I remember having watched the Alien movie way too young as a child, and that chestburster scene in particular being etched in my mind as something horrific. Then I watched the Spaceball movie, and that scene made everything better in an instant.
The look of horror on the faces of the cast is genuine. Only John Hurt, Ridley Scott ( director), and the special effects person knew what was going to happen. The rest knew something was going to happen but not any of the details.
That scene is cited as the no. 1 reason why audiences walked out of the Alien movie. But like you, I found this comedic take on it to be hilarious, and therapeutic in a way. At least this creature had a talent!:)
Mel Brooks movies just had this wonderful way of going completely off the rails toward the end. It was like the entire film forgot what it was doing for 15 minutes before saying "Oh shit" and getting back on track.
the dancing alien scene, it was an homage to an old Looney Tunes' / "Bugs Bunny" cartoon of a singing frog (Michigan J. Frog), with a black top hat and a cane; who only would sing at a certain time..
ruclips.net/video/80UjzxfNugs/видео.html -- Looney Tunes | One Froggy Evening | Classic Cartoon | WB Kids (3 mins. 19 sec.) - by: WB Kids on Oct 8, 2020; That's not all folks! Catch up with all your favorite characters - Bugs and Daffy, Tweety and Sylvester, and Coyote and Road Runner as they play pranks, have high-speed chases, and outsmart their enemies.
BillMcD I never realized he was called Michigan Frog!! And I have looooved him from Looney Tunes since I was a kid...learn something new every day! :-D
In all the years I've watched this film, I never noticed until today that several of the people with Hurt's character (esp shown at 00:13) are dressed as characters from Alien.
I wish I could see this scene for the very first time again. I laughed so hard that I cried and my sides hurt. Laughs like that don’t come around too often and it’s been awhile for me.
@@McShaggswell Irony: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. This fits the definition, you uncultured, uneducated swine. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
lol am i the only one who finds that little alien to be so adorable? Especially when he growls and gives off that slight stare before he put on his hat.
I remember as a very small child this was on the TV. Being the young kid I was, I could only comprehend it must've been a serious space movie. Then this happened and that was my first experience in surrealism
''Ah shit, here we go again. Worst place in the world. Rollin Heights Balla country. I ain't represented Grove Street in five years, but the Ballas won't give a shit.''
One of my favorite scenes, so classic. I love the reactions of the people as the alien is dancing across the counter, especially Bill Pullman and John Candy's faces :)
When I first saw this scene, I cracked up. I was howling so loudly, my sister came into the room and asked me what was so funny? I had to rewind back a bit so I could show her, because there was absolutely NO WAY I'd be able to describe this!
November 2022 - for some strange reason the memory of this scene just popped into my head as I stroll into the kitchen kicking my legs singing “hello my baby”, so I had to see if it was here
This is the reason I wasn't scared that much by my dreams or by scary movies when I was a child because you take something scary and turn it into something funny and this scene is a great example so funny yet so weird 😂😂 I wasn't scared of aliens when or saw this and every time I imagined something scary I would imagine this scene and the outcome being like this kinda stupid but it worked 😂😂
Laura Jones Jones That's how I dealt with nightmares when I was a child! Instead of getting scared I'd imagine the monsters doing something goofy and it cured my fear of the dark.
When my son was like 8 or 9 I put this movie on. He was laughing so hard at this scene, and kept asking me to rewind it. We must have watched like 10 times. I keep coming back to this to laugh like that.
God, the first time, I ever saw this, I could not stop laughing. I had to leave the movie theater and calm down. And the fact that John Hurt did it, made it even more memorable....
John Hurt(guy that says "Oh no... not again..." is the same actor that had an Alien burst out of his torso in the original Alien film. I think the reference to Alien and how it's happening to the same guy twice and him making the deliberate statement, "Not again", is what makes it brilliant.
