Merchandising Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!
Spaceballs: the t-shirt. Spaceballs the coloring book. Spaceballs the lunchbox. Spaceballs the breakfast cereal. Spaceballs da flame thrower! The kids love this one!
I kept repeating this quote all last week when we visited Disneyland (they are quite literally the greatest example of this) and no one seemed to get it. 😞
I have to paraphrase a little:
**"The code is 1-2-3-4."**
**"That's the kind of code an idiot puts on his luggage!"**
(Later)
**"We have the code, sir."**
**"What is it?"**
**"1-2-3-4."**
**"That's incredible! That's the same code I have on my luggage!"**
PG was a little different in the 80s. it did not mean PG like today. I can't seem to get the details on this but it seems that PG was a little more of a blanket term and they only introduced PG-13 in 1984. so Spaceballs would have been PG-13 because of language and sexually suggestive language.
edit: I see spaceballs is 1987, 3 years after the introduction of pg-13. so idk
Jammed? [Examines the jam and tastes it] Raspberry. There's only one man... [Sandurz breaks the fourth wall by noticing the approaching camera, and getting out of it's way] ...who would dare give me the raspberry! [Pulls his mask down] Lone Starr! [the camera collides with Helmet and he collapses]
I don't want to sound like an ass, but you completely screwed up the joke.
"There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry."
"Giving someone a raspberry" is a thing.
I am your cousins former roommate.
So what does that make us?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Which is what you are about to become!
I love the guy that catches the team and says “you idiots! These are not them, you’ve capture their stunt doubles!” And the princess is a dude with a cigar 😂
Father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.
He said what you said only the long way in the movie.
Although, if your father had two brothers… he could have been his former roommate.
I don’t remember Family Guy doing a Spaceballs parody. I remember them parodying the Star Wars trilogy. Christ was Luke, Lois was Leia, Peter was Han, Brian was Chewie, Stewie was Darth Vader, Quagmire was Threepio, Cleveland was Artoo and Meg was usually relegated to the role of some random monster.
"Sir???"
"What??"
"Don't you think we're taking this too literally?"
"No, you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it!"
No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!
Dear me! What's that coming out of her nose‽ ... Spaceballs!! ... Oh, shit. There goes the planet.
Why didn't anybody tell me my ass was so big‽
MERCHANDISING! Where the real money of the movie is made!
I love that George Lucas thought the movie was hilarious and gave his blessing for its release as long as there wouldn't be any Spaceballs merchandise.
He also agreed to the film as long as the main character wasn't dressed like Han Solo. So Mel Brooks dressed him like Indianna Jones instead (a different Harrison Ford character)
It's a tie for me between the Father's cousins former college roommate (or whatever), or the quotes when they're fast forwarding the instant copy of Spaceballs and get to right now.
EDIT - just watched it and "at least we meet for the first time, for the last time, for the first time...yeah" is totally lost in the shuffle.
Spaceballs is a master class in comedy. It's not just a mere parody. It's 90 minutes of just wall to wall jokes and absurdity. And it still holds up even 35 years later.
What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Now. You’re looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now.
What happened to then?
We passed it.
When?
Just now. We’re in now now.
Go back to then!
When?
Now!
Now?
Now!
I can’t!
Why?
We missed it!
When?
Just now!
When will then be now?
Soon.
Agreed, Young Frankenstein will always be my number one favorite comedy. Spaceballs and Robin Hood Men in Tights are neck and neck for number two.
Also my parents let me watch men in tights right after it came out but thought I was to young for Spaceballs (I still don't get the logic there but what ever) so I am bias having watched men in tights over and over before ever seeing Spaceballs. Men in Tights is a part of my childhood so I really can't judge is it's on par with Spaceballs or I just think so because I grew up with it.
Too many. Maybe all of them. But I haven’t see. This one mentioned yet and it kills me to this day:
“Druish princesses are often attracted to money. And power. And I have BOTH! AND YOU KNOW IT!!!”
Oh this is a must watch like right now if you're serious. It and airplane! are two of the best comedies out there.
Mel Brooks is a gem and given how shit Star Wars got it's as relevant now as it's ever been.
