LAUGHING too much watching SPACEBALLS (1987)! - Movie Reaction - FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Greatest Star Wars parody of all time??
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Starring:
Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, George Wyner, and Joan Rivers
Written by:
Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, and Ronny Graham
Directed by:
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Spaceballs! I had a hoot with this movie and now I find myself wanting all of the merch this movie had to offer! Dark Helmet was a delight and the meta commentary on the film being a film was unexpected and hilarious!
Thanks for watching and have a great day! :)
I'd love to get that flamethrower
Sadly, one of the conditions of Lucas being OK with making this movie that there be no Spaceballs merchandise. The only merchandise made was a novelization written by RL Stine.
The dancing alien is a salute to the singing frog from bugs bunny
@@AlexSeverinski Goosebumps R. L. Stine?
Fun fact: The guy combing the desert that yells "We ain't found $h!t!" is Tim Russ, best known for his role as Lt. Tuvok on "Star Trek: Voyager."
And Highwayman as DC Montana
What the heck? Seriously? I had no idea
Because I saw this so much as a kid...when I first saw Alien I was, "Hey! That's the guy in Spaceballs who has an alien burst out of his...oh...oh... *THAT'S* why he says, 'Not Again'."
One of my favourite jokes in this film which people tend to miss out on is during the "comb the desert" scene. Dark Helmet is about to use his megaphone to order the men, then Colonel Sandurz interrupts him. Dark Helmet then talks to him through the megaphone and when he goes back to talk to the men, he shouts at them at the top of his lungs. Absolutely hilarious 😂
Also, the "we ain't found shit" guy is long time Star Trek alumnus Tim Russ, best known as Tuvok in VOY but has also appeared in TNG (human), DS9 (Klingon) and Star Trek Generations as a human (although fan hypotheses make the Generations character out to be a young Tuvok).
Yes that joke always gets overlooked by reaction channels. It's such a good joke
I Never noticed that and I’ve watched it many times.
It's such an understated joke, it flies below many people's radar. Like Top Secret's "Semi-Annual Lincoln's Birthday sale" from Nick's origin story.
@@weepingscorpion8739 when I found this out I was so taken aback. He will always be mr Vulcan to me.
"I need a Star Wars movie where Darth Vader says 'Fooled you!'" 🤣🤣🤣
Same! Rick Moranis gets the best lines.
The dancing frog “Alien” parody was the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes dancing frog. He has become the symbol of Warner Bros. It originates from a Looney Tunes where a construction worker unearths a building and finds a frog, who sings and dances but only when no one else is around. He bankrupts the worker because he tries to make him a show biz star but the frog won’t dance if someone else is looking.
The tune Yogurt's minions sing ("dink") while marching is the Colonel Bogey March, a British march first heard on screen in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), another excellent movie.
And Ollie heard it in Breakfast Club.
In the 80's they used the melody for the advertisement of the bitter Underberg with a text that fit the product.
16:19 It’s even funnier when one knows when asked to make a parody of Star Wars with the same effects team, George said ‘sure, as long as you don’t make merch.” xD
Looking forward to this reaction! just fyi, Mel Brooks didn't do Loaded Weapon... two major Mel Brooks movies would be Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. Can't remember if you've done either but definitely highly recommended
Joan Rivers voices the robot! Haha 😂
"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.
Funny thing is, depending on the number of cousins Lone Starr has, he and Dark Helmet may have actually _been_ former roommates.
I remember watching this as a kid with my Grandmother. “ I see your Schwartz is as big as mine, let’s see how well you ‘handle’ it.” We would always giggle. So many memories. I love your reactions!!
3:32 The actor is Rick Moranis. He was an immensely popular comedy star from the 80's and 90's; Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Honey I Blew Up The Kid, Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2, Little Giants, Big Bully. His wife unfortunately passed from an illness, causing him to step away from acting to be close with his children.
Since then, Moranis only did minor things like voice work in Brother Bear and Brother Bear 2. It's been announced he's returning for the Shrunk reboot, so that's cool. Moranis has said on record he gets offers all the time, but never expresses much interest in being mainstream again. A few years ago, he was clocked in the face in a completely random attack, but was okay.
My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin.
And Little Shop of Horrors
How did you give a min-biography of Moranis and NOT mention his brilliant work in the TV series, "SCTV"?