The effect is so cheesy- you can see the track that is pulling the puppet along as well as the metal rod that is attaching it to the track. But regardless it's still a hilarious scene XD
And the short was about creativity being a fickle thing that doesn't come as ordered, which matches how they crammed the REALLY impressive puppetry all the way in the end, so it's not part of the plot appeal as such but just a spectacle. One they could quarantee in because it's tough labor and skill. Also referencing that even the cast wasn't told by the original chestburster scene, deepening the specatcle.
I watched this last night and I couldn't stop laughing! This scene caused me to laugh so hard that it'd make my list for times I've laughed the hardest.
You cannot watch Alien & not laugh hysterically after seeing this perfect recreation & parody. It took a frightening original idea & literally destroyed the drama with comedy.
*"Oh no... not again!"* My headcanon was always that Kane went through the same situation as Ripley in Alien Resurrection: his DNA was cloned and inadvertently they cloned the alien inside him too. XD
I love how everyone is all freaked out and Lone Star is looking at this thing all casually like it's just a slightly unusual thing, like you just saw your married neighbor who you barely know riding with another woman or something like that.
A brilliant defense mechanism. normally people would be rushing to kill an newly emerged alien but people can't kill you if you sing and dance to dumbfound them into just standing there and watching while you make like a banana and split.
"Oh no... not again!"
I like the fact that John Hurt reprised that scene, makes it all the more hilarious.
I don't wanna do this but are you still alive?
@@pintipandadandontstarvetog4016stupid
💀@@pintipandadandontstarvetog4016
@@pintipandadandontstarvetog4016….are you still alive?
@@TheBabyCaleb yeah...?
i barely realized why he said, "not again" it's the same guy from the Aliens movie.
John Hurt? The war doctor??
Yes
RC Hunter omg yeah
And the voice of the Dragon from Merlin.
RIP Sir John Hurt
Next: John Hurt bursting *out of an alien*..."It's payback time!"
R.I.P John Hurt.
Oh no Not again
Oh man, if only. 🤣🤣🤣
NO MORE!
Were it so easy.
I remember having watched the Alien movie way too young as a child, and that chestburster scene in particular being etched in my mind as something horrific. Then I watched the Spaceball movie, and that scene made everything better in an instant.
The look of horror on the faces of the cast is genuine. Only John Hurt, Ridley Scott ( director), and the special effects person knew what was going to happen. The rest knew something was going to happen but not any of the details.
That scene is cited as the no. 1 reason why audiences walked out of the Alien movie. But like you, I found this comedic take on it to be hilarious, and therapeutic in a way. At least this creature had a talent!:)
Whenever I see the Alien movies, I think of that scene
I saw this first and it fucked me up. Idk if I coulda handled the alien scene at that age lol
his little hat.... xD
his legs doe...
adtu21 I loved his face when he put on his little hat
Samperor 0w0 I know!! How he instantly mellows out when he slips it on lmao. ❤️
The combination of the head tilt and the hat made it GG for me haha
adtu21 “xD”
"Not again!" XD
Could that be a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
TheIronAntelope no
From the original 'Alien' movie
@@LadyViscerano he’s the original chestburster death
Mel Brooks movies just had this wonderful way of going completely off the rails toward the end. It was like the entire film forgot what it was doing for 15 minutes before saying "Oh shit" and getting back on track.
Blazing saddles 😂
Perfect description of Mel’s movies and I love them for it
the dancing alien scene, it was an homage to an old Looney Tunes' / "Bugs Bunny" cartoon of a singing frog (Michigan J. Frog), with a black top hat and a cane; who only would sing at a certain time..
ruclips.net/video/80UjzxfNugs/видео.html -- Looney Tunes | One Froggy Evening | Classic Cartoon | WB Kids (3 mins. 19 sec.) - by:
WB Kids on Oct 8, 2020; That's not all folks! Catch up with all your favorite characters - Bugs and Daffy, Tweety and Sylvester, and Coyote and Road Runner as they play pranks, have high-speed chases, and outsmart their enemies.
