Revealing mistake: When Comicus et al are running from the Roman soldiers, Miriam pulls Comicus through a secret marble door. When it closes, you can see the glue residue revealing that it's Formica.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Plot summary
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Gregory Hines, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn
Various times in history are shown in this from the cave man, up until the French French Revolution.
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More mistakes in History of the World: Part I
Count De Monet: Your Majesty, you look like the piss boy.
King Louis XVI: And you look like a bucket of shit.
Trivia: The Viking funeral gag was a Jewish in-joke, based on the libelous old myth that Jews had horns. (Making light of anti-Semitism has long been one of Mel Brooks' trademarks.)
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