"Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me... Jim. "

During the 70's and 80's there was nobody who could do comedy movies better, than Mel Brooks. Classics like Young Frankenstein, The History of the World and Spaceballs, made millions of people laugh. To me the best movie Brooks made was Blazing Saddles. This movie pushed the limits and didn't care what barriers it broke, and it was still hilarious. It stars Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn and of course Mel Brooks. Little plays a slave worker named Bart, who is about to be hung, but gets a break when a town in trouble needs a new sheriff. What he doesn't know is that Hedley Lamarr (Korman), Taggart (Pickens) and Governor William J. Lepetomane (Brooks) are just using him because they believe the townspeople will hate him as their new sheriff. To their surprise, Bart is great sheriff and with the help of his new Deputy, Jim (Wilder), Bart is keeping the town safe. Even when Hedley gets Lili Von Shtupp (Kahn), to seduce Bart, it seems like nothing can keep the new sheriff down. This movie keeps everyone who watches it, laughing till the end. With so many classic scenes and classic lines, it's impossible not to like this movie. The first scene with Wilder, his drunkenness and his story about his past, is iconic. Also Little's scene when he first arrives as the new sheriff is unforgettable. My Dvd of Blazing Saddles is the 30th Anniversary Special Edition and is another good find in the cheap bin. It has the famous Blazing Saddles original picture on the front with Bart riding his horse. There isn't any reviews on the back or front, but does have something that is better. It says "...making Blazing Saddles the #6 choice among the American Film Institute's Top 100 Comedies of all time." (Which is a big honor for any comedy movie.) There aren't many comedy movies that compare to Blazing Saddles' hilarious lines and it's rule breaking humour. Blazing Saddles was released in 1974 and was directed by Mel Brooks. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Blazing Saddles: #511