The Western genre has a history of lawmen fighting outlaws to protect their towns, and here is a look at the best lawmen in ...

Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff of a stunned ...

Mel Brooks’ Wild 1974 Comedy Nearly Fell Apart Thanks to a Vomiting Star originally appeared on Parade. Mel Brooks’ satirical Western comedy, Blazing Saddles, cemented its place in the pop culture ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. Apologies for not writing a column last week—consider this a ...

Lights, camera, uncontrollable laughter! We're diving into the most hilarious behind-the-scenes moments where actors couldn't keep a straight face. From improvised jokes to unexpected mishaps, these ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Last year marked the 50 year anniversary of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The story of why Richard Pryor didn’t play the role of Black Bart in “Blazing Saddles” (1974) has been rendered shopworn through many retellings, but it bears mentioning on the occasion of the film’s ...