# AIRPLANE! vs. BLAZING SADDLES - Which is the funnier movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032 "2020-02-16T17:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/141 "2020-03-02T05:41:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Oh, I love **Airplane!** But against **BS**? This isn’t a three-way. I’ll dance with the one what brung me. > > Besides, **BS** has Randolph Scott. > > _Randolph Scott!_ By the way, do you happen to know what ever happened to that guy? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/142 "2020-03-02T14:18:33Z")
> **[Randolph Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Scott#Death)** > > George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned the years from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero... ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/143 "2020-03-02T16:33:59Z")
“Airplane!” is much funnier. “Blazing Saddles” is at times incredibly funny, but it has longer stretches of less funny. “Airplane!” just delivers joke after joke after joke, and the landing rate, no pun intended, is incredibly high. There is a pretty solid argument to be made that “Airplane!” is the funniest movie ever made. “Blqazing Saddles” is wonderfully funny, but this is a hell of a fight. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/144 "2020-03-02T17:15:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [Randolph Scott - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Scott#Death) [thank you](https://youtu.be/I6tF6AT5ZSA) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/145 "2020-03-02T17:19:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > By the way, do you happen to know what ever happened to that guy? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [Randolph Scott - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Scott#Death) Sigh:( Don’t worry, **eschereal**. [I’ve got your back.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30MPb62eXE) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/146 "2020-03-03T19:01:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You can create polls in CS. Just sayin’. “Somebody go back and get a whole _shitload_ of dimes!” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/147 "2020-03-04T01:23:41Z")
“Funny” is obviously very subjective. I, for instance, think _Delicatessen_ is funnier than _Caddyshack_, and for pure comedy, _Casablanca_ beats both of those handily. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/148 "2020-03-04T05:01:30Z")
I have to admit, I laughed out loud when I first noticed that the sign for the German Legation in the French-ruled, mostly Arabic-speaking city is printed in… English. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/149 "2020-03-04T05:20:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I even remember the correct answer ROMANI ITE DOMUM > > And that’s pretty much all the Latin I know. Right, then. Write it a hundred times before dawn or I’ll cut your balls off! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/150 "2020-03-04T05:22:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I have to admit, I laughed out loud when I first noticed that the sign for the German Legation in the French-ruled, mostly Arabic-speaking city is printed in… English. That’s because English is a universal language. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/151 "2020-03-04T05:33:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Doesn’t anybody here like gladiator movies? After a day of watching men get all hot and sweaty in a gym, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/152 "2020-03-06T01:33:53Z")
I don’t enjoy the breaking of the fourth wall in _Blazing Saddles_; perhaps I did 20 years ago, but not now. Somehow, I can still accept it in _Holy Grail_, but it’s defacto more absurd, so, okay. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/153 "2020-03-06T01:54:12Z")
“But where can I find such a man?” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/154 "2020-03-06T03:08:07Z")
Well, I really hated the way Kenneth Branaugh kept breaking the fourth wall as that Hamlet character. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/155 "2020-03-06T03:11:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “But where can I find such a man?” “Why am I asking you?” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/156 "2020-03-06T12:44:41Z")
In another thread, folks are expressing their disdain for clip episodes of comedy shows. Well, that’s the same problem as with _Airplane!_. Clip shows, like _Airplane!_, have a high density of funny jokes all bunched together… but because the jokes aren’t connected to each other, it doesn’t work. Is there anyone here who prefers _Airplane!_ over _Blazing Saddles_, but who also doesn’t like clip shows? Why? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/157 "2020-03-06T13:18:05Z")
I don’t see the connection. A clip show is combining re-run material in some sort of manufactured combination b/c the writers are too lazy (or too under the gun, timewise) to come up with new material. How on earth is **Airplane!** comparable to a clip show? It’s not even a set of unrelated skits, like **The Kentucky Fried Movie**. I would assume many folks don’t like clip shows because they’ve seen the scenes before, and in a better context. When I first watched **Airplane!** , I’d seen \*nothing \*like it before. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/158 "2020-03-06T22:38:58Z")
I did see part of _Airplane II_. What I saw of it rather highlighted and amplified the weaknesses _Airplane_. I do not seem to remember any sequel to _Blazing Saddles_, or for that matter, any other Mel Brooks movie. I tend to feel that lack of sequels says, “_We have said all that we think there is to say on this matter and do not care to cheapen the subject by beating it to death_”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/159 "2020-03-07T01:25:13Z")
But the only difference there is that most of the gags in _Airplane!_ never had any context. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/160 "2020-03-07T02:09:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I do not seem to remember any sequel to _Blazing Saddles_, or for that matter, any other Mel Brooks movie. I tend to feel that lack of sequels says, “_We have said all that we think there is to say on this matter and do not care to cheapen the subject by beating it to death_”. No but some years ago, I was informed that a remake of _Blazing Saddles_ was proposed - by Chris Pratt. I’ve never been able to confirm the story and I suspect that I was told this by someone who just wanted to spike my blood pressure and give me that cerebral hemorrhage he’s been praying for. **NOTICE TO HOLLYWOOD: Do not try to remake BLAZING SADDLES! We don’t want it. You’re not going to do it correctly so don’t even try.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032.md?page=9)