Fun Fact: Mel Brooks wrote and composed most of the music in each one of his films. He was a very skilled musician as well as a comedian. He once said that music was his first love, and film music in particular. He also that that if he hadn't made it as a filmmaker, he would have loved to have been a composer.
Fun fact about the Moses segment. The costume that Mel Brooks wore that segment is the exact same one that Charlton Heston wore for “The Ten Commandments”.
The thing about Mel Brooks" films is, that when he makes a genre film, like Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety or Young Frankenstein, they are full of love for the genre he is lampooning. You really need to react to Young Frankenstein, which is probably my favourite Mel Brooks film. Also worth watching is his first film The Producers and The Twelve Chairs.
Great Mel Brooks movie "To Be Or not To Be" 1984 starring opposite his lovely real life wife, Anne Bancroft. Great fun with all his favorite acting pals.
The melody for the "Jews in Space" song would later be re-used for the sort-of title song from "Robin Hood: Men in Tights". Also, I read online that the title (including the "Part One") comes from a book written by Sir Walter Raleigh. He had intended to write a Part II (and possibly even more parts), but he came down with a bad case of decapitation.
Production on "History of the World, Part II" began in spring 2022 with Brooks on board as a writer alongside Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, and Kevin Salter. It will be available on HULU.
Can't stand the idea of Wanda Sykes being involved in this. This screams it will the overbearing stench of wokism all over it. Should have Dave Chappelle writing instead.
Mel maybe 96 years old but he's probably funnier than most of the other writers who have sticks up there you know what so I'm waiting for it to be produce
@@coachmikesfilmroom3111 Bea Arthur was another long lasting actress with a lot of great sitcoms when i was growing up but was surpised to see her in the Sid and Marty Croft shows.
I dunno, I hear it was going to be a show, not another movie, I’m skeptical with all of the “woke” stuff. Lord knows he will not be able to get away with any of the jokes or bits he used to.
I love the fact that the guy playing Christ was played by John Hurt. I'm not sure if it was before or after he was in Alien as Cain. This movie had all kinds of classic comedy actors of the old school of comedy, from what was called the Borsch Belt. Like Sid Caesar, Bea Arthur, Henny Youngman and yes that was Hugh Hefner. The Borsch belt were all the Russian Jewish of Vaudevillian fame and the old TV shows of the fifty's.
Everyone of the actors were A Listers. They were very popular back before the movie was made. Dom DeLouise played in nearly all of The Smokey and the Bandit movies as well as Cannon Ball Run with Bert Reynolds. The majority were on the Caroll Burnette Show etc. Only if they can practice that kind of powerhouse in todays movies maybe Hellywood will try to reclaim its title.
@@danielmarshall7095 I agree, Hollyweird is a pale shadow to its former self. People from around the world looked up to it and all flocked there to get their start.
@@alexflores7652 I lived in that town for eight years and it took just 3 of the last years to make me truly sick of it. I remember as a kid being born in the early 70's that many of the movies and shows were even to this day were really fun to watch and many sitcoms would even last for quite a few years. When they started to try and remake shows like magnum pi macguyver not to long ago they weren't intresting to watch at all. Then they messed the capt. marvel up from its original format it was horrible. If you watch the show from the 70's the character was a teenage kid in the middle of the desert living in a trailer. Now in the show in order to change into capt. marvel he had to say shaazam to become the character. Now capt. marvel and shaazam are two separate super heros. Back to the subject i watched all the movies made by mel and his counterparts and all the movies are great still watch them to this day.
@@danielmarshall7095 Yeah they can't leave well enough alone with anything. There are many great shows and movies from the past. Then they have to put their frelling dirty little dick skinners and mess them up.
@@alexflores7652 It's just one of the 100 reasons i left West Hollywood. They managed to destroy not only the industry but the city as well. I mostly now just watch older movies now. The start of this places decline i have seen as far back as 2013 i pretty much quit watching everything new along with music.
Richard Pryor was a co-writer on Blazing Saddles (most of the Black humor came from him. Hey, where the white women at? has his fingerprints all over it.) He was supposed to be in this movie but his free basing accident where he sustained serious burns caused them to rewrite and use Gregory Hines instead. Loved Gregory Hines in this!
Really glad you guys are checking this one out...I cannot wait to see your reaction to Madeline Kahn and "quicktime march"!!! 😂😂😂😂 And reposting from your short video...the Ten Commandments scene always reminds me of an old joke my Dad taught me... "Moses comes down from the mountain and says to the Children of Israel 'I have good news and bad news...the good news is that I talked him from 100 commandments down to only ten...the bad news is...the one about adultery is still one of them." 😁😁😁
Robin Hood:Men in Tights, Spaceballs, the Producers, Young Frankenstein... They are all fantastic Mel Brooks movies. I'd also like to recommend Brewster's Millions it starts Richard Pryor and John Candy.
