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BLAZING SADDLES (1974) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | REACTION

166K views · May 20, 2021 · Entertainment

Dawn Marie

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@mavspage · 5 years ago
I had to laugh when she said there's going to be a lot of fart noises in this film, knowing the beans scene was coming
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@bradclements9517 · 5 years ago
Fun fact: The "Morons" line by Gene at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IldOYWEXAeA&t=1189">19:49</a> was completely improvised. Clevon wasn't expecting it, so his laugh was genuine lol.
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@togroglog2457 · 5 years ago
"Hopefully, they won't use that word again." Me: Oh, no....
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@MemesOfProduction69 · 4 years ago
"There's gonna be lots of farting in this one" waits for the eating beans scene with a smile
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@garyseward1641 · 5 years ago (edited)
The joke about not wanting the Irish is because starting back in the day when the U.S. was a colony of England and continuing for many, many years the Irish were the most hated group of people living here. They were even lower down on the rung than black slaves. I read a news article once that was published back it the 1700's about working on cargo ships. The reporter noticed that the black slaves were working on deck throwing boxes down into the hold of the ship, and that all the men in the hold were Irish. Working in the hold was the more dangerous of the two jobs because men would occasionally miss catching a box and get hit in the head. The reporter asked the loading officer why the loading was done that way. His reply was "If one of those Paddys get killed we just get another but those n.....s cost too much." Most people don't get the joke because they don't know the history of the past hatred of the Irish and by the time this movie was made there was no longer any real prejudice against Irish people in the United States. People just assume that they had to have had it easy because they were white, but that wasn't the way it was. When Mel Brooks plays the Indian chief all his dialog is Yiddish or done with a Yiddish accent. That was done because there are some people that believe Native Americans were one of the lost tribes of Israel. Mongo doesn't hate horses, it's just a joke about his strength. Both the horse slipping and falling and the horse punch were planned stunts with trained stunt horses and none of the horses were hurt in any way. Also, the "YES" and "NO" on Mongo's bull is because tractor trailers used to have that on either side of the back to indicate to pass on the left and not on the right. The scene where the Waco Kid tells Bart that the townspeople are morons was ad libbed by Gene Wilder and the laugh you see from Cleavon Little was a genuine, unscripted laugh. There was also a line cut from a scene. The writer who wrote the seduction scene fought with Mel Brooks not to cut it, but he admitted after he saw the movie that Mel was right to cut the line. Right after you hear the zipper sound and Lilly Von Shtupp say, "It's true" four times, you were to hear Cleavon Little's voice say, "Excuse me ma'am but you're sucking on my elbow!" The joke about Hedly Lamar being able to sue Heddy Lamar is because Heddy heard that they were going to parody her name in the movie and threatened to sue. Mel Brooks settled with her out of court and got the rights to use her name. He said he just "paid the old broad off, she probably needed the money anyway". Richard Pryor was a writer on the film and was supposed to play Bart. He left on a Friday after work and was supposed to be back at the studio for a meeting early Monday morning. Mel Brooks said that he finally got a call from Richard late Monday afternoon. Richard called and told Mel he was in Detroit. Mel Brooks asked him what he was doing in Detroit. Richard's reply was, "I don't know". He was off on a cocaine binge and the studio said that they didn't want to risk having him in the movie because of his erratic behavior. They didn't want the production held up if he went on another bender and that's when Cleavon Little got the role. When this movie premiered Mel Brooks had some theaters where they put cows in the lobby, just like in the final shootout scene, and I read that there were some drive in theaters that would let you in free if you came on a horse. I hope I've filled in some gaps for you and gave you some trivia you may not have heard about. I'm glad you liked the movie, and encourage you delve deeper into the works of Mel Brookes. He is a TRUE comedy genius. Every one's a winner. Who else could have made a silent film in 1976 called "Silent Movie" and had another big hit?
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@markrude9489 · 5 years ago
One joke I didn't catch until I was older: Charlie: "They said you was hung!" Bart: "And they was right."
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@cptflapjacks8526 · 5 years ago
"Where the white women at?" The one movie line that has had me cracking up for decades now.
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@williampilling2168 · 5 years ago (edited)
"Hopefully they won't use that word again..." Definitely shows she knew nothing about this movie beforehand! 😆
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@aaronsebastian5156 · 4 years ago
Madeline Kahn's performance was based on another Western movie called "Destry Rides Again" starring  Marlene Dietrich, who was somewhat limited as an actress when it came to singing. Madeline's performance was so spot on, she was given an Oscar nomination for Best supporting actress.
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@Saboda53 · 2 years ago
People under 60 wouldn’t know this, but Howard Johnsons was a very successful national restaurant chain (like Olive Garden, Applebees, or McDonalds today), and they were famous for their “28 Flavors” of ice cream, proudly displayed on their signage. So the gag in Blazing Saddles is the Howard Johnsons on Main Street; since this was 1874 (and HJ had obviously not even been conceived of yet), the sign proudly says “One Flavor”! 😊
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@queefreak666 · 5 years ago
My late father was a Hollywood Stuntman who never went to the movies. This was the only film he ever worked on, that he dragged me to see on opening night. Never in my life did I see my Dad laugh so hard for so long.
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@bromixsr · 5 years ago
What  prophetic statement, " There's gonna be  a lot of fartin' in this movie."
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