# Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 23, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825 "2006-06-23T04:13:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825/21 "2006-06-23T18:40:20Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
The French Revolution piece fell flat for me.  
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One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when the old blind man in prision is setting the dead birds free. That still kills me every single time.

Also:

Uggh…Wash this..

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825/22 "2006-06-23T20:51:36Z")

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It had its moments, but the piece **as a whole** was flat. Mel put all of his energy into the Roman segment and it showed.

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825/23 "2006-06-23T20:59:35Z")

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]  
With\* the Producers\* as an exception, Mel just can’t write a good ending to a film, they just peter out.  
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I dunno, I liked the endings to _Young Frankenstein_ and _Blazing Saddles._

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**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825/24 "2006-06-23T22:25:57Z")

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I still think the funniest scene in History is when Gregory Hines is pretending to be a eunuch in the harem.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825/25 "2006-06-24T01:27:22Z")

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> I still think the funniest scene in History is when Gregory Hines is pretending to be a eunuch in the harem.

Roman Guard: “The jig is up!”  
Gregory Hines: “And gone!”

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-i/361825/26 "2006-06-24T21:45:51Z")

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[QUOTE=wolfman]  
“We are so poor, we cannot even afford a real language. All we have is this stupid accent.”

(from memory, may not be exact quote)  
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MADAME DEFARGE: _[orating to a crowd]_ We are so poor, we don’t even have a language! Just a stupid accent!

PEASANT MAN: _[stands up]_ She’s right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! …

EVERYONE: Ah-huh-huh-huh.

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