You would enjoy Spaceballs and Robin Hood Men in Tights. And Mel made three horror comedies Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, and Dracula Dead and Loving it
trivia According to Mel Brooks, the Moses scene was a last minute addition. "Sometimes, you will get very lucky, and the set will give you ideas for jokes", Brooks said in a 2012 interview with the Directors Guild of America. One day, he was gazing out at the scenery that had been built for the caveman segments, when the gears in his head started turning. "I immediately thought, 'Well, where do I go from here?'" Brooks recalled. Heading into the shoot, his plan was to "skip the Bible and go to Rome." But eventually, he realized that the Stone Age set might enable him to explore another chapter in world history. With a few minor alterations, Brooks converted his fake caves into a mountaintop, and the Moses bit was born. 78 of 78 found this interesting | Share this The vestal virgins (who took the oath of chastity) in Caeser's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Hugh Hefner (Playboy's patron) appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold". 103 of 104 found this interesting | Share this Beforehand, it was agreed that Orson Welles would receive $5,000 per day in exchange for his services. Figuring that he'd have to spend five eight-hour days recording and re-recording these lines with Welles, Mel Brooks paid him $25,000 up front. But by noon on the first day, Welles had recorded his lines to perfection. "Oh, my god, I could've paid you $5,000", Brooks lamented. After kicking himself for a few minutes, the funnyman asked Welles how he planned to spend the bounty. "Cuban cigars and Sevruga caviar", Welles replied. 95 of 96 found this interesting | Share this In The Old Testament segment, the writing on the tablets are the correct two word Hebrew version of the commandments: Don't kill, Don't steal, Don't lie, et cetera. The five more Don'ts on the third tablet that Moses accidentally drops, are: Don't impregnate, Don't laugh, Don't buy, and the last one: Don't break. The letters of the fourth commandment on that tablet make the sounds of TLRT, but that's not a word in Hebrew (could be a production mistake). 81 of 82 found this interesting | Share this This movie is responsible for popularizing the catchphrase, "It's good to be the King". The expression is said by Mel Brooks during "The French Revolution" segment. Mel repeated this line in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). 100 of 102 found this interesting | Share this DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Mel Brooks): (sequel): At the end of the movie, a trailer is shown for "History of the World: Part II". A sequel was never intended; the "Part I" in this movie's title is a joke. 111 of 114 found this interesting | Share this During the "Jews in Space" sequence, the camera moves through the center of the Star of David-shaped spaceships and some Hebrew letters are visible on the interior wall, just under the guns. The word these letters spell is "Kosher". 46 of 46 found this interesting | Share this The music used in the "Jews in Space" segment was recycled into the "Men in Tights" number from Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). 66 of 67 found this interesting | Share this On June 7, 1981, just four days before the movie opened in theaters, Mel Brooks was interviewed by The New York Times and mentioned the possibility of a sequel. "Will there be a History of the World: Part II?" he asked, rhetorically. "No. Maybe a part four, never a part two." 60 of 61 found this interesting | Share this Mel Brooks had doubts about the Inquisition number. "I don't know how audiences are going to react to the Spanish Inquisition sequence", Brooks told Mademoiselle. As he put it, trying to get a laugh out of any scene that involved "Jews on racks" could be "very dangerous". Brooks admitted, "I got a lot of write-ins from rabbis." 40 of 40 found this interesting | Share this Richard Pryor was originally cast in two Mel Brooks movies but had to be replaced. With Blazing Saddles (1974), Brooks was unable to secure financing for the film due to Pryor's controversial reputation, leading to him being replaced by Cleavon Little. Pryor was also originally cast in this movie, but his infamous drug-related accident - catching fire, getting severely burned - occurring just before filming began, led to Gregory Hines making his film debut as Pryor's replacement. 93 of 96 found this interesting | Share this At the beginning of the French Revolution segment, the street sign reads "Rue De Merde", which is French for "Shit Street". 71 of 73 found this interesting | Share this Mel Brooks claimed that the budget, an estimated $11 million, exceeded that of his previous three movies combined. Particularly expensive was the Inquisition scene, in which the set cost $1 million. By comparison, the entire budget of The Producers (1967) was $941,000. 35 of 35 found this interesting | Share this When the Court Spokesman is whispering "Remember thou art mortal", that actually happened. When a Roman General entered Rome after a successful campaign, he had a servant riding in his carriage with him, whispering that in his ear. 64 of 67 found this interesting | Share this Sir John Hurt did this movie because he had just gotten through doing two dramatic movies, and said that he wanted to have some fun and do a comedy. Hurt starred in the title role in the Mel Brooks produced The Elephant Man (1980). That movie later became the subject of a comedy itself, with "The Elephant Man" musical segments in The Tall Guy (1989). This wasn't the last time Hurt and Brooks worked together, as Hurt would later cameo in Spaceballs (1987), spoofing his character from Alien (1979). if you want more information here is a link www.imdb.com/title/tt0082517/trivia/
This movie has a lot of references that not everyone will get. Several works of literature were referenced such as Tale of Two Cities and Oedepus (my favorite joke) as well as movies like 2001: a space odyssey. It also helps if you know a little about the periods referenced. But even with out those I think it is an outstanding work and amoung Mel Brooks best. I think I'd rank it 2nd behind blazing saddles.
