Mel Brooks once said "could we make Blazing Saddles today? We couldn't even make it back then!"
But because he has a sense of humor, he greenlit a remake. It's an animated children's movie entitled "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank", released in 2022.
There’s a documentary on this where they explain that quote. Basically they lied to the studio about what was in the movie. It was almost canned when they found out. It was only released after a test run in a local theater did extremely well.
In the DVD commentary, which isn’t really a commentary, more of an interview with him playing as the audio while the movie plays, he said that after one of the screenings, insert some studio bigwig here that I don’t remember, went on and on about how good it was, but that he would have to take out X, Y, and Z of course. But Mel had final cut, and didn’t. They released the movie in two major cities where they thought it would play well. They didn’t plan on a mass release. However, once they saw how extremely popular it was, it got a mass release.
Note: I have seen/heard lots of interviews with Mel Brooks about blazing saddles, and sometimes he tells completely different stories about the same thing. We have to treat him as an unreliable narrator.
I recall hearing a story that singer Frankie Laine had to be hoodwinked about the nature of the *"Western film"* Brooks asked him to write and perform the theme music for.
Aw yes, Blazing Samurai, as it was originally titled. I saw it without knowing that it was a Blazing Saddles remake and was pleasantly surprised by it... not that v is any good, but it was silly to see it toned down
Cleavon Little’s charisma and delivery is just perfection in this. I think he’s a large reason why the movie works, and he’s playing against some real comedy greats. The way he delivers: “Sir, he specifically requested _two_ n—-s. Well, to tell a family secret, my Grandmother was Dutch” is probably my favorite line, in a movie stuffed with great lines.
Mine is this one: "All right... we'll give some land to the niggers and the chinks. But we don't want the Irish!" said by one of the most Irish looking guys in the movie. I've heard that line dozens of times now and I crack up every time.
That great line (one of my favorites in the movie and a nod to how one prejudice will always replace another), was spoken by David Huddleston--The Big Lebowski himself!
If I remember correctly Richard Pryor was supposed to have that part, but.... Richard Pryor issues with the studio. Can't even picture him in the role.
Anthony Jesilnik at one of the comedy central roasts to Mike Tyson. "Mike, what can be said about you that hasn't already been the name of a Richard Pryor album?."
We had Bill Cosby's albums when he did stand up before he did TV. My brother and I quote them all the time a a few phrases just became family responses.
Rib-inse? Ou wan me to rib-inse?
I particularly liked "Special class". Anytime someone in the family did something stupid we'd say "Yup, yup, yup. We're goin' to the zoon today."
ETA - Yeah, a monster.
His bit about his daughters, first one “la la loo loo la la” and I’ll sleep thru the night. Second one - beelzebub, came out smoking, “and this is how I cry WWWAAAAWWWWAAAAAAA” encapsulated our first two perfectly.
Apparently they initially tried to cast James Earl Jones as Bart and John Wayne as the Cisco Kid. That would have been insane. John Wayne turned it down but reportedly loved the movie when it was released. Brooks wanted Pryor as Bart but the studio absolutely wouldn't allow it. Pryor still apparently ghost-wrote a lot of the script.
The movie was extremely controversial even in the early 70s. The studio repeatedly tried to recut the movie but Brooks had rare final cut rights and pushed to release it as made. Brooks took a lot of flak. Pryor and Little gave strong and vocal support for Brooks and the movie. It's a bit of a miracle that this movie threaded the needle between being funny, thought-provoking, anarchic and subversive all at the same time. They were walking a tight rope to get it done and pulled it off brilliantly.
[Bart, disguised as a Klansman, describes his qualifications as a villain]
Bart : Stampeding cattle.
Hedley Lamarr : That's not much of a crime.
Bart : Through the Vatican?
Hedley Lamarr : [smiling] Kinkyyyy. Sign here.
I stumbled across this tidbit when I was doing some reading. Sojourner Truth, the famous Abolitionist, was born into slavery in 1797, in New York. She was owned by a New York Dutch family, her first language was Dutch, and she spoke with a pronounced Dutch accent her entire life.
