History of the World: Part I

I think that if you like Mel, you'll like this. It is the classic sort of stupid humor. I loved it. I can't give it something like an A because it is just dumb humor, but for a comedy it is... Full review

I think that if you like Mel, you'll like this. It is the classic sort of stupid humor. I loved it. I can't give it something like an A because it is just dumb humor, but for a comedy it is... Full review

Mel Brooks has been th best movie directer from all time!! He proberly knew he was going to be history, so he came up with this hilarious time twisting movie. Who would think about a comedy movie where you can change... Full review

Mel Brooks has been th best movie directer from all time!! He proberly knew he was going to be history, so he came up with this hilarious time twisting movie. Who would think about a comedy movie where you can change... Full review

Good not great Brooks... That means you get slightly more kitsch, vulgarity and old gags to the dollar than you can take but for every old-as-Methuselah gag (he even gets the old "Walk this way" staple in there), there are... Full review

I had watched this as a kid, a popular but not highly-regarded Brooks effort. It is wildly uneven but, also, undeniably funny at times (even if most of the gags are, unsurprisingly, of the vulgar kind). Brooks managed to rope in... Full review

History of the World Part I (man, I wish they had done a part II!) is one of my all-time favorite comedies. In fact, this is my favorite Mel Brooks film.One of my favorite scenes is Mel Brooks as the... Full review

This is probably on the same comic level as Mel Brooks' film, Robin Hood: Men In Tights. It's not hysterical, and it's not lousy either. This is one of the movies where the jokes that are funny hit you gut-bustingly and... Full review

This is probably on the same comic level as Mel Brooks' film, Robin Hood: Men In Tights. It's not hysterical, and it's not lousy either. This is one of the movies where the jokes that are funny hit you gut-bustingly and... Full review

No matter how many times I watch this movie it is still funny. You can watch this movie and get some of it but it helps to understand history to get much of the indepth humor.... Full review

He continued on his torrent pace of appearing in great movies and comedies like Smokey and the Bandit II , both Cannonball Run movies, History of the World:....Lovable Comedic Actor Dom DeLuise Dies At 75....The very best thing about Dom DeLuise is....The large and lovably energetic actor of stage, screen, and television -.... ... Full Review

The Curse of Mel Brooks....Mel Brooks is renowned, rightfully so.... ... Full Review

Mel Brooks fans treated the film OK, though.....Funny scene, sure.....Mel Brooks is such a legendary figure in the comedy world.... ... Full Review

Mel Brooks puts together a great movie loosely based upon things you learned in your high school history class. The casting is great and everyone seemed to really be having a good time making this movie. ... Full Review

Harvey Korman is a foppish Count de Monet, who bounces and flounces about, to great comic effect. Because the memorable bits are so funny, the movie as a whole may start to take on a rarefied glow in your memory. ... Full Review

Nevada Senator under full scale ethics investigation. Ah the value ticket is certainly being punched again in our nation of saints. The fallout from an extramarital affair is distancing John Ensign from his brethren in the Senate if they are... ... Full Article

Mel Brooks applies his signature brand of humor to the monster movie genre. Leading man Gene Wilder is flanked by a star-studded cast of comics: Terri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman and Peter Boyle to name a few. ... Full Article

Mel Brooks is such a legendary figure in the comedy world that it's easy to forget he's only made 11 movies, and that some of them aren't very good. ... Full Article

Sad, sad news... was as Caesar in History of the World Part I. Great movie, great scene, great guy. This is truly bumming news. Not only will I miss you, but I'll also miss ... ... Full Article

Sean Collier: I agree with the previous comments - this was less a film as it was The Great Efron Experiment. This proves that he has an audience and bodes well for him (pending smart career moves.) ... Full Article

Well known for his somewhat offensive style of his movies, Mel Brooks, in 1981, wrote, directed, and starred in his movie History of the World: Part I . ... Full Article