Blazing Saddles was released in theaters on this day in 1974! What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think

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Blazing Saddles was released in theaters on this day in 1974!
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of this film?

You know. Morons! 😜

And

I’m tired!

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[Ponietz]

1. Something about beans and farting

Oh, and Alex Karris punches a horse.

[Biophilic]

2. That is such a classic and it never gets tired.

[cloudbase]

3. Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes.

[debm55]

4. I agree with that one, cloudbase. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA

[underpants]

27. That is favorite line

Subtle little pictures.

Harrumph!
Cattle
Whoof! They darker d(th)an us!

[Alpeduez21]

5. Yeah, but this is my shooting hand n/t

[Marthe48]

6. Her date took my friend to see this

She thought it was a Western, all the way to the campfire scene. lol

My husband and I it on our 3rd wedding anniversary.

[Ptah]

7. Mongo punches the horse!

[FalloutShelter]

8. Remind you of anyone?

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[chicoescuela]

9. excuse me while I whip this out

[10 Turtle Day]

45. My favorite line as well!

And the crowd gasps. Too f’ing funny. Love this move. I doubt it could be made today.

[chicoescuela]

50. Just so wrong on many levels

You’re right I don’t think it would be made today

[Docreed2003]

10. "And for my next impression, Jessie Owens"

[Paladin]

11. The campfire beans scene, without a doubt. (nt)

[surrealAmerican]

12. Did Heddy Lamar actually sue?

?

[Auggie]

33. Yes

And he needled her over it when he could. I remember an appearance on Hollywood Squares where every response from Mel was "Hedy Lamar!"

I was 17 and had no clue what was going on. And it was one of those weird things I always thought about until I read a bio on Brooks about 5 years ago and learned of the lawsuit. Mystery solved! That Hollywood Squares episode of 50-51 years ago stayed with me.

Brooks laughed about it.

[intheflow]

13. I always think, "This movie could never be made now."

Then I remember the wonderful chain gang singing scene, Mongo, and "I'm tired of being desired!"

[kimbutgar]

15. So true was going to make the same comment !

[Mark.b2]

31. We're just too damned serious, nowadays!

Even late night shows were funny back then!

And Benny Hill! Those were the days!

[intheflow]

43. There is no planet in which Benny Hill is in the same league as Mel Brooks!

Benny Hill rebelled in his misogyny, that was his schtick. He was a one trick pony, a creepy fucking old guy, as I recall him from my youth.

Blazing Saddles is social satire. The misogynistic scenes are making fun of the overt misogyny in those old Hollywood westerns. I thought it was the funniest shit I ever saw.

I was introduced to both Blazing Saddles and Benny Hill around the same time, about 12 your 13. I instinctively understood the difference between the show that revolved around a lecherous geezer and the spoof of every Hollywood westerns, which were misogynistic wet dreams (so to speak).

[kimbutgar]

14. I remember the next year we had it on cable HBO and used to watch it all the time, this was before VCRs

The scene when the new sheriff was introduced and the crowd was silent and then the word came out.

I have the vcr and dvd of the movie still!

[catbyte]

16. Hedley Lamarr

[underpants]

29. A fantastic character. Well played.

“….too Jewish”

[KitFox]

17. So many, but one not mentioned yet: Raisinets

[C0RI0LANUS]

18. Yiddish-speaking Sioux Chief

[Mad_Dem_X]

19. Lili von Shtupp!

[jmowreader]

38. The night after Bart was with Lily...

"Man, them schnitzengrubens will wear you out."

[malthaussen]

20. Probably Cleavon Little holding himself at gunpoint to escape lynching.

But so many images come to mind so quickly, it's hard to say which one is "first."

-- Mal

[Kali999]

21. Farting

around the campfire

[msongs]

22. it was toooooooooo long nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. The campfire scene

I lose it every time.

[jmowreader]

24. Hedley Lamarr recruiting the bandits to level Rock Ridge

The huge list of who he wanted to do the job… “ass kickers, shit kickers and Methodists!” “Could you repeat that?”

“Criminal Record Required” on the recruiting posters.

“Crime?” “Rape, murder, arson and rape.” “You said rape twice.” “I like rape.”

The “motorcycle gang” with handlebars coming out of their pistol belts because motorcycles hadn’t been invented yet.

“Chewing gum on line, eh? I hope you brought enough for everybody!” “I didn’t know there was going to be so many!” (Hedley shoots dead the gum chewer.) “Boy, is he strict!”

“Hey boys! Look what I have here!” “Hey! Where all the white women at?”

“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!”

“Crime?” “Stampeding cattle.” “That’s not much of a crime.” “Through the Vatican?” “Kinky! Sign here!”

“How many times have I told you to wash up after a weekly cross burning?” (Turns over Bart’s hand.) “See? It’s comin’ off!”

“For my next impression, Jesse Owens!”

“We’ll head ‘em off at the pass!” “I hate that cliche!”

[underpants]

36. 😎

[red dog 1]

25. The Fart Scene

[OldBaldy1701E]

26. "The sherif is near!"

Clevon Little should have won an Oscar. Wilder should have as well.

(WARNING: This is uncut! Not for the faint of heart! You might read about why this scene exists if you need to understand why I prefer it unedited. But, you have been warned. Proceed At Your Own Risk. I also apologize for the quality.)

[Mark.b2]

30. That's the line I recall first!!

And “It’s twue! It’s twue!”

I don’t know that there’s a funnier movie!

[OldBaldy1701E]

35. Such a list would be very short compared to this one.

Truly a classic!

[coprolite]

28. A great movie

A great decade for satire, Monty Python, Mel Brooks and Carrol O'Conner in Archie Bunker.

[Resistance1]

32. "Boys oh boys! Look what I have here...

"Hey, where the white women at?"

[Submariner]

34. "Where the white women at" by Richard Pryor

Pryor was a writer for the film, and was supposed to have the part that went to Cleavon Little. Even Mel Brooks couldn’t convince the film financiers to let him have the part.

I would like to see him deliver those lines Cleavon did well, but not Pryor-level well.

[Auggie]

47. I've read Pryor turned down the role because his complexion was too light ...

He suggested Cleavon Little, saying something to the effect that the contrast would play better in the film.

Little rocked the performance, of course. As good as Pryor could have been, it was perfect casting.

[Submariner]

49. Well, your explanation shows a level professionalism

in making a choice of actors. The right thing to do.

Whatever interview I saw, it said Richard couldn't get his language by the censors, which is plausible so they went with Cleavon, and it all worked great anyway.

[Auggie]

52. Bet it was a combination of both

[marigold20]

37. At the end of Hedly's rant

Methodists! ! !

[Iggo]

39. I can't post it here.

[Different Drummer]

40. This scene.

[TomSlick]

41. I was in high school when Blazing Saddles was released. A friend and I went to see it at the local small town theater.

There is a scene in which Hedley Lamarr is engaged in a monologue. All the while he is fondling a female statuette. My friend and I were howling with laughter and the rest of the audience had no idea why.

[Hotler]

42. authentic frontier gibberish

[Emile]

46. LOL 😂

[Auggie]

48. My favorite scene

[Wolf Frankula]

44. We've got to save our phony baloney jobs.

And Mel Brooks the Jewish Indian chief speaking Yiddish.

Wolf

[Harold Shea]

51. "No, Mongo Straight."