Mel Brooks asked George if he could parody Star Wars, and after reading the script, George agreed and even gave Mel access to the effects studio that did the effects for Star Wars, that's why it looks so good Only thing George required was, no merch and the main character cannot be a parody of Han Solo So LoneStar is a parody of Indiana Jones instead haha

*"Now you see that evil will always triumph. Because good is dumb."* - Dark Helmet, standing in front of a gigantic self-destruct button.

Shaun’s expression, when the little diner alien starting dancing, was amazing.

The thing you mentioned about when you see a movie a bunch of times, you don't laugh as hard at the jokes but you still appreciate them. I think that's why I started watching movie reactions. Seeing other people's thoughts on the movies I love and how they experience it for the first time. It's very nostalgic.

John Hurt had already a role in Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I (1981), and he played the eponymous Elephant Man in David Lynch’s movie from 1980, that was produced by Brooks’ production company.

May The Schwartz Be With You!

The Alien who popped out of the man's stomach in the diner wasn't random at all. Its referencing an old Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs has a dancing/singing frog who sings that song in front of Bugs but will not sing or dance when other people are watching. It drives Bugs crazy!

Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are two of my all time favorite movies. Mel Brooks is genius

I love how Shawn was trying to go along with the movie and looks confused whenever something ridiculous happens 😆

"Imagine if you saw this before Star Wars." I am that 80s child. In fact as a little kid I took it first as an exciting space-adventure, with some slapstick. All those more adult jokes just flew over my head. It was an odd experience actually seeing Star Wars after. "Pft! The Death Star is just another Mega Maid!" Was pretty astonished by the excellent f-bomb though, which I'm sure wasn't on my childhood VHS. "The ship is too big, if I walk the movie will be over," line is still one of my favourites in film history.

Thanks for the reaction/discussion! The reason why the robot looks the way it does is because it is voiced by Joan Rivers, and is designed on her look too.

"We ain't founnd s**t!" Best line in the movie! But like this reaction, that scene gets cut from network television lol

So this is kind of a random suggestion for your monsters playlist, and I'm not sure how many people would vote for it, but I just watched the original 1933 Invisible Man for the first time and was really impressed by it! I cant believe the visual effects they pulled off way back in the 30s. Definitely my favorite classic Universal monster movie that I've seen so far!

“What’s your name?” “Barf” “What’s your full name?!” “Barfolomew”😂😂

If you thought Dot Matrix looked creepy, you should have seen her actress Joan Rivers when she was alive. She had less botox in this movie. May she and John Candy rest in peace. And Dom Deluise (Pizza the Hutt). And John Hurt. Jesus, who else is dead in this?

It’s nowhere near the level of getting John Hurt to reprise his Alien role (or something like it), but I thought of another cross-universe actor role here. Brenda Strong, who played the silent, randy, generic hot nurse on Spaceball 1 later played the captain of a prominent Fleet vessel in Starship Troopers. For those who care…

The older I get, the less I love Space Balls and Men in Tights and the more I love Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein

No one writes dad jokes better than Mel Brooks.

I've noticed that younger viewers of this film never get the part with the dancing and singing alien. So, to rectify that, please look up and watch "One Froggy Evening" featuring Michigan J. Frog and directed by the great Chuck Jones. Maybe you could do a series of reaction videos on old Warner Brothers cartoons 🙂

Young Frankenstein is the first movie I remember as a kid going to see multiple times in a movie theater. Looking forward to when you get to it!

John Hurt played Jesus in Mel Brooks’ “History of the World part 1”, from 1981, so they’re old pals. Pretty cool that he came back to redo that.

They wouldn't let Lone Starr dress as Han Solo so they dressed him as Indiana Jones instead. John Hurt was in Elephant Man which Mel Brooks produced, so that's how they got him.

"I bet it's right out the door. Fuckin HELL" this is why this movie is still gold 35 years later

I watched this movie many times as a kid, long before I ever watched the Star Wars films just a few years ago. I always felt with all the Star Wars pop culture references and parodies like this I didn’t need to watch the source material because I already knew the story.

