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Bit of trivia for you. The reason they poked so much fun at the merchandising of star wars is because they weren't allowed to do any merchandising themselves because of the similarity any toy line would have with star wars.
Lucas also agreed to let this parody be made as long as there was no merchandizing associated with the film. Lucas made the vast majority of his money on the merchandise related to the Star Wars franchise. That was why Mel Brooks added the scene explaining how “moi-chendizing” was where the real money was made, and then included all the ‘brand name’ products and action figures in the remainder of the film. Ironically, the anti-merchandizing rule would eventually fade away. This film was released in 1987 and in late 2020 during the pandemic I was gifted a “Spaceballs: The Face Mask” by a co-worker. It’s my favorite face mask.
@@tylerfoster6267 I'm sure you are right and that Mel Brooks made no money off my face mask, but likewise unless Brooksfilms suddenly releases a line of Lone Star and Princess Vespa action figures and playsets, that George Lucas isn't really going to care much 35 years later.
@@peterkoester7358 I think, the No-"Spaceballs"-Merch-Agreement died, as Disney overtook the StarWars Franchise. George Lucas couldn't care less these days 💭
The merchandising joke is a lot funnier when you know about the agreement Mel Brooks made with George Lucas. George agreed to let Brooks make the movie, Lucas even agreed to let Brooks use his visual effects company (industrial lights and magic) that made star wars. But Brooks had to agree that he would never sell any merchandise of any kind for this movie.
That was Lucas looking out for Mel- the toy companies and other license holders would have sued him big-time. In exchange for no merchandise, Lucas had ILM do the effects and miniatures for Spaceballs. If you freeze the shot outside the Diner, you'll see the Millennium Falcon parked in the lot...
@@kaiielle The "long" flyby of that ship , was homage to Star Trek Motion picture 1979 , where they did twice as long flyby of Enterprise . There was Millennium Falcon on that space bar parking lot . Small alien doing a dance and song number is from One Froggy Evening , cartoon from 1955 , it's on YT. Lot of Star Trek references , because Star Trek Motion Picture was made after Star Wars 1977 was so popular . In the end reference to original , Planet of the apes 1968 . Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders , made a real nice Star Wars parody , The Phantom Millennium 1999 , they had Ewan McGregors stunt man playing Darth Maul , Andreas Petrides hes stunt man and coordinator .
@@pete_lind Also another reference - Sergeant Rico, the bridge operator on Spaceball One who tells Colonel Sandurz that Planet Druidia is in sight, is no doubt a reference to Johnny Rico of the Robert Heinlein novel Starship Troopers.
Fun fact if it hasn't been mentioned yet- Joan Rivers, the voice of Dot, did NOT have a script. That was all her own talent. She improvised EVERY line.
Yarnell played the robot (Yarnell was in an old tv show [Shields and Yarnell were an American mime team, formed in 1972, consisting of Robert Shields and Lorene Yarnell} on the show they played a husband & wife robots.
@@kaiielle it was a way for John Hurt to help Mel Brooks too since Mel Brooks produced The Elephant Man. A great movie in its own regard. Definitely worth checking out. John Hurt starred in that movie,
I always gets a kick out of the fact that it's the real John Hurt and a bunch of fake ALIEN cast members in real costumes. That had to be a trip for him.
@@jonathanbarr4297 John Hurt was a gloriously talented actor. I first got to know his work through the BBC mini-series, "I, Claudius", where he just ran away with the role of Caligula - costarring alongside other British treasures like Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Sian Phillips, and even a young Patrick Stewart, with hair. A marvelous production, in which Hurt was a stand-out among stand-outs.
John Candy's Barf costume had three operators, for no better reason than Lucas's Jabba had three operators. Candy himself, of course, and one stagehand operated the ears, and another operated the tail. So when the tail explores under the waitress's skirt, and he claims its "got a mind of its own", that is absolutely true.
In addition, the self-destruct countdown isn't fudged by much. From button pressed to explosion, it's about 3 minutes 10 seconds of film, and given that the computer also did that nonsense with the "six... just kidding, seven" and "have a nice day", that's as close to a real-time countdown as you're likely to see in a film where the timer isn't constantly on screen or being counted in the background. (Most films stretch that time out a bit; it's not uncommon for a 3-minute countdown to last, say, five minutes of film... but not here.)
"I know that this movie will at least be better than the Stars Wars Holiday Special." I'm familiar with the idea of having zero expectations, but I never realized before it was possible for expectations to be less than zero.
This is something that only occurred to me now: watching parodies like this now will be much harder for younger generations who don't have quite the familiarity with the films being referenced. Even as a kid, I knew what movies they were referencing even if I hadn't seen them. But young people nowadays haven't even heard of these movies, let lone seen them.
A good example are the blonde twins. Apparently, they're from another movie/show, and the president saying "chew your gum" is a reference to that. And I had no idea about it.
I saw this in the theater and watched at least twice a year since and I only noticed the Millennium Falcon parked at the diner at the end in the last couple of years.
@@kaiielle To again blow your mind and you can learn it like I did in a UA-cam comment: 28:00 I am your father's > brother's > nephew's > cousin's former roommate. So Dark Helmet was Lone Star's former roommate, unbeknownst to him but now knownst to us.
It had to have a reverse function to blow the air out on the other planet. The Alien parody was also a Bugs Bunny short parody....the dance routine. Also, the original Planet of the Apes. Also, the radar operator that got jammed....was doing his own sound effects. He had an amazing range. I believe he was also in the Police Academy movies.
Yes Lone Star is a play on both Han and Luke's last names, Lone for Solo, and Star for Luke's original last name that was Starkiller before Lucas changed it.
This was a hilarious parody movie and it shows because it is now parodied itself and scenes from other movies and shows reuse and reference the humor used here. It's definitely ingrained into nerd culture as a classic.
Thanks for reacting to this one, Kaiielle. It was a favourite comedy of mine when I was growing up. I admit it hits a bit differently now that I'm older. The humour certainly isn't all that sophisticated, and it relies a little too much on obvious gags. But there are lines and scenes that still make me bust out laughing. I especially like Dark Helmet's failed extreme close-up, and the priceless "Barfolomew!" Have you ever seen "Blazing Saddles"? It's another Mel Brooks film, and it's both a parody of the Hollywood Western genre, and a satire with something important to say -- with a lot of well-deserved mockery. You might enjoy it more than 🛸🎱s. All the best!
