History of the World: Part 1 (1981) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watch | It's Good To Be The King
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- It's time for a history less and in Mel Brooks we trust! We both check out the hilarious History of the World: Part 1 (1981). Here's our reaction to our first time watching.
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"My t1ts are falling off!"
That may be the hardest Mrs. Movies has laughed on the channel 🤣🤣🤣🤣
At first I was like “she’s not getting into this”
Then enter Madeline Kahn …😅
Close 2nd. The fart part in "Ted" was the one.
Her reaction was priceless!
I was hoping it would happen.
Mrs. Movies laugh is so infectious! I was laughing more at her reaction than the line.
Bonus points to Mrs. Movies, for recognizing Hugh Hefner, before Mr. Movies could!
I hear she's a collector.
All I know about the Spanish Inquisition is that nobody expects it.
Except if you watched this movie. Then you know what to expect.
You are officially my new best friend lol!
I bet you're wishin' that they'd go awaayyyyy
That's right surprise is are main weapon, surprise and ruthlessness is are two two main weapons surprise ruthlessness and fanatical loyalty to the Pope is are three three main weapons........
Monty Python approved.
I saw this in the theater in 1981 when I was 14, a year later my dad took us to Paris and we went to Versailles and we must have said "it's good to be king" 100x.
I still use it . . . people look at me like I have two heads.
Wee-wee?
@@StarkRG Yes, a love of it.
Same
Saw in theater
Still use lines from this movie
"Walk this way". The line which you can use in any Mel Brooks film.
That was the inspiration for the Aerosmith song "walk this way"
I think it's in most, if not all of his movies, although I think Monty Python might have done it first.
"Walk this way, sir", "if I could walk that way I wouldn't need after shave..."
I still use this line!
@@JasonKreider-eq8kp It was the "Young Frankenstein" version to be precise.
YES!!!!! An underappreciated gem in the Brooks filmography....sometimes feel it gets overlooked in comparison to Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs.....but it is still totally hilarious. Still quote it all the time 43 years later.
He is a eunuch. He is a eunuch. He...is dead.
"It's good to be the King."
Maybe it's just me, but Young Frankenstein in my book is the worst of his movies and i've seen all except for The Producers.
@@DanielRichards644 De gustibus non est disputandum.
It gets overlooked because Monty Python did that kind of thing much, much better than Mel Brooks.
You did not recognize the song "We're off on the Road to Judea", so you are as yet unaware that there is a whole series of "Road" movies that you will probably enjoy. They star Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, and are titled Road to Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali, and The Road to Hong Kong and came out between 1940 and 1962.
"Kathryn Hahn" was great in "Blazing Saddles" too.
I can't wait for the day they watch those.
That "15... I mean 10 commandments" joke is pure genius. Long live Mel Brooks... well... may he not die soon. He probably will because he's very very old, but we can hope.
Oldest Man in the World
He hasn't eaten enough pumpernickel, butter, vegetables and sour cream yet to explode while singing "Dancing in the dark" a couple of keys too high.
He'll live to be 2000 years old.
Mr. Movies, you were correct. When our heroes crossed the "Red Sea" in the chariot pulled by Miracle, they were indeed going through the Universal attraction.
Went through it when I was 9 and was super nervous because I thought it was the Jaws scene
"no, no no no no no YES, no no, YES, no no no no no no YES!!!!...."
Very disappointed that Empress Nympho made only allowances for "Showers" and not "Growers"!
Well, it was a hard decision.
@@0okamino
Actually, think it was a rather limp decision.
Mel Brooks narrated History of the World: Part II, as well as being the Executive Producer of the series and a co-writer of all of the episodes.
I’m just happy you got the Oedipus joke. Nobody ever catches that one. I think it’s the best joke in the movie.
"Hey, mother f'er" is so widely used that it just feels like saying hello at this point so it flies under the radar.
Sire,the peasants are revolting… You’re right, they stink on ice😂
R.I.P. Gregory Hinds, Dom Delouse and Madeline Kahn.
I hope local tv show The Ten Commandments! That's always a treat!
“It’s good to be the King.”
Mel Brooks also did the true bio Pic of " The Ekephant Man ". But he changed his name on the credits bc fans might of thought it was a comedy. It's with John Hurt & Anthonty Hopkins.
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).
It makes me wonder if perhaps Moses also accidentally dropped the first set of tablets, but played it off like he did it on purpose instead of just being clumsy. “Just put them all in the Ark. Nobody’ll know the difference.”
None of that matters because the whole thing is made up fantasy.
