My FIRST Time Watching History of the World Part 1 & I Think It's My New Favorite... 

Miranda: I hope there is a musical number! All of us: We have such a surprise for you...

A bit of history: the Romans were fighting an extremely clever king in today's Turkey, and while marching through his territory found jars of honey along the road. The honey was from flowers with hallucinogenic pollen, and when the soldiers ate it, they were... out of action for a while. So the mighty joint is based on a real event!

"The Lord Has Given Us These 15 ... these 10 Commandments" ... never gets old!!

“I love how all of their entertainment is coming from other people’s pain.” That’s Mel for us, he famously said, “tragedy is when I stub my toe, comedy is when you fall down stairs and die.”

"Don't get saucy with me Béarnaise..." I love this movie!! So many memorable one liners!

9:10 - The dancer is Gregory Hines. He was a very famous actor, but also famous for being an amazing dancer. In fact, he danced in a lot of his roles, just like he did here. Sadly, he died from cancer in 2003.

The Oedipus joke is probably the smartest joke in film history.

Madeline Kahn was amazing. Would you believe that she was shy off camera, and that she had a speech therapy degree because she had planned to be a teacher? Her voice inflections and facial expressions were really funny!

This movie is older than Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The song 'Jews in Space' was eventually remade into 'Men in Tights'. Also, the line 'It's good to be the King' was used in Men in Tights as well. You should watch the footage of Mel Brooks being honored at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony by Pres. Obama . They did all the songs from his movies.

According to Wikipedia: "Unlike in many of his other films, Brooks does not appear onscreen in a significant role in Young Frankenstein, though he recorded several voice parts and portrays a German villager in one short scene. In 2012, Brooks explained why: I wasn't allowed to be in it. That was the deal Gene Wilder had."

Your genuine enthusiasm for Mel Brooks is adorably contagious

It took me a long time to get the "Oedipus / Hey motherf*cker" line. Now it's one of my favorite jokes ever.

One of his running gags movie to movie was with Harvey Korman - people getting his name wrong. Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles, and the Count de Money/Monet here in History of the World. He also had some go-to actors who appeared in multiple films; for instance the hangman in Robin Hood was the same one in Blazing Saddles. Truly one of, if not the, funniest filmmaker ever - pretty much every one of his films is among my favorites. They’re all worth rewatching as the jokes come at you like trying to drink from a firehose and you’ll catch more and more with each subsequent watch. Mel is a national treasure.

This movie is full of comedy legends. Like, all Mel Brook's friends. The guy you recognized from Grease is Sid Caesar whose skit TV show was SNL way before SNL and it was the starting point for so many comedy legends including Mel Brooks. Likewise the man in prison was Spike Milligan whose work inspired the Monty Python group.

Watching Miranda enjoying a history documentary is a wonderfully timeless experience!

I just hate it when people say they didn't like history. I've got no problem with offending your teachers. It is completely their fault. History is the study of interesting stories. All you need is a good teacher to show you that. I do agree with you on the quality of this movie though. The "Inquisition" number is fantastic, and teaches more about the actual event than most folks learned in school. This has always been one of my favorites.

While I have yet to encounter a Mel Brooks movie that I don't love, this movie is something special. It's like each and every person in this movie not only brought their A-game, but lived their roles.

It is Good to be the king.

“The Spanish Inquisition” truly is the greatest musical in the history of American cinema. If you really love “It’s Good To be the King”, then you should hear the song of the same name that Mel released when the movie came out. I heard it first on the Dr. Demento Show. My favorite lines are Empress Nymphia’s “Olé!”, and “Your Majesty, you look like the pissboy!”

10 seconds into the film. "What's the one in the middle doing", after that we lost her. Love Mel Brooks films.

Gregory Hines was a wonderful dancer as well as an actor. He teamed up with Billy Crystal in a buddy cop comedy called "Running Scared", which is uncomplicated and fun. He also co-starred with Russian ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov in an odd but satisfying thriller called "White Nights".

Given how you love the musical numbers, I can’t wait to see you react to The Producers. The original movie has our boy Gene Wilder, but the newer one is a movie version of the musical stage play adaption that Mel Brooks made for broadway, and is also very excellent.

No matter the age, race, or gender, when you get Mel Brooks, you GET Mel Brooks. These reactions are a joy to watch. I discovered Mel Brooks at the age of 10 when my older cousin got me into the theatre to see Spaceballs!!!! 😃

I think Mel is still with us, I wish he was still young enough to make movies but he left us something special.

