NOTHING could've prepared me for BLAZING SADDLES

NOTHING could've prepared me for BLAZING SADDLES | First Time Reaction!

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@thefandom6243 13 күн бұрын

This movie didn't break the 4th wall. It declared a war on the 4th wall, and won!

@bobothn 16 күн бұрын

Most important thing to know about this movie. It's not racist. It's making fun of the racists.

@scifibob 16 күн бұрын

I am not surprised that this comment is not in the top. It's sad, really.

@jackgilchrist 16 күн бұрын

Well, that's pretty obvious. I've never heard anyone claim otherwise.

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

I'm shocked it isn't at the top if only because this is every hot couch guy's idea of brilliant sublime race discourse and can't wait to show off what they know

@RobertWrightOneManCovers 16 күн бұрын

@@jackgilchristAre you kidding? Even the white actors on set were apologizing to the black actors between shots.

@jsnsk101 16 күн бұрын

Omg what a revelation!

@dhavaram8064 14 күн бұрын

The scene with Mel Brooks playing the Indian Chief is even funnier when you realize he's speaking Yiddish.

@namffuak 3 күн бұрын

There was a serious theory at one point that the American Indians were the 'lost' tribes of Israel - and thus Mel speaking Yiddish.

@mjkjelland13 16 күн бұрын

Madeline Khan is one of the greatest comedic actresses of all time, It's twoooo, It's twoooo.

@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t 16 күн бұрын

oooooooooooooooooooooo sweet mystery of life at last i found you....

@williewilliams6571 16 күн бұрын

"Oh Bob, do I have any openings this man might fill?".

@OneTrueVikingbard 16 күн бұрын

“Always coming and going and going and coming… …and always too soon!”

@leftcoaster67 16 күн бұрын

They didn't let them put in one extra line. "Baby, why are you sucking on my arm?" LOL

@axr7149 16 күн бұрын

She even got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for this too! Lost to Ingrid Bergman for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (this was Ingrid's 3rd win and her first in Supporting).

@rantandroll7583 16 күн бұрын

The ending is quintuple meta. They step out of their movie, into another movie, they watch their movie, step back into their movie, with popcorn from watching their movie.

@lloydsmith3864 16 күн бұрын

HAHA!! I've watched this movie dozens of times...and this was the first time I noticed they had the popcorn

@THOMMGB 14 күн бұрын

....and they drive off into the sunset.

@mycroft16 13 күн бұрын

Only Mel could make that insane ending work. Not only lampooning the idiocy of racism but going another step and lampooning Hollywood itself attempting to deal with racism.

@SavageDawgJoshua 10 күн бұрын

That's a plethora of meta.

@mycroft16 10 күн бұрын

@@SavageDawgJoshua I would just like to know if you know what a plethora is.

@dabe1971 16 күн бұрын

Gene's 'You know, morons' line was improvised and Cleavon's reaction was a genuine laugh. Mel loved it so kept the take. It's twue !

@Daren_PNW 16 күн бұрын

"you know ...... _MORONS!"_

@willhennessy864 16 күн бұрын

You do get that feeling from watching it 😂

@0okamino 16 күн бұрын

With Gene’s friendly, comforting way of delivering the line, it’s really no wonder Cleavon cracked up a bit.

@mycroft16 13 күн бұрын

Gene was a ridiculously hilarious man. And the utter disinterested way he played the straight man in this makes it even funnier. I love that they left the genuine reaction in.

@mikealvarez2322 16 күн бұрын

We can thank WW2 for Mel Brooks humor. He was part of a combat engineer unit assigned to locating and disposing land mines. He was in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge. He was also present when some of the camps were liberated. He was so distressed by the hatred he saw that he decided to fight hatred with comedy. Thank you Mel Brooks.😅😂❤❤

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

"When it became obvious what a dumb and cruel and spiritually and financially and militarily ruinous mistake our war in Vietnam was, every artist worth a damn in this country, every serious writer, painter, stand-up comedian, musician, actor and actress, you name it, came out against the thing. We formed what might be described as a laser beam of protest, with everybody aimed in the same direction, focused and intense. This weapon proved to have the power of a banana-cream pie three feet in diameter when dropped from a stepladder five-feet high." - Kurt Vonnegut, "In These Times," January 27, 2003

@SwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

@@josephwallace202weren't you just flaming me for posting a quote? (it was actually a song)

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@SwiftJustice "flaming" Jesus christ you fossil lmao And no, I was pointing out you have no wit of your own. You have never gotten a single like. The screenwriters of all your favorite movies have, but never you.

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@SwiftJustice "flaming" holy shit what a fossil lmao And no, I was pointing out you have no wit of your own. You have never gotten a single like. The screenwriters of all your favorite movies have, but never you.

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@SwiftJustice "flaming" holy shit what a fossil lmao And no, I was pointing out you have no ideas of your own. You have never earned a single like on a post. The screenwriters of all your favorite movies have, but never you.