@@chetstevens4583 True, but that does not change how quotable the line is...it only muddies the waters where it comes from. But in any event, both lines are 100 percent quotable, so maximum quotability has been reached in either case. LOL
Guys…Don’t Shut Me Down! A really great comedy, great star-stunning cast and some of the best one-liners is Steel Magnolias. It’s as close as you get to real southern life.
Dom DeLuise aka Caesar, I have met him when my friends and I were watching movie was being filmed in my town in 1979. He was walking out from local hardware store. My friends and I talked to Dom for few minutes. Dom was very cool dude.
His son's name always gets mentioned in every Mel Brooks movie or show. (Mel Brooks was involved in Get Smart, which is why the main character is named Maxwell Smart [Agent 86].)
So sad that comedies of that nature can't be made today, since most people are so easily offended even by the slightest of gags. Mel Brooks is such an icon!
@@jasonskeans3327 Because he has balls of steel and comedy! Though in those days there was no Internet to be cancelled, so whats the worst that could happen? 1 flopped movie? Didn't stop Mel ^^
If you watch the behind the scenes of Blazing Saddles he thought the film would ruin him and his reputation at the time and get him blacklisted in Hollywood. People back then were offended too but he pressed on anyway with the support of his writing partner Richard Pryor and Wilder. In response to the 'it couldnt be made today' people Brooks has said it couldnt be made back then either! Ive always liked the double meaning of this quote and what it means for creatives who feel stifled by societal norms.
Thumb Up #977! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊 Notes: At the time, the special effects for "Jews In Space" made that the more expensive segment. Mel didn't want people to laugh because of badly done visuals! That would detract from the intended humor! 🖖
History of the World is hands down my favorite movie of all time. You absolutely have to watch it multiple times and watch what's going on in the background. I could damn near quote that movie from opening credits til the copyright date rolls at the end.
Hahaha! You know how I first saw blazing saddles? I was on a church outing with a church elder in Youngstown, and his kids tricked him into renting it. He took it okay, but he's still a bit salty about it, last I heard.
If you want to see something really interesting, watch The Muppet Movie from 1979 and compare the style and humor to Mel Brooks' movies, just also taking into account that it was made to be a "G" rated movie. It's like...this movie is not a Mel Brooks movie...but someone forgot to tell the movie that.
Another great movie in this vein and timeframe is "Wholly Moses" with Dudley Moore. The Ten Commandments spoof with some dirty comedy mixed in of course.
Omg THANK YOU for this movie reaction. This to me is one of Mel Brooks most underrated movies! I absolutely loved this movie as a kid 🤣😂 Yrs an 11 year old kid 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ Love watching GenX w GenZ ( I have 2GenZ girls same age) .. and I’ve got the same sense of humor .. must be a NJ NY thing lol 🙌🙌🙌❤️
Have yet to see anyone react to my favorite Mel Brooks flick, “the Twelve Chairs”! Not his usual absolute zaniness, but definitely worth a watch! (The music used during the viking funeral scene here, is from the Twelve Chairs”.) Hope you guys find, watch, react & enjoy!
When Monty Python's Life of Brian came out my dad was a brother in a Christian church and he decided to check it out. He walked out of the movie then, but loves it now.
I'm really looking forward to you guys watching more Mel Brooks movies. There's Spaceballs, of course, but there's also Robin Hood : Men in tights, Dracula : dead and loving it, Life Stinks, and then there are 2 versions of "The Producers", the original one from 1968, and the more recent version from 2005, starring Will Ferrel, Nathan Lane, and Mathew Broderick, among others.
this isn't one of mel brooks' better films. the opening sequence was a parody of the film "2001." the cave man sequences starred Sid Caesar. he had one of the biggest 50s comedy shows called "your show of shows" which gave brooks, carl reiner and woody allen their starts as comedy writers and performers.
"High Anxiety" is really good. It's a spoof on Alfred Hitchcock movies. Brooks showed the script to Hitchcock, who loved it. I still say you ought to compare Brooks with Woody Allen films. "Take The Money And Run", "Sleepers", "Bananas", "Love and Death" are good places to start. Then there's Oscar winner "Annie Hall".
@@Joe-hh8gd So you're saying that they shouldn't watch it? Do you think Woody Allen escaping from prison with a gun made out of a bar of soap is "dated"? Howard Cosell doing play by play during the honeymoon scene in "Bananas" is "dated"? How about we let them watch and figure that out for themselves?
@@firebird7479 Never said they shouldnt. And you made my point as I doubt they all have any idea of who Howard Cosell is. Personally, I'd also suggest Love and Death. As a period piece, it holds up as one of his funniest.
