This movie is equally stupid, hilarious, moronic, amazing, idiotic, hysterical, and glorious all at the same time! Thanks for telling me about this one, guys!
This movie is amazing definitely before my time but I watched it when I was In the ICU at the ER 5-6 years ago, my mom forced me to watch it because I'm a HUGE starwars fan and she was so mad I had never seen spaceballs, So glad you were able to react to this one, brings me fond memories.
Not only did Lucas endorse this movie, he let them use ILM (the VFX studio he founded) to do the VFX for it which is why the production value is so high. His only condition was that they couldn’t sell any products related to the film, hence the merchandising gag.
Fun fact: the doll scene was 100% improvised by Rick Moranis. The director looked at him and said something along the lines of "here, take these and do something funny"
There's no way they could get away with releasing an Actual Spaceballs 2 these days......A few of Mel Brook's movies could never be made today.....and was difficult to get made even then.
@@nicedaemonette actually mel brooks said that he would not make direct sequels so there would not be spaceballs 2 and the moive would spaceballs 3: the search for spaceballs 2
George was all for this movie. He only said that Lonestar can’t look like Han. So instead he looks like Indiana Jones since Harrison Ford played both characters
So many people ask "Why did they even put a reverse function on it to begin with?" and it boggles my mind every time I hear someone ask that. They are stealing the air because their planet is running out of air... they would need a way to get it back out when they get back to their planet lol.
@@highrofellos6721 It's not a weak explanation. It's literally what I said too lol. It's the only logical reasoning. If you're stealing the air with a vacuum, you need a way to get the air back out again when you're ready to use it lol. All Lonestar did was give the vacuum a case of premature... ejection lol.
@@highrofellos6721 Well, I mean... we're talking about Spaceballs... from planet Spaceball... do you really think they thought that far ahead? Just thinking to put the reverse function on there at all must have taken their entire collective brain cell lol. Who knows, maybe they thought Mega Maid would be able to walk back to planet Spaceball lol.
Hey guys! Editor here, hope you enjoyed the reaction! I realized that I might went a little overboard on the editors notes for this one so sorry about that! Alex and the movie just gave me a lot to work with on this one 😂 Anyways, hope you like the video and I’ll see you in the next one, much love!
Fun Fact: The Spaceball combing the desert with the pick, "We ain't found sh*t," went on to star in another beloved sci-fi franchise. He played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager!
I saw an interview with Mel brooks, from a couple of years after Spaceballs came out, where he said that he had a script for Spaceballs 2 written but refused to do it without Rick. I also heard that Rick had been considering it a few years back
The long ship gag always gets me, its like the part in the holy grail where john cleese is just running and running and running and running while the guards stand there gawking smacking their lips 😂
Rambo is an awesome movie. The first one is not only an action movie, but explores PTSD, survivor's guilt, and how America treated returning Vietnam vets, among other things. It is a HEARTBREAKING film. The other Rambo movies pretty much go all-in on the action movie trope, but Rambo (actually called "First Blood") is a masterpiece. You should ABSOLUTELY watch it.
Each subsequent Rambo sequel does go heavy on the action but they all still posed some sort of commentary on war. Rambo II was about the lost Vietnam POWs Rambo III was about the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Rambo (2008) was about the Myanmar/Burmese conflict that was going on during the mid 2000's. Rambo: Last Blood touched on subjects of the Mexican Cartels.
@@andreadeamon6419 Sure, the quality of the movies goes down with each movie, but the growth of Tackelberry is intriguing throughout the whole lot. R.I.P David Graf.
The reason that the escape pod scenes looked so much like actual Star Wars footage is that parts of that scene actually was unused Star Wars footage that Mel Brooks was allowed to make use of.
"What the hell is that? And why does my brain know that?" That's The Colonel Bogey March, made famous by its use in the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) starring Alec Guinness, who later went on to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. The march has since been used in many other places, and is one of those pieces of music that everyone knows although many probably have no idea where they know it from.
Classic summer camp cadence. Comet. It makes your mouth turn green. Comet. It tastes like Listerine. Comet. It makes you vomit. So eat some Comet, and vomit, today!
@@PreceptorGrant The one I know most closely related to that one (that I learned from an Englishman I know) goes like this: Hitler has only got one ball Hitler has only got one ball Himmler has something similar And poor old Goebbels has no balls at all Edit: Interestingly, there's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to the WWII versions, which feature variations of both: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball
@@Wishbone1977 Intersting read. Given that I learned the version I know on the school playground in the late 70s or early 80s, it had mutated a bit from the original by then. I definitely think it's more of an oral composition folk song rather than ever being properly written.
I owned a special edition DVD of this movie that had an absolutely beautiful tribute to him. He was a special and incredible man, and he will be missed. RIP. Edit: Like for real, I wanted to make sure no jerk would come along and pull some "NUH UH HE DID X SCANDAL" or something and I really, REALLY looked for even a single negative statement about him to cut them off. I just couldn't find any, whatsoever. He brought joy to everyone he knew, and was compassionate and giving whenever his friends were in need. Always professional, always kind. Genuinely a treasure.
Fun fact. George Lukas loved this movie, he okayed the Millennium Falcon cameo (well spotted by the way, most people miss it). The merchandising company for Star Wars on the other hand, played hard ball. This movie was only allowed if they agreed to do *no merchandising of any kind.* That caused 2 changed to this movie, the merchandising scene and the name of the 'force' knockoff. See, the *Schwartz* company did the merchandising for Star Wars. So the 'greatest power in the universe' was Schwartz merchandising.
That Alien guy was the same actor as in the original Alien movie. (That is why he said "Oh no, not again") Also, have you seen the license plate on the Princess's car? (SPOIL'D ROTT'N 1) That prince was yawning all the name because of his name, Prince VALIUM. And many other things that you missed.
