You've seen many lists of the funniest films, and the writers behind them know that a good way to keep people from arguing about #1 is to let Blazing Saddles top the list. The 1974 movie had a problem during the filming, though- the crew would break out in laughter, ruining take after take. The lighting guys and the production assistants may have read the script, but Brooks encouraged the actors to improvise when they could, so you never knew what would come out of their mouths when the time came.
The chaos on the set was a glimpse into how successful Blazing Saddles would be in theaters. If the crew broke up, that meant whatever they heard was really funny. But laughter slowed the process down, and Brooks was well aware that every extra minute cost money on an already-tight budget. So he came up with a workaround, an on-set rule that apparently worked well enough to get the shooting done each day. Read what Brooks did to keep the crew from cracking up at Cracked.
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