Not sure if you've seen "2001: A Space Odyssey" but the very first scene with "our Fore Fathers" was a parody of the opening section of that movie. So correct about Brooks having a group of actors he likes to work with: among them was our inventive cave man, played to perfection by the great comedian, Sid Caesar. Brooks was on the writing staff of "Your Show of Shows", one of the very early tv variety shows, hosted by Caesar. Here he is showing us his "patter" talent: th-cam.com/video/tEuOqnGsMHI/w-d-xo.html. Also here were Harvey Korman, from "Blazing Saddles", Kahn, of course!; Cloris Leachman from "Young Frankenstein", and with Korman from "High Anxiety". And several others.
I've been watching part 2 on hulu. And It is still Mel. It is hilarious! It is admittedly not as funny as the original. But I was still laughing my ass off. Jack Black as Joseph Stalin, and Seth Rogen as Noah were a couple favorites.
While I recommend all Mel Brooks movies I especially recommend Young Frankenstein, my personal favorite, and To Be Or Not To Be as is not well known and deserves to be.
Watched it in the theater, they had a sign, "If you are easily offended do not watch" Hulu made a part 2, sadly it is a very bad sequel. I tried to watch it, lasted 10 minutes before turning it off.
I found it amazing they laughed at the setup of the "first homo sapien marriage." That was so old hat back then, it wasn't the punchline. Even the Flintstones joked about cavemen mating rituals the same way.
The tune of “Jews in Space” was later used in “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”!
"Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise!"
My favorite line😅
Yo I still use that with my kid especially when making bernaise sauce 😂
Fun Fact: Mel Brooks wrote and composed most of the music in each one of his films. He was a very skilled musician as well as a comedian. He once said that music was his first love, and film music in particular. He also that that if he hadn't made it as a filmmaker, he would have loved to have been a composer.
Fun fact about the Moses segment. The costume that Mel Brooks wore that segment is the exact same one that Charlton Heston wore for “The Ten Commandments”.
Fun Facts: Mel Brooks went to school at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) & fought in The Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
You laughed right over the "Oy" in the 15/10 Commandments scene!
Couldn't help it
“It’s good to be the king!”
Easily my favorite on Brooks' films. This movie is a masterclass in comedy writing!
The thing about Mel Brooks" films is, that when he makes a genre film, like Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety or Young Frankenstein, they are full of love for the genre he is lampooning. You really need to react to Young Frankenstein, which is probably my favourite Mel Brooks film. Also worth watching is his first film The Producers and The Twelve Chairs.
The Twelve Chairs is not a good movie... it's a very poor adaptations, but the producers is a must OFC. Got him an Oscar for best script IIRC.
I forgot Sid Caesar was in this. He was the main caveman. He always is funny in his movies.
Great Mel Brooks movie "To Be Or not To Be" 1984 starring opposite his lovely real life wife, Anne Bancroft. Great fun with all his favorite acting pals.
I'm sitting here focused solely on the dude on the left. That guy is like a statue this whole video
You skipped my fav line: "The peasants are revolting!" "Yes they do, they stink on ice"
The melody for the "Jews in Space" song would later be re-used for the sort-of title song from "Robin Hood: Men in Tights".
Also, I read online that the title (including the "Part One") comes from a book written by Sir Walter Raleigh. He had intended to write a Part II (and possibly even more parts), but he came down with a bad case of decapitation.
11:59 Mark! The robes indicate that the Charlton Heston "Moses" is specifically being lampooned! 😅
Mel had no regard for reality, Moses, Jesus and DaVinci all in the same scene. LOL
High Anxiety is the Mel Brooks tribute to Hitchcock movies, and is my favorite Mel Brooks film!
19:24 Mark! At that time on "The Muppet Show" they had a "Star Trek" spoof featuring Miss Piggy called "Pigs In Space"! 🐖🐽
Mel brooks actually is currently filming history of the world part 2
We can't wait to see it. Since its on Hulu it might not be that censored or overly controlled. Hope Mel lets loose
Production on "History of the World, Part II" began in spring 2022 with Brooks on board as a writer alongside Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, and Kevin Salter. It will be available on HULU.
Can't stand the idea of Wanda Sykes being involved in this. This screams it will the overbearing stench of wokism all over it. Should have Dave Chappelle writing instead.
I'm so happy Mel is making History Of The World Part 2 for Hulu!
Just sad we won't see Bea Arthur, Madeline Khan and other legends in it
Mel is 96 years old! He is writing for the Part 2
Mel maybe 96 years old but he's probably funnier than most of the other writers who have sticks up there you know what so I'm waiting for it to be produce
@@coachmikesfilmroom3111 Bea Arthur was another long lasting actress with a lot of great sitcoms when i was growing up but was surpised to see her in the Sid and Marty Croft shows.
