History of the World: Part I (1981)

HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I  (1981)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Mel Brooks
    Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Gregory Hines,
    Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Sid Caesar,
    Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Pamela Stephenson,
    Shecky Greene, Mary-Margaret Hughes, John Hurt,
    Leigh French, Hugh Hefner, Henny Youngman,
    Jackie Mason, Spike Milligan, Jack Carter,
    John Hillerman, Barry Levinson, Nigel Hawthorne,
    Rudy De Luca, Howard Morris, Michele Drake
Mel Brooks takes on the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition and the French Revolution, with mixed comic results. When I first saw this during its original release, I didn't like it very much. Too many piss jokes maybe, or maybe I wasn't in the mood. Viewing it again a few decades later, it seems a lot funnier. Keep an eye out for the cameos, and remember, it's good to be the king. Orson Welles narrates.