Actor Gene Wilder Passes Away Age 83

[Jingle Fett]

Well his name was Gene, but most people called him...Gene.

Man this is very sad, he will be greatly missed RIP

Actually his name was Jerome Silberman Gene Wilder was a stage name that over the years everyone came to know him as

Somebody needs to watch Blazing Saddles again...

 

[FalloutJack]

Well, looks like it's time to break out the booze and fire up that copy of Blazing Saddles my father gave me last year.

I love how a movie that addresses and mocks racism would be considered unacceptably racist by many today.


See No Evil, Hear No Evil is better on a second watch.

Mel Brooks clearly stated that he'd never get away with that in this day and age. However, apart from being a genius, Mel has the advantage of making such unforgettable movies that he and those who starred in it will live in infamy forever. Blazing Saddles is basically like art. You don't have to like it, but you do have to accept it.

 

[Callate]

He had a remarkable deadpan delivery, and yet he rarely- quite!- played the "straight man".

He will be missed.