I dunno, I hear it was going to be a show, not another movie, I’m skeptical with all of the “woke” stuff. Lord knows he will not be able to get away with any of the jokes or bits he used to.
Finally! A channel with the Wisdom to watch one of Mel Brooks best!
I love the fact that the guy playing Christ was played by John Hurt. I'm not sure if it was before or after he was in Alien as Cain. This movie had all kinds of classic comedy actors of the old school of comedy, from what was called the Borsch Belt. Like Sid Caesar, Bea Arthur, Henny Youngman and yes that was Hugh Hefner. The Borsch belt were all the Russian Jewish of Vaudevillian fame and the old TV shows of the fifty's.
Everyone of the actors were A Listers. They were very popular back before the movie was made. Dom DeLouise played in nearly all of The Smokey and the Bandit movies as well as Cannon Ball Run with Bert Reynolds. The majority were on the Caroll Burnette Show etc. Only if they can practice that kind of powerhouse in todays movies maybe Hellywood will try to reclaim its title.
@@danielmarshall7095 I agree, Hollyweird is a pale shadow to its former self. People from around the world looked up to it and all flocked there to get their start.
@@alexflores7652 I lived in that town for eight years and it took just 3 of the last years to make me truly sick of it. I remember as a kid being born in the early 70's that many of the movies and shows were even to this day were really fun to watch and many sitcoms would even last for quite a few years. When they started to try and remake shows like magnum pi macguyver not to long ago they weren't intresting to watch at all. Then they messed the capt. marvel up from its original format it was horrible. If you watch the show from the 70's the character was a teenage kid in the middle of the desert living in a trailer. Now in the show in order to change into capt. marvel he had to say shaazam to become the character. Now capt. marvel and shaazam are two separate super heros. Back to the subject i watched all the movies made by mel and his counterparts and all the movies are great still watch them to this day.
@@danielmarshall7095 Yeah they can't leave well enough alone with anything. There are many great shows and movies from the past. Then they have to put their frelling dirty little dick skinners and mess them up.
@@alexflores7652 It's just one of the 100 reasons i left West Hollywood. They managed to destroy not only the industry but the city as well. I mostly now just watch older movies now. The start of this places decline i have seen as far back as 2013 i pretty much quit watching everything new along with music.
9:28 Mark! That's "Ernest T. Bass"! 😂
Dom deluise was also in this movie and he played the producer on the gay movie set in blazing saddles
The Oedipus joke cracks me up every time far more than it should.
"12 Chairs" is another underrated comedy by Mel Brooks worth reacting to!
Richard Pryor was a co-writer on Blazing Saddles (most of the Black humor came from him. Hey, where the white women at? has his fingerprints all over it.) He was supposed to be in this movie but his free basing accident where he sustained serious burns caused them to rewrite and use Gregory Hines instead. Loved Gregory Hines in this!
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People are so unaware of this fucking Gem of a movie.
Really glad you guys are checking this one out...I cannot wait to see your reaction to Madeline Kahn and "quicktime march"!!! 😂😂😂😂
And reposting from your short video...the Ten Commandments scene always reminds me of an old joke my Dad taught me...
"Moses comes down from the mountain and says to the Children of Israel 'I have good news and bad news...the good news is that I talked him from 100 commandments down to only ten...the bad news is...the one about adultery is still one of them." 😁😁😁
Fun fact: the Moses robe that Mel Brooks wore was the same robe that Charlton Heston wore in The Ten Commandments.
One of my all time favorite movies! Along with Blues Brothers... 😊
Robin Hood:Men in Tights, Spaceballs, the Producers, Young Frankenstein... They are all fantastic Mel Brooks movies. I'd also like to recommend Brewster's Millions it starts Richard Pryor and John Candy.
Another Severely Underrated Mel Brooks Comedy: LIFE STINKS
For Richard Pryor: THE TOY, With Richard Pryor And Jackie Gleason!!
You would enjoy Spaceballs and Robin Hood Men in Tights. And Mel made three horror comedies Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, and Dracula Dead and Loving it
High Anxiety missed for me and Dracula Dead and Loving it is very much a cheap 90's comedy.
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According to Mel Brooks, the Moses scene was a last minute addition. "Sometimes, you will get very lucky, and the set will give you ideas for jokes", Brooks said in a 2012 interview with the Directors Guild of America. One day, he was gazing out at the scenery that had been built for the caveman segments, when the gears in his head started turning. "I immediately thought, 'Well, where do I go from here?'" Brooks recalled. Heading into the shoot, his plan was to "skip the Bible and go to Rome." But eventually, he realized that the Stone Age set might enable him to explore another chapter in world history. With a few minor alterations, Brooks converted his fake caves into a mountaintop, and the Moses bit was born.
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The vestal virgins (who took the oath of chastity) in Caeser's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Hugh Hefner (Playboy's patron) appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold".
