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3. Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. [1] Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting, and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. For much of his career, Pickens played mainly cowboy roles. [1]
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] The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. [7]
- February 7, 1974
- Michael Hertzberg
- John Wayne declined to take part in the movie. Once, while eating lunch at Warner Bros. commissary, Mel Brooks encountered the legendary duke. This is when he realized that John Wayne would be a perfect fit for either cameo or “The Waco Kid”.
- Mel Brooks did not plan to call it by its name. The director’s initial idea was to call the movie Tex X: An Homage to Malcolm X to express his admiration towards him.
- Slim Pickens went a long way to construct his character. Slim Pickens managed to embody the old school, gritty feeling of the yesteryear in playing the archetypal cowboy Taggart.
- The idea of Young Frankenstein was born on the Blazing Saddles set. Gene Wilder, staring as “The Waco Kid” was the first one to have an idea for the next Mel Brooks movie that came to theaters just a year after Blazing Saddles was released.
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Taggart : [to Bart and Charlie struggling to get out of the quicksand] Well, boys, the break's over. Don't just lay there gettin' a suntan. It ain't gonna do you no good no how. Hedley Lamarr : What a minute, that's it!
Even after two of his black workers fall into quicksand, Taggart's main priority is saving the handcart that they were driving, as he says, "Dang, that was lucky. Dog-gone near lost a $400 hand cart." Yeah, he's that bad. The most hypocritical thing about Taggart is the fact that he's shocked and depressed when one of his black workers knocks ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Watching him fondle a statue to aid his brainstorming, much to the consternation of Taggart (Slim Pickens), is side-splittingly funny. Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder in ‘Blazing Saddles ...
American Film & Theater Personalities. Childhood & Early Life. Slim Pickens was born Louis Burton Lindley Jr. on June 29, 1919, in Kingsburg, California, US, to Louis Bert Lindley Sr., a Texas-born dairy farmer, and his wife, Sally Mosher (née Turk). At age 4 he got his first horse and he slowly became an outstanding rider.
