Charles, is it true vat zey say about you lizardoid overlords?

Oh... it's true... IT'S TRUE!...

It's twwoo...

Excuse me while I whip this out....

with the great Madeline Kahn as Bavarian temptress Lilly von Schtupp.

She's toasty.

KKKAAAAAAHHN!

I love her.

I actually watched this film last night!

A wed wose; how womantic.

RIP, Madeline Kahn....

Shit, Charles. I wish I could meet you some day.

She Schtupps to Conquer

Years ago, Robert Klein had a summer replacement tv show. Madeline Kahn did the introduction using major speech impediment. She had been a speech therapist and really was funny.

they start with Byron and Shelley
then jump on your belly and bust your balloon!
oyyyyy

"Ah, I feew wefweshed.

Madeline Kahn; I always loved that woman.

Anyone remember this movie.

Japanese official demoted for 780,000 hits on pr0n sites

A Japanese civil servant was demoted for logging more than 780,000 hits on pornographic Web sites on his office computer over nine months, an official said Friday.

Do you get the feeling Mel Brooks doesn't like Germans, for some reason?

Oh, you don't want to shoot him.... you'll only make him mad.

At 2:32 she's sitting on a table in front of the guy with a gray hat. In the next shot she's on stage.

"Please baby, seven is my limit on schnitzengruber"

re: #17 zombie

Do you get the feeling Mel Brooks doesn't like Germans, for some reason?

I just heard that he is directing the new Get Smart movie which piqued my interest in it.

re: #12 debutaunt

You were kidding, right?

I saw this movie 25 years ago when I lived in Northern England. It was a bit unnerving because, for the most part, I was the only one in the theater laughing.

After the movie, I tried to explain some of the Yiddish jokes to my Brit friends. When it got to the name Lily von Schtupp, one of my friends, who had a quick sense of humor, absorbed the definition for a second and then asked, "Is that like the Restoration play, She Schtupps to Conquer?" It's a great pun that always springs to mind when I see this bit.

I can't tell you how much I miss Madeline.

Hi all,
Ever since stumbling across LGF I wondered if it would be worthwhile to be able to view the comments in a tree structure, so I wrote a script to check it out. Here's a link to a snap-shot of this morning's open LGF comment thread rearranged into a tree-structure view. Instead of displaying the comments in numerical order, it groups related comments so it's easier to follow any sub-threads.

So, FWIW, for anyone interested in what tree-structured LGF comment threads might look like, here's one: 29809_Friday_Early_Morning_Open

re: #21 Son Of The Godfather

"Please baby, seven is my limit on schnitzengruber"

Damn you! I was gonna use that one.

One of my favourite bits from one of my favourite movies.

No way on earth it could get made in today's Hollywierd.

Blazing Saddles had more gags than you can shake a schtik at.

re: #26 song_and_dance_man

I thought Mel Brooks died not too long ago.

Mel is very much alive.

re: #27 wii42

Change!

re: #26 song_and_dance_man

I thought Mel Brooks died not too long ago.

Not to my knowledge....

His wife, Anne Bancroft, passed away a few years ago.

Charles have you heard from Ringo?

re: #26 song_and_dance_man

I thought Mel Brooks died not too long ago.

His wife, Anne Bancroft, died not long ago.

re: #31 song_and_dance_man

Hmm. He's still alive.

it was his wife that died.

Question is......does anyone here own this movie on DVD?

I sure do.

re: #29 sparrowlake

Blazing Saddles had more gags than you can shake a schtik at.

Yeah! And it is SO Politically INcorrect, such a movie may never again be made.

re: #32 Ben Hur

Change!

HOPE!

*DRINK*
*DRINK*

re: #12 debutaunt

Hello?

Mel is a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, no less.

re: #34 BabbaZee

Charles have you heard from Ringo?

Here I is.

Excellent choice! Top notch Mel Brooks!

'It is doubtful that Olmert can continue serving as PM'

This fits in perfectly with the rest of the threads today.....

re: #45 Ben Hur

damn it.

I was just about to post that to you!

No BS.

re: #35 Ringo the Gringo

His wife, Anne Bancroft, died not long ago.

There you are!

re: #29 sparrowlake

Blazing Saddles had more gags than you can shake a schtik at.

came out number 5 on the "funniest movies of all time"...In the company of Animal House, Young Frankenstein, Airplane, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World...good company....lotta schtik movies...no humour better than mindless humour...that's my motto....

re: #23 Ben Hur

You were kidding, right?

No. Humor was a lot different in 1970.

re: #12 debutaunt

I AM LEAVING.

re: #42 Ringo the Gringo

Here I is.

