Movie connections for
History of the World: Part I (1981) More at IMDbPro »

Edited from

The Vikings (1958)

References

Ivan Groznyy I (1944)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961)
The Godfather (1972)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
 -  References king's human chessboard in royal garden

Referenced in

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Spaceballs (1987)
 -  Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Outlaw (#6.19)" (1993)
 -  Tom: "It's good to be the king."
"Saved by the Bell: The College Years: Marry Me (#1.17)" (1994)
 -  Dean McMann says, "It's good to be the dean."
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Orgazmo (1997)
Desperate Measures (1998)
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill (1998) (VG)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
 -  Young Vivi says the line, "Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise."
Flesh for the Beast (2003)
 -  dialog: "It's good to be the king!"
"Angel: Just Rewards (#5.2)" (2003)
 -  Spike: It's good to be the king, isn't it?' is aline from the Mel Brooks' movie
Floris (2004)
 -  Pi uses a cloud of weed to disorient a batalion of soldiers
"The Naked Archaeologist: Biblical Food (#1.8)" (2005)
 -  Quotes the famous line from the movie "It's good to be king"
Danika (2006)
 -  DVD seen in The Good Guys store
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
 -  "It's good to be the king!"
Spring Break 24/7 (2007) (V)
 -  "It's good to be the king."
Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007)
 -  "It's good to be a monger."
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Drops' Out (#8.14)" (2008)
 -  Nicky remarks, "It's good to be the king, I suppose", a line repeated several times in the movie.

Featured in

"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
 -  in the 81 segment

Spoofs

Footlight Parade (1933)
Roman Scandals (1933)
 -  The entire roman episode is built around gags and characters from the earlier film
Road to Morocco (1942)
 -  Mel Brooks and Gregory Hines sing "Road to Judea" with the same music from "Road to Morocco."
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
 -  Spoofs water candle ballet
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Oedipus Rex (1957)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
 -  Comicus and Josephus's gladiator fight is a spoof of Spartacus's.
King of Kings (1961)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
 -  Last supper sequence
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (1977)
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)
 -  A sequence at the end spoofs the space battles in "BSG"
Caligola (1979)

Spoofed in

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
The History of the World Episode 10: The Discovery of Language (1994)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Come Away Home (2005)
 -  Lampoons a character from that film

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