# Young Frankenstein or Blazing Saddles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460 "2007-01-02T21:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/1 "2007-01-02T21:03:53Z")
I was perusing the [AFI list of top 100 comedies of all time](http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx) and noticed that Blazing Saddles is listed at #6 and _Young Frankenstein_ at #13 (with _The Producers_ at number 11, a testament to Mel Brooks at the height of his powers). I am not too concerned with the list itself, just curious as to others opinions on the two Mel Brooks films released the same year. In my humble opinion I think _Young Frankenstein_ gets the slight edge over _Blazing Saddles_. I just think YF is better in all aspects, the comedy in both is comparable. However, I think the acting in YF is superior, of the highest caliber. Gene Wilder gives a baravura comedic performance. For style and tone I think YF edges out BS. Ijust think YF is a more skilled total piece of filmmaking. I love BS, but I think YF is possibly the best comedy ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/2 "2007-01-02T21:12:57Z")
I’ll go with Young Frankenstein. I just think it’s funnier, and it has much more of a story. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/3 "2007-01-02T21:14:20Z")
Another voice for _Young Frankenstein_. I personally think it’s funnier, but I also feel like the humor aged much better than in _Blazing Saddles_. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/4 "2007-01-02T21:16:15Z")
In general I’m not a Mel Brooks fan, but I love _Young Frankenstein_. I hated _Blazing Saddles_ when it first came out. I recently watched it for the first time since then to see if I liked it any better, and I did, but I still didn’t think it was anywhere near as good as YF. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/5 "2007-01-02T21:18:22Z")
Another vote for YF, which we just rented and watched. Good lord, Cloris Leachman’s performance is priceless! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/6 "2007-01-02T21:18:36Z")
**Young Frankenstein**. There are some funny bits in **Blazing Saddles** , but it’s uneven and the ending it a mess. YF is great from start to finish. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/7 "2007-01-02T21:37:05Z")
I think **Blazing Saddles** is the\* funnier\* movie, but **Young Frankenstein** is the _better_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/8 "2007-01-02T21:41:16Z")
Since I didn’t laugh once at YF, it’s Blazing Saddles by default. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/9 "2007-01-02T21:51:34Z")
YF for me. I like them both, both YF is far AB Normal 😛 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/10 "2007-01-02T21:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Since I didn’t laugh once at YF, it’s Blazing Saddles by default. [/QUOTE] Otto, I’m surprised. Marty Feldman as Igor was worth the price of admission alone! Put me down as a vote for YF. It was hilarious without resorting to the beans around the campfire bit. Blazing Saddles was very very funny but I deduct points for potty humor. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/11 "2007-01-02T22:17:01Z")
[QUOTE=flickster] YF for me. I like them both, both YF is far AB Normal 😛 [/QUOTE] 2007 has not automatically improved my proof reading skills :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/12 "2007-01-02T22:19:40Z")
_I can’t decide!_ \*\*Young Frankenstein \*\* was an affectionate, painstakingly crafted spoof that labored to evoke the feel of its inspirational material as closely as possible, and succeeded marvelously… \*\*Blazing Saddles \*\* took the moribund Western genre and gleefully ripped it to shreds with blatant anachronisms and outrageously cartoonish non-sequiturs… Gene Wilder in a role as frenzied as his hair… Cleavon Little as the coolest sheriff in the universe… Igor? Ygor? Heddy? Hedley? _Mongo?! Santa Maria!_ _I CAN’T DECIDE!_ ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/13 "2007-01-02T22:22:03Z")
Blazing Saddles - I never understood the appeal and found it near-unwatchable, while Young Frankenstein is a timeless classic. IMnsHO ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/14 "2007-01-02T22:40:37Z")
Both are hilarious to me but Young Frankenstein is far better. ---
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/15 "2007-01-02T22:40:46Z")
Funniest line in all moviedom: > [@](#): > > \*Where da white wimmen at? \* ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/16 "2007-01-02T22:51:51Z")
_Blazing Saddles_ before I turned 15. _Young Frankenstein_ after I turned 16. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/17 "2007-01-02T23:04:05Z")
That’s a hell of a tough call. Young Frankenstein had Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, and Peter Boyle, while Blazing Saddles had Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, and Slim Pickens. “Werewolf?!” “There.” “What?” “There wolf. There castle.” “Mongo only pawn in game of life.” “What knockers!” “Why thank you, doctor.” “It’s twue! It’s twue!” “YES! He vas…MY BOYFRIEND!” “These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know…morons.” Puttin’ On The Ritz. The crazy brawl at the end. I refuse to pick. I love them both to death. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/18 "2007-01-02T23:06:55Z")
Jeez, there’s no way to decide. Both are brilliant and hilarious. I have seen _Blazing Saddles_ many more times than _Young Frankenstein_, so if both were on TV at the same time or something I’d watch the latter, but I love both of them. “Where’re you going, cowboy?” “Nowhere special.” “Nowhere special. I’ve always wanted to go there.” Damn, Gene Wilder is good in that one. ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/19 "2007-01-02T23:16:34Z")
Gene Wilder was awesome in both movies but I give the nod to YF. This exchange in BS was perfect though: 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:** ![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:** [January 2, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460/20 "2007-01-02T23:30:15Z")
An associated [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=328356) from about a year ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-frankenstein-or-blazing-saddles/386460.md?page=2)