{Ringo}

I was worried about ya

re: #27 wii42

Looks like you put a lot of work into it so I commend you for that. Unfortunately, I loathe the appearance of tree structures on comment threads. Nothing personal. And it's not up to me anyhow.

I guess this is an open thread.

This is in memory of my beloved little schipperke, Anna, who passed away last week at the age of 13 1/2. She was a mighty dog who had no idea she weighed only 8 pounds. She loved to travel and go for walks and supervise all activities of the house and just love us. We are heartbroken over her passing.

Go with God Anna. Good Dog.

re: #38 Macker

Yeah! And it is SO Politically INcorrect, such a movie may never again be made.

Like when Chief Mel says to the other Indians, in Yiddish, "He's a Black, let them go!"?

re: #23 Ben Hur

You were kidding, right?

Kidding in what way? She did have a degree in speech therapy. Mr. Klein and Ms. Kahn were friends. Mr. Klein did have a replacement show - way back - I think in the 70s.

Mel's movies are so freakin homophobic, yet gays love him.

re: #51 debutaunt

I meant about knowing when I was leaving.

I thought you were waiting for me to leave.

See above announcement.

re: #55 moonflower

R.I.P., Anna.

re: #40 Ben Hur

Hello?

I was just watching Madeline Kahn in Paper Moon.

According to an interview with Mel Brooks that I read years ago, after the line "It's true; it's true"
the sheriff was going to say "Stop sucking on my arm" but they took the line out.

re: #57 Catttt

Welcome.

re: #45 Ben Hur

nothing like a good news story!

re: #47 loppyd

damn it.

I was just about to post that to you!

No BS.

Synchronicity.

re: #52 Ben Hur

I AM LEAVING.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

re: #66 debutaunt

;)

Bye all.

re: #53 BabbaZee

I'm fine.

Dig that Rasta vibe.

I'm quite busy at work today, having taken yesterday off.

I'll have my May Day report up tomorrow....

re: #68 Ringo the Gringo

I'm fine.

Dig that Rasta vibe.

I'm quite busy at work today, having taken yesterday off.

I'll have my May Day report up tomorrow....

Did you go to a demonstration?

About 20 people showed up for the festivities in Boston....

re: #55 moonflower

My very deepest sympathies. It's so hard to lose them, but I always feel that it's the price for the wonder of having them.

re: #68 Ringo the Gringo

I'll cringe the whole time I'm looking at it.
GOD bless you for going.

Can you imagine a Moslem Mel Brooks?
I can't.
Could NEVER happen.

You of course forget that " Space Balls" was also a seminal work of Mel Brooks. I can see Hillary Clinton, dressed on leather, as the "Empress".
Or maybe as the Tina Turner character in "Thunderdome", and Bill as the midget empire-enabler.

re: #29 sparrowlake

Blazing Saddles had more gags than you can shake a schtik at.

were the indians said 'laze up swatzas' had me rolling in the allies

I don't think Blazing Saddle's could be made in today's PC environment....

Mel Brooks' spoofing of Marlene Dietrich and her Prussian Kaiser Men choreography captures a certain je ne say kwah Germanic quality so well.

re: #55 moonflower

All dogs go to heaven

re: #55 moonflower

{moonflower}

I am so sorry at the passing of your beloved little friend. Not many people have schipperkes. They are nice little dogs. May happy memories of Anna be with you forever and ever.

In honor of Ms. Kahn, I'd like to mention this:

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re: #70 Dianna

Yes, it is indeed. And she was a wonder.

I'm out of here......

Have a great weekend, Lizard Nation.

GO SOX!

re: #75 Maximu§

No it could not.

That shows how dangerous a situation we are in.

If you cannot make fun of absolutely everybody, you are in danger.

IMHO Mel Brooks, as a Jew, well understood this.

Hats off to him.

Gotta Go Lizards. Have a lovely weekend.

re: #48 BabbaZee

There you are!

People are arranging LGF into sub-threads, but I would prefer to be compared to some anonymous monk.

In them mean time, not all kids are nuts these days.

Meine Damen und Herren, meine gute Lizard Freunde,
As Madeleine's Marlene sang,
I'm tired,
Tired of being admired....
So auf wiedersehen.
Until we meet online again.

What a great film, and what a funny bit. "...always too soon!" Gets me every time.

re: #81 loppyd

I'm out of here......

Have a great weekend, Lizard Nation.

GO SOX!

RED OR WHITE?

re: #55 moonflower

I am so sorry for your loss. { { moonflower } }

re: #75 Maximu§

I don't think Blazing Saddle's could be made in today's PC environment....

