*BLAZING SADDLES* (1974) | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction & Commentary
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- Laughing from start to finish watching "Blazing Saddles" for the first time.
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Okay, so I said “wow” A LOT in this one BUT does anyone know how many times? 🙃
WOW , that many 😳
Owen Wilson is still trying to catch up with you ;)
I have just Subscribed from South East London/Kent and it was 42 , all-in :)
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you are Gorgeous, I liked your Last of US reaction. : ) Can you react to "PArks and Recreation"
Just to set your mind at ease, Slim Pickens (the head bad guy) was a animal advocate and made sure the horses were all very well taken care of. And yes, the horses were trained to fall.
He also camped out at the fringe of the set. He really was a cowboy kind of person.
Yes, the horses are trained and the rider know how to make the horses move in certain ways, like she thinks the guy actually punched the horse...🙄
I also heard that he HATED using racial slurs in the film.
The shovel to the head was Slim Pickens's idea. He said he wouldn't play the character unless he experienced some kind of consequences for his racism.
it wouldn't have made sense without that anyway since the movie is supposed to be an equal opportunity insulter lol
"Hey, where the white women at?" still makes me laugh to this day and I've seen this film many, many times.
It took me several viewings to spot just how spot-on Gene Wilder's accent was just beforehand...
Greatest line in cinematic history!
Way back in high school band, we had an away game in a town where a known klansman had unsuccessfully run for mayor. When we got to the game, a black guy in the band stepped off the bus and yelled "Hey, where the white women at?!"
Everybody cracked up, the band, chaperones, band director, parents...
@@dr.burtgummerfan439
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
The line about the "family secret" that he had a Dutch grandmother is somewhat more subtle, but also very funny.
I love the way Wilder turns Little's hand over when he says "..see, it's coming off!", because the palm is a lighter shade than the back of the hands.
Fun fact: the campfire scene where they are eating the beans is actually the first time farts were ever put in movies or television. So as gross as it is, that scene is actually historically significant!
Psycho was the first time a toilet was seen on the big screen 😂
@@Cheepchipsable this isn’t a Psycho reaction though.
@@ryanswaynow True, but one is a short putt from the other so it fits.
@@ryanswaynowoh boy you're so smart oh boy you're so relevant oh boy you're so nice. God what a cuck.
Joke that usually goes over young people's heads..
"I extend to you, this laurel, and hardy handshake.."
Laurel & Hardy were a great comedy duo in the days of Abbot & Costello, the Marx Brothers & the Three Stooges
Another one is, "you'd do it for Randolph Scott."
@@markreed392 and Howard Johnson owning a hotel and ice cream stand
Another is "What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a going on!?"
@@bigmamakatethulhu Headley Lamarr's name was a running gag.
another one is "and for my next impression, Jessie Owens" - Owens was a sprinter, and sherrif Bart says that before running away.
You seemed to have understood way more than most people your age. Great job!!!
"Excuse me while i whip this out"...gets me all the time.
It for sure caught me off guard 🤣
@@LialaNaema A knock on wood.
Brooks' filmography is brilliant! Young Frankenstein, History ofthe World pt 1, the Producers... all freakin' brilliant!
When the Guy started singing "It's Springtime for Hitler" I had an Asthma Attack! We saw this in the theatre when it was released. I was in High School.
The horses of that era were incredible actors. No cap, they are spectacular
One of the jokes you missed, when the mayor was rehearsing his welcome speech and offered a "laurel and hearty handshake" it was about Laurel and Hardy, a famous comedy team.
I just want to give some love to Maddie Kahn. She was a great singer really - it takes talent to be able to sing that badly...
Harvey Korman is so underrated as the villain Hedley. Hedy Lamar was a famous actress in the 20s and 30s. She played femme fatales. Mel Brooks is a genius. If you haven’t seen it, The Producers is hilarious too. Mel Brooks did the 1968 original with Gene Wilder, who plays The Wayko Kid here and the 2005 musical version, which is underrated and the songs still crack me up.
Hedy Lamar was much more than just an actress. She designed our modern cellular networks and made the US Navy's torpedoes hit what they were aiming at in the second world war. She was a genius.
@@TheRedStateBlue
I heard about that. Totally smokin’, too!
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Waco Kid, as in Waco, Texas.
You have to put Heddy Lamar in the same category as Da Vinci and Ben Franklin... And you are 100% right about Harvey Korman showing his comedic genius and his mastery of timing.
@@TheRedStateBlue LOL, she had some ideas and collaborated but didn't "design" them.
She was also arrested for shoplifting, but few seem to mention that.
Do some research.
"I have no idea how this movie is going to end." Neither does anyone else the first time they watch it.
