He Was Supposed to Take it All Out
The chief executive of Warner Brothers, Ted Ashley, was not happy after Brooks screened the film. Ashley confronted Brooks and firmly stated, “You have to do the following: take out (the N-word), take out the bean scene, punching a horse, the Lili von Shtupp and the black sheriff ‘you’re sucking my arm,’ or something. You’ve got to take it all out.” Brooks replied with, “ Great! They’re all out ,” but instead of doing as he was told, what he did was throw out all the notes, and he walked away.
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Do you remember the scene where the ruthless Mongo parked his horse in a no parking zone? He was confronted by another horse rider, and Mongo calmly walked over and thumped the horse and knocked them both to the ground. As it turns out, Brooks didn’t just make this up for the movie, but rather he was inspired by a real-life occurrence that he once heard from his former boss, Sid Caesar. He loved the story and used it in the film.
The scene caused real havoc among viewers…