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Blazing Saddles

Movie (1974)

"Never give a saga an even break!"

The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west.

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Released:	Feb 7th, 1974
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Cleavon Little
plays Bart

Gene Wilder
plays Jim

Slim Pickens
plays Taggart

Harvey Korman
plays Hedley Lamarr

Madeline Kahn
plays Lili Von Shtupp

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The original plan for the film was to have Alan Arkin to direct the film with James Earl Jones playing the role of Bart.
When handing out the paddles to everyone at the table, Gov. William J. LePetomaine calls them by name as Frankie, Johnny, Patsy and Kelly. "Frankie & Johnny" was a popular song in the 1930s and Patsy Kelly was a popular comic actress at that time.
Richard Pryor came up with the character "Mongo".
Though credited on screen as "Gum Chewer", Don Megowan actually played a different role in the film: he was the man who Madeline Kahn pushed into the audience after he lurched drunkenly toward her while she was on stage.

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