In this bonus episode we are tying into our month-long discussions about 80s sci-fi comedies we are turning our attention to the revered cult classic directed and written by the spoof legend Mel Brooks, Spaceballs. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie connected with audiences and alienated critics, and why that might have been the case, how Brooks who was one of the pioneers of the spoof comedy ended up overshadowed by more raunchy comedians together with edgier spoofs like Airplane! and The Naked Gun and how Spaceballs remains quite unique because even though it is there to parody one of the biggest movies of all time, it has cultivated its own footprint as well. Finally, we talk about Rick Moranis in his iconic role, we squabble over Bill Pullman and also note that Elon Musk has potentially done some cultural damage by including associations to Spaceballs in his products.

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