The Cheat Sheet: John Wayne Turned Down Playing Waco Kid in ‘Blazing Saddles’ Because It Was ‘Too Dirty,’ But He Wanted to Be ‘First in Line’ to See It
John Wayne Turned Down Playing Waco Kid in ‘Blazing Saddles’ Because It Was ‘Too Dirty,’ But He Wanted to Be ‘First in Line’ to See It
Mel Brooks directed Blazing Saddles based on a screenplay that he wrote with Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger. The story is a satirical take on the Western film genre.
Yahoo: Blazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created the wackiest western ever made
Blazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created the wackiest western ever made
The Boston Globe: The common clay of the new West: Blazing Saddles at 50
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: GREAT MOVIES | OPINION: ‘Blazing Saddles’ 50 years on: Shocking, truthful and funny
I was 15 and probably looked about 11 when "Blazing Saddles" was released in 1974, but my buddies and I had no trouble buying movie tickets. The kid at the counter was no cop, and the sweet lady ...
GREAT MOVIES | OPINION: ‘Blazing Saddles’ 50 years on: Shocking, truthful and funny
Parade on MSN: 1974's 'Blazing Saddles' voted 'Funniest Movie of All Time': 'Relentlessly silly'
WSHU news: 50 years ago, 'Blazing Saddles' broke wind — and box office expectations
Fifty years ago, Mel Brooks released Blazing Saddles to gales of laughter and a mighty roar of flatulence jokes. Also to mixed reviews from harrumphing critics. Typical was Vincent Canby, whose New ...
50 years ago, 'Blazing Saddles' broke wind — and box office expectations