This Comedy Classic Is Leaving HBO Max Soon — and It's Still Controversial
This month marks 52 years since the Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles rode into theaters and tore Westerns a new one. Blazing Saddles is also one of the crown jewels in the film library of Warner Bros. Pictures that young movie lovers may have missed. Watch With Us has selected Blazing Saddles as the one great movie you need to watch before it leaves HBO Max in March 2026. Before we share the reasons to watch it, everyone should know that the film has very NSFW language that wouldn’t fly in 2026. But it remains a classic nevertheless, a movie that still has the power to make you laugh and shock you at the same time. New on HBO Max in February 2026 — The Full List of Movies and TV Shows Cleavon Little Is Terrific in the Lead Role The lore behind Blazing Saddles holds that cowriter Richard Pryor was rejected by the studio and prevented from playing the leading role of Bart. Whatever the reasons behind that decision, it gave Cleavon Little the role of his lifetime and hi...