The "we certainly get around" song was a reference to the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road" movies, which always had that kind of musical number.

I saw this in the theater with a bunch of us guys from my high school football team. After the movie, we made a chorus line in the lobby and sang "the inquisition!" on our way out. Good times. Mel Brooks is a genius.

I'm so glad you watched this one and even more so that you enjoyed it! This is probably my favorite but I feel like it gets overshadowed by Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Btw, the "slave" is Gregory Hines. He's a wonderful actor and a fantastic tap/soft shoe dancer. He was in a movie in 1985 called White Nights that I think you'd really like. It also starred Mikhail Baryshnikov who was a famous Russia ballet dancer.

“High Anxiety” is another Mel Brooks classic from around 1977 that should go on your list. It’s his satirical take on Alfred Hitchcock movies. It has many of the usual cast of his films. Not many people react to this one, but it is non stop laughs and gags.

Hey Miranda! You are without a doubt my favorite movie reactor! I absolutely LOVE watching you react to Mel Brooks' movies, and you've topped yourself with this one! Your reactions to the movie are funnier than the movie! You are beyond adorable! 🤣

Oh, and yes, Madame DeFarge was Cloris Leachman, who also played Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein..

Miranda, THANK YOU for not being afraid to laugh at dirty & ‘questionable’ humor. It’s refreshing to see the reaction of someone who genuinely likes to laugh at stuff that people are being Brainwashed nowadays to think is inappropriate. Your reactions are what keeps me (and many others)coming back to your channel and content. Try watching ‘The Producers if you are really into musical numbers. It won’t disappoint !!

Mel Brooks' 2nd wife was Anne Bancroft, who played Mrs. Robinson in the 1967 movie 'The Graduate', which featured Dustin Hoffman.

Yep. Caveman in the middle is Coach Calhoun in Grease. His name is Sid Caesar and he and Mel Brooks were long time friends and collaborators. Mel wrote for Sid when he was in a couple of variety/sketch comedy shows in the 1950s!

I think you need to start tackling Monty Python. You are ready.

The one issue with the Inquisition song is that it was made to sound like it was directed specifically at Jewish people. It was actually directed at Islamic converts after the reconquest of Spain (literally called the Recoquista) from the Moors, but then it expanded to anyone who wasn't Catholic. So that also included the Jewish, Protestants, and Polytheists. And from there it expanded to anyone who opposed the Spanish Monarchy. Heck, a lot of people don't realize that the Spanish Inquisition was ongoing right up until 1834

Kudos to you for recognizing Mel Brooks' genius and the genius of Madeline Kahn. If you love these movies, you definitely need to do Monty Python movies as well, starting with the Holy Grail.

Can't wait for you to watch Monty Pythons's Life of Brian and The Holy Grail.

I haven't seen this movie before. In places it reminded me of Monty Python's Life of Brian and also their Holy Grail movie. I recommend checking those out too if you haven't already 😀. This is such a great channel Miranda!

31:24 a bit of (not so ancient 😉) history: earlier non-electric typewriters had a "ding" for when you reached the right margin of your page. You had to manually return the typewriter to start the next line, usually with swiping a large lever on the machine. Yes I'm telling my age, but at least I learned on an electric typewriter LOL, those came next altho we didn't yet have an "undo" key 😂 This is so much fun watching your reaction - I'm glad I'm not at work rn!

A couple of points: 1. _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ was made almost a decade after this so the "Jews in Space" song was reused for that, not that other way around (it was also much before _Spaceballs_ and only 4 years after _Star Wars,_ so it's Mel Brooks' first _Star Wars_ parody). 2. The tease for "Part 2" at the end was meant as a joke for all the multi part epics like "The Bible: In the Beginning", but this year Part II was made as a TV series.

If you want to see what Mel Brooks does adapting an existing story, check out TheTwelve Chairs. It’s one of his earlier works and adapted from a Russian novel, and what he does with it is pure genius.

For me, this movie started the period of Mel Brooks' career when he began to ape himself. Some bits are very funny, others...not so much. Madeline Kahn was stellar, as usual, and I loved Mel Brooks' take on Moses. As always, I'm happy you enjoyed it and are really getting a lot out of Mel Brooks' films. Reactions like these are evidence that they hold up to this day.

I love this reaction- it is the same we had 40 years ago watching this film... with the minor difference being we knew how ridiculously famous some of the bit part players were. ❤

The Oedipus joke is still my favorite. I didn't get the "Road to Judea" bit until I saw the Bob Hope movies later on. The references are so thick you almost need a class to pick up on them all.

