History of the World, Part One

Mel Brooks' comic genius is unleashed in spades in this episodic spoof of history's seminal moments, narrated by Orson Welles. Beginning with a brilliant send-up of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brooks then lampoons the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition and ends with a clever takeoff on the French Revolution. The all-star-cast includes Sid Caesar, Gregory Hines, Madeleine Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Harvey Korman and, of course, Brooks.