Spaceballs: The Animated Series

Spaceballs the Animated show

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092100997.html

((The 1987 film, which starred Brooks, Rick Moranis and John Candy, parodied "Star Wars" and other sci-fi movies. The new animated version will poke fun at blockbuster movies, reality TV, politics and pop culture.))

(("Spaceballs: The Animated Series" will air on the G4 television network beginning next fall, it was announced Wednesday.))

This is great news. I’ve always loved that movie. The movie pretty much takes a jab at all the Sci-fi shows and movies. I hope they keep the goofiness from the film in the series.

And, one of my favorite bits in the movie is the VCR gag. The Spaceball villains want to track down the good guys so they pop in a tape of Spaceballs: The Movie into the VCR. They fast-forward through the movie until they come across themselves watching themselves watching themselves watching the movie.

Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Colonel Sandurz: Now. You're looking at now sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happened to then?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at now, now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to then!
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now!
Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.
Dark Helmet: How soon?
Video Operator: Sir!
[Dark Helmet has becomed far too confused and everyone now ignores him even though he's center screen]
Dark Helmet: What?
Video Operator: We've identified their location.
Dark Helmet: Where?