Tag: Gene Wilder
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Cleavon Little is the new sheriff in Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles
On rewatch as an adult, Blazing Saddles didn’t quite live up to my childhood memories. For instance, I recall the infamous bean-induced fart sequnce being a veritable symphony of bad taste; alas, the real thing is just a minute or so long at most. But it turns wonderfully crazy near the end, finally becoming funny…
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Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Ever know you’ve seen a movie, but can’t really remember it? So after seeing the Tim Burton remake, I decided to put the original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory on my Netflix queue because I just couldn’t spark the brain cells that contained my recollections of it. This is the first of two posts…