Blazing Saddles

[ZenGum]

"We'll give land to the Chinks and the Niggers .... but we don't want the IRISH!"

With parental guidance, it is a fine film.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

"We'll give land to the Chinks and the Niggers .... but we don't want the IRISH!"

I had to ask my Mum why that was funny.
She said, "Oh the Americans always have to hate someone."
A very unsatisfactory response. I decided it must be a reference to terrorism. Took me a while to really understand it.

Then again, around the same time I asked them what a heterosexual was and they explained it was a man who fancied other men. I don't think they had ever heard the term in their lives. And deep in heteroland, why should they?