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Beforehand, it was agreed that Orson Welles would receive $5,000 per day in exchange for his services. Figuring that he'd have to spend five eight-hour days recording and re-recording these lines with Welles, Mel Brooks paid him $25,000 up front. But by noon on the first day, Welles had recorded his lines to perfection. "Oh, my god, I could've paid you $5,000", Brooks lamented. After kicking himself for a few minutes, the funnyman asked Welles how he planned to spend the bounty. "Cuban cigars and Sevruga caviar", Welles replied.
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In The Old Testament segment, the writing on the tablets are the correct two word Hebrew version of the commandments: Don't kill, Don't steal, Don't lie, et cetera. The five more Don'ts on the third tablet that Moses accidentally drops, are: Don't impregnate, Don't laugh, Don't buy, and the last one: Don't break. The letters of the fourth commandment on that tablet make the sounds of TLRT, but that's not a word in Hebrew (could be a production mistake).
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This movie is responsible for popularizing the catchphrase, "It's good to be the King". The expression is said by Mel Brooks during "The French Revolution" segment. Mel repeated this line in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).
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DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Mel Brooks): (sequel): At the end of the movie, a trailer is shown for "History of the World: Part II". A sequel was never intended; the "Part I" in this movie's title is a joke.
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During the "Jews in Space" sequence, the camera moves through the center of the Star of David-shaped spaceships and some Hebrew letters are visible on the interior wall, just under the guns. The word these letters spell is "Kosher".
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The music used in the "Jews in Space" segment was recycled into the "Men in Tights" number from Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).
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On June 7, 1981, just four days before the movie opened in theaters, Mel Brooks was interviewed by The New York Times and mentioned the possibility of a sequel. "Will there be a History of the World: Part II?" he asked, rhetorically. "No. Maybe a part four, never a part two."
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Mel Brooks had doubts about the Inquisition number. "I don't know how audiences are going to react to the Spanish Inquisition sequence", Brooks told Mademoiselle. As he put it, trying to get a laugh out of any scene that involved "Jews on racks" could be "very dangerous". Brooks admitted, "I got a lot of write-ins from rabbis."
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Richard Pryor was originally cast in two Mel Brooks movies but had to be replaced. With Blazing Saddles (1974), Brooks was unable to secure financing for the film due to Pryor's controversial reputation, leading to him being replaced by Cleavon Little. Pryor was also originally cast in this movie, but his infamous drug-related accident - catching fire, getting severely burned - occurring just before filming began, led to Gregory Hines making his film debut as Pryor's replacement.
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At the beginning of the French Revolution segment, the street sign reads "Rue De Merde", which is French for "Shit Street".
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Mel Brooks claimed that the budget, an estimated $11 million, exceeded that of his previous three movies combined. Particularly expensive was the Inquisition scene, in which the set cost $1 million. By comparison, the entire budget of The Producers (1967) was $941,000.
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When the Court Spokesman is whispering "Remember thou art mortal", that actually happened. When a Roman General entered Rome after a successful campaign, he had a servant riding in his carriage with him, whispering that in his ear.
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Sir John Hurt did this movie because he had just gotten through doing two dramatic movies, and said that he wanted to have some fun and do a comedy. Hurt starred in the title role in the Mel Brooks produced The Elephant Man (1980). That movie later became the subject of a comedy itself, with "The Elephant Man" musical segments in The Tall Guy (1989). This wasn't the last time Hurt and Brooks worked together, as Hurt would later cameo in Spaceballs (1987), spoofing his character from Alien (1979).
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This movie has a lot of references that not everyone will get. Several works of literature were referenced such as Tale of Two Cities and Oedepus (my favorite joke) as well as movies like 2001: a space odyssey. It also helps if you know a little about the periods referenced. But even with out those I think it is an outstanding work and amoung Mel Brooks best. I think I'd rank it 2nd behind blazing saddles.
Knight jumps Queen. Bishop jumps Queen. Pawns jump Queen...... the most quotable line in a movie of quotable lines.
That one is good...but there is one that just a little bit better...
"It's good to be the King!" ✌✌😁😁
@@iKvetch558 except he recycles that joke in Robin Hood: Men in Tights
@@chetstevens4583 True, but that does not change how quotable the line is...it only muddies the waters where it comes from. But in any event, both lines are 100 percent quotable, so maximum quotability has been reached in either case. LOL
Guys…Don’t Shut Me Down! A really great comedy, great star-stunning cast and some of the best one-liners is Steel Magnolias.
It’s as close as you get to real southern life.
There is a good possibility that we will react to that. its a movie I have always wanted to see and will love to see it with these guys.
Dom DeLuise aka Caesar, I have met him when my friends and I were watching movie was being filmed in my town in 1979. He was walking out from local hardware store. My friends and I talked to Dom for few minutes. Dom was very cool dude.
High Anxiety and Robin Hood Men In Tights are both great Brooks films.
As an aside, World War Z, was written by Max Brooks. Mel's son.
