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'I do bad taste with intelligence' (Mel Brooks Interview)
The Guardian (U.K.) ^
| Sunday December 18, 2005
| Rachel Cooke
Posted on 12/17/2005 11:50:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: MadIvan
Namely, "I get no kick from champagne...." The more I see the movie, the more I appreciate the writing in that particular scene, because its not just some jokes slapped together. This was the opening scene of the movie, which showed the railroad workers being abused by Taggert and his henchmen, and who are collapsing in the heat. Bart, however, gets into a prolonged conversation with Taggert, in order to stop the work. He does this without Taggert even noticing what he is doing. It establishes Bart as the leader of the railroad workers, a hero to the audience, and vastly more intelligent than the villians. This scene was an example of Brooks at his best writing.
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
Blazing Saddles is so hilarious. It was the first time I really was exposed to Mel Brooks, and I love that guy's sense of comedy.
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posted on
01/05/2006 7:58:12 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: fnord
And of course, there's the infamous campfire scene.
"How about some more beans Mr. Taggert".
"I think you had enough".
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posted on
01/05/2006 8:29:30 PM PST
by
stbdside
To: Dr. Eckleburg
There is STILL nothing funnier than The Two Thousand Year Old Man recording/album he did with Carl Reiner. I hear it on XM radio every month or so, and it is always just as funny every time I hear it. He and Reiner are responsible for some of the funniest films of the last 40 or 50 years, but Mel has easily outdone Carl in the "stinker" department.
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posted on
01/05/2006 8:39:04 PM PST
by
willyboyishere
("When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest")
To: firebrand
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posted on
01/05/2006 9:58:18 PM PST
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: nutmeg
One of the funniest guys on the planet.
To: Vince Ferrer
Comedy aside, Blazing Saddles is one of the best Westerns ever.
I've never heard of a single person who likes Westerns who doesn't adore 'Blazing Saddles'.
To: nickcarraway
"Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively. ~ Mel Brooks ~
RIP Ann Bancroft
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posted on
12/24/2006 2:38:36 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: nickcarraway
I was quickly scanning thread titles, and thought this was another hollywood celebrity speaking out against the war in iraq.
*sheepish look*
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posted on
12/24/2006 2:40:19 PM PST
by
smonk
To: Vince Ferrer
Blazing Saddles will be remembered by the general public far longer than anything Woody Allen has done. Allen will only be remembered by movie critics.
I'm 12,260 days into my goal of going my entire life never having seen a Woody Allen film.
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posted on
12/24/2006 2:44:45 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Iris7
"Perhaps the folks in the thread will excuse me if I mention that I have never found Brooks funny. "I do bad taste", yes. "With intelligence", no."
Nothing personal but I believe your comment tells more of you than it does of Mr. Brooks.
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posted on
12/24/2006 2:57:11 PM PST
by
lawdude
(2006: The elections we will live to die for!)
To: The KG9 Kid
Why was this thread resurrected after all these months?
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posted on
12/24/2006 2:59:46 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire)
To: Miss Marple
Loved his wife. I have read that she was somewhat melancholic. If so he must have been a better remedy than pills.
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posted on
12/24/2006 3:01:16 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHI)
To: Liberty Valance
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posted on
12/24/2006 3:03:32 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHI)
To: Trajan88
Are you all A**holes? Is there anybody on this ship who's not an A**hole?
What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?
We're going to have to go straight to...ludicrous speed!
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posted on
12/24/2006 3:24:44 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: Loud Mime
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/24/2006 6:47:53 PM PST
by
Peelod
(Decentia est fragilis. Curatoribus validis indiget.)
To: The KG9 Kid
Well, I agree. After all, the Sheriff is getting nearer.
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posted on
12/24/2006 9:28:44 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire)
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