Mel Brooks says Richard Pryor 'spurred on' the use of the N-word in 'Blazing Saddles': 'Racial prejudice is the engine that ...

Considered the funniest Western comedy of all time by many, Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles is a streaming hit on HBO Max. Read ...

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 ...

Let's look back at Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles as the comedy icon celebrates his 98th birthday this month. The film, released 50 years ago this year, is widely considered one of the funniest movies of ...

Blazing Saddles, The Terminator, and North by Northwest are all getting 4K Ultra HD releases. In honor of Blazing Saddles’ 50th anniversary, North by Northwest’s 65th anniversary, and The Terminator’s ...

Fifty years ago, actor and director Mel Brooks released what many consider to be one of the greatest films in American cinema, “Blazing Saddles,” a movie that highlighted the struggles of the American ...

Mel Brooks as Blazing Saddles’ Gov. William J. Le Petomane and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: the resemblance is uncanny. Credit: Left: © 1974 – Warner Bros.; Right ...

(JTA) — The phrase “that movie could never be made today” has probably been said more about “Blazing Saddles” than any other movie in history. Mel Brooks’ spoof of Hollywood Westerns is full of the ...

You’ll often hear the common refrain online: “You could never make Blazing Saddles today” because modern audiences are too sensitive for Mel Brooks’ politically incorrect Western satire. There’s a fig ...

Mel Brooks recently recalled how he came to cast Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid at a 50th anniversary screening of 'Blazing Saddles' in Los Angeles Luke Chinman is a writer at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in ...