@enigmamz 16 күн бұрын

"The horses in this movie deserve better!" Wait until Mongo gets into town.

@ploppy9943 16 күн бұрын

You beat me to it

@enigmamz 15 күн бұрын

@@ploppy9943 Yeah, I clicked on this when it said "53 minutes ago"

@gkiferonhs 16 күн бұрын

The "Bean Scene" was the first time passing gas had ever been shown on any type of screen, movie or TV. Mel Brooks decided if he was going to break that barrier he might as well break it thoroughly.

@daxriley8195 16 күн бұрын

So he was the man brave enough to break the wind barrier! I'll see myself out!

@jackal59 16 күн бұрын

He also dragged people walking by into the Foley studio to make fart noises, although most of them were Brooks himself. Also, the reason it is so loud is that they discovered at the previews that they had to mix them louder after the first one to be heard over the audience's laughter.

@vinsgraphics 14 күн бұрын

Saw this in high school, 80s. That scene had me in stitches, I think I missed the next few minutes of the movie at the time.

@shorttimer874 13 күн бұрын

When I saw this on a local TV station the sound for that scene was muted...

@jb888888888 12 күн бұрын

1971's _Cold Turkey_ had a fart joke before this film.

@johnscott4196 16 күн бұрын

Now please watch the best Mel Brooks movie, "Young Frankenstein". Lilly and the Waco kid return playing even funnier, better characters.

@ClaymooreEOC 16 күн бұрын

Blücher!

@RobFMDetroit 16 күн бұрын

I wholeheartedly endorse this comment.

@flarrfan 16 күн бұрын

The Waco Kid is also in the first Brooks movie, which I'd put right up there with Young Frankenstein. It's called The Producers.

@OurHeroXero 16 күн бұрын

Yes, please!

@Caseytify 16 күн бұрын

@@flarrfan A very young Gene Wilder...

@ThatSchmoGuy 16 күн бұрын

The man playing piano in the middle of the desert, as Bart is first shown in his sheriff uniform, is none other than legendary jazz orchestra leader Count Basie

@Big_Bag_of_Pus 16 күн бұрын

It always breaks my heart when people don't know this.

@BOT_JERRY 16 күн бұрын

Who?

@nazfrde 16 күн бұрын

And Mongo was played by former NFL legend Alex Karras.

@parrothd007 16 күн бұрын

I saw Count Basie live the following year in Frederick, Maryland.

@toddlower5546 16 күн бұрын

I thought so, but its not credited on IMDB.

@darthaeontheeternal1727 16 күн бұрын

The SOLE Fact I am fully Lakota by birth and was adopted and raised Jewish makes this film SO Much funnier to me, KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK MY DEAR, CHEERS! :D

@kegr1066 16 күн бұрын

"...and METHODISTS!!" "Could you repeat that?" I feel Hedy's pain every time. "That's Hedley!"

@DarkPaladin24 16 күн бұрын

"Oh what are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue her. HAHAHAHA"

@joeb918 16 күн бұрын

I thought the line was “you’ll be able to sue her.”

@DarkPaladin24 16 күн бұрын

@@joeb918 I thought I typed sue. Thanks for pointing that out

@gmansard641 11 күн бұрын

@@joeb918The real Hedy Lamarr was not happy about jokes using her name, and threatened to sue. They settled out of court.

@Ghost8386 16 күн бұрын

RIP Alex Karras, Charles McGregor, Carol Arthur, Cleavon Little, Count Basie, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, George Furth, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Jack Starrett, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, Madeline Kahn, and Slim Pickens.

@PogueMahone1 14 күн бұрын

About the only person still alive is Mel himself!

@leehanson1416 2 күн бұрын

@@PogueMahone1 Burton Gilliam, "Lyle", is still alive. His story is pretty cool.

@rccraig7580 15 күн бұрын

The loud speaking townslady portrayed by Carol Authur was the real-life wife of Dom DeLuise the loud speaking musical director.

@McPh1741 16 күн бұрын

My dad told me that he and my mom watched this in the theater. He said there was a black man sitting in the row in front of them laughing his ass off the whole time, wasn't offended at all.

@Cheepchipsable 15 күн бұрын

Why would he be, the hero was a black guy.

@alshotrodsandratrods8780 15 күн бұрын

Richard Pryor helped Mel Brooks write the script. He insisted on them using the N word for authenticity. Mel wasn't comfortable with it but he took Richard's word that it would be funny.

@mycroft16 13 күн бұрын

I have yet to see any black reactor having any thing but praise for this or Tropic Thunder. They get what it's doing and why.

@iDuckman 4 күн бұрын

I have seen a number of reactions from black streamers - and their mom's. Most were shocked, at first. Every single one loved it. They got the point. Thanks, Mel.

@zbennalley 16 күн бұрын

"Yeah, but I shoot with this hand..." Is a joke I use all the time... I live in Texas.

@cypher515 15 күн бұрын

Ironic considering Cleavon Little DOES shoot left-handed in this movie.

