The thing is Blazing Saddles was not only a satire of classic movie westerns and movie making in general but also a satire on race relations and prejudices - the black sheriff was the hero of the movie. And Mel Brooks as the Indian chief who speaks Yiddish- “They darker than us! Woof!” LOL!
Yiddish Indians = a Mormon joke.
The greatest thing about this movie is that it showed something we do not have today, the ability to laugh at ourselves. That was the genius of what Brooks did. Now everyone should be required to see it again and then reflect on all those “offended” groups who will swear that social relations are so much better off today than it was then because of their activist cheerleaders. The reality is that it is far worse than it has ever been and maybe seeing this movie again will start to reflect that to some “offended” crybaby.
IIRC, Brooks’ indian headdress was lettered “Kosher for Passover” in Hebrew, or some deliberate misspelling thereof. Mel is truly an equal-opportunity offender. :-)
I saw it the day it opened in Hollywood.
I was the only person in the theater who cracked up when he first spoke.
Seriously? Was I the only goy who recognized Yiddish in the whole theater?