MEL BROOKS
What’s the funniest movie of all time? It’s impossible to say, of course. But since 1974, many have argued for Mel Brooks’ spoof of Westerns, “Blazing Saddles.”
The movie — whose cast includes Cleavon Little (as an African-American sheriff in the Old West), Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, former football star Alex Karras and Brooks himself — will be shown on Oct. 15 at Prudential Hall of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, and Brooks himself will be on hand for a Q&A session.
Tickets for the event, titled “Mel Brooks … Back in the Saddle Again!,” are $49.50 to $99.50, and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., with a pre-sale Thursday at 10 a.m. Visit ticketmaster.com.
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