@@sonicking2004 Oddly enough one of the apes, which I think is that one that says that line is played by Michael York. He also played Basil Exposition from the Austin Powers movies.
This film shaped my humor a lot and it shows 😂 Also “keep firing Assholes” lives rent free in my head and sometimes I just say it whenever I’m with friends who are about to do stupid and unorganized. The Lea headphones was the moment I knew I loved this movie ❤
The radar guy was a near legendary vocal comedian, Michael Winslow, who could do really cool sound effects just with voice. His other notable movie roles were in the "Police Academy" series.
I seem to recall George Lucas only allowed the licencing for this movie if there was no merch. Also, Lonestar could not look like Luke or Han. Mel Brooks put the merchandising joke in, and if you look at him right, Lonestar actually looks like Indiana Jones.
The first Rambo movie is actually a very gritty story about a Vietnam vet who wanders into a little country town and is unfairly targeted by the local sheriff. The following movies were more cheesy 80s action movies.
4:30 "Gail's" name is Dot Matrix which was a common type of printer at the time. She's voiced by Joan Rivers who was a big comedian that most younger people know from doing interviews on the red carpet with her daughter Melissa
Sorry if it's a stupid question but english isn't my mothertongue.. I never understood this joke while watching. I just know people laugh about it and I have no idea what "Druish" in this case is supposed to be or what the joke is about. Thanks in advance.
The Druish/Jewish thing is also why her father goes on and on about the great price he got on the Mercedes space car. Brooks is Jewish, so he gleefully tosses out Jew jokes like Jewish kids toss out the gefilte fish their moms packed for them.
Well you did ask what George Lucas thought about this movie: Mel Brooks asked him permission to make this, Lucas agreed as long as they didn't try to sell any Spaceballs merchandise from the movie. That's why they put in the merchandising jokes
5:05 Fun Fact: The actor for Prince Valium, Jim J. Bullock, is a gay man. He had a partner named John Casey in the years of 1990 to 1996. He also was also known for playing in several sitcoms, such as Too Close for Comfort, ALF, and one of his more famous roles was as Mr. Monroe in Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
The scene with Pizza the Hut could only be filmed once. The interior of the costume was practically an oven. Think about it, that was real melted cheese, sauce, bread and pepperoni. The actor had to be pulled out due to heat exhaustion (if not heat stroke). Afterwards, the actor received medical advice not to get in the costume again and then he refused to do so once he was back on set. No other actors would get in the costume after they saw what happened to the original actor, so they had to use what film they managed to get on the first and only recording.
The actor inside the costume, was Dom DeLuise! (I know, impossible to tell from the outside). Not a mere mortal, but a super being with powers far beyond those of mortal men - Captain Chaos from "The Cannonball Run" (1981).
Tesla named their performance levels on the original Model S from this movie - Ludicrous mode went 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, and Plaid mode went 0-60 in 1.9 seconds.
The nurse that gives “Great Helmet” is the same actress that was Denise Richard’s Captain in Starship Troopers. She also has a memorable reoccurring role on Seinfeld.
That radar scene was a cameo of Michael Winslow. He was also in _Police Academy_ He bills himself as “The Man Of 10,000 Sound Effects”, as every single sound effect-the radar pings, the static, the PA page, to describing “The Sweeps, the Bleeps and the Creeps” is made with his own mouth. He’s got some old standup that’s hysterical, specifically the one about him renting a truck.
You heard a reference to "Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money" which never happened. Mel Brooks even went on a talk show to try and promote "Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2".
Honestly this was kind of your personal Event Horizon, Alex. From the moment you watched Star Wars, your life entered a point of no return where it became your destiny to watch SPACEBALLS as well.
“Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em”. One of the most 80s sayings ever. Everyone used to say that back in the day. It means take a short break, as long as it takes to smoke a cigarette, which is 5 to 10 mins. Man, I miss the 80s. I know I’m late. I just discovered your channel and binge watching your content. I love your reactions and sense of humor.
The prince at the beginning to marry the princess was named Prince Valium....after the pill. Also, (I haven't looked as well) Before making Spaceballs, Mel Brooks asked for George Lucas's permission to parody Star Wars. Lucas was fine with it and said the only condition was Lone Star didn't dress like Han Solo. As a result, Lone Star was dressed reminiscent of Indiana Jones instead.
20:47 Lucas loved the script and gave Mel Brooks his blessing on one condition, he could not release any Spaceballs merchandise. Industrial Light and Magic even did some of the effect work for this movie.
Fun fact about that scene. In the lower left you see one guy not stand up. He’s sitting in the spot the other guy at the beginning was, the one that got schwartzed for going over Dark Helmet’s helmet. All to show the nepotism was rampant but not fast enough before a generic guy replaced him
Mel Brooks movies are amazing and products of their time. Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men in Tights are two classics you should check out if you haven't already
The opening scene with the loooooooong ship reveal is a poke at Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey which had sequences just like this, unironically :P Prince Valium is a joke on what wives in the 80's used to do when they were tired of dealing with their husbands, they'd "go sleep with Prince Valium" (Valium being a sedative drug "We all know Prince Valium's a pill!" says Dot)
There were also various long shots of star destroyers in Star Wars that it played on, but 2001 was definitely a good bit. The Nostromo from 'Alien' as well.
Haven’t seen this movie in years but both the combing the desert thing and Princess Vespa taking off her hair/headphones live rent free in my head. Also, do Americans not know what Vespas are? It’s so common to see them driving around in Europe, I never even considered they wouldn’t be known over there.
The Wizard of OZ should have been easy to get every reactor should have seen that movie i would have thought but no recognition when they 1st see Yoghurt.....
11:36 They said it twice before that it's a Mercedes, so no De Lorean. By the way. The droids name who you keep calling Gail is Dot Matrix Dot Matrix was the old school printer standard that used pins and color bands by printing the image with tiny dots.
I appreciate that he's begun his journey into watching all the movies of everything, but good glob, there's so much this guy hasn't seen. A salute to your journey on getting more culture.
