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6 Funniest 'History of the World Part 1' Segments, Ranked

Hayley (they/them pronouns) is a non-binary writer based in Brooklyn. They mostly write for the theater, but love pop culture and history. You can probably find them following Coldplay on tour if they ...
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A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX GLASSES : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name, this new Fox Nation series features six episodes hosted by Dan Aykroyd behind the bar as he serves up drinks and history lessons to a ...
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History of the World Part 2: Everything We Know so Far

Fred Armisen as Sigmund Freud in History of the World Part 2 Image via Hulu Legendary director, writer, producer, and actor Mel Brooks may be ninety-six years old, but not even his age could ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The real Jewish history in Mel Brooks’ and Hulu’s ‘History of the World, Part II’

Spoilers for “History of the World: Part II” follow. (JTA) – Finally fulfilling the promise Mel Brooks made in 1981, the long-belated “History Of The World, Part II” brings us … “Hitler on Ice.” For a ...
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HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

Anyone with any comedic sensibility probably has at least a few lines from Mel Brooks’ 1981 film History Of The World, Part I at the ready; it was smack in the middle of a classic run of films from ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The History of the World in Seven Snails

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...
CNN

‘History of the World, Part II’ gives Mel Brooks’ silly sketches a series sequel

Recognizing the inevitably hit-miss nature of sketch comedy, the main question for “History of the World, Part II” is whether the Hulu series yields enough good stuff to justify this extension of the ...
Rotten Tomatoes

Season 1 – History of the World: Part II

Those familiar with Mel Brooks’ work will be delighted that the entire series evokes his sense of humour. Unfortunately, that also means it’s very hit-and-miss. Go to Full Review Kristian M. Lin Fort ...
Los Angeles Times

‘History of the World, Part II’ review: The school of Mel is in session

If you don’t count the years when he worked as a drummer, a “tummler” and a teenage comic in the Catskills, Mel Brooks began his show business career in television, writing for Sid Caesar at the dawn ...
Time

A History of the World in Twelve Maps

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...
The World from PRX on MSN

Out of Eden Walk: The origin story of the human species is still being written

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...