“The year was 1489. The Black Plague ravaged the continent, it was the...” – Narrator, History of the World: Part I ... Movie Quotes Database

The year was 1489. The Black Plague ravaged the continent, it was the hour of the infamous, Auto de fé where, for public amusement, heretics and non-believers would be tortured in a carnival like atmosphere; and it was guided by the most fearful specter to ever sit in judgment over good and evil. The Grand Inquisitor, Torquemada.

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Torquemada It's better to loose your skullcap than your skull. Jewish Prisoners Oy! Oy! Gavolt! Jew 2 I was sittin' flickin' chickens/ An' I was lookin' through the pickin's/ When suddenly these goys break down my walls/ I didn't even know them/ But they grab me by the scrotum/ And they started playin' Ping Pong with my balls/ Oy, the agony/ Ooh, the shame/ They make my privates public for a game? Monks Hey, Torquemada, whaddaya say? Torquemada I just got back from the Auto de fé! Monks Auto de fé? What's an Auto de fé? Torquemada It's what you oughtn't to do, but you do anyway.