Mel Brooks told TVWW a few years ago that he was toying with the idea of, and writing songs for, a possible Broadway musical based on Blazing Saddles. Watch this 1974 comedy classic with that in mind, and it makes so much sense – from the opening theme song to the railroad “work song.” Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder are partnered brilliantly here – and Richard Pryor, who would partner with Wilder even more brilliantly in future films, is one of the writers, with Brooks, on this superb Western spoof.