Is SPACEBALLS Actually Good?
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Today we sat down and watched SPACEBALLS with @oompaville! This 1987 parody of Star Wars is definitely a cult classic, but does it hold up in 2023? Lone Starr and Barf travel across the galaxy to save Princess Vespa, and use the power of the Schwartz to defeat the evil Dark Helmet. Is it funny? Is it cringe? Idk but it's probably better than the disney movies lol
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Spaceballs - 1987
In a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called "Perri-Air." In desperation, Spaceball's leader President Skroob (Mel Brooks) orders the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) to kidnap Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) of oxygen-rich Druidia and hold her hostage in exchange for air. But help arrives for the Princess in the form of renegade space pilot Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog partner, Barf (John Candy).
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"Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." -Dark Helmet
"I see your schwartz is as big as mine! Now let's see how well you.....handle it."
I would rather say “evil will always triumph, because good is complacent” but that’s not as catchy as Dark helmet’s quote. anyway peace is a lie, there’s only passion
Note:I hope people get the reference I was making in the last sentence.
Preach it, sista! 💅
"Your helmet is soo big" - dark helmet
"He's out of line, but he's right".
can we all just appreciate how they combed the desert? mad repect
WHAT
COMB
I mean they were told to comb the desert, so that’s what they did
Also 100th like
@@Greg-kw1wx C O M B
...Honestly one of the best jokes in the movie
that is my favorite part
Funny thing about the scene where Dark Helmet is drinking coffee from the Styrofoam cup. They made that scene intentionally because the crew kept leaving styrofoam cups around the set while they were filming and it became too much trouble to keep stopping to clean them up. So they added that scene to establish that the spaceballs just use those cups.
Honestly it makes sense that the Spaceballs would use disposable styrofoam
huh. neat
I've been watching this movie almost yearly since I was 12 and I never knew that!
If only GoT knew that before leaving a Starbucks cup in shot.
Guess thatsw why some crew where "attacked" in some of mel brooks scene. (another was in Men in Tights)
BTW, that quote at 15:00 exactly was so far ahead of its time. “Even in the future nothing works”.
yeah
My favorite part about it is that the movie is PG yet they had that in there. The 80s were fucking weird, lol
@ZeyTheIncubus pg b4 1985 I believe was pg n pg13 content, they didn't have a pg 13 content yet so many pg movies look n act more dark then you'd expect. Like jaws is a pg movie 😂 that thing had a kid get jacked! N u see the red mist. Also the one guy's death was brutal.
@@danielportillo1349 Oh god, whenthw dude near the end gets fucking swallowed whole. That scared me as a kid lol. So did Gremlins
@ZeyTheIncubus yea pg back then was pretty much pg13 not for us kids lmao but it made us.
The chestburster scene 100% has a reason to be in the movie. It repaired my trauma from seeing the actual Alien chest burst scene. Plus references my moms favorite Looney Tunes episode.
I love how it’s the same actor too. So he just says, NOT AGAIN!!!
@@mitchellcrego1451 The frog 🐸! 😃😃😃
Spaceballs is a comedic masterpiece, you won’t be disappointed fellas.
Spaceballs > Thumbwars
SpaceBalls or OuterAnus?
i certainly wasnt dissapointed
@Burger Pants shut up. dont care didnt ask
Spaceballs>Star Wars
“What’s the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN?”
This line is one of the many reasons I love this movie.
“What is he?”
“An Asshole, sir”
“I know he’s an asshole, what’s his name?”
Best parody villain, hands down.
I never realized that was a joke until you said it just Now
Either I forgot or I literally just realized what this joke was.
@@Rocco049 "That is his name, sir,"
The reason the effects are so good (at least for the time) is because they actually got the people who did the effects for Star Wars. George Lucas himself agreed to the project, on the condition that no merchandise be made. That was the inspiration for the MOICHANDISING!
MOICHENDAISING
MOICHENDAISING
WheRE THe ReaL mONeY fRoM thE MovIe IS mADe!!!
