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** In Croatia, the film was called ''The Funny Fide of History''.
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** In Croatia, the film was called ''The Funny Fide Side of History''.
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* PropRecycling: As mentioned in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBDVIvFUDIo this video]], the background behind the tailgunners in the "Jews in Space" sequence came from the V'ger set of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
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** In Portugal, the film was called ''A Crazy History of the World''.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The vestal virgins in Caeser's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Hugh Hefner appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold".
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The vestal virgins in Caeser's Caesar's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Magazine/{{Playboy}} playmates.Hugh Hefner appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold".
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** Creator/UrsulaAndress turned down a role.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: According to Creator/MelBrooks, one scene was removed that referred to the Three Mile Island accident.
-->I had a father and a mother made up to look like half a dog and half a cat as a result of a nuclear meltdown. But the audience was seriously chilled and didn't laugh, so I left it out.
-->I had a father and a mother made up to look like half a dog and half a cat as a result of a nuclear meltdown. But the audience was seriously chilled and didn't laugh, so I left it out.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: No matter what time period any particular segment is set in, it will always be rooted in both TheSeventies and the BorschtBelt Fifties.
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** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period. The finale implies that the Roman and French Revolution characters are the same guy by different names... somehow. Mel '''is''' a 2000-Year-Old Man, after all.
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** Mel Brooks Creator/MelBrooks plays roles in every time period. The finale implies that the Roman and French Revolution characters are the same guy by different names... somehow. Mel '''is''' a 2000-Year-Old Man, after all.
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** Also Ronny Graham does double duty as Oedipus and a tortured Jew who relays his unfortunate experience of [[spoiler: being anally tortured with a red hot poker]].
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** Also Ronny Graham does double duty as Oedipus and a tortured Jew who relays his unfortunate experience of [[spoiler: being anally tortured with a red hot poker]].poker]].
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** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period. The finale implies that the Roman and French Revolution characters are the same guy by different names... somehow.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Well, of course, Mel '''is''' a 2000-Year-Old Man, after all.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Well, of course, Mel '''is''' a 2000-Year-Old Man, after all.
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** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period. The finale implies that the Roman and French Revolution characters are the same guy by different names... somehow.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Well, of course,somehow. Mel '''is''' a 2000-Year-Old Man, after all.
*** FridgeBrilliance: Well, of course,
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** The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BlazingSaddles Not the first time circumstances cheated him out of the lead in a Mel Brooks jaunt.]]
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** The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BlazingSaddles [[Film/BlazingSaddles Not the first time circumstances cheated him out of the lead in a Mel Brooks jaunt.]]
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*** FridgeBrilliance: Well, of course, Mel '''is''' a 2000-Year-Old Man, after all.
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** The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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** The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BlazingSaddles Not the first time circumstances cheated him out of the lead in a Mel Brooks jaunt.]]
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** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period.
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** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period. The finale implies that the Roman and French Revolution characters are the same guy by different names... somehow.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** In Croatia, the film was called ''The Funny Fide of History''.
** In Sweden, the film was called "Det våras för världshistorien del 1", "Springtime for the History of the World Part I"
** In Croatia, the film was called ''The Funny Fide of History''.
** In Sweden, the film was called "Det våras för världshistorien del 1", "Springtime for the History of the World Part I"
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/JohnHurt did this movie because he had just gotten through doing two dramatic films, and said that he wanted to have some fun and do a comedy.
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* TheCastShowOff: Being played by legendary tap dancer Gregory Hines, Josephus of course escapes the gallows by distracting the executioners with a soft-shoe number.
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* TheCastShowOff: CaliforniaDoubling: The French Revolution scenes were filmed in England, because Creator/MelBrooks wanted to avoid a language barrier.
* TheCastShowoff: Being played by legendary tap dancer Gregory Hines, Josephus of course escapes the gallows by distracting the executioners with a soft-shoe number.