You could not be more correct. I worked with him on the original Broadway version of "The Producers" and there were bits in there that had to be dropped because they were deemed to be too over the top. However, some versions of the musical did show them anyway. I am speaking specifically of the version of "I Want To Be A Producer" that had a black accountant singing in Paul Robeson fashion. That was dropped out of some productions.

Dogs love us completely and profoundly. When they pass, does the love pass too?

re: #80 moonflower

I'm sure she was! Great little dogs, all heart, and with a great joy in life.

re: #75 Maximu§

I don't think Blazing Saddle's could be made in today's PC environment....

If they tried, they'd take all the comedy out of it and try to call it a documentary.

re: #69 loppyd

Did you go to a demonstration?

About 20 people showed up for the festivities in Boston....

I went to the pro-amnesty/pro-illegal immigration, May Day march in LA, there were about 10,000 people at the peak of the demonstration....90,000 less than last year.

Still, I got some good material....lot's of Communists.

re: #91 mama winger

No, all love comes from the inexhaustable One Love

a coworker of mine has glasses that, when worn, make her look like the President from the new Battlestar Galatica show.

re: #96 Ojoe

Thank you, Ojoe.

re: #70 Dianna

My very deepest sympathies. It's so hard to lose them, but I always feel that it's the price for the wonder of having them.

That is so true.
Its the price we pay for all the love, the laughter, the companionship, the wagging tails, the barks, and again and above all for the unconditional love they give us.
If one's not prepared to pay that price - why have dogs?

{To all dog lovers}

I'm gone - have a lovely weekend, lizards!

re: #100 taxfreekiller

So, Mel Brooks, he could make some funny movie of Al Gore and the global warming loons, uh?

Except that he is a confirmed Liberal.

re: #91 mama winger

Dogs love us completely and profoundly. When they pass, does the love pass too?

No.
It'll always be there, in our hearts, never forgotten - and it'll go with us, everywhere, to teh end and beyond.

re: #88 yochanan

RED OR WHITE?

White! Of Course... or is that Curse? :)

GO SOX!

re: #98 mama winger

You are welcome.

If Faith fails, Heaven is lost.

— Henry Adams, on the last page of the book, "Mount St. Michael & Chartres"

Keep on

re: #100 taxfreekiller

So, Mel Brooks, he could make some funny movie of Al Gore and the global warming loons, uh?

more likely, he'd make a film making fun of us.

{moonflower} I'm so sorry to read of the passing of your beloved Anna. May you meet again on the Rainbow Bridge one day.

{mama winger} Dear lady, I heard in passing that you lost Emma quite suddenly. I'm so sorry for your loss {mama winger}.

Badges!We don't need no stinkin Badges.

The kids are alright today: plea for sanity lie we had in the 1960s and 70s in Canada:

Kanye West Grammy's Jesus Walks

re: #70 Dianna

Seems as if we're having a real spate of Dogs going to heaven...

Mama Winger - How are you doing? I remember that you recently lost one of your's. Not the way to start the weekend.

re: #108 buzzsawmonkey

Mama, did you see the links I posted to dog verses when you announced your dog's passing?

No - I did not! But I very much would like to. Can you point me to the thread ?

re: #68 Ringo the Gringo

Ringo! Glad you're OK - there was a thread early this morning in the open thread about if you were OK after your adventures with moonbats yesterday.

If you send me a link when your report goes up I'll be able to link you from mine sooner rather than later!

[Link: www.protestshooter.com...]

Another Killing on Campus.

University of Wisconsin student calls 911. Dispatcher hangs up on her (because it is 'ongoing investigation' they won't say why)

Dispatcher doesn't call her back. Woman gets stabbed to death on campus.

"Weapons Free" campus saved another innocent life.

Thanks, you [censored] anti-gun nuts. Thanks to you, another one died.

re: #112 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Thank you - I lost my greyhound suddenly on Monday. And like an idiot I went to the Humane Society today and came home with this.

:O

re: #116 mama winger

Thank you - I lost my greyhound suddenly on Monday. And like an idiot I went to the Humane Society today and came home with this.

:O

LOL! (S)he's adorable! :D What a face!

re: #109 Miss Trixie

{mama winger} Dear lady, I heard in passing that you lost Emma quite suddenly. I'm so sorry for your loss {mama winger}.

Thank you Miss Trixie. I know you understand, being a dog lover yourself. She apparently had bone cancer, altho it was unknown to us. Never a symptom, until she fell and shattered her leg. It was so unexpected.

re: #114 protestshooter

I'll let you know as soon as it goes up....I'll try to get it up tonight, but tomorrow is more likely.

I saw your report this morning: Whores Not Wars! Love it...

re: #117 Miss Trixie

LOL! (S)he's adorable! :D What a face!