I still wish that they wouldn’t have agreed to those terms. I want fuckin spaceballs the small Jewish man doll
The merchandise thing was just a joke by Mel Brooks that way too many people believed. He didn’t actually say that the movie couldn’t have merchandise.
Also that Lonestar didn't dress like Han Solo. So, he dresses like Indiana Jones instead. Go figure.
@@PrettyPinkPersephone um baby yoda is right there
I don't know if it's mentioned, but when the creators asked George Lucas if it was okay to make the movie, Lucas said Lone Star couldn't be dressed like Han Solo. So they had him dress as Indiana Jones instead.
I thought his only stipulation was no merch?
they're the same guy anyways
The one trooper combing the sand is Tim Russ. He would go on to play multiple roles in Star Trek - his most famous being Tuvok in Voyager.
Met him at a con once and the dude is super chill and just exudes happy nerd energy.
He also played the Principal in iCarly... He was really good in that role!!
Best part about the chestburster scene is that the actor is John Hurt, whose character died in the original scene from Alien. Hence why when the alien comes out of his chest, he says "Not again!"
I’m pretty sure the whole main crew of Alien was in that scene, if I’m not mistaken.
The fact I can watch that scene in Spaceballs but not in Alien 💀
@@violetdagger2724 I don't think so. Just John Hurt.
It's meta!
@@seanryan3020 yeah, i'd imagine he did
The best part of this whole movie is that the effects look so good BECAUSE it was done by ILM. On top of getting direct permission from George Lucas
BUT with the condition of not doing any merchandising, hence Yogurt's gift shop
@@Beregorn88 as well as not making lonestar look like Han solo, so they made him dress like Indiana jones instead.
@@nicholaspatton7306 still pretty generous, it shows that George Lucas didn't fully copyright star wars ideas
@@MajorBaker-vz9go I gotta assume he respected and trusted Mel Brooks as well. I'm sure that helped
@@subarashiiashi3894 I heard he actually went to the premier of the movie and made small criticisms but other then that he was laughing a majority of the movie.
Spaceballs is great because they have that element of sincerity amidst the parody. I feel like the main characters actually have some chemistry, and the fight at the end is genuinely well done
Unlike how the 2000s handled parody movies, Mel Brooks's movies always made sure they had a cohesive narrative first. It's not just a parody, it's a neat little film in it's own right.
Yknow, the other day I was watching Epic Movie and just was kinda bored with it for some reason. I think this is the reason. It all felt insincere like it just existed to rush along to the next joke instead of giving enough investment in the characters to keep me with it.
What makes this even better is that George Lucas had his special effects team help with this movie. He loved it so much
yeah but no merchandiseing of the movie which is why there's a joke about it.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 ohh that's why that bit is there
@@thebrotatochip32 don't forget the spaceballs lunchbox is actually just a Transformers Lunchbox because no one cared to design one🤣
@@OHKOKyleSame with the coloring book too I believe
8/18/24
15:10 Airplane was rated PG even though it has suicide, drug use, language, and nudity. The 80s were something else
Yeah. That movie was....something 😳
Parents today: "This book about gays existing is offensive, nobody gets to read it, remove it from every library!"
Parents in the '80s: "Look, Timmy, here is my Parental Guidance: this shit is funny, try to be more like these people when you grow up."
I like turbulence
There's quite literally a moment of bouncing fully nude tits when they're all freaking out in the plane
The PG-13 rating wasn’t created until 1984 if I remember right (4 years after Airplane’s release)
I love Spaceballs. Can’t wait for Spaceballs 2 The Quest for More Money
*The Search for More Money
Ah the Disney sellout sequel lol.
Tbh defines the whole sequel trilogy to a T
If only if only
Well Mel brooks is making history of the world part 2 so there may be hope for a spaceballs sequel in the future
11:40 I am a "80's historian" myself lol.
the surgeon joke came from the genuinely true fact that plastic sergeons were filthy rich and worked on their time. You had to schedule everything and since they were the 'bad boy' doctors of the time they were often late because they usually played golf. Back in the 80s they viewed playing golf as a status symbol.