* TheCastShowoff: Being played by legendary tap dancer Gregory Hines, Josephus of course escapes the gallows by distracting the executioners with a soft-shoe number.
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* DeletedScene: In an interview with Creator/GeneSiskel, Creator/MelBrooks revealed that he'd filmed a brief scene that made light of the notorious Three Mile Island incident. "I had a father and a mother made up to look like half a dog and half a cat as a result of a nuclear meltdown," Brooks told Siskel. When test audiences reacted poorly, this bit was removed. However, at least one journalist managed to see an extended cut which contained the footage.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: The vestal virgins in Caeser's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Hugh Hefner appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold".
* IronyAsSheIsCast: The vestal virgins in Caeser's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Hugh Hefner appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold".
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/BeaArthur as a dole office unemployment clerk in "The Roman Empire" segment.
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* ReferencedBy: The card game [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine_(game) Guillotine]], set during the French Revolution, features one character called the Piss Boy, almost certainly in reference to this movie.
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* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Mel Brooks is credited as writer, producer, director, star and songwriter (for "The Inquisition" and "Jews In Space").
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* TheCastShowOff: Being played by legendary tap dancer Gregory Hines, Josephus of course escapes the gallows by distracting the executioners with a soft-shoe number.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: UnintentionalPeriodPiece: No matter what time period any particular segment is set in, it will always be rooted in both TheSeventies and the BorschtBelt Fifties.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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* ActingForTwo: Brooks has five roles in the movie. Moses, Comicus, Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques the Garcon de Piss.
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* ActingForTwo: Brooks Creator/MelBrooks has five roles in the movie. Moses, Comicus, Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques the Garcon de Piss.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
** The role of Count de Monet was originally meant for Creator/JohnCleese, but he was unavailable.
** The role of Count de Monet was originally meant for Creator/JohnCleese, but he was unavailable.
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** Also Ronny Graham does double duty as Oedipus and a tortured Jew who relays his unfortunate experience of [[spoiler: being anally tortured with a red hot poker]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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** Also Ronny Graham does double duty as Oedipus and a tortured Jew who relays his unfortunate experience of [[spoiler: being anally tortured with a red hot poker]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.poker]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** A group of cavemen is led by Creator/SidCaesar.
** The Ethopian slave Josephus is played by tap-dancer Gregory Hines.
** Creator/JohnHurt is Jesus!
** One of the two Jews describing how they were tortured by the Spaniards is everyone's favorite Jewish stand-up comic, Jackie Mason.
** [[TheGoldenGirls Bea Arthur]] cameoed as the lady in the unemployment booth.
** Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge.
** [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner]] in Ancient Rome mentioning his invention of the centerfold.
** Music/DavidLeeRoth has a line during the Spanish Inquisition musical number.
** And Creator/MadelineKahn is Empress Nympho!
* Hey, It's That Special Effect!: In the "parting of the Red Sea" scene, they're obviously using the effect from the Universal Studios tour. You can even see some of the metal grating they use.
* HeyItsThatVoice: '''OrsonWelles''' is the narrator.
** A group of cavemen is led by Creator/SidCaesar.
** The Ethopian slave Josephus is played by tap-dancer Gregory Hines.
** Creator/JohnHurt is Jesus!
** One of the two Jews describing how they were tortured by the Spaniards is everyone's favorite Jewish stand-up comic, Jackie Mason.
** [[TheGoldenGirls Bea Arthur]] cameoed as the lady in the unemployment booth.
** Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge.
** [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner]] in Ancient Rome mentioning his invention of the centerfold.
** Music/DavidLeeRoth has a line during the Spanish Inquisition musical number.
** And Creator/MadelineKahn is Empress Nympho!
* Hey, It's That Special Effect!: In the "parting of the Red Sea" scene, they're obviously using the effect from the Universal Studios tour. You can even see some of the metal grating they use.
* HeyItsThatVoice: '''OrsonWelles''' is the narrator.