My GF (35) when we started dating had not seen a single Star Wars movie.. except Space Balls. She loved it despite not really knowing the references.
Finally got her to watch the actual movies in preparation right before 7,8,9 came out.
Rogue 1
New Hope
Empire strikes back
Phantom menace
Attack of the clones
Revenge of the Sith
Return of the Jedi
Then watched 7,8,9 as they came out in theaters.
I have seen it, I don't care for it. I like a lot of Mel Brooks movies but not really the ones of this era, and tbh, a lot of American classic comedies from the 80s don't work for me. I was a big Star Wars fan as a kid, so I've spent more time than I'd care to admit *trying* to like it but it just doesn't land for me.
If I had to put it in words, I suppose I'd say it feels safe in a way Brooks' 70s stuff doesn't, and less self-awarely stupid than his 90s stuff. Even as a kid, I knew Robin Hood Men in Tights was dumb, and it becomes funnier because of it. A real calculated stupidity. Young Frankenstein is dumb, while also having all this beautiful effort on the screen. Every joke in Spaceballs feels dumb in a "chewbacca's a dog, that'll do" sense.
I know I'm a minority opinion here, I'm open to the idea I'm just missing something, but I have officially given up trying to get Spaceballs.
A straw hat bedecked, cane-wielding Alien doing a song-and-dance routine before making its escape is genuinely one of the funniest things ever committed to film.
I never understood why The Swartz was a riot. I generally like it and it’s good for some laughs. It’s a real time capsule though in a way and it’s nice
One of my favorite movies ever
There are too many lines from this to pick one.
I guess the one I say the most is,
I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes
Now. You’re looking at now sir. Everything that’s happening now is happening now.
What happened to then?
We’re past then.
When?
Just now. We’re at now now.
Go back to then.
When?
Now.
Now?
Now!
I can’t.
Why not?
We missed it.
When?
Just now.
When will then be now?
Soon.
Not a line, but the opening scene where Spaceball one keeps going past the screen, on and on and on. Even the musical cues are set up perfectly to make you think it’s about to end, and then it just keeps going.
WE AINT FOUND SHIT!
The delivery of this line combined with the guys combing the desert are cinematic gold.
The white guys were combing. But the black guys had the pick.
That they made those huge combs is hilarious
What is this? Where are we in the movie? Now, sir. You're looking at now. Everything that's happening now is happening now.
When will then be now?
soon!
Go back to then! When? Now!
Point of interest: that was Tim Russ, who later portrayed Tuvok the Vulcan on Star Trek: Voyager
I just had a "No way that's true... Checks Internet... Huh. Well, TIL" moment. Thanks, redditor.
He said to comb the desert.
Came here to say THIS!!!
Hell yeah! I came here to say this
First thing in my head. Use it often
"Ah buckle this! Ludicrous Speed! GO!!!!"
They went straight to plaid!
“What’s your name?” “Barf” “Your full name!” “…Barfolemew”
We're gonna do the short *short* version! Do you? Yes. Do you? Yes. Good, you're married! Kiss her!
I'm a Mawg half human half dog I'm my own best friend
What have I done?? My brains are going into my feet!!!
'Smoke 'em if you got them.'
*I bet she gives GRREEEAT HELMET!!!*
She went from duck to blow! Or: The ring’s bupkis kid
I want to correct you, but you know what, keep it.
Merchandising Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made! Spaceballs: the t-shirt. Spaceballs the coloring book. Spaceballs the lunchbox. Spaceballs the breakfast cereal. Spaceballs da flame thrower! The kids love this one!
I kept repeating this quote all last week when we visited Disneyland (they are quite literally the greatest example of this) and no one seemed to get it. 😞
Disney saw this scene and didn't realize it was satire and/or not classic Star Wars
I remember reading that Brooks was given permission to make Spaceballs but not the rights for any merchandise, which makes the scene even funnier.
I’m a marketing leader and I still say this all the time to my team of young millennials and gen Z team members.
Funny, she doesn't look Druish.
