BORN and raised in Dallas, Burton Gilliam couldn't sound more Texan if he tried. So he was ideal to play a cowboy in Mel Brooks' classic Western spoof, Blazing Saddles, whose 30th anniversary DVD hits ...
I was 15 and probably looked about 11 when "Blazing Saddles" was released in 1974, but my buddies and I had no trouble buying movie tickets. The kid at the counter was no cop, and the sweet lady ...