Image Credit: A still from Spaceballs (Image: MGM) Imagine entering a toy store on a hot summer afternoon in 1987, trying to obtain a plastic flamethrower or a doll of your favorite villain. You would ...
Yesterday, Mel Brooks formally announced that we’re finally getting a follow-up to Spaceballs, and this time it’s a feature film and not a janky cartoon that seemed to parody everything but Star Wars.
More specifically, we’re talking about the merchandising gag in Spaceballs. There’s a great story behind that scene and we’re eager to fill you in on how it came to be. The Merchandising Sequence in ...