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I will always believe that SEAL Team #6 got its name from Taggart's scheme to Hedley Lamarr do a #6 on Rockridge in order to run everybody out of Rockridge. Taggart's plan # 1 to kill all the first born was rejected by Lamarr.

I still dont get the attraction of Mel Brooks. There is nothing funny about the guy or his movies. Maybe you have to be aboomer that grew up with atmospheric nuclear testing to find it funny?

Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Gin And Juice In The Hood was a funny and controversial movie.

I always clutch my pearls during the bean scene. LOL.

Fred Williamson and Yaphet Kotto did it better in Boss
https://youtu.be/zU-XnpCUMFo

6:56 here. Im getting old. Yaphet Kotto wasnt in Boss. I'm thinking of a different movie he was in.

Blazing Saddles is one of those movies that the critics and media all told everyone it was great. As if liking it is obligatory. Sort of like that TV series from the 90's Mad About You where you don't actually know anyone who likes it or can tell you why the like it. But it stayed on TV forever.

Being a fan of Brooks and Blazing Saddles in particular, I didn't see anything resembling "a warning" (or "wronng," whining, silly-sensitive) in or about the commentary. Many of the channels that show older movies have a host give some information and context to the movie. I do wonder if any discussion involving naming Richard Pryor's Grammy-winning album recorded at Soul Train (owned by Don Cornelius), "That (the problem word)'s Crazy," would be allowed on "network" TV. Would you approve a post containing a spelled-out version of the title? What about anything involving the Richard Pryor/Chevy Chase "Word Association" skit, written by Pryor himself?

It is going to be impossible to get rid of, or even reduce or temper, racism if everything must be run through a whole series of highly subjective filters to test for racism.

Lawd what a bunch of pussies we've become (not me, of course).

This was a warning or a disclaimer? So she basically explained the plot. It’s not a big deal at all. Let’s not snowflake out at everything.

I saw The Producers in NYC years ago with Lane and Broderick, a masterpiece of satire, when did we decide it was wrong to laugh at obvious mockery?

Whoever put Methodists in Hedley’s list of needed outlaws was a visionary! Especially those that are straying away from the Word of God!

I'm not a big Mel Brooks fan, but Blazing Saddles is hilarious. I have it on Blue Ray and will watch it whenever I want. Fuck HBO and all those other channels that won't show it. I know what's best for myself, not them.

Meanwhile: Netflix...Cuties...Watch for it. Pedophiles will love it. Hits the home screen soon.

That was actually a pretty good introduction to the film for the under 40 generation that doesn’t understand good satire. Surprised that old clips of Archie Bunker don’t carry the same message.

Basically, she is giving viewers permission to laugh at a hilarious movie. It might otherwise fly right over the heads of latest generation.

Blazing Saddles was an extremely overt over-the-top comedy based in the western genre. It would have been a better 5 minute skit. Being made by a Hollywood insider like Mel Brooks kept the critics at bay and it's low-brow humor guaranteed it would make some money. At that time Mel Brooks saw Richard Pryor and felt the artistic freedom to make such a movie. Now HBO, Turner Network or whoever can't wait to join the line of apologetic idiots who think the whole world must be sanitized from all references to racism made before the George Floyd "enlightenment". There is no warning, it's more of an apology wrapped around an explanation. They only insure that there will be no such comedic efforts forthcoming and no honest "dialogue" on race for the next few years. Why take the chance?

Racism in comedy is still okay as long as it is evisceration of whiteness.

If Blazing Saddles deserves this shit, so does everything else out there. Someone mentioned about us as being pussies, well I have to wholeheartedly agree with that, and also agree with a past poster stating 4 Chicoms in a rowboat could now take over this country.

The humor in Blazing Saddles was classic. Some of the humor was well hidden, which was Brooks' trademark, especially using Yiddish words and phrases.

Maybe HBO should expand its bed wetter warning since "Lili Von Stupp" was actually "Lili Von F**k", and in "Young Frankenstein", "Frau Blucher" was actually "Frau Glue", since blucher is German for glue, which is why the horses react whenever blucher is mentioned.

Maybe they will issue a bed wetter warning before airing "Kentucky Fried Movie", especially the "Rex Kramer: Danger Seeker" scene. Ugh!!!!

"Dang that sure was close, we almost lost a $ 400.00 hand cart" !!

@ 8:22 AM post for the win!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLpmswBKVN4

As a Methodist, I totally agree with you.

Blazing Saddles is a comedy satire. Too bad the cancel culture has gotten so bad we can no longer take a serious issue and wrap it in humor without some snowflake getting offended and the mainstream media giving them a national platform for airing their grievances.

People need to lighten up. Anyone with half a brain who watches Blazing Saddles knows it is not a serious commentary. The humor may not be to everyone's taste, but that's the beauty of life, everybody is different and shouldn't be forced into some confining box as to what they can say or do.

We should be thankful Blazing Saddles was ever made. It represents a time of artistic freedom that we will never get back.