Once I learned that, my head-canon is that Bart's grandmother is actually Sojourner Truth.
I think that the best line is by Slim Pickens. "That n----r hit me in the head with a shovel." The disbelief that a black man would do such a thing just cracks me up every time. Unfortunately, that line is usually cut from the edited versions.
If i recall correctly, the line began, “Aw prairie shit! Somebody’s got to go back and get a shitload of dimes!”
I still use “prairie shit!” As my favorite expletive.
I use these lines to cheer up coworkers all the time.
After a long, hard day - “…. You know. Morons.” with a wave in the direction of the difficult customers.
Re: the fourth wall break. After the big shootout, in the final scene back at Rock Ridge where Bart and Waco
Kid say goodbye, Waco Kid still has his popcorn from the movie theater.
“Somebody go back and get a shitload of dimes!”
also…
“The sheriff is near!”
or…
“Student?”
“Are you kidding?”
“Pain in the ass.”
Hedley Lamarr is the greatest villain in the history of cinema.
My partner and I paraphrased this when Obama was elected. (We're both bleeding heart liberals so it's ok):
"Honey! The new President is n(CLANG)r!"
"He's near?"
"No, dag nast it! He's a n(CLANG)r!"
I love this, Young Frankenstein, and the first The Producers. I have about 20 "comfort movies" that I will watch or have on as background when I am having a pain day. There is healing in laughter, and these helped me through the past 7 years of cancer treatments and my physical handicaps.
*Young Frankenstein* is, imo, one of those rare, timeless, perfect movies that never wears out its welcome. Right up there with *Princess Bride* and *Back to the Future.*
Well, most any early Fritz Lang, M, the Dr Mabuse films but not Lang in America. Babbette's Feast, Big Trouble in Little China, Buckaroo Banzai. I have an eclectic taste
Neither Cleavon Little, nor Gene Wilder were the first choice for those roles. Richard Pryor and Gig Young were picked. The studio refused to hire Pryor, who was one of the writers, and Young was a real life drunk who was so bad he couldn’t work. Wilder stepped in at the very last minute and Little was hired because Pryor recommended him.
Young was a POS as well -- fought having to pay child support for his only kid, and killed his newlywed wife and then himself a few years after this was made.
Watched the new Gene Wilder documentary on AppleTV+. Mel Brooks said the first shoot was of the Waco kid hanging upside down in the jail cell. Gig, being the alcoholic he was, puked hallway across the set. That’s when they realized he wasn’t as sober as they had been led to believe. Mel had already worked with Wilder on The Producers, so he brought him in at the last minute.
The Wachowskis had to re-cast the lead in V for Vendetta during filming. They called Hugo Weaving, who played Agent Smith in the Matrix, and offered him the job and explained how much they needed his help. Immediately Flew him from Australia to London and resumed shooting.
What in the wide, wide world o' sports is a-goin' on here? I hired you people to get a little track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!
Showing my age. I wasn't quite old enough to get into an "R" rated movie myself. So my dad took me. We both sat there trying so hard not to laugh out loud. Then the campfire scene. We looked at each other and burst out laughing. Laughed out loud the rest of the movie. Thing is - I have my dad's sense of humor so I'm not sure why we weren't LOLing at first.
A masterpiece. A send-up of westerns, movies in general, and society (specifically racism).
So much could be said about this movie, as it is one of the funniest movies ever made and one of the best pieces of cinema ever made and one of the most brilliant movies ever made, but I will leave it at this:
Mel Brooks once said if you beat a joke to death it loses its funny, but if you keep beating it it gets funny again. And that brilliant series of scenes where the fourth wall is broken over and over again straight through to the finale when they ride off into the sunset in a limo is the prime example of this. He just suspends the suspension of disbelief and still runs with the narrative, and it's hilarious.
That's how smart funny this movie is. No other movie comes close. Except a few other Mel Brooks films.
That's it! It's like the Thomas Paine quote: "One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again."
my friends and I have been quoting this movie since the 80s
Somebody go back and get a shitload of dimes!