You look young so you may not know this, but the droid Dot Matrix was named after the Dot Matrix Printer. Also, according to Daphne Zuniga (Princess Vespa), the hardest part about making the movie was quitting laughing while they made it.
I am old enough that I not only had a Dot Matrix printer at home when I was a kid, but we also still had them for Passbooks at the banks that I worked at when I started my career (which have since been phased out). It's cool that she was named after that.
@@kaiielle Wow! I had you pegged at being in your mid to late 20's at most and given that even schools, banks, post offices and the military had the old dot Matrix Printers phased out by the mid to late 90's... I would have been legit surprised to find out you'd even heard of one- let alone seen and used one.
@@MandalorianRevan I live in Canada, so our banks definitely still had them around for certain things well into the 2010s. And I'm in my 30s, but thank you for thinking I'm still as old as I feel. 😄
I agree that this movie is much funnier to kids… and those who appreciate sophomoric humor. That’s the Mel Brooks style (Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part I, Young Frankenstein) - it’s on a much lower level from Monty Python. This is most definitely a parody of many movies, and you correctly identified the Planet of the Apes reference. I still wholly enjoyed your reaction. ❤❤
I'm a big Mel Brooks fan and there's definitely tiers to his movies. This one is bog standard but standard with Brooks is still funny and fun. My favorite Brooks is his remake of To Be Or Not To Be, a comedy thriller about an acting troupe trying to flee Poland during WWII.
As I get older Spaceballs and Men in Tights get less funny while Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein get more funny. Planet of the Apes is very of its time. The recent trilogy is fantastic and I suggest you react to it sometime.
The newer Apes trilogy is amazing, wholeheartedly agree. Some of the best Sci fi of our time. As for the OG movie, while there are dated aspects of it, I feel as a story it holds up impressively well with some social commentary way ahead of its time. But considering the newer trilogy has some of my favorite moments and commentary in cinema, it'd be hard for me to recommend old over new.
This isn't a recommendation that I necessarily think would be the kind of thing that KL would want to do for the channel, but I went through the Apes movies with a friend and I found that if you cut the two worst original Apes films, you can make great double features. First: the original Planet of the Apes (1968), and the first of the modern ones, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). See where the series began, and then (although the new movies are not prequels, but a reboot series), get the backstory. Then: Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). Can man and ape co-exist? Also nicely works out so that the old one puts the emphasis on humans and the new one emphasizes Apes. Finally: the extended version of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) -- my favorite Apes film, specifically in the alternate version from the Blu-ray -- and War For the Planet of the Apes (2017). Revolution!
While the four Mel films you mentioned (and Dracula: Dead and Loving It) are basically the best of his work, I do admit Spaceballs was my favorite as a kid, while Blazing Saddles is my favorite as an adult. I don't think SB got less funny, I just think BS has more adult jokes. So as I aged I started to understand them.
The guy making the sounds is comedian Michael Winslow, best Known for playing Officer Jones in the Police Academy movies,. Another set of movies you should check out.
Brooks asked Lucasfilm to help with the special effects, they agreed but stipulated no merchandising. Thus all the merchandise in the film. The escape pod footage was made for the original Star Wars movie, but wasn’t used, so they used it here. You also can see the millennium falcon at the diner.
It's so cool that you said the scene reminded you of the Wizard of Oz, as the scene with the large statue of Yogurt was shot on the same stage as the Wizard of Oz scene of the same nature. In fact it was the last shot their, as it was demolished right after this was shot. It's very interesting that you thought this would have been better when you were young. It seems like that is common with most people and fans. I definitely like this movie a lot, but it is with much nostalgia. Great reaction, and look forward to more. Have a great weekend. 😀⚾️
Yeah I like this movie because of the nostalgia of seeing it when I was young but objectively it's well down the list of Mel Brooks' movies in terms of quality. Generally speaking I'd much rather watch Robin Hood Men In Tights or Blazing Saddles.
Okay, so I loved Spaceballs as a child, and when I watched it again in my late 20s, I thought it was okay, but not really something I'd watch again. Well, I'm approaching my late 30s now, and I randomly saw your video and decided to see it along with someone else's perspective. I gotta say, I appreciate it so much more now. I get so much more of the subtle humor now, it's like having things just fit together better and suddenly make sense. I'm glad I revisited it.
The singing alien chest burster (which comes out of the same actor as in the original Alien movie, by the way) Is a parody of Michigan J. Frog from the Merrie Melodies cartoon "One Froggy Evening"
This movie has some GREAT lines... but overall, It's definitely a "laugh once" and not watch again sort of movie. It does help you understand certain bits of modern pop culture.... such as Tesla's "Plaid" mode... My favorite scene is the Alien ripoff... because that WAS JOHN HURT who played in Alien - saying "oh, no... not again!". That whole scene STILL makes me laugh.
I think that one underappreciated aspect of parody movies like this one is how well the story is crafted. Take out the jokes out of Spaceballs, and it would make for more than a passable movie in the Star Wars universe on its own merit. Most later parodies just lazily rehashed the plot of the movie they were parodying, leading to a tragic and undignified death of the genre.
There was a rumor that when the new Star Wars movies came out they tried to make a new Space Balls movie called "SpaceBalls 3: the search for SpaceBall 2".
7:38 Coruscant was actually not seen on screen until 1997 Return of the Jedi Special Edition release. George Lucas had intended it to be a key location in ROTJ (albeit with a different name) but money and visual effects limitations of the time prevented him from achieving this. Only mentioning this to point out that with this film being released a full decade earlier, they weren't directly referencing Coruscant which is a credit to their creativity that it worked out so well retrospectively.
The looking at the camera thing is a reference to Rick Moranis's career. Specifically, he was one of the stars of SCTV here in the great white north, where they did all sorts of camera gags.
One of the best movies of all time! And I say that without ever having seen any Star Wars. The references they make were, for the most part, already common knowledge when this film came out.
The Spaceball ship's computer's voice was Majel Barrett, the voice of the Next Generation's Enterprise computer. She was also Lwaxana Troi on ST:TNG, Nurse Chapel from ST:TOS, and Number One from Star Trek's original pilot, "The Cage". A lot of history there.
