 One day in the Warner Bros. commissary, Mel Brooks (I) (qv) and  the other writers were seated at a table opposite  John Wayne (I) (qv). The Duke turned and said he had heard about  their Western, the one where people say stuff like "blow it out your  ass". Mel handed The Duke a copy of the script and said, "Yes, and  wed like you to be in it." According to Brooks, the Duke turned  down the offer the next day by saying, "Naw, I cant do a movie like  that but Ill be first in line to see it!"