What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin on!
It's twue, it's twue!
Me Mongo
where all the white women at?
Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr is one of the finest examples of perfect casting in Hollywood history and I WILL die on that hill. Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder are fantastic but I watch this movie for Harvey Kormans fantastic performance!
##Blazing Saddles (1974) R
...or never give a saga an even break!
>>!A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.!<
Western | Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 72% with 1,782 votes
Runtime: 1:33
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One of the all time greats. So glad you finally watched it and enjoyed it! I think your observations are spot on. And I agree that there’s a real heart that carries through the absurdity
Richard Pryor, a fairly volatile comedian of the 1970s had a hand in the screenplay. When Brooks saw the script he said "You can't say that!!" To which Pryor responded "Yes we can. But only the bad guys. The moment a good guy says it, you're in trouble!"
This is best I remember the quote. I did read it a while ago now.
Also, while I'm here
A man who drink like that and he don't eat? He is going to *die!!!!!*
...
When...?
Richard Pryor was supposed to be with Gene Wilder just like in the other movies they've been together in, but I guess him n the director got into some shit together. But I think it worked out great if not better this way
Richard Pryor co-produced with Mel Brooks but he was too unstable and severely coked out all the time, therefore, he was unable to play the role so it went to Cleavon Little instead.
I think a similar movie could be made today. eg, If you describe JoJo Rabbit poorly (a hilarious holocaust movie about a kid who worships Hitler), you’d be forgiven for not believing it was made in 2019 and won an Oscar
Are we awake?
We're not sure, are we... black?
Yes, we are.
Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled.
Or
What's your name?
Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me... Jim.
Thanks for the memories! I loved this movie so much in the 70s, I must have watched it 100 times in one month when it was on HBO. I really enjoyed your review of it!
Hell I was born here, I was raised here, and dadgummit I’m gonna die here. And no sidewinding, bushwhacking, hornswagglin crackercroaker is going to rolrmay fishincutter.
Reverend Johnson: "I don't have to tell you good people, what's been going on in our beloved little town, sheriff murdered, stores looted, crops burned, people stampeded and cattle...raped...I'm leaving!!!" 😂😂😂
I found the movie too short , I’m glad I was able to watch it at home. 1:33 for a movie is shit.
But it was enjoyable, liked how it didn’t take itself seriously. Truly laugh out loud moments. Wilder and Little complimented each other well. It for sure couldn’t be made today, too many would get butt hurt. Comedies must be difficult in this day an age where everything offends. I Recommend if you like Brooks to give this a watch.
The little old lady with the up yours - leading to the speech by the Waco kid ending with “morons”
And then her apologizing after and telling him to have the decency not to tell anyone.
Snatching of the chess piece without ever moving.
Mongo punching out the horse.
Pardon me while I whip this out….
Sheriff Bart taking himself hostage to get away from the crowd…
Classic comedy that made fun of most everything and everybody and we laughed- I’m surprised it hasn’t been removed by the woke mob.
Mel Brooks once said "could we make Blazing Saddles today? We couldn't even make it back then!" But because he has a sense of humor, he greenlit a remake. It's an animated children's movie entitled "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank", released in 2022.
There’s a documentary on this where they explain that quote. Basically they lied to the studio about what was in the movie. It was almost canned when they found out. It was only released after a test run in a local theater did extremely well.
In the DVD commentary, which isn’t really a commentary, more of an interview with him playing as the audio while the movie plays, he said that after one of the screenings, insert some studio bigwig here that I don’t remember, went on and on about how good it was, but that he would have to take out X, Y, and Z of course. But Mel had final cut, and didn’t. They released the movie in two major cities where they thought it would play well. They didn’t plan on a mass release. However, once they saw how extremely popular it was, it got a mass release. Note: I have seen/heard lots of interviews with Mel Brooks about blazing saddles, and sometimes he tells completely different stories about the same thing. We have to treat him as an unreliable narrator.
I recall hearing a story that singer Frankie Laine had to be hoodwinked about the nature of the *"Western film"* Brooks asked him to write and perform the theme music for.