I'm not sure anyone making it knew either, which is why we got the pie fight.
So glad to see this! If it 'can't be done today', that is more of a reflection on how bad today is than anything else. If you can't even make fun of and tell a joke about something, anything, then something is seriously wrong.
The thing is, it *could* be made today. It just takes the will to do so, and making the joke appropriately. Witness South Park's Jeopardy scene.
What makes Liala's comment especially ironic is Mel Brooks' response when someone said to him the very same thing: "It couldn't be made back then, either. But we made it anyway."
One of the writers was iconic comedian and comic actor, Richard Pryor.
"Airplane", "There's Something About Mary", "The Naked Gun" and "Young Frankenstein" are all comedy classics.
Liala
That horse hit by Mongo (Alex Karras) is a trained stunt horse. His handler - stunt rider pulled the reins signaling the horse to fall safely. Alex aka Mongo trained by stunt crew on how to punch or hit without hurting the horse.
One of the funniest shots in any movie. Every one who has seen this movie always remembers that scene.
Well I’m glad to hear this 😭
Those horses were marvelous actors.
You are looking much better in this video Liala, brava!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"Howard Johnsons" was a very successfull restaurant chain in the U.S. in the 70's. Being Jewish Mel Brook's usually jokes about the Jewish people in some of his films (like Spaceballs), but in this one he pretty much makes fun of everybody. No horses were harmed in the making of this film, stunt horse.🙂This film is just short of 50 years old. Keep in mind the TV show "All in the Family" was #1 in the 70's, lasted 9 years, and dealt with some issues that were in this film.
Yes, the Howard Johnson's chain was known for its "28 Flavors" of ice cream. So the sign on the Howard Johnson's here saying "One Flavor" is another joke that doesn't go over today.
@@bobbuethe1477 Yes, there was one right next to the General Cinema Theater I went to as a kid. They did killer business. Next to the theater, and a mall.
This movie came out 10 years before I was born, but my dad showed it to me as a kid. I still quote it frequently (mostly the "where the white women at?" and I'm white). As far as the movie being made today, Mel Brooks actually addressed that relatively recently. He said something along the lines of "We couldn't make it back then either, but we did anyway."
You'll enjoy "The Naked Gun" starring Leslie Nielsen
Indeed -- the same people who created "Airplane!"
I was stationed in the 101st. Airborne in 94.I played this movie in my room and a few guys from my platoon watched it with me.A couple were black ,lol.We all was laughing our asses off.We needed up watching it nearly every weekend with more soldiers joining us..
There are a lot of references that you might miss or not understand because it's a satire and social commentary on race, culture, and politics in America.
The character Hedley Lamar is a parody of the name of real Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr. She sued for the "misuse" of her name. The character of Lilly Von Shtupp is a parody of German actress Marlene Dietrich (who was also in a western film "Destry Rides Again" co-starring James Stewart).
The character Taggert (with the bandaged head is a real western film actor. Mel Brooks included several actors from traditional westerns to star in the movie. The singer of the "Blazing Saddles" theme song is Frankie Laine who also sang ballads in many westerns. Laine was not aware of the type of film Mel Brooks was making so Mel Brooks did not tell him right away for fear that the singer would not perform in it.
There is only one thing to say to just about any Mel Brooks movie, "Its good to be the king". You will get it one day.😀
Being the GOV or the Chief is the next best thing.
No horses were harmed. They are stunt horses. In the scene where the horse gets punched, if you look carefully, you can see the guy on the horse pull the reins before the horse falls. They are actor horses.
@14:18 Here’s something else you can’t unsee. If you look closely when Mongo “punches” the horse, you can actually see the stunt rider jerk the reins, which is a dead giveaway of the fact that the horse was trained and rehearsed for this stunt.
The horse was named "Twister," a testament to his ability to twist as he fell.
One of the greatest! Mel Brooks and Richard Prior together at the top of their games.
"HE SAID THE SHERIFF IS NEAR!" :D :D
"Excuse me while I whip this out"
🤣🤣🤣
History of the World Part 1! Especially because a second one is FINALLY being made! Robin Hood: Men In Tights as well!
Glad you liked the movie too!
14:17 - One of the best scenes ever. 😉
Greatest comedy ever made.
This is just a fun movie. (don't worry about getting all the jokes) Just have fun. :)
The cowboys wanted the black workers to sing stereotypical slave Era spirituals.
