History of the World, Part II

• Genre: Sketch comedy
• Based on: History of the World, Part I by Mel Brooks
• Starring: Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, Ike Barinholtz
• Narrated by: Mel Brooks
• No. of seasons: 1
• No. of episodes: 8
• Executive producers: Mel Brooks, Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, Kevin Salter, Christie Smith
• Running time: 29−31 minutes
• Production companies: Good At Bizness, Inc., 23 * 34, Brooksfilms Limited, 20th Television, Searchlight Television
• Network: Hulu
• Release: March 6 – March 9, 2023

Sequel to the 1981 film, History of the World: Part I.

"I"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 1
• Directed by: Alice Mathias, David Stassen, Nick Kroll, Lance Bangs
• Written by: Ike Barinholtz, Emmy Blotnick, Guy Branum, Mel Brooks, Owen Burke, Adam Countee, Lance Crouther, Ana Fabrega, Fran Gillespie, Janelle James, Jennifer Kim, Nick Kroll, Sergio Serna, David Stassen, Wanda Sykes
• Premiere: March 6, 2023

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln instructs Ulysses S. Grant to look after his son, Robert, as the Civil War nears its end. The Romanovs are murdered and Princess Anastasia is kidnapped at the dawn of the Russian Revolution. A family of Jewish shtetl dwellers decides to leave for Moscow, and later Rasputin is murdered by the cast of Jackass. In 400 BCE India, Vātsyāyana pitches the Kama Sutra as a cookbook. Three cavewomen discover fire while struggling to light a joint. A new hire struggles to fit into William Shakespeare's writers' room and later Walter Raleigh introduces weed to Queen Elizabeth I . Sports commentators react to Hitler on Ice.

"III"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 3
• Directed by: Alice Mathias, David Stassen
• Written by: Ike Barinholtz, Emmy Blotnick, Guy Branum, Mel Brooks, Owen Burke, Adam Countee, Lance Crouther, Ana Fabrega, Fran Gillespie, Janelle James, Jennifer Kim, Nick Kroll, Sergio Serna, David Stassen, Wanda Sykes
• Premiere: March 7, 2023

After inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell gets the first crank call. Noah fills his ark with only dogs. Sigmund Freud gives a MasterClass on psychoanalysis. Three Union soldiers get lost while attempting to rescue Grant from West Virginia. They stumble upon the Underground Railroad where Harriet Tubman points them in the right direction. In Moscow, Schmuck Mudman gets a job serving lunch to Vladimir Lenin’s politburo, where a bullied Joseph Stalin dreams of taking charge. Schmuck’s wife, Fanny, plots Lenin’s assassination. Their son, Joshy, finds Princess Anastasia in hiding and the two fall in love. Shakespeare prepares for the first ever performance of Romeo and Juliet which would be watched by the Queen herself.

"IV"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 4
• Directed by: Alice Mathias, David Stassen, Nick Kroll, Lance Bangs
• Written by: Ike Barinholtz, Emmy Blotnick, Guy Branum, Mel Brooks, Owen Burke, Adam Countee, Lance Crouther, Ana Fabrega, Fran Gillespie, Janelle James, Jennifer Kim, Nick Kroll, Sergio Serna, David Stassen, Wanda Sykes
• Premiere: March 7, 2023

In Mesoamerica, a sacrificial virgin tries to claim she's had sex. In Russia, Fanny uses her husband's food cart to sneak into the politburo chambers and shoot Lenin, with Stalin secretly helping him die. Joshy and Anastasia announce their engagement, and the family decides to emigrate to America. In ancient Judea, Jesus and Mary Magdalene have their first date. In ancient Egypt, a scam artist entices a couple with a pyramid pyramid scheme.