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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:05 AM Original message |
If "Blazing Saddles" was produced today..... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. My dear liberaltrucker! |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Just stuck in a motel room |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Do yourself a favor and rent it... |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It is hilarious, you should definitely check it out, Peggy. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. It's twue, it's twue! |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. oh you must. One of the most hilarious movies ever made. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Here's the opening scene: |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Thank you, my dear Xema! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. I didn't like it back then. |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Good point |
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JohnnieGordon (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I wouldn't like a return to that period's mentality either |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. To quote another of his films, it's good to be the king. |
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JohnnieGordon (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I remember seeing Silent Movie with my best friend in the 6th grade |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Mississippi rednecks know about Busby Berkeley and Hedy Lamarr? |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That's Hedley.... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Win!!! |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Heh - Poor Hedy |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. some people |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Ummmmmmmm |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Oh, even us illiterate rednecks got that point, but that doesn't change the level of humor much. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. I blame the cult of the PC |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. Are you CRAZY? |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. I blame OJ Simpson and Mr. Magoo ... |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Interesting parallel to your first example in your second |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. Same point could be made about TV..."All in the Family" |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. What's More Amazing Is That Carrol O'Connor Was A Lefty |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Why is that amazing? |
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JohnnieGordon (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. And Will &Grace never could've aired in the 70s in any form..nt |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Probably true which goes to show |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Can you imagine SNL airing the Racist Job Interview sketch today? |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. OTOH, could you imagine Chappel doing ANYTHING even close to what he does |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor (who wrote it) were blasting apart racial stereotypes |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I didn't know Pryor wrote it... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. "Pizza the Hut"... |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Yeah, Pryor wrote it, and was supposed to be the star... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play the sheriff |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Richard Pryor watched Blazing Sadles at least once a week... |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. Compared to the coarse, low-brow crap that passes for comedy now... |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. And when looking for a Frankie Lane type voice for |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. I don't know |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Yes precisely |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. Richard Pryor's script was one of the finest pieces of work |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. "...and Methodists." |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's still hilarious |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. New cast |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That's an excellent list. |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Not bad at all. |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
47. 'You... You will only be risking your lives. |
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