Blazing saddles meets Young Frankenstein : the 50th anniversary of the year of Mel Brooks /

"Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein: The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks explores in depth the zeitgeist that led to 1974 becoming "the year of Mel Brooks." It was that year that Brooks pulled off the one-two punch of two of his greatest comedies and, indeed, two of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hallenbeck, Bruce G., 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Essex, Connecticut : Applause, Theatre & Cinema Books, [2025]
Subjects:	Blazing saddles (Motion picture) Young Frankenstein (Motion picture) Comedy films > United States > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century. Brooks, Mel, > 1926- > Criticism and interpretation. Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography. Nineteen seventy-four, A.D. Films comiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Cinéma > Production et réalisation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle. Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > États-Unis > Biographies. Mil neuf cent soixante-quatorze.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: 1974
The 1970s : anything goes
"Please do not write a polite script"
The problems with Pryor... and casting
Who rides a Blazing Saddle?
Singing their way into your heart
Riding tall in the saddle
How I did it
"There wolf, there castle"
What hump?
Walk this way
Abby Normal
Puttin' on the Ritz
Fifty years on.