Q 01/05

In which year was Blazing Saddles released?

A) 1974

B) 1975

C) 1976

D) 1979

Answer · why

A) 1974

It opened on 7 February; Brooks released Young Frankenstein the same year.

Q 02/05

Which stand-up comedian co-wrote Blazing Saddles and was originally intended to play Sheriff Bart?

A) Redd Foxx

B) Richard Pryor

C) Bill Cosby

D) Flip Wilson

Answer · why

B) Richard Pryor

Brooks dropped the casting plan by early 1972; the story treatment came from co-writer Andrew Bergman.

Q 03/05

Who plays Sheriff Bart?

A) Louis Gossett Jr.

B) Richard Pryor

C) Cleavon Little

D) Billy Dee Williams

Answer · why

C) Cleavon Little

Little had won a Tony for the musical Purlie in 1970 and later an Emmy for a Dear John guest spot.

Q 04/05

Gene Wilder plays the Waco Kid, a gunslinger with what problem?

A) Blindness

B) Amnesia

C) A fear of horses

D) Alcoholism

Answer · why

D) Alcoholism

Wilder co-wrote Young Frankenstein with Brooks the same year and later teamed with Richard Pryor in Silver Streak and Stir Crazy.

Q 05/05

Which actor was originally cast as the Waco Kid but collapsed on set from alcohol withdrawal?

A) Gig Young

B) Dan Dailey

C) Johnny Carson

D) John Wayne

Answer · why

A) Gig Young

Gene Wilder stepped in; John Wayne had also declined the part but promised to go and see the film.