Like I said on the last thread, I took him home to 'foster' him for the weekend. I think the cuteness factor is part of his evil plot to convince me to keep him. :)

that and the fact that he is sleeping on my feet :)

re: #118 mama winger

Thank you Miss Trixie. I know you understand, being a dog lover yourself. She apparently had bone cancer, altho it was unknown to us. Never a symptom, until she fell and shattered her leg. It was so unexpected.

Good heavens! You simply must have been beside yourself.

re: #119 Ringo the Gringo

Cool. :-)

You've made a good choice mama, rescued dogs ALWAYS have more than enough love to share. Bless you.

re: #109 Miss Trixie

Thanks for the kind words. She was a great little girl.

re: #116 mama winger

Thank you - I lost my greyhound suddenly on Monday. And like an idiot I went to the Humane Society today and came home with this.

:O

What an adorable dog.
It is heartwrenching to lose one's dear dog - but at least for her and you it was sudden, and no long suffering.

I lost my beloved Big Dog - a Border Collie rescue dog - two months ago. He was so ill, he had a tumour, but was too old to be operated on. I couldn't let him go on suffering, just for the sake of a few more days. I cried my eyes out - and I wrote everything down, like a daily lament. It helped.

In that same thread buzzsawmonkey wrote you a poem, i wrote you about the Legend of the rainbow brisge.
if he can find it - ist somewhere towards the end.
Otehrwise, I'll gladly repeat it here for all other dog lovers.

Good night & have a lovely weekend, Lizards

re: #122 Miss Trixie

Good heavens! You simply must have been beside yourself.

I was. I was, completely.

As far as this waggin tail on my foot, he could never replace my dear Emma. But we never replace, we just add on .........

I need some 'happy' in the house.

re: #119 Ringo the Gringo

I'll let you know as soon as it goes up....I'll try to get it up tonight, but tomorrow is more likely.

I saw your report this morning: Whores Not Wars! Love it...

You know I loved that one LOL
Gramscian Whores of the Caliphate!

Go Protest Shooter!

Later Lizardia!

re: #116 mama winger

Oh, Mama Winger - I am so sorry you lost your beloved dog. Anna went quite unexpectedly too, after a liver biopsy she arrested.

Cute dog you got there. We are looking for another schip as well. Might foster for awhile.

Good luck with the new pup.

re: #126 yma o hyd

{yma}

There's a big hole in our hearts where our dogs used to be, eh?

They simply do not live as long as we do. That's the downside. The upside is everything else.

re: #121 buzzsawmonkey

I can't remember the thread now, but here are the links:

"His Apologies"

The Power of the Dog

Thank YOU ! thanks buzz

re: #116 mama winger

Thank you - I lost my greyhound suddenly on Monday. And like an idiot I went to the Humane Society today and came home with this.

:O

Nice dog! well done, mama, and many condolences on your loss.

re: #116 mama winger

Adorable! What's her name?

re: #130 moonflower

Thank you. I wish you continuing love in your next little friend. It's something special when you have that bond with one. It's hard to imagine ever feeling that again.

But then, you do.....

Need some happy here ya go, mama.

Before

and

After.

:D

re: #116 mama winger

Thank you - I lost my greyhound suddenly on Monday. And like an idiot I went to the Humane Society today and came home with this.

:O

Looks like a nice one....although I would count on that dog for protection.

re: #126 yma o hyd

{ { {yma o hyd} } } }

re: #133 rawmuse

Nice dog! well done, mama, and many condolences on your loss.

Thank you so much.

re: #134 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Adorable! What's her name?

He was a stray and so he didn't have a name. I am calling him Cubbie, since I am a big fan. Hopefully he will be too. The Cubs are playing the Cardinals tonight, so we'll see if he can sing Take Me out to the Ballgame.

:)

re: #136 Miss Trixie

Need some happy here ya go, mama.

Before

and

After.

:D

Why - it's a MAKEOVER ! lol .. What a cutie pie.

re: #137 Ringo the Gringo

Ringo, I beg to differ. If Mama is looking for a companion to cherish and keep her healthy, the new puppy-baby seems to fit the bill. Protection comes in many forms. A affectionate, noisy pooch ain't bad protection from what usually harms us, lack of affection.

re: #137 Ringo the Gringo

Yeah - not much protection there. On the other hand my greyhound not only didn't alert me when someone came to the door - she usually never even woke up. LOL

re: #140 mama winger

Why - it's a MAKEOVER ! lol .. What a cutie pie.

She wasn't happy with me and was all embarrassed. In fact she hid 'neath the Ugly Sofa for almost two days and came out only to eat, drink and make her doggie deposits in the litter box.

She's so entertaining. :)

re: #126 yma o hyd

So sorry to hear about your beloved border collie. They are wonderful dogs.

