Spaceballs

Episode 10: Spaceballs (1987)

Theme: Mel Brooks Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis strap on their Schwartz rings and blast off into Spaceballs — Mel Brooks’ sci-fi spoof that fearlessly asks: What if Star Wars had less budget, more yogurt, and a Winnebago with wings?

Join your favorite pair of desert-wandering, jam-radar-jamming nobodies as they dive into:

• Why Rick Moranis’ Dark Helmet remains the greatest villain to ever get concussed by his own oversized cosplay accessory.

• How Barf the Mog is somehow both the most loyal sidekick AND the world’s most chaotic Golden Retriever.

• The merchandising, merchandising, merchandising — from Spaceballs: The Flamethrower to Spaceballs: The Breakfast Cereal.

• How Mel Brooks convinced George Lucas to approve the parody by promising just one thing: absolutely no merchandise… then made fun of the concept nonstop for two hours.

• Why Lone Star and Princess Vespa fall in love in the most 80s way possible: insulting each other into attraction.

• And of course, the timeless philosophical debate: When will then be now? (Soon.)

From hyperspace to ludicrous speed, from Mega Maid to the world’s laziest royal wedding, Oz and Curtis revisit the sci-fi classic that taught an entire generation that good is dumb, evil is clumsy, and yogurt is eternal.

Final Verdict:
Oz — 10 out of 10 giant combs
Curtis — 96 Mr. Rental loyalty punches
Both — Still afraid of going plaid.