History of the World Part II

[Bryce Canyon]

At the end of History of the World(the Mel Brooks film), they have a preview for a sequel. Was this movie really intended to be made, cause the title of the original implies more than one film. Or was it just a little joke, getting people ready for a film that would never be made. What happened?

[Irene Manor]

Think about it for a minute....


A sequel to the history of the world....

[Weapon X]

I'm pretty sure it was a joke. In just about all of Mel Brook's movies, he makes some strange reference to a sequel that will never happen. Examples include:

In Spaceballs, Yogurt says, "Maybe we'll all see each other again in Spaceballs II: The Search For More Money."

[Bryce Canyon]

But the movie was called Part I, unless it was all for working the joke...

[Irene Manor]

What I'm getting at is that it is "The History of The World".

Meaning everything that has happened.

So a sequel is just absurd -- Is he going to wait a couple thousand years and lay pt. 2 on us?

It's just a funny title because it is like, "HISTORY OF THE WORLD (part one)"

I think it is a play on words -- absurdist irony.

[This message has been edited by Irene Manor (edited 05-07-2002).]

[Bryce Canyon]

...yeah, but there's still things he hasn't covered.

[Irene Manor]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bryce Canyon:
...yeah, but there's still things he hasn't covered.</font>

Are you trying to convince me that I don't think it's a play on words and that there will really be a sequel.

[A.J. Hakari]

In all likeliness, HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II won't be made. Just as KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST promised KUNG POW II: TONGUE OF FURY, which also probably won't be made...*sigh*...