"Said-a-give, give him the said-a-give!"
This movie is at the top of my list of favs. Blazing Saddals, too.

I also stop everything I'm doing for Dorian Gray. I don't know all of the 'why' except it was the first film I ever saw and, I think, may be responsible for opening my mind and heart to the power of visual media/communications. I was in 9th grade English class the first time I saw it.

Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are on the list. The Godfather I & II. The Maltese Falcon or the Big Sleep. The Philidelphia Story (or almost any Cary Grant comedy). Blade Runner. Bullit. Manhattan or Annie Hall. Lots of the Marx Brothers movies (the earlier ones). The Seven Samurai and the Magnificent Seven. There's a bunch more.

"You're incorrigible, you little zipper neck!"

Yep... I caved in & watched it. :)

Bonus points (no googling) for why the horses reared up every time Cloris Leachman's character was named.

I remember originally hearing that it was the German word for glue, but then when I studied German in college I found out that was totally wrong. Which is a bummer, because that was funny.

well, sumbitch. You learnt me sumpin' new today bout glue.

I wish it was true, tho. I want to give Mel Brooks more credit for layering jokes.