Let's look back at Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles as the comedy icon celebrates his 98th birthday this month. The film, released 50 years ago this year, is widely considered one of the funniest ...

He said Blazing Saddles, his Western spoof about a black sheriff in a racist town, could never be made today. "It's OK not to hurt the feelings of various tribes and groups," he said. "However ...