SPACEBALLS (1987) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

Fun fact if it hasn't been mentioned- Joan Rivers, the voice of Dot, did not have a script. ALL of her lines were 100% improvised. THAT'S talent.

Massive Respect to Rick Moranis for getting out of the limelight to live his life the way he wanted. While still brightening our childhoods with legendary films. Ghostbuster, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and on and on.

13:46 The "We ain't found shit!" guy was Tuvok from Voyager. He's exceptionally proud of that role.

Just after jamming the radar, the guy making the radar noises (yes he made them himself, and is well known for it) is Michael Winslow who started in Police Academy, after they auditioned him, they changed Police Academy's script to take advantage of his ability

11:42 “Nice dissolve.” The visual effect of fading out the previous shot and fading in the new one.

When Mel Brooks did this movie, he actually got a lot of help from George Lucas, despite this mainly being a parody of Star Wars. Lucas had one stipulation, and that was that Lone Star not be dressed as Han Solo. So Mel Brooks dressed him up like Indiana Jones.

11:34 Lonestar: "We've got to get moving before dawn." Dawn Marie: "Before me?" That was so cute.

I don't know if you've reacted to Alien yet or not. The thing coming out of the guy's stomach is a parody of that, made even funnier by the fact it was the same actor hence "oh no, not again" line. Spaceballs is my favorite Meal Brooks. Robin Hood Men in Tights and Dracula Dead and Loving It are my other regular viewings.

The creature coming from the guys stomach was referencing the movie Alien; The song and dance it does was referencing the WB cartoon One Froggy Evening (1955) which is one of the funniest cartoons made.

Snotty is a reference to the famous Scottish engineer on Star Trek, Scotty.

The scene in the diner is a spoof of 'Alien' with John Hurt reprising the chest-burster sequence. Other sci-fi films that get referenced are 'Star Trek' and '2001: a space odyssey'

You'll have to eventually watch Ridley Scott's "Alien" to get the diner alien "not again" reference.

My first exposure to Mel Brooks was Robin Hood: Men in Tights and I was a kid in the 90s when I saw it. Very juvenile humor, I love it.

The sound effects guy in the radar scene is Michael Winslow. He has amazing stand up where he does sound effects with his mouth. He’s also in the Police Academy movies.

"History of The World Part I" - It's good to be the king.

Great reaction, Dawn, as always! I was really hoping that you, as a native Scot, would catch the Loch Lomond joke! So many other reactors don't seem to get it .... but they're not from Scotland! 😋 That being said, you didn't seem to get that Snotty is a parody of Scotty from Star Trek, a character who is also Scottish, which is probably why Snotty used the Loch Lomond joke.

The whole purpose of the planet being named Druidia is only to make jokes about Vespa "not looking Druish" and being a "Druish princess"...which are both Mel Brooks' way of making fun of Jewish princess jokes.

The dancing alien at the end was based on an old cartoon from the 50s called One Froggy Evening. The frog would come out of a box, dancing and singing that song.

Mel WAS in The Producers. He was one on the performers in the play.

Michael Winslow was making the voices/noises. One of the main characters in Police Academy. Another great comedy

George Lucas liked this concept so much that he lended them his effects company ILM to make the post production space scenes

The alien chest burster at the end of the movie was from "Alien". The actor John Hurt was the actor in both movies. Alien is an amazing space/horror movie.

The Alien (1979) and Star Trek references were just as important references than just Planet of The Apes.

This comedy gets you everytime. Especially when you have seen the movies parodied in it.

12:12 "nice helmet". That made me laugh so hard

"Yoda's grenade head" made me laugh a lot!

The diner scene with the stomach bursting alien was a reference from the movie “Alien”.

6:35 - He's not meant to be Han Solo, he's meant to be Indiana Jones. George Lucas apparently didn't want Lone Starr to be dressed like Han Solo, so they chose Harrison Ford's other famous character instead.

