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Blazing Saddles Tops AFI's Funniest List | Canada News
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The American Film Institute just flipped the script on comedy history, bumping Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” from 6 to 1 on their “100 Years... 100 Laughs” list — after Brooks himself reportedly nagged them for years that his satirical masterpiece, co-written with Richard Pryor and packed with Oscar-worthy laughs, deserved the top spot over “Some Like It Hot.” AFI president Bob Gazzale admitted they were wrong — and now, this 1974 riot of racism-busting, Hollywood-flipping humor, which also earned Madeline Kahn a nomination and followed up with “Young Frankenstein,” officially reigns as the funniest film ever. It’s a bold, long-overdue correction that proves “Blazing Saddles” still cracks us up — and still deserves its crown.
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