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The icon for “History of the World: Part II” on a computer screen. The show is the first Mel Brooks directed piece to come out in almost 30 years and is releasing episodes from March 6 through March 9.

Mel Brooks returns to tell history 40 years later

By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer | March 8, 2023

Though the comedic stylings of Mel Brooks represent an older, perhaps antiquated form of comedy, the actor-director-writer has unexpectedly returned to the limelight with “History of the World Part II.” The original film, which was released in...