This was the throwback reaction I didn’t know I needed. I haven’t thought about this movie in nearly decades, but could still quote it right alongside ya. Hell yeah
When they are walking up to the statue of Yogurt is also a reference to the in " The Wizard of Oz" when they've walking up to see the Wizard. The dinks that rescue them in the desert is a reference to " Snow White and the Seven Dwarves " and " Star Wars ". Valium is a medicine that can knock you out. Hence Prince Valium is always starting to fall asleep. The man with the alien coming out of him is John Hurt. The same thing happened to him in "Alien". That's why he said " Oh no. Not you again ". The head of megamaid and apes seeing it is a reference to " The Planet of The Apes " first movie. Great that you saw the Millennium Falcon at the restaurant. Most people don't see it until someone tells them.
Spaceball One is like the Energizer bunny, it keeps going and going. Also, if you pay attention you might see a cameo by Robin Williams dressed as a Spaceball, with his eyes crossed.
At the time Spaceballs was made, there were no live action Transformer movies. But the cartoon Transformers was very well known, and that's what they are referring to.
> Alex sees Dark Helmet > Also Alex - "... Papa...?" A couple of other little notes - The guy that said, "we aint found shit!", is Tim Russ, who also played Tuvok of ST:Voyager. The guy that had the alien come out of him in the diner is the same guy that had it happen to in the first "Alien" movie, hence why he says, "Not again...!"
You mention that Lonestarr looks like knockoff Indiana Jones. George Lucas helped Mel Brooks a bunch on the production of this movie, and he asked that the hero not look like Harrison Ford's character Han Solo. So Mel Brooks made him look like Harrison Ford's character Indiana Jones (another George Lucas movie) instead.
Tim Russ actually did a short video where he's standing behind a small rock garden with a hair pick moving it around in the rock Garden, it's hilarious.
"But according to a lot of star wars elitists, that is what happened, searching for more money". Yeah, and they're failing spectacularly while they're at it. Also, the spacebal goon in the "combing the desert" scene screaming "we ain't found shit !", was played by Tim Russ, who starred in Star trek Voyager as Commander Tuvok. But besides that, this movie is still one of my most favorite comedies of all time.
17:15 It's called, Colonel Bogey's March. It was originally composed in 1914 by the British army. It was used in the movie, The Bridge On The River Kwai.
Its also very prominently used in media from many old looney tunes and old disney cartoons. It got embedded into the memory of many millenials and gen x-ers without knowing anything about it
During WWII (and ever since) it was often sung by us Brits to a set of lyrics beginning with "Hitler has only got one ball.....the other is in the Albert Hall"
The guy in the diner with the chest buster was played by John Hurt, the same guy from Alien. And if you haven't seen Aliens yet you are missing out on one of the best action movies. Watch the extended version.
This is one of my favorite movies, I’ve been watching this since I was like 3 years old! I still quote this movie all the time. This is one of the best parody movies of all time. The scene where Darth Helmet is playing with the dolls and the scene where they shoot the princess’ hair and she mows them all down have always been my favorite 😂
I still remember being able to attend a theater showing of this film inside one of those types of theaters that only show 'off the prime time' movie places as a one time, midnight showing. The theater was sold out. And, got to say, there's few things grander then being able to share all the laughter that this film has to offer. Which, interestingly enough, was vastly tilted towards the Spaceballs, themselves. I understand that Spaceballs II eventually did become a thing. (The search for more money... or something like that.) It was some TV show. I hear it wasn't very good, as I've never seen it.
Something amusing about this movie that's easy to miss... the guy who says "We ain't found shit!" is Tim Russ... who later became an actor and director on Star Trek Voyager.
Have you ever considered Galaxy Quest? roughly speaking, it's "based" on Star Trek, although the comedy is wrapped into a "real story" with character development and stuff.
dude blazing saddles and robin hood: men in tights are the true peak of mel brooks classic (as in nobody would come NEAR those scripts today) comedy GOLD 100%
Thanks to my daughter, she and I cosplay as Barf and Dark Helmet!! I make a pretty good Barf, and she is the perfect size for Dark Helmet!! In 2019, when pulling her helmet out of storage, it fell and cracked....she was heartbroken...until I looked at it closer and told her I had an idea! We used small strips of duct tape to put like X patches over the cracks, she took her glasses and broke one side like his were in the Ludacris scene...and then we took a silver sharpie and wrote "LUDACRIS SPEED SUCKS!!!" On the back of the helmet! Everyone got a great kick out of that. We had pictures with the cast of Weird Science (I know you probably haven't seen it, but it is a MUST watch!!!) Anthony Michael Hall pointed out the writing on the back of her helmet and had to take a moment, they were all laughing SOOO hard!!
So it was many years until I learned the lyric to the dink dink song. It is an old ww2 tune sung by the allies. the Lyrics: Hitler has only just one ball. Goring has two but very small. Heimler has let than Hitler. And Goebbles has no ball at all.
"Harry started feeling around the trees, and he said 'I know we're on pluto"?... Harry how can you tell?? "From the Bark!.. (pluto... as in the Disney dog)
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This movie is equally stupid, hilarious, moronic, amazing, idiotic, hysterical, and glorious all at the same time! Thanks for telling me about this one, guys!
Mel Brooks, for the win.
You gotta check out ballad of Buster Scruggs or planes trains and automobiles
Please watch the how to train your dragon tv series
This movie is amazing definitely before my time but I watched it when I was In the ICU at the ER 5-6 years ago, my mom forced me to watch it because I'm a HUGE starwars fan and she was so mad I had never seen spaceballs, So glad you were able to react to this one, brings me fond memories.
You really missed the best line of the movie… “I see your swartch is as big as mine”
Not only did Lucas endorse this movie, he let them use ILM (the VFX studio he founded) to do the VFX for it which is why the production value is so high. His only condition was that they couldn’t sell any products related to the film, hence the merchandising gag.
