Eight one hour segments released two a day through March 9.
Mel Brooks' "History of the World, Part II" drops on Hulu March 6.
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Still one of the funniest skits of any Mel Brooks’ movies…
Some of the topics seem wonky in the trailer but, I trust Mel Brooks. Still anxious to watch.
I thought so too but like you said its Mel Brooks. He's a national treasure. Plus he's done 3 of my all time favorite comedies.
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
High Anxiety
The Producers
Silent Movie
Charlie: "Sheriiff Bart, they said you was hung!'
Bart: "And they was right!"
That is one movie that will never, ever be re-made.. and it shouldn't be its perfect.
"Somebody's gotta go back and get a sh*tloada dimes!"
Can you even imagine George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor (among others) in todays comedy environment?
Watching episode 1 now and wow this blows,
Juvenile and not funny at all. Won’t watch any more episodes, a waste of time IMO.
Juvenile and not funny at all. Won’t watch any more episodes, a waste of time IMO.
Really? Surprising….”What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here!”
Now that I hear it after so many years, it’s more like:
“Hi…aaannngg…Zi...Ah…Dee”
On a related note, I always had a thing for Madeline Kahn.
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A couple of thoughts:
1. Given his age, how much of the writing was done by Brooks?
2. Maybe they’ve been forced or have felt forced to dumb it down because some of humor in Part I doesn’t fly today.
Or the guy from airplane who made a hat and a tetradactyl out of the paper when asked "What he makes of it?"
Bonus points if you can name the "paper boy".
Dennis the bellboy played by famous director Barry Levinson
Haven't watched it (need to sign up for Hulu first), but that is very disappointing to hear. I thought Part 1 was an absolute classic, still very quote-worthy after 4 decades.
I trust your taste (or lack of!), when it comes to humor - and music, and PSU - so yours is an endorsement I take into account either way.
I watched the first two episodes and can't say that I was rolling with laughter. I appreciated a couple premises (e.g., Curb Your Judaism) but the ultimate execution seemed to be lacking. I'll hang in until the end in the hope that some gems will surface but I'm not optimistic.
The ORIGINAL Producers with Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Dick Shawn.
There was a successful remake in 2005 with Mathew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Will Farrell and Uma Thurman. Not nearly as good as the 1967 original.Have only ever seen the original.
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