Oh Mel Brooks, you always make me laugh! “Blazing Saddles” is so good, so silly but so good. Madeline Kahn is another fantastic comedian, not only that, but she was adorable. I finally saw a Marlyn Dietrich movie last year and realized that that is the person she is trying to be in “Blazing Saddles” and it’s GENIUS! I have tried to show a good friend of mine, Michael Palmer, “Blazing Saddles”, it was right up his ally, silly humor and racist jokes. He dared to tell me “When does this movie get funny?” we haven’t been the same since.
Lucy is writing a play for her Women’s group that’ll be entered in a playwriting contest. Lucy promises Ricky will be in the show as well. Lucy writes a show called “A tree grows in Havana”. Once Ricky realizes that she wrote this with him in mind he says he won’t do it. Lucy is forced to use Fred instead of Ricky, however Fred can’t do a Spanish accent. The play is then switched to England. Fred informs Ricky that a big Hollywood producer is going to be judging the show. Ricky decides it might be worth his while to do the show, so he surprises Lucy and does the show. The only problem is, he didn’t know they switched the script, he was doing the “Cuba” version and the girls were doing the “England” version. After a 15 min. intermission, they decide to get on the same script, however they don’t actually decide on what version, so the girls come out with the “Cuba” version and Ricky comes out as the “England” version. The play never gets it together.
Lucille was in her early teens when she did her first show in Jamestown, NY. She got rave reviews, however, around that same time, her brother got a bb gun and accidentally shot another little boy. Her family had to work two jobs just to pay off the little boys hospital bills. Poor Lucille, adding more to her fear of even if something good happens, something bad will happen soon.
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