"Where did the bear come from?" The circus, of course! 😝🐻🤦‍♂

In the diner scene, when the guy started having the alien burst from his chest is a reference to Aliens, he is the same actor who was killed by the chestburster in that movie, so when he filmed this scene and another alien burst from his chest is why said "Oh, no, not again!"

The sound effects radar guy is the wonderful comedian Michael Winslow. He's the best part of the Police Academy series.

My favorite Mel Brooks movies are Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, History of the World part 1, The Producers, Spaceballs and then Robin Hood Men in Tights I enjoyed this reaction. You're always safe stuff that makes me smile and laugh. You're just such a joy to watch..

Leave it to Dawn Marie to say, " yeah he's got more girth though" 😂🤣 too funny! They should've told you to watch Alien too, you obviously haven't seen it yet!!

I love your laugh supercut at the beginning, I'll come back to this when I need cheering up. Thank you!

The "Chapter 11" in the beginning scroll. LOL classic.

Yesssss!!! This was the reaction I was waiting for! Thank-you! x

I had a feeling this would be right up your alley. You have the sense of humor of a 13 year old boy... and that's a compliment...

yes the guy who makes all the weird sounds with his mouth really does them all. Michael Winslow's his name, he's kind of a super-beatboxer. his main claim to fame was being in a couple of the Police Academy films.

I watched the commentary on the DVD and Mel Brooks mentions that the commentary was on the laserdisc and that the ship at the beginning he wanted to be the whole movie! 😂😂 But the executives were like "where's the plot?!" 🤔🤔

My second favorite Brooks movie is probably Blazing Saddles. Young Frankenstein is the top one for me. The cast is so good together. If you haven't seen bloopers from the shooting of YF, there are a few here on RU-vid. Watch them! They must have needed a vacation from all the laughing after that was done. Space Balls, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It are three of his movies that I actually didn't like the first time, but they have all grown on me. They just get better the more you watch them. :D

The actor playing Pizza the Hut actually got burnt from the melting cheese. Mel Brooks was also not allowed to sell merchandise from the movie, hence all the merchandise references in the movie

What a great idea that they would actually need the industrial strength hairdryer in a later part of the movie. That would have been a great catch.

Having seen "Alien" is one of the preconditions before watching Spaceballs. It might be a short scene, but it makes anybody who's seen Alien pretty much explode Btw: "The Schwartz" is based on a German word "Schwanz"

The little alien the came out of hes stomach is from the movie Aliens !

The little people on the planet they land on are a combination of the jawas from Star Wars and the 7 dwarves from Snow White. That's why Lonestar mentioned Disneyland.

It's been mentioned but the 'We ain't found shit' guy played Tuvok, the Vulcan (Spock's species) officer o. Star Trek Voyager. It's a shocking contrast to his more well known stoic performance.

That guy is named Snotty in "honor" of Scotty (Mr. Scott) in _Star Trek_ , the Scottish chief engineer.

Great observation. For those who don't know: The Twister is an ice cream lollipop on a stick, launched in 1982 and made by Unilever's Heart brand. It is pineapple ice cream and pear flavoured fruit ice on the outside and strawberry fruit ice on the inside and is shaped in a spiral.

The guy who had the alien burst out of his chest in John Hurt and that scene was a parody of the same thing that happened to him in the film Alien. I think Mel Brooks has been trying to make a Spaceballs 2 for years. There's been a lot of talk about it.

The little people in the desert scenes represented the Jawas from Star Wars episode VI.

Young Frankenstein (1973) is my favorite. Also, the Yogurt helpers are like the Jawas in Star Wars (1977). But these ones singing "dink dink" like the Colonel Bogey March from Bridge Over The River Kwai (1957).

My most replayed reaction was :.. ".Ugly luggage! ", in the desert. Now I'm gonna replay it all..

Fun fact: In order to get this film made, Mel Brookes made a deal with George Lucas that no merchandise would ever be released to the public, hence why that Merchandising scene exists within the movie itself.

