Poll of the Day > He rode a blazing saddle

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He wore a shining star
His job to offer battle
To bad men near and far
He conquered fear and he conquered hate
He turned our night into day
He made his blazing saddle
A torch to light the way

where all the white women at
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Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!
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Candygram for mongo.
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Excuse me while I whip this out.
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Mongo like candy. *BOOM*
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i can watch the movie in my head i have seen it so many times
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Gene Wilder was so high on his horse.
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I love when Mel Brooks told the story about that song. To quote from Wikipedia:

For the movie's title song, Brooks advertised in the trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" singer; to his surprise, Laine himself offered his services. "Frankie sang his heart out ... and we didn't have the heart to tell him it was a spoof. He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later. We got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."

For context, Frankie Laine was a pretty famous singer of his era and did a ton of famous Western themes (hence why Mel Brooks was using him as an example of the sort of sound they wanted), and he basically sang the song dead straight - and it's a large part of the appeal of the song. For all that the movie is silly, the theme is kind of epic. Which is probably part of why so many people remember it so well.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I love when Mel Brooks told the story about that song. To quote from Wikipedia:

For the movie's title song, Brooks advertised in the trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" singer; to his surprise, Laine himself offered his services. "Frankie sang his heart out ... and we didn't have the heart to tell him it was a spoof. He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later. We got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."

For context, Frankie Laine was a pretty famous singer of his era and did a ton of famous Western themes (hence why Mel Brooks was using him as an example of the sort of sound they wanted), and he basically sang the song dead straight - and it's a large part of the appeal of the song. For all that the movie is silly, the theme is kind of epic. Which is probably part of why so many people remember it so well.

thats hilarious, didnt know that
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"What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?! I hired you people to try to get a little track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City f*****s!"
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Comb the desert!
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