The laughter in the room when Brooks and Pryor combined
their heads to create this one. A Jew making fun of
Jews, a Black making fun of Blacks, two Western
Americans making fun of the West, movie makers making
fun of the movies. The childish fart-level humor at the
campfire and utter screwball gags keep you rolling of
the floor This movie doesn't pretend to be anything
more than screwball humor, but it's one of the
funniest movies ever made!


This one of a kind classic funny movie was released
on 7 Feb. 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks who also
appeared in this movies playing dual parts as the
incompentent and horny Governor and in one scene, an
Indian chief. Harvey Korman as Hedly Lamarr comes in
with a strong performance, but the main characters are
played by Cleavon Little [Bart} and Gene Wilder
[Jim--the Waco Kid]

The main plot of this movie is the destruction of a
small western town for the enrichment of a corrupt
political boss. Hedly Lamarr covinces the Governor to
appoint a "black" sheriff to bring law and order to
this town. Hoping that the towns people will kill the
new sheriff, the plot backfires on Larmarr and the
[black] sheriff becomes his most formidable adversary.

The twists and turns that this film takes over the
entire 93 minutes are shown as some of the most
hilarious scenes ever put on the silver screen. How
anyone could even think of turning one scene [farting
cowboys]into a laughable episode is pure brilliance.

This film will always be remembered as one of the
funniest comedy movies ever made.