# AIRPLANE! vs. BLAZING SADDLES - Which is the funnier movie?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-vs-blazing-saddles-which-is-the-funnier-movie/848032/161 "2020-03-07T03:10:39Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> But the only difference there is that most of the gags in _Airplane!_ never had any context.

They have the context of the entire movie. They build on one another. Callbacks and references abound. You can’t really have watched the movie to think otherwise.

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