# Is Blazing Saddles the funniest movie ever made? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254 "2005-08-02T03:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/41 "2005-08-02T13:30:46Z")
> [@lhovis73](#): > > Funniest movie ever: tie between Spinal Tap and Glen or Glenda? > > p.s., > Speaking of Mel Brooks, after being told by everyone, all my life, that The Producers is among the funniest movies ever, I finally sat down and watched it a few weeks ago…and was shocked at how completely unfunny it was to me… “The Producers” was my favorite movie comedy when I was a kid. After not having seen it for years, I got the video a couple of years ago. It just doesn’t hold up. Funny Nazis and gays are no longer outrageous. Still, I can appreciate how it broke ground for its time and I’m looking forward to seeing the new version, either on stage or screen. “Glen or Glenda”- just remember, Glen is NOT a homosexual! (I think a drinking game could be developed as Ed seems devoted to reminding us of that.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/42 "2005-08-02T13:42:28Z")
_Young Frankenstein_ takes the lead over _Blazing Saddles_ purely because of the incomparable Marty Feldman. Had Feldman been in the movie, one way or another it would have taken the lead. “Iii ain’t got no bo-o-ody and nobody cares!” ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/43 "2005-08-02T13:50:54Z")
Throw out your hands, stick out your tush, hands on your hips, give them a push. You’ll be surprised you’re doing the French mistake. ---
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"Oh baby you are so talented… …and they are _so_ dumb!" Fenris Johnson ---
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Bart: Are we awake? Jim: We’re not sure. Are we…black? Bart: Yes, we are. Jim: Then we’re awake, but very puzzled. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/46 "2005-08-02T14:20:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I still like _Young Frankenstein_ better, but there are definitely some great bits in _Blazing Saddles_. I agree - not only is it not the funniest movie ever made, it’s not even the funniest Mel Brooks movie ever made. I laugh a lot at _Saddles_, but I laugh even more at _YF_. As for funniest movie, I think I’d have to go with something starring Peter Sellers, since I think he was the funniest man who ever lived. Either _The Pink Panther_ or _A Shot in the Dark_. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/47 "2005-08-02T14:34:04Z")
I’ll go against the crowd here and give _BS_ the edge over _YF_. I think perhaps it is all the swipes at racism that make it so much funnier for me. And while it is one of the funniest movies ever made, I think I’ve got to give my personal #1 to _Airplane_. _BS_ may well be #2, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/48 "2005-08-02T14:47:32Z")
In my opinion, Blazin Saddles, is, indeed, the funniest film ever made. The reason for that opinion is that it is the only movie that makes me laugh out loud every time I see it, despite the fact that I’ve seen it well over a dozen times. No other movie has ever had that effect on me. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/49 "2005-08-02T14:52:01Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > And while it is one of the funniest movies ever made, I think I’ve got to give my personal #1 to _Airplane_. _BS_ may well be #2, though. I saw _Airplane_ when it first opened at the movies and told everyone I knew how hysterically funny it was. After my parents saw it they were discussing it with me and I realised that due to my chemically enhanced viewing of the movie I had very poor memories of it. They would tell me how right I was about one scene or another and I couldn’t remember what happened. I was able to go and watch it again and virtually experience it anew - and it was very, very funny. ---
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“Look at this…” “Steady as a _rock_!” “But I shoot with this hand…” And- “A man drinks like that, he is going to _die_!” long pause… “…when?” And- “… the little bastard shot me in the ass!” Kills me every single time. ---
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How to say this? I got more laughs out of _Young Frankenstein_ but bigger laughs from _Blazing Saddles._ Plus _YF_ not only had Terri Garr and Marty Feldman, but Cloris Leachman (“He vas my **boyfriend!** ”) Edge to _YF_ But I still think _Airplane!_ was the funniest of all. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/52 "2005-08-02T15:27:29Z")
I’ve got to put Airplane!, Life of Brian and Young Frankenstein ahead of Blazing Saddles for funniest ever. But BS is definitely up there. I’ll add this one to the BS quotes piling up: “Shvartzas!” (OK, it’s not inherently funny, unless you know it was a Plains Indian delivering the line) ---
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> [@cmkeller](#): > > I’ve got to put Airplane!, Life of Brian and Young Frankenstein ahead of Blazing Saddles for funniest ever. But BS is definitely up there. I’ll add this one to the BS quotes piling up: > > “Shvartzas!” > > (OK, it’s not inherently funny, unless you know it was a Plains Indian delivering the line) They where related to the Hekawi Indians near Fort Courage weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/54 "2005-08-02T15:33:11Z")