@@firebird7479 I don't really follow TV credits since I haven't been an avid watcher since the 90's. Even now, newly released movies are another thing I don't keep up with; just can't spare the time anymore.
@@digidv85 How can you watch those 80s movies, especially Spaceballs and not recall or recognize that Moranis had in the very recent past at that time, been on SCTV?
i remember seeing this as a 10 year old kid who had never heard of parodies. i thought it was the most awesome thing i had ever seen. 😆😅😂🤣
I remember the line "So, at last, we meet, for the first time, for the last time" since I watched this on VHS in 1989 or 1990.
Love it. You should watch Mel Brooks’ first and best movie, *The Producers* (1967 - the original). You’ll love it.
easily the best Mel film
Franz Liebkind's Broadway hit: czcams.com/video/HPXHRX8Q2hs/video.html
Other Mel Brooks parodies:
- High Anxiety (Hitchcock spoof)
- Robin Hood - Men in Tights
- Dracula -Dead and Loving it
- Blazing Saddles (western spoof)
John Hurt also has a cameo in another Mel Brooks film: The History of the World Part 1, but I won't spoil which historical figure he portrays.
Another Mel Brooks film I like is The Twelve Chairs, but it never seems to be mentioned when his movies are discussed.
I forgot Young Frankenstein...
References:
Pizza the Huts henchman is taken from Max Headroom
To give someone the raspberries is to make a disgusting sound (see also Bronx Cheer)
The Dinks were singing the Colonel Bogey March made famous in the Bridge on the River Kwai.
The princess shooting skills-Sarah Conner, Ripley and all the other tough-as-nails babes
The alien dancing-Michigan J Frog from the Warner Brothers cartoons
At the end when Yogurt disappears, he quotes the Wicked Witch of the West.
I started cracking up when you said "I hope they actually put jam on them!"
You know what movie you're watching 🤣 🤣 🤣
You probably heard the Jawa song on The Breakfast Club, and they were referencing the song that the prisoners whistled in a movie called The Bridge Over the River Kwai (1957).
Can't believe you're Canadian and didn't know Rick Moranis (and you pronounced his last name more-anus lmao). lol. And younger people don't get Looney Toons references as much -- but check out Looney Toons "One Froggy Night" to get the dancing alien joke. ). Mel Brooks is legend.
"One Froggy Evening": czcams.com/video/1NqO3C1-Kfg/video.html
That's sad that no one knows looney tunes anymore
I kind of wish you seen More Mel Brooks movies; before seen anything else. Throughout the 70s and 80s; Brooks was the Parody movie Master, and is still one of the top Comedic writers/directors/producers/actors around. No one holds a candle to all the things Mel Brooks has done for Comedy.
Mel Brooks always says he only spoofs movies he loves, so it's very much an affectionate parody. And I loved seeing John Hurt. I first saw him as a kid when he was playing Caligula in I Claudius, and he really gave me the heebie jeebies.
Seeing Steve Carell on your shirt, and now that you're done with Austin Powers, you should watch the movie Get Smart. It is based off of a comedy spy show from the 60's, and the movie starring Steve Carell is really funny.
The Not-Jawas were singing the Colonel Bogey march, a British military march song composed in 1917 but most famously used in Bridge On The River Kwai (1957). Shortly before that was a famous piece from Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Both were extremely famous movies that are still highly regarded today.
My other favorite Rick Moranis movie came out just a few years before this one: Little Shop Of Horrors (1986). It's a horror-comedy musical.
The tune that the 'jawas' were singing was the tune from the movie "Bridge Over the River kwai" featuring Alec Guinness... the actor who played Obi-Wan
14:46
That's a real oblique joke. The song was used in "Bridge on the River Kwai", a 1957 war movie starring... Alec Guinness!
It's such a subtle joke but the "but daddy, that's your right foot!" "too late, keep going!" is funny on its own but it also means they literally started off on the wrong foot. They were never getting married.
One of our vocab. words in school was ludicrous. At some point Ms. Reilly’s class shouted in unison “Ludicrous speed, go!” She had no idea what we were talking about.
It was Janice Rand (not Scotty) at the transporter controls in Star Trek: The Motion picture when the accident happened. She was a Yeoman in the original series and goes on to appear in other Trek films & series, played by Grace Lee Whitney.
Unfortunately.....George Lucas only gave Mel Brooks permission to spoof "Star Wars" if he promised to never merchandise it...so, nope, we can never buy "Spaceballs the(insert product)."
