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This show has a difficult job which is competing against the ghost of a movie people have replayed over and over for more than 40 years. HOTW 1 is one of my all time fav comedies.

Its hard to review this as if you just saw the original yesterday and many of the negative reviews are almost like comparing a new Mona Lisa 2.0 to the original, basically impossible to fairly do.

That said this really is a funny show totally in the vein of the original. I got lots of laughs out of it in a very similar way to when I first watched the original.

The only gripe is they seem to have avoided the sexy side of the old comedy and some other subjects that might have exposed them to the hyperactive cancel culture of today. Mel Brooks works like HOTW and Blazing Saddles couldn't really be made today.

While there are all sorts of subjects they clearly couldn't touch this really is funny and in the same style as the original.

The difference between this in the original is one particularly important thing. The original was hilarious. This is barely funny. I have to see when I heard this is happening. I thought it was a joke. And there's a lotta good talent involved for sure but I just felt like everything was played so community theater. It just didn't work for me. Very disappointing sequel and the length didn't help at all. Whose idea was it to make a miniseries based on a two hour movie? I should've kept it more short and concise so only the Beth stuff was included. I think that would've helped a lot. Instead they let a lot of crap stay in that should've been edited out. Not recommended.

If you grew up in the '80s and have a shred of appreciation for Mel Brook's comedy style you will love this, after all I have been waiting around 40 years for this and it doesn't disappoint! Just realize it's not a history class, nor is it for the politically touchy on either side of the fence, you know who you are!

This is a show that breaks the rules and will have you on the floor laughing if you have a sense of humor and don't take things too seriously (and are up on your history and pop culture, I know, really tough ask). I mean the Hitler glitterstache durring the Hitler on Ice, and the Jackrasp skit had me in stitches on the floor, complete with J. Knoxville and Jason Acuña (aka Wee Man)! Definitely took comedy to the next level with this one, and I'm sure making up for lost time!

It was hard to say a single skit took a wrong step on this one, from the Romonov twitter skit to U. S. Grant just trying to catch a buzz by going on a "secret mission" to West Virginia thanks to Lincoln, it was all just brilliant!

I don't know who the sourpusses are that are rating this so low, but this is pure genius. The cast is a who's who of contemporary comedy stars, the writing is smart, the gags are spot-on and plentiful. It's just so good.

The Kama Souptra was particularly hilarious but really there isn't a bad scene in the bunch.

This is full of inside jokes and the pacing is great. If you never saw an episode of Jackass or Curb your enthusiasm, I guess you might miss some jokes (but if you haven't seen either, you're probably not a reliable person to gauge what's funny and what's not anyway) but this is one of the funniest and smartest things I've ever watched.

I absolutely loved History Of The World Part 1. So I was stoked to see that "Part 2" was being made. So disappointing to find that in the entire first episode, there were 2 times when I chuckled at the jokes.

I will say that it's fantastic that so many stars signed up for this. Johnny Knoxville was mildly amusing as Rasputin. Of course Danny DeVito was awesome as Czar Nicholas.

I was happy to see that Mel Brooks had a throwback from the original with Hitler On Ice. A shame it wasn't funny in the slightest.

I'll finish watching the first season, but I don't hold high hopes for the rest of the episode.