1:49 Leave it to Mel Brooks to make a movie set in the _19th_ century, but drop right in the middle of it a song from the _20th._
Of course, Mongo didn't really punch out the horse. If you go back and watch the scene again, you can see how the trick works. The horse was trained to throw his head to the side and fall down when the trainer-who is actually the man sitting on the horse-gave a tug on the rein. The reason the gag works is because you aren't watching the trainer; your eye naturally follows Mongo as he approaches the horse, so you don't see the rider give the horse the signal. If you watch the scene again and keep an eye on the trainer, you can clearly see him give the horse the signal.
I like to picture after director Mel Brooks yelled cut, everyone gathers around a monitor to watch the playback, and the horse looks up and says "Can we do one more take? I think I can do it better."
Hey Liala, after watching this, some of the things you should look up are: Hedy Lamarr, Howard Johnson's Restaurant chain, Gabby Hayes, Count Basie and his orchestra, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, Laurel and Hardy, the film High Noon, Grauman's Chinese Theater with it's handprints in cement, ABC's Wide World of Sports, Van Johnson, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Fort Dix, Richard Dix, Le Pétomane, Mongo Santamaria, Frankie Laine, the Merrie Melodies animated series, Jesse Owens, Busby Berkeley. Most are mentioned in the comments too.
And Jesse Owens began to wreck Hitler's superior racial ideology in the berlin Olympics so I think the film got a second layer to the Jesse Owens refence. And Mr. Brooks loves to make fun of Hitler and the Nazi's every time he gets a chance.
Mel Brooks has never made a bad movie!
Mel Brooks films are to movies as Weird Al songs are to hit songs!
Mel Brooks admits that they couldn't make this film in 1974!
The Morons line was improvised and the laugh was genuine!
I never get tired of your laugh, my dear!
. . . and I loved seeing you groove to "The French Mistake"
1:18 - So the story of this song. Mel Brooks wrote this song, but he needed someone to sing it. He brought in his music producer and said "Get me someone that sounds like Frankie Lane." Frankie Lane, you see, was a famous country singer at the time and his voice had become synonymous with all things 'Western.' Several days later, the music producer came in...with Frankie Lane. A shocked Brooks led him to the recording booth and he knocked out the song on his first take. Here's the twist: Lane thought he was recording an anthem for a SERIOUS Western! Legend says he didn't find out it was a spoof film until he watched the premier.
6:18 - Governor LePetomane (a reference to an old French comedian known for his fart jokes) is played by Mel Brooks, the movie's director. Along with being a legendary parodist, he's known for writing himself into his movies. He appears in at least one role in all of his films (with one notable exception).
25:23 - The Waco Kid (WAY-co), as in Waco, Texas.
Not a legend, true story! He was seriously upset over it!!!
Check out all the Mel Brooks Library. Young Frankenstein is another great classic and a must watch.
This was a great reaction! 👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Have you seen "Young Frankenstein" by Mel Brooks? Maybe Monty Python's "Life Of Brian" or "Search For The Holy Grail'? All three will make you laugh, I'm sure!
For SURE watch Young Frankenstein 🤗
7:06 weird laughs are best because you always know it’s genuine
My buddies and I,(White and Black),when I was in the 101st.Airborne Division,would drink a few beers,watch this movie and laugh our asses off.
Might I suggest you watch The Jerk. These are two favorite comedies.
Mel Brooks himself plays the "Gov" guy and the Indian chief.
Humor requires alot of work. You can tell the masters of the craft because they make it look so easy.
A funny western is The Apple Dumpling Gang. It stars Don Knotts and Tim Conway from the The Andy Griffith Show and The Carol Burnett Show. A serious tv show is The Incredible Hulk starring Bill Bixby as a man that hitch hikes from town to town trying to avoid the law as he turns into the Hulk when he gets angry. It only lasted a few seasons. The hulk is not CGI but used body builder Lou Ferigno in green paint.
Here is something many people don't notice.
This movie came out in 1974 and you see Boris the Hangman with a patch over one eye.
Fast forward to 1993 where Mel Brooks releases the movie - Robinhood: Men in Tights.
Boris the Hangman makes an appearance in that movie as well except that his patch is now covering the other eye.
You're going to hear it from everyone else, but now that you've watched Blazing Saddles, you have to watch Young Frankenstein (and by "have to" I don't mean you "have to" I just mean that it would be such a shame if you didn't add that movie to your repertoire). You will love Marty Feldman (and by "love" I don't mean "love" I just mean you will be laughing all the time).
This is a comedy that tried to show the absurdity of racism, and did an excellent job of it. I loved it when it came out, still do, and rate it Mel Brooks second best comedy behind Young Frankenstein.
This was a delightful time, enjoying the jokes with you. Randomness is some people's bread and butter, and this is certainly true of Mel Brooks.
