It was “too dirty” for John Wayne to accept a part. Too “disgusting and vulgar” for Ted Ashley, the chairman of Warner Brothers, who threatened to “bury” the film. But director Mel Brooks stuck to his ...

Okay, yes, fart jokes feel like they've been done to death. For many people, the most uproariously funny thing that happened during recess and sleepovers has turned into one of the most groan-inducing ...

Fifty years ago, Mel Brooks released Blazing Saddles to gales of laughter and a mighty roar of flatulence jokes. Also to mixed reviews from harrumphing critics. Typical was Vincent Canby, whose New ...

“Blazing Saddles” is the kind of unreproducible film that doesn’t need a remake. But if it were remade, it almost certainly wouldn’t be the left who would object. Like most Brooks films, “Blazing ...

While comedy has always been a place of escapism, it also has the potential to comment on the world unlike any other genre out there. Such is the case with Mel Brooks' 1974 black comedy, "Blazing ...