Eh. I’m not a Mel Brooks fan, although _Young Frankenstein_ is great. Not a Woody Allen fan, either. I’m probably alone in thinking that _O Brother Where Art Thou?_ is one of the funniest movies ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/55 "2005-08-02T15:33:34Z")
BS is right up there. I have no idea what’s the funniest movie, but it’s a contendah. “Sing us one of those good 'ole nigger work songs.” “I get no kicks from champaaaaagne…” What’s your crimes? Murder, rape, arson, rape, assault, rape." “Why so much raping?” “I like rape!” “You’re hired!” ---
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> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Throw out your hands, stick out your tush, hands on your hips, give them a push. You’ll be surprised you’re doing the French mistake. I’m pretty sure they’re doing the French _mystique_. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254/57 "2005-08-02T16:01:37Z")
Mel Brooks films in general, and _Blazing Saddles_ in particular (along with _The Producers_) seem to get most of their laughs by being outrageously offensive to such an extreme that you can’t be offended. (Well, not unless you really want to.) The problem with this is that once the shock value wears off, the film is progressively less amusing. “Springtime For Hitler” was audacious when _The Producers_ was first released, but now that the joke is well-known and anticipated, and the younger generations are removed from the horror by time, moral relativism, and 1960’s sitcoms, it’s just not that gasp inducing. That film and _Blazing Saddles_ are still funny, but they don’t keep you laughing for minutes, and you realize how pulseless the film is between jokes. _High Anxiety_ suffers from being too much of a homage/parody upon films (_Vertigo_, _North By Northwest_, _Blow-Up_) that much of the audience these days hasn’t even seen, despite _Young Frankenstein_, while also somewhat fitful, actually holds up much better with age. The less said about Mel Brooks films from _Spaceballs_ onward, the better My personal picks for funniest movies of all time, in no special order, would have to be _Some Like It Hot_, _Arsenic And Old Lace_, and of course, _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb_. _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ ranks up there pretty highly too, despite my general aversion to Steve Martin comedies. And of _Spinal Tap_ and Christopher Guess’ similiar “mockumentaries” I have to go for _Best In Show_ as the funniest, though they’re all hilarious. Stranger ---
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> [@lhovis73](#): > > Funniest movie ever: tie between Spinal Tap and Glen or Glenda? > > p.s., > Speaking of Mel Brooks, after being told by everyone, all my life, that The Producers is among the funniest movies ever, I finally sat down and watched it a few weeks ago…and was shocked at how completely unfunny it was to me… _Spinal Tap_ had the same effect on me. I’d heard about it for years, was prepared for the in jokes, and I don’t think I mustered more than a chuckle. All of the movies mentioned are must-sees, a few of my honorable mentions: _Sleeper_. Another Woody Allen film I like, goofy fun. _Up in Smoke_ I still laugh out loud during this one. ---
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**Blazing Saddles** has always been my pick for funniest film ever, although upon first screening I thought **Something About Mary** would overtake it, but as metioned earlier, SAM doesn’t hold up as well to repeat viewing and for reasons I cannot explain becomes unwatchable after a while. Top five: Blazing Saddles, Blues Brothers, Young Frankenstein, Airplane, The Big Lebowski “Our fathers came across the prairie. Fought, Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix. Remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town.” ---
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> [@Bomzaway](#): > > **Blazing Saddles** has always been my pick for funniest film ever, although upon first screening I thought **Something About Mary** would overtake it, but as metioned earlier, SAM doesn’t hold up as well to repeat viewing and for reasons I cannot explain becomes unwatchable after a while. > > Top five: Blazing Saddles, Blues Brothers, Young Frankenstein, Airplane, The Big Lebowski > > “Our fathers came across the prairie. Fought, Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix. Remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town.” Your the second one to mention **Something About Mary**. My wife decided that we are both immune to Ben Stiller’s humor. He is never funny to either of us. We don’t agree on a lot of humor. I love Simpsons & Southpark. She loves 70’s Woody Allen. _{I didn’t even realize those counted as comedies I thought he stopped with humor after sleeper}_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blazing-saddles-the-funniest-movie-ever-made/315254.md?page=4)