The guy I was rooming with that summer loved it. He fancied himself a comedian, went to open mike nights a lot. I remember just groaning at all the awful puns that he felt compelled to make in his daily life.
I admit that it seems to have become a beloved part of official geek culture, but to me it's one of Mel Brooks' least funny movies; it takes to an extreme his tendency to milk the same joke for a whole scene. It's interesting that Brooks is now concentrating on rehashes of his earlier material in different media.
I don't know that I can call it my favorite movie, but without a doubt it's the one I've seen the most times. Certainly over 100.
Also, for reasons I can't really explain, I saw Spaceballs many of those times long before I actually saw "The Empire Strikes Back," in its entirety. So when I was watching Empire, I started laughing inappropriately as the occasional Spaceballs gag's origin appeared on screen.
Much, but not all of Spaceballs:TAS, as it shall henceforth be known, hit the internets about 2 weeks ago. A couple have been Star Wars parodies (and, with the Clone Wars hitting the airwaves now, it's necessary), but they also parody other familiar movies and political events (President Scroob has pronounced his mission to destroy Druidia to be Accomplished before his first shot was fired. Also, Planet Spaceball was suspiciously renamed.) and so on. 13 episodes have been spotted, though they were numbered up to 15. Not sure what's going on at G4.
Also, the show continues the movie's "doublemint twins" gag which is very well dated to the movie's release. And yet, evidence remains of Brooks' staggeringly good (and current) comedy, now and then.
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I admit that it seems to have become a beloved part of official geek culture, but to me it's one of Mel Brooks' least funny movies; it takes to an extreme his tendency to milk the same joke for a whole scene. It's interesting that Brooks is now concentrating on rehashes of his earlier material in different media.
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Also, for reasons I can't really explain, I saw Spaceballs many of those times long before I actually saw "The Empire Strikes Back," in its entirety. So when I was watching Empire, I started laughing inappropriately as the occasional Spaceballs gag's origin appeared on screen.
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Also, the show continues the movie's "doublemint twins" gag which is very well dated to the movie's release. And yet, evidence remains of Brooks' staggeringly good (and current) comedy, now and then.
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