Idk really super obvious but I thought context would be cool I guess.
Makes one think just how much has changed since the 80s. You have to remember that there are adults who don't really remember a world where RUclips and Facebook didn't exist, while at the same time, only a generation older, 99% of people had no idea there was a thing called the internet, despite it's formal introduction in 1984
Oh ok
I randomly just remembered that in some episodes of The Fairly Odd Parents that the fairy doctor would constantly be golfing, dressed for golfing, or just getting back from golfing
I thought the joke was kinda obvious... I guess they didn't know rich people play golf
Helmet says to the doctor to go back to the golf course and work on your putts.
13:07 George Lucas got a chance to read the screenplay before production on Spaceballs began, and loved it so much that he decided to have his special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, help make this movie.
you know it's a good movie if one of the big inspirations of the spoof helps the movie be great
@@bizzaroblake2519 It's like Mark Knopfler insisting he play guitar for Weird Al's parody of Money for Nothing. They respect the parody artist so much they want to be a part of making fun of themselves.
really? i thought Mel Brooks asked for ILM to help I mean i knew ILM did the special effects.
The plaid joke is made better when you realize that the light speed effect of stars stretching into lines is referred to as pinstripe.
Tesla model s plaid with its luscious mode...
One of the funniest things about Spaceballs, is that Star Wars ended up using an idea from its own parody in actual movie.
That mirror underneath the speeder is EXACTLY how they did it in the original version of A New Hope. That was actually really cool to see!
considering it's the same special effects company I'm not surprized really look up who did the special effects... You probably can kinda guess.
Not to mention, intentional...
Not only did George Lucas approve of this movie (on the condition of no merchandise sold) but they also used the same sfx team/company
So it's George Lucas's fault that none of us got Spaceballs the flamethrower.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 Damn you George Lucas! I wanted my Schwartz Ring :(
@@fartyturd4084 "The ring is bupkis! I got it in a Cracker Jack box!"
@@jasondyrkacz8270 Yep. And the reason, my guess, Dark Helmet got some is because he doesn't care for rules. 🤣
Another "condition" for Lucas to approve is that Lone Starr doesn't dress like Han Solo... So he looks like Indiana Jones instead
I adore how Bren takes center stage here, so happy and excited to tell some jokes and relive some nostalgia.
3:42 “I didn’t know i was gonna end up on this side of the internet today” 💀
9:00 That's how they did the original landspeeder in Star Wars too: they just put a mirror to cover the wheels.
Considering the star wars special effects company did the special effects I'm not surprized.
My dad is a massive Mel Brooks fan, so introduced me to his movies. He's a riot and has really good understanding of comedy. Love this movie and glad to see others do as well.
@FuturePants well it made George Lucas almost have a hernia laughing so Brooks must have done something right.
@Burger Pants Yes, comedy.
@Burger Pants It must be painful to be the only person on earth who knows what everyone else finds funny.
Back when movies weren't afraid to be stupid... but with actual fun and soul behind it.
Agreed I rather watch a movie that is trying to be dumb like cocaine bear even though that is loosely based on a true story I belivee. But regardless it's better to make a dumb movie with soul and fun behind it then a contrived hollywood movie trying to emulate that feeling.
@@aaronbozack830 Very loosely. The cocaine killed the bear pretty quickly from stroke and heart failure.
But for those few minutes it would have been alive on all of it, it would have been the apex Predator of the entire planet.
_"You can dare! Dare to be stupid!"_
_Weird Al_
This movie was never funny!
9:25 I think it's a reference to the Wizard of Oz when they go to see the wizard. Vespa is Dorothy, Dot Matrix is the Tin Man, Barf is the Lion, and Lone Star is the Scarecrow. They walk up to this terrifying huge statue with a bellowing voice and then realize there's just a little man behind it.
Yep. It's a nice and fun reference.
yes
There are references of so many different movies in this movie. My sister also pointed the wizard of Oz and yeah
There's a Yu-Gi-Oh archetype called Kozmo that's basically a cross between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz
Not just a reference, it was actually the exact same set where the Wizard of Oz scene was filmed, if I remember correctly.
