55 minutes of audio essay.
This is not an commentary and it isn't scene specific.
It is how ever very informative.

True, it's only an hour long, but it IS informative and Mel is ingratiating, kind, and funny. I'd rather have a solid quailty hour than one with loooooong pauses I try to skip through.

Brooks seems extremely depressed and low-energy in this unlistenable commentary, as if someone were putting a gun to his head.

Being the kind of person who likes to listen to audio commentaries without watching the movie, this hour with Brooks is an enjoyable exploration of his breakout hit. Having the freedom to talk non-stop about 'anything' without being nailed to specific events happening onscreen, the amiable Brooks gives a lively, informative breakdown of how the movie came to be and was written, cast, and filmed (it was originally going to be called TEX X and star Richard Pryor and real-life alcoholic Gig Young!), its reception by the studio, critics, and the public. Chock full of all kinds of incidental details, this is the just the kind of thing you might get out of an hour of lunch with Brooks after asking him "Tell me about BLAZING SADDLES, Mel".