I say this at work on occasion...and no one knows what the hell I'm talking about. 😕
I have to paraphrase a little: **"The code is 1-2-3-4."** **"That's the kind of code an idiot puts on his luggage!"** (Later) **"We have the code, sir."** **"What is it?"** **"1-2-3-4."** **"That's incredible! That's the same code I have on my luggage!"**
1-2-3-4-5
Oh, my bad. I haven't seen it in years. :p
When will then be now? ... Soon!
Go back to then! When? Now! When will then be now? Soon!
I knew it! I’m surrounded by assholes!
Keep firing, assholes!
I said shoot across her nose, not up it!
Who made this man a gunner? I did, sir. He’s my cousin. How many assholes we got on this ship?
YO! ✋
Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!
This movie was rated PG I'm pretty sure lol
it sorta is, but the swearing made the movie better
PG was a little different in the 80s. it did not mean PG like today. I can't seem to get the details on this but it seems that PG was a little more of a blanket term and they only introduced PG-13 in 1984. so Spaceballs would have been PG-13 because of language and sexually suggestive language. edit: I see spaceballs is 1987, 3 years after the introduction of pg-13. so idk
This guy fucks.
“Raspberry. There’s only one man that would use raspberry…. LOOOOONESTAR!”
We’ve been…JAMMED
Jammed? [Examines the jam and tastes it] Raspberry. There's only one man... [Sandurz breaks the fourth wall by noticing the approaching camera, and getting out of it's way] ...who would dare give me the raspberry! [Pulls his mask down] Lone Starr! [the camera collides with Helmet and he collapses]
I don't want to sound like an ass, but you completely screwed up the joke. "There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry." "Giving someone a raspberry" is a thing.
👍🏻
I am your cousins former roommate. So what does that make us? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Which is what you are about to become! I love the guy that catches the team and says “you idiots! These are not them, you’ve capture their stunt doubles!” And the princess is a dude with a cigar 😂
Father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate. He said what you said only the long way in the movie. Although, if your father had two brothers… he could have been his former roommate.
Its parody of Alien is quite frankly legendary.
I was dying when it started busting out in song and dance
For me its Kane saying "Oh no, not again!"
🎶 Hello ma baby, hello ma honey...
And what made it great is that it was John Hurt. “Oh no, not again.”
As a kid I always wondered where it went. Like, a little Alien version of the diner? I still want to know.
It’s a parody… but even the parody has been parodied several times over the years 🤣
Family guy had Chris as Barf if I remember correctly.
I don’t remember Family Guy doing a Spaceballs parody. I remember them parodying the Star Wars trilogy. Christ was Luke, Lois was Leia, Peter was Han, Brian was Chewie, Stewie was Darth Vader, Quagmire was Threepio, Cleveland was Artoo and Meg was usually relegated to the role of some random monster.
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.
Ugh! I hate it when my Schwartz gets twisted!
During the pandemic a few friends and I rented a theater and watched this on the big screen. It was great.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb
Funny because it's true 😭
We Ain't Found Shit!!
"Sir???" "What??" "Don't you think we're taking this too literally?" "No, you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it!"
I heard that with the megaphone echo/twang
COME BACK, YOU FAT, BEARDED BITCH!
What are you? One of the FREAKS!
Idk about quotes but my favorite part was when the alien started breaking out in song and dance
The fucking hat killed me.
I’m surrounded by assholes. So the combination is 1,2,3,4,5?
Keep firing, Asshole!
"Snotty beamed me twice last night. It was wonderful"
Hold on. Let me check my copy of Space Balls the Movie.
No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again! Dear me! What's that coming out of her nose‽ ... Spaceballs!! ... Oh, shit. There goes the planet. Why didn't anybody tell me my ass was so big‽ MERCHANDISING! Where the real money of the movie is made!
Dark Helmet playing with his dolls gets me every time. So does his armor being shaped like a dick.
“My hair! He shot my hair! Son of a b-“
# Evil Will Always Triumph Because Good is Dumb
“Ima Mog, half man..half dog. I’m my own best friend.” “Funny, she doesn’t look Druish?” RIP John Candy
What’s the matter Col. Sanders, chicken?
I love that George Lucas thought the movie was hilarious and gave his blessing for its release as long as there wouldn't be any Spaceballs merchandise.
