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Why couldn’t anyone make the movies ‘Birth of a Nation’, ‘Song of the South’, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ or ‘Blazing Saddles’ today?

by cringeyjokesman March 7, 2023, 2:40 am

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TIL Johnny Carson was asked by Mel Brooks to play the gunslinger character in the movie Blazing Saddles which eventually went to Gene Wilder. Of that screenplay, Carson, while on a Mexican vacation, told Brooks “I read it in L.A. and it wasn’t funny, and it’s even less funny in Mexico.”

by whatilearned November 12, 2022, 12:58 pm

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Imagine the uproar if Blazing Saddles was made today.

by cringeyjokesman September 29, 2022, 4:09 am

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TIL : Richard Pryor co-wrote Blazing Saddles and was slated to play Sheriff Bart, but the Studio balked due to his drug use.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 12:21 pm

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TIL about Sigurd Eysteinsson’s unusual death. Sigurd had his enemies’ heads strapped to his victorious men’s saddles as trophies, but as Sigurd rode home, Máel Brigte’s buck-tooth scratched his leg. The leg became inflamed and infected, and as a result Sigurd died.

by whatilearned May 29, 2022, 11:51 pm

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Back in the 1800’s, cowboys hung lanterns from their saddles at night,

by cringeyjokesman May 11, 2022, 12:22 pm

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TIL the term “parting shot” (i.e., a final cutting remark made at the moment of departure) comes from the phrase “Parthian shot”, named after Parthian horse archers who, while retreating at full gallop, would often turn around in their saddles and shoot at the pursuing enemy.

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 1:50 am

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TIL Mel Brooks approached John Wayne for a role in Blazing Saddles, which eventually went to Gene Wilder. Wayne declined, as he thought the dialogue was “too dirty” for his family-friendly image.

by whatilearned August 23, 2021, 9:05 am

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TIL that Mel Brooks thinks Young Frankenstein is his best film. However, he doesn’t think it’s his funniest. That crown goes to Blazing Saddles with The Producers being “hot on its heels.” All 3 films star Gene Wilder. Despite this successful pairing, Wilder never appeared in any other Brooks films

by whatilearned August 20, 2021, 4:36 am

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Redditors of color, what are your thoughts on “Blazing Saddles?”

by QuestionGuy June 12, 2021, 4:22 pm

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TIL That Steak Tartare gets it’s name from a 13th century myth that Mongols (called Tartars at the time) would ride with meat under their saddles to tenderize it, then eat it raw. Though the story was false and the chronicler who popularized it had never even encountered Mongols himself.

by whatilearned June 8, 2021, 6:47 am

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TIL that Alex Karras, who played Mongo in Blazing Saddles, was also the dad in the 80s sitcom Webster and a member of the NFL Hall of Fame.

by whatilearned April 26, 2021, 3:14 am

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