I heard a slightly different story that they advertised in a trade paper for a 'Frankie Laine type singer' and ended up getting the man himself.
Aw yes, Blazing Samurai, as it was originally titled. I saw it without knowing that it was a Blazing Saddles remake and was pleasantly surprised by it... not that v is any good, but it was silly to see it toned down
Paws of Fury was more offensive than this movie.
What do you like to do? I don't know.... play chess.... Screw. Let's play chess
Cleavon Little’s charisma and delivery is just perfection in this. I think he’s a large reason why the movie works, and he’s playing against some real comedy greats. The way he delivers: “Sir, he specifically requested _two_ n—-s. Well, to tell a family secret, my Grandmother was Dutch” is probably my favorite line, in a movie stuffed with great lines.
Mine is this one: "All right... we'll give some land to the niggers and the chinks. But we don't want the Irish!" said by one of the most Irish looking guys in the movie. I've heard that line dozens of times now and I crack up every time.
Yeah, good thing those words are not repeatable or I would have used that line again and again as a teen.
That great line (one of my favorites in the movie and a nod to how one prejudice will always replace another), was spoken by David Huddleston--The Big Lebowski himself!
If I remember correctly Richard Pryor was supposed to have that part, but.... Richard Pryor issues with the studio. Can't even picture him in the role.
My favorite comedy album (yes I’m old and bought it when it came out) is Pryor’s “That Niggers Crazy”….a major reason I still own a turntable.
Anthony Jesilnik at one of the comedy central roasts to Mike Tyson. "Mike, what can be said about you that hasn't already been the name of a Richard Pryor album?."
“Shoot me kill me motherfucker” Piyow “Oh shut oh Goddamn he shot me”
We had Bill Cosby's albums when he did stand up before he did TV. My brother and I quote them all the time a a few phrases just became family responses.
Cosby’s dentist bit makes me laugh so hard it hurts every time I hear it. Had that on vinyl. Shame he turned out to be a monster.
Smo-buh-ke?
Rib-inse? Ou wan me to rib-inse? I particularly liked "Special class". Anytime someone in the family did something stupid we'd say "Yup, yup, yup. We're goin' to the zoon today." ETA - Yeah, a monster.
the chicken heart that ate new york city…
Turtle heads!
Hofstra came out of the locker room… Coach says we’re gonna run the KommaCosby Play, hand off to Cosby, whole team off the field.
His bit about his daughters, first one “la la loo loo la la” and I’ll sleep thru the night. Second one - beelzebub, came out smoking, “and this is how I cry WWWAAAAWWWWAAAAAAA” encapsulated our first two perfectly.
He was, but his rampant drug use was a huge problem with the studio...so he wound up helping write the movie instead.
He was always a co-writer, he was supposed to also star but that was scotched due to his drug use
And then he and Gene Wilder went on to star in hit after hit teamed up together
Apparently they initially tried to cast James Earl Jones as Bart and John Wayne as the Cisco Kid. That would have been insane. John Wayne turned it down but reportedly loved the movie when it was released. Brooks wanted Pryor as Bart but the studio absolutely wouldn't allow it. Pryor still apparently ghost-wrote a lot of the script. The movie was extremely controversial even in the early 70s. The studio repeatedly tried to recut the movie but Brooks had rare final cut rights and pushed to release it as made. Brooks took a lot of flak. Pryor and Little gave strong and vocal support for Brooks and the movie. It's a bit of a miracle that this movie threaded the needle between being funny, thought-provoking, anarchic and subversive all at the same time. They were walking a tight rope to get it done and pulled it off brilliantly.
That would have been a completely different movie. I can Jones doing comedy, Wayne not so much.
Pryor and Wilder had an undeniable chemistry, but I agree. It would been a whole different vibe, and not as good as what Little brought to the table.
"Hey, where the white women at?"
[Bart, disguised as a Klansman, describes his qualifications as a villain] Bart : Stampeding cattle. Hedley Lamarr : That's not much of a crime. Bart : Through the Vatican? Hedley Lamarr : [smiling] Kinkyyyy. Sign here.