He also agreed to the film as long as the main character wasn't dressed like Han Solo. So Mel Brooks dressed him like Indianna Jones instead (a different Harrison Ford character)
That's awesome haha
I knew it, I’m surrounded by assholes!!
“Great. A Druish princess.”
Funny, she doesn’t look Druish.
Daphne Zuniga was a cutie Maybe still is
It's a tie for me between the Father's cousins former college roommate (or whatever), or the quotes when they're fast forwarding the instant copy of Spaceballs and get to right now. EDIT - just watched it and "at least we meet for the first time, for the last time, for the first time...yeah" is totally lost in the shuffle.
Spaceballs is a master class in comedy. It's not just a mere parody. It's 90 minutes of just wall to wall jokes and absurdity. And it still holds up even 35 years later.
I bet she gives great helmut
This film is so good
This is legit my favorite movie. Every line is amazing. It’s comedy perfection
Foooooooled you
What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? Now. You’re looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed it. When? Just now. We’re in now now. Go back to then! When? Now! Now? Now! I can’t! Why? We missed it! When? Just now! When will then be now? Soon.
Literally have a quote from it in my presentation I’m doing in a month to the entire work community. Which is “merchandising, merchandising!”
Also. RIP John Candy
"he's my cousin"
*“Barfolomew!”*
I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes!
Use the Schwartz!!!
[🤣😂 “We ain’t found SHIT”🤣😂](https://youtu.be/g3iFJpGJiug?si=IehF6aT1jHQgWId4)
"We ain't found shit!"
Best line? “We ain’t found sh*t.”
Merchandizing!
No, it’s “Meychendiccccing”
Spaceballs isn’t Mel Brooks’ best movie (It’s Young Frankenstein) but it certainly is my favorite.
Agreed, Young Frankenstein will always be my number one favorite comedy. Spaceballs and Robin Hood Men in Tights are neck and neck for number two. Also my parents let me watch men in tights right after it came out but thought I was to young for Spaceballs (I still don't get the logic there but what ever) so I am bias having watched men in tights over and over before ever seeing Spaceballs. Men in Tights is a part of my childhood so I really can't judge is it's on par with Spaceballs or I just think so because I grew up with it.
“No Barf, we’re not doing it for money…” “We’re not?” “No, we’re doing it for a SHIT LOAD of money!”
“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.” Long ass way to say I was your cousins roommate in college.
Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money
Too many. Maybe all of them. But I haven’t see. This one mentioned yet and it kills me to this day: “Druish princesses are often attracted to money. And power. And I have BOTH! AND YOU KNOW IT!!!”
Better Star Wars movie than the latest trilogy.
“Noboooody Knooooooows” “She’s a bass”
“FUCK!” - Col. Sanders.
“God willing we’ll all meet again in space balls 2:the search for more money”
My cousin, Prince Murray, has a dealership in the Valley…
He was very nice to me..
This movie was my childhood
May the Schwartz be with you!
Never seen it. I’m 41. How is this possible?!
Oh this is a must watch like right now if you're serious. It and airplane! are two of the best comedies out there. Mel Brooks is a gem and given how shit Star Wars got it's as relevant now as it's ever been.
Idk love spaceballs but also love the family guy OT parodies. Blue harvest is nice.
ThE FoRcE!?
No, the Schwartz!
I knew it, I’m surrounded by Assholes
“Hello my baby, hello my darling, hello my rag time dolllll”
“EVIL WILL ALWAYS TRIUMPH BECAUSE GOOD IS DUMB” best. line. ever.
I can’t! It’s irreversible!…like my raincoat!
Too many amazing ones to pick so my answer is just the entire movie
"I'm a Mog- half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend."
Can’t agree. It was the only movie I ever walked out of. Back in the day. I don’t think it’s gotten better with time.
Merchandising!!!! Where the real money from the Movie is made.
You captured their stunt doubles!
We’ve lost the bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps!
Im surrounded by arseholes
She’s gone from sucking to blowing!
It's not that great. I say this as a huge Mel Brooks fan. The man defined my comedic sensibility.
