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News & Current Events Mar 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM

Blazing Saddles (1974, dir. Mel Brooks) – Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) meets Jim "The Waco Kid" (Gene Wilder)

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Southern-Brother5693 Mar 21, 2026 +134
The "You have to undertand these are simple folk" scene always has me howling.
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wstacon Mar 21, 2026 +63
you know...morons
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manwoodlover Mar 22, 2026 +8
Still one of the most hilarious lines in a movie.
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damagedone37 Mar 22, 2026 +5
This and what hump will always be my favorite Mel brooks lines
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jcfiala Mar 22, 2026 +67
I'm very fond of the lines, "A man drinks like that and he does not eat, he is going to \_die\_." Kid: "\*When?\*"
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RSquared Mar 22, 2026 +29
Honestly, if they wanted to reboot this movie/do a Naked Gun 2025, Alan Tudyk would be perfect.
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seraphhimself Mar 22, 2026 +12
Wow. I mean they absolutely would not and should not remake this, but you’re spot on with casting Alan Tudyk.
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shewy92 Mar 23, 2026 +1
What's funny is they kinda did remake Blazing Saddles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paws_of_Fury:_The_Legend_of_Hank
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Oakland_Warrior Mar 22, 2026 +7
for some reason I don't think a remake would fly...
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Little_View_6659 Mar 22, 2026 +1
Yeah. It would be a train wreck.
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Tasty-Traffic-680 Mar 22, 2026 +5
Oh boy, a Silver Streak remake!?
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keetojm Mar 24, 2026 +2
No thanks food makes me sick.
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SanderSo47 Mar 21, 2026 +114
I still find it insane how Brooks had this and *Young Frankenstein* released on the same year. Best year for a comedy director? Fun fact! Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder weren't actually the first choices for this film. Brooks originally wanted Richard Pryor (who also co-wrote the script) and John Wayne, but it just wasn't possible. It would've been a lot different, but I'm glad Little and Wilder got it instead.
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Nice_Marmot_7 Mar 21, 2026 +35
Gig Young was supposed to play the Waco Kid originally, but he was an actual alcoholic who couldn’t function enough for the filming so Gene Wilder replaced him.
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G00DLuck Mar 22, 2026 +1
He killed his wife and committed suicide a few years later.
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elegantjihad Mar 21, 2026 +20
I think John Wayne would have been a little too enthusiastic with the slurs, had he done it.
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askyourmom469 Mar 22, 2026 +11
He probably would have found the anti-racist message of the film a little too "woke" too
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FreshmenMan Mar 23, 2026 +2
Actually, John Wayne liked the script, but told Mel that he couldn't accept the role because he felt his fan wouldn't accept him in a film that dirty. "I laughed my ass off, but it's too dirty" but he told Brooks that if he made the film. ""he would be the first one in line to see it."
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kumatech Mar 22, 2026 -9
Ironic when he was smashing a minor from Panama . Josephine Alicia Saenz
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Lowilru Mar 22, 2026 +8
I was curious, looked it up, and she was born one year after him. You mix his first wife up with someone else?
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forkoff77 Mar 22, 2026 +1
I have brought this up before and gotten a ton of examples of other fantastic examples, but yes this was a great year for the. Brooks/Wilder collaboration.
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liarandathief Mar 21, 2026 +54
They said you was hung
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Spyd3rs Mar 21, 2026 +49
They was right.
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Waldron1943 Mar 22, 2026 +4
Very few people catch that one. The word "hang" has two different past tenses..."hung" for objects and "hanged" for people: The Mona Lisa was first hung in the Louvre in 1797. As a result of the Lincoln assassination, David Herold, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were hanged.
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ScreenTricky4257 Mar 22, 2026 +5
In the middle of what's basically a farce, that's a genuine moment. Bart's friend thinks he's dead, been hanged for the assault on Taggart (Slim Pickens). And he's got to keep working to build the line. And then here comes Bart on his own horse with a silver star.
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F0tNMC Mar 22, 2026 +51
The timing on “Are we … black?” kills me everytime.
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itwillmakesenselater Mar 22, 2026 +27
Then we're awake... but very confused.
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MolaMolaMania Mar 22, 2026 +30
"Well, let's play chess!"
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bcorliss9 Mar 22, 2026 +26
The way Gene says “but I shoot with this one” always kills me. Just so basically silly
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Disastrous-House591 Mar 22, 2026 +19
Wilder in the Zone. Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka. Unmatched vibes.
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philfix Mar 21, 2026 +13
What was the quip about killing more men than Cecil B. DeMille? I know who he was, but why would Mel Brooks put that in there? Just a 'tip of the hat' to the actor, or was there more?[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille)
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lifayt Mar 22, 2026 +31
It’s because he made expansive big movies without much regard for workplace safety and was a bit notorious for making actors do dangerous stunts, so it was sort of an inside hollywood style joke about the danger of his sets.
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philfix Mar 22, 2026 +10
Ah. Thanks for the reply. I had no idea.