This was one of your most wholesome videos because I LOVE this movie and watching you guys just crack up through first views and nostalgia was what I needed.
Edit: The reason the doctor was in golf pants with his caddy was playing on the stereotype that if you can't find your doctor it's because they're out playing golf.
8:00 the reason he has a styrofoam cup is that crew members would leave them around the set, and Rick Moranis would just take them and pretend to drink them with his helmet still on.
It'd be cool if Microwave Society reacted to Tomorrowland, the most 5/10 movie ever made, starring George Clooney and the Eiffel Tower
🤣🤣🤣
it definitely existed
I wanna see them do Galaxy Quest, that movie is funny and goofy af.
That movie made me a bit uncomfy
That movie was weird
8:52 the reason why they put that on a mirror is because in the original movie they put it on a mirror to make it look like it was floating, they were making fun of that in this movie
I still have hopes for a prequel trilogy, showing the backstory of Dark Helmet and what happened before he turned to the downside of the Schwartz. Like what happened between him and Lonestar’s father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin?
Absolutely _nothing_ !
We kinda see some of it in the animated series
I think we need to do Spaceballs 2, the quest for more money first.
look up the cartoons.
@@supaluigifan wait. Animated series?!
Rick Moranis was the best choice for Dark Helmet. He's just so non-threatening that it adds a new level of absurdity. This movie is as golden as Yogurt!
When Yogurt shows them the Soaceballs coloring book it’s literally just a Transformers coloring book scribbled to say Spaceballs. I always love that sight gag
"Yogurt! I hate Yogurt!"
This line gets me everytime
“Especially with strawberries!”
Even with strawberries?
14:17 this part is amazing as he could just say your cousins roomate and it’ll still make sense but instead he had to confuse the audience
I also love the idea of when he says your father‘s brother‘s nephew it means him
I love how long it takes to realize the opening shot is lasting too long, then how long it takes to lose your patience with it, then finally you see the afterburners. Mel Brooks knows how to make a shot lasting way too long a sidesplitter.
I always find it interesting that Dark Helmet could just be Lonestar's former roommate by following the logic of that line.
Im not gonna lie, I LOVE the Eagle 5.
The idea of a space ship just being an rv with shag carpeting and all.
Best aesthetic
I love the part where the Mog said "it's jammin' time" and then jammed all over the radar. Truly a moment in cinema.
spaceball: hey do you know who candice is?-
mog: im jamming your radar!!
@@TK-7193 Only one man dares to give Dark Helmet the raspberry!
Lone Starr!
@@Coco_1958*Proceeds to run into the camera and fall backwards*
8:28 As an '80s kid in the '80s, I didn't get that "nice dissolve" joke. Now I understand that it's a reference to George Lucas's off-kilter use of scene transitions.
It's also a really funny 4th wall joke, which the movie is full of!
DINK DINK DINK DINK DINK
5:10 a behind-the-scenes info report somewhere stated that the Pizza the Hutt suit would reach absolutely broiling temperatures because they had to make the viscous cheese fluid drip enough to be noticeable. So they heated up the suit, forgetting that the guy inside was now just being cooked like a cut of meat wrapped in clay and foil in an oven
I've read this too. Apparently they used pancake mix for the cheese liquid, and supposedly the heated liquidy suit smelled absolutely terrible and some crew couldn't remain in the room due to the smell and disgusting imagery.
Also, the guy inside the suit was comedy legend Don Delois, who almost caught fire when the heating element that ran through the suit shorted out
@@weldonwin Actually, Dom only provided the voice. I believe I read on IMDB that the head of the Art Department or someone like that actually ended up standing in and that's who you see within the costume on the screen.
@@ForTheOmnissiah good to know that the costume designers did their job so well than even if it is just a costume, it's still one of the most vile and horrific things ever filmed
My favorite cameo in this movie comes at the end with John Hurt pretty much reprising his role from the alien series as the guy who had the first chestburster come out of him Mel Brooks had some amazing ideas for parody movies science fiction, western, musical, and history
11:15 May The Schwartz Be With You
This was always the movie my family got together and watched when we were around for the holidays. This and The Princess Bride, you know the two best movies ever made.
