Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Edited for 2020.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 What's the fun in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 ... they sure fit a lot into 21 seconds ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 No one knows how to laugh at themselves anymore, nor can they laugh at the obvious satire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I remember going to theatre on the South Side of Chicago to watch this when it came out. Everyone, black and white were quoting the lines from the movie and roaring with laughter as we came out. Sad, that we have lost the ability to make fun of ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said: No one knows how to laugh at themselves anymore, nor can they laugh at the obvious satire. 10 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: Sad, that we have lost the ability to make fun of ourselves. Laughing at ourselves isn't the problem. It's others, that live for nothing else but to be victims, thinking that we are laughing at them. That, and those that "know better than we do", not wanting us to demean others by laughing at them, even when they are laughing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I must register a complaint! The whip cracking reminds me of some unpleasantness in the past!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: I must register a complaint! The whip cracking reminds me of some unpleasantness in the past!!!! Ah, but what type of whipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 59 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Ah, but what type of whipped? ..... cream, ... of course ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ..... cream, ... of course ..... Bonzer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I watched it in a theater one time, when they got to the scene where they were deciding who got to stay the line where they said "We'll take the nxxxxxs and the cxxxxs but we don't want the Irish." the entire audience roared. I was watching the movie in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. I think they took umbrage at the sentiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 10:40 PM, DeaconKC said: My parents had this album as a kid. I grew up loving the music, and at some point around age ten noticed the cover art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 34 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: My parents had this album as a kid. I grew up loving the music, and at some point around age ten noticed the cover art. And now this has wormed into my ear for the day. I hope y’all enjoy it as much as I am. (And I truly am humming along with the TJB!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Obviously, with an alias like mine, I love the movie. A couple months ago my DVD copy got scratched. I couldn't find a new copy on Amazon because it's not politically correct. Luckily, WalMart.com still had one. When the movie was made, Mel Brooks used Richard Pryor as his monitor as to what was acceptable, or not, as far as "racial comedy issues" in the film. Pryor, like Dave Chappelle today, was the top Black comedian of the day. Pryor urged Brooks to keep things in the film that Brooks thought might be too controversial. I find it sad that comedy seems to have "died" the last few years. If we can't laugh at ourselves and differences, it makes the world a much sadder place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Brooks says he could not make that film today. And probably several others, such as Young Frankenstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 1 hour ago, TN Mongo, SASS #61450 said: I couldn't find a new copy on Amazon because it's not politically correct. Luckily, WalMart.com still had one. I figured something like this would happen so I bought a copy of "Blazing Saddles" and "Spaceballs" from Amazon a while back before they "disappeared". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 5:36 PM, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: I must register a complaint! The whip cracking reminds me of some unpleasantness in the past!!!! No joke. A school board member in a suburban district here just days ago was 'reprimanded' by the board for what were said to be 'racist' statements. Among them: a conversation about personnel where he used the term 'it's time to crack the whip around here'. Alas, I kid you not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Sure didn't take long for the minority to silence the majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 We had a fool here in Sacramento named Lauren Hammond who sat on the city council. An attorney was making a financial presentation to the council, and advised them not to be niggardly with their budget allocation. Of course... Ms. Hammond played the race card with a full court press. And wound up the laughing stock of the area and nation, because she is STUPID. And racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 6 hours ago, TN Mongo, SASS #61450 said: Obviously, with an alias like mine, I love the movie. A couple months ago my DVD copy got scratched. I couldn't find a new copy on Amazon because it's not politically correct. Well, I just ordered a 30th Anniversary edition from Amazon for $12. They have 8 other options to choose from. Perhaps the day you tried they were all out, but they’re fully stocked up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 6 hours ago, TN Mongo, SASS #61450 said: Obviously, with an alias like mine, I love the movie. A couple months ago my DVD copy got scratched. I couldn't find a new copy on Amazon because it's not politically correct. Luckily, WalMart.com still had one. When the movie was made, Mel Brooks used Richard Pryor as his monitor as to what was acceptable, or not, as far as "racial comedy issues" in the film. Pryor, like Dave Chappelle today, was the top Black comedian of the day. Pryor urged Brooks to keep things in the film that Brooks thought might be too controversial. I find it sad that comedy seems to have "died" the last few years. If we can't laugh at ourselves and differences, it makes the world a much sadder place. I see them all the time at garage sales and thrift stores. Probably explains why I have copies in VCR, DVD (2) and Blu-ray. One of my favorite movies, one of the ones that you can watch over and over again without getting tired of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 1 hour ago, bgavin said: We had a fool here in Sacramento named Lauren Hammond who sat on the city council. An attorney was making a financial presentation to the council, and advised them not to be niggardly with their budget allocation. Of course... Ms. Hammond played the race card with a full court press. And wound up the laughing stock of the area and nation, because she is STUPID. And racist. 23 years ago! https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/williams/williams020499.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Slade Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 1 hour ago, bgavin said: We had a fool here in Sacramento named Lauren Hammond who sat on the city council. An attorney was making a financial presentation to the council, and advised them not to be niggardly with their budget allocation. Of course... Ms. Hammond played the race card with a full court press. And wound up the laughing stock of the area and nation, because she is STUPID. And racist. Amen and Awomen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 35 minutes ago, Bart Slade said: Amen and Awomen! You can't use the word women anymore. If you will notice, that word has the word men in it. You must now spell it womyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Thank heaven for amendments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 They say history repeats itself. I say herstory repeats itself and just won’t let anyone forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 i think we should edit the censors - what happened to freedom of speech ? ...............yes that was rhetorical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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