So glad you watched Spaceballs and loved it! Mel Brooks is a certified genius and his movies always make me smile and laugh.

Colonel Sanders - refers to the fastfood chain KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) founder: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders. Helps with the joke about being Colonel Sanders being chicken. Scotty, as in "Scotty beamed me up" - refers to the original Star Trek series. He was the chief engineer. The pinch on the neck is also from Star Trek original series - the character Spock would do that to knock out people. One of the other references if from the movie Alien. Don't want to spoil it but you'll figure it out when you watch the movie.

Imagine Darth Vader playing with dolls in his little chamber where he takes off his helmet. I can see it. And Darth Vader would not be playing with just any dolls, he would be playing with 70's to '80s Kenner Star Wars action figures :P

Obscure references: Druidia planet of the Druids. Druids were a pagan cult in Britain. Colonel Sanders, but not the guy (Colonel Sanders) who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken. Snotty, inspired by Scotty, aka Commander Montgomery Scott, chief engineer USS Enterprise. Beaming is a Star Trek technology. Pizza the Hut. Pizza Hut is a top American pizza franchise. The twins allude to a very short-lived sitcom, Quark. The schwartz ring alludes to A) the Lensman series written by A.A. "Doc" Smith, which inspired B) the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern. The "dink dinks" are inspired by the Jawas. Their song has the same melody as sung by the dwarves in Disney's animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Yes, Mel Brooks played Yogurt. The group tentatively approaching the statue of Yogurt echoes a scene in The Wizard of Oz. Mega Maid is a Transformer. Have you seen either the Japanese toy line or a movie based on the giant robots? Entering Mega Maid via the ear canal is a reference to Fantastic Journey, where a team of scientists are miniaturized to enter a patients body. Their sub travels to the injury in the patients veins. The diner scene recreates a jump scare scene early in the movie Alien; the guy the creature emerged from played Kane, who died in that scene when a juvenile Xenomorph burst out of his chest. Hence the line: "Not again." Holy moly is a very mild swear word, as you'd expect from a priest. Princess Vespa is the obligatory princess/damsel in distress from fairy tales. "Druish princess" is a play on "Jewish princess," a spoiled brat/Karen type personality predating the internet. Prince Valium is based on Prince Valiant from comic strips, & also the sedative marketed in the US as Valium. Which is why he's so sleepy. The sound effects guy was an up & coming celebrity known for the incredible array of sounds he could reproduce. It should be obvious from Spaceballs that Mel Brooks takes primary inspiration from a specific movie in the genre he's chosen, but he doesn't do literal parodies. Instead, his movies reference many different tropes & concepts from other movies in the same genre, (such as Star Trek with Snotty, & Alien with the dinner table scene.) The only Mel Brooks parody I've seen that comes closest to a point by point spoof is Robin Hood: Men in Tights, based directly on Robin Hood: Prince of Theives, starring American actor Kevin Costner.

"It's programed to go off before you do." is my favorite line.

Young Frankenstein (and Blazing Saddles) are Mel's two best films. But History of the World Part 1 is fun too.

Thanks for the reaction! In answer to your poll, My favorite MB film is "Young Frankenstein". Second is this one.

The merchandising scene was specifically written as a joke between Mel Brooks and George Lucas. When George made the original Star Wars, the studio had such little faith in the franchise they let him keep the merchandising rights, which is where he made most of his fortune. When Mel Brooks wrote Spaceballs, he was worried about being sued by George Lucas and sent him the script essentially to see if he approved it. George loved it and gave his approval, on the condition there would be no merchandising. Did you also notice the similarity between Spaceballs and The Wizard Of Oz? Barf being the Cowardly Lion, Dot Matrix as the Tin man, Lone Star as The Scarecrow, Princess Vespa as Dorothy and Yogurt as The Wizard? The scene in the Diner with the guy having the thing bursting out of his chest was John Hurt, recreating his famous scene from Alien, hence "Oh no! Not again!"

