I never cared much for Blazing Saddles.
But Young Frankenstein may very well be the funniest movie ever made. Another Mel Brooks favorite of mine is High Anxiety. It has been highly underrated by the critics.
Yes WOTW scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. I liked the Speilberg remake, but the original is still the best. I have both on video, and I've seen the new one several times, but I watch the original at least once a year.
See if you can locate The Orb. I think that is the long lost Palantir.