@Burger Pants Humor is subjective.
Amen brother.
Our family goes with Robinhood Men In Tights
@Burger Pants imagine not having a sense of humor
@@3verlong Humor is much less subjective than his opinion of it.
Letting this premire play out while I make music so I'll randomly be jumpscared by microwave society talking about spaceballs
Spaceballs has a plot. The characters act. This is truly the movie of the time.
I've seen others.
Such an original comment.
Its spaceballin time
Eat you space heart out Disney Galaxy Star Trash 🚮
For a comedy movie that's over 30 years old, it holds up pretty well.
9:44
so apparently my Dad told me that the reason he sells merch is because the producers of Spaceball legally couldn't make any merch so they just made it into a bit
Yea they can’t profit off it
This movie literally is my childhood. I have good memories of being a little kid and sitting down for dinner while Space Balls is playing.
I love how the reactions range from 'i hate this' to 'What is happening?!' to giddily quoting the movie as or even before it happens.
The Styrofoam cup dark helmet drinks from is even funnier when you know the story of why it is in the film.
the crew all drank from those cups and would just forget them around the set so they just made it part of the lore that they still use those stupid cups in the future lol
When a parody becomes a whole separate movie, it’s going to be awsome
To explain the plastic surgeon bit, there’s an old stereotype of everyone in the medical field playing golf
Jude & Bren making SpongeBob references over the opening text crawl had me dying
16:23 "Directed by Mel Gibson" made me chuckle. And what came before that from Oompaville was funny too!
5:56 I can't believe this man is 96 currently in our year 2023
Since the villains have a copy of the movie they're actively in, this means they can just watch how they lose. And I like to imagine that they know this but don't prevent it because doing so could cause reality to collapse in on itself
I love and adore this movie!
Together with "Traumschiff Surprise Periode 1" (German movie; Star Trek Parody) one of my two favourite and in my personal opinion best "Star __" parodies ever XD
This is the first satire movies I've seen in my life, and I still love Spaceballs today.
Satire and parody aren’t the same thing
My mother was really into parodies of anything no matter how known or unknown. I really miss her but I know when I'm watching parodies I know she's there watching it too.
Me too! Love them.
0:40 can I just mention how surprisingly accurate that is?
YES
bReAkInG nEwS
that shit was so funny
7:04 this made me spit out my milk lol
You killed us all
That was an asdf movie reference
*ĚIREUSJEBEISJDESDEJSGTEBD*
3:13 don’t you hate it when you forget to get married
I always hate it when I forget to get married
Dang nabbit
Bren is objectively the best microwave society member
Yes
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15:00
How did I never notice the Squidward-esque face on Dark Helmet’s chest?
I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a tie for the suit, but a squidward-like face is also really funny.
I think it's actually a pair of scissors, but squidward and a tie are both funnier ideas
I think it's a twig and berries.
Pretty sure it's a tie and like part of a suit.
It's a shlong
15:54 It's an Alien reference when he comes out.
"the metallica of space ships" made me laugh so hard.
For Whom took about 2mins and 7sec before any words came up, plus a 30 sec mini harmony solo after the chorus, plus an extra minute of guitar outro. That song is only 5 and a half ish mins long LMAO
6:40 I'm surprised they didn't make a Space Jam joke
Now that they have watched the hilarious insanity that is Spaceballs, they should watch the insanity of one of Mel Brook's other films. Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
10:18 notice how they are using an afro comb here. I found that cool/funny
I didn’t think anyone else noticed
13:48
Mrbeast has approved of this scene
I loved it when Dark Helmet said “it’s helmeting time” and then helmeted all over the place
This was an amazing video and I've got the part when Caleb goes "Spaceballs" stuck in my head like crazy please keep the content going
I remember watching Spaceballs as a child and since then I just loved it, you have no idea how happy I was to see this video in my feed
9:54, I think we should normalize selling flamethrowers as merch. Very good idea.
