David Huddleston passes
David sends us the sad news that David Huddleston has passed at the tender age of 85. He’s famous for his role as the mayor in the iconic western comedy Blazing Saddles and as The Big Lebowski.
Huddleston, like many of his generation was also a veteran – he was an aircraft mechanic in the newly-created US Air Force.
Category: Blue Skies
“Awe, prairie shit. Everybody.”
I had the video link ready but thought I had better not, lest some poor bastard lose his job while playing it at work.
“Nevermind that shit, HERE COMES MONGO!”
RIP, sir.
“Mongo STRAIGHT!!!”
Nice.
“Mongo but pawn in game of life.”
I played that movie for my German wife. The only part she laughed at was the Lily Von Schtupp schtick.
Yes-Lily Von Schtupp likes stick.
What??
Ha! LMAO!
“Oh, is twue, is twue!”
Ha-great minds think alike!
“You know you’re sucking on my wrist?”
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Baby, please! I am not from Havana!
Oh, it’s twue, it’s twue!
Greatest comedienne ever!
This was the first movie I played for MY German wife that she actually laughed out loud at. that’s when I new she was a keeper……..
Smart guy! It doesn’t take long for us to start acting up!
And now, I’d like to extend a hale and hearty handshake to our new…
Damn-effed it up: “….a laurel and hearty handshake…”
Blazing Saddles. THE movie of all time. Don’t know how many times I’ve watched it. My bride has learned if she mentions an actor I’ll respond with “Was he in Blazing Saddles? No? Then I never heard of him.”
Back in high school, I dated a Bronx Puerto Rican girl who lived in San Diego by virtue of being a Navy brat. This chick saw invisible racism in everything, would race-card me anytime we had an argument, and was righteously offended when I suggested she watch “Blazing Saddles” (what can I say? Learning experience). It got to the point where she would declare herself “Latin,” and I’d counter with “Since when are you Italian?”–she HATED it when I was right!
About five years after we split up (because she literally put out for EVERYBODY except me), she called me up (because it hadn’t occurred to me to change my number) to tell me that she finally watched it. She said that not only was I right about it, but she found it to be a life-changing experience that triggered some kind of epiphany about her own hypocrisy. I just said, “Uhhh, okay, glad I could help. See ya.”
Mel Brooks is a genius. And a WWII vet.
Richard Pryor. Don’t forget he was a big part of that movie.
Richard Pryor was in the movie?
No he wasn’t.
Cleavon Little played the role of sheriff Bart.
However, John Hillerman had a nice little role in the movie.
Sorry, I forgot his role in writing the movie.
🙂
The beauty of Blazing Saddles and Mel Brooks’ genius was his ability to nail every ethnic and racial stereotype and make you laugh till it hurt. Imagine the outrage if he made that movie now! David Huddleston was one of those actors you recognize immediately but the name escapes you. He’ll be missed.
As the motto says;
Never give a saga an even break!
Blazing Saddles. Damn, that was one funnnnnny movie! It could never be made today, but it’s a classic. I doubt the BLM crowd could watch it for more than five minutes and the precious snowflakes in our colleges would just faint from apoplexy. I may have to watch it again this weekend just for sh*ts and giggles. I could use a good laugh.
Worst part is that they would scream bloody murder about how racist it is when it actually insults white people more than anyone else.
But hey, these people can find racism at a Black Panther rally.
Professional offense takers are going to find reason to take offense-nobody would pay them any mind except that their ravings are useful to the left and the media (but I repeat myself).
And the black sheriff is the only smart and capable person in the movie.
Love Blazing Saddles.
Preacher: “Ohhhhh Lord! Do we have the strength to carry on this mighty task in just ONE night…or are we just jerking off?”
Crowd: “Aaaaamen.”
RIP
One of my two mostest favoritist movies, the other being “Young Frankenstein”. Both Mel Brooks. Does this label me as some sort of twisted perv? I hope so.
Nope, ya sound don’t sound abby normal to me.
Sedagive??!!!!
“I..ain’t got no body”
“Elevate me!”
“Uh, right here, right now?”
Ya don’t see it?
Yes. Yes it does.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB!
“Nice knockers.” “Thank you.”
“Igor, help me with the bags.”
“Certainly. You take the blonde, I’ll take the one in the turban.”
By the orange roof on Howard Johnson’s outhouse-may he rest in peace!
After all these lines from the movie, i’m gonna have to watch it tonight in honor of Mr. Huddleston.
He had quite a resume as an actor. Plenty of steady work, and yet, no real ‘spotlight’ positions. Just steady reliable work.
We always comment on how there’s no way Blazing would be made today. Sad.
RIP Mr. Huddleston. The “Big Lebowski”
https://youtu.be/Xhp85-Ja3Ro
Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
“Mark it zero!!!!”
Probably one of the all-time great casting decisions to cast Cleavon Little instead of Richard Pryor (who actually wrote most of Blazing Saddles.) The difference between Mel Brooks’ writing and Pryor’s is obvious in the movie – you can tell who wrote each scene and where they collaborated.
Huddleston was a great character actor. He also did a memorable short called “Reveille” in 2004 which EVERYONE should watch.
And in closing,
“Let me just whip this out”
He was a classic everyman in many of his roles, and his most famous ones have been mentioned already, but I’ll add one more; a small, but repetitive, role in “Magnum, PI,” as Thomas Magnum’s stepfather. I’m a bit old school, but I’ll give Mr. Huddleston props for having Gwen Verdon, a long-time Broadway performer & beauty, as his TV wife.
I’m arriving late to this thread. All the quotes I would have used are taken. Watching this movie as a kid was a pivotal moment in my life. I couldn’t believe they were actually showing people fart in a movie.
I currently play in a trivia league and our team’s name is “Headley’s Henchmen”….That’s HeadLEY!!!
RIP Mayor
“He’s not bluffing!!”
RIP – thanks for the laughs
RIP
He was good in all those roles…but here is one that you all should really like.
https://youtu.be/YyZ9b4My6NU
Best 10 minutes I’ve spent in many a day. Rest in Peace, David.
I was rolling through the comments, smiling and chuckling, and then I watched Reveille. Enough said.
I think I got something in my eye.
Damn it’s dusty in here today. Thanks Atkron for posting this. I’d never seen it before.
For for all the a**holes out there who’ve burned a flag in protests, F*ck ya.
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were clicking through the channels, trying to find something worth watching. We happened upon a “Christmas in July” film-fest (don’t remember the cable channel, might have been Movies!). It was showing “Santa Claus: The Movie” from 1985; it starred Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, and in the role of Santa was…David Huddleston. My wife and I both recognized his voice, but it took me going to IMDB to pinpoint Mr. Huddleston as the “jolly old elf.” RIP, sir…
I went over to IMDB to see what else he has been in, and I see that he appeared in an unsold pilot titled Coconut Downs.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1153534/
Would watching that show trigger PTSD in a recently disbarred lawyer/kamikaze pilot?
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!