthrough 🙂

looking at the camera and addressing the audience is called *"Breaking the 4th Wall"* Mel brooks is famous for it

I knew it, i'm surrounded by Johnsons.

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. 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.

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.

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.

Glad Minnie and you enjoyed it! Need to see this one before Men in Tights. Movie was by Warner Brothers, that is the actual Warner Brothers studio lot. Lots of trivia, too much to list. But you will get so many references in Men in Tights, I think you will get most of them. The expression is something like "Dag nabbit" or "dog gone" or "darn" (old man talking gibberish-like). Can't wait for more!

Someone's gotta go back and get a s**tload of dimes!

Cleavon Little also has a significant role in "Fletch Lives". I recommend watching both movies, Fletch, and then Fletch Lives. Comedy with a mess load of good lines. I've watched them many, many, many many times.

Cleavon Little who play Bart, is in another great movie, Vanishing Point, that I advice you to see. Great movie.

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 🙂 🤣😂🤣

28:01 I used to have lunch in a studio commissary every day. Nothing like this ever happened! 😅

This film is a national treasure, as are the legacies of Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. The first time I remember seeing Mr. Little was in VANISHING POINT (1971). I've wanted a white Dodge Challenger ever since. Gene Wilder was in several brilliant films, and always gave such amazing performances. Check him out in another really fun Western called THE FRISCO KID (1979).

The tollbooth is my favorite gag. 🤣

10:55 went right past the room full of Johnson's 😂

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!

Before you watch 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' it would be to your advantage to see ... first, 'The Adventure of Robin Hood' (Errol Flynn) from the 1940's (?) and then 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' (Kevin Costner) from the 1990's (?). Both are referenced in 'Men in Tights' and would give you a good reference for the humor.

Aria, Blazing Saddles mainly spoofs the famous Westerns from the 40s and 50s. I don't know if you've watched any of those yet... if not, two classics I highly recommend are High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper, and The Searchers (1958) with John Wayne. Those two are a good entry point!

19:55 I don't know if you're trying American Sign Language, Aria, but ✌️ is V and three fingers is W. But I honestly think your pronunciation of V as W is cute and it's not cartoony like in this movie or Elmer Fudd.

Mel Brooks : History Of The World Part 1 - The Producers - Life Stinks - High Anxiety 👍 👍 👍.

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.

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

The preacher was also the old man test subject in Young Frankenstein.

The artist who wrote and performed the title song for this film was told that this was a serious western. He was told that it was about a man named Bart that was made Sherif of a small town in the west, and saved the town from ruthless railroad barrons trying to take the land. He was not told that Bart would be black or that the film would be a satire. The artist later said he felt betrayed by the deception

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.

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.