And Lonestar wasn’t allowed to resemble Luke Skywalker, so Mel Brooks gave him the Indiana Jones look 😂
@@pixel-spielkind8237wasn't allowed to look like Han Solo.
Wasn't ILM gutted by that point for Boss films?
@@pixel-spielkind8237 Han Solo, but yeah.
The effects are nowhere near ILM quality....
I don't think you'd survive "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975). But you're welcome to try.
We need that. What a perfect combo
Tis but a scratch
100% such a funny movie!
Shrubbery 😂 🪴
a DUCK.
Fun fact: the doll scene was 100% improvised by Rick Moranis. The director looked at him and said something along the lines of "here, take these and do something funny"
Any actor can strike gold when reading off a piece of paper. But only the great actors can strike gold by their own volition.
The director’s name is Mel Brooks. 😁
@@gurvmlk Not quite true. Some actors work better with a light script or no script. Some actors aren't very good at improvising
@@williambryan3346 for real put some respect on the name the man is a legend.
John Hurt essentially recreated the scene of Alien bursting out of his stomach from Alien.,That's why he said "not again!"
That may be the best moment in the film.
rip the legend.
He was in _Alien,_ _Spaceballs,_ _Harry Potter,_ and _Doctor Who._ Definitely one of my favorite actors. May his soul rest in peace.
@@cardinalhamneggs5253 Also 1984, Contact, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skulls.
I really want them to say Spaceballs 2 is coming out, make a trailer, promote it, release a full merch line, and then just never release it.
There's no way they could get away with releasing an Actual Spaceballs 2 these days......A few of Mel Brook's movies could never be made today.....and was difficult to get made even then.
@@Amiko-do4dj Which is why we do Spaceballs 3: Milking this for all it's Worth!
@@nicedaemonette actually mel brooks said that he would not make direct sequels so there would not be spaceballs 2 and the moive would spaceballs 3: the search for spaceballs 2
well, there are some news about spaceballs 2 :)
Its been confirmed a second one is being made.@@Amiko-do4dj
George was all for this movie. He only said that Lonestar can’t look like Han. So instead he looks like Indiana Jones since Harrison Ford played both characters
Brooks is a masterful troll.
Wrong. Lucas stipulated that Lonestar could not be dressed like LUKE, so Mel Brooks dressed him like Han.
@@smalltowngirl1433, seriously? Look at him. He's dressed like Indiana Jones.
@@matthewkreps3352 yes, seriously. Mel Brooks himself said so in an interview about the movie. Look it up.
Yeah George worked with Mel to dance around the various IP because in the end it was a mutually beneficial project..
So many people ask "Why did they even put a reverse function on it to begin with?" and it boggles my mind every time I hear someone ask that. They are stealing the air because their planet is running out of air... they would need a way to get it back out when they get back to their planet lol.
And I like how even that detail brings out the comedic idiocracy. Because a bunch of snow, dust, and trees would go back on Spaceball City lol
My only possible explanation is that they would have to "Reverse" it to put the air onto Planet Spaceball, but its a pretty weak explanation.
@@highrofellos6721 It's not a weak explanation. It's literally what I said too lol. It's the only logical reasoning. If you're stealing the air with a vacuum, you need a way to get the air back out again when you're ready to use it lol. All Lonestar did was give the vacuum a case of premature... ejection lol.
@@little-wytch I say it's weak because how are they going to transform back into the ship for traveling??
@@highrofellos6721 Well, I mean... we're talking about Spaceballs... from planet Spaceball... do you really think they thought that far ahead? Just thinking to put the reverse function on there at all must have taken their entire collective brain cell lol. Who knows, maybe they thought Mega Maid would be able to walk back to planet Spaceball lol.
Hey guys! Editor here, hope you enjoyed the reaction! I realized that I might went a little overboard on the editors notes for this one so sorry about that! Alex and the movie just gave me a lot to work with on this one 😂
Anyways, hope you like the video and I’ll see you in the next one, much love!
Nah keep em coming lol
Your editing style is one of the things that keeps us coming back. You n Alex have a great chemistry.
When is the next Clone Wars video coming? 👀
Nah, your edits are perfect and for this movie absolutely necessary! 🤛😎👍
You did just fine!
Fun Fact: The Spaceball combing the desert with the pick, "We ain't found sh*t," went on to star in another beloved sci-fi franchise. He played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager!
I thought that that was Michael Winslow
@@roryschweinfurter4111 he was the radar technician.
AND YET: everyone STILL remembers him for this role, not Voyager
@@Cowinator66 Now I know why Tuvok seemed..unusual, for a Vulcan. He was really a Spaceball in disguise
@@roryschweinfurter4111 Nope. Tim Russ.
I will never blame Rick Moranis for leaving the movie industry to be with his family. He gave us so many amazing memories.
I thought he was coming back. Wasn't he in a Mint mobile commercial with Ryan Reynolds? I always loved his movies.
I saw an interview with Mel brooks, from a couple of years after Spaceballs came out, where he said that he had a script for Spaceballs 2 written but refused to do it without Rick. I also heard that Rick had been considering it a few years back
The long ship gag always gets me, its like the part in the holy grail where john cleese is just running and running and running and running while the guards stand there gawking smacking their lips 😂
One of my fav scene ever 😂
I love that Alex seemed to not get it as a joke even though he always pointed out the long ship shots in the actual Star Wars films lol
Best part is that the Monty Python crew was using that gag as a way to save money by just using the same shot repeatedly.
That scene never gets old
I love how every single one of y'all didn't notice that it's a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey and its very long shot of the Discovery One
Rambo is an awesome movie. The first one is not only an action movie, but explores PTSD, survivor's guilt, and how America treated returning Vietnam vets, among other things. It is a HEARTBREAKING film. The other Rambo movies pretty much go all-in on the action movie trope, but Rambo (actually called "First Blood") is a masterpiece. You should ABSOLUTELY watch it.