@andrewward5891 16 күн бұрын

Mongo was played by Alex Karras who was a hall of fame defensive lineman and one of the most feared players of his era. So great casting there. He also played a way different character in the 80’s sitcom com Webster. Where he plays Webster’s mild mannered adoptive dad.

@monorail4252 16 күн бұрын

Played for the Detroit Lions

@regould221 14 күн бұрын

There is a story that he didn't go through the regular casting call for that part. he found Mel Brooks in the movie studio cafeteria one day and went up to him and said "I want to play mongo" and then smashed a chair. he obviously got the part

@brucebieberly4166 12 күн бұрын

You should also see 'Victor/Victoria' for more work of Alex Karras.

@robpettigrew3308 10 күн бұрын

Also a former Pro wrestler

@erikbjelke4411 16 күн бұрын

07:03: "Why am I asking you?" "I don't know. I'm not helping you with this." Ah. We love you, Addie. 22:34: Yeah, there was a time the Irish immigrants were REALLY hated in America. There's a tragically long succession of us finding new "thems" to blame for everything. It's common for people to say that "You couldn't make a movie like Blazing Saddles today." Mel Brooks is known to retort "Today? We couldn't make it back then!" But he went ahead and did it anyway. I personally feel "Dracula: Dead And Loving It" is a highly underrated film of his (also, sadly, his last film, he pretty much retired after).

@jackgilchrist 16 күн бұрын

Yeah, back then they had to deal with censors, but people in general were much less sensitive then than they are today. The audiences loved Blazing Saddles and no one was trying to cancel Mel Brooks.

@andrewszigeti2174 16 күн бұрын

The really hilarious part of that bit is that David Huddleson's mother, Ismay Dooley, was a Irish-American, making David half Irish.

@hazi5961 16 күн бұрын

"Mongo only pawn in game of life." LOL, that gets me every time.

@mikefoster6018 16 күн бұрын

"Mongo STRAIGHT!"

@brauliob 16 күн бұрын

I played a Western RPG and modeled my character after Mongo. it was so fun!

@SwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

@@brauliobNooice!

@williambanks2223 16 күн бұрын

"Mongo ain't a who, he's more of a what."Don't shoot him. You'll only make him angry."

@baddayoverdosed 16 күн бұрын

@@brauliobI think my next Fallout New Vegas play through will be a Mongo player through 😂

@michaelculpepper6699 16 күн бұрын

Pretty surprised that she actually got what this movie was all about and from the very beginning. Can't tell you how many people I have seen react to this and watched their jaw drop open until they actually get it. Nice job!!!

@ronweber1402 16 күн бұрын

From what I've seen most of them get it within a couple of minutes. If you are not familiar with Mel Brooks you don't know what to expect at first and it takes a minute to get your bearings.

@thomasbeauchamp3781 15 күн бұрын

Robert Ridgely played the hangman in BOTH Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

@leftcoaster67 14 күн бұрын

He was the flasher in High Anxiety. He also Voiced Tarzan and Flash Gordon in the Filmation cartoons.

@tommarks3726 15 күн бұрын

Seen this a million times and I still think that welcome sheriff sign being pulled back up is the funniest thing still. I was a kid in the 70's and I think people watching this movie today, should remember when this movie was made, the ERA it was made I mean.

@williamjones6031 16 күн бұрын

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 Khan 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.

@tommiller4895 16 күн бұрын

The movie was co-written by Richard Pryor. A lot of references have been lost over the years, many of today's audiences will not know Howard Johnson, Actress/inventor Hedy Lamar (not Headly), Laurel and Hardy and Randolph Scott.. Mel Brooks played the Governor and the Sioux Chief. Madeline Khan was doing Marlene Dietrich's character from the famous Western "Destry Rides Again".

@ADADEL1 15 күн бұрын

I actually wonder how many people get the Jesse Owen's reference as well.

@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy 15 күн бұрын

As well as Cole Porter, Count Basie, and Mongo Santamaría.

@adarael 16 күн бұрын

As someone who used to work for WB, I get a little thrill in my spine every time I see the scene at the west gate when everybody piles out of the studio. It's a really nerdy and special thing to see.

@enigmamz 16 күн бұрын

"He said: The sheriff is near!" This is what you say when someone is talking to/yelling at your group form across the parking lot, and you can't tell what they're saying.

@MightyJustice 16 күн бұрын

KZfaq popped up asking for feedback on your comment and I told KZfaq it was Funny

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@MightyJustice your friend needs your support

@TruckerMike_FL 16 күн бұрын

Another great duo film with Gene Wilderis "Silver Streak" with Richard Pryor. Side note, Richard Pryor helped write "Blazing Saddles"

@rammie1976 12 күн бұрын

totally agree although i think Stir Crazy better.

@cameraman502 16 күн бұрын

Madeline Khan is an icon

@jomojojo6603 16 күн бұрын

I am not a bimbo!!!

