# Blazing Saddles-- yea! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500 "2001-09-29T18:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/1 "2001-09-29T18:06:35Z")
Just picked this up on DVD yesterday. Eris, did I ever forget how funny this movie is. Brooks was a genius in this one. God, now I gotta get Young Frankenstein! šŸ˜ƒ (rroll, rroll, rroll in ze hay) ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/2 "2001-09-29T19:00:19Z")
One of those, either Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, was the first movie I took the now Mrs. PlanMan to see. The other one was among the first few. And she married me anyway. She tolerates my watching MST3K - althoā€™ the repeats are coming a little frequently, even for me - that time travel airplane was on again this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Infidel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@Infidel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infidel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/3 "2001-09-30T00:20:52Z")
Although I love both of these movies, Mrs Infidel thinks their stupid and juvenile. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/4 "2001-09-30T00:24:27Z")
You gotta check out _ **Rustlerā€™s Rhapsody** _ if you can find it. Itā€™s my second favorite parody of westerns. DaLovinā€™ Dj ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/5 "2001-09-30T00:51:44Z")
I could have sworn the title of this thread was **Blazing Saddles-- veal**. Maybe I need new glasses. Anyway, Cafe Society is probably a better place for this thread, so Iā€™ll move it. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/6 "2001-09-30T01:00:10Z")
I adore **Blazing Saddles** , and itā€™s held up remarkably well. Some of the topical jokes and ā€œin referencesā€ have faded but overall itā€™s still a thorough hoot. Iā€™m always suprised anew at how _funny_ it is. Itā€™s sooooo tempting to start quoting dialogue and bits of business but the so much of the movie is still so damned APT. **Young Frankenstein** is less immediately quotable but itā€™s more polished gem. Brooks did it up right with the whole cinematic tribute/parody. Itā€™s a fond, funny shit-grin of a movie. BTW, I really wanted to see **Shreck** but missed it while it was at the theaters. Huge **Nosferatu** fan; those spooky German Expressionists kicked ass, cinematically speaking. **Triumph of the will** grew out of some deep roots. Veb (Sorry for the edit; thoroughly screwed the pooch on bolding. :šŸ˜ŠšŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/7 "2001-09-30T01:06:20Z")
**(Sorry for the edit; thoroughly screwed the pooch on bolding.**: If only we all had such powers . . . DaLovinā€™ Dj ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/8 "2001-09-30T03:02:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*If only we all had such powers . . . > > \*\* With power comes responsiblity. We routinely clean up _anyoneā€™s_ coding ā€œwhoopsiesā€ as noted and time allows. Itā€™s sorta diaper-patrol: accidents happen to everyone. See, thereā€™s the problem with people posting rashly/drunk/mad whatever then editing out (weaseling out?) of what they wrote. Causes major clusterfuck action on the discussion levelā€“ya dig? If you want to make an issue of this, take it to ATMB or The Pit, depending on your slant and jive. In the meantime, the topic under discussionā€“and my postā€“regard movies. No harm, no foul and fair questionā€¦but it doesnā€™t belong here Veb ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/9 "2001-09-30T03:43:06Z")
No issue or question here. Just laughing longingly . . . DaLovinā€™ Dj ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/10 "2001-09-30T04:01:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*No issue or question here. Just laughing longingly . . . > > DaLovinā€™ Dj \*\* Cool. And what I _meant_ to say was, ā€œregard **ed** ā€ movies. Power might corrupt but first it makes one look absolutely _ridiculous_. Bumbling off to herd eels, Veb ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/11 "2001-09-30T05:13:22Z")
Oh yeah, **Rustlerā€™s Rhapsody** is a goodie. Berringer is great in that. ā€œYou shoot themā€¦ in the hand\*?\*ā€ :eek: šŸ˜ƒ **Veb** , I gotta say that the ultimate joke in YF is the ā€œFrau Bleuchaā€ (or however it is spelled)ā€¦ :neighing horse: šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/12 "2001-10-01T01:04:02Z")
Vebā€¦ Herding eels is easyā€¦try herding cats. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/13 "2001-10-01T15:33:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Vebā€¦ > > Herding eels is easyā€¦try herding cats. > šŸ™‚ \*\* [http://www.adcritic.com/content/eds-cat-herders.html](http://www.adcritic.com/content/eds-cat-herders.html) šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [October 1, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/14 "2001-10-01T16:31:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by erislover \* > \*\*Oh yeah, **Rustlerā€™s Rhapsody** is a goodie. Berringer is great in that. > > ā€œYou shoot themā€¦ in the hand\*?\*ā€ :eek: šŸ˜ƒ > > **Veb** , I gotta say that the ultimate joke in YF is the ā€œFrau Bleuchaā€ (or however it is spelled)ā€¦ :neighing horse: > > šŸ˜ƒ \*\* Just the obligatory [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.htm) link. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/15 "2001-10-01T17:01:50Z")
This movie (which I love) keeps popping up on Fox Family Channel. This is no family movie, so I find that inexplicable, but it is a treat to run across it when Iā€™m channel-surfing. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/16 "2001-10-01T17:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > **This movie (which I love) keeps popping up on Fox Family Channel** Tell me about it. Itā€™s one of my favorite films, but my wife has never seen it. So sheā€™s channel flipping one day and comes across it on the Fox Family Channel. I mention what a classic it is, so she starts watching. Only problem is that they have edited out all the humor, and the edits arenā€™t exctly clean either. Thereā€™s painfully hard breaks and skips where there used to be a joke. Trying to explain what was so gosh-darned funny about the Lily Von Schtupf song ā€œIā€™m Tiredā€ is tough when what appears on the screen bears no resemblance to the original. Gotta get the DVD. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/17 "2001-10-01T17:49:23Z")
As has been said in other threads, why does Fox Family even bother? I surfed into it once on FoxFam right at the ā€œKansas City **horses** ā€ line and kept right on surfing. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/18 "2001-10-01T18:25:59Z")
Gawd, Iā€™m glad to see some other folks that love B.S. too. I donā€™t know how many times during a conversation Iā€™ve snuck a quote in like ā€œWork, work, work, workā€ or ā€œIt is? What? It is? What?ā€ or ā€œWe almost lost a perfectly good handcartā€ and they look at me like Iā€™ve got nary a marble. Thanks for humoring me. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/19 "2001-10-01T19:09:58Z")
šŸ˜ƒ When I once heard my boss[sup]3[/sup] (bossā€™s bossā€™s boss) use the ā€œwork, work, work, work, work, work, workā€ line, I said to him, ā€œWell, hello Govā€™nor LePetomaine!ā€ To which he replied, ā€œA governorā€™s job is never done.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500/20 "2001-10-01T22:00:33Z")
My favorite momentā€¦ Frau Blucher: ā€œYes, Yes! Say it! He vas my boyfriend!ā€ Leaves me rolling every time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-yea/84500.md?page=2)