Miranda, if you keep dropping Mel Brooks reactions while I am at work, you are gonna get me fired. Every time I sneak a peek, your laughter makes me laugh 😂 You radiate pure joy when watching Brooks' films. It warms my soul. Thank you so very much for allowing me to watch these films, for the first time again, thru the lens of your eyes. Your reactions brighten my dim workday. Great work, as always.

Mel Brooks was on the Nerdist Podcast several years ago, and was asked about the Part 1, part of the title, what happened to Part 2? He said that was part of the joke, he never planned on doing one... but the joke endures... Also loved the fact that they used V when advertising the USED CHARIOTS, because Latin doesn't gave a U, so if nothing else is historically accurate at least it is grammatical accurate... While there isn't a part 2, we do almost get Hitler on Ice, with the movie To Be Or Not To Be, from 1983

I love that the Centurion yells, "Lindus!" and then the music begins...and they're dancing the Lindy Hop.

Fun fact. Mel Brooks was employed by the US Gov during WWII to de-programe German prisoners of war who were considered die hard Nazis. As a son of immigrants, Mel spoke perfect German, and part of his technique was to walk into a lecture hall, full of sceptical German prisoners, dressed as Adolf Hitler, raise his arm and shout "Heil Me!" The guy is on a completely different level. We are so fortunate that he found his calling, and lives in a time where so many people can watch him, then struggle to breath and laugh at the same time...

Back in the '50s Mel was one of the youngest writers for "Your Show of Shows", an early precursor to SNL. At one point he had to keep famed actor, Errol Flynn in check. They made a movie about that called "My Favorite Year" although they changed the names. Brooks was the executive producer on that. It's a blast.

As a side note, you NEED to watch Gregory Hines doing tap. Absolute GOAT. I'm so glad to see you watching Mel :)

Comedic genius doesn't even come close to what Mel Brooks is. His work is remarkably profound and yet so simply delivered that this 12 year old boy was able to appreciate the humor in the very early 1980s. Clearly my all-time favorite comedy.

Most people don't get the Oedipus joke "Give to Oedipus. Give to Oedipus!" Oedipus was an ancient figure who accidently murdered his father and married his mother so when he says "Hey Josephus" and he says "Hey mothafucka" it brings on a whole new meaning. lol

And now for something completely different ... Try Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They are a riot. If you'd like of course. You are definetly the best reactor ever. Oh and Mel Brooks and I share the same birthday lol.

Your reaction did not disappoint. There are so many quotable lines in this one. It's comedy gold, and yet I feel it's the most underrated of all his films. Thank you for partaking in this journey. If anyone is feeling down this season, they owe it to themselves to watch this. Oh, and if you want another comedy masterpiece, check out Caveman with Ringo Star 😉

I saw this v movie in Spring 1982. It was the same year I graduated high school. I remember it as clearly as if I were still there. I remember how badly my stomach hurt from laughing so damned hard. “Goodbye, head.” “Hello, balls!” It’s great to see the joyous moments from history living on and being loved and appreciated by the younger generations. Thanks for bringing a little more hope to an old man.

"The Inquisition"! May be one of the best musical interludes EVER in cinema history.

Mel is a ham.. always has been. That's why Gene Wilder asked him *not* to be in Young Frankensrein .. Gene wrote it, and he felt that Mel, if he acted in YF, would take over the film and make it about him... Gene also felt that while YF was a comedy, it had to have some heart and sentimentality, which Mel would have obliterated.. and Mel agreed and just directed it.

Madeline Kahn is proof that funny is sexy.

03:52 That guy in the middle is Sid Caesar, a brilliant comic actor, and one of the people who discovered and nurtured Mel Brooks and his career. He also was the coach in GREASE! First, Mel wrote for YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS, which featured Imogene Coca (Aunt Edna in National Lampoon's VACATION), Howard Morris, who was on "The Andy Griffith Show," and was a major writer and TV producer in his own right, and Carl Reiner, who went on to create "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and direct all of Steve Martin's earlier films. That was just the cast! The writers included Neil Simon and his brother Danny, Mel Brooks, Mel Tolkin and Selma Diamond. The subsequent Caesar series, CAESAR'S HOUR added Larry (MASH TV show) Gelbart, and some young redhead named Woody Allen.

At 20:58 "I really hope we get a musical number in this." Me: wondering "Can she handle it?"