I am pretty beside myself with grief about Anna, but writing does help, as you say. It is damn hard not seeing that little black dog around the house, though.
We also have an old sheltie who is very lovable but we are all lonely for Anna.

re: #121 buzzsawmonkey

I can't remember the thread now, but here are the links:

"His Apologies"

The Power of the Dog

Oh gosh, buzz.

Oh gosh ........

re: #131 mama winger

{yma}

There's a big hole in our hearts where our dogs used to be, eh?

They simply do not live as long as we do. That's the downside. The upside is everything else.

Everything else - that outweighs the downside by a huge amount!
I've always thought that one has to accept grief and pain as part of life - otherwise one has no capacity for feeling the joy and love which is out there.
Dogs are just so incredible - each different, but all loving and trusting.
I'm glad you have another one who needs looking after, and who wags her tail and gives you all her love!
I've still got my Miss Dog - she is 11 now, also a Border collie rescue dog - ah, when I wanted to howl, she came to see if I was ok, and licked my face ...
Our dogs live on in our hearts, and they do wait for us over on that other side. I know that. I saw, when my father died, a flash of him walking away, with his four dog saccompanying him, two each on either side - they all had died before him.
Love never dies. Love is stronger than death.

re: #139 mama winger

He was a stray and so he didn't have a name. I am calling him Cubbie, since I am a big fan. Hopefully he will be too. The Cubs are playing the Cardinals tonight, so we'll see if he can sing Take Me out to the Ballgame.

:)

Mama - Seeing as I'm a White Sox fan, I can't get too bent out of shape. The Scrubs area decent enough team... All things considered... ;)

All joking aside - and with all seriousness - "Go Cubs!" 100 years is enough.

re: #135 mama winger

Anna was my first dog as an adult. Didn't have time for a dog when I was working my career, and when I got married at age 40 we got Anna and Max, our sheltie. They have been my children. And Anna was so special.

I don't expect to find as wonderful a dog as her, but I love schipperkes and hopefully I can love another one.

Wishing you healing with your new friend.

re: #148 moonflower

Amen!

re: #143 Miss Trixie

I have never seen two dogs with the exact same personality or habits. Isn't it wonderful how imaginative our Creator is, to give us so much variety to love?

That's what I miss, her little ways. The way she stuck her tongue out, the way she knew when it was 5:15 and time to eat. What will I do at 5:15 now, without her to keep track of the time for me?

I don't have a dog, but I walk a neighbor's dog almost every day. I work at home during the day, most days, and the poor thing sits there and barks disconsolately. So I talked the neighbor in to letting me walk him. It's good for the dog, and it's good for me too. It is about a 65 pound, all black dog. I don't really know what it is, but it seems to me like a pointer type. Won't go in the water, but it does point at doves as we walk.

re: #146 yma o hyd

Our dogs live on in our hearts, and they do wait for us over on that other side. I know that. I saw, when my father died, a flash of him walking away, with his four dog saccompanying him, two each on either side - they all had died before him.

wow. Wow. What a gift you had to share that scene with you dad. Such a lovely gift. Thank you for sharing it with me.

re: #144 moonflower

So sorry to hear about your beloved border collie. They are wonderful dogs.

I am pretty beside myself with grief about Anna, but writing does help, as you say. It is damn hard not seeing that little black dog around the house, though.
We also have an old sheltie who is very lovable but we are all lonely for Anna.

Yes - that I can well imagine!
I kept looking for my Big Dog in the park when I was walking Miss Dog, and it took weeks for me to stop that. I still don't know what to do with my left hand, where I always had him on the lead - but right now I just remember his smiling face, and do my utmost to keep Miss Dog happy and contented. She was it who made me laugh out loud for the first time after the Big Dog had gone ...

re: #152 rawmuse

You are a good neighbor. I wish more people were like you.

I have to go. I'm crying again..... but in a good way.

Thank you all for such wisdom and good words. God bless you. I'll be back in a while.

re: #155 mama winger

You are a good neighbor. I wish more people were like you.

Actually the dog has taught me a thing or two. I am prone to be blue or sad from time to time. But, I walk with the dog, and I think to myself "This dog, he has nothing, he is nothing but a dog, and he is absolutely ecstatic. What the hell is my excuse?"

re: #151 mama winger

I have never seen two dogs with the exact same personality or habits. Isn't it wonderful how imaginative our Creator is, to give us so much variety to love?

That's what I miss, her little ways. The way she stuck her tongue out, the way she knew when it was 5:15 and time to eat. What will I do at 5:15 now, without her to keep track of the time for me?