This is one of my all-time favorite movies, all of Mel Brooks' films are. But, I grew up with them and it was the type of movies I bonded with my dad with. (see also: Hot Shots, Naked Gun, Ace Venture, and more). So, watching them today I see exactly your points and why you feel the way you do about it. For me, its a total comfort movie - knowing when the gags are, quoting the lines often, its just dumb, goofy humor that you don't have to think about. Do you have any comfort comedies?
Kaiiellle...I was impressed that you got the Wizard of Oz reference. I'm disappointed that you didn't really like it that much. This is one of my favorite Mel Brooks films along with History of the World and Blazing Saddles. The scene where they watch the film with the instant cassette makes me roll every time.
19:37 - Fun bit to the Comb the Desert scene: Dark Helmet uses the megaphone when talking to Sandurz, who's right next to him, while shouting at the guys who are far away.
Dot (they also say Dot Matrix) is a reference to an 80's type of printer that is used today mostly by Banks and all for the carbon copy paper(usually yellow) under the white paper 😉😉 I have "Spaceballs" the DVD and Mel Brooks made a commentary for the laserdisc version of the movie! Mel Brooks wanted(as he says in the commentary) the ship at the beginning to go on for the whole movie time! But the executives wanted a plot of some kind! 😂😂
I actually saw this movie before any of the Star Wars movies as a kid back in the 80's but I still thought it was hilarious even without understanding all the references. The Alien parodies I got though since I had seen that movie at least! It doesn't hold up now when re watching it except for a few scenes maybe. :)
I love the interaction between the plastic surgeon and Daek Helmet: "Go back to the golf course and work on your putts." I have a version where the subtitles says "putz" instead "putts", which is the yiddish word for penis.
Well...I can't think of anything witty for the "made it to the end 'ball'" comment, so...I'll just acknowledge I made it. XD I wasted my wit on "bar." XP
Saw it as a young teen, loved it. Saw it as a young adult, loved it. Watch it as an older person, still love it. I will admit it's not as funny as it was the 1st time. But seeing the different reactors to it, makes it as funny as the 1st time I saw it. The guy Making the sounds is in police academy. One joke many seem to miss or gloss over is prince Valium. Back in the 70's and 80's, Valium was a big drug that people used when they were stressed out mostly. One side effect was drowsiness, that's why he yawns a lot and looks sleepy. Still, Loved your reaction.
I thought it was hilarious that, after you said, "Use the Schwartz", your dog looked up and seemed to nod! Then went back to sleep until they reported that Pizza the Hut had eaten himself to death, as if that made your dog crave pizza! You asked about other references. One I just recently noticed is a subtle one when King Roland says Princess Vespa was last seen passing Jupiter 2. That was the name of the ship on Lost in Space. After the Alien reference, the Ragtime Gal song it sings is the same song and dance that Michigan J. Frog sang in the Looney Tunes "One Froggy Evening" short. And he continued to sing it when he became the mascot of the WB TV network until it morphed into the CW network. And when Lone Starr and Barff are so freaked out and they say, "Check, please!", I think that's a "When Harry Met Sally" reference. Oh, and the Milennium Falcon was in the parking lot of that space diner. I'm pretty sure you caught all the Star Trek references. Oh, and I'm not sure if you recognized the Planet of the Apes reference at the end (the very first one, with Charlton Heston, not the recent remakes).
I like most of Mel Brooks' movies, including this one. The scene with Lonestar accidentally dropping the statue on Barf's foot has new meaning for me, ever since my friend drove over my foot with his car. When I yelled, he stopped with the tire right on my foot. Nothing was broken, but it hurt like hell.
You did it in the right order: Star Wars, chapters IV, V and VI, Alien, and then this one. Did you realize Dark Helmet's clothes? His whatever-you-call-it has something like a tie with two... well... resembling... you know what a mean
The important question: Where was Max? In every Mel Brooks project, there is a mention of Max, as in his son's name. (That is the reason that the main character of Get Smart is Control Agent 86: Maxwell Smart.
This is one of the first movies I remember watching. The other is Howard the Duck. I had no idea this was a parody for many years and it was still one of my favs
Mel Brooks: You haven't "seen" his films until you've seen "The Producers", "Young Frankenstein" & "Blazing Saddles". The best Star Trek parody is "Galaxy Quest" btw.
@10:38 That's Michael Winslow ("Police Academy I - VI"). "Jones ... Lavell Jones ... Monsignore Lavell Jones." (The scene with Steve Guttenberg at the police station.)
Not only starwars parody, it also is star trek parody (and few other movies parodies too). Some better known examples: Example 1 at 32:10 is from the movie Alien with the same actor who played it there, same thing happened to him when eating with others at a table. Esample 2 at 33:36 planet of the apes. Many other small things put here from movies and series (yes some even not from SciFi).
For me the movie that I wish I kept in my childhood is UHF. I still like Al's music parodies, but that movie did not age well for me... though to honest, I haven't aged well either. Not even with a few decades of practice. You got yerself another new sub, now I gotta watch yer Galaxy Quest reaction! edit:I got a lot of space in my balled head for cobwebs 👴
The merchandising gag was because they got permission from Lucas to do the close parody, but on the condition that there would be no actual merchandising for Spaceballs.
You should look up some behind the scenes footage of scenes from Star Wars with Vader or Chewie. You'll hear both that Prowses voice through the helmet sounds like Moranis with the mask down, and Mayhew giving Chewies lines in English. The one I always remember us when Ben leaves them on the Death Star to take out the tractor beam he says "the old man is out of his mind." to which Han responds "you said it, Chewie. Where'd you dig up that old fossil?"
This is Mel Brooks' science fiction parody. It's loosely based on Star Wars, but throws everything & anything in there that can fit the story of a space fantasy: Transformers, entitled princess, rogue, bizarre aliens, the Wizard of Oz, & a space diner reenacting the eating scene from Alien. And don't forget the nod to Planet of the Apes (1968) at the end!!! Because Brooks is Jewish, he casts Jewish actors & incorporates Jewish jokes. Also, Brooks always appears in his own movies. In this one, he was both President Skroob & Yogurt. This is one of my favorite films! I also like Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (parody based on the old black&white Frankenstein movies) & Robin Hood: Men in Tights (which follows the main plot points of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, while deviating in hilarious ways!)
