You know whats great about this movie? When it came out in the seventies, absolutely nobody was offended at all. Its just plain funny. Its strange living back then and to see where we've come. Everybody has to be so offended now. Richard prior wrote alot of this.
OH MAN I REMEBER SITTING AT THE DRIVE IN WATCHING THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT BEFORE BEEPERS CELL PHONES OR COMPUTERS NOW AT 67 I STILL LAUGH AT IT TILL MY BELLY HURTS NOW I LOVE REACTION VIDEOS AND HOW THEY ARE BRINGING A CROSS OFFER TO PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS WHITE BLACK ASIAN WHAT EVER
Did you get your answer about Oprah? In case not: back in the 80s we had "tabloid" shows (think Jerry Springer) but we had Riki Lake l, Jenny Jones, Oprah, and a few others. Anywho...so these cats would try to out do each other with the most outlandish show ever. "My wife is a male vampire werewolf nazi!" Or as Bill says "I want to bang my postmans bf, bcuz I'm a midget dumb stuff like that. Then after the death of a guest on Jenny Jones they pretty much stopped doing it aside from Jerry Springer. He was still doing outlandish ish but not so hard-core as midget puppet wrangling with the bearded lady kind of ish. TABLOID TV
Why does the mum look like she's being dominated by someone, she looks suppressed like there's a part of her that's bursting to get out but someone or some set of rules are keeping her down! Just an observation!
The best thing I liked about Carlos stand-up routine we don't have anybody to grow teeking it that doesn't have a clue he's a professor he's teaching you what's wrong with society
He was not "practicing wrestling moves." That's what he told his parents. They little (black) girl was beaten to death. She had bruises all over her body, a broken skull, and several broken ribs. The coroner said he'd only seen injuries like that in people who fell off tall buildings. He beat that baby to death.
Betty Boop is based on an African American preformer at Harlem's Cotton Club Esther Jones. Even though her complexion was lightened, even as a kid I knew Betty was black.
I really hope you can reconsider your comments at around 28:45. When you are in a terrifying situation like that sometimes part of the brain shuts down and you freeze up. Just because she isn't slapping him or fighting him off doesn't mean she is consenting. She said no. That should be enough <3
I hate to tell you, Bill Burr doesn't hold a candle to George Carlin because Burr is not the philosopher Carlin was. Burr doesn't make you think about things the way Carlin did, and that point alone made Carlin more of a comedian than Burr will ever be.
I'm a bit late to the party, but here are some things I haven't seen mentioned yet in the comments. 1) The Indian Chief - That was Mel Brooks, again, of course. He was speaking Yiddish, a Jewish dialect. When he says "Abi Gezheun" it's the same as "Auf Wiedersehen" in German. Mel also played the guy during the initial "#6" raid that crashed in to the window, and then crashes out from the inside into the next window, saying "Oh S**t!" 2) Lili Von Shtupp - The word "Shtup" is Yiddish for "having s*x." In fact, that word was censored in conservative TV markets where the movie was shown on TV (Chicago, for example). A lot of things were censored in those markets. For example, when the church parishioners are singing, "Our town is turning into..." They overdubbed a loud organ cord so you couldn't hear it. Likewise, during the very infamous "campfire" scene, all of the "flatulence" was overdubbed by horses neighing. 3) Gucci - It was established in 1926, whereas the movie takes place in 1874. The film itself was shot 100 years later in 1974. 4) Yes/No - In the 60's - 70's, large truck/trailers would paint "Yes" on the left side of the back and "No" on the right side. This was to indicate which side was safe for other cars to pass the truck on a highway. In other words, "Yes," it was safe to "pass on the left," but "No," not on the right. 5) CandyGram - This was, actually, an homage to the WB/Bugs Bunny Cartoon "The Old Grey Hare" (Robert Clampett) A very elderly Bugs and Elmer are still going at it after 60 years (1941 - 2000). The very last scene is Elmer, buried alive in the ground by Bugs being "relieved" that he no longer suffers from Bugs' attacks. Bugs busts in (underground) and says, "Weeeelll nooooow, I wouldn' say thaaaaaat." And he hands Elmer a lit stick of dynamite. Fade to black and then to the "That's All Folks" outro while the fuse is still lit and hissing. The Stick then blows while the outro is still playing and it shakes it. It's the only time the outro has ever had live action in it. 6) The Governor's name - A lot of people overlook this. The name "William J. LePetomane" is a reference to a French vaudevillian in the 19th century by the name of Joseph Pujol, His stage name was "Le Pétomane..." or, (closest French translation), "The Fartsy." His act consisted of "flatulating" various songs or other sounds with total precision. Pujol would, clean and irrigate his colon several times a day to keep his emissions from becoming "fragrant." 7) Hedy vs. Hedley - Certainly, "Hedy" Lamarr (the actress) was alive when the film came out and did in fact sue the production co. Apparently, they worked it out. Not many know this about her, but Hedy was quite intelligent and invented "wireless" technology components that are still used today in Wi-Fi equipment, etc. etc. 8) Campfire Scene - That was a satirical comment/parody by Mel on how you often see all these Western movies where the cowboys sit around a campfire and eat an unconscionable amount of beans and drink gallons of black coffee. His direct quote: "You can't tell me that if there are a bunch of cowboys sitting around eating all those beans and drinking all that black coffee, there isn't going to be a little gas in an hour or so."
The dude they put the camera on in the audience had been heckeling George all night, that's why he said that. George had had enough so he adlibed that into his sketch.