Ah - that is where your new companion comes in! She'll pick that up from you in no time - dogs always know when it is their dinner time!
My little one also had to learn this, as it was always the Big Dog who was punctual for his dinner, and he could be very insistent if it didn't happen on time!
Now she's started to remind me ...

re: #27 wii42

So, FWIW, for anyone interested in what tree-structured LGF comment threads might look like, here's one: 29809_Friday_Early_Morning_Open

Thanks for the work! It confirms my dislike of that form, big-time, however. Unless you go in once, and don't post anything that you'd like to be able to find an answer to, it'd be darn near impossible to find anything.

If there's ever a vote on this, I shall strongly vote to keep the threads chronological!

-- Ann

re: #120 mama winger

Like I said on the last thread, I took him home to 'foster' him for the weekend. I think the cuteness factor is part of his evil plot to convince me to keep him. :)

that and the fact that he is sleeping on my feet :)

I'm so sorry for your lost....I have lost a dog 8years ago . It takes a little while to get over it.. The best thing to do , fist if the had a doggie bed throw away with all of there personal toys..Oh heck, that sound awful! for get what i recommitted...I every now and then still miss ginger!

re: #158 rawmuse

Actually the dog has taught me a thing or two. I am prone to be blue or sad from time to time. But, I walk with the dog, and I think to myself "This dog, he has nothing, he is nothing but a dog, and he is absolutely ecstatic. What the hell is my excuse?"

Ah - see, now that is what dogs do to us: they show us how wonderful it is to be alive, to enjoy the small things like running around, engaging with someone, enjoying this minute, here, this play with a ball - it transfers onto us, it shows us that we actually also can enjoy these things.
It is healing.

re: #158 rawmuse

I can relate. Anna was so joyous, always. She made me smile and when she was around I was never lonely. What a gift. Nothing was so bad that she couldn't make it better by being her joyful loving self.

re: #37 Maximu§

I got it on Blu-Ray a last month when Charles informed us about the buy two get one free sale at Amazon.com. The funny part was that I ended up buying 9 Blu-Ray discs and at the time I didn't even own a Blu-Ray player. I did my research and shortly thereafter, bought a player. Hey I did my patriotic duty and spent my stimulus check to help the economy. LOL, who's kidding who? Blazing Saddles was on my list of DVD's to aquire and I waited to see which HiDef formats would win out. When Blu-Ray won, I went on a spending spree to show my patriotism. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Hm...video no longer available.

This may be apocryphal, but I've been told that a line was censored right after "It's twoo! It's twoo, it's twoo!"

The line was something along the lines of "That's my arm."

I still grieve for one who died in 1980.
Please accept my deepest sympathys.

Ok,back to the movie.
Someone had to point out to me that Cleavon Little who
of course played the sherriff was someone everyone one of
had known of from western lore.
What was left unsaid about sherriff Bart,was that he was black.

And everyone here has heard of.........Black Bart.

re: #55 moonflower

You have my deepest sympathy, as does mama winger. When we bring a pet into our family, they become family. When they pass on, we lose a family member.

That movie had so many great performers who have now gone on to the Great Majority. Cleavon Little, Madeline, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras. I miss them so.

re: #166 Ceemack

Hm...video no longer available.

This may be apocryphal, but I've been told that a line was censored right after "It's twoo! It's twoo, it's twoo!"

The line was something along the lines of "That's my arm."

That line was, as I recall from -- lo, so many years ago -- included the book based upon the film.

One of the things that had my father, when he and I went to see it (first run, in the theater), in stitches, was the "William J. Le Petomane toll road toll booth -- out in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to keep you from

"Repeat after me...I..."
"I!"
"your name"
"Your Name!"

re: #168 GeeWiz

Thank you. She was a member of our family. The true heart of the house.

re: #169 rawmuse

That movie had so many great performers who have now gone on to the Great Majority. Cleavon Little, Madeline, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras. I miss them so.

You said a mouthful there. Harvey Korman, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman to add!

"I've been with 1000's of men! Again and again."
They promise the moon.

They're always coming and going
And going and coming
And always too soon!

Let's face it, I'm tired!"

There will never be another Madeline.

What I love about this movie is how it makes fun of racists. It's so over the top racism, it just makes racists look stupid.

The song was written by Mel Brooks, but the name, Lily von Schtupp, and the scene, were stolen from another funny film, The Great Race.

In that film, the evil baron defeated by The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis) was Baron Rolfe von Schtuppe.

Earlier in the film, the villainous Professor Fate started a saloon brawl just after Miss Lilly Olay, played by Dorothy Provine, sang "You shouldn'ta hadn'ta oughtn'ta swang on me!"