I remember seeing this on TV and thinking, it really has its moments. Like all Mel Brooks films they are a bit hit and miss on the comedy, their funny to watch at the time but as we age not all the jokes do so well. I think you captured the key points i recall. The actors were all good and i think John Candy and Joan Rivers (voice) handled awkward characters well as the Chewbacca and C3PO knockoffs. I forgot John Hurt was in this.
I absolutely love your subtle looks at the camera when something is so stupid it's funny. This is my first video of yours I have watched. If you have not done a review of it yet, you need to react to another Mel Brooks film titled, "Blazing Saddles". Unless you get offended easily, you will absolutely love it. Thanks for sharing this reaction!!
19:22 They "poked" at that because, while George Lucas loved the script and gave Brooks the ok (ILM even did some of the special effects), Lucas' one caveat is that there could not be any merchandise for the movie
Great reaction as always Kaiielle! Spaceballs is a movie that I enjoy alot, though it definitely was funnier for me when I was between the ages of 12 and 15. However this movie is important in my life as it was the first movie I ever saw, comedy or otherwise, that had alot of swearing in it as I have siblings who are younger than I am and by the time I saw Spaceballs, we were all old enough to watch it. Yeah, that ending scene with the apes was an homage to Planet of the Apes. I also appreciate that they tried to tell an actual story, and it wasn't just random gags and jokes put together. Definitely not as good as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which I enjoy so much more.
Great vid. They poked fun, bc the special effects they used were from George Lucas' company for Star Wars. Mel Brooks was allowed to use those especial effects under the condition that he not create/make actual merchandise to sell for Spaceballs. You may also like the movie "Galaxy Quest." :)
This ought to be good! Especially considering you're now familiar with some of the related material that inspired this. -Edit- When the alien started singing, that look to the camera was the best thing ever.
Having seen that movie, that feels like maybe a bit of a stretch, but It Happened One Night is a great movie, so, If it encourages anybody to watch it...
@@tylerfoster6267 Specifically the end of that movie. Grant's character refuses the reward for getting Claudette Colbert's character back to her father. The father tells her about that refusal at her wedding ceremony, then tells her there's a car out back if she changes her mind. Spaceballs obviously took it a different way, but there's enough similarity that I think there was an influence
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Bit of trivia for you. The reason they poked so much fun at the merchandising of star wars is because they weren't allowed to do any merchandising themselves because of the similarity any toy line would have with star wars.
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George Lucas told Mel Brooks that Lonestar can't look like Han Solo. So Mel Brooks dressed him as Indiana Jones
Lucas also agreed to let this parody be made as long as there was no merchandizing associated with the film. Lucas made the vast majority of his money on the merchandise related to the Star Wars franchise. That was why Mel Brooks added the scene explaining how “moi-chendizing” was where the real money was made, and then included all the ‘brand name’ products and action figures in the remainder of the film.
Ironically, the anti-merchandizing rule would eventually fade away. This film was released in 1987 and in late 2020 during the pandemic I was gifted a “Spaceballs: The Face Mask” by a co-worker. It’s my favorite face mask.
@@peterkoester7358 I am not sure the rule actually went away; I think your fun facemask is probably just something created by a passionate fan.
@@tylerfoster6267 I'm sure you are right and that Mel Brooks made no money off my face mask, but likewise unless Brooksfilms suddenly releases a line of Lone Star and Princess Vespa action figures and playsets, that George Lucas isn't really going to care much 35 years later.
@@peterkoester7358 I think, the No-"Spaceballs"-Merch-Agreement died, as Disney overtook the StarWars Franchise. George Lucas couldn't care less these days 💭
@@Blazeor2 you really think the mighty Lord Mouse wouldn't enforce that stipulation? I find your lack of faith disturbing.
The stunt double joke kills me every time. Any joke where they openly acknowledge this is a movie is almost perfect
But Mel does that in a lot of his movies so it is kind of expected.
Stephen Tobolowsky's gasp of shock is just perfect.
It's literally my favorite joke in the movie. I've never seen a reactor think it's that funny.
@brianalambert1192 Watch the Mel Brooks movie "Blazing Saddles" if you want to see an absolute insane "fourth wall break" like this.
The merchandising joke is a lot funnier when you know about the agreement Mel Brooks made with George Lucas.
George agreed to let Brooks make the movie, Lucas even agreed to let Brooks use his visual effects company (industrial lights and magic) that made star wars. But Brooks had to agree that he would never sell any merchandise of any kind for this movie.
It's a wonderful little jab at that!
That was Lucas looking out for Mel- the toy companies and other license holders would have sued him big-time.
In exchange for no merchandise, Lucas had ILM do the effects and miniatures for Spaceballs.
If you freeze the shot outside the Diner, you'll see the Millennium Falcon parked in the lot...
@@kaiielle The "long" flyby of that ship , was homage to Star Trek Motion picture 1979 , where they did twice as long flyby of Enterprise .
There was Millennium Falcon on that space bar parking lot . Small alien doing a dance and song number is from One Froggy Evening , cartoon from 1955 , it's on YT.
Lot of Star Trek references , because Star Trek Motion Picture was made after Star Wars 1977 was so popular .
In the end reference to original , Planet of the apes 1968 .
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders , made a real nice Star Wars parody , The Phantom Millennium 1999 , they had Ewan McGregors stunt man playing Darth Maul , Andreas Petrides hes stunt man and coordinator .
@@pete_lind Also another reference - Sergeant Rico, the bridge operator on Spaceball One who tells Colonel Sandurz that Planet Druidia is in sight, is no doubt a reference to Johnny Rico of the Robert Heinlein novel Starship Troopers.
"Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
Still one of my favorite lines in film history. LoL
It's a good one!
"Fooled you!" is one I use whenever applicable, particularly with pets 🤣🤣🤣
@@LordVolkov I use that ALL the time. Exact inflection and everything.
My personal favorite is "We ain't found SHIT!"
Same!
Just something about it seemed oddly profound & philosophical under all that humor.
The guy who says, "we ain't found shit!" is actor Tim Russ, who played Vulcan, Lt. Commander Tuvok, in Star Trek: Voyager.
That's freaking rad. I never knew that but totally see it now.
The self-destruct countdown voice is the same voice for the Enterprise computer from TNG.
@@Gundam944 Was that Majel Rodenberry? I know she did the computer voice in some of the shows :)
@@chessoc7799 Not sure. I do know it's the same actress that played Troy's Mom in TNG.