To Be or Not to Be is an underrated gem by Mel Brooks. My favorite one by Mr. Brooks is Blazing Saddles.

Young Frankenstein is my favorite Mel Brooks Movie. The little people in Star Wars are called Jawas , I love it when you react to comedies love to hear you laugh

23:57 "And you're right. I shouldn't have watched it without watching _Star Wars_ and _Planet of the Apes_ first because I wouldn't have got what any of it meant." Probably also _Alien._

I love the diner scene where the alien comes out of John Hurts stomach. The movie Aliens, an alien comes out of his stomach, That’s why he says not again. If you want to get scared watch “Aliens”

11:34 "Alright. Let's all just get some sleep. We gotta get moving before dawn." "Before me?" 😄 Okay. That was cute. Kind of subtle, but it was cute.

Snotty sounds like Scotty (the head Engineer on Captain Kirk's Enterprise).

There was a Spoof of "The Wizard of Oz" in Yogurts Cave. The Man in the Diner was the same actor that had the exploding chest in "Alien". The Merchandising Jokes was Because George Lucas Approved of the Spoof, as long as there was No Merchandising from the Movie (he didn't want it to cut into the Star Wars Stuff).

The merchandising stuff in the film was a gag both about the amount of stuff they stuck the Star Wars brand on and the fact that George Lucas said he was happy for Brooks to make Spaceballs but he asked that they didn't do any merchandise for the film.

That scene in which Barf's foot gets flattened, his flattened foot was recently up for auction not too long ago. One of the most random things I've ever come across browsing a catalog.

"Young Frankenstein" is my favorite movie, but it just barely edges out "Blazing Saddles" because I love Boris Karloff in "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" so much. In fact, one of my favorite comedy sequences in "Young Frankenstein" is a parody of my favorite sequence in "Bride of Frankenstein", so you should watch it as well as "Son of Frankenstein" to get all the references in "Young Frankenstein," otherwise you'll be as confused as you were by the reference to "Alien" on "Spaceballs" at 21:39 . Apparently, nobody remembered to warn you you should watch "Alien" before watching "Spaceballs."

The guy who makes the noises with his mouth is Michael Winslow. He does make the sounds with his mouth. You should do a review of "Police Academy". It's a really funny comedy from the 80's. You'll see a lot more of him making sounds.

Finally, I've met another person with my love for Firefly.

"It's got more girth though." I see you are a connoisseur.

I am glad that you mentioned, that he had his eyes open. I always thought it was odd, but I wasn't sure if it was just me. It seems like around 75% of reactors catch that. I'm glad you recognized Joan Rivers.

Rick Moranis ad-libbed the whole dolls sequence. It was absolutely hilarious

The little "Desert Dinks" were supposed to be Jawas. You know the little creatures who sold R2 and 3-PO to Luke's Uncle Owen. Young Frankenstein is my all-time favorite Mel Brooks movie. Other must-see classic Mel movies are High Anxiety, Silent Movie, History of the World Part 1, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

fun fact the black guy combeing the desert is the actor who plays tuvoc on voyager

I love this movie! and when I watch the moment with the capture of the stunt doubles, the officer's shocked face, for some unknown reason, always reminds me of Lt. Gruber from the series Allo Allo!

Mel Brooks is in The Producers. He's the guy in Springtime for Hitler who says the line about "be a smarty, come and join the Nazi Party"

the fact that she called planet of the apes makes my mind explode :O

Mel Brooks "History of the World pt. 1" is definitely my favorite and funniest one of them all, I love it when they cover the Roman Empire.

Did someone forget to mention the "Alien" joke in the Diner with Sir John Hurt and then Michigan J. Frog.

in case you missed it there was a Millennium Falcon-ish looking ship outside the space diner. Also if you haven't seen the movie Alien (1979) yet then the diner scene won't make much sense until you do. The little singing creature was a reference to Merry Melodies cartoon character named Michigan J. Frog way before your time and mine as well LOL!

''My brains are going into my feet!''