Coincidence? I think not. But Mel Brooks' version was funnier.

re: #173 allan5oh

What I love about this movie is how it makes fun of racists. It's so over the top racism, it just makes racists look stupid.

If I'm not mistaken, Blazing Saddles was the first movie to cross such a line in comedy. Even the N word was used a number of times, and in Yiddish, too!

I've come to the conclusion that only people of a certain race/religion can poke fun at themselves and it be truly funny. Meaning, Jews can only pull off Jewish humor, Blacks only Black humor, Catholics and so on. It just doesn't seem to work at the same level otherwise. Like Southpark. I like the show, but their Jewish humor is stupid, and actually I find it offensive at points. Altho I still watch it.

re: #171 moonflower

Thank you. She was a member of our family. The true heart of the house.

As they always are. I have had many pets over the years and buried all but one in our yard. The heartbreaks their passing on caused was a lesson in life for my kids and who am I kidding, myself as well. It prepared me for the passing of my dad 2 years ago.

The one I didn't bury haunts me to this day. Missy was a great lab and friend to the family that was very old and in pain. The vet advised me to put her down was the most compassionate thing I could do for an old friend. It took me two weeks of struggling to accept his advice. I watched as she suffered and notified the kids of what was to happen and they begged to go with me on what would be her last car ride. We all took the trip to send off a most wonderful friend. Needless to say, there wasn't a dry eye in the house for two days. I'm tearing up as I type. That was 5 years ago. Sorry.

re: #44 song_and_dance_man

Oh, I missed that...

but I was going to write the script anyway, and just mentally picturing it I would have agreed that most threads wouldn't benefit much from it, but now that I can look at threads that way ...

but hey I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything, I obviously don't need it, I just felt this quasi-ethical obligation to share it once it was done.

Governor William J. LePetomaine Throughway

re: #176 GeeWiz

{hugs}

It is so hard to lose them. I am certainly finding it hard to bear.

re: #179 moonflower

Thanks! The only thing I can add is that, like the loss of any family member, it gets easier as time goes on. The wonderful thing about pets is that we can adopt another that eases the pain of the loss. It provides us an outlet for the love that was lost and reap the benefits of it being returned once again.

re: #16 loppyd

Japanese official demoted for 780,000 hits on pr0n sites

That's only 2900 hits per day, every day, for nine months. I say he pissed off the IT guy.

Talk about Mel being politically incorrect.....

Anyone ever see The History of The World Part I?

...... When Gregory Hines proved he was not a eunuch by "rising" to the occasion, the Roman soldier yelled "The jig is up!"

...... Or "Jews in Space?"

...... Or "Springtime for Hitler?"

ONLY Mel Brooks could get away with it!

re: #183 itsspideyman

One of Mel's best was Hitler's home movies. Adolph relaxing with the guys at Berchtesgarden. Someone swatted a fly and Hitler went nuts.

"What kind of person are you? One minute a happy little fly then, schputz, no more fly!"

My favorite Madeline Kahn line is from Yellowbeard, "It was that shark wot jogged my memory" (after being keelhauled to make her reveal the location of the treasure map.)

re: #180 song_and_dance_man

Just to be clear, I'm not picturing CHANGE the way it is from linear to nested - rather add that as an optional view. Just a single button, some code, and viola! Or even cello!

It's hard to see why anyone (but Charles and the hamsters) wouldn't be in favor of that, but I totally missed that discussion.

Anyway, thanks for the reply :)

My favorite "Blazing Saddles" factoid:

Brooks tried to get John Wayne to play the alcoholic gunman role later played by Gene Wilder.

[Link: blogs.amctv.com...]

So Brooks approached John Wayne about the role of the drunk, worn-out old gunfighter. “I met John Wayne at the commissary,” Brooks recalled. “I gave the script to him. He said, ‘I’ll meet you here tomorrow at 12 noon, the same table. I’ll read this overnight.’ And he read it and he said, ‘I can’t do this. This is too dirty. I’m John Wayne. But man, I was up all night screaming, laughing. I’m gonna be the first one on line to see this movie.’”

re: #28 Jim708

LOL... Sorry 'bout that Jim...Mongo only pawn in game of life. ;)

How in the hell did Mel Brooks ever make this movie? The frequency with which he slops around the N word makes me gasp.

Not to mention "I go away fer five minutes and you're all dancing around like a buncha Kansas City queers!"

Or Cleavon Little: "Hey! Where de white women at?"

Completely un-PC, and uproariously funny.

But I've got to ask the black folks here - do you feel offended at any of the humor here? I mean, it's pretty edgy. Is this over the line?

Blazing Saddles was funny. But, Younge Frankenstien(steen), which also had Madeline in it, and A Fish Called Wanda, with a smoking Jamie Lee Curtis, were even better comedy.