My next recommendation is "Top Secret!", a very aggressive mashup of Elvis-style rock musical and Cold War spy thriller.
Heck yeah on "Top Secret." A hilarious movie that I feel doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
One of the funniest movies EVER. 🤣
When Hedley was molesting that statue, it was a statue of Lady Justice. So he was, in effect, screwing justice.
Mel Brooks told the writers of this movie to "Write anything you want, because we'll never be heard from again. We will all be arrested for this movie."
That would DEFINITELY be the case now.
I scrolled for a bit, couldn't see anything mentioned, but the horse punching scene was a professionally trained horse..
A stunt horse.
A very well-trained stunt horse.
Thank you! This makes me feel better 😅
19:37 The funniest line of the movie.
Richard Prior was the principal writer. That was the most epic farting scene.
It was the first fart scene.
"Blazing Saddles" couldn't be made today, because if you brought the script to a studio, they'd tell you it was already made.
Love this movie so much
Originally Mel wanted Richard Pryor who wrote a fair deal for the movie to portray the Sherriff. The Studio balked big time. Cleavon did a fantastic job. But I still wonder what it would have been like if Richard had gotten the role
Two more (among many) by Mel Brooks are "History of the World, Part 1" and, assuming you've seen at least the Star Wars original trilogy and "Alien", then "Spaceballs".
Fun little fact: The actor who played 'Lyle,' the one in the red shirt and black vest, initially HATED saying the racist lines. Then Bart's actor (Cleavon Little) reassured him that it wasn't HIM saying that hateful stuff, it was his character.
15:23 I think that Froggy sequence would give me more nightmares than the accidentally grabbing his.....
“Mongo only pawn in game of life.”
But don't shoot him, it'll only make him mad.
Note she's a trained opera soprano. What a great actress. If you like old movies I recommend Duck Soup by the Marx Brothers. It is a satire on movies.
For your consideration. Creech & Chong, Up in Smoke. Hilarious !!!
As an American it’s so interesting to hear an ethnic woman with a British accent’s perspective
Great reaction. You took it better than most your age, you must be sensible. I should have know since you mentioned it being from a different time and not what we’re used to now. 👍🏼 Thanks for what you do. May your views and likes always be equal.
At those times there was really no filter 😂😭 I gasped at some of the words they used but there were some I won’t get out of my head like where the white women at 🤣🤣 I like that you cover older movies I didn’t know that existed ❤️🙌
Fun fact: the singing of Ja Ja Ja Ja came straight from Mel Brooks's WW2 experience. I think he said it was during a ceasefire where his platoon and a German one were on opposite sides of a river. They could hear the Germans singing, and Mel claimed he grabbed a megaphone to "show them some real music". One of the German soldiers apparently even complimented him.
14:25 - if you look closely, the stuntman on the horse is pulling the reins to make the horse fall over (it was trained to do that).
The horse's name was Twister based on it's ability to perform this stunt.
Enjoyed your reaction
12:13 I've never known _anyone_ else to envision a _Native American_ chief who speaks _Yiddish._
Saw this is the theater as a kid....we used to be able to laugh at ourselves....today...everyone is angry......Peace!
It's a masterpiece. the guy who sings "Camptown Races at the beginning"? at first, he was unable to deliver his lines with the "N-word" because he knew how upsetting it was. Cleavon Little ("Sheriff Bart") had to take him aside and tell him that he knew that he was a good man, and that he wasn't a racist, and that it was vital for the message of the film that they show that people who talk like that are the bad guys.
Thanks for enjoying this movie, Liala! So glad you appreciated the humour -- a lot of which is rather dated.
The "yes" and "no" on the hindquarters of Mongo's zebu was one joke that I didn't get for the longest time, either. Apparently, that used to be written on the back of some American school buses. Those words were to remind drivers which on side they were allowed to overtake the bus, to make it safer for kids to get on and off. I had no idea until I read about this movie on TV Tropes.
More great reactions, please!
I'd always though it was some kind of gag where he might flip the beast to make a decision.
You don't pass a school bus when children are entering/exiting!! The "Yes/No" was on trucks and trailers to remind people to not pass on the right in the blind spot.
"Caddyshack"(1980)Rodney Dangerfield
Humor like this is missing today. We laughed at ourselves and stereotypes. Today we take offence to the satire. We need more love today. Thanks Liala.
Totally recommend Mel’s other films. Every single one of them are funny and totally worth the time.
Back in the mid 80's, I was invited to a female friends engagement party, I knew only a couple of other friends who were going... it wasn't until I walked in, I realized that I was the only Black guy there so I cracked the line "Where the White women at..?" It did help ease a bit of the initial tension...! 😁😁
No worries. Sit back and laugh.