I believe Elon Musk actually did.
@maddenboseroy4074 They’re technically more propane torches, but yeah, he sold out almost immediately after putting them out! 🤪🤪
11:59 Even now, every doctor I know, which is a lot given my family has been in the medical field for generations, is obsessed with golf.
I just got done playing a few shows with Michael Winslow. There's no difference in his personality between this film and real life. What an incredible human being
if we had micheal winslow and Mel blanc we'd have the worlds best living sounboard
so the alien singing was a joke based on a Loony Tunes Skit that was the same but with a frog also the context for how the Alien came out was a parody of Alien and John Hurt died the same way in this movie as that one and even said "oh no not again"
Spaceballs is the movie of all time. Loved the scene where Barf said it’s spaceballing time and then he proceeded to spaceball all over the place.
0:31 this is literally the start of every episode in Star Wars the clone wars
True lol
Every episode of The Legend of Korra
Fun fact the bit with pizza had to be done twice as the costume started to melt in the first take. This nearly lead to the poor guy drowning and the needed to literally tear the costume off.
But hilariously he thought the whole thing was so funny that he couldn't wait to do it again and asked to be set up for another take. All while trying to play his lines straight cuase he thought it was so funny.
I love the fact there's a character named Colonel Sanders just for a single joke
fun fact about the merch joke, they got permission from lucasfilms to make this movie, but they werent allowed to merchandise it
You could never see a genius parody like this because it is so irreverent yet respectful at the same time, and that's Mel Brooks' genius. Everything nowadays has to say it has "subtext" while actually being in-your-face with a message that even things that are billed as "funny" are just cringefests of the highest magnitude.
GalaxyQuest is every bit as genius. Less slapstick funny, but still with a lot of respect and irreverence. Much higher budget though, but very reminiscent of Spaceballs. Good acting, great cast chemistry, obvious parody made with a bunch of love not only to the source material, but also toward the fandom of the source material, with a plot that's extremely meta.
Mm spaceballs isn't funny though. Alot of very obvious jokes, lots of puns and dumb innuendo, it's middle school humor
You guys need to watch
AMERICA: THE MOTION PICTURE
it is truly an insane and not good movie.
The movie starts with Abraham Lincoln getting his throat ripped out by a werewolf as he tells George Washington to start the American revolution, and then George Washington goes Chainsaw-Man mode on some Red Coats. And then I keep getting to board to finish the movie
Yes!
13:28 foreshadowing
I love you guys, and this was great. The waltz of the flowers song however gave me strong nutcracker flashbacks
Vague context for monster/dancing scene: The person that the monster popped out of, who said "Oh no, not again" was played by actor John Hurt. John Hurt was the very same actor who played in the original "Alien" movie from 1979, and in that movie, the exact same thing happened to him...without the song/dance routine. :)
7:20-ish didn't notice the giggle myself and I watched this movie a few times at random myself 😂
I absolutley love this movie and everything about it. Thank you so much for suggesting this movie @oompaville!
Also thank you for voicing exactly how I feel whenever Josiah starts hating on movies at 9:05
15:47 I will never escape snow miser
15:45 alien:(growls)
Also alien: 15:47
I like the fact that the lead character is dressed as Indiana Jones because George Lucas wouldn’t let them dress him as Han Solo..😂
The guy that the alien burst out of, is the same dude in the original aliens that had one bust outta his chest 😂
This is still one of my favorite movies. Glad to see you guys react to it.
How could you guys leave out one of the best lines? "What's the matter Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?!"
This is how a spoof movie SHOULD be done!
So, "fun" fact. The suit actor for pizza the hut quit shortly after filming began because he suffered THIRD DEGREE BURNS from the REAL MELTED CHEESE used to make the costume.
Fun fact about the guy who yelled “We ain’t found shit!”- he plays Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager and he didn’t really remember playing this part? He just did it as a favor and when he mentioned offhandedly on another set that that was him, he was shocked when people asked him to sign their dvds- he genuinely didn’t know it got popular 💀💀 10:23