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To quote Hedley Lamarr: You see, it can be done! - Guardian Unlimited
To quote Hedley Lamarr: You see, it can be done! - Guardian Unlimited One of the most annoying things about straightforward “objective” journalism is the insistence, which, Putin-like, rears its head with terrifying frequency, ...

The Mighty Quinn Media Machine: Hedley Lamarr Dies
But he will be fondly remembered for his tremendous role as the evil Hedley Lamarr in the classic Mel Brooks comedy, "Blazing Saddles." It is one of the best comedy films of all time (in my humble opinion). Whenever anyone called him ...

quantity and quality
Hedley Lamarr: [shoots gum chewer] Jim: [hidden behind a rock] Boy, is he strict! Young Frankenstein I saw this with my family when it came out and the punchline probably escaped me then, but it is still one of my favorite films (and ...

Hail to the Mayor
The great mayor (insert sarcasm) of Jackson, MS is Frank Melton. In 2006, Mayor Melton went into a poor neighborhood with police officers and his posse of troubled youths. He instructed everyone to take sledgehammers to an old house ...

Gitmo Update
After the Bush administration appealed an earlier court ruling to release 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay, a judge upheld the earlier ruling and ordered the 17 men to appear before him in 3 days to be released into the US ...

Back to where we were
Reading the obituaries of the great Harvey Korman and his Blazing Saddles glory as Hedley Lamarr, I keep thinking of Gordon Brown, another politician on the make who spent his time scheming to get rid of his dim-witted boss. Like...

sweet 16 - new york region - #5 vs. #8
new york region. #5 12 monkeys vs. #8 blazing saddles. criteria. number of times seen; music; timelessness; (12 monkeys) actors/actresses; (blazing saddles) plot. number of times seen i've seen 12 monkeys perhaps 5 times. ...

back again...for now
okay, haven't written anything in awhile. my neighbor in the apartment above us moved out and moved his internet out as well. now, i'm not saying that we were stealing his internet, but coincidentally, my internet did stop working the ...

EDSBS » Archive » HEDLEY LAMARR, R.I.P.
Harvey Korman was the voice of the Great Gazoo on the Flintstones and a superb straight man on The Caroll Burnett Show, but to us he'll forever be Hedley Lamarr from Blazing Saddles. Deep down, Hedley represents the id in us all: a ...

Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
Sheriff Bart teams up with deputy Jim (Gene Wilder) to foil the railroad-building scheme of the nefarious Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman). The simple plot is just an excuse for a steady stream of gags, many of them unabashedly tasteless, ...