I only liked this at first and didn't laugh, like 1974 audiences, but re watching it with a friend I couldn't stop laughing! I saw a 3rd time later. I even counted the amount of times I laughed and came to 83- 2 more than in The Hangover. My guardian doesn't like this because it's raunchy but I can name raunchier movies-Ted, There's Something About Mary, That's My Boy, The Hangover, etc. If you need a movie to lift you up, see Blazing Saddles! Fun Fact: The farting scene was muted because it was "too risque"-more than the countless N words!

I remember laughing through the entire film when it first came out in 1974, but it hasn't aged well. Aside from a very few special moments, it lacks any real wit or cleverness. Much of it could have been written by a group of twelve year old boys, trying to be shocking. But humor that is merely shocking has a limited shelf-life, and the shocks in this film are past the sell-buy date.Having said that, I will always cherish the scene in which Gene Wilder explains to Cleavon Little that the people of the town are simple farmers, people of the land.... That scene will always be brilliant.

They got me on the floor when Slim Pickens came riding up to that toll booth and turned around so he could get a load of quarters. Sometimes, this is a hit and miss movie, but when it's on, it is incredibly funny. Harvey Korman could make me laugh by looking at me. The fact that his name was Henley Lamar is enough right there. And there is Gabby Johnson speaking typical Western gibberish. Cleavon Little and that little old lady (Up yours). While the ending totally disappointed me, it really doesn't matter because there never was a coherent whole to it anyway. Mel Brooks continues to be insane. Where else do you have person who has the cred to do the insanity that he does? Oh, Gene Wilder and Mongo and whatever other stuff you can strut on the screen.

Mel Brooks found a way in 1974 to direct two of the greatest comedies of all time. And in that one year, he found a way to cram as many movie parodies, and not have any overlap, as any director can in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. What Young Frankenstein was to the 1930s horror movies Blazing Saddles was to the Westerns of the 1960s. But this one is of the funniest movies of all time, and for two such movies by the same director, with the same star, to come out the same year, to be on that list is quite an achievement. Now, the story, The residents of Rock Ridge (all named Johnson) need a new sheriff. They get one, Bart, played by Cleavon Little, who happens to be black. The film doesn't have much shock value anymore but it's still funny to watch and probably always will be, thanks to characterizations in here. On the negative side, especially if don't know Brooks does whatever he can to get a laugh and isn't all that political, this film might be too politically- correct with its reverse racism, bias against religion and overly crude situations. Overall, a very nice movie with the nice story.