Great reaction! One thing you need to remember is that when this movie came out, there were only 3 Star Wars films- Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi. Joan(pronounced like bone with a j) Rivers was a talk show host/comedienne whose catchphrase was, "Can we talk?" so you probably didn't get the joke if you didn't know that. When they met Yogurt, it was a spoof of the Wizard of Oz when they met the wizard. I have watched this movie many times. I love it! Please check out Blazing Saddles, one of Mel Brooks' funniest films- it makes fun of racism.☺
The voice of Dot Matrix (GREAT name!) was done by the legendary Joan Rivers.
Mel Brooks had a run of movies in the 70s that were parodies of different genres. Spaceballs is scifi. Blazing Saddles is westerns. Naked Gun is cop movies. Young Frankenstein is monster movies. There's also a Robin Hood called Robin Hood: Men in Tights, based on Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
All Mel Brooks films have Jewish jokes (he's Jewish), & at least one role for himself.
He's President Skroob & Yogurt. In the Robin Hood film, he's Rabbi Tucker (Friar Tuck.)
Also, Prince Valium is a play on Prince Valiant, from comic strips in newspapers.
Also, re ST:TMP, that was the upgraded Enterprise. Some upgrades definitely needed more trials to work out kinks: such as the weapons miscalculation; & the upgraded transporter malfunctioning.
Cheers for noticing John Hurt from ”Alien” and the ending of ”The Planet of the Apes”. Great reaction!
The whole chicken thing works on 2 different levels:
1.) The one you pointed out about KFC, which I originally not get but get now-- Colonel Sanders.
2.) Back to The Future reference. Soaceballs was released a couple years after Back to the Future. "What are you chicken?" "Nobody calls me chicken."
Months after this movie came out, don't know if it was Mel Brooks or the studio execs, they said they were trying to get a sequel going and that they already had the name for it. It was called 'Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2". sadly it never happened. also I think Mel Brooks plays the exact same character in Blazing Saddles, which he also made.
They did eventually make Spaceballs the cartoon. Unfortunately I do not believe they were able to get any of the original actors to voice their characters in the cartoon.
On the plus side, History of the World, Part II is *FINALLY* getting made. Mel announced he was working on that as a mini-series with Hulu.
Ahahahahaha, great reaction! I don't think there's a better comment to make when Lone Starr and Dark Helmet unveil their "lightsabers" -- "oh my God, they're like weiners!" Genuine LOL from me on that one 🤣
That tune that the Dinks were humming is from,"The Bridge Of The River Kwai", which ironically starred Sir Alec Guinness
I went to a comicon a few years ago and bought a poster someone made themselves of Dark Helmet with the line "Evil will always triumph because good is dumb".
The song the Jawas are dinking is "Colonel Bogie's March" from "The Bridge Over the River Kwai".
The tune the 'dinks' were 'singing' was the Colonel Bogie march, best known as the theme from "Bridge on the River Kwai"
One of my absolute favorite movies since 1993.
The tune the "Jawas" were singing was from Snow White and the 7 Dwarves.
Also the whole thing about merchandising throughout is that George Lucas allowed this movie to be made with the condition that there could be absolutely no merchandise.
if you look in the parking lot of the space cafe you can see a millennium falcon
the DinkDinks dinkdink dang is from Bridge On The River Kwai”
The tune the "Jawas" sing is Colonel Boogie from The bridge on River Kwai.
3:34 It's Rick Moranis, he's in many things, perhaps most notably 'Ghostbusters' and 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'.
LoneStar is basically a combination of Luke and Han.
You have to watch “Blazing Saddles “ Mel brooks funniest movie. It’s very renowned
The Dink's song is called "Colonel Bogey's March," I think.
I like how Oliver picked up on John Hurt at the scene near the end and already knew it was an Alien reference. Good catch! 👍
And the little alien parodied the Warner Bros. character Michigen J. Frog
“Not again!”
From the Spaceballs Documentary (here on YT) Mel sent the screenplay to George Lucas asking for his OK for the movie. George said OK but that Mel couldn't sell his own Merchandise for the film. So there you get all the merch in Yougurt's shop and all over in the film itself.
At the end when Lone Star and Barf are at the dinner, the Millennium Falcon is in the parked at the diner. The jawas parodies were from Snow White.
