[lbo-talk] Fwd: The interesting thing about being president

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Jun 9 16:53:57 PDT 2006


On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Andy F wrote:


>> It's good to be king!
>
> Anybody know whom that's quoting? Google and Wikipedia weren't much help.
>
> 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



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