Blazing Saddles(1974) VHS Hollywood Westerns were never the same after director/co-writer Mel Brooks put them through the comedy wringer with this tasteless, hilarious spoof. Can the frontier town of Rockridge cope with the arrival of Cleavon Little as its new--and black--sheriff? With Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp, and Alex Karras as the horse-punching Mongo. 93 min. Blazing Saddles (Collector's Edition) [DVD] DVD Blazing Saddles (Letterboxed Version) VHS Rustlers' Rhapsody(1985) VHS When a dressed-in-white singing cowboy tries to clean up the real Old West, the results are hilarious comedy and a riotous send-up of the '40s Saturday matinees. Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Fernando Rey and Andy Griffith star. 98 min. Carry On Cowboy(1965) VHS It's the Wild West, British-style, when the zany "Carry On" gang moves into Stodge City. Before long, bullets, puns and ribald jokes are flying. Comedy stars Jim Dale, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims. 91 min. Pardners(1956) VHS Lively Martin-Lewis outing with Jerry as a wealthy New York millionaire who teams with ranch foreman Dean to fight a group of ornery cowpokes starting trouble in a Western town. Lots of slapstick, shooting and songs. With Lori Nelson, Jeff Morrow, Agnes Moorehead and Milton Frome. 88 min. Lightning Jack(1994) VHS In this amiable western-comedy, Paul Hogan is a dim-witted sharpshooter who wants to be a famous outlaw. So he teams with mute sidekick Cuba Gooding, Jr. to pull off a series of hilarious heists in hopes of achieving fame. Beverly D'Angelo also stars. 96 min. Lightning Jack (Spanish Subtitled Version)(1994) VHS Lightning Jack [DVD](1994) DVD The Paleface(1948) VHS Bob Hope is a daffy dentist and a shaky gun; Jane Russell is the gorgeous gunslinger Calamity Jane, and together they tame the Wild West with laughter in one of Bob's best comedies. Features the Oscar-winning song "Buttons and Bows." 91 min. The Paleface [DVD](1948) DVD The Outlaws Is Coming(1965) VHS A wacky western spoof that was the final film for the Three Stooges as a team. Conservation-minded Larry, Moe and Curly Joe head to the frontier to save the buffalo and wind up helping a newspaper editor (Adam West) and the famed Annie Oakley (Nancy Kovack) battle a passel of the prairie's toughest gunslingers (played by such TV kids' show hosts as Officer Joe Bolton, Bill "Icky Twerp" Camfield and Philly's own Sally Starr). Look for Henry Gibson as an Indian. 88 min. The Outlaws Is Coming [DVD](1965) DVD Ride 'Em Cowboy(1942) VHS "City slickers" Abbott and Costello wind up working as comic cowhands on a frontier dude ranch in this song-filled gagfest. Highlights include guest star Ella Fitzgerald singing "A Tisket, A Tasket" and a skit with Lou facing constant interruptions while trying to sleep. With Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown. 86 min. The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap(1947) VHS Fun on the frontier with Abbott and Costello as salesmen who accidentally get involved in a gunfight, with Lou being charged with caring for the dead man's family. Since to kill Costello would mean taking on the unruly brood, he becomes the most feared man in town and the new sheriff! Marjorie Main matches the boys laugh for laugh in the title role. 78 min. The Shakiest Gun In The West(1968) VHS Don Knotts rattles, and you'll roll with laughter, as he portrays a cowardly dentist who goes west and gets mistaken for a famous gunslinger! Laughs by the wagonload in this remake of "The Paleface." Jackie Coogan, Barbara Rhoades co-star. 101 min. Support Your Local Sheriff!(1969) VHS Wanderer James Garner is coerced into serving as a gold rush town's new sheriff. With drunk-turned-deputy Jack Elam at his side, he's got to put outlaw Walter Brennan and his clan behind bars...as soon as the jail is built. Hilarious western spoof also stars Joan Hackett, Bruce Dern. 92 min. Support Your Local Gunfighter(1971) VHS Pseudo-sequel to "Support Your Local Sheriff!" finds James Garner as a con man mistaken for a gunslinger in a Western town and making the best out of the situation. Laughs and shoot-outs abound in this fun-filled comic western. With Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam and Harry Morgan. 93 min. Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)/Support Your Local Gunfighter [DVD](1971) DVD
The Villain [DVD](1979) DVD A wacky western spoof from Hal Needham ("Smokey and the Bandit") starring Kirk Douglas as a calamity-prone outlaw who is continually impeded in his pursuit of "innocent" damsel-in-distress Ann-Margret by white-clad hero Arnold Schwarzenegger. Paul Lynde, Ruth Buzzi, Foster Brooks also star. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai. theatrical trailers; interactive menus; scene access. The Over-The-Hill Gang(1969) VHS Comic western with Pat O'Brien as a Texas Ranger who enlists three of his old pals to help out the residents of a small town run by a corrupt mayor, an alcoholic drunk and a quick-shooting sheriff. Walter Brennan, Andy Devine, Edgar Buchanan, Ricky Nelson and Gypsy Rose Lee star. 74 min. The Over-The-Hill Gang [DVD](1969) DVD Three Amigos!(1986) VHS In the 1910s, the natives of an oppressed Mexican village send a plea for help to their favorite movie star gunslingers (Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short). The hapless actors believe they're making a publicity appearance...and get stuck having to face down very real banditos! 103 min. The Three Amigos [DVD](1986) DVD They Call Me Trinity(1971) VHS A droll and delightful Western spoof loosely based on "The Magnificent Seven." Terence Hill and Bud Spencer are ne'er-do-well half-brothers who must use their questionable gun-slinging skills to protect a settlement from an evil land baron. 110 min. They Call Me Trinity [DVD](1971) DVD Trinity Is Still My Name(1972) VHS Those raucous Trinity boys (Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) are back in another wacky send-up of "Spaghetti Westerns." They promised their pappy they'd become successful bandits, but have trouble managing. 117 min. Trinity Is Still My Name [DVD](1972) DVD It Can Be Done Amigo(1971) VHS Funny spoof of "spaghetti westerns" starring Jack Palance as a good-natured gunslinger out to get ladies man Bud Spencer, who seduced his sister. Francisco Rabal and Dany Saval also star in this amiable oater. AKA: "The Big and the Bad." Buddy Goes West(1981) VHS In this sagebrush farce, Bud Spencer is a sharp-shooting drifter who is mistaken for a doctor after his loyal Indian companion is discovered to have a bag of surgical tools--which he stole, of course. But the case of mistaken identity soon proves problematical when Spencer is called into action to defend the town from a gang of outlaws. With Amidou, Riccardo Pizzuti; music by Ennio Morricone. 90 min. Dubbed in English. Skin Game(1972) VHS James Garner and Louis Gossett are two con men traveling the early West with their special routine: Gossett is sold as a slave, then helped to escape by Garner. It's a sting that always works...almost. Ed Asner and Susan Clark also star. 102 min. Lucky Luke(1991) VHS The famous cowboy of comic book fame comes to the screen in these whimsical sagebrushers starring Terence Hill of "They Call Me Trinity" fame. Join the amiable lawman as he romances Lotta (Nancy Morgan) and battles outlaws in Daisy Town. Roger Miller supplies the music. Each tape runs 60 min.