Can you imagine Blazing Saddles being released these days? The snowflakes wouldn’t just melt, they’d get so hot they’d turn to steam! Not a bad idea… Wasn’t it great when we could laugh at something instead of EVERYBODY getting their panties in a bunch? I remember an interview with Mel Brooks where he said he INTENDED it to push the envelope so everybody would laugh at each other AND themselves instead of being so uptight. And that was 50 years ago!
I was reading along, nodding my head and agreeing with you. But when I got to the last part I laughed so hard I got choked!
I had an old geezer ( a guy about my age) start mouthing me as soon as I walked in the store today. Don’t know if he was mental or what… So I just looked at him and said “Well aren’t YOU a Pleasant Pheasant Plucker!” People around me were laughing out loud or you could see their shoulders shaking from laughter. The old guy just stared at me and walked outside. Guess he couldn’t come up with something quick and snappy like “Oh yeah?”
A bunch of us saw Loverboy open for Kansas in 80, in Springfield MO. We all went by a store and each of us bought a cassette tape. We went to see Kansas, but it turned out to be a pretty good show. (mushrooms may have helped)
Can you imagine Blazing Saddles being released these days? The snowflakes wouldn’t just melt, they’d get so hot they’d turn to steam! Not a bad idea… Wasn’t it great when we could laugh at something instead of EVERYBODY getting their panties in a bunch? I remember an interview with Mel Brooks where he said he INTENDED it to push the envelope so everybody would laugh at each other AND themselves instead of being so uptight. And that was 50 years ago!