I was 15 and probably looked about 11 when "Blazing Saddles" was released in 1974, but my buddies and I had no trouble buying movie tickets. The kid at the counter was no cop, and the sweet lady ...

"Racial prejudice is the engine that really drives the film," the director says.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let's look back at Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles as the comedy icon celebrates his 98th birthday this month. The film, released 50 ...

Fifty years ago, actor and director Mel Brooks released what many consider to be one of the greatest films in American cinema, “Blazing Saddles,” a movie that highlighted the struggles of the American ...

If anyone knows how to make a comedy, it's Mel Brooks. His body of work is rife with comedy classics like Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs, the latter of which has a sequel — at last — in production ...

If you love satirical black comedies trying to reclaim narratives, Blazing Saddles (1974) is a great find. Helmed by Mel Brooks, it is an inspiring post-modernist political satire on how racism was ...

Mel Brooks as Blazing Saddles’ Gov. William J. Le Petomane and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: the resemblance is uncanny. Credit: Left: © 1974 – Warner Bros.; Right ...

This year's 15th annual TCM Film Festival will celebrate EGOT winner Mel Brooks, specifically highlighting his trailblazing parody, Spaceballs. The writer, director, producer, actor, and playwright is ...

You’ll often hear the common refrain online: “You could never make Blazing Saddles today” because modern audiences are too sensitive for Mel Brooks’ politically incorrect Western satire. There’s a fig ...