I second this recommendation. First Blood is great.
And if you want to see a movie about PTSD from the Vietnam war, The Deer Hunter is excellent
unfortunate they haven't made a good one since
Each subsequent Rambo sequel does go heavy on the action but they all still posed some sort of commentary on war.
Rambo II was about the lost Vietnam POWs
Rambo III was about the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
Rambo (2008) was about the Myanmar/Burmese conflict that was going on during the mid 2000's.
Rambo: Last Blood touched on subjects of the Mexican Cartels.
Rambo (4) was second best in the series IMO.
The guy with the sound effects was Michael Winslow, aka the Man with 10,000 sound effects and is in all of the Police Academy movies + tv series.
Ooh, Alex should react to Police Academy- the first 2 at least, after that it gets iffy.
@jenisedai have to watch up to 3. Have to watch bobcat becoming an officer
@@andreadeamon6419 Sure, the quality of the movies goes down with each movie, but the growth of Tackelberry is intriguing throughout the whole lot.
R.I.P David Graf.
@@johnking2740 i love tackleberry. He's buried by Columbus (a little southeast from there)
I want to make that a day trip thing
You forget Michael Winslow's most notable uncredited role......he Voiced Spike from 'Gremlins'....
Sorry meant Stripe....
The reason that the escape pod scenes looked so much like actual Star Wars footage is that parts of that scene actually was unused Star Wars footage that Mel Brooks was allowed to make use of.
That’s crazy! Thank for shareing!
"What the hell is that? And why does my brain know that?" That's The Colonel Bogey March, made famous by its use in the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) starring Alec Guinness, who later went on to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. The march has since been used in many other places, and is one of those pieces of music that everyone knows although many probably have no idea where they know it from.
I know it from
"Lisa, her teeth are green!
Lisa, she smells like gasoline....."
😆😆😆
Classic summer camp cadence.
Comet. It makes your mouth turn green.
Comet. It tastes like Listerine.
Comet. It makes you vomit.
So eat some Comet, and vomit, today!
Nah, the WWII British lyrics are best "Hitler has only got one ball.....the other is in the Albert Hall"
@@PreceptorGrant The one I know most closely related to that one (that I learned from an Englishman I know) goes like this:
Hitler has only got one ball
Hitler has only got one ball
Himmler has something similar
And poor old Goebbels has no balls at all
Edit: Interestingly, there's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to the WWII versions, which feature variations of both: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball
@@Wishbone1977 Intersting read. Given that I learned the version I know on the school playground in the late 70s or early 80s, it had mutated a bit from the original by then. I definitely think it's more of an oral composition folk song rather than ever being properly written.
“I’m a Mawg. Half man, half dog. I’m my own best friend.” RIP John Candy
Which reminds me, when David Bowie put out his Diamond Dogs album, was he trying to be *everybody's* best friend?
Yes. We miss John Candy still to this day
30 years. Geez, where’s the time go?
I owned a special edition DVD of this movie that had an absolutely beautiful tribute to him. He was a special and incredible man, and he will be missed. RIP.
Edit: Like for real, I wanted to make sure no jerk would come along and pull some "NUH UH HE DID X SCANDAL" or something and I really, REALLY looked for even a single negative statement about him to cut them off. I just couldn't find any, whatsoever. He brought joy to everyone he knew, and was compassionate and giving whenever his friends were in need. Always professional, always kind. Genuinely a treasure.
dude, not the feels. i'm not ready for the feels
Mel Brooks is a mastermind of comedic spoofs. Please watch more of his work!
Just imagine Alex watching "Blazing Saddles" or "Young Frankenstein" this October.
@@supernerd8067 dont forget men in tights and history of the world!
@@supernerd8067Blazing Saddles wouldn’t be allowed on RUclips 😂
This, they are gems of comedy
Mel Brooks and Keenan Ivory Wayans are the kings of parody.
Petition for Alex to watch every Mel Brooks film. With apologies to Aaron.
Seconded
Including the bad films?
Where the white women at?
YYYYEEEEESSSSSSS!!!
(Looks around)…Blücher!
Fun fact. George Lukas loved this movie, he okayed the Millennium Falcon cameo (well spotted by the way, most people miss it). The merchandising company for Star Wars on the other hand, played hard ball. This movie was only allowed if they agreed to do *no merchandising of any kind.* That caused 2 changed to this movie, the merchandising scene and the name of the 'force' knockoff. See, the *Schwartz* company did the merchandising for Star Wars. So the 'greatest power in the universe' was Schwartz merchandising.
At a comic con I went to a few years back I bought a poster of Dark Helmet with the line "Evil will always triumph because good is dumb".
That Alien guy was the same actor as in the original Alien movie. (That is why he said "Oh no, not again")
Also, have you seen the license plate on the Princess's car? (SPOIL'D ROTT'N 1)
That prince was yawning all the name because of his name, Prince VALIUM.
And many other things that you missed.
John Hurt, aka ollivander in Harry Potter
"We all know Prince Valium is a PILL"
Man so many good jokes!
I loved the Ape saying, "Shit! There goes the Planet." 😂
So far I've only seen one reactor get the Valium jokes.
@@sonicking2004 Oddly enough one of the apes, which I think is that one that says that line is played by Michael York. He also played Basil Exposition from the Austin Powers movies.
This film shaped my humor a lot and it shows 😂
Also “keep firing Assholes” lives rent free in my head and sometimes I just say it whenever I’m with friends who are about to do stupid and unorganized.
The Lea headphones was the moment I knew I loved this movie ❤
Leia!
When played for network telvision, the asshole line is edited to Morons. It still works.
The whole Asshole bit was the first one from the movie that I had memorized. I was 9 when I did.
Me and my partner say “I’m surrounded by assholes” all the time 😂
The line "Fuck! Even in the future nothing works." runs across my mind at least once a week.