@PhilBagels 15 күн бұрын

You might even say she's an iKhan.

@drigerdranzer7514 16 күн бұрын

8:19 The biggest star of all the cast. The one and only Count Basie and his band

@MJ-we9vu 15 күн бұрын

You should have been around when this came out in the theaters. There literally were people rolling in the aisles with laughter and you almost had to see it twice to catch the jokes you missed the first time.

@tommcfeely8707 16 күн бұрын

She should watch the original version of "The Producers".

@theassortedhobbyist 16 күн бұрын

I do love the original "The Producers" movie, but a part of me prefers the musical adaptation in 2001, later made into its own film in 2005. The changes to the ending in the musical alone makes it at least worth a watch.

@davidktd 16 күн бұрын

@@theassortedhobbyistabsolutely. Uma Thurman….wow

@MJ-we9vu 15 күн бұрын

Yes. Nothing equals Zero.

@ElectricKnight. 15 күн бұрын

Absolutely!! The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Then maybe the second Producers musical. Pretty sure Addie will love each of those!

@aresee8208 14 күн бұрын

Many years ago I read an interview with Mel Brooks, and apparently he and Zero Mostel did not get along. Brooks said that Mostel was an extremely talented performer, but was very difficult on set. Brooks said something like, if some day he ever meets someone as talented as Mostel but actually nice to be around, he would "die in his arms."

@callmeshaggy5166 15 күн бұрын

24:58 the Hitler repeatedly saluting on a table in the background always kills me

@liamstrain 15 күн бұрын

Now you need to watch Young Frankenstein.

@donny-ni2zd 16 күн бұрын

This movie is in the vaults right? 500 years after the apocalypse, anthropology need to remember this humor.

@user-pz1so2xu8j 16 күн бұрын

the "wide World of Sports' was a TV show on ABC 70s-90s- Saturday afternoon sports.

@brom00 16 күн бұрын

A classic. No better or funnier way to call out the stupidity of racists. Mell Brooks and Gene Wilder were a great team, Young Frankenstein and The Pruducers are both a must watck.

@parissimons6385 16 күн бұрын

Need to add that Richard Pryor worked with Mel Brooks in writing Blazing Saddles. Important contribution to this movie.

@FernandoCruz-np9ev 16 күн бұрын

Democrats are The Real Racists!

@mikelundquist4596 16 күн бұрын

Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes. A quote I use frequently, even if it makes little sense.

@Dystopia1111 15 күн бұрын

I occasionally break out "What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?". Occasionally someone gets the reference.

@strawpiglet 13 күн бұрын

For me it's Harumph, harumph!

@mikelundquist4596 13 күн бұрын

@@strawpiglet I didn't get a harumph outta that guy...

@strawpiglet 13 күн бұрын

@@mikelundquist4596 Harumph!!

@granadosvm 15 күн бұрын

Glad you realized the point of the movie👏👏👏, several reactors just don't find the jokes funny because they cringe at the very mention of the topic, while in the times of Mel Brooks, racist jokes were common but he found a way to make fun of the joke itself. He showed great genius in his comedy and it was a delight to watch it in the big screen.

@FizzFop1 16 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks is a comic genius. Young Frankenstein has to be on the must watch list.

@Dirkus17 16 күн бұрын

"Dazzling urbanite" is wonderful.

@myrhino70 16 күн бұрын

Besides Young Frankenstein I would recommend the original version of The Producers, which Mel Brooks won an Oscar for Screenplay. He took that same story and in the early 2000s turned it in to a Broadway musical and then movie. The musical itself won a lot of Tony Awards.

@treetopjones737 13 күн бұрын

Zero Mostel is great as a slimy con artist.

@mikefoster6018 16 күн бұрын

"You dropped your beads." *gets front of queue* "Student." "Are you kidding?"

@Cheepchipsable 15 күн бұрын

Harvey Korman steal this show.

@DamonNomad82 15 күн бұрын

I really enjoy watching people react to Blazing Saddles! - The horses in the movie were actually very well-treated, despite the terrible time they had in the story. Slim Pickens (the guy Bart clobbered with a shovel at the end of the quicksand scene) was a professional rodeo performer as well as an actor. He owned many of the horses that performed in the film, and they were like his babies. - Gene Wilder ad-libbed many of his lines in the film, most famously the "you know, morons!" line. Sheriff Bart's hysterical laughter in reaction to that line was the genuine response of his actor (Cleavon Little) who wasn't expecting the joke and was caught completely off guard! - When the movie was made in 1974, the golden age of westerns had ended only a few years before. Many people considered them "sacred", a position Mel Brooks was directly attacking, hence the infamous "bean scene", which very nearly caused the studio to cancel the film's release. - Mongo was played by Alex Kerras, who had been a professional football player prior to getting into acting. He also dabbled in pro wrestling. He was known for being a natural comedian, which led to his pursuing acting when his athletic days were over. - Director Mel Brooks played two characters in the film: the sorry excuse for a governor and the Yiddish-speaking Sioux chief.

