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appalachiablue

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:08 PM Nov 3

Hst of the World, Mel Brooks Comedy ⚜ French Rev, Mme Defarge, Louis XVI, Impt Americans in France [View all]


- Clip, The French Revolution. - In her Paris tavern, Madame Defarge (Cloris Leachman) incites a mob to plot the French Revolution.

- French Revolution, 1789- 1799
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution


👑 Clip, Meanwhile, King Louis of France (Brooks) is warned by his advisors, Count de Monet (Harvey Korman) & Béarnaise (Andreas Voutsinas), that the peasants do not think he likes them - a suspicion reinforced by the king's use of peasants as targets in a game of skeet...
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🎥 - History of the World, Part I is a 1981 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing 5 roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher, Tomás de Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques, le garçon de pisse..The large ensemble cast also features Sid Caesar, Shecky Greene, Gregory Hines (in his film debut), Charlie Callas; & Brooks regulars Ron Carey, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World,_Part_I
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- Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; b. June 28, 1926) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and songwriter. With a career spanning over 7 decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks
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