It's a parody of Star Wars with touches of other Sci Fi franchises (Star Trek Alien ...) George Lucas gave his blessing to Mel Brooks to do film (they used Lucas' ILM for special effects) with one stipulation ...no merchandising which MB agreed. That's why he put the bits in the movie. Great commentary 🥰
"Before you die there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr." "What?" "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." "What's that make us?" "Absolutely nothing!" Fun Fact: During his scene, Michael Winslow did most of the sound effects. In the DVD audio commentary for the movie, Mel Brooks jokes that they saved around $1,000 by letting him do this. Doll Balls Fact: The scene in which Dark Helmet is playing with his dolls was not in the screenplay. Writer, producer, and director Mel Brooks came up with the idea on the set one day and told this to Rick Moranis, who then improvised the entire scene. Star Wars Cameo Fact: The Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars saga makes a cameo appearance in this movie. Take a close look at the exterior shot of the Space Diner, and it can be spotted parked there among the other space vehicles. George Lucas got a chance to read the screenplay before production began, and loved it so much that he decided to have his special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, help make this movie.
For me, this is an all-time classic, never gets old to me! Some fun facts: - Barf is the legendary comedy actor John Candy (R.I.P.) - The guy on the radar making the noises is Michael Winslow, mostly known for his character "Jones" in the "Police Academy" movies and a stand-up comedian before and to this day. Check out some of his stand-ups, this guy is legendary! - Thescene with Colonel Sandorz and Dark Helmet when he suprises him playing with his dolls was improvised! - The reason for the merchandise running gag is the fact that George Lucas helped Mel Brooks with the SFX in the movie, but didn't want any Spaceballs merchandise to be released, especially action figures. Plus Star Wars was the brand that started the whole merchandise madness, so Mel made his joke over and over again in the movie - Also, Lucas didn't want Lone Star to be too similar to Han Solo or Luke Skywalker, so Mel made him look like Indian Jones - Ever watched "Independence day"? Bill Pullman (Lone Star) is the U.S. president in that one, I was laughing out loud when I saw it the first time and recognised him! - The first scene in Yoghurt's place with the big statue IS a hommage to "The Wizard Of Oz" - Yes, it is the famous scene from "Alien", even the actor is the same (John Hurt). That's why he says "Not again!" 😉 - Noticed the Millenium Falcon in the parking lot of the space diner? 😉 - 18:54 that's a spoof of one of the biggest reveals in movie history in the original "Planet of the apes".
@@DV80s Yeah, that's what Looney Tunes did a lot of: take "real" songs and incorporate parts of them into their cartoons. The green frog was original to Looney Tunes take on the song, but the song goes back much farther. I don't know the original, but here are two versions. This appears to be the original. From 1899!! ua-cam.com/video/-Q6kG2r41lQ/v-deo.html But these seem more similar to the Looney Tunes take: this guy has a cane and top hat. ua-cam.com/video/A2Oso82OE_0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TheEdSullivanShow ua-cam.com/video/dK15TtGGQUs/v-deo.html
@@DV80s You got me curious enough to do some web searching. Seems the song was originally from 1899 by a certain Arthur Collins. It also seems that several groups have sung it over the years. I did not find a reference to it in a particular movie but its quite plausible it may have been and I missed it.
Following on the other comments, there is also a Spaceballs documentary here on YT. Mel sent the screenplay to George Lucas to get his OK to do the parody. George said OK but that Mel could not sell any Merchandise for the film to compete with his. That's why you see the Action Figures, Sheets, Towels, Toilet Paper, Shaving Cream and Place Mat sprinkled through the movie and all the stuff Yogurt has in his store. Also George didn't want the name Luke and his likeness as the Hero so Lone Star is dressed like Indiana Jones.
The pinch on the neck is a Vulcan neck pinch that is used by Spock in Star Trek the 1960's TV series and in the movies later in the '70s to '80s. The song and dance by the alien was also referenced in one Warner Brothers cartoon from around the '40s, so I imaging it's a number from some popular old movie. When they were in the desert, the background music was from the movie Lawrence of Arabia. Apparently, George Lucas gave Mel Brooks permission to parody his Star Wars films, even gave him use of Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects, the only thing he didn't want Mel to do was to make merchandise for the movie, so that might be the joke with the toilet paper and sheets and toys for Spaceballs. There's probably lots of other references, but I would have to go through, scene by scene, to pick them out.
