Other Titles • Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (1981) • Mel Brooks - Die verrückte Geschichte der Welt (1982)
Quotes from History of the World: Part I (1981)
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Dole Office Clerk: Occupation? Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. Dole Office Clerk: What? Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human existence into a viable and meaningful comprehension. Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a *bullshit* artist! Comicus: Hmmmmmm... Dole Office Clerk: Did you bullshit last week? Comicus: No. Dole Office Clerk: Did you try to bullshit last week? Comicus: Yes!
(2 votes)
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Comicus: The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation - but I hear that that's coming quickly.
(2 votes)
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Madame DeFarge: We are so poor, we don't even have a language! Just a stupid accent! Fellow Revolutionist: She's right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! [laughs] Fellow Revolutionist: Au-haw-haw. Crowd: Au-haw-haw.
(2 votes)
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Empress Nympho: Say Bob, do I have any openings that this man might fit? Crowd: Whooooaaaaaaa! Bob: Well, we could use another wine steward. Josephus: Hey, I got a great corkscrew. Crowd: Whoooaaaaaaa! Josephus: Damn, this a hip crowd!
(1 vote)
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Oedipus: [walking around collecting donations] Give to Oedipus! Give to Oedipus! Hey Josephus! Josephus: Hey, motherfucker!
(1 vote)
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Count de Monet: Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise.
(1 vote)
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Marcus Vindictus: Don't you know your right flank from your left flank? Captain Mucus: I'm sorry sir, I flunked flank. Marcus Vindictus: You flunked flank? Get the flunk out of here!
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Swiftus: Oh you are nuts. N-V-T-S - nuts!
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Empress Nympho: [to her litter bearers] Could you *please* step on the same foot at the same time! My tits are falling off!
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Empress Nympho: Virgins, put on your "no entry" signs! We are about to confront... guys!
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Narrator: And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth - the critic.
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Marcus Vindictus: What bait must I use to catch your love? I am your servant. Empress Nympho: Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.
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Comicus: The Christians are so poor... Swiftus: How poor are they? Comicus: Thank you. They are so poor... That they only have one God. [drumbeat, everyone laughs] Comicus: But we Romans are rich. We've got a lot of gods. We've got a god for everything. The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that's coming quickly.
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[Condemned for offending Emperor Nero with his stand-up routine] Comicus: Boy, when you die at the palace, you really DIE at the palace!
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King Louis XVI: It's good to be the king!
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Count de Monet: It is said that the people are revolting. King Louis XVI: You said it! They stink on ice!
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Plumbing Salesman: Pipe the shit out of your house!
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Leader of Senate: All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote? Entire Senate: FUCK THE POOR!
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Count de Monet: My Lord, you look just like the piss-boy! King Louis XVI: And you look like a bucket of shit!
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Insolent Flunky: Count yer money. Count de Monet: Count de Monet!
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Dole Office Clerk: [to a gladiator] Now listen this is your last week of unemployment insurance, either you kill somebody next week or we're going to have to change your status.
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Apostle: Please go away! Comicus: All right all right! Jesus! Jesus: Yes?
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Miriam: Miracle! Oh, what a beautiful name! What's yours? Comicus: Miracle. Uh, Comicus. I'm a stand-up philosopher. Miriam: Oh, I'm Miriam, I'm a vestal virgin. Comicus: I'm really sorry to hear that.
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Narrator: See; Hitler on Ice!
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Chief Monk: Let's face it - you can't Torquemada anything!
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Dole Office Clerk: I'm sorry, I'm on my wine break.
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Oedipus: Donations for the blind? Josephus: Hey, motherfucker!
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Emperor Nero: Wash this!
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King Louis XVI: [sniffs cocaine into each nostril] Everything's so green.
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Bearnaise: I don't like your cuffs!... I don't like your cuffs! I don't like your cuffs! A man's cuffs should be even with the tip of his 'pee-pee'. Yours are all the way down to your balls! Count de Monet: At least I have them! Bearnaise: Bitch!
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Monsieur Rimbaud: [falls flat on face] What fool put a carpet on the wall?
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Roman Officer: Seize him! Josephus: [grabs crotch] Seize *this*, honkus!
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Comicus: [during the Roman empire] So, have you heard about this new guys, the "Christians"? They are so poor... that they only have ONE God!
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Roman Officer: Do you know the penalty for a slave that strikes a Roman citizen? [people in the crowd raise hands enthusiastically] Roman Officer: Ok, you. You had your hand up first. Man in crowd: Death by torture! Roman Officer: No. You. Man in crowd: Crucifiction! Roman Officer: No. You. Man in crowd: They shove a living snake up your ass! Roman Officer: Ah, no... but that's very creative.
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King Louis XVI: Knight jumps queen! Bishop jumps queen! Pawns jump queen! *Gangbang*!
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Poppinjay: [muffled in to microphone] Pawn threatens bishop. King Louis XVI: What the hell did you just say? Poppinjay: [turning to King Louis XVI without removing the microphone] Pawn threatens bishop.
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Judas: No. No. Leave us alone! Comicus: All right, all right! Jesus! Jesus: Yes. Comicus: What? Jesus: What? Comicus: What? Jesus: Yes. Comicus: Jesus! Jesus: Yes. Comicus: What? Jesus: What? Comicus: You said what. Jesus: Yes. Comicus: Nothing.
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Moses: The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... [drops one of the tablets] Moses: Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!
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