I saw this movie when I was a kid, and a lot of jokes went over my head. The joke that probably made me laugh the most once I understood it is;
"Josephus!"
"Hey mother fucker."
Orson Welles being the narrator for this movie 😁 Legendary Brooks classic!
I love that the same actor who said "It's Hedley" in Blazing Saddles gets to repeat the joke by saying "De Monnaie" in this one... 🤣
High Anxiety is a rarely reacted to Mel Brooks clasic.
So glad you watched this one. So many people miss it but it's one of my favorites.
After playing the lead in The Naked Civil Servant, the lead in The Elephant man and getting his chest ripped out in Alien I can't work out if playing Jesus, and having 2 lines, is a promotion or demotion?
John Hurt is still a legend.
Don't forget his encore chest bursting in Spaceballs. Gotta love the humility and brilliance of John Hurt. He was also amazing in From the Hip!
I had to watch Mrs. Movies nearly fall out of her chair laughing so hard, a couple more times. That made the whole reaction. I hope you watch Mel Brook's High Anxiety. Roman Empire, the Empress and "Give to Edaphus". "Hey, Josephus." "Hey motherf#(&er."
"Catherine Han was my favorite obviously. " 🤣 That was Madeline Kahn.😂 She was also in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.
That cracked me up. I couldn't believe she messed up her name...especially since MK gave her the biggest laugh of the movie.
It was a momentary brain fart. There IS an actress named Kathryn Hahn, who was in 'Anchorman', 'Step Brothers' & 'We're the Millers', among other things.
Gregory Hines was a great actor and a top notch dancer doing mostly tap. He is the lead in a movie that showcased some of the best in soft-shoe dancing, including the inimitable Sammy Davis Jr, called Tap. As well he played an undercover officer in the movie Running Scared. Both are movies I highly recommend. The Running Scared movie was the 80s version with Billy Crystal. A different movie with the same name hit theaters a few years later.
LOL, the only other movie I could have named with Gregory Hines would have been White Nights. The movie is not great but it did showcase some pretty good dramatic acting chops from Hines.
@larrybremer4930 he strengthened the tv show, Will and Grace with his style of acting. Many felt that was a rebirth of a once great show. Unfortunately he left us all while taking a break from that show.
He was excellent in White Nights with Mikael Barishnakov.
@@larrybremer4930 While he didn't star in it, he was featured in The Cotton Club, along with his brother Maurice 🙂
Saw running scared in the theaters
A classic 80's buddy cop movie
The Spanish inquisition was a fun happy time that no one expected
Without going into all of the details, Spain was conquered and ruled by Muslims for around 500 years. The Spanish Caliphate was one of the most fair and welcoming states during that time period to Jewish people whom were not welcomed throughout the rest of Europe, because of that many Jewish people moved there during that time and it was considered a golden age by those Jewish people. After the crusade to retake southern France and Spain the Catholics regained control of Spain. Thereafter begun the Spanish inquisition to route out all of the Jews (and to a lesser extent Muslims) hiding amongst the Christians/Catholics of Spain.
this documentary is cool.
The song is a take on the road pictures of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope including "The Road to Morocco".
Mrs. Movies laugh is so infectious!
Gladiators who used a net and trident, were called, Retiarius ("Net fighter").
When i was a kid this was on cable non stop.. it's probably one of my top comedy influences... could quote the whole movie then.. still can 40 years later :)
Ron Carey was in HIGH ANXIETY - the valet for Brooks ("I got it, I got it, I got it; I don't got it...")
And "Barney Miller."
He was also a regular on Barney Miller.
"We're off on the road to Judea."
"We're off on the Road to Morocco."
From the Road to Morocco. (Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.)
I seen this in the cinema as a kid.
Half the jokes didn’t land then 😂
Seize THIS Honkus
Loved the laugh on "my t*ts are falling off!"
"I wonder what the other 5 (Commandments) were?"
Well, my stepfather always believed the 11th was "Thou shalt not f*** a nun."
"You're nuts. NVTS nuts!" I use that quote all of the time.
I have a random hunch that the whole French Revolution segment began in Mel Brooks' mind with the line, "It's good to be the king." and he worked backwards from there.
The first time I saw this, I lost it at the crawling with soldiers bit. So dumb yet so clever
This takes place before Shakespeare said some stuff about Caesar Julius did do a lot before that
My favorite of all of Mel's movies!
It's good to be King.
Definitely not one of my favorites but it has its moments. The Rome section begins to drag on too much though.
I love the tedium of running jokes though. "Bring in a small lyre!", "The cheque is in the mail!" for example, is masterful use of wordplay as well as topically relevant.