Spaceballs! The RUclips Commemtary!
The radar guy was a near legendary vocal comedian, Michael Winslow, who could do really cool sound effects just with voice. His other notable movie roles were in the "Police Academy" series.
I seem to recall George Lucas only allowed the licencing for this movie if there was no merch. Also, Lonestar could not look like Luke or Han. Mel Brooks put the merchandising joke in, and if you look at him right, Lonestar actually looks like Indiana Jones.
The first Rambo movie is actually a very gritty story about a Vietnam vet who wanders into a little country town and is unfairly targeted by the local sheriff. The following movies were more cheesy 80s action movies.
Spaceballs: the youtube comment reply.
The kids love this one!
Fun fact, when Dark Helmet says "Why don't we take a 5 minute break, it is exactly 5 minutes until you see the Spaceballs again.
Spaceballs and Independence Day, is the reason I call Bill Pullman...President Lonestar.
Pullman needed to be in more kino
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I heard from somewhere that a sequel was being talked about "Spaceballs 3: the search for Spaceballs 2"
4:30 "Gail's" name is Dot Matrix which was a common type of printer at the time. She's voiced by Joan Rivers who was a big comedian that most younger people know from doing interviews on the red carpet with her daughter Melissa
Her catchphrase was also “Can We Talk…”
"Funny, she doesn't look Druish." is one of the funniest lines in the history of cinema.
Sorry if it's a stupid question but english isn't my mothertongue.. I never understood this joke while watching. I just know people laugh about it and I have no idea what "Druish" in this case is supposed to be or what the joke is about. Thanks in advance.
@anunnacy Jewish. Druish.
There exists a phrase and concept known as "Jewish princess", and, b/c it's a silly space world, she's a Druish princess.
*rimshit* baddum-tiss
The Druish/Jewish thing is also why her father goes on and on about the great price he got on the Mercedes space car.
Brooks is Jewish, so he gleefully tosses out Jew jokes like Jewish kids toss out the gefilte fish their moms packed for them.
I love how most of the best jokes in the movie went over Alex’s head. Lol
Yeah or he was laughing at something else and he missed them.
“ i am your father’s brothers uncles cousin’s former roommate” I loveee that😂😂😂
And how all the guys are cross eyed
Well you did ask what George Lucas thought about this movie: Mel Brooks asked him permission to make this, Lucas agreed as long as they didn't try to sell any Spaceballs merchandise from the movie. That's why they put in the merchandising jokes
Lucas even let Mel use his special effects studio to make the movie. Guess he wanted quality parody.
70s and 80s comedies were something special.
It was truly a golden age.
You're not wrong.
Mel was told he couldn't make Lone Star look like Han solo, so he made him look like Indiana jones
Which is also why he named him Lonestar. Lone being just another way of saying solo.
John Hurt, who plays the guy with the chestburster in the diner, is the also the actor who played Kane in Alien. That's why he says "not again".
there's an iconic clip of Alien Colonial Marines where the alien is glitching, because the game is just that buggy, to the tune of Ragtime Gal
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Fun Fact: The actor for Prince Valium, Jim J. Bullock, is a gay man. He had a partner named John Casey in the years of 1990 to 1996.
He also was also known for playing in several sitcoms, such as Too Close for Comfort, ALF, and one of his more famous roles was as Mr. Monroe in Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
The scene with Pizza the Hut could only be filmed once. The interior of the costume was practically an oven. Think about it, that was real melted cheese, sauce, bread and pepperoni. The actor had to be pulled out due to heat exhaustion (if not heat stroke). Afterwards, the actor received medical advice not to get in the costume again and then he refused to do so once he was back on set. No other actors would get in the costume after they saw what happened to the original actor, so they had to use what film they managed to get on the first and only recording.
The actor inside the costume, was Dom DeLuise! (I know, impossible to tell from the outside). Not a mere mortal, but a super being with powers far beyond those of mortal men - Captain Chaos from "The Cannonball Run" (1981).
Also, Vinny's "You're delicious boss" line was added to get Pizza Hut to sign off on using their company name.
Tesla named their performance levels on the original Model S from this movie - Ludicrous mode went 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, and Plaid mode went 0-60 in 1.9 seconds.
They also sold a Tesla flamethrower
The nurse that gives “Great Helmet” is the same actress that was Denise Richard’s Captain in Starship Troopers. She also has a memorable reoccurring role on Seinfeld.
She also guest-starred a year later (1988) on ST:TNG.
Who did she play on Seinfeld?
@@zahracarr3018 pls google this stuff. I create the rabbit hole, you go down it. To make things easy for you: It’s the woman who never wears a bra.
That radar scene was a cameo of Michael Winslow. He was also in _Police Academy_
He bills himself as “The Man Of 10,000 Sound Effects”, as every single sound effect-the radar pings, the static, the PA page, to describing “The Sweeps, the Bleeps and the Creeps” is made with his own mouth.
He’s got some old standup that’s hysterical, specifically the one about him renting a truck.
You forget Michael Winslow's most notable uncredited role......he Voiced Spike from 'Gremlins'....
You heard a reference to "Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money" which never happened. Mel Brooks even went on a talk show to try and promote "Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2".
Honestly this was kind of your personal Event Horizon, Alex. From the moment you watched Star Wars, your life entered a point of no return where it became your destiny to watch SPACEBALLS as well.
The guy who said, "We ain't found shit!" is Tim Russ. He was CDR Tuvok in Star Trek Voyager.
That's my mom's favorite line. 😅
He also does a great job of explaining Star Wars for the newbies. ruclips.net/video/M_ZRsf9sneQ/видео.html
He still finds it funny that more people tend to recognize him from "4 words in Spaceballs than 7 years on Voyager"
That is hysterical! Never knew
He also was one of the bad guys in the TNG episode where the Enterprise is undergoing that baryon sweep.
