Blazing Saddles (1974)
Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review
English - May 30, 2024 00:25 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB - ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Film History 80s 90s breakfastclub classicmovies movies vcr vhs johnhughes shermerhighschool sixteencandles Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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