Since ILM made all the effects and models for Spaceballs, there are lots of Easter eggs everywhere - like the Millennium Falcon is parked at the diner.
15:09
The song they're singing is from the classic war movie "Bridge On The River ......Dink".
Sorry, was in the Mel mood.
The song is a whistling march from the WWII movie that also featured a younger Sir Alec Guinness(Obi-Wan Kenobi).
I'm sure Mel knew what he was doing bridging......eheh,....... the two together.
Fun fact: first recording of That’s what she said is the song shot on the dark by Utopia in 1979
Congratulations on getting most of the references
Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!
Spaceballs the T-Shirt!
Spaceballs the colouring book!
Spaceballs the lunchbox!
Spaceballs the breakfast cereal!
Spaceballs the FLAME THROWER! The kids love this one...
And last but not least, Spaceballs the doll, me!
As happy as I am to see someone finally show some respect to Loaded Weapon, Mel Brooks had nothing to do with it.
When the alien comes out of the guy and dances across the counter, that a parody of Michigan J. Frog from the Warner Brothers cartoons where he does that same dance.
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE!!!!!
Fun fact if it hasn't been mentioned already. Joan Rivers, the voice of Dot, improvised EVERY line of hers. She dd not have a script.
Great movie. You should also see High Anxiety which is Mel Brooks spoof on classic horror Hitchcock movies. Other great spoof movies are Top Secret and Silence of the Hams :)
You should look up and watch the Loony Tunes cartoon episode called "one froggy evening", the Alien scene will make more sense.
Thanks, Ollie! Thanks, Huxley! ✨ I saw this one with my friend Jeff at a cinema near L.S.U. back in the day. My favorite flick by Mel Brooks is HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I (1981). I hope you react to it someday. ❧ The alien dancing with the hat and cane is a parody of 'Michigan J. Frog' from the Merrie Melodies cartoon ONE FROGGY EVENING (1955). You can see parts of it on the *WB* *Kids* CZcams channel. #RolyPolyOllie #MelBrooks #Spaceballs
Me too! I was too young to catch Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles (both classics), but I was just old enough to catch History of the World when it came out at the movies. My friends and I were laughing SO hard.
@@torontomame I was 13 and spending the weekend with my aunt in New Orleans. I convinced her to bring me to see this, under the guise of it being educational. 😆 She was flabbergasted! I was delighted!!!
In a parody movie, when you see a something like the dancing alien that comes out of John Hurt's chest, you should assume that it is a reference to some other original material. As others may have pointed out, this is a reference to a Merry Melodies (similar to Looney Tunes) character named Michigan J. Frog who does the same song and dance for the man who finds him (but doesn't do it if anyone else is around.)
Gotta watch more Rick Moranis movies!
- My Blue Heaven
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Mel Brooks best paradies are 'Young Frankenstein' & "Blazing Saddles'.
The alien dancing off was based of the Looney Tunes cartoon “One Froggy Evening” featuring Michigan J. Frog.
“ ship is too big if I walk the movie will be over” 😂😂😂
The best 'Star Trek' parody is 'Galaxy Quest', the best 'Super Hero' parady is 'Mystery Men'. Both are good movies as well as funny.
"Spaceballs": Mel Brooks does to Space Operas what he did to Adolf Hitler in "The Producers" (1967). "If you can read this, you don't need glasses." Robot "Dot Matrix," voiced by comedy legend Joan Rivers.;)
A great movie. Watch his other moives.
1967 The Producers
1970 The Twelve Chairs
1974 Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
1976 Silent Movie
1977 High Anxiety
1981 History of the World, Part I
1987 Spaceballs
1991 Life Stinks
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1995 Dracula: Dead and Loving It
2005 The Producers The Musical
“It’s the ‘maid-en’ voyage.”
🤣🤣🤣
Okay, I’ll admit I love punny humor and I probably laughed way too much when you said it, but it was just so well done at the right moment of your reaction! Love it!
