[dp0622]

I wasn’t sure if anyone would get it :)

To think he wasn’t first or second or maybe third choice for the part is terrifying.

He was born for that part :)

[DoodleBob]

Aside from Blazing Saddles being ultra funny and sporting a primo cast, it is perhaps the best anti-racist/anti-bigot movie ever made. And as Mr Brooks said, it couldn't get made nowadays.

No, no, I mean maybe ‘Young Frankenstein.’ Maybe a few. But never ‘Blazing Saddles,’ because we have become stupidly politically correct, which is the death of comedy,” he said when asked if he thinks he could get films like “Blazing Saddles,” “The Producers,” or “Young Frankenstein” made today. “It’s okay not to hurt feelings of various tribes and groups. However, it’s not good for comedy. Comedy has to walk a thin line, take risks. Comedy is the lecherous little elf whispering into the king’s ear, always telling the truth about human behavior.”