Dom DeLuise, R.I.P.
He died yesterday at the age of 75. We’ve all seen him in many things, but this is where I first encountered him on television:
His most famous role may be as the director in the pointless musical number near the end of Blazing Saddles (when the Western brawl interrupts the filming of a musical on the other soundstage).
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