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To: US Navy Vet
Personally , I think that Mel Brooks's movie, " Blazing Saddles " is the funniest and most irreverent movie ever !.
Its humor insults everybody , even the old cliches and stereotypes.
Saw Mel explain that studio censors had him remove 15 + jokes out of the movie, but they made it to the final cut anyway.
That movie could not be made today what with 'political correctness' !!
14 posted on 08/17/2013 6:03:08 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ((Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison))
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

That movie could not be made today what with ‘political correctness’ !!
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Too bad TCM won’t get and give plenty of alert to “Blazing Saddles”.
Most of the stations that play it bleep out all the ‘bad’ (well, they say bad) stuff.

I found it on IFC (Ch 133 on Dish)and they played it UNCUT, but it had commercials.

They ran it about 8 times in a weeks period..

Just watched it this afternoon and they even managed to take a shot at the “Irish” when the RR workers demanded a home in the town and the Johnsons said the Blacks were Ok but only the Blacks...they protested and the Johnsons said “Ok everyone BUT the Irish”....think they finally gave in BUT they managed to hit every known ethnic and racial slur for THAT time frame....including ‘farting’ and ‘faggots’.


33 posted on 08/17/2013 6:20:28 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --"People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to." J. Seinfeld)
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