Mel was a comedic genius. He also did a really good job with casting. All of the actors he hired were just perfect for their roles.
I remember watching Spaceballs in the theater when it first came out, the whole audience roared with laughter at this scene.
"Check, please!" XD
Jackie McCann I ain't eatin here no more
Raidingsalmon It’s just a little live entertainment. Try to make a place a little classier and this is how people react.
Do you think this is why Michael Scott always says “check please?”
seeing all the old “XD” comments is so funny to me
@@bensiv2004 xD
I love that John Hurt cameo-ed the part.
I knew that was John Hurt! Also, was I the only one who got scared junk less as a kid?
Love how the mood switches with the chestburster snarling only to immediately sing and dance away
Did I just saw a baby Xenomoprh dancing and singing with a hat and a cane? That's freaking adorable and funny at the same time.
0:23
I want to see the people in the movie theatre's first reaction to this
Especially if you had never seen Alien
+mannythegreek i haven't so i was confused
+mannythegreek or Michigan frog for that matter.
BillMcD I never realized he was called Michigan Frog!! And I have looooved him from Looney Tunes since I was a kid...learn something new every day! :-D
DeltaPro137 It’s one of the most iconic scenes of all time.
I love how, in contrast to Barf's scared expression, Lone Star just looks so done as he sees this
Lone Starr: "I'm gonna throw up"
Yep. XD almost got the special like John did! And that is a big lipped alligator moment!
Spaceballs has to be the best comedy ive watched. I watched this when i was six and i still havent grown tired of it.
Jordan Smith Mel Brooks:Master of the parody film.
man, I actually get more traumatized of this scene more than the original alien scene XD
that was when I had like 7 or 8 years old too
Do you think they'll ever be a sequel to Spaceballs?
@@omarcogle1965 No, sadly we will never see Spaceballs 2: The Quest for More Money.
In all the years I've watched this film, I never noticed until today that several of the people with Hurt's character (esp shown at 00:13) are dressed as characters from Alien.
Ridley Scott really took Alien Covenant in a different direction
Fun fact I sang that song in the thearters in Romulus when the chest burster came out
I can’t watch Alien now without thinking about this scene. The chest busting scene just makes me laugh 😂
The fact they got John Hurt for this gag makes in a hundred times funnier
I wish I could see this scene for the very first time again. I laughed so hard that I cried and my sides hurt. Laughs like that don’t come around too often and it’s been awhile for me.
The truckers grabbing for their plates cracks me up every time. XD
😭😂
Their faces, lol!!!!
I love that he's singing Hello My Baby. How ironic.
Why ironic?
Rocket Man the alien is a baby
That's not irony you ignoramus.
@@McShaggswell Irony: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
This fits the definition, you uncultured, uneducated swine. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
@@qty1315 gey
lol am i the only one who finds that little alien to be so adorable? Especially when he growls and gives off that slight stare before he put on his hat.
I remember as a very small child this was on the TV. Being the young kid I was, I could only comprehend it must've been a serious space movie. Then this happened and that was my first experience in surrealism
Wild
Ellen Ripley: Aw shit, here we go again. Is there a air-lock I could borrow?
I don't think thay was a xenomorph... it had eyes and a short head. Still clearly a parody of one, though.
''Ah shit, here we go again. Worst place in the world. Rollin Heights Balla country. I ain't represented Grove Street in five years, but the Ballas won't give a shit.''
Straight Busta! "Grove street, home. At least it was till I fucked everything up".
Straight Busta! Ripley and CJ rule!
Calmly gives Ripley a airlock
the part where it tilts its head and puts on the hat had me rolling
0:33 very natural reaction to seeing a dancing,singing Xenomorph
My favorite scene in the movie
One of my favorite scenes, so classic. I love the reactions of the people as the alien is dancing across the counter, especially Bill Pullman and John Candy's faces :)
0:20 always made me laugh. This should be the funniest scenes in cinema history. Love this clip.