You definitely need to watch Monty Python, if you haven't. Those are so good 😅

My favourite gag in this one is Oedipus: Hey Josephus Josephus: Hey MFer

At last!! You've reacted to my favorite Mel Brooks movie and you did not disappoint!! Toward the end of the Roman segment you mentioned wanting to see a musical number! I said to myself.."It's coming right up in just a few minutes Miranda!!" The Inquisition is my favorite part of this movie and still to this day pops into my head randomly!! Can't wait to see what you react to next! I've also been sampling some of your content on your gaming channel! Take care and keep up the fantastic work!!

madeline kahn really is a genius! steals every film she’s in with just a few scenes. i wish she and mel brooks made even more films together.

I've seen this millions of times throughout my life and you pointed out 2 things I never noticed: the caveman being the gym teacher from Grease, and the Jews In Space song being in Men In Tights. 😱

I can't believe I've never seen this movie before! It would be absolutely hilarious to watch on its own, but seeing it alongside your reactions just elevates it to another level. Mel Brooks is an absolute genius. All the humour, jokes and one-liners were so relentless, I'm sure there's so much I missed on first viewing, so will definitely need to watch this several times over! Thanks for yet another wonderful and entertaining movie reaction, Miranda! 🤣 Absolutely loved it! 🤣🤣😊

The actor who played the Roman emperor was also Don Giovanni in Men In Tights and the voice of Pizza The Hutt.

A classic. BTW, the nuns in the Inquisition skit are the reason this movie is on the Vatican's banned list.

High Anxiety and Young Frankenstein are must watches.

I think I saw your soul briefly leave your body during the Inquisition number . . . AND I'M HERE FOR IT!!!

This was my favorite movie growing up as a teen. It was fun to watch someone love it as much. You’re right, Mel doesn’t not let up on his jokes…. No wasted dialogue. You see and laugh at new stuff you missed every time you watch it.

25:25 I'm calling it: Miranda is going to receive a gift of that scene she is begging for from a fan. Just like she got gifts of Airplane and Young Frankenstein.

While this one isn't my favorite of Mel Brooks, I still love it. It's just such a good time. And the French Revolution vignette is absolute gold. Oh, and you probably recognized Harvey Korman (Count de Monet) as having been in Blazing Saddles. You should really check out the sketch from the Carol Burnette Show of the dentist. Harvey is in that one too and it's hysterical.

Your genuine excitement and happiness watching this is THE reason for reaction videos! Also, yeah, Mel Brooks is a comedy genius and a national treasure.

Its so great seeing someone enjoy something this much. Thanks for the take! I feel like "Clue" with Madeline Kahn and Tim Curry would be a great fit for this channel!

One of the best jokes in this is also very subtle. When they escape in Rome and see Oedipus. In Greek mythology Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. When he realized what he had done he put his own eyes out. Hence Josephus greeting him, “Hey Motherf&$ker”! Subtle but hilarious if you know it.

Having seen this movie before, when you said you hoped for a musical number... (Dot, Dot, Dot) I knew what was coming up and it made me happy!

I think we need to get you some Monty Python.

It is a long-held fact that 'your favorite Mel Brooks film is the last one you've watched'. They're all good, and for different reasons. You just have to be in the mood for any particular one, and it suddenly becomes your favorite- and that's why everyone who love Mel Brooks films should watch them every year.

20:49 - Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother. Therefore, when he is called "Mother F'er", he was LITERALLY one! If you know the story, it's one of the simplest, smartest, but funniest of jokes!! I'm so glad I recommended this movie to you (I'm sure one of many!). There were so many memorable moments in it. I almost died when I first discovered "the first critic" from the stone age. And I still use the expression "it's good to be the king"!

This is possibly my favourite Mel Brooks movie as well. They never made a second part of this movie - or did they... : Earlier this year (yes, 2023), there was an 8-part series "History of the World Part II".

Back in school (born in 1973) we had an art assignment to decorate the school hallways. My contribution was 3 2x5 meter paintings with the words "roman red" "a whole field of..." "Wacky weedus" in various psykedelic colours displayed down one of the main hallways. I think it stayed up for the most part of a decade after i left school 😂

They did a Hulu series as “history of the world part 2” but one of the greatest gags about part 1 was that there was no part 2!

This movie had such an amazing cast..It saddens me that all but a few have passed on, but they will be forever Immortalized in this film.

