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References
The Vorobjaninov Theme is heard in the scene with the Wiking funeral.
References king's human chessboard in royal garden
Referenced in
Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
Brought up by Larry King, Mel Brooks elaborates
Tom: "It's good to be the king."
Dean McMann says, "It's good to be the dean."
Topanga says, "It's good to be queen"
The quote "It's good to be the king".
"It's good to be the king"
Young Vivi says the line, "Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise."
dialog: "It's good to be the king!"
Spike: It's good to be the king, isn't it?' is aline from the Mel Brooks' movie
Pi uses a cloud of weed to disorient a batalion of soldiers
The episode title is a reference to the catchphrase of one of Mel Brooks' characters.
Quotes the famous line from the movie "It's good to be king"
DVD seen in The Good Guys store
"It's good to be the king!"
"It's good to be the king."
"It's good to be a monger."
Nicky remarks, "It's good to be the king, I suppose", a line repeated several times in the movie.
Scroob says: It's good to be the President.
The Wizard of Oz says, "It's good to be the wizard!"
"It's good to be the king"
Subject of an $800 clue in the category "20th Century Fox History"
Thor says 'This good to be an Asgardian.'
Carlos says, "It's good to be the king!"
"I felt closer to finding God in History of the World: Part I than this movie."
Featured in
in the 81 segment
Clips shown when Brett calls "Year One" a remake of this movie.
Spoofs
The entire roman episode is built around gags and characters from the earlier film
Mel Brooks and Gregory Hines sing "Road to Judea" with the same music from "Road to Morocco."
Much of the material in The Roman Empire segment of the Mel Brooks film references Quo Vadis, including names, personalities and some events.
Spoofs water candle ballet
Moses coming down from Mt. Herob, upon which he breaks five of the "original" 15 Commandments, and when Moses parts the water while being robbed are spoofs from the Cecil B. DeMille epic.
Comicus and Josephus's gladiator fight is a spoof of Spartacus's.
Last supper sequence
The opening scene, which is narrated by Orson Welles, is a parody of the opening scene in "2001," in which we witness the birth of our "ancestors."
A sequence at the end spoofs the space battles in "BSG"
Spoofed in
Lampoons a character from that film
The episode title spoofs a line repeated several times by King Louis XVI (Mel Brooks): "It's good to be the king."