So the alien dancing off was an odd, funny choice, but it is also a direct omage to the singing frog skit from Looney Tunes in the 50s which itself is somehow inspired from a Cary Grant movie from the 40s.

You really need to watch "Robin Hood: Men in tights". It is awesome!

I absolutely saw this before Star Wars. Lol. I always thought 'oh that's really creative' about the whole thing. Then finally saw it and understood the references.

I was six years old when this came out and I guess we would've gotten it in Finland a year or two later on VHS. I can't even remember where I got the VHS for, but I can still quote it to this day and that says a lot about how many times I watched it as a kid. I, too, can see how many of the jokes went way over my head as a kid and which ones aren't funny at all now but were HILARIOUS back then. This is one comedy of its time that hasn't aged too horribly all things considered, silly AF as it is.

You need to go on a Mel Brooks binge. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are hilarious.

George Romero's vampire film Martin is a good twist on a classic horror trope.

Classic monster movies should include "the monster squad" it's the last time the classic monsters were really an ensemble in a movie. I loved it as a kid and its still pretty good

I was 6 when I saw this in the theater with my Dad, and it became one of my favorite movies ever. Watching as I grew up, I started to get the adult humor and sight gags I didn't get as a kid. Like how Dark Helmet is basically dressed as phallically as possible, with the large helmet and especially the tie. Even something as simple but complex as "Prepare for metamorphosis, Colonel Kafka," that was basically a throw away background line. I quote it all the time, and it's a tie between Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein as my #1 Mel Brooks movie. Love the cast, and Barf is probably my favorite John Candy role, honestly.

It really sells the 80's setting when your wall is a late 70s yellow.

Love Spaceballs

For the monsters list: Classic B-movies: • Them! (1957) 🐜 • Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Also: • The Mummy & The Mummy 2 • Attack the Block

''We aint found shit!'' God bless Tuvok lol

With History Of The World Part II coming out, you gotta watch part I!!

I used to work with the man who was Mel Brooks’ stunt double for years, including this movie. Whenever I see the part near the end where President Skroob slides down the railing/bannister, I wave to Jesse Wayne, king of the short stuntmen.

Apparently Mel Brooks said he didn't think he could do the Spaceballs 2 that they mentioned in this movie (Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money), but that he was interested in doing Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2.

As one of the 8 people in the western world not watching The rest of us, I'm just happy to get a movie reaction again :-D Pls react to "Dolores Claiborne", which is a Stephen King story - it's just a great movie.

Mel Brooks' movie High Anxiety is a spoof of Alfred Hitchcock movies. It's a good one too! The shower scene is brilliant!!

Definitely check out Godzilla (1954), King Kong (1933), and THEM(1954) John Hurt actually agreed to do his cameo for free but after the shooting and how long it took for the effects to set up, he regretted not wanting a paycheck.

When Barf says his full name as Barfolomew, that is like my favorite line.

The best sci fi parody movie in the 80s. Mel Brooks is a comic genius and filmmaker. “The search a way to make $.” 😅😂

I'm so glad you watched this! Classic A+ comedy!!! Thank you guys it brings me back to younger days.

I love this film. I also love how George Lucas was on board with Mel Brooks predominantly parodying Star Wars and Brooks combining Indiana Jones and Luke Skywalker into Lone Star.

You definitely need to see Blazing Saddles. One of the greatest, most controversial comedies ever made! A must see!

The dancing alien is a reference to the Warner Bros. singing frog cartoon.

ever since this movie came out, I always felt it would have been better for Barf's full name to be: Barfallonyou!

I always enjoyed The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) when I was a kid. There are some unlikely monsters in it that I think you would enjoy.

need to do saddles now. and yeah spaceballs feels like it's aged the most, though i wonder if that's because everyone has done their star wars parody by now so it's well trod ground, like even if you've seen it once you've seen so many star wars parodies/jokes that it can't hit like it did before you saw all that as a kid. for monsters if godzilla's on the table, watching the original 1954 film and the more modern shin godzilla film could be fun. maybe old and new could translate to remakes, like watching the romero dawn of the dead followed by it's modern take. nosferatu to lugosi dracula to christopher lee dracula to gary oldman dracula seeing the same monster with different takes from silent films to now.

