Mel Brooks' satirical Western Blazing Saddles got mixed reviews when it opened in February 1974, but it became the year's biggest box office hit. Above, Cleavon Little, left, as Sheriff Bart and Gene ...
While comedy has always been a place of escapism, it also has the potential to comment on the world unlike any other genre out there. Such is the case with Mel Brooks' 1974 black comedy, "Blazing ...