Agreed not my favorite part of the film I preferred The French Revolution
@@donovanbradford8231 The movie didn't know if it wanted to be a bunch of sketches or a movie. Should have chosen to be just sketches.
I don’t know the stats, but this movie seems like it has an all-time highest number of known actors, and specifically comedians that are not known to today’s audience (for the most part). They’re in every scene.
Mel Brooks often worked together with the same people and the movie is now already 43 years old. If people are born after 1990, they might only have seen childrens TV and then mostly newer films and series on DVDs and now streaming and not a lot of the "older" classics.
But on the other hand, if you are more into classical cinema, you might not know a lot names of newer actors.
Honestly, i have seen this movie 100 times and it took me until today, i realized that the roman plummer was Pat McCormick, who i recocnise best from Smokey and the Bandit as Big Enos.
My favorite is "Mother Nature" (Madeline Kahn's assistant Dena Dietrich) - of the Chiffon commercials in the 70s.
When the soldiers go boom-chicka-boom, I think it's a reference to old movie star Carmen Miranda
Mel Brooks mostly produced the sequel show. I'm sure he wanted to do more, but the man is over 90 years old.
About 18 months away to his 100th birthday. Hope he makes it.
He is not directing Spaceballs 2, but is a producer and is involved. That is amazing at 98.
@nobodyimportant7804 I hope so too.
Mel Brooks undertook painstaking historical research for the utmost accuracy in every detail… then he threw all of that aside, and made a really good comedy. Well, except the “dawn of man”. That part was completely true.
If you want to see something similar to Hitler on ice - The Producers.
And a great one with Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor : Stir Crazy
and again in Silver Streak.
The movie's title was inspired by a book written by Sir Walter Raleigh. Wally was going to publish more parts, but he got beheaded first.
Well, that's a very good reason why there isn't a part 2.
I prefer The Gods Must Be Crazy. That entire trilogy is hilarious!
I think the premise of this was based on Brooks's 2,000 year old man routine he and Carl Reiner did in 1961, the caveman stuff particularly. I don't think Brooks ever confirmed this, it's just my impression.
The Vestal Virgins were a group of priestesses that served the Temple of Vesta, the Roman Goddess of the hearth.
31:22 - That actor who makes the popping sound with his hand and mouth, is Fritz Feld, and the mouth pop was kind of his trademark. I knew him from his appearances on the show Lost in Space, which I watched when I was little.
20:23 ...well, when a mommy pheasant and a daddy pheasant love each other very much, they give each other a special hug. And then...
...a stork brings them an egg. That's what Mama told me.
The thing about the Spanish Inquisition is that nobody expects it!
Also " High Anxiety " Mel Brooks - Life Stinks -
I can't stress enough that this talented, goofy guy, Mel Brooks, was in the US army in the ETO during WW11 and the husband of Tony and Oscar winner Anne Bancroft until her death. Go figure.
Not hard to figure , he made her laugh , and being from Brooklyn , he was tough as nails .
You should definitely watch the sequel and it does have Mel Brooks in it. Plus, being on Hulu, it gave Mel the chance to be Mel, same humor. In the mini-series, you get some of the skits presented in that form. My favorite is Shirley Chisholm as if she was in a parody of both "Good Times" & "The Jeffersons" about her historic 1972 campaign for the Democrat nomination for President.
"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Therefore, they should watch this movie again!
@@0okaminoThat sounds like something Mel Brooks would say to promote this movie 😂.
10:50 -- RE: "Christians, so this is After Christ."; A: Yep. We don't really know how long after either, like relatively recent or over 100 years. The NT itself is dated *at the earliest* to around 80-100 AD, and that's a single Gospel out of the 4 in the common canon. The Pauline letters detail events between the crucifixion and resurrection and the remainder of that century, as does the book of Acts, but very few of the extant sources are original and dated to that century. Mostly, the NT seems to have been written (or re-written as in copied) during the 2nd century AD or later.
Love that you both got the subtle Oedipus joke. If you noticed, the song "Jews in Space" was later used as the melody for "Men in Tights"
0:05 -- Your Teaser clip is Torquemada? This is why I know this is my favorite Mel Brooks film. You can't Torquemada anything.
They were called "Vestal Virgins", they kept the flame of Rom or also known as the Flame of Vesta, they also worshipped at the Temple of Vesta, plus they also had their own House of the Vestal Virgins, I believe there was 12 in all at one time, the six older women basically trained & groomed the new younger women who could at times be as young as 11 years old.
Worth watching just to see the wifey laugh like that
Spaceballs Part 2 is in production and Mel is hands on with the production.
