I felt like Colonel Sanders was such an underrated character. The back and forth between him and rick moranis was comedic genius

Mel, the sequel trilogy is over, there has never been a time where a movie called "spaceballs 2: the search for more money" was more applicable. Your time is now!

John Candy died way too soon, but in his time on earth he has easily put himself amongst the legends of comedy and acting. Rick Moranis honourably took a hiatus from acting after his wife died and needed to be the one to raise his children, the other side to that is he also is a legend that is missed on the big screen. Spaceballs is a childhood favourite of mine, I could watch it 100 times and still genuinely laugh all the way through it.

Having John Hurt come in and replay his Alien scene was awesome and funny.

“We call it Mr coffee” - “and this here? What’s this” “Mr Radar”

It's funny how all these years later Dark Helmet is more menacing than Kylo Ren...

No wonder this movie is an absolute legend... the cast and crew had a blast making it. And so many legends behind the scenes making it.

Folks in the comments are complaining about Rick Moranis being missing from this documentary and I'm just sitting here missing John Candy

I saw Spaceballs when I was 5, and absolutely loved it. My friends & I spent endless days just re-enacting the different scenes. Even the name “Space-Balls” is just so ridiculous. Princess Vespa has gotten even prettier with age.

“Snotty beamed me twice this morning... it was wonderful... “

Daphne Zuniga is so beautiful and she holds that beauty so well.

I legitimately never understood the spaceballs 2 joke when I was a kid, it all makes sense now with remake culture in full swing.

When the comedy is better than the sequels.

Just noticed in a clip in the diner scene "Spaceballs the placemat" lol awesome

I thank Mel Brooks for bringing Bill Pullman's comedy chops out into the open. He only played supporting roles, but the comedy he brought was the linch pin of every movie he was in after Spaceballs.

almost 34 year old and I still watch this movie like it's brand new... gotta love well done creations

Sadly, this documentary has lost the bleeps, the creeps, and the sweeps.

Anyone who is not blown away by the comedy genius of Rick Moranis, John Candy and Joan Rivers... Well I just don't understand you. I was 10 when this movie came out and saw it in theaters. My life was changed forever. I remember leaving the theater thinking "I've never seen funny before. But now I have."

I love that they called this Spaceballs: The Documentary

Only spoof what you love. I REALLY wish other filmmakers followed this rule for spoof.

"Ludicrous Speed" is my favorite comedy scene ever..

*_"Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money!"_*

One of those movies you can recite all the lines from and remember with fondness.

''when will then be now?'' ''soon!''

Mel Brooks is the one person I would love to meet and have dinner with, you have to love the guy

My boys used to ask to watch "the Funny StarWars movie!"

I can't stop laughing even now trying to type this, Spaceballs was the funniest movie I have ever seen in my entire life and I still love it to this day. Thanks to everyone who participated in making this movie.

We need Spaceballs 2 now more than ever.

RIP John Candy and Joan Rivers

One of the greatest movies ever made, still love it after all these years!

Spaceballs is such a great movie, an all-time favourite :) I miss Mel Brooks movies, he's a comedy genius. I miss John Candy :(

Without question one of the most "quotable" movies of all time, especially comedy. I can recite classic lines from that movie on just recall. The movie is hilarious.

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This still doesn't answer the most important question: When is Spaceballs the Flamethrower gonna be available in stores?!

One my all time favorite moves as a child & as an adult. It's rare that something you loved when you were young still holds that place in your heart/mind and not just due to nostalgia but do it being truly great. That what Spaceballs does for me. I could watch it right now and laugh all the way through. Truly a great movie.

I had a huge crush on Daphne Zuniga from this movie back in the 80s when i was still in high school. She's 10 years older than me, yet she's still F'ing hot at 55.

These days I have a pretty robust sense of humor. I watched this movie (Came out on TV) at about 7 or 8 years old. I can honestly say I believe this movie and police academy (which I remember watching at exactly the same time) gave me my sense of humor that I have today. All through my life I have always come back to these 2 movies/franchises. At the very minimum it set me up to watch the scenes closely, not so much what is being said on-screen, Set me up later for Flying High and Naked Gun..... My god how lucky we were in the 80's and 90's.

The production of this documentary (not the movie itself) feels way more 1997 than 2003. Holy crap, the cheese is strong in this one!