When I first saw this scene, I cracked up. I was howling so loudly, my sister came into the room and asked me what was so funny? I had to rewind back a bit so I could show her, because there was absolutely NO WAY I'd be able to describe this!
He's just misunderstood
November 2022 - for some strange reason the memory of this scene just popped into my head as I stroll into the kitchen kicking my legs singing “hello my baby”, so I had to see if it was here
Poor Kane just *can't* get a break!
o.o
In a movie where damn near every scene is iconic, this still stands out.
The alien's little hat though...💜
A combination of Ridley Scott’s Alien and Looney Tunes’ Michigan J. Frog makes up this comedial piece of work. Love it.
This is the reason I wasn't scared that much by my dreams or by scary movies when I was a child because you take something scary and turn it into something funny and this scene is a great example so funny yet so weird 😂😂 I wasn't scared of aliens when or saw this and every time I imagined something scary I would imagine this scene and the outcome being like this kinda stupid but it worked 😂😂
Laura Jones Jones That's how I dealt with nightmares when I was a child! Instead of getting scared I'd imagine the monsters doing something goofy and it cured my fear of the dark.
you learned the harry potter spell Riddikulus early
Hey!! That explains why now "scary movies" bore me till death. Just randomness and makeup without the laughs.
When my son was like 8 or 9 I put this movie on. He was laughing so hard at this scene, and kept asking me to rewind it. We must have watched like 10 times. I keep coming back to this to laugh like that.
never heard laughter in a theater as hard as this scene
God, the first time, I ever saw this, I could not stop laughing. I had to leave the movie theater and calm down. And the fact that John Hurt did it, made it even more memorable....
I love how they got John Hurt to do this Scene
John Hurt(guy that says "Oh no... not again..." is the same actor that had an Alien burst out of his torso in the original Alien film. I think the reference to Alien and how it's happening to the same guy twice and him making the deliberate statement, "Not again", is what makes it brilliant.
Well I feel old. No one recognized the reference for the song and dance.
Looney Toons cartoon, dancing frog. Look it up.
One froggy evening (1955)
Yap. Me too. Love this cartoon.
evvvvveryone gets the reference.
Michagan J. Frog
What do you mean? No one recognize the joke that’s what makes it funny that’s the actual joke. What the hell else is there
I think of this scene everytime i eat out and have to ask for my check.
Still more scarier than Alien Covenant.
It wasn’t scary
IT WAS SO FUNNY
"Oh no, not AGAIN." LOL! This is such a win! To the oscars!!
Whoever thought of this gag...I hope he got a raise.
Personally I think it would have been funnier if all the regular patrons had looked at the alien and shrugged like "meh...usual monday"
Still damn funny after all these years!
Genius : "Not again !"
I laughed so hard at this as a kid.
The effect is so cheesy- you can see the track that is pulling the puppet along as well as the metal rod that is attaching it to the track. But regardless it's still a hilarious scene XD
It's supposed to be cheesy. That's the whole point of the movie.
+Komic Klepto I think that was the idea, first time I watched this, I was laughing my ass off.
+Joshua Baughman I love movies like that!
The fact you can see the track the prop is on is probably the best part of the whole scene.
You don’t get movies like this anymore. 😔
That’s the point. Maybe you weren’t alive during that era.
Sometimes I'll be laying there depressed and this will pop in my head.
Then i get up and say "check please" and go about my day...
HAHA Best scene ever
SOMEone here has obiusly never watched "Top Secret!".
Agreed
One of my favorites
Claasic SAME
Wow, dinner and a show!!!
How did Mel Brooks come up with this idea? It truly is hilarious!
He was having rotisserie chicken
There's the Alien parody part, but there's also the Warner Brothers dancing frog who sang that very song.
