# A Blazing Saddles question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996 "2008-08-06T03:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996/61 "2008-08-08T14:47:22Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben [/QUOTE] I take you’re not from Havana? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996/62 "2008-08-08T15:58:57Z")
[A previous thread on the subject.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=328356&highlight=blazing+saddles) ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996/63 "2008-08-11T09:35:29Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] It never ceases to amaze me that anyone tries to show Mel Brooks movies on TV. Half the jokes are vulgar or profanity-laden, and when you cut them out all you get is a mildly boring film. Or worst case, a confusing one, especially when they leave in the entire run-up to a joke and then chop the punchline. [/QUOTE] Really? What about The Producers? Starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, it was shot in 1968, when movies were much more censored. Nontheless, the movie is wonderfully funny. “Spring time for Hitler & Germany..” Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996/64 "2008-08-11T12:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] Really? What about The Producers? Starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, it was shot in 1968, when movies were much more censored. Nontheless, the movie is wonderfully funny. “Spring time for Hitler & Germany..” Love, Phil [/QUOTE] _“That’s right, baby when you got it, FLAUNT IT! FLAUNT IT!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996/65 "2008-08-11T12:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] Really? What about The Producers? Starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, it was shot in 1968, when movies were much more censored. Nontheless, the movie is wonderfully funny. “Spring time for Hitler & Germany..” Love, Phil [/QUOTE] It’s also very much unlike Mel Brooks’ more popular gag movies. _Silent Movie_ and _Young Frankenstein_ wouldn’t need a lot of censoring either, but they don’t get a whole lot of airtime. If it wasn’t for the play and the new movie, _The Producers_ wouldn’t be around that much either. I’m aware Mel Brooks did more than _History of the World_, _Blazing Saddles_, _Spaceballs_, and _Robin Hood_, but those are both the most often aired and the most censored, which is really counterproductive. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996/66 "2008-08-11T15:04:11Z")
We’ll take the Chinks and the niggers, but we won’t take the Irish! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blazing-saddles-question/458996.md?page=3)