It's 2023 and here we are: almost 40 years after Spaceballs was released and it's STILL one of the absolute classics and entertains millions of people. That's something, IMO, that very few people can say about their work...Mel Brooks is definitely one of them!

RIP John Candy (Barf)--My favorite character on this awesome spoof film!

After the original Stars Wars trilogies, Spaceballs is the next best Star Wars movie.

Reminds me of a Clint Eastwood story; After a take, the Director comes up, 'Clint that was just Perfect! We'll go one more take.', and Clint just walked off the set saying, 'Perfect is as good as I get...'

This and. Austin powers. And tropic thunder are the holy trinity of parodies

i still remember for christmas in 2005 i got a portable dvd player and a copy spaceballs just before i went a car trip and i watch the movie back to back probably 9 or 10 on that trip and it is still one of my favorite movies of all time

They don't make 'em like Mel Brooks anymore...

this movie was my favorite growing up, granted i didnt see it in 87 (I was born in 84) but i loved it in the mid 90s when i was kid. Cant get movies like this anymore. thats for sure.

saw this as a child in the theater and laughed and laughed and i was too young to get half the jokes but had every line memorized for years

I sent in my 12 proofs of purchase from Spaceballs: The Breakfast Cereal for my Spaceballs: The Flamethrower. It has been 30 years and I'm still waiting for it to arrive. LMAO

A shame we couldn't hear what Rick Moranis had to say. He stole the show hardcore!

Maybe a spoof, but also has a great original story line and acting which hangs together till the end. And the comedy and satire are out of this world. I watched it on VHS on DVD and now on KZfaq and can't stop laughing each time I watch it. When are they going to put it out on Instant Cassette.

me and my friends watched this and pirates of the caribbean everytime we had a sleepover for years. Such a classic. Thank you for uploading this!

26:27 "You don't go to work, you go to art." --Mel Brooks

Masterpiece! This is how you do spoof movies! Mel's best? Arguably.

We watch once every year - it's a family New Years Eve tradition.

I was spending the weekend at a friends house when Rick Moranis came over, my friends father being a photographer with his studio in his home... this was after the success of Little Shop of Horrors and Ghostbusters so we, as kids, were fans. His dad took some kind of instant shot (like a Polaroid, but not a Polaroid, an instant photo all the same) and Moranis autographed them for us adding “Hope you enjoy Spaceballs !!” With no internet and no idea what he was talking about, our parents were collectively a touch concerned... 5 months later *Spaceballs* came out and we understood it then !!! (I still remember the Commodore 64 games we played that weekend... M.U.L.E., a sort of turn based resource management game and a space shuttle simulator that was *hard !!)*

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Spaceballs is a better Star Wars movie than the Last Jedi.

First time watched it back in the very early '90s... and still I am enjoying every minute of it! This is how comedies/parodies should be like. A true masterpiece.

still love Princess Vespa

Damn.... I wish John Candy was alive for this and Rick Moranis was available to make an appearance but understand how he has his personal fights and priorities, he put the right things first after all, his family and his kids

for years Melvin Brooks was able to entertain us with comedy movies he often would star in. I often wonder how this man got his start in directing films. we heard his stories of those he worked with. his movies are fun never to be taken seriously. a funny look at one scene in Space Balls might have fans wondering could there be an Aliens the Musical. or Dark Helmet lord of the figurines. How about SpaceBalls conker the Ape world. Mogs gone Wild. and quite Possibly Megamaid versus Gallagher Tron. it could all happen under the right circumstances. Melbrooks can sing act direct tell jokes and get jiggy with the ladies. if your someone like Mel Brooks with so many talents living in a castle house having everything feeling like royalty then it's very good to be the king. I am glad he made such wonderful comedies for us fans to enjoy anytime. so I raise my glass in honor of Melven Brooks may his legacy of laughs always continue.

So sad so many of them aren't around in late 2019. I think Mel will be hailed as one of the greatest comedy geniuses of the 20th century.

I first watched Spaceballs as a kid, so when I watched the real Star Wars, I was wondering, why Darth Vader wouldn't take his helmet of :D

Lonestar, I can see your swartz is as big as mine. Haha. loved Moranis Dark Helmet and John Candy as Barf. man my generation had the best movies!

One of the best movies EVER!

Saw it as a kid - I loved it, watched it many times. And it´s still on my top-10 list.

