[andy58-in-nh]

Among the reasons why Blazing Saddles is so funny and quotable is that Richard Pryor wrote much of the dialogue. And yes, some of the bits are juvenile and the humor is scatological, but only the overly-sensitive and overly serious cannot help from laughing out loud at so many of the film's gags.

Howard Johnson's 1 Flavor.

And then there's the church hymn...."There's no avoiding this conclusion.....our town is turning into......"

[dfwgator]

Brooks originally wanted Richard to play the Sheriff, but I don’t think it would have worked. Clevon was a much better choice, he was more of a classically-trained actor than a comedic actor, but that’s what made it work.

[miss marmelstein]

I’m about as far from overly serious as one can be but Blazing Saddles is simply not the greatest comedy that Hollywood ever produced. I actually study film and my husband is a film teacher so I have a long, long history of watching and analyzing comedies. It has some good jokes, wonderful actors, but its humor is really, really juvenile. It’s like sitting in a locker room with 15 pimply teenage boys.

Now, if you wanna talk about The Producers...