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Comedy stills holds up even though society has moved on
posted by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_LaSTAFFMOD on February 19, 2017 at 11:45 AM
Mel Brooks' brand of humor became the norm and this movie is still quite good.
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on February 19, 2017 at 12:05 PM
There was an internet poll for this movie that asked the question Did Blazing Saddles introduce farting to movies? The answer was, yes. BS was the first movie to use flatulence. Now I don't know who researches and catalogs that type of data
but since then farting has lost it's comic edge. Oddly that little bit alone defines my comment that 'Society' has moved on.
Reply by Arrrrrrrach
on February 19, 2017 at 1:15 PM
I still find the farting funny. The same as when I see a penis scribbled on a wall in marker pen. It's hilarious because somebody made the decision to do it to bring joy to others. Bless the puerile.
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on February 19, 2017 at 1:25 PM
One movie, two words, Fist Fight!
Reply by Arrrrrrrach
on February 19, 2017 at 1:39 PM
Haha, not seen. You're saying it's puerile?
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on February 19, 2017 at 1:44 PM
Puerile: ADJECTIVE childishly silly and trivial. A movie about two adult teachers engaging in a Fist Fight?
Haven't seen it yet. To get a fun take on the movie check out the Double Toasted Fist Fight Movie review on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDv5i0yNtXc
Reply by Arrrrrrrach
on February 19, 2017 at 1:54 PM
I see, the giant meat and two veg trick, lol. Could be an amusing film if just for Ice Cube getting angry.
Reply by Smitty1776
on February 19, 2017 at 1:55 PM
Done right, I too still laugh at a fart joke.
Reply by Captain_Bob
on February 19, 2017 at 2:20 PM
Doesn't matter. Farts = funny ;-) https://youtu.be/VPIP9KXdmO0
Reply by Arrrrrrrach
on February 19, 2017 at 2:34 PM
My father is a very serious man but I remember him laughing for some time at this scene.
Reply by Renovatio
on February 2, 2018 at 5:36 AM
Farts have always been and always will be funny... what adds to the humour is that they were still eating their beans 😂
Reply by sukhisoo
on June 7, 2021 at 6:09 PM
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly had a fart joke. It was much more subtle than what Mel Brooks gave us, but it did precede Blazing Saddles.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on June 7, 2021 at 7:38 PM
This is a clever, hilarious film.
The campfire scene I believe y'all are talking about is gross and unclassy, however.
Reply by sukhisoo
on June 10, 2021 at 4:44 PM
But it made me laugh. He rises below vulgarity.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on June 15, 2021 at 9:09 PM
Ha-ha. Sometimes Mel's just vulgar. From what I've seen, it's like there's a joke in each film to disturb me. Like "Pizza the Hutt" in Spaceballs, for example.
Reply by sukhisoo
on June 30, 2021 at 4:34 PM
I remember watching that in the theater. When the stormtroopers (or whatever silly name they were called) were ordered to comb the desert, they used a giant comb. I groaned out loud at the bad pun. Then a black stormtrooper used humongous afro pick. I was like WTF???