History of the World, Part I

History of the World, Part I is a 1981 comedy film produced, directed, written by, and starring Mel Brooks. Compared to the more or less single narratives of previous Brooks films, the movie takes a comedy sketch approach to history, from caveman times to the French Revolution, tied together through dramatic voice-over narration by Orson Welles. The best known line in the movie is delivered by Brooks as Louis XVI: "It's good to be the king," which even spawned a rap single. Mel Brooks reused the line in Robin Hood: Men in Tights and the musical version of The Producers.
==References==
*Oscar the Grouch declares, "It's good to be the king," during the credits of The Three Grouchketeers.
*Tutter quotes, "It's good to be the king," in the Bear in the Big Blue House episode "As Different as Day and Night."
*A chapter in Pepe's book It's Hard Out Here for a Shrimp is subtitled "It's Good to Be the King Prawn."
*In the first issue of Muppet Snow White, Gonzo makes mention of the king taking a new wife, to which Rizzo the Rat quips, "It's good to be king!"
==Connections==
*Mel Brooks played Moses, Comicus, Torquemada, Jacques, and King Louis XVI
*Ralph Burns orchestrated "The Spanish Inquisition" segment
*Sid Caesar played the chief caveman
*Dom DeLuise played Emperor Nero 
*Gregory Hines played Josephus 
*John Hurt played Jesus Christ 
*Madeline Kahn played Empress Nympho
*Harvey Korman played Count de Monet 
*Cloris Leachman played Madame DeFarge 
*Spike Milligan played Monsieur Rimbaud
*Howard Morris played the Roman court spokesman
*John Morris scored the film
*Orson Welles played the narrator
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