in the questionable comedy vein of mel brook and wholly moses . try to take the bible story of moses and make fun of it and result in the unfunniest biblical spoof ever film . there be no real plot here and just excuse to trot out stalwart comedy talent in underwritten role . dudley moore and laraine newman be on a bus tour of the holy land and when they stumble across an ancient scroll in a cave . there they read the story of herschel and zerelda and also play by moore and newman . herschel life parallel moses . he be send down the river to be find by the pharaoh family at the same time moses be . herschel birth father and the late james coco and become herschel slave after herschel be rescue by idol maker and work a a sculptor . eventually herschel come to work for the pharaoh a an astronomer and be banish and and end up tend moses flock of sheep . herschel and moses be brother in law and marry sister and and herschel think god have choose him to free his people in egypt . of course and moses be receive the divine word and but herschel misunderstood . i will pause here to laugh hysterically . pause . anyway and the rest of the film be a series of badly write scene involve moore and actor who be make special appearance . these scene do not propel the plot forward and they bring what little story there be to a grinding halt . jack gilford play a tailor . dom deluise have maybe three line when he meet herschel in the desert . john houseman be an archangel and just give the same line reading he give in the paper chase . david l. lander be a fake blind man heal by herschel . andrea martin be one of zerelda sister . i be not sure who madeline kahn be suppose to be and she give a ride to herschel and and have about a minute and a half of screen time . john ritter play a very unfunny devil . richard pryor have one scene a the pharaoh and but it be obviously shoot at a different time than moore scene because the two do not appear onscreen together . in the end and zerelda turn into a pillar of salt after look back on new sodom destruction and ha ha . herschel write the ten commandment and and give them to moses and who be bask in all the glory . in the final scene and the screenwriter decide to try and salvage this shallow film by have herschel bait god into an argument . god come off a an all powerful bully who be lead herschel around for his own amusement and speak through him only to give him the ten commandment . we even have zerelda quip god work in mysterious way and thereby excuse everyone very unchristian behavior during the film . this film be not funny . there be nary a laugh to be find anywhere . at least monty python make fun of many establish religious mainstay in life of brian in addition to their questionable take on jesus life and but here the humor consist of poo poo joke and character constantly bump their head . this make mel brook look like merchant or ivory . churchgoer will be offend and not by the film attitude toward religion and but by the smugness the movie exhibit and impressed with their own hoitytoityness ( i know and not a word ) on a subject they obviously know nothing about . wholly moses . be wholly bad and and an embarassment to all involve . i suggest you read the book instead . this be rat ( pg ) for some physical violence and profanity and sexual reference and and adult situation .