This is my absolute favourite scene from the movie, 7:33, where they are watching the movie of the movie at the time of the scene that they are watching it. It is hilarious watching Dark Helmet getting more confused as the scene goes along.
For a long time there were rumours that we were gonna get a sequel but I don’t know why they never made it. I’ve read somewhere it was supposed to be called Spaceballs III, the search for Spaceballs II because this one it was going to be more of a Star Trek spoof than Star Wars
Spaceballs Documentary ua-cam.com/video/nPf4PKGXGe4/v-deo.html All of Mel Brooks' films are funny. In the Mr. Rental Library are his previous movies. The Producers, Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World part 1 and To Be or Not to Be.
I'm going to start a list of things that were parodied that I thought you didn't seem to understand the context of. The Chapter 11 at the start is based on Star Wars (obviously because of the text crawl). The Star Wars text crawl had "Episode IV", even though there weren't any other Star Wars movies released. The ship at the start is so big as a parody of the opening scene of Star Wars. When Darth Vader was chasing the rebel ship, they did this super long shot like that of the star destroyer to show you how much bigger it was than the rebel ship. Prince Valium is a play on 2 things. Valium the drug (which can make you drowsy like the prince was constantly yawning), and Prince Valiant which is an old newspaper comic where the main character wore the same outfit as the prince in this film and also had the same stupid haircut. The thing where Dark Helmet uses his ring on everyone's balls is a parody of Darth Vader choking people with the force (Dark Helmet chokes their balls instead). Pizza the Hut is what happens when Pizza Hut and Jabba the Hut have a baby. Perri-Air is a play on the bottled water Perrier. When the camera zooms in on Dark Helmet after the radar gets jammed the camera physically runs into him and knocks him over (there's a lot of breaking the 4th wall in the film). The little hooded guys who gave them water in the desert are a parody of the Jawas from Star Wars. All the Spaceballs have really bad aim because it's a long running joke that Imperial soldiers in Star Wars can't aim for crap. The Vulcan neck pinch is from Star Trek, Spock uses it like once in every episode it always seemed to me. The actor who had the alien pop out of his stomach says "not again" because it is the same actor who was in Alien and had it pop out of his stomach in that movie. The dance after the alien bursts out of the guy's stomach is a parody of the WB frog. ua-cam.com/video/bkjsN-J27aU/v-deo.html The maid looks like the Statue of Liberty for the Planet of the Apes (1968) scene at the end. Planet of the Apes has the same scene on the beach but it's the actual Statue of Liberty as a set piece, not the like slightly off but kind of looks like it one in Spaceballs.
Lucas allowed Brooks all right to make the movie including using his studios to make the models, however he could not make any sellable products for the movie hence all the product jokes.
3:55 "Wouldn't they call her 'ma'am'? Funny enough, not actually. By long-standing military tradition, anyone holding officer's rank is defined as an officer and a gentleman, and therefore must be properly addressed as 'sir', even if they happen to be a woman.
The Apes were a parody from the original Planet Of The Apes. John Candy is best known for Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin.
Just like everyone else, skip the "I hate it when I get my Schwartz twisted" (best line in the movie) and failed to recognize the Millennium Falcon at the truckstop...
It's a parody of Star Wars with touches of other Sci Fi franchises (Star Trek Alien ...) George Lucas gave his blessing to Mel Brooks to do film (they used Lucas' ILM for special effects) with one stipulation ...no merchandising which MB agreed. That's why he put the bits in the movie. Great commentary 🥰
2 stipulations.
Lone Star should not look like Han Solo so Mel made him look like Indiana Jones instead.
"Before you die there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr."
"What?"
"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."
"What's that make us?"
"Absolutely nothing!"
Fun Fact: During his scene, Michael Winslow did most of the sound effects. In the DVD audio commentary for the movie, Mel Brooks jokes that they saved around $1,000 by letting him do this.
Doll Balls Fact: The scene in which Dark Helmet is playing with his dolls was not in the screenplay. Writer, producer, and director Mel Brooks came up with the idea on the set one day and told this to Rick Moranis, who then improvised the entire scene.
Star Wars Cameo Fact: The Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars saga makes a cameo appearance in this movie. Take a close look at the exterior shot of the Space Diner, and it can be spotted parked there among the other space vehicles. George Lucas got a chance to read the screenplay before production began, and loved it so much that he decided to have his special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, help make this movie.