Speaking of Archie Bunker and "All in the Family", that is one of the funniest sitcoms of all time. It was a little before my time, but I have fell in love with the reruns. "Sanford & Son" is also one of the all-time greats. There you go, one white-based and one black-based sitcom that poke fun at the opposite race, and they were widely embraced back in the day. America was so much simpler and enjoyable back then. And by the way, Carroll O'Connor (actor that played Archie Bunker for you young pups) was born & raised in The Bronx, NYC and was a big time liberal.

One of Mel Brooks best. I love Mel Brooks and Have probably seen all of his movies about 15 time each. He is so funny. My Family and I still laugh regularly at Moses in History of the world "God gave me these 15 crash 10 commandments"

Dang is this yet another step in Big Brother telling you what to say think and protecting you. And we wonder now why some people never grow up

They must remind everybody that Richard Pryor, a black man, had a hand in making this parody of racism otherwise it would be banned. So pitiful.

Funniest movie ever
One of the best scenes is Mel as an indian chief speaking Yiddish !!! Sooo many great lines. Richard Pryor wrote most of Mongo's dialogue.

In the late 70's, the place that I worked part-time did a movie night for the employees. A large collection of mostly teens, of all walks, ethnicities, and upbringings. One Friday night, it was Blazing Saddles. Everyone was ROFLOL, gasping for air and tears running down our faces. We seemed to have a much better grasp on the collective good back then.

9:14, did you know those two shows were produced by the same guy? Genius.

@9:14 A.M.

Too bad that the Sky Marshals never put into action Bunker's
Solution to Skyjackings.
Speaking of the Bronx, Toody, Muldane and the entire 53rd Precinct profiled and harassed the local gypsies and worked to put an end to gypsy lifestyle.
BTW, Larry Storch is 98 yo.

Sorry, but I don't think this was for an HBO showing of Blazing Saddles. I think this was an intro for Turner Classic Movies. TCM tends to start each film with a little background story before the movies play. She also mentions "Turner Classic Movies" while giving out the information. If so, I wonder how much was cut out to make it viewable on a basic cable channel.

As a bomb technician, we frequently referred to suspect packages as "Candygram for Mongo." De rigueur reply, "Mongo like candy."

Love this movie.

But, I guess I'm "low brow." (That term being used by any of us from Mississippi is so rich in irony it would put one at the top of the Forbes list if monetized).

More Mongoisms:

Jim : Uh-oh, Bart. I think Mongo here's taken a liking to you.

Mongo : Huh-huh, naw, Mongo straight.



Mongo : Mongo only pawn... in game of life.

Aren't we all?

7:36 - I agree completely. The intro by the host was in no way what I expected by kingfish's headline and introductory comments.

Unlike some of the other 'smart folks' on here , I as a true boomer think that Mel Brooks did some of ghe best comedy, and some of tge best paradox of the century. Yes, I'm sure that some JJ knowledgeable readers are too woke or unwise to understand or appreciate Brooks.

Blazing Saddles was an absolute masterpiece. And for those forty-five year old youngsters that can't understand it - I feel sorry for your unenlightened mind.

Blazing Saddles, watched in a small town rural Mississippi theater - back when the balcony still separated the races at the local theater, was truly groundbreaking and bridge building. And it had humor in it that still is funny today as its lines are repeated in many different social occasions.

And, to find an apologetic comment in Turner's intro is really looking for a haystack to find a needle within

Anyone remember when HBO’s claim to fame was that they could air unedited movies with violence, language, and nudity and enjoyed shoving offensive and graphic movies into every cable box in America... now they are apologizing and warning their viewers. How the world has changed...

You boomers are completely hopeless. The movie is subversive garbage. It was an early form of "wokeness" culture.

No wonder you geniuses inherited the greatest economic boom and then ran this nation into the ground. You are too simple and brainwashed to knownwhen you are being conditioned.

Hollywood did a good job conditioning you brilliant boomers to absolutely looooove turd sandwiches!

Please sir, may I have another?

This isn't a warning message at all. This is standard for Turner Movie Classics to have someone give backstory on classic oldies. Usually, like this one, they have some info on the stars, directors, etc. to help give you some perspective and enjoy the movie more. I watch these all the time and have come to look forward to what I learn each time.

"I think this was an intro for Turner Classic Movies. TCM tends to start each film with a little background story before the movies play. She also mentions "Turner Classic Movies" while giving out the information".

Agreed.

I thought this was a TCM presentation myself.
HBO might now be showing Ted's movies. I don't now.

Anyway, HBO has sucked for years now.
Only a few shows have kept HBO relevant during the 2000's.

"Game of Thrones" being their main product.
I don't recall any warnings about racial satire, but I never saw racial satire in that series.
However, they offered no warnings about one of the shows major themes . . . (twin brother/sister incest).

Plus . . .

The only characters in that show that might commonly fart around a campfire, would be the members of House Frey.


But I never saw that either.

A lot of naked women, and heads being chopped off every twenty minutes was common . . . but I never saw campfire farts.

HBO sucks. They are still playing movies that aired 30 plus years ago on a regular basis.

Could never understand why someone would pay a subscription to HBO to watch mostly reruns.

Get Netflix and dump HBO.

2:02, get out much. Try breathing without the mask for a bit.

Not to worry 4:50.

