The comedy is never-ending and regardless of base or crude the joke may be, he commits to each one fully. I loved it then and I love it now but the first thing that comes to mind is “why the hell did my parents let me watch this as a child?!” Aside from much of the humor going WAY above my head (who’s Hedy Lamar? who’s Marlena Deitrich? what about all black men makes them…gifted?), the references, innuendoes and jokes fly by at a mile a minute and it’s easy to miss many of them, even to the most knowledge of viewers let alone a 10 year-old kid. I think I first saw Mel Brooks’ 1974 Western parody film Blazin g Saddleswhen I was probably ten. So grab your spurs and candy grams and let’s ride out! Tonight we saddle up and head West with Blazin g Saddles and Port Brewing’s Mongo IPA. Valentine’s Day is over and my next major holiday is Passover (a decidedly unfriendly holiday to the beer-drinker), so we’re back to our regular scheduled (I schedule?) programming.
