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Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist [4] [5] Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. [6]
"I'm So Tired" is a song by the American punk rock band Fugazi. Released on their 1999 album Instrument Soundtrack, the song is a piano ballad [2] played and sung by vocalist Ian MacKaye, a departure from the band's typical post-hardcore output. Commentators have described the song's lyrics as pertaining to depression and suicidal ideation. [3 ...
Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. [1] (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. [2]Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal policeman Art Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood.
Blazing Saddles had its world premiere on 7 February 1974, at the Pickwick Drive-In Theatre in Burbank, and the 250 guests – including Little and Wilder – arrived on horseback. The movie ...
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.
Kahn was cast in the role of Agnes Gooch in the 1974 film Mame, but star Lucille Ball fired Kahn due to artistic differences. (Several of Ball's biographies say Kahn was eager to be released from the role so that she could join the cast of Blazing Saddles, a film about to go into production.
Norman Steinberg, screenwriter of films including “Blazing Saddles” “My Favorite Year” died March 15. He was 83. His other credits include the film “Johnny Dangerously,” the TV movie ...
Blazing Saddles: Boris, the hangman 1974 The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat: The Devil, Additional Voices Voice 1977 High Anxiety: Flasher 1977 American Raspberry: Celebrity Sportsman Host 1980 Melvin and Howard: Wally 'Mr. Love' Williams 1983 Heart Like a Wheel: Bob Morton, 'Sportsline' 1984 The Wild Life: Craig Davis 1986 Something Wild: Richard ...