Favorite Mel Brooks movies : 1- Blazing Saddles 2- History of the World: Part I 3- Young Frankenstein 4- Robin Hood: Men in Tights The rest all tie for 5th, lol.

7:25 "Is he making those noises?" Yes. He was in Police Academy making sound effects as well. The alien at the end that came out the stomach was from the movie Aliens.

While Spaceballs may not be quite as sharp, clever or satirical as some of Brooks’ earlier films, as a young Star Wars fan watching it for the first time, it was the funniest thing I’d ever seen! Still one of my favourites to this day… and Mel Brooks did consider making a sequel, back when the Star Wars prequels were coming out. He never got round to it, though. Long live Pizza the Hutt! Oh, and Robin Hood: Men In Tights is a good laugh too, but only after you’ve seen Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves!

Great reaction, Dawn! Either "Young Frankenstein", which came out later in 1974, the same year as "Blazing Saddles" or "History Of The World Part 1" should be your next Mel Brooks reaction. After them, "High Anxiety" or "Silent Movie". For "High Anxiety" a familiarity with Alfred Hitchcock would help, as in that one Mel did to Hitchcock as "Spaceballs" did to Sci-Fi. Mel Brooks is a master of the absurd!

I think you missed the joke where Barf keeps repeating Lonestar ... Lonestar: I'm going down there. Barf: He's going down there ... I wouldn't ... Barf was NOT talking about actually going down there ... he was talking about going "down 👇THERE 👇 ..." 😈😉😁👍😎 !!!

The most underated Mel Brooks movie is history of the world, part one. In my humble opinion.

Moranis is so great in this. Oh, I love this movie and it's my favorite.

"Young Frankenstein" is my favorite Mel Brooks movie, followed by "Blazing Saddles". His "High Anxiety" is good too but you'll need to watch Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" as it borrows heavily from it. You might want to watch Hitchcock's "The Birds" as well.

All time favorite Mel Brooks movie? Young Frankenstein:

"Spaceballs": Mel Brooks takes down Space Operas like he took down the Hollywood Western with "Blazing Saddles" (1974). 14:54 Every time I see a "Spaceballs" reaction, I wonder if Alan Tudyk got the idea for the "This Land" battling toy Dinosaurs from this movie. (That's a scene from the TV series "Friefly" pilot that Fox TV Suits didn't like.)

Another couple of good Mel Brooks films are High Anxiety - that has a lot of references to Alfred Hitchcock films - and Silent Movie, which is very slapstick and also stars Marty Feldman who is in Young Frankenstein.

Lots of references in this movie, most of them are from Star Wars and we're talking about the original Star Wars trilogy because there was no other Star Wars back in the '80s. There was some other Star Wars stuff that had come out, like the Star Wars Holiday Special 1978, Ewoks and Droids Saturday Morning Cartoons back in the mid '80s and a novel called Splinter of the Mind's Eye that was written after the first Star Wars film. Oh yeah, almost forgot the two Ewok made-for-tv movies. Other references I can point out: Star Trek the '60s TV series and several movies from the original TV series had come out during this time. Alien the 1979 film Transformers, the cartoon version because the film versions had not come out way back in the '80s. Planet of the Apes

Druids were a class of scholars, physicians and spiritual and civil counselors in the pre-Roman days when Europe was populated by clans and small tribes. Druidia is just a name chosen for the world here to make homophonic jokes about the word, Jewish ("Funny, she doesn't LOOK Druish!")

FOR "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN" You Might want to watch the Boris Karloff version of "Frankenstein" for a couple of jokes. NON SPOILER: The Set for Dr. Frankenstein's Laboratory was the EXACT PROPS used in the Boris Karloff movie. Mel found the Man who owned them and he agreed to let them use the Props. He didn't get "Screen Credit" in the Original, but Mel and Gene gave him credit in theirs.

I remembered seeing in the theater as a kid and Pizza the Hutt made me hungry for some pizza, so my mom took me to Pizza Hutt for dinner.