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seraphhimself Mar 22, 2026 +3
Damn, this context makes the joke resonate with the big finale in a way I never appreciated as a kid.
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lifayt Mar 22, 2026 +2
It absolutely does, great point! Love this movie
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TransplantedSconie Mar 22, 2026 +7
The drinking sound effects get me everytime. Those are some PULLS on that bottle.
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pizzadahutt121 Mar 22, 2026 +8
Authentic frontier jibber ish lol
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Trucktub Mar 22, 2026 +6
that DOO DAR DOO DAR is a vocal stim I use randomly and my wife doesn’t like it as much as when he does it.
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Immediate-Machine370 Mar 22, 2026 +7
Wilder/Pryor movies are priceless.
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Agitated-Acctant Mar 22, 2026 +1
Yeah but this isn't one of them. Silver Streak, Hear no Evil See no Evil, and Stir Crazy are your choices for that
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seraphhimself Mar 22, 2026 +5
Pryor co-wrote the script, so in a way it is one of them.
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Immediate-Machine370 Mar 24, 2026 +1
I know.
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karmafrog1 Mar 22, 2026 +6
People overlook that for all the hilarious comedy, BLAZING SADDLES is also a first rate buddy movie with heart and great chemistry.
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cw120 Mar 21, 2026 +10
Blazing saddles, silent movie and get smart, anytime. Any mood.
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zombieshateme Mar 22, 2026 +5
had to study silent movie in rp theater in high school. told teacher it was my favorite move to quote the teacher then stated " oh ya? tell me one." I said NO!
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cw120 Mar 22, 2026 +2
I remember watching a midday talk back show at the time. The host was interviewing Mel, and couldn't over that fact that he was making a silent movie. He said "surely you know we have colour and sound these days. Why?" And it wasn't completely silent !
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keetojm Mar 24, 2026 +2
The producers, young Frankenstein, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum, it’s a mad mad mad mad world.
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Cobby1927 Mar 21, 2026 +5
Modeled off James Stewart's Destry Rides Again.
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keetojm Mar 24, 2026 +1
Yeah Madeline Kahn’s character it’s based on Marlene Dietrich.
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FreakOnALeash72 Mar 22, 2026 +3
My dad brought me to this movie in the late 70s. I still remember him bribing me with all the snacks I wanted while he laughed at all the adult jokes and I didn't tell mom.
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dug99 Mar 22, 2026 +4
When?
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Tasty-Traffic-680 Mar 22, 2026 +5
*"You use your mouth purdier than a $20 w****"* is one of my all-time favorite lines from anything.
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Catcaves821 Mar 22, 2026 +6
I wish we had this type of irreverent comedy now
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Bishopkilljoy Mar 22, 2026 +2
what about fart jokes and "AWKWAAARD" humor instead?
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keetojm Mar 24, 2026 +1
Best fart joke in the world is in the movie.
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lycanthropewife Mar 22, 2026 +3
now i have to rewatch, thanks!
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TheLastMongo Mar 22, 2026 +3
Mongo have strong feelings for sheriff Bart
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CapriSonnet Mar 22, 2026 +5
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
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Little_View_6659 Mar 22, 2026 +2
My daughter dated a kid named Mungo. It was close enough to Mongo that I had to stifle my chuckles.
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bretshitmanshart Mar 22, 2026 +2
Was your daughter's name Rumpleteazer?
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Little_View_6659 Mar 24, 2026 +1
Now that would be a name. No lol. Mungo still turns up from time to time even though they broke up years ago. Still sets off Blazing Saddles quotes in my head whenever I see him.😂
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Prize-Bid-5727 Mar 22, 2026 +3
Its a top 3 of all time comedy movie...."Little b****** shot me in the ass" wipes me out every time.
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xFlowerLush Mar 22, 2026 +3
Gene Wilder in this is pure chaos in the best way.
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MisterB78 Mar 22, 2026 +3
What do you like to do for fun? Oh, I don’t know… play chess… screw… Well, let’s play chess!
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kpsmithdeut Mar 22, 2026 +2
Surely this is an all-time scene in movie history. These two are incredible.
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CriticismRight2866 Mar 22, 2026 +2
My fav Mel Brooks movie
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JaxxisR Mar 22, 2026 +2
I didn't get a harumph outta that guy!
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BaroqueBitch66 Mar 23, 2026 +2
“Give the governor a harumph” “You watch your ass”
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PuzzleheadedLynx5082 Mar 23, 2026 +1
I darn hear lost me a $400 cart 😂
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wstacon Mar 21, 2026 -51
this film is wonderful, from a time where humour triumphed over being pc
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ill_monstro_g Mar 21, 2026 +42
shut UPPPPPPPPPPPP
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Carnines Mar 21, 2026 +25
2nd this
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Snoo93079 Mar 22, 2026 +3
Why shut up when we can be a victim?!
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bearfootin_9 Mar 23, 2026 +1
You clearly missed everything important about this movie.
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