I've heard Moranis completely improvised this scene, they just gave him the dolls and let him go. If that's the truth, Mel must have been rolling on the floor with the "druish princesses are often attracted to money and power" line.
I don't know how many takes Mel had to shoot because I would have been unable to recite this scene without laughing my ass off. I'm surprised this was totally improvised on the spot. Still, brilliantly hilarious!!
Not to say that this didn't take talent, but I think that "improvised" is a bit misleading. He probably had some time to think of what he was going to say. There are couple degrees of improvisation. (I could be mistaken)
fun fact: this scene was not on the script. But Mel Brooks had an idea to make the movie even funnier by having the actor of dark helmet play those dolls. the actor came up with this dialogue all on his own.
Aerys II Targaryen Yeah, what's the difference between two countries with a border between them, like France and Germany or Poland and Ukraine or Scotland and England etc. There's no difference whatsoever :-)
***** If you want to use example cite countries which share borders & languages : France and South Belgium, Germany and Austria, south-est Ukraine and Russia...
I didn't know his voice is that flexible tbh. Iam so used to him speaking in his usual high pitched, nasally tone that I thought they dubbed him for the deeper voice
+Jordan Smith I've used that as a disclaimer on one of my fics, it wasn't even a self-insert, but I'm at least aware of what I'm doing :) Playing with my dolls again!
Sadly Rick got spanked in the face recently, I think he's recovering from that, he really didn't deserve that. He was one of the greatest actors from my childhood.
@@strikeforcealpha9343 imagine how the hitter must feel. He walks diwn the street and decides to punch the nearest old guy he sees. Then he goes home and finds out on the news he punched out Rick Moranis.
Apparently, they don't have doorbells or intercoms either, although given how inept the Spaceballs are it's not hard to imagine them simply forgetting to include those on their ships.
"You're Highness!" "WHAT?!" "Snow White is still alive." "KNOCK ON MY DOOR KNOCK NEXT TIME!! Did you see anything?" "No I didn't see you talking to your mirror again." "GOOD!!"
*your. For fucks sake I hate when people always manage to fuck up "your and you're". Be glad that english has an extremely primitive grammar compared to other languages.
I heard he did reprise his role as Dark Helmet on the TV show the Goldbergs. He's probably enjoying early retirement and free time with his kids a lot. He was forced to retire when tragically, his wife passed away and there was nobody at home to take care of his 2 children.
The funniest aspect of it was that Rick Moranis was given the dolls right before filming and told to "do something funny with them." Cue an absolutely hilarious scene.
I am not sure if this scene was improvised or not but, Rick Moranis is an excellent actor! Just look at his facial expressions-especially his eyes-when he was caught. 😂🤣
I heard that it was improvised too. Rick Moranis is so late 80s, his most memorable movies are Spaceballs 87, Ghostbusters 2 89, Little shop of horrors 87, Parenthood 89, My blue heaven 90
This actually happened to me once. I was in my room with my laptop and then suddenly my brother stepped in: My brother: Adam! Me: WHAT!? My brother: Dinner's ready! Me: Knock on my door, knock next time! Did you see anything?? My brother: No, Adam. I didn't see you were looking at naked chicks on google again. Me: Good!
Dark helmet: "Knock on my door! Knock next time!" "Yes sir!" Dark helmet: ..."Did you see anything?" "No, sir! I didnt see you playing with your dolls again!" AGAIN?! HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE PLAYED WITH HIS DOLLS?! (I couldnt put his name down because I forgot what his name was...)
This reminds me of some real life ER show I was watching where a dude was brought in due to having a heart attack after getting a homemade dildo stuck up his ass. His wife rushes in and the first word out of her mouth is "AGAIN?"
Kylo Ren: Grandfather, I need your help again! General Hux: Kylo Ren! Kylo: What? Hux: You’re needed on the bridge, sir! Kylo: Knock on my door. Knock next time! Hux: Yes sir! Kylo: Did you see anything? Hux: No sir! I didn’t see you talking to Vader’s helmet again. Kylo: Good!
Dark Helmet = Kylo Ren Lone Star = Finn Barf = Poe Princess Vespa = Rey Colonel Sandurz = Either Hux or Phasma Just Imagine this scene with the Star Wars characters XD
+Finn Clark Princess Veronica/Goth Hat = Kylo Ren Blackhole/BH1337 = Finn Plu Dwarf = Poe (p.s it's a female version) Superrnova = Rey Captain Pepsi = Captain Phasma (male version) Colonel Sandruz Jr. = General Hux President Lem = Snoke
"Rika!" "WHAT?!" "Takato and Geomon have escaped." "Knock on my door, knock next time!... did you see anything, Renamon?" No Rika I didn't see you playing with your dolls again." "GOOD!"
one of the greatest non scripted scenes of all time the look on rick's face at the end sells it like he's going to mel "wait you filmed this the whole time"
Spaceballs has always been one of my favorite films. A true Mel Brooks classic! I still think it's one of the best riffs on Star wars. But this particular joke is one of them, of a bunch of jokes in this film, that lay me out. For very awkward people geeks and professionals of d&d and furries, all of us can relate to this moment when somebody barges in on you and you're supposedly unaware of how much they actually know!
"Megatron!" "WHAT?!" "Tarantulas is trying to betray you again." "Knock on my door! KNOCK NEXT TIME!...did you see anything?" "No, sir. I didn't see you in the bath with your rubber ducky again." "GOOD!"
General Hux "LORD REN!!!" Kylo Ren "WHAT?!?!!" Hux 'We have contact with the Resistance Leader!!" Ren "KNOCK ON MY DOOR NEXT TIME!! KNOCK NEXT TIME!!!" Hux "Yes sir!!" Ren 'YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING DID YOU?!?!!!" Hux "NO I DIDN'T SEE YOU TALK TO YOUR GRANDFATHER'S HELMET AGAIN!!" Ren "GOOD!!!"
"Now..Princess Vespa..I finally have you in my clutches we are alone at last" no..no..no..yes..no..yes..leave me alone..but yet..I find you strangely attractive" love Rick Moranis.. amazing actor and Mel Brooks. I wish they came out with "Spaceballs 2"..
Space balls was the first VHS tape i bought from my own money at the age of 12, my dad was way mad at me for wasting my money. then we watched the movie and he immediately changed his mind.