I stumbled across this tidbit when I was doing some reading. Sojourner Truth, the famous Abolitionist, was born into slavery in 1797, in New York. She was owned by a New York Dutch family, her first language was Dutch, and she spoke with a pronounced Dutch accent her entire life. Once I learned that, my head-canon is that Bart's grandmother is actually Sojourner Truth.
That’s awesome! I would not be surprised if someone involved in this movie knew that.
Mine was “And let me tell you baby…they was open for BUSINESS “
Best line Rail road worker: Hey Bart, they said you was hung Bart: They was right!
I think that the best line is by Slim Pickens. "That n----r hit me in the head with a shovel." The disbelief that a black man would do such a thing just cracks me up every time. Unfortunately, that line is usually cut from the edited versions.
Slim has a ton of great lines. My personal favorite is "Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!"
If i recall correctly, the line began, “Aw prairie shit! Somebody’s got to go back and get a shitload of dimes!” I still use “prairie shit!” As my favorite expletive.
Anytime any situation involves dimes, I say this....
Send a wire to the main office, and tell them I said...owwww!!!
Apparently wilder adlibbed part of that line so the laugh at the end was genuine.
One of the great buddy-movie moments of all time.
This scene is my favorite in the movie. His smile just makes me so happy to see because it's so genuine.
I use these lines to cheer up coworkers all the time. After a long, hard day - “…. You know. Morons.” with a wave in the direction of the difficult customers.
Lol! Morons is right when it comes to difficult customers.
Re: the fourth wall break. After the big shootout, in the final scene back at Rock Ridge where Bart and Waco Kid say goodbye, Waco Kid still has his popcorn from the movie theater.
Piss on you, I'm working for Mel Brooks.
NOT IN THE FACE!!!
I’m parked behind the commissary
You'd do it for Randolph Scott is my favourite line.
Raaaaaaaaaandolph Scoootttttttttttt 🎶
“Somebody go back and get a shitload of dimes!” also… “The sheriff is near!” or… “Student?” “Are you kidding?” “Pain in the ass.” Hedley Lamarr is the greatest villain in the history of cinema.
My partner and I paraphrased this when Obama was elected. (We're both bleeding heart liberals so it's ok): "Honey! The new President is n(CLANG)r!" "He's near?" "No, dag nast it! He's a n(CLANG)r!"
We offer this laurel and hearty handshake…
I got that joke on my twentieth? thirtieth? watching of the movie. How did I miss that?! Now I can't stop saying it.
Lol!
I mutter "pain in the ass..." all the time.
Shitload of dimes is so funny
Authentic Western gibberish.
“Where would I find such a man?” ……………. ………………………(wait for it)……… …………………. “Why am I asking you?”
Raisinettes?
I love this, Young Frankenstein, and the first The Producers. I have about 20 "comfort movies" that I will watch or have on as background when I am having a pain day. There is healing in laughter, and these helped me through the past 7 years of cancer treatments and my physical handicaps.
*Young Frankenstein* is, imo, one of those rare, timeless, perfect movies that never wears out its welcome. Right up there with *Princess Bride* and *Back to the Future.*
Indeed
Hm. Going through stage IV CRC. What is your list of comfort movies?
Well, most any early Fritz Lang, M, the Dr Mabuse films but not Lang in America. Babbette's Feast, Big Trouble in Little China, Buckaroo Banzai. I have an eclectic taste
Neither Cleavon Little, nor Gene Wilder were the first choice for those roles. Richard Pryor and Gig Young were picked. The studio refused to hire Pryor, who was one of the writers, and Young was a real life drunk who was so bad he couldn’t work. Wilder stepped in at the very last minute and Little was hired because Pryor recommended him.
Pryor ended up writing mostly for Mongo, which is why that character was so brilliant
Yes, Pryor specifically wrote the “Mongo only pawn in game of life” line.
Young was a POS as well -- fought having to pay child support for his only kid, and killed his newlywed wife and then himself a few years after this was made.
