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50 years ago, 'Blazing Saddles' broke wind — and box office expectations (www.npr.org)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Mel Brooks wrote, directed and starred in the #1 AND the #4 pictures at the box office that year.. Saddles was #1 and Young Frankenstein was #4..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

And he is still alive and will be a 100 years old in 2 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I still crack up at "Abby Normal" every time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

same here but the scene that kills me is the train platform where they're saying goodbye