"Blazing Saddles" 45th Anniversary Tribute with Andrew Bergman and Norman Steinberg

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 88 minutes

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"Blazing Saddles" screenwriters ANDREW BERGMAN and NORMAN STEINBERG return to the podcast to commemorate the film's 45th anniversary and to regale Gilbert and Frank with behind-the-scenes stories of deleted scenes, writer's room antics, last-minute casting changes and characters who didn't make the cut. Also, Mel Brooks sends up Humphrey Bogart, Cleavon Little replaces James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor puts on a maid's uniform and John Carradine plays "John Carradine." PLUS: "Honeymoon in Vegas"! "My Favorite Year"! Marlon Brando mumbles! Stanley Kubrick tortures Slim Pickens! And the boys remember Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Gene Wilder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.4	Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast
1:15.9	with my co-hosts Frank Santopodre. We're joined by two guests this week, both back for return
1:23.8	visit to Andrew Bergman, a sonovalous playwright, occasional movie producer and a celebrated
1:32.5	screenwriter and director whose work includes the films Soakdish, Oh God You Devil and the
1:42.0	original Bletch, as well as the classic comedy that we've discussed previously on this fairy podcast,
1:52.4	1979's The In laws. He also wrote and directed the features Honeymoon and Vegas, so fine,
2:03.9	it could happen to you, isn't she great? Scripties and the Freshman. Norman Steinberg is an
2:14.6	Emmy-winning TV writer, screenwriter and writing teacher with numerous credits on situation
2:23.4	comedies, variety shows, comedy albums and feature films such as Yes, Georgia, Wise Guys,
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