American Film Institute

“moving Brooks’ 1974 western spoof Blazing Saddles from 6th place to 1st and proclaiming it “the funniest film of all time.””

“It replaces at the top, Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot”

“Brooks “has long kvetched that his film is far funnier than Some Like It Hot.””

“including their first which came out in 1998 for AFI’s “100 Years….100 Movies””

“as voted by a poll of 1,500 industry artists and leaders from a list of 400 movies nominated”

“and which was updated in 2007 by eliminating 23 titles and replacing them with others.”

“Some Like It Hot was high on both (currently No. 22 on the 2007 list)”