When The History of the World, Part I came out in 1981, Mel Brooks was at the height of his career, helping to define cinematic comedy for an entire generation. The film is probably one of his most beloved, but a part II was never made, mainly because the subtitle was just a joke, played by the parody trailer at the end of the film . However, Hulu tried Brooks to finally make the never-planned story of World Part 2 a series, and now we have a full trailer to show it off.
Picking up somewhat, but not quite, from the last film’s thread, Part Two once again presents a collection of loosely connected historical skits that poke fun at the story’s big moments and characters, but this time in a of television broadcast. As shown in the History of the World Part 2 trailer, these historical figures will be played by almost every comedian/celebrities in the world, including Brooks himself.
The cast list is longer than you’ll read, but here it is anyway: Pamela Adlon, Tim Baltz, Zazie Beetz, Jillian Bell, Quinta Brunson, Dove Cameron, D’Arcy Carden, Ronny Chieng, Rob Corddry, Danny DeVito , David Duchovny, Hannah Einbinder, Jay Ellis, Josh Gad, Kimiko Glenn, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Jake Johnson, Richard Kind, Johnny Knoxville, Lauren Lapkus, Jenifer Lewis, Poppy Liu, Joe Lo Truglio, Jason Mantzoukas, Ken Marino, Jack McBrayer , Zahn McClarnon, Charles Melton, Kumail Nanjiani, Brock O’Hurn, Andrew Rannells, Emily Ratajkowski, Sam Richardson, Nick Robinson, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Timothy Simons, JB Smoove, David Wain, Taika Waititi, Reggie Watts and Tyler James Williams. Yes, you recognize many of these names. I guess if someone says to you, “Do you want to be in a Mel Brooks movie?”, you say yes.
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Hulu is treating the series like a big event, releasing eight episodes in the space of four days instead of releasing one a week or uploading them all at once. The series premieres on March 6 and will air two episodes daily until its conclusion on March 9. It’s kind of an old-school miniseries that came out in the summer and replaced reruns for a week, but probably much better quality and directed by one of the funniest human beings on Earth. Speaking of which, it’s been too long since we’ve had a Mel Brooks song, so it’s great to see Jack Black sing one like Stalin. Heck, Brooks has played Hitler before, so that makes sense.