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Blazing Saddles poster

Date published/released: 

1974

Publication Information: 

Warner Bros.

In the 1974 film Blazing Saddles (dir. Mel Brooks), the song "I'm Tired," performed by Madeline Kahn, includes the lyrics "They start with Byron and Shelley / And jump on your belly / And bust your balloon."