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#StarWars #historyoftheworld #HistoryOfTheWorldPartI #ItsGoodtobetheking #Palpatine #EmperorPalpatine #darthsidious #ianmcdiarmid #MelBrooks

February 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Today In Nerd History

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Remembering Dom DeLuise, born August 1, 1933 and passed away May 4, 2009.

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#TodayInNerdHistory #August1 #DomDeLuise #BlazingSaddles #HistoryOfTheWorldPartI #Spaceballs #RobinHoodMenInTights #TheCannonballRun #SmokeyAndTheBanditII #TheSecretOfNimh #Birthday

August 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM

Cameron Hampton

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I love Mel Brooks films.
#melbrooks #historyoftheworldpartI #frenchrevolution #revolution
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History of the World Part I - French Revolution

YouTube video by Bob Loblaw

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March 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM

chrissyelf.bsky.social

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqkT... #rome #italy #romanempire #trump #ICE #historyoftheworldpart1 #historyoftheworldparti #1980s #MelBrooks

History of the world Part 1 - Fuck The Poor

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January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM

Today In Nerd History

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Happy birthday Rod Haase, born May 1, 1947.

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. #TodayInNerdHistory #May1 #RodHaase #BattlestarGalactica #LegendsOfTheSuperheores #HistoryOfTheWorldPartI #TheFlash #Tolan #Birthday #History #News #OTD #FYP #Nerd .

May 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM

chrissyelf.bsky.social

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0iA... #revolution #trump #pissedoff #peasants #capitalism #melbrooks #france #historyoftheworldpart1 #1980s #historyoftheworldparti #frenchrevolution "I'm not the king" "BULLSHIT" #kingLouisXIV #impeachment

The People are Revolting

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December 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Today In Nerd History

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History of the World: Part I was released June 12, 1981.

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June 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM

That Geek with the Clip-Ons

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#HappyBirthday #MelBrooks #actor #filmmaker #AcademyAwardWinner #EGOT #TheProducers #BlazingSaddles #YoungFrankenstein #HighAnxiety #HistoryOfTheWorldPartI #Spaceballs #Spaceballs #LifeStinks #RobinHoodMenInTights #PopCultureIcon #geek #blog #film #tv #Broadway #GeekWithClipOns #IReviewStuff #IRS

Mel Brooks

Filmmakers/Actors Mel Brooks (born Melvyn Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic…

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June 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Chris Endministrator🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇶♓️💊🌨️🖥️🔧🐧📷

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I feel 44 instead of 34 #90sbaby #1980s #rockyiv #terminator #bttf #diehard #revengeofthenerds #rambo #ghostbusters #stripes #spaceballs #historyoftheworldparti #spieslikeus #thebluesbrothers #wargames #thekaratekid #policeacademy #robocop #twistedsister #bonjovi #nintendo

August 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM

JMS

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I wouldn't call myself a Mel Brooks fan (at least when it comes to his comedy films, seems like a great human being), Spaceballs being the sole exception, so it isn't much of a surprise that there still was a few movies that I hadn't seen... #SilentMovie #HistoryOfTheWorldPartI 📽️🎞️

Poster for the comedy film 'Silent Movie' (1976). Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Paul Newman and Harold Gould.

In the middle of the poster the text Mel Brooks in Silent Movie. On top of the film's title an illustration of a dark brown haired middle-aged man (Mel Brooks as Mel Funn) wearing a captain's hat shushing with a large film reel behind him. Below the film's title a view of the Los Angeles skyline with a sun rising from behind the mountains. On the bottom left an oval image of a bug-eyed middle-aged man (Marty Feldman as Marty Eggs) wearing a black leather racing helmet next to his name and on the right a grinning dark haired middle-aged man (Dom DeLuise as Dom Bell) wearing a grey hat with his name next to the photo as well.

Poster for the comedy film 'History of the World Part I' (1981). Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar and Sammy Shore.

On the poster an illustrated collage surrounding the film's title "Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I" in stylized letters on top of a marble column with the text "In Mel We Trvst" carved onto it. Most prominently on top of the film's title the profiled face of a Roman officer holding a sword. On the top left corner an illustration of a crowd gathered around a guillotine. On the top right Roman soldiers, some on chariots. At bottom left a Roman emperor and French king with a buxom 18th century woman. On the right side Esther Williams-style aquatic ballet dancers, Catholic monk standing next to a pillory. A viking and cavemen at the bottom right.

July 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM

JMS

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...and I can't say that neither #SilentMovie or #HistoryOfTheWorldPartI, despite being a bit of a cinephile, and a history major, would've suddenly changed that for me. Not because I would just find him unfunny, his films just generally aren't laugh out loud funny to me. 📽️🎞️