@rickcoona 12 күн бұрын

the reason for the "Jewish Indians" was because during the haydays of the western they often hired Jews to play Indians in the westerns

@ultimaofelsewhere 16 күн бұрын

The campfire scene was the first audio fart in a movie and was edited out of the TV version for being to vulgar. Mel Brooks thought it silly that with all of the movies with cowboys eating beans that it was never addressed so he made sure it was part of that scene.

@GirlWithAnOpinion 16 күн бұрын

AND it was the one scene that got this movie an "R" rating, if I recall correctly.

@wyeri 16 күн бұрын

I remember being very disappointed that the first time it was on tv that whole part was just silent. The N was fine but the farts had to go. 😂. At least we’ve advanced to the opposite now.

@DyreStraits 14 күн бұрын

@@wyeri They dubbed horse whinneys instead of the farts.

@McBeelzebub 16 күн бұрын

My favorite line, for the acting, in this entire film, the quicksand, “I don’t know…but I hate it.” I use that line with the emphasis to respond to most questions lately.

@smokerman81 13 күн бұрын

Hear no evil, see no evil. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. These two guys made a number of movies together and they're all worth watching.

@drigerdranzer7514 16 күн бұрын

The horses in this movie were all trained stunt horses and they belonged to Slim Pickens who played Taggart. He was actually a famous wild west actor at that time.

@BH6242KCh 16 күн бұрын

"The horses deserve better in this movie!!" They're stunt horses, they're just doing their job.

@Rodshark75 16 күн бұрын

It is also making fun of the old westerns that were horrible to horses. I believe in one of them dozens of horses died doing stunts. It was horrible.

@Cheepchipsable 15 күн бұрын

The stunts were pretty ruthless in older movies. Is they wanted scenes of horses falling they would just use a trip wire and trip the horses running at full tilt. Later they began training horses to fall, which is where they pull the reins full to one side so the horse kind of rolls onto its side. Horse feet are very vulnerable to injury due to certain characteristics being bred into them by humans over hundreds of years.

@rickcoona 12 күн бұрын

@@Rodshark75 mostly those directed by Sam Peckenpaw in one scene he sent a wagon and four horses off a cliff

@guitarman8462 16 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks also produced the true story " The Elephant Man " but changed his name on the credits. He thought if viewers saw his name in the credits it would be a comedy.

@weirds0up 16 күн бұрын

same thing goes for the 1980's remake of The Fly

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 16 күн бұрын

The most fantastic touching movie, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Mel Brooks wife Ann Bancroft. Based on a true story. A masterpiece of a movie.

@jerryanoia2334 16 күн бұрын

Didn't know that. Nice trivia.

@Yngvarfo 14 күн бұрын

The credits do list "Brooksfilms" as the production company, though. I'm not sure of how true it is. It makes his name John Merrick, but his real name was Joseph. I suspect that it's been heavily fictionalised, just like Amadeus.

@treetopjones737 13 күн бұрын

Mel saw "Eraserhead" and realized David Lynch would give E.M. great mood.

@kingscorpion7346 16 күн бұрын

one of my favorite parts is the back story of Bart in the wagon train and the entire Sioux nation catches them, the chief of the tribe (Mel Brooks) speaking with a Yiddish accent!

@bwilliams463 16 күн бұрын

Recognize the executioner from 'Men In Tights?' The horse was an Accessory to the Crime. He was the getaway driver. Lily's 'wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome' greeting is from the musical 'Cabaret.' Mongo was portrayed by former NFL player Alex Karras. He later played the father in the 'Webster' TV series. Best 4th Wall break EVER.

@CarefulWithThatAx 16 күн бұрын

If you want more Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder, I'd highly recommend The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Both are excellent. YF may be more of an October jam, but Producers works anytime.

@SavageDawgJoshua 10 күн бұрын

Richard Pryor was supposed to play Sheriff Bart... Glad he didnt, Cleavon Little NAILED it.

@ortizmo 16 күн бұрын

(Toll booth scene) Addie: Is this actually gonna work? This entire movie is basically a live action, old-school Warner Bros. Cartoon …… For adults.

@treetopjones737 13 күн бұрын

Bigots, of course it worked.

@weekendwarrior3174 15 күн бұрын

A cut scene with lily at 17:41 he was originally supposed to comment "You're sucking on my arm" before the scene change.

@rickcoona 12 күн бұрын

the line is "You are sucking on my elbow" but the studio said that was too far across the line so it was cut

@Blutteufel 16 күн бұрын

Am I the only one who was astonished as a child to learn that quicksand isn't absolutely _everywhere?_

@jackgilchrist 16 күн бұрын

Nope, you're not. 🙂

@ggordils 16 күн бұрын

If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, if you stepped into *any* wooded area, you were in constant danger of falling into quicksand. It was just a law of nature. Couldn't avoid it. Instant death unless there was a convenient low-hanging branch that was strong enough to hold your weight.