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* YouLookFamiliar:
** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period.
** Rudy de Luca who plays Captain Mucus, can also briefly be seen in Prehistoric Man segment. He's the caveman that [[spoiler: [[DeathAsComedy gets accidentally killed by a thrown spear]]]].
** Also Ronny Graham does double duty as Oedipus and a tortured Jew who relays his unfortunate experience of [[spoiler: being anally tortured with a red hot poker]].
** Mel Brooks plays roles in every time period.
** Rudy de Luca who plays Captain Mucus, can also briefly be seen in Prehistoric Man segment. He's the caveman that [[spoiler: [[DeathAsComedy gets accidentally killed by a thrown spear]]]].
** Also Ronny Graham does double duty as Oedipus and a tortured Jew who relays his unfortunate experience of [[spoiler: being anally tortured with a red hot poker]].
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* ActingForTwo: Brooks has five roles in the movie. Moses, Comicus, Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques the Garcon de Piss.
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** A group of cavemen is led by Sid Caesar.
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** A group of cavemen is led by Sid Caesar.Creator/SidCaesar.
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** And MadelineKahn is Empress [[strike: Nymphomaniac]] Nympho!
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** And MadelineKahn Creator/MadelineKahn is Empress [[strike: Nymphomaniac]] Nympho!
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** JohnHurt is Jesus!
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** JohnHurt Creator/JohnHurt is Jesus!
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** Hugh Hefner in Ancient Rome mentioning his invention of the centerfold.
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** [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner Hefner]] in Ancient Rome mentioning his invention of the centerfold.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with RichardPryor Creator/RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
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** [[TheGoldenGirls Bea Arthur]] cameoed as the lady in the vnemployment booth.
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** [[TheGoldenGirls Bea Arthur]] cameoed as the lady in the vnemployment unemployment booth.
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** [[VanHalen David Lee Roth]] has a line during the Spanish Inquisition musical number.
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** [[VanHalen David Lee Roth]] Music/DavidLeeRoth has a line during the Spanish Inquisition musical number.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: "It's good to be the King!" is often misquoted without the 'the' in shout-outs by other works.
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* Hey, It's That Special Effect!: In the "parting of the Red Sea" scene, they're obviously using the effect from the Universal Studios tour. You can even see some of the metal grating they use.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** A group of cavemen is led by Sid Caesar.
** The Ethopian slave Josephus is played by tap-dancer Gregory Hines.
** JohnHurt is Jesus!
** One of the two Jews describing how they were tortured by the Spaniards is everyone's favorite Jewish stand-up comic, Jackie Mason.
** [[TheGoldenGirls Bea Arthur]] cameoed as the lady in the vnemployment booth.
** Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge.
** Hugh Hefner in Ancient Rome mentioning his invention of the centerfold.
** [[VanHalen David Lee Roth]] has a line during the Spanish Inquisition musical number.
** And MadelineKahn is Empress [[strike: Nymphomaniac]] Nympho!
* HeyItsThatVoice: '''OrsonWelles''' is the narrator.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
** A group of cavemen is led by Sid Caesar.
** The Ethopian slave Josephus is played by tap-dancer Gregory Hines.
** JohnHurt is Jesus!
** One of the two Jews describing how they were tortured by the Spaniards is everyone's favorite Jewish stand-up comic, Jackie Mason.
** [[TheGoldenGirls Bea Arthur]] cameoed as the lady in the vnemployment booth.
** Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge.
** Hugh Hefner in Ancient Rome mentioning his invention of the centerfold.
** [[VanHalen David Lee Roth]] has a line during the Spanish Inquisition musical number.
** And MadelineKahn is Empress [[strike: Nymphomaniac]] Nympho!
* HeyItsThatVoice: '''OrsonWelles''' is the narrator.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Josephus was written with RichardPryor in mind, but he was unable to accept due to his infamous freebasing accident in 1980.
