# Blazing Saddles Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 8, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075 "2022-02-08T01:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/1 "2022-02-08T01:09:28Z")
What’s the deal with this line from _Blazing Saddles_?: Lily von Shtupp is enamored of Sheriff Bart and whispers into his ear. Sheriff Bart tells her, “Baby, please, I am not from Havana.” Huh? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/2 "2022-02-08T01:13:24Z")
Is your mind a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives? Or did you just have an issue posting? Edit: I was going to ask “Oh Lord! Do you have the strength to pull off this mighty task in one night…or are you just jerking off?”, but thought that might get me in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/3 "2022-02-08T01:15:54Z")
Typing on an iPhone sucks 😞 ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/4 "2022-02-08T01:16:48Z")
Now that you have an actual question posted… > [@"Please, baby, I am not from Havana!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-baby-i-am-not-from-havana/421528): > > Blazing Saddles was on TV the other night (oddly enough, on the redneck channel) and I was reminded that I’ve never really got the reference in the line, “Please, baby, I am not from Havana!” Can somebody enlighten me? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/5 "2022-02-08T01:33:30Z")
I’m presently wearing my Superman sweatshirt. I was a fan before Fidel took power. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/6 "2022-02-08T01:44:21Z")
The Superman of Havana was part of Godfather II. > **[Superman of Havana](https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/superman-of-havana/)** > > He was famous beyond Cuba’s shores for his mighty endowment, a symbol of an era of sex and sin. But when the revolution came, he disappeared ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/7 "2022-02-08T04:28:51Z")
_“It’s Twue, it’s twue!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/8 "2022-02-08T05:11:43Z")
Did **TMC2** intend to start this thread on the movie’s 48th Anniversary or was that a coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/9 "2022-02-08T06:31:00Z")
Hmmm…what’s brown and comes from Havana? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/10 "2022-02-08T12:30:39Z")
Coincidence. Still pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/11 "2022-02-08T12:44:27Z")
I always thought it was because she wanted to smoke his cigar, if you know what I mean. But the Superman of Havana could be the answer, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/12 "2022-02-08T15:59:03Z")
> [@Didi44](#): > > Hmmm…what’s brown and comes from Havana? > [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Coincidence. Still pretty cool. I didn’t know coincidence had a _color and place of origin_. You do learn stuff on the Dope! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/13 "2022-02-08T16:24:59Z")
That was very interesting. I’ve always wished I could visit the old Havana of the 40’s and 50’s, not to see live sex shows, but for the exotic tropical vibe you got from watching those gaudy musicals of the time. (The same way I wished I could walk through a medieval castle or a southern plantation house, or stay in a NY penthouse high up in the clouds.) ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/14 "2022-02-08T17:16:58Z")
Considering the number of people who associate a cigar with a phallic symbol, thanks to Freud vs. those who have heard of the Superman of Havana (I’ve never heard of him until now), I stick with cigar. Brooks usually wasn’t subtle with his jokes, especially in _Blazing Saddles._ ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/15 "2022-02-08T21:11:25Z")
Somebody needs to re-post what the OP was so I can make fun of **Two\_Many\_Cats2** also. That first reply is a doozy. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/16 "2022-02-08T21:29:22Z")
Like hanging a horse and rider? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/17 "2022-02-08T22:01:19Z")
Big Dick Superman and women having sex with donkeys were legend back in the early 70s. Old time gangster run Havana in the 50s was decadent. Its a big part of the reason Castro and his revoluntionaries hated us, the shit actually happened. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-question/959075/18 "2022-02-09T14:06:28Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > The Superman of Havana was part of Godfather II. I feel dumber after reading that article. It’s like Penthouse forum: “His dick was 12, no…14…no EIGHTEEN inches!!” They spend the entire article searching, but they never find any proof. Oh sure, they _say_ they saw the video, but could they even show a screencap, or an actual link to the video? And the people they interviewed. leading the stupid Americans around on a snipe hunt. I bet they all had a good laugh later. I think that old lady in the chair going on an on was like the wife of Ruttlin’ Orange Peel in _The Rutles_ Roberto Cabarero : Well sir, I knew Superman. he was a good friend of mine. Taught him everything he knows! Mrs. Cabarero : He’s lyin’! Roberto Cabarero : I ain’t lyin’! Mrs. Cabarero He’s _always_ lyin’! Roberto Cabarero : I ain’t lyin’… I ain’t lyin’! Mrs. Cabarero: Every time there’s a documentary on pre-revolutionary Cuba ‘round here, he claims he knows all about it! Roberto Cabarero : I did, I did, I did! Mrs. Cabarero: Last week, he claimed he knew Meyer Lansky, Frank Sinatra, and Bautista! Roberto Cabarero: I did, I did! Mrs. Cabarero: He’s always lyin’! Narrator: [flustered] Well, we seem to be… wasting our time here in Cuba, despite the expense. Still… pretty, isn’t it?