Blazing Saddles (1974)

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

One Shat host is a social justice warrior. The other hates Mel Brooks movies. So "Blazing Saddles" seemed doomed from the start. But there's magic in Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little and the old frontier.

Listener Ed took Shat The Movies way back to 1974 for this satirical Western that Gene Lyons argues isn't racist, sexist or even remotely offensive (other than one particular performance).

Dick Ebert was impressed with the "real Hollywood Western" feel of the movie, attributing the incredible cast and chemistry to divine intervention, and also the groundbreaking farts.

In this episode, the Shat Boys discuss the connection between "Blazing Saddles" and "La Bamba," cheer for Slim Pickens and Harvey Korman and wonder at how cleverly the film breaks the fourth wall.

You know those episodes where Gene gets excited and quotes the movie a lot? Yeah, it's one of those.

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0:00.0	Just farting. Nobody's saying anything.
0:02.8	Farting and laughing, smiling and farting.
0:05.6	And it was history, Gene.
0:07.2	Did you laugh?
0:08.2	No, but I recognize the cultural significance of this flatulence.
0:13.2	Remember when we first met John McLean?
0:17.2	Argyll picked him up from the plane and took him down the Nakatomi Tower at the Christmas Party and the terrorists were
0:25.8	of Urs Elles but it was sweet when they killed Ellis and with a little help
0:31.3	from Allen John drama clay kick dies.
0:34.4	Welcome back to Shad the Movies, the podcast where we answer the question,
0:37.6	with the movies we love when we were growing up really that good.
0:40.6	You've ever caught yourself thinking, why don't they make movies like they used to?
0:43.6	Can you still remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie rental
0:46.7	blockbuster video? Do you know what blockbuster video is? If you answered yes, then this is the
0:51.2	podcast for you. I am one of your hosts
0:53.4	Gene Lyons and alongside me is my go host Big D Dick Ebert. Good evening. Ash
0:58.6	Candy As Lamar has the night off this evening. Unfortunately, her power was taken out by the storms in Texas.
1:06.4	So she will not be joining us for blazing saddles. She really wanted to be here for this monumental
1:11.1	occasion. So Big D will have to labor to carry on without her.
1:14.0	Well each week we take a look back in time, decide if our favorite film still hold up.
1:18.0	The movies we cover are chosen by you, the listeners, who generously commission the films you love.
1:21.8	If you like to see all the movies we have covered,
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