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History of the World Part 1
History of the World Part 1 takes you through a narrated history of
The Roman Empire,The Spanish Inquisition,The Old Testament,The French Revolution and The Dawn of Man in a humorless way of course.
The Producers is the movie that Mel Brooks is know the most for. The 1968 classic film is about a producer Max Biyalistok who is going broke, and comes up with a plan with his shy accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) by wooing rich old ladies to finance a play they want to flop so Max and Leo can pocket the money. The Broadway play
Springtime for Hitler doesn't flop but is a great success.Mel Brooks wrote all the songs in
The Producers showing his all-around talent in writing, acting, composing and directing. In 2001 Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick performed in Broadway (in real life) where they won 12 Tony Awards while performing
The Producers .
The funniest parody by Mel Brooks is Star Wars, whoops I mean
Spaceballs. The late-great John Candy plays a fake
Chewbacca named
Barf. Bill Pullman plays a fake
Han Solo called L
one Star. Rick Moranis plays a fake D
ark Vader called
Dark Helmet.My personal favorite is
Jabba The Hutt who is
Pizza The Hutt,and you guessed it,
Pizza The Hutt is a big pizza slice. A quote from the movie '
And May The Schwartz Be With You!'
You have to like a comedy that's a parody of Alfred Hitchcock movies, well written, and extremely funny.
Growing up in a household where watching Mel Brooks movies especially
Blazing Saddles was a ritual.
Blazing Saddles was a trail blazing movie when released to the world in 1974. You can say that because of it being a racy movie even for some people still today either don't get it or are offended by
Blazing Saddles. Those of you who have seen this movie knows what I'm talking about. For those who don't here it is in a nut shell.
Blazing Saddles is making fun of Western Movies which is funny because it's the highest grossing Western movie ever made. An all-star cast of Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman and Mel Brooks guarantees a boat load of laughs.