@rickcoona 12 күн бұрын

considering this movie came out *50 YEARS AGO!* (1974) i saw it in the theater and Everyone in the audience was laughing their asses off! the Victim mentality has made folks thin skinned and Soft. they can't even laugh at themselves any more this movie was AWESOME and Brooks maintained creative control by writing, directing and PRODUCING the picture. there is a great exposé about his movies in Mel Brooks autobiography *"All About Me!"* well worth the eyeball time and the audio book is done by Brooks himself. it's like sitting down with him as he recounts tails from his life. well worth listening to as well

@kathyastrom1315 16 күн бұрын

Harvey Korman is so utterly hilarious in this movie! I really love his villainous turn as Hedy-sorry, that’s HEDLEY-Lamarr. I think my favorite scene of his is the bathtub with Froggy.

@GirlWithAnOpinion 16 күн бұрын

His 4th Wall breaks were epic!

@TarossBlackburn 15 күн бұрын

He's also hilarious as Count The Money... I mean... De Monay

@gkiferonhs 16 күн бұрын

The n___ work song at the start of the movie was a song by Cole Porter - the first black artist to have work on Broadway. So, it was a n___ work song just not what the boss wanted.

@johnmadden2421 11 сағат бұрын

Eh? Cole Porter was black? He hid it well.

@jonc7739 16 күн бұрын

They didn't break the fourth wall, they threw it out and stomped it into tiny little pieces.

@phila3884 16 күн бұрын

The word she was searching for was "smashed".

@martinhafner2201 16 күн бұрын

And threw the pieces through the silver screen where they landed in the popcorn.

@mycroft16 13 күн бұрын

It took 18 years and a team of 3,872.7 writers to reinstall the 4th wall after this movie.

@jonc7739 13 күн бұрын

Fourth Wall? We don't need no stinking fourth wall!

@martensjd 13 күн бұрын

When Madeleine Kahn showed up I realized that you've probably never seen "Young Frankenstein." It's done by largely the same team, and is among Gene Wilder's best roles. Also, Mongo is played by Alex Karras, who had a very successful NFL career with the Detroit Lions.

@Shadowace724 12 күн бұрын

One of the most amazing movies ever made. The story about making it would blow your mind. Fantastic reaction!

@heyheyjk-la 16 күн бұрын

I live near the Warner Bros. lot and every time I drive by that gate (or ride my bike, sometimes) I have to say "Drive me off this picture". Another "fun fact" that I haven't seen anyone else mention is that actor David Huddleston, the heavier set citizen of Rock Ridge, the one who said " ... but we don't want the Irish", also played the wheelchair bound millionaire Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski", of course, along with 146 other acting credits over his career. I also agree whole-heartedly that you should watch "Young Frankenstein" - which is definitely my favorite of Mel's movies - but you'll get more out of it if you can watch the original "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" films from 1931 & 1935, respectively, and both directed by James Whale. Both of those films are specifically the influence for "Young Frankenstein" and many of the jokes are direct spoofs of scenes in both films. Mel was even able to get some of the original sets used in the making of those films which really tied them together. Great reaction, as always, Maddie!

@skapunker21 16 күн бұрын

"which really tied them together", i see what you did there.

@heyheyjk-la 16 күн бұрын

@@skapunker21 - Haha, OMG I literally did not do that on purpose and didn't even notice it until you mentioned it.

@martinhafner2201 16 күн бұрын

And it turns out that David Huddleston had Irish roots down both of his parents lines. That's the fun of this movie, everyone gets to participate in ridiculing those who have been racist against them, sometimes by portraying the racists in a weird but satisfying revenge.

@joshualandry3160 16 күн бұрын

This movie had exactly one line cut at the insistence of the studio. After Lilly exclaims "Its true! Its true!" the line was supposed to be "Sorry to disappoint you, but your sucking on my arm." Mel ignored the rest of their cuts.

@tribaltalker1608 16 күн бұрын

I watched "Blazing Saddles" again, recently. I remembered that line and was surprised when it didn't appear in the version I just watched. I thought maybe I was misremembering... but that "cut" line (or very close) was definitely in the European release, back in the day. One of the funniest lines in the movie.

@joshualandry3160 16 күн бұрын

@@tribaltalker1608 interesting. I didn’t think the full scene was ever released.

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 16 күн бұрын

Is the “nigger”-word also cut out or is it only for youtube that it’s been deleted?

@tribaltalker1608 16 күн бұрын

@@joshualandry3160 I'm wondering now if I'd read the cut line and inserted into my memory of the film script. I had a brain injury & sometimes misremember. And I'm old enough to have seen this when it first came out.

@krash66 14 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks is a comedy legend! This not A comedy Western, it is THE comedy Western.

@guitarman8462 16 күн бұрын

Gene Wilder is in : Young Frankenstien & Stir Crazy ...with Richard Pryor😂😂😂

@BeastrealDT 16 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks', "Young Frankenstein". ✌️❤️🌹

@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy 15 күн бұрын

She's promised it for October.

