On the 50th anniversary of the movie’s release, here are some remarkable tidbits about one of the greatest spoofs ever made. 1. Blazing Saddles could have starred Richard Pryor. Richard Pryor ...

100 Laughs list of the greatest movie comedies. Malcolm X. Library of Congress. The idea for Blazing Saddles originated with Andrew Bergman, who was only in his twenties. He named his character ...

A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the ...

And surprisingly learning a few lessons with Passover overtones. We’re talking about “Blazing Saddles,” the 1974 western satire by the incomparable Mel Brooks. It’s a film I first saw as a ...

Last year marked the 50 year anniversary of both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. The new book from Bruce Hallenbeck details the history of both of these celebrated movies, how 1974 became ...

He said Blazing Saddles, his Western spoof about a black sheriff in a racist town, could never be made today. "It's OK not to hurt the feelings of various tribes and groups," he said. "However ...

("Blazing Saddles hadn't been released yet ... he wrote that the "funniest retort in the movie" came from actor Marty Feldman, who played the humpbacked Igor. When Dr. Frankenstein (Wilder ...