@@Gundam944 yup, that's Majel Roddenberry, she was Nurse Chapel (And Number One) in TOS, Troi's mom and the computer
Fun fact if it hasn't been mentioned yet- Joan Rivers, the voice of Dot, did NOT have a script. That was all her own talent. She improvised EVERY line.
Yarnell played the robot (Yarnell was in an old tv show [Shields and Yarnell were an American mime team, formed in 1972, consisting of Robert Shields and Lorene Yarnell} on the show they played a husband & wife robots.
Something else not mentioned was Dot's full name. Another play on terms, it was Dot Matrix, a common printer of the time.
@@tvdroid22 It was mentioned in the beginning when she was first being called.
@@neilusdin2389 Yeah, that's how I knew it, but it's something the reviewers seem to miss.
Joan and Betty White are still absolute Legends. RIP. We miss you gals (even though both of you would cuss me out for calling you "gals") ❤
32:30 Love seeing John Hurt returning as Kane from Alien.
Me too! My favourite moment.
@@kaiielle it was a way for John Hurt to help Mel Brooks too since Mel Brooks produced The Elephant Man. A great movie in its own regard. Definitely worth checking out. John Hurt starred in that movie,
I always gets a kick out of the fact that it's the real John Hurt and a bunch of fake ALIEN cast members in real costumes. That had to be a trip for him.
@@jonathanbarr4297 John Hurt was a gloriously talented actor. I first got to know his work through the BBC mini-series, "I, Claudius", where he just ran away with the role of Caligula - costarring alongside other British treasures like Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Sian Phillips, and even a young Patrick Stewart, with hair. A marvelous production, in which Hurt was a stand-out among stand-outs.
John Candy's Barf costume had three operators, for no better reason than Lucas's Jabba had three operators. Candy himself, of course, and one stagehand operated the ears, and another operated the tail. So when the tail explores under the waitress's skirt, and he claims its "got a mind of its own", that is absolutely true.
My favorite joke for this was when Dark Helmet said let's take a 5 minute break, they were literally not shown again for 5 minutes of the movie.
In addition, the self-destruct countdown isn't fudged by much. From button pressed to explosion, it's about 3 minutes 10 seconds of film, and given that the computer also did that nonsense with the "six... just kidding, seven" and "have a nice day", that's as close to a real-time countdown as you're likely to see in a film where the timer isn't constantly on screen or being counted in the background. (Most films stretch that time out a bit; it's not uncommon for a 3-minute countdown to last, say, five minutes of film... but not here.)
"when will then be now" "Soon!" is one of the funniest scenes of all time.
Reminds me of "Who's on first?"
Could turn it into an existential debate if you wanted to
What's even cooler, the joke evolves from Then n Now to When, How, What, Where and Who! Easily the smartest comedic scene in history!
When Dark Helmet says "Why don't we take a 5 minute break, it is exactly 5 minutes further along in the movie when they make an appearance again.
"I know that this movie will at least be better than the Stars Wars Holiday Special." I'm familiar with the idea of having zero expectations, but I never realized before it was possible for expectations to be less than zero.
I've seen it once.... I don't think I could bear to see it again.
Spaceballs I can watch once a month.
This is something that only occurred to me now: watching parodies like this now will be much harder for younger generations who don't have quite the familiarity with the films being referenced. Even as a kid, I knew what movies they were referencing even if I hadn't seen them. But young people nowadays haven't even heard of these movies, let lone seen them.
Definitely. Eventually these movies will become, for many people, as "old" as movies from the 50s are to us right now.
We were more connected to previous generations than the current generations are now. We understand references that our parents would.
A good example are the blonde twins.
Apparently, they're from another movie/show, and the president saying "chew your gum" is a reference to that.
And I had no idea about it.
@@cesarv7685 That was a reference to Doublemint gum commercials of the period, who often employed identical twins to be their models.
@@Theomite ah, ok
I saw this in the theater and watched at least twice a year since and I only noticed the Millennium Falcon parked at the diner at the end in the last couple of years.
Oh shit, I completely missed that myself!
@@kaiielle
To again blow your mind and you can learn it like I did in a UA-cam comment:
28:00 I am your father's > brother's > nephew's > cousin's former roommate.
So Dark Helmet was Lone Star's former roommate, unbeknownst to him but now knownst to us.
@@Gabriel_Cook I actually think that means he was Lonestar's Cousin's roommate. Lonestar would be the Nephew in that equation.
@@Tensen01 very true, unless his father had 2 brothers then it would make it possible.
It had to have a reverse function to blow the air out on the other planet. The Alien parody was also a Bugs Bunny short parody....the dance routine. Also, the original Planet of the Apes. Also, the radar operator that got jammed....was doing his own sound effects. He had an amazing range. I believe he was also in the Police Academy movies.
"One Froggy Evening" isn't Bugs Bunny, but it WAS Warner Bros. Short 😉😉
Michael Winslow
0:38 Kaielle, with trauma flashback eyes, saying "The Star Wars Holiday Special" XD
Yes Lone Star is a play on both Han and Luke's last names, Lone for Solo, and Star for Luke's original last name that was Starkiller before Lucas changed it.
Also, Lone Star is the national symbol of Texas, and Lone Star (and Han Solo) is a space cowboy.
Fun reaction Kaiielle. If you fancy a bit more "python" give "A Fish called Wanda" a try. It's hysterical.
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And if you enjoy that Fierce Creatures is basically a spiritual successor.
This was a hilarious parody movie and it shows because it is now parodied itself and scenes from other movies and shows reuse and reference the humor used here. It's definitely ingrained into nerd culture as a classic.
Thanks for reacting to this one, Kaiielle. It was a favourite comedy of mine when I was growing up. I admit it hits a bit differently now that I'm older. The humour certainly isn't all that sophisticated, and it relies a little too much on obvious gags. But there are lines and scenes that still make me bust out laughing. I especially like Dark Helmet's failed extreme close-up, and the priceless "Barfolomew!"
Have you ever seen "Blazing Saddles"? It's another Mel Brooks film, and it's both a parody of the Hollywood Western genre, and a satire with something important to say -- with a lot of well-deserved mockery. You might enjoy it more than 🛸🎱s.
All the best!
You look young so you may not know this, but the droid Dot Matrix was named after the Dot Matrix Printer.
