History of the World: Part I Series #2 "Auto-da-fé, what's an auto-da-fé?" Painting

Spoken All pay heed! Now enters his holiness, Torquemada, the grand inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition! Torquemada: do not implore him for compassion! Torquemada: do not beg him for forgiveness! Torquemada: do not ask him for mercy! Let's face it... you can't talk 'em outta anything! Let all those who wish to confess their evil ways and to accept and embrace the true church convert now or forever burn in hell, for now begins the Inquisition! The Inquisition! Let's begin! The Inquisition! Look out sin! We have a mission to convert the Jews! Jew ja Jew Jew Jew Jew Jews! We're gonna teach them-- Wrong from right! We're gonna help them-- See the light! And make an offer that they can't refuse! That the Jews just can't refuse! Confess! Confess, confess! Don't be boring! Say yes! Say yes! Say yes! Don't be dull! A fact You're ignoring It's better to lose your skullcap than your skull! Oy oy gevalt! The Inquisition! What a show! The Inquisition! Here we go! We know you're wishing That we'd go away! But the Inquisition's here! And it's here to stay! The Inquisition! Oh boy! The Inquisition! What a joy! The Inquisition, oy oy! Spoken: "I was sitting in a temple I was minding my own business I was listening to a lovely Hebrew mass Then these Papist persons plunge in And they throw me in a dungeon And they shove a red hot poker up my ass! Is that considerate? Is that polite? And not a tube of Preparation-H in sight!" "I'm sitting, flicking chickens And I'm looking through the pickings And suddenly these goys break down my walls! I didn't even know them And they grabbed me by the scrotum And they started playing ping pong with my balls! Oy, the agony! Ooh, the shame! To make my privates public for a game!" The Inquisition! What a show! The Inquisition! Here we go! We know you're wishing That we'd go away! But the Inquisition's here and it's here to -- Hey Torquemada, whaddaya say? I just got back from the auto-da-fé! Auto-da-fé, what's an auto-da-fé? It's what you oughtn't to do but you do anyway! Skit skat voodely vat tootin de day! Will you convert? No, no, no, no! Will you confess? No, no, no, no! Will you revert? No, no, no, no! Will you say yes? No, no, no, no! Now I asked in a nice way! I said pretty please! I bent their ears! Now I'll work on their knees! Hey Torquemada, walk this way! We got a little game that you might wanna play! So pull that handle, try your luck! Who knows, Torq? You might win a buck! All right! Put it in the car. In the car, in the car How we doing? Any converts today? Not a one! Nay, nay, nay! We've flattened their fingers! We branded their buns! Nothing is working... Send in the nuns! The Inquisition! What a show! The Inquisition! Here we go! We know you're wishing That we'd go away! So c'mon you Moslems and you Jews! We got big news for all of youse! You better change your point of views today! 'Cause the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay! 'The Inquisition' by Mel Brooks An auto-da-fé (from Portuguese auto da fé [ˈaw.tu dɐ ˈfɛ], meaning 'act of faith') was the ritual of public penance carried out between the 15th and 19th centuries of condemned heretics and apostates imposed by the Spanish, Portuguese, or Mexican Inquisition as punishment and enforced by civil authorities. Its most extreme form was death by burning. (source: Wikipedia)

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