@michaelpaz5052 16 күн бұрын

So much fun watching this with you! You're the BEST!! Thank you!

@markstoudenmire4935 9 күн бұрын

The main protagonist in the opening scene who told the railroad workers "that it couldn't be more than 114° (with a laugh) was played by the actor Burton Gilliam. He had such an incredibly hard time using the n-word that he repeatedly apologized to Cleavon Little (the new sheriff of Rock Ridge) and Little had to repeatedly assure him that he was not offended and that this was just repeating words in a script.

@johnbowersox738 14 күн бұрын

I'd hate to say this but I'm very disappointed that you have not seen Young Frankenstein. That is absolutely a must watch.

@alonzocoyethea6148 16 күн бұрын

4:49-That there horse helped his owner escape the scene a' his crimes..That's aiding and abetting!! 8:20, Yes, clap for the Count Baise Orchestra.. Kept us jazz fans entertained for 40 years. 17: Don't let Kahn's performance fool you..she was actually a very good jazz singer..probably had to concentrate quite a bit to sound that flat. Glad ya had fun with this and didn't mind the slurs too much..Props to the Horse Trainers in this movie and Harvey Korman as LaMarr..dude played parts like that for years in skits from CBS' Emmy-winning " Carol Burnett Show"

@jordanpeterson5140 16 күн бұрын

And now, for my next suggestion: History of the World, Part 1

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

Clean up your room first

@ShwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

Don't mind Joe. You've got to remember he's just a simple farmer. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know...

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@ShwiftJustice I love how you're so overwhelmed with anger towards me that you'll literally defend a Jordan Peterson fanboy lmao

@SwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

@@josephwallace202There there. It's okay. You're okay.

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@SwiftJustice you just can't resist any bait

@rickvath 12 күн бұрын

Saw this a few years ago in the middle of NYC in Bryant Park. First two or three times you heard that word, people got very quiet. After 15 seconds or so we all remembered what Mel Brooks intended with the absurdity and had a great time.

@Stamps-cg3uu 16 күн бұрын

I was 5 when I first watched this. To this day one of my favorite films of all time. I was a happy kid running around the living room singing the theme song. To this day I'm not sure how I was allowed to watch this, as a kid I really didn't understand it and for the most part thought it was funny. I'm happy to see Addie react to this film. :)

@cjmacq-vg8um 16 күн бұрын

"the wide world of sports" was a popular saturday tv show from the 60s and 70s that televised a variety of different sports from around the world. its title was often satorized by comedians. thanks for the video.

@markcarpenter6020 16 күн бұрын

It ran into the 80s. I remember it

@flashgordon6238 14 күн бұрын

"The thrill of Victory.... and the agony of Defeat..."

@cjmacq-vg8um 14 күн бұрын

@@flashgordon6238 ... yep, and to demonstrate that "agony of defeat" that same poor skier was shown crashing week after week.

@parrothd007 16 күн бұрын

The one joke that almost everybody misses is the name of the governor. The following is from Wikipedia. Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ləˈpɛtəmeɪn/,[1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.

@bobbuethe1477 16 күн бұрын

Another one is "Mongo! Santa Maria!" Mongo Santamaria was a popular jazz percussionist in the sixties.

@MrGBH 16 күн бұрын

So he's a politician with sights set on the Presidency, who's name is a foreign fart joke, who also runs a casino? This seems oddly prescient

@TonyP7007 14 күн бұрын

Cleavon Little (the sheriff) was very funny, a great comedic actor who, unfortunately died young at 53 of cancer.

@janedoe5229 12 күн бұрын

The Indian Chief is Mel Brooks: the same guy who plays the governor. When he is an Indian, he is speaking Yiddish.

@mikelundquist4596 16 күн бұрын

This story takes place in about 1875, way before either world war and way before motorcycle gangs

@andrewward5891 16 күн бұрын

I love how the motorcycle gang guys only have handle bars (since motorcycles weren’t invented yet)

@CousinWhatIsIt 16 күн бұрын

Young Frankenstein is another Mel Brooks must-watch. I think it's his best.

@joshuasilvius7854 16 күн бұрын

Now you just need Spaceballs to close out the Mel Brooks trifecta.

@bayareathrasher666 15 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor = Gold!

@josheldridge8546 16 күн бұрын

something i always love pointing out about blazing saddles is how much this movie was mocking the racism in contemporary westerns-- there was a reason mel played the yiddish-speaking sioux chief, and a specific reason they pulled out into the WB lot. i mean, you can sneak a lot under an executive's nose when you go for a live-action cartoon. mel was part of that first wave of new york television-- if it helps to inform you a little more on mel, one of his contemporaries was a fella by the name of ernie kovacs, whose motto in comedy was "nothing in moderation." "'they couldn't get away with blazing saddles' today?' we didn't get away with it *then!* -- mel brooks

@happyslapsgiving5421 16 күн бұрын

Ain't it a loooovely morning? 😁

@bobwallace1880 15 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks wrote a wonderful book. It is " It's All About Me." He talks about how he got away with things on his moves. I recommend it if you love his movies. I hope he lives to be 200! Thanks for this post Addie I am now a subscriber. Good luck !

