Corrected entry: The "welcome sheriff" banner rolls up after the realization of the new sheriff's race. Though meant as a sight gag, you can tell the man in the tan suit closest right behind the woman in the blue shawl pulled the banner to make it roll up, though he tried to do it in a sneaky way.
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7th Apr 2018
Blazing Saddles (1974)
7th Apr 2018
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: As the announcements are made, a bundle of dynamite is thrown through the window. The fuse is half way burned when the man says "and duck!" When he ducks, the explosion occurs, but the fuse couldn't have burned that fast.
Correction: Given this film's parodic and absurdist nature, this very likely was intentional.
30th May 2017
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: In the saloon, Howard Johnson is talking about penicillin working on anthrax. Blazing Saddles was set in 1874, but anthrax wasn't discovered until 1875.
Correction: Anthrax has been known about for a long time. The word was first used in the 1300's. In 1875, it was only the bacterium which caused anthrax that was discovered. Prior to 1875 anthrax was a disease with an unknown pathology. Howard Johnson doesn't mention penicillin though. He mentions Louis Pasteur's vaccine.
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Correction: It wasn't meant as a sight gag where it rolled up on its own. The man intentionally pulls down on it to roll it up as a sign that he's not welcomed. You can even see he's upset when Bart pulls it back down.
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