It’s a parody of Michigan J. Frog from the classic cartoon short “One Froggy Evening”
ruclips.net/video/evgEJlOPoeo/видео.htmlsi=B5RIZghNa-Xi2juF
And the short was about creativity being a fickle thing that doesn't come as ordered, which matches how they crammed the REALLY impressive puppetry all the way in the end, so it's not part of the plot appeal as such but just a spectacle. One they could quarantee in because it's tough labor and skill. Also referencing that even the cast wasn't told by the original chestburster scene, deepening the specatcle.
classic scene :) the few seconds where the light shines and he puts on his hat... great stuff :)
That's always been my favorite part of Spaceballs! Such a hilarious movie! 🤣
my dad once recorded this song and used it as our answering machine message! lol
"not again!"
even though he gets an alien in his stomach, the special is just too good to pass up.
Nice 12
nice 14
Hillarious! Also the group of onlookers look just like the crew of Nostromo.
God I seen this scene when I was kid and always wanted to watch it again! Thank you good sir!
I can never ever get tired of this
Hahaha ‘check please’
This whole scene kills me every-time I watch it 💀 💀🤣🤣🤣
Never gets old boys
I remember seeing this as a kid I was traumatized but I kept signing the song
Best low budget movie ever!
I just bought the 6-disc Blu-ray Alien film set, and had to come watch this again after pausing the same scene in the real film.
Maybe I should order the special.
I have a vague memory of just this scene from my early childhood. I'm just glad it wasn't all in my head.
I watched this last night and I couldn't stop laughing! This scene caused me to laugh so hard that it'd make my list for times I've laughed the hardest.
You cannot watch Alien & not laugh hysterically after seeing this perfect recreation & parody. It took a frightening original idea & literally destroyed the drama with comedy.
Come on, he deserves a standing ovation!
*"Oh no... not again!"*
My headcanon was always that Kane went through the same situation as Ripley in Alien Resurrection: his DNA was cloned and inadvertently they cloned the alien inside him too. XD
Probably the funniest 47 seconds of cinema ever made.
What a classic. I remember this from my childhood that lives rent free!!
One of the funniest scenes ever!!
I legit think the best part about the whole scene is: "Not again!"
Wow. I never knew I needed a dancing chestburster in my life... And here we are.
R.I.P. John Hurt :(
Best part of Alien Romulus 👌🏼
I love how everyone is all freaked out and Lone Star is looking at this thing all casually like it's just a slightly unusual thing, like you just saw your married neighbor who you barely know riding with another woman or something like that.
Where the hell has this been my whole life
Wanna see this live xD? Play ALiens: Colonial Marines
+Miguel Lemir telling some one to play that game or making them play it should be considered a war crime
LMAO I just watched all of the Alien movies for the first time. THIS SCENE IS EVEN FUNNIER!
The singing frog🤣
The fact I sang the same exact thing in alien Romulus was just the best thing I did
A most brilliant escape. Pretty daper as well. :3
For some reason I had to look for this. I kept thinking about this scene today after looking at this haunt. LOL..Thanks for uploading! :)
Dam Mel Brooks rocks. Love this.
A brilliant defense mechanism. normally people would be rushing to kill an newly emerged alien but people can't kill you if you sing and dance to dumbfound them into just standing there and watching while you make like a banana and split.
I have seen an alien glitch out in alien colenal marines and it did this ;D!
yep, great channel , isnt it
I really wish they would release this action figure with boots and all.
And that's how we do it on Broadway... :)
One of the top ten funniest things I’ve ever seen.
The 1980’s. Lol. Loved every minute of it….
lol you can even see the stick they were using to move the alien
I love how it goes from being the Alien to the frog from Looney Toons.
RIP John Hurt
Aka the Elephant Man, the Storyteller, Mr. Ollivander and the War Doctor 🙏
It's funny how much influence this scene had on the development of the alien ai in alien coloniel marines.
Imagine a duet with this and the frog who originally sang it.
best moment in spaceballs. just so classic when he suddenly puts on that hat.. and the lights go on. xD gets me every time!
This scene was hilarious and always will be.