‘Blazing Saddles’: What the Producers Didn’t Want You to Know

A Gross of Raisinets

Products are placed in films for a reason as it can really impact a company’s sales. This is what happened after Harvey Korman stopped to buy a snack at the movie theater by the end of the film. During all the chaos, he stopped to buy a box of Raisinets.

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Mel Brooks stated later that this led to a real increase in sales of the product. In 1975, he told ‘Playboy magazine,’ “We mentioned Raisinets in ‘Blazing Saddles,’ and now the company sends me a gross of them every month. A gross of Raisinets!”

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