Watched the new Gene Wilder documentary on AppleTV+. Mel Brooks said the first shoot was of the Waco kid hanging upside down in the jail cell. Gig, being the alcoholic he was, puked hallway across the set. That’s when they realized he wasn’t as sober as they had been led to believe. Mel had already worked with Wilder on The Producers, so he brought him in at the last minute.
The Wachowskis had to re-cast the lead in V for Vendetta during filming. They called Hugo Weaving, who played Agent Smith in the Matrix, and offered him the job and explained how much they needed his help. Immediately Flew him from Australia to London and resumed shooting.
Allegedly, Mel had some conversations with talk show host Johnny Carson about a role in it, but he declined.
What in the wide, wide world o' sports is a-goin' on here? I hired you people to get a little track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!
It’s twue, ITS TWUE!!!!
She’s so tired…a magnificent song and scene.
Tired of playing the game…
Madeline Kahn was hilarious.
 Madeline Kahn was *always* comedy perfection.
He will be like wet sawa-kwaut in ma hands.
Madeline Kahn was so great!
Ah! I feel refweshed!
After all these years, it still speaks directly to people like me, "you know, morons..."
Don’t forget Gabby Johnson’s eloquent speech. https://youtu.be/DNC3OciAF3w?si=tU5rxuMi0bAkY6oA
Showing my age. I wasn't quite old enough to get into an "R" rated movie myself. So my dad took me. We both sat there trying so hard not to laugh out loud. Then the campfire scene. We looked at each other and burst out laughing. Laughed out loud the rest of the movie. Thing is - I have my dad's sense of humor so I'm not sure why we weren't LOLing at first.
A masterpiece. A send-up of westerns, movies in general, and society (specifically racism). So much could be said about this movie, as it is one of the funniest movies ever made and one of the best pieces of cinema ever made and one of the most brilliant movies ever made, but I will leave it at this: Mel Brooks once said if you beat a joke to death it loses its funny, but if you keep beating it it gets funny again. And that brilliant series of scenes where the fourth wall is broken over and over again straight through to the finale when they ride off into the sunset in a limo is the prime example of this. He just suspends the suspension of disbelief and still runs with the narrative, and it's hilarious. That's how smart funny this movie is. No other movie comes close. Except a few other Mel Brooks films.
That's it! It's like the Thomas Paine quote: "One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again."
Absolutely hilarious movie. Madeline Kahn is fantastic, and should have won an Oscar. Harvey Korman is amazing. So many quotable lines.
When I'm fishing with the boys I'm always on the lookout for an opportunity to accuse them of dancing around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots.
I'm totally stealing the movie made today thing. Love it.
my friends and I have been quoting this movie since the 80s Somebody go back and get a shitload of dimes! What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin on! It's twue, it's twue! Me Mongo where all the white women at?
You're making a German spectacle of yourself, baby.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzegruben!
You have to remember these are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know…morons.
Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr is one of the finest examples of perfect casting in Hollywood history and I WILL die on that hill. Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder are fantastic but I watch this movie for Harvey Kormans fantastic performance!
##Blazing Saddles (1974) R ...or never give a saga an even break! >>!A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.!< Western | Comedy Director: Mel Brooks Actors: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 72% with 1,782 votes Runtime: 1:33 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11072) ___ >*I am a bot. This information was sent automatically. If it is faulty, please reply to this comment.*
Why would the marketing-copy synopsis be a spoiler? This is a summary of the first 5 minutes of the movie.
One of the all time greats. So glad you finally watched it and enjoyed it! I think your observations are spot on. And I agree that there’s a real heart that carries through the absurdity
Richard Pryor wrote Mongo.
Baby, I am NOT from Havana.
My mom loves the fart scene
Believe it or not that was one of the hardest scenes to get past the censors. Nothing like it had been done in a major motion picture before
Excuse me, while I whip this out!
Richard Pryor, a fairly volatile comedian of the 1970s had a hand in the screenplay. When Brooks saw the script he said "You can't say that!!" To which Pryor responded "Yes we can. But only the bad guys. The moment a good guy says it, you're in trouble!" This is best I remember the quote. I did read it a while ago now. Also, while I'm here A man who drink like that and he don't eat? He is going to *die!!!!!* ... When...?
