Blazing Saddles, the iconic parody western directed by Mel Brooks, is turning 50. Why was it so successfully meaningful?

This week my Bonnie Bride brought home a copy of Blazing Saddles (1974) to watch as, it surns out, she had never seen it. She new about the film, and that there are frequent references to the film via

Stało się, po latach po raz kolejny obejrzałem film Mela Brooksa (i Gene Wildera) z 1974 pt. Młody Frankenstein. Sobotnie warunki były jednak tak dalekie do idealnych, że praktycznie powinienem zrobić

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May the Schwartz be with you! Mel Brooks is celebrating a 4D Birthday, as both the Yin and the Yang of the all-powerful Schwartz; Yogurt and President Skroob. Hopefully we'll see him reprise his roles

... and help you get through Thursday and even Friday. Yes, the glorious two days of the weekend are nigh. Spaceballs quotes ... Read this Wiki for various parodies and connotations hidden in plain sight