ARE YOU WEARING A HALLOWEEN WAISTCOAT?

 

Are you wearing a Halloween waistcoat?

Oh I like the way the buttons glow

And the whole thing luminesces

It really is very Edgar Allan Poe

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

 

“Blazing Saddles” is a comedy western, written by Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger, from the Story by Andrew Bergman and Directed by Mel Brooks.

It’s the story of a town where everyone seems to be named Johnson, but apart from that it’s in the way of the railroad and in order to grab their land, a politically connected nasty individual, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), sends in his henchmen, lead by Taggart (Slim Pickens) to make the town unliveable.

The town demands a replacement, from the Governor, Lepetomane (Mel Brooks), after their Sheriff is killed, and Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black Sheriff in the west.

Sherriff Bart (Cleavon Little) is a sophisticated urbanite has some difficulty winning over the townspeople but when he does he soon becomes Lemar’s most formidable adversary aided by Jim the gunslinger (Gene Wilder), despite Lemar using Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) and Mongo (Alex Karras).

EVERYONE WANTS CANDY ON HALLOWEEN

 

Everyone wants Candy on Halloween

As they march on their trick or treat patrol

But the only Candy that interests me

Will be swinging on a silver pole

THE WITCHING HOUR

 

On All Hallows Eve take special care

You may not see them but they are there

And as they mix up their witches brew

They’ll have their witchy eyes on you

AT THE WITCHING HOUR

 

At the Witching hour

The Zombies walk

The Banshees scream

And the Ravens squawk

The Witches’ fly

The familiar’s talk

The Vampires bite

And the Demons stalk

IT WAS HALLOWEEN AND

It was Halloween and

We were on our way to a party

They were both dressed as vampires

And I was Professor Moriarty

 

We stopped at the supermarket

But didn’t have any cash

So we thought we’d steal some booze

Then make a dash

 

The bottles we wanted

Were on the very top of the racks

Which we couldn’t reach

So I had to stand on their backs

 

Once I had the bottles

Dracula hid them under his cape

And without drawing attention

We casually made our escape

 

But we were caught on CCTV

A very clear image by all accounts

I was charged with shoplifting

On two counts

IN THE BLACKNESS OF THE NIGHT

 

In the blackness of the night

Performing their satanic rite

Satan’s followers incite

To every Demons delight