Forty years ago one of the funniest movies ever created
hit the big screen…in 1974 Blazing Saddles was born!
Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor co-wrote this classic comedy
and I cannot think of a more interesting pairing.
It was ground breaking for MANY reasons, I could devote
an entire week of posts just describing the scenes in the
movie that were one of a kind.
You simply could NOT make a movie like this today.
I’ll show a few of these this week but I wanted to start
off with one that was the only part of the original script
that was cut, not by the studio folks but by Mel Brooks
himself, with some strong urging by his wife, Anne Bankcroft.
In the final cut, when Madeline Kahn attempts to seduce
Cleavon Little in the dark…she says “Is it twoo
what they say that you people are gifted”…loud zipper
sound…”It’s Twoo! it’s Twoo! (she says it four times)…
(scene fades to morning breakfast).
The cut was only one line, right after Madeline says
“It’s Twoo!” you were suppose to hear Cleavon say
“You’re sucking on my elbow!”

More to come!