Anytime someone reacts to this, they say it could not be made these days … and I say why not, lack of will?
I saw an interview with Mel Brooks and they asked if he had ever been censored. He said only once. In the scene where madeline khan said "is it twue, is it twue"? The next line was supposed to be "You're sucking on my arm." That would have been hilarious.
all i can say is ... WOW! one of my favorite jokes is "... well, this is the end of this suit." i still say that often hoping someone vwill catch the reference. surprise, no one does. WOW!
A gag only we old Americans will catch. When the townspeople build the duplicate town, Bart comments "...right down to the orange roof on Howard Johnson's outhouse." Howard Johnson's is a now defunct chain of cheap motels, each one had an orange roof to make it stand out from the highway. They were declinjng when this was made, so Brooks took a jab at the for being a sh...uh, very, yesh...place to stay.
The Sheriff is near!
No, carnsarnit dagblammit!
That you didn't catch some jokes is understandable, most of the these channels miss them too, as they re way to young. When they are singing camp town girls, and boss comes up and says Wide Wide World of Sports, this was a Saturday afternoon TV show that televised all of the sport competitions that went on around the world in-between the Olympics. Randolph Scott was a 1940's- 1950's western Actor that ALWAYS played the good guy in white. he has about 20-30 movies from that time period.
scrolled through you videos, Mel Brooks movies always make people laugh, as well as make fun of everyone, Young Frankenstein, and Space Balls are 2 of his best.
Also Blake Edwards 4 "Pink Panther" movies are hilarious
All the cattle in the bar is a joke about the fact that casting calls for extra and small but parts were known as cattle calls.
The Gabby character who mumbles is a joke on the fact that so many western movies and TV shows had a character somewhat like that.
All the town folk being called Johnson is a joke on Johnson and Johnson company, and Howard Johnson's hotel and restaurant chain.
Lilly von stupp's is also a play on a German meaning of her name. But I can't recall it right now.
In fact, Gabby Johnson is directly based on actor Gabby Hayes who made a living playing Western sidekicks. Gabby Johnson is played by Jack Starrett who also played the brutal deputy in Stallone's First Blood. Starrett used to perform a comedic drunk routine at parties. Mel Brooks was in attendance at one of these parties and decided that Starrett would be a perfect Gabby Johnson.
People always say "this movie could not be made today" and they are always wrong (at least with the implication it would be more difficult today to get made)
1. Mel Brooks played the Governor, the Indian Chief and one of the thug roundup.
2. Mel Brooks doesn't just break the 4th wall he shatters, steps on and grinds it into the ground.
3. The preacher/Liam Dunn also plays in Young "Frankenstein" as Mr. Hilltop. Madeline Kahn also had a 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. The guy that was supposed to play Jim 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.
7. 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.
8. Jim still has his popcorn from the theater.
Movie suggestion "Young Frankenstein" with Gene Wilder
Suggestions - Anything from Mel Brooks, but I would also recommend Groundhog Day, The Patriot, and Gladiator if you haven't already seen them.
great film
Other Mel Brooks flicks that are really good/strange/irreverent/somewhat offensive parodies are "Young Frankenstein", "High Anxiety" (need to know the story line of Hitchcock's "Vertigo"). A Gene Wilder (Waco Kid) film that is a lot of fun is "Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother" another very good one. Good reaction on this one, considering your age. The movie is taking shots at movies, stars and comedic groups that were well known when it was made but largely unknown now.
High Anxiety is actually a spoof on several different Alfred Hitchcock films. Brooks actually consulted with Hitchcock on making it.
@@PhilBagels Very true, but I was running long and I edited that part out. Thanks for clearing that up.
and to think next year this movie will be 50 years old..
Mel Brook, director, plus he has cameos in this movie as Governor and Indian Chief. Someone asked him if this classic would be made today while current today's environment. He replied, "Hell it would not be made in 1974."
Brooks is also the 'aviator' in the bad guy line. And, he has two voice-only credits according to Wikipedia. His wife, Academy Award-winning actress Anne Bancroft, does a cameo in BS too.
Wow!
Waco Kid, as in Waco, Texas, about an hour north of where I live now.
Wacko Kid . . . yes that was exactly right!
There is a deleted scene after the bobblehead townspeople are built and everyone retreats. A group of wagons comes in from the lower right of the town, and "Gov" jumps out with a gaggle of repirters for a photo op in the first town with a black Sheriff. Gov poses with one of the bobbleheads. Repoter says "Governor, these people are dummies!" Anf Gov respons "i know that. How fo you think I got elected?"
The group then departs at the lower right just before Taggart's gang comes in from top left.