Me: "I don't think this movie is going to go over well with her sardonic sense of humor."
(Madeline Khan comes on)
Ron Howard: "This is where Ted went wrong."
There is a goof that nobody seems to notice: In the scene where the Roman guards are trying to determine whether Josephus is really a eunuch, the man says the dancer will now perform her dance in praise of Eros. Eros was the Greek name. The Roman name (where this takes place) was Cupid.
Ron Carey played Levit on Barney Miller. It was also great to see Ray Charles in the movie.
Saw this at the theater back when you can stand outside & asked adults to take you in til one does 😉
Sheridan Mall, North York, Toronto, Canada ('81)
Anyone else?
I had to do that for a couple of horror movies! For some reason I was able to sneak into this one in Miami. I was 13.
@YouMe&TheMovies, @37:15 or so, I think you missed the sight gag before the apple core joke. "Rue de Merde" is literally "Sh*t Street."
Jews in Space, the Spaceballs prequel 😂
And basically the same song was used in Robin Hood: Men in Tights
@dugferd2266 cool
The Spanish Inquisition one of my all time favorite bits.
The very beginning the timpani drums i instantly started laughing remembering the humping the ground and laasaaauuughghhhed..lolol...you guys are a great team.. keep It up... please 😅👍🖐️..."Seize THIS honkus!"...lol😅
Mel Brooks is in Part 2. He's also one of the writers and producers. He's also almost a hundred fucking years old, so maybe cut him some slack and let new people have a chance.
Off On The Road To Judía refers to the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby “Road Movies” particularly Road to Morocco.
The look on Mrs Movies face after she said "He had to pee like a race horse" was priceless 😂
I was 12 when I saw this at the cinema. A lot of jokes went straight over my head.
7:08 -- Here, I think, is the bravery and genius of Mel Brooks. He doesn't just write this scene. He doesn't just direct this scene. Oh No, He's Moses. In a perfect world, he could get Orson Welles or even Charlton Heston to be the voice of God.
Well Orson Wells is allready the narrator, so he got a part.
In the german version, God is voiced by german actor Wilhelm Borchert, who was known for dubbing roles of Jesus (greatest story ever told) or god. So they even used an actor who sounded familiar in that part.
It's good to be the king
Such a funny movie. Anything Mel Brooks. Special shout out to actor Earl Finn. Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire. He was in many Mel Brooks movies. Original EZ Rider. I never thought I would becomes friends and like family with him. He was a beautiful person, RIP EZ.
My favourite history lesson was when our slightly dipsy year 9 history teacher played this movie to fill a periodat the end of semester. She apologized at the end of period claiming she didn't know it was that type of film. 😁
Would have loved if this had been an actual series . The fact that it was Part 1 , filled me with loads of an . . . tis . . . apation . It is just sad for my teenage heart that it never came to fruition .
The guy at Caesar’s Palace greeter was Howie Morris, Ernest T Bass on Andy Griffith’s Show.
I forgot Spike Milligan was in this. "What fool part a carpet on the wall?".
I knew I recognized that voice from the Good Show. Thx for pointing it out.
The Court Announcer in the "Caesar" scene was played by Howard Morris- Ernest T. Bass on "The Andy Griffith Show"
In the song "The Inquisition", David Lee Roth is one of the monks.
No he isn’t. Not listed in any of the credits.
4:14 "How did we ever figure it out?" There's a very good film called 'Quest For Fire.'
Tommy Chong called it 'Quest for Clothes" since his daughter, Rae Dawn Chong, did the entire movie without having to stop at the wardrobe trailer.
@AndyBrazeau-e1c she did have some nice ta tas though.
13:40 most authentic laugh in a while
I understand that Mel Brooks is currently making History of the World: Part 3 - The Search For History of the World: Part 2. *Allegedly*. 🤫
The guy selling pipes is Pat McCormick, played Big Enos in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT.
I love how they managed to allude to the actual Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada.
I'd forgotten how funny this film is! 😂
21:22 Missed opportunity to say "welcome back to you me and the booty" lol
Trap shooting started in the late 18th century (1700s). Skeet shooting didn't come around until the 1920s.
The most accurate birth of man ever portrayed.
So many great memorable scenes...I personally always loved the French Revolution...It's good to be the King and the shake scene were at the top of my list but then again I was a teenager when I first saw this movie 😂😂
You've seen the actor who played Jesus at least twice before -- both times an alien burst out of his chest.
6 times iirc.
Hellboy, V For Vendetta, 2 harry potter flicks as well.