His son's name always gets mentioned in every Mel Brooks movie or show. (Mel Brooks was involved in Get Smart, which is why the main character is named Maxwell Smart [Agent 86].)
So sad that comedies of that nature can't be made today, since most people are so easily offended even by the slightest of gags. Mel Brooks is such an icon!
once in a an interview, the interviewer asked Mel about this, and he responded that id couldn't be made then, but he made it anyway.
@@jasonskeans3327 Because he has balls of steel and comedy! Though in those days there was no Internet to be cancelled, so whats the worst that could happen? 1 flopped movie? Didn't stop Mel ^^
If you watch the behind the scenes of Blazing Saddles he thought the film would ruin him and his reputation at the time and get him blacklisted in Hollywood. People back then were offended too but he pressed on anyway with the support of his writing partner Richard Pryor and Wilder. In response to the 'it couldnt be made today' people Brooks has said it couldnt be made back then either! Ive always liked the double meaning of this quote and what it means for creatives who feel stifled by societal norms.
Thumb Up #977! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊
Notes: At the time, the special effects for "Jews In Space" made that the more expensive segment. Mel didn't want people to laugh because of badly done visuals! That would detract from the intended humor! 🖖
That's Orson Welles narrating.
Yes...that really was Hefner.💯💯😂😂
They are working on History Of The World Part 2 but it will be released on Netflix.
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"It's GOOD To Be THE KING !!"
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10:11 Mark! That list lady! She's "Mother Nature"! She doesn't like to be fooled with! 😅
4:02 Mark! Oh, so you guys still haven't seen "2001: A Space Odyssey" yet, despite how often other movies and series reference it?! 😮
9:11 the moment just after Dom DeLuis said "wash this" I got a commercial for dish soap :) haha
History of the World is hands down my favorite movie of all time. You absolutely have to watch it multiple times and watch what's going on in the background. I could damn near quote that movie from opening credits til the copyright date rolls at the end.
I would also suggest a break with a couple buds before watching it
Hahaha! You know how I first saw blazing saddles? I was on a church outing with a church elder in Youngstown, and his kids tricked him into renting it. He took it okay, but he's still a bit salty about it, last I heard.
If you want to see something really interesting, watch The Muppet Movie from 1979 and compare the style and humor to Mel Brooks' movies, just also taking into account that it was made to be a "G" rated movie.
It's like...this movie is not a Mel Brooks movie...but someone forgot to tell the movie that.
thanks guys. My favorite Mel Brooks movie.
Life Stinks is my favorite Mel Brooks movie.
Part II is coming out next yr on Hulu as a miniseries and Mel’s involved
Looking forward to seeing it 😊😊😊
The comedian TJ Miller recently said on a podcast that history of the World Part 2 is about to start production
I guess you now need to see Life of Brian.
One of Mel Brooks’ most overlooked movies.
Heat and buck Henry who became famous slater on Saturday night live also wrote the spy parody For television Get Smart!
If you have t seen it, High Anxiety is another great Mel Brooks movie
Another great movie in this vein and timeframe is "Wholly Moses" with Dudley Moore. The Ten Commandments spoof with some dirty comedy mixed in of course.
The editing, for this reaction, was masterful. Out of nowhere: "And they shove a red hot poker up my ass!" Good stuff.
Omg THANK YOU for this movie reaction. This to me is one of Mel Brooks most underrated movies! I absolutely loved this movie as a kid 🤣😂 Yrs an 11 year old kid 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ Love watching GenX w GenZ ( I have 2GenZ girls same age) .. and I’ve got the same sense of humor .. must be a NJ NY thing lol 🙌🙌🙌❤️
They are making History of the World PT 2 now. It shld b out by next year! I having been waiting & I'm glad I had patience...🥰😁
Watch a few more Hitchcock films, then you can watch Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety".
My dad was a member of the orthodox Jewish clergy. We owned 4 movies: this, The Frisco Kid, It's a Wonderful Life, and Fiddler on the Roof.
Well it's taken over 40 years, but 'History of the World part ll has indeed arrived.
That was fun, guys. If you haven't seen them yet you should do the Monty Python films; Holy Grail, Life of Brian and Meaning of Life. Thank you!
We were discussing that.
@@RKnights Cool, I'm sure you would all enjoy them. Very funny stuff.
Have yet to see anyone react to my favorite Mel Brooks flick, “the Twelve Chairs”! Not his usual absolute zaniness, but definitely worth a watch! (The music used during the viking funeral scene here, is from the Twelve Chairs”.) Hope you guys find, watch, react & enjoy!
12 Chairs is a great movie. Dom is hilarious as the priest
@@tonyarogers6997 Absolutely! Father Fyodor! And… Don’t forget it’s Ron “Fagin” Moody (From “OLIVER!”), & Frank Langella’s first starring role! 😉
Tbh never heard of it. Will look into
@@RKnights I’ld loan ya my copy, if you were nearby. Hope you all enjoy it!
