Blazzing Sadles

[Stangman]

40th anniversary of this funny movie. Could you imagine the uproar if this movie came out today with all these thin skinned people we have running things now.

[Diogenes]

Yes, Blazing Saddles is one of, if not the best, comedy movie. There are many great names associated with the film, my favorite being Richard Pryor, who was one of the brilliant writers. Pryor was to be the sheriff, but Clevon Little got the role {I forget the reason why}. A great sense of humor is a product of genius, and there are many, many genuises involved in this film, not the least of which is Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein, History of the World PT 1, etc).

When people take themselves too seriously, you get the current climate we have in this country. A good healthy laugh is a cure all, and laughing at ourselves helps keep egos in check.

Nice post Stangman--we all need to be reminded to stop and join the laughter. Humor shines a light into the darkness.

[Gaugster]

Love this movie!

[JERICOGTX]

Mel Brooks initially wrote the movie, but from what I hear wasn't that funny. Richard Pryor rewrote a bunch of it, and made it funny. Mel Brooks got the credit...

The part that makes me chuckle, is that everyone's last name in Rock Ridge, is Johnson. When my ancestors arrived from Sweden, their last name was Johnson. Realizing there were too many people here named Johnson, my ancestor changed his name from Daniel Johnson, to Daniel Danielson.

[yellercat]

"Pass the beans"

[fryedaddy]

my son has a collection {several thousand} of outlawed movies and shows no longer aloud on tv.its a good thing he has been finding and saving them for a few years.they will be gone forever if someone dont save them.one comes to mind called boss-n word very,very,funny

[cjshaker]

Did somebody say Blazing Saddles?



This is our recent example at work 

[Diogenes]

I laugh my ass off when Clevon Little says to Slim Pickens, "To tell a family secret, my Grandmother was Dutch".

[turbohunter]

Did somebody say Blazing Saddles?
This is our recent example at work 

Yikes Doug, all I could think about was watching 10k or so go up in smoke.

[jayb]

Mel Brooks initially wrote the movie, but from what I hear wasn't that funny. Richard Pryor rewrote a bunch of it, and made it funny. Mel Brooks got the credit...

The part that makes me chuckle, is that everyone's last name in Rock Ridge, is Johnson. When my ancestors arrived from Sweden, their last name was Johnson. Realizing there were too many people here named Johnson, my ancestor changed his name from Daniel Johnson, to Daniel Danielson.

Next time I see you, I'm going to call you Mr. Johnson 

[gdaddy01]

I worked with a fellow named Johnson , he said his ancestors went back to Adam and Eve Johnson .

[allrightmike]

Any relation to Big Red Johnson?

[cjshaker]

Yikes Doug, all I could think about was watching 10k or so go up in smoke.

$16k, to be exact. And all of 3 months old. The only thing salvageable were 2 rims, and they were heat treated..lol

[turbohunter]

$16k, to be exact. And all of 3 months old. The only thing salvageable were 2 rims, and they were heat treated..lol

[Stangman]

Ouch Doug what was the cause do you know.