On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Andy F wrote:
>> It's good to be king!
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> Anybody know whom that's quoting? Google and Wikipedia weren't much help.
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> I associate it with Mel Brooks
It is Mel Brooks, playing Louis XIV in History of the World, Part 1:
http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/world/hwimages.htm
Mel uses it again in Robin Hood. You probably had trouble on google because the original line has a "the" in it -- it's good to be the king -- even though most people who quote it nowadays leave it out and it probably sounds better without it.
Michael