You may remember that in the original movie, Zero Mostel played the former Broadway king who hadn't had a hit in a long time. ‘History of the World Part II’ premieres on Hulu Monday, March 6 th airing two new episodes every night until Thursday, March 9 th. With Brooks bringing the jokes, and a cavalcade of guest stars, Kroll sums up the series, saying, “We’re continuing the tradition of finding humor in tricky times.” Sarah reached out being like, ‘Mel's my hero. Mel Brooks is my hero.’ Sarah Silverman, the same thing. “Johnny Knoxville, who I've known for a long time, I got a text from him five minutes after the announcement was made,, ‘Anything I can do. He says it wasn’t hard to find people willing to participate. The actors appearing on the series are what Kroll calls, ‘a murderer’s row of talent.” They include Ike Barinholtz, Rob Corddry, Jack Black, Zazie Beetz, Quinta Brunson Danny DeVito, Wanda Sykes, Andrew Rannells, Jason Mantzoukas, D'Arcy Carden, and Brandon Kyle Goodman, among others. You just have to be a little more thoughtful about how and why you're saying them, and if you take that extra time to think about that, then you can still say and do some pretty wild things.

He adds, “I personally think right now in comedy you can still say and do insane things. That really became our guiding light to continue making the show,” explains Kroll. So, doing a show about history now at a time when we are re-examining the past how things went down, became, for me, a very easy through-line to just continue Mel's legacy of poking fun at those in power. “Mel's ultimate goal was always to poke fun at those in power and how greedy and stupid they were.

It’s that tradition of comic commentary that Kroll says was the creative team’s goal in crafting History of the World Part II. Talking about Brooks edgy humor, Kroll wants people to remember that, “He was making The Producers in the '60s he was making a musical about Adolf Hitler 20 years after the Holocaust.” I mean, the guy has an insane life force.” It’s hard not to marvel at Brooks enthusiasm, says Kroll. “I remember very early meetings with Mel, and he was like, I’ve got jokes.’ He had bits ready to go.” Kroll says that Brooks didn’t just lend his name to the project, that he’s been actively involved throughout the process, working as a writer and producer.

“ is like one of three VHS that we had in our house. When he was asked to make History of the World, Part II, Kroll was flattered, and felt it was meant to be.

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