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  1. Jun 17, 2024 · Hillerman used something closer to his own voice in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles," playing Howard Johnson, one of the comic Western's many Johnsons.

  2. Jun 17, 2024 · When it was released in 1974, Blazing Saddles became a huge hit that opened the door to other rapid-fire, irreverent comedies like Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, and later Airplane, Top Secret and The Naked Gun. But when Brooks and his co-writers first assembled, none were in demand.

  3. 4 days ago · Here are 12 Blazing Saddles behind the scenes stories, many from Mel Brooks himself. Library of Congress. Blazing Saddles Owes a Debt to Malcolm X. The idea for Blazing Saddles...

  4. Jun 20, 2024 · John Hillerman appears as Howard Johnson, a businessman in Rock Ridge whose reactions to the unfolding chaos add to the comedic moments in the film. # 10 Most popular actor on Blazing Saddles

  5. 5 days ago · Blazing Saddles was an inordinate box office smash after Warner Bros. executives saw how it resonated with test audiences in key markets. But Mel Brooks never anticipated it to be such a universal hit.

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  6. Jun 20, 2024 · Gene Wilder enters Blazing Saddles in an appropriately wacky scene. After Bart again breaks the fourth wall to tell the audience about the “drunk in cell two,” we see Waco hanging upside down.

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  8. Jun 25, 2024 · Release: 1974-02-07. Runtime: 93. Plot: A townwhere everyone seems to be named Johnsonstands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable.

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