Also, according to Daphne Zuniga (Princess Vespa), the hardest part about making the movie was quitting laughing while they made it.
I am old enough that I not only had a Dot Matrix printer at home when I was a kid, but we also still had them for Passbooks at the banks that I worked at when I started my career (which have since been phased out). It's cool that she was named after that.
@@kaiielle Wow! I had you pegged at being in your mid to late 20's at most and given that even schools, banks, post offices and the military had the old dot Matrix Printers phased out by the mid to late 90's... I would have been legit surprised to find out you'd even heard of one- let alone seen and used one.
@@MandalorianRevan I live in Canada, so our banks definitely still had them around for certain things well into the 2010s. And I'm in my 30s, but thank you for thinking I'm still as old as I feel. 😄
I agree that this movie is much funnier to kids… and those who appreciate sophomoric humor. That’s the Mel Brooks style (Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part I, Young Frankenstein) - it’s on a much lower level from Monty Python. This is most definitely a parody of many movies, and you correctly identified the Planet of the Apes reference. I still wholly enjoyed your reaction. ❤❤
The diner itself is an homage to Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy
I'm a big Mel Brooks fan and there's definitely tiers to his movies. This one is bog standard but standard with Brooks is still funny and fun. My favorite Brooks is his remake of To Be Or Not To Be, a comedy thriller about an acting troupe trying to flee Poland during WWII.
It's hilarious that twenty years after this movie, Rogue One stole the planetary shield idea.
So. Funny.
"I know this movie will at least be better than the Star Wars Holiday Special."
>The lowest of low expectations.
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As I get older Spaceballs and Men in Tights get less funny while Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein get more funny.
Planet of the Apes is very of its time. The recent trilogy is fantastic and I suggest you react to it sometime.
The newer Apes trilogy is amazing, wholeheartedly agree. Some of the best Sci fi of our time. As for the OG movie, while there are dated aspects of it, I feel as a story it holds up impressively well with some social commentary way ahead of its time. But considering the newer trilogy has some of my favorite moments and commentary in cinema, it'd be hard for me to recommend old over new.
This isn't a recommendation that I necessarily think would be the kind of thing that KL would want to do for the channel, but I went through the Apes movies with a friend and I found that if you cut the two worst original Apes films, you can make great double features.
First: the original Planet of the Apes (1968), and the first of the modern ones, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). See where the series began, and then (although the new movies are not prequels, but a reboot series), get the backstory.
Then: Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). Can man and ape co-exist? Also nicely works out so that the old one puts the emphasis on humans and the new one emphasizes Apes.
Finally: the extended version of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) -- my favorite Apes film, specifically in the alternate version from the Blu-ray -- and War For the Planet of the Apes (2017). Revolution!
While the four Mel films you mentioned (and Dracula: Dead and Loving It) are basically the best of his work, I do admit Spaceballs was my favorite as a kid, while Blazing Saddles is my favorite as an adult. I don't think SB got less funny, I just think BS has more adult jokes. So as I aged I started to understand them.
The guy making the sounds is comedian Michael Winslow, best Known for playing Officer Jones in the Police Academy movies,. Another set of movies you should check out.
Brooks asked Lucasfilm to help with the special effects, they agreed but stipulated no merchandising. Thus all the merchandise in the film. The escape pod footage was made for the original Star Wars movie, but wasn’t used, so they used it here. You also can see the millennium falcon at the diner.
There's far more to be familiar with to get Spaceballs than just Star Wars.
It's so cool that you said the scene reminded you of the Wizard of Oz, as the scene with the large statue of Yogurt was shot on the same stage as the Wizard of Oz scene of the same nature. In fact it was the last shot their, as it was demolished right after this was shot.
It's very interesting that you thought this would have been better when you were young. It seems like that is common with most people and fans. I definitely like this movie a lot, but it is with much nostalgia.
Great reaction, and look forward to more. Have a great weekend. 😀⚾️
Yeah I like this movie because of the nostalgia of seeing it when I was young but objectively it's well down the list of Mel Brooks' movies in terms of quality. Generally speaking I'd much rather watch Robin Hood Men In Tights or Blazing Saddles.
I didn't know that they used the same stage as Wizard of OZ. Wow, that's great.
I love watching people react to this movie. It's too embarrassing to force somebody to watch it in my presence.
Lone Starr was born in the Ford Galaxy.....
I'm sure he wasn't the only one. Those things have more space in the back than most hotel rooms I've seen.
Okay, so I loved Spaceballs as a child, and when I watched it again in my late 20s, I thought it was okay, but not really something I'd watch again.
Well, I'm approaching my late 30s now, and I randomly saw your video and decided to see it along with someone else's perspective.
I gotta say, I appreciate it so much more now. I get so much more of the subtle humor now, it's like having things just fit together better and suddenly make sense.
I'm glad I revisited it.
The singing alien chest burster (which comes out of the same actor as in the original Alien movie, by the way) Is a parody of Michigan J. Frog from the Merrie Melodies cartoon "One Froggy Evening"
This movie has some GREAT lines... but overall, It's definitely a "laugh once" and not watch again sort of movie.
It does help you understand certain bits of modern pop culture.... such as Tesla's "Plaid" mode...
My favorite scene is the Alien ripoff... because that WAS JOHN HURT who played in Alien - saying "oh, no... not again!". That whole scene STILL makes me laugh.
I think that one underappreciated aspect of parody movies like this one is how well the story is crafted. Take out the jokes out of Spaceballs, and it would make for more than a passable movie in the Star Wars universe on its own merit. Most later parodies just lazily rehashed the plot of the movie they were parodying, leading to a tragic and undignified death of the genre.
There was a rumor that when the new Star Wars movies came out they tried to make a new Space Balls movie called "SpaceBalls 3: the search for SpaceBall 2".
7:38 Coruscant was actually not seen on screen until 1997 Return of the Jedi Special Edition release.
George Lucas had intended it to be a key location in ROTJ (albeit with a different name) but money and visual effects limitations of the time prevented him from achieving this.
Only mentioning this to point out that with this film being released a full decade earlier, they weren't directly referencing Coruscant which is a credit to their creativity that it worked out so well retrospectively.
Totally!
The looking at the camera thing is a reference to Rick Moranis's career. Specifically, he was one of the stars of SCTV here in the great white north, where they did all sorts of camera gags.