2:02 seems to be the same poster that's been trolling for awhile now.

I find that person hilarious.

He/she ( or whatever pronoun) is probably posting from a prepaid tracphone in the far corners of the St. Dominics parking garage.

@4:50
Who came up with the Covid-19 response? Oh yeah, some bureaucrat born in the 1950s up in DC.

"9:14, did you know those two shows were produced by the same guy? Genius. "

I don't know who "the same guy" is. These were both adapted from popular BBC comedies. Sanford & Son came from a show called Steptoe and Son, which I think revolved around a white junk peddler and his son. All In The Family was adapted from Til Death Us Do Part, which featured a theme song late in its run by Ray Davies and the Kinks.

Norman Lear took their original shows and adapted them for US tastes, but they were already big hits for several years overseas.

My oh my....make sure the cancel culture never talks to a Korean War vet or Vietnam vet. They have tendency to tell you what a good commie is....a dead one. That might hurt their little feelings and especially when a vet calls the enemy by their nicknames. Offensive to those today but it’s what people of our era grew up hearing and that’s why we listened to the older guys. They knew this was coming our way. My dad spoke of it for as long as I can remember. He was a Korean War Vet and hated a commie worse than anything imaginable. Thank God for those men who fought and for those who died to protect us. We have let them down. By the way, I cancelled my Netflix account when I heard about what they were about to start airing.

Well for the life of me I never understood why "Amos and Andy" was trashed by the NAACP or whoever. The maid/housekeeper who for the most part raised me enjoyed watching that show whenever it was possible. She timed ironing clothes to match the program as I recall.

And "Amos" was Kingfish #2. It's my guess that Kingfish here took the title from the original Huey P Long.

Oh us wretched Boomers...!
However did we start our mornings all those decades without some controversy and argument over nothing?
We didn't have television at all until for our first years of life and then only for 12 hours max and lots of those were locally produced. We didn't get much entertainment until prime time!
We actually had to get dressed to see a movie!
Pity us! We had to read books or play outside without adults organizing our activities! We had to read or listen to both sides of everything because of that Equal Time nonsense! And, newspapers...oh my...they couldn't print smears without fear of slander and libel suits!
And, our school tests were frightening! We had to outline chapters and turn them in to be graded! And, if that weren't bad enough, we weren't given 3 or 4 answers to a test question to pick from, we had to come up with the answer all by ourselves! Horrors! We had to have actually studied, not skimmed, and understood forever what we read!
Geez, could that be why we understand satire? Could that be why we think facts and courtesy matter?
Could that be why we have trouble being agitated unless we have dementia or Alzheimer's or a mental disorder?
Oh yes, we won't be the seen well in history. No question of that. We were pretty complacent until Vietnam when so many of us died. We were pretty complacent until we realized some of the Black people we finally got to meet were just like us ...some good and some bad.
But, please ... the " bedwetters" are not 70 years old. We weren't in charge when divorce was made easy and the rate went up to 50% and father's abandoned " first families" for the new one. We weren't in charge when both parents had to work to make ends meet. We weren't in charge yet when the interest rates went up to loan sharking level...most of us were trying to survive that. But, we couldn't fix it. We couldn't fix that money became everything. It's sad that you didn't get to learn to get along with others working it out with your peers as a child. It's sad you were children of divorce and learned mostly how to play one parent against the other. It's sad you were afraid to play "hide and seek" after dark or go to the park without supervision. Most of us weren't the parents who insisted on helicoptering all you did. That's not how we were raised. But, I sure did have to fight to give my children the chance to learn to entertain themselves and play with friends so they could work out their own rules of a " game" and to give them books instead of letting the television babysit them and to keep my marriage intact when my husband got " hit on" or I did, by the unhappy or those hoping for financial security without earning it.

Blame the "in betweeners". The ones whose fathers were the older veterans of WWII. It's those in their 90's now you should blame if you can find them. The ones who were in charge in the 50's, 60's and early 70's. The ones whose father's were away or killed during WWII. But don't blame them too much. They were pretty worn out after a Depression and a World War. They were my parent's older and younger siblings...not all of them, of course, but too many.

Proud to be over 60 and put morals first. No apologies here.

Well as a matter of fact I was 8 years old when the first television showed up at my house. And the president thought so much of me that he demanded that I show up in Memphis to protect the country. After surviving my tour I spent the next 50 years supporting myself and my family without the benefit of any entitlements. Most of the Boomers that I know took care of themselves financially and otherwise. I've heard Rush Limbaugh call the politically left veterans "Professional Veterans" and wonder what branch he was in.

In the last week I have heard Democrats denounce the Republican Party for their efforts to use the stock market as the bell weather for the country's financial situation and must say that is one of the most sensible observation they have had. It was Wall St banks that pushed for opening trade with China which has been the single greatest blow to the nations economy in 50 years and now the Republican White House wants to pretend that the Democrats sent Kissinger to China. In 1969 I saw Sea-Land containerized cargo off loading in DaNang and soon after found out that Nixon, the newly inaugurated president was a major stock holder in that company. Imagine that.

But no one is still reading so I'll just call it a day.