History of the World Part 1
Year: | 1981 |
Production Co: | Brooksfilms Ltd |
Studio: | 20th Century Fox |
Director: | Mel Brooks |
Producer: | Mel Brooks |
Writer: | Mel Brooks |
Cast: | Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Madeline Kahn, Dom Deluise, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Pamela Stephenson, Sid Caeser, Orson Wlles |
Where they are similar however is in their comic style. Some - not many, mind - jokes are as subtle as Woody Allen ('seize this honkus') and some are as broad as a Saturday morning cartoon ('they shove a living snake up your ass').
But all are funny. Picking and choosing his historical eras - from the ascension of man ancient Rome and the French Revolution - Brooks partly lampoons the times for his comedy, sometimes just writes gags.
Classic but not perfect comedy, and what a shame we never had part 2 with Jews in Space.