For me, this is an all-time classic, never gets old to me!
Some fun facts:
- Barf is the legendary comedy actor John Candy (R.I.P.)
- The guy on the radar making the noises is Michael Winslow, mostly known for his character "Jones" in the "Police Academy" movies and a stand-up comedian before and to this day. Check out some of his stand-ups, this guy is legendary!
- Thescene with Colonel Sandorz and Dark Helmet when he suprises him playing with his dolls was improvised!
- The reason for the merchandise running gag is the fact that George Lucas helped Mel Brooks with the SFX in the movie, but didn't want any Spaceballs merchandise to be released, especially action figures. Plus Star Wars was the brand that started the whole merchandise madness, so Mel made his joke over and over again in the movie
- Also, Lucas didn't want Lone Star to be too similar to Han Solo or Luke Skywalker, so Mel made him look like Indian Jones
- Ever watched "Independence day"? Bill Pullman (Lone Star) is the U.S. president in that one, I was laughing out loud when I saw it the first time and recognised him!
- The first scene in Yoghurt's place with the big statue IS a hommage to "The Wizard Of Oz"
- Yes, it is the famous scene from "Alien", even the actor is the same (John Hurt). That's why he says "Not again!" 😉
- Noticed the Millenium Falcon in the parking lot of the space diner? 😉
- 18:54 that's a spoof of one of the biggest reveals in movie history in the original "Planet of the apes".
She wants to know the mechanism to zap peoples balls... 😂😂😂 That's Freaking hilarious
I always loved that they got John Hurt to come in for the Alien reference. He was a really well respected actor by this point.
The song sung by the alien at the diner was an allusion to a singing dancing frog in some old warmer brothers cartoons.
Yep ...
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But I think that song and dance in the cartoon is actually a reference to an actual film, I just haven't had to desire to look it up and find out.
@@DV80s Yeah, that's what Looney Tunes did a lot of: take "real" songs and incorporate parts of them into their cartoons. The green frog was original to Looney Tunes take on the song, but the song goes back much farther. I don't know the original, but here are two versions.
This appears to be the original. From 1899!!
ua-cam.com/video/-Q6kG2r41lQ/v-deo.html
But these seem more similar to the Looney Tunes take: this guy has a cane and top hat.
ua-cam.com/video/A2Oso82OE_0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TheEdSullivanShow
ua-cam.com/video/dK15TtGGQUs/v-deo.html
@@DV80s You got me curious enough to do some web searching. Seems the song was originally from 1899 by a certain Arthur Collins. It also seems that several groups have sung it over the years. I did not find a reference to it in a particular movie but its quite plausible it may have been and I missed it.
I think you'd like Robin Hood: Men in Tights, another great Mel Brooks film.
Mel Brooks is known for Other movie ref. and comedy and Jokes.
Following on the other comments, there is also a Spaceballs documentary here on YT. Mel sent the screenplay to George Lucas to get his OK to do the parody. George said OK but that Mel could not sell any Merchandise for the film to compete with his. That's why you see the Action Figures, Sheets, Towels, Toilet Paper, Shaving Cream and Place Mat sprinkled through the movie and all the stuff Yogurt has in his store. Also George didn't want the name Luke and his likeness as the Hero so Lone Star is dressed like Indiana Jones.
The pinch on the neck is a Vulcan neck pinch that is used by Spock in Star Trek the 1960's TV series and in the movies later in the '70s to '80s.
The song and dance by the alien was also referenced in one Warner Brothers cartoon from around the '40s, so I imaging it's a number from some popular old movie.
When they were in the desert, the background music was from the movie Lawrence of Arabia.
Apparently, George Lucas gave Mel Brooks permission to parody his Star Wars films, even gave him use of Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects, the only thing he didn't want Mel to do was to make merchandise for the movie, so that might be the joke with the toilet paper and sheets and toys for Spaceballs.
There's probably lots of other references, but I would have to go through, scene by scene, to pick them out.
3:55 In military everyone above you is sir, regardless of gender.
5:15
He walked right into the camera.
The long ship intro is itself the joke... It just goes on and on... lol
This is my absolute favourite scene from the movie, 7:33, where they are watching the movie of the movie at the time of the scene that they are watching it. It is hilarious watching Dark Helmet getting more confused as the scene goes along.
