From all the segments promised at the end of History of the World: Part I (1981), only the segment "A Viking Funeral" is not included at all in this sequel. In History of the World: Part II (2023), "Hitler on Ice" is featured at the start of the first episode and "Jews in Space" is featured at the end of the eighth episode.
The credits for the "Shirley!" 70's sitcom segment Shirley Chisholm (Wanda Sykes) have billing that states it was created by Melvin Kaminsky which is the actual real birth name of Mel Brooks.
Mel Brooks in the original History of the World: Part I (1981) played five roles: Moses, Comicus, Torquemada, Jacques and King Louis XVI. In History of the World: Part II (2023), he plays two: The Narrator and Himself, the latter via a CGI enhancement. Brooks does appear though as himself without CGI augmentation in the series trailer.
Show-business trade-paper 'Variety' reported in their 21st October 2021 edition that Mel Brooks would produce this series as a direct sequel to his film History of the World: Part I (1981). Hulu ordered eight episodes. The writers room would begin that month with production slated to begin in Spring 2022.
Mel Brooks is the only cast member to appear in both History of the World: Part I (1981) and History of the World: Part II (2023). However, a photo of the late Madeline Kahn, who co-starred in History of the World: Part I (1981), appears in one episode of History of the World: Part II (2023).
Danny DeVito: As Tsar Nicholas II in Episode 1 with the character name billed as Czar Nicholas. The real life person is also known as Nicholas II, Nicholas II of Russia and Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov.
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