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@@EPShockley lol, thanks 😊 I'll find it. I appreciate that kind gesture
You guys do Young Frankenstein yet? Probably on par with Blazing Saddles. Different tone, equally good.
When Monty Python's Life of Brian came out my dad was a brother in a Christian church and he decided to check it out. He walked out of the movie then, but loves it now.
My favorite movie of all time! Loved your reaction!
Mel Brooks silent movie is hilarious
I'm really looking forward to you guys watching more Mel Brooks movies. There's Spaceballs, of course, but there's also Robin Hood : Men in tights, Dracula : dead and loving it, Life Stinks, and then there are 2 versions of "The Producers", the original one from 1968, and the more recent version from 2005, starring Will Ferrel, Nathan Lane, and Mathew Broderick, among others.
this isn't one of mel brooks' better films. the opening sequence was a parody of the film "2001." the cave man sequences starred Sid Caesar. he had one of the biggest 50s comedy shows called "your show of shows" which gave brooks, carl reiner and woody allen their starts as comedy writers and performers.
This was an all star cast.
I have one of those type movies for you the blazing saddle airplane it's called Kentucky fried movie
"High Anxiety" is really good. It's a spoof on Alfred Hitchcock movies. Brooks showed the script to Hitchcock, who loved it.
I still say you ought to compare Brooks with Woody Allen films. "Take The Money And Run", "Sleepers", "Bananas", "Love and Death" are good places to start. Then there's Oscar winner "Annie Hall".
I was thinking about watching some Woody Allen movies. Stay tuned 😊
@@Joe-hh8gd So you're saying that they shouldn't watch it? Do you think Woody Allen escaping from prison with a gun made out of a bar of soap is "dated"?
Howard Cosell doing play by play during the honeymoon scene in "Bananas" is "dated"?
How about we let them watch and figure that out for themselves?
@@firebird7479 Never said they shouldnt. And you made my point as I doubt they all have any idea of who Howard Cosell is. Personally, I'd also suggest Love and Death. As a period piece, it holds up as one of his funniest.
Not sure if you've seen "2001: A Space Odyssey" but the very first scene with "our Fore Fathers" was a parody of the opening section of that movie.
So correct about Brooks having a group of actors he likes to work with: among them was our inventive cave man, played to perfection by the great comedian, Sid Caesar. Brooks was on the writing staff of "Your Show of Shows", one of the very early tv variety shows, hosted by Caesar. Here he is showing us his "patter" talent: th-cam.com/video/tEuOqnGsMHI/w-d-xo.html.
Also here were Harvey Korman, from "Blazing Saddles", Kahn, of course!; Cloris Leachman from "Young Frankenstein", and with Korman from "High Anxiety". And several others.
My favorite part is still Oedipus.
I've been watching part 2 on hulu. And It is still Mel. It is hilarious! It is admittedly not as funny as the original. But I was still laughing my ass off. Jack Black as Joseph Stalin, and Seth Rogen as Noah were a couple favorites.
Literally had to put my thumb over the guy on the left so I could enjoy this
Probably been said in the comments below, but yes, that was Hugh Hefner.
Part 2 is a TV show. On Hulu.
Now you have to watch '2001' to get the opening of this one.
I can honestly say that if God himself watched this, he'd probably be laughing his heavenly ass off too!
So many puns!
Do watch Mel Brooks' 1967 "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein", I think you'll like them.
While I recommend all Mel Brooks movies I especially recommend Young Frankenstein, my personal favorite, and To Be Or Not To Be as is not well known and deserves to be.
Watched it in the theater, they had a sign, "If you are easily offended do not watch"
Hulu made a part 2, sadly it is a very bad sequel. I tried to watch it, lasted 10 minutes before turning it off.
Thanks!
I found it amazing they laughed at the setup of the "first homo sapien marriage." That was so old hat back then, it wasn't the punchline. Even the Flintstones joked about cavemen mating rituals the same way.
Love this Mel Brooks movie. If you want some more historical comedies I highly recommend the Monty Python movies. The Holy Grail and The Life of Brian
i second this
pleeeease..Please...PUH-LEEEEZE ..see the (original 1968)..
"THE PRODUCERS"
Might be happening 😊😊😊
Mel never does part two
Please do "The Naked Gun", thanks and subscribed!!
You didn’t show some of the best lines 😢
“It’s good to the the king!”
“Everything’s so greeeeen!”
If you want to see a brilliant comedy with religion that would probably have given your dad a heart attack, watch Life of Brian
I hope to be watching that soon here with the guys. I will make sure to tell my dad not to see our reaction to it. lol
Another good mel Brooks movie. Is " Silent Movie" .
The movie Kosher Wars had to be dubbed because it was in Hebrew ;-)
They just released the trailer for History of the World Part 2: th-cam.com/video/TIfMfLbCbzY/w-d-xo.html