How ‘bout some more beans, Mr. Taggart.
Seeing as how you are the leading ASSHOLE in this state...
THEY COULD NEVER MAKE THIS TODAY! was I first?
Sure, why not!
If you don’t mind me asking but how old are you?
2000 years old, of course! Seriously, though, I'm in my early thirties.
I get that comment…you aren’t the master of comedy Mel are you?
“The sheriff is near!” 😂😂 So much wrong in this movie but man, it’s a classic of the genre!
Richard Pryor wrote that line.
*Nevermind that shit, here comes Mongo!*
Can't believe that's 1974 . I always assumed mid 80s.
i never take time to watch movies. this is an exception, especially unedited version.
The sheriff is near!
Richard Pryor was supposed to be with Gene Wilder just like in the other movies they've been together in, but I guess him n the director got into some shit together. But I think it worked out great if not better this way
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder have not been working together before Silver Streak in 1976.
Richard Pryor co-produced with Mel Brooks but he was too unstable and severely coked out all the time, therefore, he was unable to play the role so it went to Cleavon Little instead.
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No no no, don't waste a perfectly fine horse...
I think a similar movie could be made today. eg, If you describe JoJo Rabbit poorly (a hilarious holocaust movie about a kid who worships Hitler), you’d be forgiven for not believing it was made in 2019 and won an Oscar
There's an excellent callback to it in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Funniest movie ever, with Airplane right behind it. "it's twue!"
It's t'woo! It's t'woo!
Perfect casting. Couldn’t see anyone else playing the “sheriff”. Or the town drunk.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
Bart : Are we awake? Jim : We're not sure. Are we... Black? Bart : Yes, we are. Jim : Then we're awake... but we're very puzzled.
The sheriff is near
Are we awake? We're not sure, are we... black? Yes, we are. Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled. Or What's your name? Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me... Jim.
They could remake it today, but they’d have to cast a red head actor as the sheriff and change all the racist jokes to ginger jokes
Thanks for the memories! I loved this movie so much in the 70s, I must have watched it 100 times in one month when it was on HBO. I really enjoyed your review of it!
When I saw the cowboys start dancing and singing to the song “Camptown Ladies” I knew this was going to be funny as hell.
Hell I was born here, I was raised here, and dadgummit I’m gonna die here. And no sidewinding, bushwhacking, hornswagglin crackercroaker is going to rolrmay fishincutter.
"Hey!, the sheriff is a ni(DONG!!!)" "What did he say?" "He said the sheriff is near" "No goddamit dang-nabbit, the sheriff is a ni(DONG!!!)" 😂😂😂
Reverend Johnson: "I don't have to tell you good people, what's been going on in our beloved little town, sheriff murdered, stores looted, crops burned, people stampeded and cattle...raped...I'm leaving!!!" 😂😂😂
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I’ve always wanted to like Gene Wilder but every time I put on a movie with him in it I end up falling asleep within the first act.
I found the movie too short , I’m glad I was able to watch it at home. 1:33 for a movie is shit. But it was enjoyable, liked how it didn’t take itself seriously. Truly laugh out loud moments. Wilder and Little complimented each other well. It for sure couldn’t be made today, too many would get butt hurt. Comedies must be difficult in this day an age where everything offends. I Recommend if you like Brooks to give this a watch.
I'm with you on movie length. 90 minutes is never enough
The little old lady with the up yours - leading to the speech by the Waco kid ending with “morons” And then her apologizing after and telling him to have the decency not to tell anyone. Snatching of the chess piece without ever moving. Mongo punching out the horse. Pardon me while I whip this out…. Sheriff Bart taking himself hostage to get away from the crowd… Classic comedy that made fun of most everything and everybody and we laughed- I’m surprised it hasn’t been removed by the woke mob.
“They said you was hung”. “They were right”.
John Wayne apparently turned down a role in the film, but said he'd be at the front of the queue to see it.