For a long time there were rumours that we were gonna get a sequel but I don’t know why they never made it. I’ve read somewhere it was supposed to be called Spaceballs III, the search for Spaceballs II because this one it was going to be more of a Star Trek spoof than Star Wars
The sign in the back window of Lonestar's ship reads, "Mawg on Board"
Lots of 80s movies had their own theme song.
The sign in the rear window says “Mawg on board”.
If you want more comedies to check out, may I suggest:
Airplane!
Airplane 2 The Sequel
The Naked Gun Trilogy
The Police Academy movies
you caught their doubles!😂😂
Spaceballs Documentary ua-cam.com/video/nPf4PKGXGe4/v-deo.html
All of Mel Brooks' films are funny. In the Mr. Rental Library are his previous movies. The Producers, Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World part 1 and To Be or Not to Be.
"...What every guy says..." - And you know this how?... 😅
I'm going to start a list of things that were parodied that I thought you didn't seem to understand the context of.
The Chapter 11 at the start is based on Star Wars (obviously because of the text crawl). The Star Wars text crawl had "Episode IV", even though there weren't any other Star Wars movies released.
The ship at the start is so big as a parody of the opening scene of Star Wars. When Darth Vader was chasing the rebel ship, they did this super long shot like that of the star destroyer to show you how much bigger it was than the rebel ship.
Prince Valium is a play on 2 things. Valium the drug (which can make you drowsy like the prince was constantly yawning), and Prince Valiant which is an old newspaper comic where the main character wore the same outfit as the prince in this film and also had the same stupid haircut.
The thing where Dark Helmet uses his ring on everyone's balls is a parody of Darth Vader choking people with the force (Dark Helmet chokes their balls instead).
Pizza the Hut is what happens when Pizza Hut and Jabba the Hut have a baby.
Perri-Air is a play on the bottled water Perrier.
When the camera zooms in on Dark Helmet after the radar gets jammed the camera physically runs into him and knocks him over (there's a lot of breaking the 4th wall in the film).
The little hooded guys who gave them water in the desert are a parody of the Jawas from Star Wars.
All the Spaceballs have really bad aim because it's a long running joke that Imperial soldiers in Star Wars can't aim for crap.
The Vulcan neck pinch is from Star Trek, Spock uses it like once in every episode it always seemed to me.
The actor who had the alien pop out of his stomach says "not again" because it is the same actor who was in Alien and had it pop out of his stomach in that movie.
The dance after the alien bursts out of the guy's stomach is a parody of the WB frog. ua-cam.com/video/bkjsN-J27aU/v-deo.html
The maid looks like the Statue of Liberty for the Planet of the Apes (1968) scene at the end. Planet of the Apes has the same scene on the beach but it's the actual Statue of Liberty as a set piece, not the like slightly off but kind of looks like it one in Spaceballs.
Lucas allowed Brooks all right to make the movie including using his studios to make the models, however he could not make any sellable products for the movie hence all the product jokes.
The Glitter Jawas say DINK
Did you recognize John hurt from alien playing the same role and the movie is planet of the apes, and star trek.
What did you think of the part were the guy's nuts got lazered?
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i love this movie
"chapter 11" because Star Wars started with episode 4.
3:55 "Wouldn't they call her 'ma'am'?
Funny enough, not actually. By long-standing military tradition, anyone holding officer's rank is defined as an officer and a gentleman, and therefore must be properly addressed as 'sir', even if they happen to be a woman.
You Tube and Wikipedia has everything you want to know about Mel brooks, actors and actress also How the movie is made.
The begin the ship is play jaws ship music.
The Apes were a parody from the original Planet Of The Apes. John Candy is best known for Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin.
maug on board
Based on you name you need to see Tim Burtons BIG FISH
14:14 😂 not many people go along with sexual humor. 🤓
Finally! someone who understands that Dark Helmet is attacking guys' balls, not their dicks...
Rick Moranis is most notably known for his work in Ghost Busters.
I'm half way through wondering is she's ever going to laugh.
And Mel's movies only get funnier. Meshugana, of course, but funny.
Just like everyone else, skip the "I hate it when I get my Schwartz twisted" (best line in the movie) and failed to recognize the Millennium Falcon at the truckstop...
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