Join us in wishing a very happy 100th birthday to the legendary actor, filmmaker and comedian @MelBrooks! 🎂🎈🎉 With a career spanning over 7 decades, he has earned many accolades, including EGOT status. With his many iconic roles, Mel has cemented his place in our hearts. 💛 pic.twitter.com/CdHKxQhycY
— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) June 28, 2026
In honor of Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday, Blazing Saddles has been named funniest film of all time:
American Film Institute (AFI) “100 Years…100 Laughs” reordered their list, moving Brooks’ 1974 western spoof Blazing Saddles from 6th place to 1st and proclaiming it “the funniest film of all time”
It replaces Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot which had been #1
Brooks has long said that his film “is far funnier than Some Like It Hot”
Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks! 🎬 In honor of his centennial, AFI proclaims BLAZING SADDLES (1974) the funniest film of all time, in an honorary reorganization of the AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 LAUGHS list. #MelBrooks #BlazingSaddles pic.twitter.com/IBwciX5QuL
— AFI (@AmericanFilm) June 28, 2026
What do you think is the funniest movie of all time?
