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History Of The World Part 1, at the end of the movie, Mel Brooks had covered everything up to the late 1700's, and even gave us previews of the up coming Part 2, including Hitler on ice, ect, but he never made a Part 2. What a bummer, why did he put Part 1 on the title, and then not make a Part 2?
There was never any intention to make a Part II. The title was a satire on Sir Walter Raleigh's "History of the World" which went unfinished because he was beheaded. The previews of Part II were a joke.
The reason a part two was never made was that after a string of big box office hits, this Brooks film did modest business at the box office, and was generally blasted as a bad movie by most critics. And they were right, it was a bad movie, just a couple of laughs surrounded by old worn out Mel Brooks gags.
Last edited by Grandstander; 09-07-2019 at 01:50 PM..
There was never any intention to make a Part II. The title was a satire on Sir Walter Raleigh's "History of the World" which went unfinished because he was beheaded. The previews of Part II were a joke.
The reason a part two was never made was that after a string of big box office hits, this Brooks film did modest business at the box office, and was generally blasted as a bad movie by most critics. And they were right, it was a bad movie, just a couple of laughs surrounded by old worn out Mel Brooks gags.
Aw, I thought it was pretty funny. First saw it on HBO when I was around 15 years old, really liked The Inquisition segment. I didn't know about the Sir Walter Raleigh thing, thanks for clearing that up for me. Dom DeLuise did a good job as the Roman Emperor, enjoyed the escape plan they borrowed from Cheech & Chong. It does have quite the array of gags, just watched it again last week after a long time, yep, still funny, still want a Part2. Your Madder Mad World idea sounds good.
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