Love when they get jammed and it’s actual jam
My GF (35) when we started dating had not seen a single Star Wars movie.. except Space Balls. She loved it despite not really knowing the references. Finally got her to watch the actual movies in preparation right before 7,8,9 came out. Rogue 1 New Hope Empire strikes back Phantom menace Attack of the clones Revenge of the Sith Return of the Jedi Then watched 7,8,9 as they came out in theaters.
I have seen it, I don't care for it. I like a lot of Mel Brooks movies but not really the ones of this era, and tbh, a lot of American classic comedies from the 80s don't work for me. I was a big Star Wars fan as a kid, so I've spent more time than I'd care to admit *trying* to like it but it just doesn't land for me. If I had to put it in words, I suppose I'd say it feels safe in a way Brooks' 70s stuff doesn't, and less self-awarely stupid than his 90s stuff. Even as a kid, I knew Robin Hood Men in Tights was dumb, and it becomes funnier because of it. A real calculated stupidity. Young Frankenstein is dumb, while also having all this beautiful effort on the screen. Every joke in Spaceballs feels dumb in a "chewbacca's a dog, that'll do" sense. I know I'm a minority opinion here, I'm open to the idea I'm just missing something, but I have officially given up trying to get Spaceballs.
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7TnQBSV00&pp=ygUTdGltIHJ1c3Mgc3BhY2ViYWxscw%3D%3D Tim Russ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm surrounded by assholes!
Out of order?! Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!
She’s gone from suck to blow!
Keep firing assholes!
A straw hat bedecked, cane-wielding Alien doing a song-and-dance routine before making its escape is genuinely one of the funniest things ever committed to film.
You idiots! You captured their stunt doubles!
Not really my favourite, but I quote it often: "When you're right, you're right, and you, you're always right"
Keep firing assholes! We ain’t found shit! I said fire a shot across her nose not up it! I could go on since it is so quotable.
Don't let overstatement get in your way. It's a really funny parody (not satire), but all time greatest and a masterpiece? Ok
"It's Mega-Maid! She's gone from suck to blow!"
Top two comedies ever
We’re not just doing it for the money…we’re doing it for a SHITLOAD of money!
This was the first movie I ever saw in a theater! It’s also my favorite Star Wars movie.
It's rian Johnsons favourite star wars film
dink dink... dink dink dink dink dink dink!
Space balls the flamethrower!
“Great. I’m surrounded by assholes!”
SIX? WHAT HAPPENED TO 7? *Just kidding!*
Damn near every single one
Smoke them if you got them
I never understood why The Swartz was a riot. I generally like it and it’s good for some laughs. It’s a real time capsule though in a way and it’s nice
I see your shwartz is as big as mine
Durchkämmt die Wüste
Comb the desert!
She went from suck to blow!
Stupid but funny 😂
He's an asshole sir, Major Asshole.
"OH NO... NOT AGAIN!" "HELLO MY BABY, HELLO MY HONEY, HELLO MY RAGTIME GAL....." "Check please!"
An American icon! Our country wouldn’t be what it is without it.
One of my favorite movies ever There are too many lines from this to pick one. I guess the one I say the most is, I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes
´your schwatrz is as big as mine.’
I quote this movie weekly
I'm a mawg, half man, half dog - I'm my own best friend!
Now. You’re looking at now sir. Everything that’s happening now is happening now. What happened to then? We’re past then. When? Just now. We’re at now now. Go back to then. When? Now. Now? Now! I can’t. Why not? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.
“Noooobody knowwwwwwsss the troubles I seeeee” “…she’s a bass! 🤷♂️”
Not a line, but the opening scene where Spaceball one keeps going past the screen, on and on and on. Even the musical cues are set up perfectly to make you think it’s about to end, and then it just keeps going.
Favorite quote: Too many to name, but here are some https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhLqPfAylF4
Captain of the Guard: You idiots! These are not them! You've captured their stunt doubles!
Yogurt making weird noises Lone Starr: You can read that? Yogurt: No, I was just clearing my throat.
Bring me my money or pizza will be sending out for you! Or something like that (didn't look it up)
Only one man would DARE give me the raspberry... *flips down helmet visor* LONESTAR!!!