Mel Brooks and Monty Python were my go-to, all-time favorites for comedy when I was younger, and still are today. Absolute timeless comedy classics.

If you love Madelaine Khan, and you both do and should, on your to-watch list you wanna put Clue, it's arguably her finest moment. And you can absolutely purchase a copy of the might be our last supper painting.

The great Orson Wells is the narrator. Brooks paid him $ 10,000 to do it. Great movie!! Thanks !!

Caesar was played by the great Dom Delouise who also played Don Giovanni in Men In Tights. He was a legendary actor and comedian who also worked a lot with Burt Reynolds. The cave man you recognized was Sid Caesar. (Yes, from Grease as well as MANY other things.) He was a legendary actor, writer, producer and comedian especially in the early days of television. Mel Brooks wrote for him early in his career. The black guy in ancient Rome was the great Gregory Hines. Count Demonet was Harvey Korman. He was also in Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety. He was a regular on The Carol Burnett Show in the 70's and did legendary skits, especially with Tim Conway who'd frequently adlib and go off the rails just to crack him up. You should check out some of it. It's a riot! The Carol Burnett Show was one of the precursors to Saturday Night Live. Madeleine Kahn, Cloris Leachman and many others sprinkled throughout this movie were legendary actors and comedians. Cloris Leachman was in The Mary Tyler Moore Show among MANY other works and continued acting well into her 90's. She was on a show called Raising Hope with Martha Plimpton toward the end of her life. One of the gags was to always credit her as "Introducing Cloris Leachman" as she was the oldest, most experienced and well-known of all the actors on that show. Bea Arthur was not only in The Golden Girls, but also in the title role in Maude, a spinoff of ALL In The Family. Madeleine Kahn was an accomplished singer and does all her own singing. She actually found it hard to sing badly in Blazing Saddles.

Glad you enjoyed this classic, time for Dracula Dead and Loving It! Mel Brooks once again shows up in this one! The pure joy you exude is priceless to us the audience!

Dom Deluise , Claris Leachman, Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, Sid Ceasar, Shecky Greene et al, ....you should learn more about these wonderful people - they ARE the history of comedy.

The Roman with the great facial expressions is Sid Caesar. What a great actor and comedian.

I love all your Mel Brooks reactions. It really makes me happy to see younger people enjoy and appreciate the brilliance that is Mel Brooks.

I understand getting the movies and jokes better being older. I used to watch them when I was a lil kid but certainly "got them" a little more when I was older. It has been wonderful rewatching these movies with you. I hope you will do the original version of The Producers. History of the World Part 2 did recently come out and unfortunately it was bad. Really bad. I would say skip it.

This day just keeps getting better! Thank you for reacting to this movie! You should also react to Mel Brooks' To Be Or Not To Be.

It's interesting watching this with you, young lady. I hope for your sake that you have a grasp on the legendary talent in this movie. You can't go three feet without hitting Old Hollywood. I've been watching this film since 1981. Had the VHS, now the DVD, seen it over a hundred times and just now realised that the Court Emcee was the great Howard Morris-"Earnest T. Bass" and if you don't recognise either of those names, get you to The Andy Griffith Show immediately. And yes, you can watch this endlessly. I've been watching it for 40 years and it never, ever stops being a scream. Shoutout to Shecky Greene as "Marcus Vindictus" who we just lost yesterday at the age of 97. Long Live Mel Brooks.

My most quoted line from this movie is when the old, imprisoned scientist is throwing dead birds out of the window shouting: "FREE! FREE!"... (like whenever I see a buy one get one sale) I know something all y'all who appreciate silliness would enjoy, (especially Miranda): I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus, Eat or Be Eaten, How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, and, my personal favorite, Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. By The Firesign Theater (though, it being comedy for radio, it may be hard to find on a reaction channel, I think you'd enjoy it immensely)

I recommend you the 1983 movie "To be or not to be" . Produced and starring Mel Brooks. I think you're gone love it. kisses from France.😘

So I have a theory on your dislike of history. With respect to your teachers, my theory is that a love or disdain for history is based on its overall presentation.

I took a screenshot of Mel brooks at the last supper - have it as a Desktop background....:) John Hurt (from The Elephant Man,194) played Jesus, the first Police Academy wanted -to-be-Captain played Leonardo Da Vinci ! The black tap dancer was brilliant...Barry...but he died young some years later! Great cast... :) Thanks for the laughs,reactions! Loving your reviews!

There's really nothing as gratifying as seeing a person's reaction to this classic movie.