I remember as a child, I hadn't seen Aliens at the time so the alien scene with John Hurt traumatized me.
“Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em”. One of the most 80s sayings ever. Everyone used to say that back in the day. It means take a short break, as long as it takes to smoke a cigarette, which is 5 to 10 mins. Man, I miss the 80s.
I know I’m late. I just discovered your channel and binge watching your content. I love your reactions and sense of humor.
The prince at the beginning to marry the princess was named Prince Valium....after the pill. Also, (I haven't looked as well) Before making Spaceballs, Mel Brooks asked for George Lucas's permission to parody Star Wars. Lucas was fine with it and said the only condition was Lone Star didn't dress like Han Solo. As a result, Lone Star was dressed reminiscent of Indiana Jones instead.
SPACEBALLS?!? ..
oh shit! .. there goes the planet!
fantastic *PLANET OF THE APES MOVIE* Ref (original, NOT the Remake)
20:47 Lucas loved the script and gave Mel Brooks his blessing on one condition, he could not release any Spaceballs merchandise. Industrial Light and Magic even did some of the effect work for this movie.
Spaceballs the toilet paper!
@@noth1ng5idSpaceballs the FLAMETHROWER!
… but they so many merch ideas, they decided to put all of it into the movie since they couldn’t sell it.
Awww Man! One of my favorite bits didn't make the edit: "They've gone... Plaid!" 🤣
I was thinking that too when he passed that scene.
I watched this right after release and still use the "Keep firing, assholes" at work and general situations to this day. What a quotable movie...
I can't believe it. I'm surrounded by a**holes
Fun fact about that scene. In the lower left you see one guy not stand up. He’s sitting in the spot the other guy at the beginning was, the one that got schwartzed for going over Dark Helmet’s helmet.
All to show the nepotism was rampant but not fast enough before a generic guy replaced him
Mel Brooks movies are amazing and products of their time. Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men in Tights are two classics you should check out if you haven't already
The opening scene with the loooooooong ship reveal is a poke at Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey which had sequences just like this, unironically :P
Prince Valium is a joke on what wives in the 80's used to do when they were tired of dealing with their husbands, they'd "go sleep with Prince Valium" (Valium being a sedative drug "We all know Prince Valium's a pill!" says Dot)
Also he dresses like Prince Valiant. :D
There were also various long shots of star destroyers in Star Wars that it played on, but 2001 was definitely a good bit. The Nostromo from 'Alien' as well.
Haven’t seen this movie in years but both the combing the desert thing and Princess Vespa taking off her hair/headphones live rent free in my head.
Also, do Americans not know what Vespas are? It’s so common to see them driving around in Europe, I never even considered they wouldn’t be known over there.
It is impressive how many jokes and movie references Alex missed😂 Spaceballs is a great movie to check how many movies someone has watched haha
It's pretty impressive how many he caught, as well.
I can't believe John Hurt agreed to parody his "giving birth" scene from ALIEN.
His "OH NO, NOT AGAIN." line just killed me
The Wizard of OZ should have been easy to get every reactor should have seen that movie i would have thought but no recognition when they 1st see Yoghurt.....
@@feldegast I am more baffled by the Alien. Even if you haven’t seen it, you know the scene from pop culture
@@ladabudilova9262 he acted as if he knew the Alien refrence there i thought.....
Rick Moranis completely ad-libbed the scene with Dark Helmet playing with dolls.
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They said it twice before that it's a Mercedes, so no De Lorean.
By the way.
The droids name who you keep calling Gail is Dot Matrix
Dot Matrix was the old school printer standard that used pins and color bands by printing the image with tiny dots.
Now watch Airplane!, Top Secret, Hot Shots and The Naked Gun :)
Men at Work also
I think we actually need Alex to watch some John Candy movies
Uncle Buck is a good movie
Planes Trains Automobiles
Those aren't pillows . . .
I appreciate that he's begun his journey into watching all the movies of everything, but good glob, there's so much this guy hasn't seen. A salute to your journey on getting more culture.
This was the throwback reaction I didn’t know I needed. I haven’t thought about this movie in nearly decades, but could still quote it right alongside ya. Hell yeah
When they are walking up to the statue of Yogurt is also a reference to the in " The Wizard of Oz" when they've walking up to see the Wizard. The dinks that rescue them in the desert is a reference to " Snow White and the Seven Dwarves " and " Star Wars ". Valium is a medicine that can knock you out. Hence Prince Valium is always starting to fall asleep. The man with the alien coming out of him is John Hurt. The same thing happened to him in "Alien". That's why he said " Oh no. Not you again ". The head of megamaid and apes seeing it is a reference to " The Planet of The Apes " first movie. Great that you saw the Millennium Falcon at the restaurant. Most people don't see it until someone tells them.
Watching your reaction makes me miss my old warehouse job, because my coworkers would quote this, Monty python, and Austin powers.
4:20 The _look_ on Alex's face when Dot Matrix came on screen was so infectious I grinned and laughed aloud! So adorable!
Spaceball One is like the Energizer bunny, it keeps going and going. Also, if you pay attention you might see a cameo by Robin Williams dressed as a Spaceball, with his eyes crossed.
Wait what?????
At the time Spaceballs was made, there were no live action Transformer movies. But the cartoon Transformers was very well known, and that's what they are referring to.
At 43 years old, I still randomly say, "We ain't found sh*t" 🤣😂🤣
First Blood is a MUST.
"We ain't found shit!"
You need to watch Star Trek: Voyager. That guy (Tim Russ) is in it as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok.
I was looking specifically for this and if no one said it, I was going to lmfao. I loved voyager
The innuendos in this are about to hit levels not seen before on this channel... I fear for Aarons safety editing it.
At 19:36 the actor that says "We ain't found shit!" is Tim Russ, he played Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager
> Alex sees Dark Helmet
> Also Alex - "... Papa...?"