One of the best movies of all time! And I say that without ever having seen any Star Wars. The references they make were, for the most part, already common knowledge when this film came out.
They’re allegedly working on a sequel “Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2”.
This is the first reaction video that noticed 'The Wizard of Oz' reference. Congrats!
"YOU WENT OVER MY HELL-MITTT"??!!!
At 11:08 in the commentary Mel Brooks admitted that by hiring legendary sound effects wizard Michael Winslow, he saved over $100 on sound effects!
Yay, you used the Spaceballs poster I helped commission.
I just had to comment that immediately before watching the entire reaction.
The Spaceball ship's computer's voice was Majel Barrett, the voice of the Next Generation's Enterprise computer. She was also Lwaxana Troi on ST:TNG, Nurse Chapel from ST:TOS, and Number One from Star Trek's original pilot, "The Cage". A lot of history there.
By the way, she was also Gene Roddenberry's wife.
This is one of my all-time favorite movies, all of Mel Brooks' films are. But, I grew up with them and it was the type of movies I bonded with my dad with. (see also: Hot Shots, Naked Gun, Ace Venture, and more). So, watching them today I see exactly your points and why you feel the way you do about it. For me, its a total comfort movie - knowing when the gags are, quoting the lines often, its just dumb, goofy humor that you don't have to think about. Do you have any comfort comedies?
Comfort comedies... def Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Bridesmaids.
Kaiiellle...I was impressed that you got the Wizard of Oz reference. I'm disappointed that you didn't really like it that much. This is one of my favorite Mel Brooks films along with History of the World and Blazing Saddles. The scene where they watch the film with the instant cassette makes me roll every time.
19:37 - Fun bit to the Comb the Desert scene: Dark Helmet uses the megaphone when talking to Sandurz, who's right next to him, while shouting at the guys who are far away.
It took me way too many viewings to catch that little nugget.
@matthiasplatz5919 Same. I never caught it until someone else pointed it out to me
Sadly younger people don't know what a "raspberry" is so the "only one man would dare give me the raspberry" joke always flies over their heads.
I know what it is. Just didn't find that line funny!
It occurs to me that even back then, mel brooks predicted the disney acquisition of star wars.😂
Dot (they also say Dot Matrix) is a reference to an 80's type of printer that is used today mostly by Banks and all for the carbon copy paper(usually yellow) under the white paper 😉😉
I have "Spaceballs" the DVD and Mel Brooks made a commentary for the laserdisc version of the movie! Mel Brooks wanted(as he says in the commentary) the ship at the beginning to go on for the whole movie time! But the executives wanted a plot of some kind! 😂😂
I actually saw this movie before any of the Star Wars movies as a kid back in the 80's but I still thought it was hilarious even without understanding all the references. The Alien parodies I got though since I had seen that movie at least! It doesn't hold up now when re watching it except for a few scenes maybe. :)
I love the interaction between the plastic surgeon and Daek Helmet: "Go back to the golf course and work on your putts." I have a version where the subtitles says "putz" instead "putts", which is the yiddish word for penis.
"...better than the Star Wars Holiday Special..."
I mean...that's a *really* low bar. Lol.
Hermes Conrad couldn't limbo under that bar.
Well...I can't think of anything witty for the "made it to the end 'ball'" comment, so...I'll just acknowledge I made it. XD
I wasted my wit on "bar." XP
Saw it as a young teen, loved it. Saw it as a young adult, loved it. Watch it as an older person, still love it. I will admit it's not as funny as it was the 1st time. But seeing the different reactors to it, makes it as funny as the 1st time I saw it.
The guy Making the sounds is in police academy.
One joke many seem to miss or gloss over is prince Valium. Back in the 70's and 80's, Valium was a big drug that people used when they were stressed out mostly. One side effect was drowsiness, that's why he yawns a lot and looks sleepy. Still, Loved your reaction.
R.I.P. the Legend John Candy
I thought it was hilarious that, after you said, "Use the Schwartz", your dog looked up and seemed to nod!
Then went back to sleep until they reported that Pizza the Hut had eaten himself to death, as if that made your dog crave pizza!
You asked about other references. One I just recently noticed is a subtle one when King Roland says Princess Vespa was last seen passing Jupiter 2. That was the name of the ship on Lost in Space. After the Alien reference, the Ragtime Gal song it sings is the same song and dance that Michigan J. Frog sang in the Looney Tunes "One Froggy Evening" short. And he continued to sing it when he became the mascot of the WB TV network until it morphed into the CW network. And when Lone Starr and Barff are so freaked out and they say, "Check, please!", I think that's a "When Harry Met Sally" reference. Oh, and the Milennium Falcon was in the parking lot of that space diner. I'm pretty sure you caught all the Star Trek references. Oh, and I'm not sure if you recognized the Planet of the Apes reference at the end (the very first one, with Charlton Heston, not the recent remakes).
I like most of Mel Brooks' movies, including this one.
The scene with Lonestar accidentally dropping the statue on Barf's foot has new meaning for me, ever since my friend drove over my foot with his car. When I yelled, he stopped with the tire right on my foot. Nothing was broken, but it hurt like hell.
You did it in the right order: Star Wars, chapters IV, V and VI, Alien, and then this one.
Did you realize Dark Helmet's clothes? His whatever-you-call-it has something like a tie with two... well... resembling... you know what a mean
You know what? I'm kinda embarrassed to admit that I've been watching this movie for years and I just now realized that Skroob is Brooks backwards
I didn't catch that either!
@@kaiielle Jumbled, not backwards. Skoorb would be backwards.
The important question: Where was Max? In every Mel Brooks project, there is a mention of Max, as in his son's name. (That is the reason that the main character of Get Smart is Control Agent 86: Maxwell Smart.
@@CaptainFrost32 Oh yeah, you're right. It's so close I just assumed it was actually backwards
@@thejesseayy So, no reason to feel embarassed.
This is one of the first movies I remember watching. The other is Howard the Duck.
I had no idea this was a parody for many years and it was still one of my favs
Aah.... Howard the Duck, Labyrinth, and Willow.... The George Lucas Trilogy.
Mel Brooks: You haven't "seen" his films until you've seen "The Producers", "Young Frankenstein" & "Blazing Saddles". The best Star Trek parody is "Galaxy Quest" btw.