Nobody really talks about how great the theme song was for this movie. It riffs off the Star Wars theme to give you the idea (if the scrolling credits didn't do it) that they're mocking Star Wars. And if *that* didn't do it for you, they made sure to put laser effects that are so out of place. "We're doing a space movie... *I N S P A C E ! ! !* "

John Candy was pretty much the real life version of his most lovable characters, in particular Barfolomew. I've never heard anyone say bad things about him and he has never said bad things about other people either.

Dear lord Daphne Zuniga looks amazing in this.

this was 2005. Fun Stuff Daphne was so hot in the day. May still be for all I know.

2:56 "You only spoof the things you love." :)

This was my favorite movie as a little kid. Keep coming back to it. Saw it before I saw Star Wars. Sci-fi comedy like this and red dwarf is a neglected concept. What’s weird about this movie is that it’s funny but I also kind of unironcally love it as a straight story.

Mel Brooks movies are the funniest movies HANDS DOWN

How good was the movie? We are watching a 30 min Documentary on said movie.... let that sink in

I grew up fatherless. Out of all of the movie stars of my childhood ( Born:1976) I would have chosen John Candy to be me Dad. Especially the character he plays in Great Outdoors. That's a dream dad. Darth Vader is a close second though

Robin Hood might be his best parody of all time! I love 'em all.

Gifted crazy people playing their A game . To Mel and all , BRAVO !!!

Probably the only appropriate followup to The Last Jedi is just a shot for shot remake of Spaceballs. Don't forget they have to kill off all the original characters in it.

daphne zuniga got that perfect spielberg,lucasarts,donner look,she would have been perfect to join the goonies,gremlins,star wars,etc....i can even see her doin well in john hughes movies.

Awesome! I didn't realize Ruthless People was Pullman's first movie! He was a natural! He killed it! I liked his stuff the best. Good for Bill!

I had such a crush on Daphne Zuniga back in the day

My wife and I, all the time, are saying "I felt a disturbance in the Schwartz". We just can't help it! XD

One of the best movies ever and makes me laugh no matter how many times I have watched it!

Mel Brooks. Its good to be the king. Comedy legend. Saw this before star wars. Still funny as f

Mel Brooks is a comedic genius! But, this has to be my favorite movie of his. I am a fan of all, though!

Spaceballs is a all time classic and till now has never been beaten in creativity and good placed jokes. No not even galaxyquest did this. Brooks is simple and stays a genius master of the genre.

What I love about this movie is that even though it’s a spoof, you really don’t think of Star Wars because it has its own story.

Bill Pullman, as a serious actor in a comedy, is great. I love seeing serious actors doing comedy! This, and Robin Hood Men In Tights, was VERY funny!

Thanks for sharing this with us! Spaceballs is a true classic. If I understood the documentary correctly, it was the most expensive film in terms of post-production costs of 1986 (comedy or otherwise). I truly doubt anybody in Hollywood would spend that kind of money on a comedy today, but if they did, I would probably spend my money to see it. (Hint to Hollywood: make more films like this.)

Somethings wrong with the radar sir. I’ve lost the bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps.

This is what is missing from movies today. So much enthusiasm and creativity. You can just tell how much Mel Brooks genuinely loved making his movies and put his heart into everything he produced and made sure the actors and production team were part of the movie family rather than just lording it over them. Also notice they're casting by ability for the roles rather than only star power to make a great movie that stands the test of time rather than just a short term audience draw. They had some big names in Spaceballs, but some of the main cast were relatively unknown too.

No one out-pizzas the Hutt.

Back when making movies for the audience was a real thing

Daphne Zuniga is really gorgeous. That nose job was a good decision.

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Fan trivia: the "Millenium Falcon" is in Spaceballs! Have a close look at the spaceships that are surrounding the diner at the end... ;-)

Announcing - a new Spaceballs trilogy for the 21st century... [Cue fanfare] Spaceballs II: The Schwartz Arises Spaceballs III: The Lost Yogurt Spaceballs IV: A Spaceballa Story ...da schwartz will always be in- uh, WITH!.. with you...

When do we get Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money?! I've been waiting for like 30 years for the sequel!!

My favorite movie of all time! My best friend and I have matching "May the Schwartz be with you" tattoos

Me & my sis watched Spaceballs 1st on TV when I was about 9 years before we both seen Star Wars. Least to say was a bit difficult watching it with a straight face lol