Human history is traced through a series of vignettes, beginning with cavemen awestruck by their own magnificence. Then Moses (Mel Brooks) receives the tablets containing the “15” commandments, and Emperor Nero (Dom DeLuise) presides over a madcap Rome with his wife, Nympho (Madeline Kahn). Jumping ahead, the Spanish Inquisition softens repression with song and dance, and a few centuries later Madame Defarge (Cloris Leachman) is fomenting revolution in France. Ramos Fantasy Football Winner.

Release date: June 12, 1981 (USA)
Director: Mel Brooks
Budget: 11 million USD, 10 million USD
Screenplay: Mel Brooks
Box office: 31.7 million USD
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios