For me Blazzing Saddles is THE movie that springs to mind as my favourite funny movie whenever I'm asked. It was of its time and still makes me laugh out loud to this day. But it is dated which is to be expected for a 1974 release. Despite the vintage it was directed by the brilliant Mel Brooks and has some of the best lines of any film.
And what a cast…
Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Dom DeLuise and Mel Brooks himself in many guises as well as many many more well known artists, some of whom went un credited.
I also rate, very highly, the Marx Brothers movies and Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz but they are of a different era and a different humour.
So, I think, that defining a movie as the Funniest Ever is nigh on impossible. But I will stick with my first thoughts and that is that "Blazing Saddles" is the funniest movie.
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