The Dancing Alien is a parody of a 1955 Warner Bros Bugs Bunny cartoon titled "One Froggy Evening" featuring Michigan J. Frog singing - "Hello My Baby". It's on KZfaq if you need to look it up.

My favorite thing is to watch the look on people's face when "comb the desert" sinks in. Lmfao.

Blazing saddles next?? The millennium falcon can be seen parked outside the diner before they go into the diner scene

honestly Men in Tights is arguably the best Mel Brooks parody/spoof movie its so freaking funny, hope you guys watch that too :D

Saw this in the theater in 1987. Great year! Went to the movies a lot (unlike these days). 1987 was also Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Evil Dead 2, Predator, Police Academy 4, Robocop, The Princess Bride, Running Man, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Last Emperor (yes, i watched in the theater), Broadcast News...

I was dreading this reaction, but you guys made it so much more fun.

Mel Brooks also did a Hitchcock parody film, called High Anxiety

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid. Really hope you end up watching Men in Tights too!

Love this film, so hilarious 😂

glad you like the movie. John Hurt's role was yes, indeed, because of Alien. But there is also another truth in play here, Mel Brooks produced a couple movies that people aren't aware of. The Fly and the Elephant Man. John Hurt starred in the Elephant Man. When Mel made this movie, he asked John Hurt to cameo. Hurt agreed, partly because it was a way to think him for helping with the Elephant Man.

17:12 so basically, the prequel trilogy 😁

Such a fun movie! Loved when it would come on when I was a kid , on a Saturday afternoon, after I clean the house 😊

The scene where the giant jar of raspberry jam hits the radar dish dramatically slowed down gets me every time! This was a fun reaction vid to watch.

I’m glad, glad glad glad glad glad “Hmmm, I wonder if she’s glad” 😂

You haven't lived until you've seen "Blazing Saddles".

Mel Brooks said he saved a lot of money on sound effects because he was able to cast Michael Winslow, the "i'm having trouble with the radar Sir" guy, who was best known for the Police Academy movies, and he did his own sound effects.

Some of Mel Brooks later films aren't the best and they do tend to rely a little too much on nodding and winking at the audience. That doesn't mean they're not funny, but Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are two of the best comedies you'll ever see.

The Alien bit singing with the cane and hat was from an old cartoon back in the day, was a singing and dancing frog with a top hat and cane back then.

In before anyone else. Watch The Hitcher (1986).

Airplane is still the ultimate spoof film and I think it worked so much better as nearly everyone was playing it 100% straight. Spaceballs is fine but it's very wink wink nudge nudge we are all in on the joke and so many 4th wall breaks is dumb after a while

"Funny, she doesn't look Druish." Mel Brooks is Jewish himself, and he's not afraid of making fun of any stereotype. You'll see that when you watch Blazing Saddles.

I don’t think I’d be able to keep a straight face if I were one of the actors in this movie 😆

There was reverse on vacuums back in the day. They used to clog,.or you could blow dirt/dust off, etc. They also weighed 1,000 pounds. Love the channel ✌️

The character next to PizzaTheHut I believe it's supposed to be *Max Headroom* a fake *AI* personality from the *80's* his name is a double entendre *Max Headroom* as in not having anything in his head but also I guess in Europe they used to say *"Max Headroom"* instead of *"Max Height* in like parking garages Etc.

Tom calling out the two Mel Brooks movies he hasn't seen and they're the BEST ONES!

One of the greatest movies ever😂

Good reaction gents. Sorry the humour didn't grab you like many others. For me, Spaceballs is an easy 9/10! It's absurdist humour at it's finest - AND parodying my favourite space opera Star Wars is just perfection! My favourite is certainly the dynamic between Rick Moranis (Dark Helmet) & George Wyner (Col. Sandurz) - where the latter plays the perfect straight man foil for the 'supposedly' evil (but totally clueless) Helmet. Never get tired of their chemistry! What I also love is the humour that goes for kids & adults alike - the amount of double entendres (beam me Snotty, bet she gives great helmet, etc.), that totally went over my head as a kid, but make me laugh so hard now. My family & I watch this flick annually - besides Holy Grail & Ghostbusters, it's one of our main go-to, no thinking, fun comedies that we love to put on! Cheers.