A couple of other little notes - The guy that said, "we aint found shit!", is Tim Russ, who also played Tuvok of ST:Voyager. The guy that had the alien come out of him in the diner is the same guy that had it happen to in the first "Alien" movie, hence why he says, "Not again...!"
When he didn’t realize the parody with the slow credits and the drawn out ship pass by within the first minute I knew this would be bad lol.
You mention that Lonestarr looks like knockoff Indiana Jones. George Lucas helped Mel Brooks a bunch on the production of this movie, and he asked that the hero not look like Harrison Ford's character Han Solo. So Mel Brooks made him look like Harrison Ford's character Indiana Jones (another George Lucas movie) instead.
Favorite line, Did you guys find anything yet? We ain’t found shit! 😂
By Tim Russ, funniest Vulcan in existence. Really.
Tim Russ actually did a short video where he's standing behind a small rock garden with a hair pick moving it around in the rock Garden, it's hilarious.
"But according to a lot of star wars elitists, that is what happened, searching for more money". Yeah, and they're failing spectacularly while they're at it. Also, the spacebal goon in the "combing the desert" scene screaming "we ain't found shit !", was played by Tim Russ, who starred in Star trek Voyager as Commander Tuvok. But besides that, this movie is still one of my most favorite comedies of all time.
I love how this movie subjected Alex to himself and made him just shake his head and roll his eyes. Now you know how we feel
ya gotta go back to Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein to truly *get* Mel Brooks
...and producers and robin hood men in tights and the other ones I havent seen
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It's called, Colonel Bogey's March. It was originally composed in 1914 by the British army. It was used in the movie, The Bridge On The River Kwai.
Its also very prominently used in media from many old looney tunes and old disney cartoons. It got embedded into the memory of many millenials and gen x-ers without knowing anything about it
During WWII (and ever since) it was often sung by us Brits to a set of lyrics beginning with "Hitler has only got one ball.....the other is in the Albert Hall"
The guy in the diner with the chest buster was played by John Hurt, the same guy from Alien. And if you haven't seen Aliens yet you are missing out on one of the best action movies. Watch the extended version.
no, screw the hadley's hope scene
The Dinks tune is from Bridge over the River Kwai, the one the Brit POWs whistle to show theirs defiance to the Japanese holding them.
"From the Bark", you see Pluto is a dwarf planet but it's also the name of the Dog in Looney Tunes, so "Bark" was the Bark of a Dog, not tree bark.
It’s not a flying squirrel, it’s a sugar glider. You’re welcome Alex, from Australia.
the only animal in that continent which isn't trying to kill you
This is one of my favorite movies, I’ve been watching this since I was like 3 years old! I still quote this movie all the time. This is one of the best parody movies of all time. The scene where Darth Helmet is playing with the dolls and the scene where they shoot the princess’ hair and she mows them all down have always been my favorite 😂
9:45 "this is stupid but i kinda love it" i think we found this channels catch phrase!
I still remember being able to attend a theater showing of this film inside one of those types of theaters that only show 'off the prime time' movie places as a one time, midnight showing. The theater was sold out. And, got to say, there's few things grander then being able to share all the laughter that this film has to offer. Which, interestingly enough, was vastly tilted towards the Spaceballs, themselves.
I understand that Spaceballs II eventually did become a thing. (The search for more money... or something like that.) It was some TV show. I hear it wasn't very good, as I've never seen it.
Something amusing about this movie that's easy to miss... the guy who says "We ain't found shit!" is Tim Russ... who later became an actor and director on Star Trek Voyager.
Have you ever considered Galaxy Quest? roughly speaking, it's "based" on Star Trek, although the comedy is wrapped into a "real story" with character development and stuff.
If you haven't done Robin Hood: Men Tights or Blazing Saddles yet, dude, you have to 😂 Mel Brooks is a genius
dude blazing saddles and robin hood: men in tights are the true peak of mel brooks classic (as in nobody would come NEAR those scripts today) comedy GOLD 100%
Lucas liked the idea for this movie so much he let them use Industrial Light & Magic for the effects.
Thanks to my daughter, she and I cosplay as Barf and Dark Helmet!! I make a pretty good Barf, and she is the perfect size for Dark Helmet!! In 2019, when pulling her helmet out of storage, it fell and cracked....she was heartbroken...until I looked at it closer and told her I had an idea! We used small strips of duct tape to put like X patches over the cracks, she took her glasses and broke one side like his were in the Ludacris scene...and then we took a silver sharpie and wrote "LUDACRIS SPEED SUCKS!!!" On the back of the helmet! Everyone got a great kick out of that. We had pictures with the cast of Weird Science (I know you probably haven't seen it, but it is a MUST watch!!!) Anthony Michael Hall pointed out the writing on the back of her helmet and had to take a moment, they were all laughing SOOO hard!!
I just saw your profile pic. You met David Tennant?!?!? You lucky MOFO!
"Light the candles and spin the dreidel, 'cause she's a Dru!" 🤣💀
The "playing with your dolls again" scene? ALL IMPROVISED.
Wanna break the cycle? "The GOODS"raunchy comedy about selling cars. Lots of funny, lots of good actors.
So it was many years until I learned the lyric to the dink dink song.
It is an old ww2 tune sung by the allies.
the Lyrics:
Hitler has only just one ball.
Goring has two but very small.
Heimler has let than Hitler.
And Goebbles has no ball at all.
You will definitely love rambo 1 and 2. You would also love the original planet of the apes despite how old it is. They are just damn good movies.
7:44 The Doublemint Twins! They were iconic in the '80s!
He missed out on Winslow too...sadness
"Harry started feeling around the trees, and he said 'I know we're on pluto"?... Harry how can you tell?? "From the Bark!.. (pluto... as in the Disney dog)
John Candy cannot be replaced, also modern Hollywood wouldn't have the balls for half these jokes.
He missed "Go back to the golf course and work on your putz." 😂