Hidden References
Mel Brooks meticulously analyzed each word in the Blazing Saddles script. Each and every word was written with a specific purpose in mind, whether it was to make you smile, cry, or just advance the plot. When Mongo arrives in town on his horse and you overhear a Mexican man exclaim, “Mongo! Santa Maria!” This phrase was added by Brooks particularly as a nod to the legendary Cuban jazz pianist Mongo Santamaria.
Hidden References
A Mel Brooks Sing-A-Long
The camera briefly cuts away from the scene when Hedley Lamarr and his men ride into the fictitious town that the Sheriff and Waco Kid had built toward the end of the movie. The camera pans across to Lilly von Schtupp and a few German troops as they chant a drinking song as they ride into town. They were singing the same song that Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel sang with Kenneth Mars in The Producers when they were drinking.
A Mel Brooks Sing A Long