17:00 That was the first time I had ever heard the F word in a movie, since this was PG and it came out of nowhere LOL

Other parodies... High Anxiety, Mel's riff on Hitchcock films. Also the Naked Gun and Top Secret.

Brooks got John Hurt in here because his company produced The Elephant Man, which Hurt starred in.

History of the World Part I is my favorite Mel Brooks movie

The President's name is Skroob, which is an anagram of Brooks. :)

Though this movie was a box office let down for Brooks, though not a flop, it is now his most successful film. Unintentionally, he made a film that generations of fathers share with their kids. He has had three generations of families, usually men with their sons and grandsons, approach to sign a copy of this movie. He has talked at length about how this has outsold all his other films, by multiples. That is also increased sales of those other film.

This is one of those rare movies where all the jokes hit without fail.

Lonestar is one of the best Bill Pullman roles. He's also really fun in Ruthless People and good as the President in Independence Day.

Rick moranis was/ is a great actor, he gave it up to parent his children when his wife died. We miss you Rick!! Xx

Best line in the movie - comb the desert - "man, we ain't found shit"

Van heising with Hugh jackman and the movie Victor Frankenstein so good

1,2,3,4,5...wow that's same combination as on my luggage!!🤣🤣

And, it's not just Hurt, but ALL of the actors (sans Weaver) from "Alien" in that scene.

Old vacuum cleaners had a blow back option for when things got stuck in them.

I recommend "The Monster Squad" - comedy spoof about kids against the classic monsters.

“FUCK! Even in the future nothing works!” My favorite line in the whole movie 😂that and “I knew it I’m surrounded by assholes!” Moranis is so damn good in this movie. (This and Little shop of Horrors I think are his best roles-tho he was great in ghostbusters as well!) It was so sad that his wife passed and he was so heartbroken he didn’t want to act anymore. 😢 (he felt he needed to be with his kids) You guys REALLY need to watch more of Mel Brooks. He slap comedy is AMAZING. (Or at least that’s my favorite brand of humor) Young Frankenstein and Men in Tights. Men in tights personally I feel is one of his best. PLEASE watch that one as well ❤ *on the list of classic horror, this invisible man is GREAT. I love that one

The dancing alien was a nod to a 1950s warner brothers cartoon where a construction worker finds a frog who performs that song and dance, with the hat and cane. The worker tries to profit from the frog, but it will only dance for him. Some of the seemingly nonsense jokes are easter eggs.

For monster movies, be sure to include The Wolfman. Also, The Phantom of the Opera. Both have Claude Rains, a terrific actor. Also, the movie called Invasion of Astro Monster (originally titled Monster Zero) is a Godzilla film that still holds up.

13:27 The reverse option was meant to make it possible to blow out the air on their own planet. That's why they did the whole operation.

for me barely bein over 20 I love this movie and wish I saw something like this in theaters😂the jokes always crack me up especially the dumbass scene😂

Oh, and speaking of monster films, have you guys seen Nosferatu from 1922? It's by the great German director F.W. Murnau, who also made Sunrise and The Last Laugh. Many still consider Max Schreck's performance in Nosferatu as the best and creepiest vampire on film. You could couple that with Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre, which has a bit of a comedic tone to it (though it's not entirely a comedy). And sticking to vampires, there is also the 1932 film Vampyr, which is a heavily atmospheric, visually poetic take on the subject (though Murnau's Nosferatu has no shortage of atmosphere or mood itself). Vampyr is by the great Danish filmmaker Carl Theodore Dreyer, who also directed a film about witches called Day of Wrath, though that one is not very spooky, but more like a drama with thought-provoking themes. A witch film that is spookier in its imagery, but that also has thought-provoking themes, is Häxan from 1922, from Sweden.

(no spoilers here) when the second Austin Powers movie was coming out, it was the same summer as Star Wars the Phantom Menace. Mike Myers got permission to base the Austin Powers advertisement trailer on Star Wars... was something like "If you only see one movie this year, see... Star Wars. But if you see two movies then see Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me"