Some personal faves:

I hope you have the decency not to mention I spoke to you

Why Leroy didnt I tell you to wash up after our weekly cross burnin?

The new sheriff is John Mc(Clang)

Check out Destry Rides Again.
Dietrich blows away Kahn.

I guess I am too serious for Mel Brooks humor. I always ask myself what is it about being a Jew that makes these guys so good at coarse jesting?

re: #193 drmark

I guess I am too serious for Mel Brooks humor. I always ask myself what is it about being a Jew that makes these guys so good at coarse jesting?

It's their Noble Prize gene.

I am glad to see you back Mama Winger and my deepest condolences. I know your dear one is in Heaven and will be there to greet you with great joy when you return there in many years time.
As for Blazing Saddles, it is a hysterical film by Brooks, and tied in my book with Young Frankenstein as his greatest films. Sad that Gene Wilder left him after that, both he and Gene never achieved that level of greatness again after their parting. And God please don't let Mel put Blazing Saddles on Broadway, like he made a monstrous version of Young Frankenstein there. The film is perfect, the cast and story was perfect. You don't tamper with perfection. You can save four hundred dollars by renting the movie, there was nothing you could add or change or portray live that would be better than this film.
The same could not be said with the Producers, one of my least favorite films by Brooks, although Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder are great (and Wilder's Linus blanket routine is priceless) but the writing and story overall were mediocre, so I am glad that it was rehabilitated and improved on Broadway.
End of my critique. I wish Mr. Brooks much success on the future.
And please no Star Wars on Broadway. Leave well enough alone. Or, to put it another way, If t'ain't broke, don't fix it.

Great choice, Charles. Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's the most Un-PC movie I have ever seen, and makes me laugh out loud every time even though I have probably seen it 20 times.

For more information on the movie, go here:
Blazing Saddles on IMDB

Little known fact: Richard Pryor was originally supposed to play the role of Bart - thank goodness they chose Cleavon - he made the movie.

#172

Korman and Wilder are still alive.

There were also her appearances on SNL, including as Dietrich interviewed by Baba Wawa.

[Link: tviv.org...]

Transcript: [Link: snltranscripts.jt.org...]

75s: Madeline Kahn / Carly Simon

Not For Ladies Only

Barbra Walters.....Gilda Radner
Marlene Dietrich.....Madeline Kahn

Barbra Walters: Good evening, and welcome to "Not For Wadies Only". I'm Baba Wawa, and tonight we'll be talking to an actual wiving wegend - the incwedible Mawene Dietrich.

Marlene Dietrich: Thank you. It's gweat to be heah.

Barbra Walters: Mawene, what is it wike to be wiving wegend?

Marlene Dietrich: Wet me just say, it's been a weawy wich expewience.

Barbra Walters: I'm so impwessed. Mawene.. you are so with and swender. How do you stay so swim?

Marlene Dietrich: Swimming keeps me swim. My daily wegimen incwudes swimming twelve waps in my pool. It's wonderful for my wegs.

Barbra Walters: Mawene, tell us the secwet of your perpetual youth.

Marlene Dietrich: I only eat healthy foods. I get massaged weguwally, and.. I've had evewything wifted.

Barbra Walters: [ incredulous ] You mean you've had your wegs wifted?!

Marlene Dietrich: Evewything, even my weah.

Barbra Walters: Your what?

Marlene Dietrich: My weah.

Barbra Walters: Your wear?

Marlene Dietrich: What?

Barbra Walters: Dwop it.

Marlene Dietrich: You bwought it up. [ laughing in ] Of course, wooking gwamowous on film isn't all beauty secwets. A wot of it is wighting. I do all my own wighting.

Barbra Walters: I didn't weawize you wote.

Marlene Dietrich: I don't. I wight.

Barbra Walters: You're weferring to.. [ moves her fingers as though typing ] ..typewriter witing, wight?

Marlene Dietrich: [ pointing to lights ] I'm weferring to ewectwic wighting. You see, in pictures, bwight wighting can be vewy unfwattering, particuwawy if it makes my wegs wook white. Baba, am I wong to want to appear wadiant?

Barbra Walters: No, that's very weasonable.. [ to herself ] Hawy Weasonuh.. Hawy Weasonuh.. five million dollars.. I'm wich! [ to camera ] Well, we've wun out of time. Before we go, I wanted to mention what a beautiful fur you have on. Is it mink?

Marlene Dietrich: No, it's just a silly wabbit.

Barbra Walters: Well, Mawene, it's been a weal pweasure. I thank you. [ into camera ] Don't forget to dwop in next week when our guest will be Elmer Fudd. Good night.