Those that love cheeky snarky humor seem to be in the minority. _Loooved_ it young & old.
"May the schwartz be with youuuououloualmljmllayyaalyouuu!"
"blow the tip" lol
Some of the lines will come back to haunt you "Ludicrous Speed!!", "Merchandising!!", "I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!"
I found out the other day the actor that said ""we aint found S...." is actually Tuvok from Star Trek. Obviously before he was Tuvok.
@10:38 That's Michael Winslow ("Police Academy I - VI"). "Jones ... Lavell Jones ... Monsignore Lavell Jones." (The scene with Steve Guttenberg at the police station.)
"Spaceballs": Mel Brooks does to the Space Opera what he'd done to the Hollywood Western with "Blazing Saddles" (1974).
Not only starwars parody, it also is star trek parody (and few other movies parodies too).
Some better known examples:
Example 1 at 32:10 is from the movie Alien with the same actor who played it there, same thing happened to him when eating with others at a table.
Esample 2 at 33:36 planet of the apes.
Many other small things put here from movies and series (yes some even not from SciFi).
For me the movie that I wish I kept in my childhood is UHF. I still like Al's music parodies, but that movie did not age well for me... though to honest, I haven't aged well either. Not even with a few decades of practice.
You got yerself another new sub, now I gotta watch yer Galaxy Quest reaction!
edit:I got a lot of space in my balled head for cobwebs 👴
The guy combing the desert who says "We ain't found sh*t!" is Tim Russ from the then-future STAR TREK: VOYAGER.
The merchandising gag was because they got permission from Lucas to do the close parody, but on the condition that there would be no actual merchandising for Spaceballs.
Great reaction KL! I hope I'm the first to mention that Ludicrous mode and Plaid mode were adopted by Tesla Auto for their cars.
You should look up some behind the scenes footage of scenes from Star Wars with Vader or Chewie. You'll hear both that Prowses voice through the helmet sounds like Moranis with the mask down, and Mayhew giving Chewies lines in English. The one I always remember us when Ben leaves them on the Death Star to take out the tractor beam he says "the old man is out of his mind." to which Han responds "you said it, Chewie. Where'd you dig up that old fossil?"
Now you need to do the "Blue Harvest" episode of Family Guy. 😄
The new hair looks great, btw. 👍
The joke about the sequel turned out to be prophetic. There was an animated series made in 2008
The “I didn’t see you playing with your dolls” sequence was ad-libbed by Rick Moranis…
Enjoying your reaction! Your doggo has a sweet face.
26:33 I've always thought that and my best explanation is they need to reverse it back into Planet Spaceballs when they back with the air.
This is Mel Brooks' science fiction parody. It's loosely based on Star Wars, but throws everything & anything in there that can fit the story of a space fantasy: Transformers, entitled princess, rogue, bizarre aliens, the Wizard of Oz, & a space diner reenacting the eating scene from Alien. And don't forget the nod to Planet of the Apes (1968) at the end!!!
Because Brooks is Jewish, he casts Jewish actors & incorporates Jewish jokes. Also, Brooks always appears in his own movies. In this one, he was both President Skroob & Yogurt.
This is one of my favorite films! I also like Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (parody based on the old black&white Frankenstein movies) & Robin Hood: Men in Tights (which follows the main plot points of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, while deviating in hilarious ways!)
I remember seeing this on TV and thinking, it really has its moments. Like all Mel Brooks films they are a bit hit and miss on the comedy, their funny to watch at the time but as we age not all the jokes do so well. I think you captured the key points i recall. The actors were all good and i think John Candy and Joan Rivers (voice) handled awkward characters well as the Chewbacca and C3PO knockoffs. I forgot John Hurt was in this.
26:35 The reverse function is to blow all the air into planet Spaceball.
I remember seeing this for the very first time when my grandmother took us to see it in 1987.
the most sinister version of Vader!😂
I like how the subtitles translate "space bucks" as "Facebooks." 😂
I absolutely love your subtle looks at the camera when something is so stupid it's funny. This is my first video of yours I have watched. If you have not done a review of it yet, you need to react to another Mel Brooks film titled, "Blazing Saddles". Unless you get offended easily, you will absolutely love it. Thanks for sharing this reaction!!
19:22 They "poked" at that because, while George Lucas loved the script and gave Brooks the ok (ILM even did some of the special effects), Lucas' one caveat is that there could not be any merchandise for the movie
Great reaction as always Kaiielle! Spaceballs is a movie that I enjoy alot, though it definitely was funnier for me when I was between the ages of 12 and 15. However this movie is important in my life as it was the first movie I ever saw, comedy or otherwise, that had alot of swearing in it as I have siblings who are younger than I am and by the time I saw Spaceballs, we were all old enough to watch it. Yeah, that ending scene with the apes was an homage to Planet of the Apes. I also appreciate that they tried to tell an actual story, and it wasn't just random gags and jokes put together. Definitely not as good as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which I enjoy so much more.
The radar operator is Michael Winslow who is known for being Jones in the Police Academy movies.
Great vid.
They poked fun, bc the special effects they used were from George Lucas' company for Star Wars. Mel Brooks was allowed to use those especial effects under the condition that he not create/make actual merchandise to sell for Spaceballs. You may also like the movie "Galaxy Quest." :)
This ought to be good! Especially considering you're now familiar with some of the related material that inspired this.
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When the alien started singing, that look to the camera was the best thing ever.
when the Alien starts to sing it a nod to a WB cartoon with the singing frog
I never noticed the music before and it's funny because John Williams, who composed the music for Star Wars, also composed the music for Jaws.
So, one reason the megamaid likely has a reverse option is so they could put that air onto planet Spaceball
May the schwartz be with you!! 🤣
The romance in this takes elements from It Happened One Night, an old romantic comedy starring Cary Grant
Having seen that movie, that feels like maybe a bit of a stretch, but It Happened One Night is a great movie, so, If it encourages anybody to watch it...
@@tylerfoster6267 Specifically the end of that movie. Grant's character refuses the reward for getting Claudette Colbert's character back to her father. The father tells her about that refusal at her wedding ceremony, then tells her there's a car out back if she changes her mind. Spaceballs obviously took it a different way, but there's enough similarity that I think there was an influence
Fun fact, Lord helmet said to take 5, you do not see the rest of the space ball game until 5 minutes later.