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- On June 28 2026 the American Film Institute named Blazing Saddles (1974) the #1 film on its AFI 100 Laughs list.
- AFI President Bob Gazzale said the ranking corrects a past wrong as Mel Brooks turns 100.
- Brooks, an AFI Life Achievement Award honoree, is the only director with three movies in the top 15, including Blazing Saddles (#1).
- Wikipedia updated the list that day, noting Brooks' favorite The Twelve Chairs (1970) did not make it.