I’m the same way about Star Wars....if it’s some piece of Star Wars media, I’m gonna watch/listen/read it and either love it or at least like it a lot. So of course I adore parodies of Star Wars and this is probably the first one I ever saw. I definitely like Rick Moranis in this as Dark Helmet. He did a great parody of Darth Vader warped into the Spaceball’s universe. I generally like most of Rick Moranis films. I saw “Honey I Shrunk The Kids” multiple times over the summer it was released. My sister and I went to see it, then I went with some of my cousins who wanted to see it (including with some cousins to a drive-in movie theater to see it), and saw it with different friends whenever their parents let them. So because of that that’s the movie I most associate with Rick Moranis, but he’s great in the other films and shows he’s been in. I can’t think of anything he’s been in that I didn’t like his character or thought he didn’t do a good job. But I agree the rest of the cast did great, too. And yeah comedy is tough. I remember listening to Mel Brooks explain how he writes the jokes for his film. He said something along the lines of you write joke after joke after joke so that if something doesn’t land there’s another joke quickly coming up that the audience might laugh at. Which definitely sums up both his comedy style and the comedy style other successful satire and parody films have done.
Great reaction! Glad you enjoyed Spaceballs! Now you can reference it alongside Star Wars quotes whenever hanging out with friends (if you’re friends are anything like some if mine anyways who like to throw in random quotes from movies, tv shows, musicals, stage plays, books, or songs during a conversation....where it’ll be appropriate of course, and by appropriate I mean funny). Thanks for making and sharing this video!!
I'm with you on that, "maid-en voyage" I cracked up on that line as much as I crack up watching Spaceballs
Love this movie and I love you and your reactions. Keep them coming! 😊😊
Mel Brooks did not make Loaded Weapon.
Great reaction! It was a funny movie especially for starwars fans. Im new to your channel but I must say I liked the dissolve you gave the video over your room. I honestly thought there was a crack on my phone screen until I saw it was your door knob. Funny how coincedences happen like that.
Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part 1" is a must reaction, as is his spoof of Alfred Hitchcock movies, "High Anxiety".
There's Young Frankenstein Directed by Mel Brooks and Starring Gene Wilder
comedy especially parody is really hard to make. it takes too much time, a good brain which writers don't have these days and a sense of humour. a problem with 2022
Quintano directed Loaded Weapon, not Mel.
industrial light and magic did the special effects on this film
I laughed waaaayyyy too hard when you said “Maiden voyage” 😂😂😂
JohnCandy's (Barf) best is 'Uncle Buck' and Bill Pullman is the President/fighter pilot from 'Independance Day'.
Rick is from Honey I shrunk the kids.
If you love Mel Brooks’ movies you need to see his hysterical 1977 movie “High Anxiety”. It’s a spoof on Alfred Hitchcock’s movies.
Your reactions are adorable, you would recognize the alien dancing if you had watched looney tunes growing up, the old ones.
She doesn't look Druish is a reference to a number in Cabaret
Some other people recommended Little Shop of Horrors with Rick Moranis, which I agree should be watched.
Sort of a parody, I would recommend Christopher Guest’s This is Spinal Tap. “There’s a fine line between stupid and clever.”
Mel Brooks wanted to make Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2 but changed his mind.
Reference to Dig Dig song. Note I'm probably 30+ years older than yourself and times have changed however funny is always funny, as a child in school there was a little ditty we sang sometimes, no idea where it was first heard. Given that Mel Brooks is Jewish it always seemed fitting, sing this to the Dig tune.
Hitler has only got 1 ball, the other is in the Albert Hall, his mother, the dirty bugger, cut it offff, when, heee was 4, and repeat 😂
''My brains are going into my feet!''
Joanne Rivers lol
The song you remeber from The Breakfast Club.
Erm... Loaded Weapon? Mel Brooks didn't make Loaded Weapon dude, he made Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men In Tights. You're mixing up your spoof filmmakers there.
oh wow I've been waiting for this one! This is gonna be amazing
The Late Joan Rivers voiced the robot
If you are new to Mel Brooks movies, be sure to check out both "History of the World Part 1" and "Blazing Saddles."
this is also referenced in Spaceballs, you may find the original interesting.
look up this video on CZcams: The Singing Frog Part 1
All of Mel's privious movies can be found in Mr Rental. After this made Robin Hood Men in Tights and Dracula Dead and Loving it. George Lucas approved Mel making this movie because he enjoyed watching Blazzing Saddles. And helped with special effects. Instead of Han Solo, Lone Starr looks more like Indiana Jones. You can also see the Millennium Falcon in the parking lot of the space diner. Thee space pod escape is actually footage from A New Hope. When C3PO and R2D2 get sent to Tatoolne.
Stil waiting on Spaceballs 2 The Search For More Money