@ErickSowder 12 күн бұрын

I believe Richard Prier was a writer on this movie and Mel Brooks kept asking him if they could use that word or satire in the move and Richard said yes!

@alextan1478 16 күн бұрын

Let's give Addie a round of applause for officially reaching 90K subscribers on KZfaq. 👏👏🎉🎉 Only 10K left until you get that silver play button plaque. And now it's time to saddle up for some Blazing Saddles (1974) to kick off your Mel Brooks double feature. See you soon for Spaceballs: The Movie (1987). BTW, that intro was funny. However IMO, Johnny Depp will always be my preferred Willy Wonka.

@betsyduane3461 16 күн бұрын

Lili Von Shtupp (to funk in Yiddish) is supposed to be a take on Marlene Dietrich.

@FrankJReynolds 16 күн бұрын

She was also based on Lily Langtry, an actual 19th century European actress who toured America.

@betsyduane3461 16 күн бұрын

@@FrankJReynolds Lillie Langtry, I find no reference to Mel saying Lily was anything other than Dietrich, based on her performance in Destry Rides Again (1939)

@Emilyhildegaard1 3 күн бұрын

The Wide, Wide World of Sports was actually a Saturday afternoon show which covered the wide, wide world of sports! There are SO MANY reference in this film that only older Americans pick up on and understand.

@thewalliest3956 14 күн бұрын

After the producers and the studio executives watched the completed movie, they told Mel Brooks it was all good except for the farting scene. They told him to take that out and he told them he would and then just never did. 😂

@jimhowe2624 16 күн бұрын

LMAO This an amazing film, glad you liked it. I can't wait for your 'Young Frankenstien' reaction.. it's my favourite Brooks film.

@guscarlson7021 16 күн бұрын

There are qoutes from this movie still being used today in jest, "Where the white women at?" and "Mongo only pawn..." are a couple.

@SwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

🎵He _RODE_ a Blazing Saddle! He wore a *shining star* His job to offer battle~ To bad men near and far!🎶

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

Justard get likes or appear witty by posting something other than a quote or redditor cliche challenge (impossible)

@ShwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

🎵He conquered Fear and he conquered Hate! He turned our night into day! He made his Blazing Saddle~ A torch to light the way!🎶

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@ShwiftJustice "how could I be mad if I'm repeating the same dogshit as before? Please believe me, I care very much that you don't think I'm mad" lol

@ShwiftJustice 16 күн бұрын

@@josephwallace202Joe, Where the white women at?!

@josephwallace202 16 күн бұрын

@@ShwiftJustice trying too hard to act like you're rolling with the punches. Sounds extremely hurt and mad

@gregmarshall487 13 күн бұрын

Greatest comedic movie ever!!! Watch it again for you.....and only you.

@duanelavely5481 16 күн бұрын

One of Mel Brooks' greatest achievements was to be married to the beautiful Anne Bancroft star of "The Graduate" (1967) for some 40 yrs.

@brucebieberly4166 12 күн бұрын

And they both claimed that they were the one who fell in love with the other at first sight.

@pachena 16 күн бұрын

Hey Addie- so happy to see you are approaching 100k so fast! Keep rocking!

@TanDawg58 16 күн бұрын

The one thing that was cut, after Madeline Kahn and Cleavon little go through the "its true, its true" lines, he was supposed to say, "I hate to disappoint you, but you're sucking on my arm"

@Caseytify 16 күн бұрын

About the only line Brooks cut from the script.

@phila3884 16 күн бұрын

Yeah, Mel Brooks knew that would have over-played the gag (no, not intended!) on a joke that was already pushing it. If Mel knows anything, he knows jokes.I just saw his interview at the AFI a couple months ago- he still has it at what, 97?

@Sueb18631 5 күн бұрын

Fun Fact: There was a TV pilot made in 1975 based on the movie called Black Bart that starred Louis Gossett Jr. Warner Bros. made the series so they could retain the rights. The pilot is on KZfaq and there's a rumor that they made four seasons of six episodes each which remain in the WB vault, never to be seen. It doesn't look like the character of Jim was in it.

@coldwhite4240 15 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this movie. This film was so "meta" before being "meta" was a thing! Break the fourth wall? It breaks the entire house! And the twists of the "reveals" of being a film within a film (with a premiere of itself too!) and using the real studios for filming are clever and hilariously realised. Like a few others, I loved your feelings of hurt on behalf of the horses - especially before Mongo came on the scene, knowing what was going to happen when he rode into town! You need to go further down the Mel Brooks rabbit hole with Spaceballs, The Producers, Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety at least, if you haven't already - I'm sure you'll enjoy the ride!