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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are using the Schwartz, rescuing a princess, and taking down the biggest small baddie in the galaxy in the 1987 film from Mel Brooks, Spaceballs.

Dark Helmet is on an unstoppable rampage in his quest to steal all of that delicious air from Planet Druidia. There’s only one space bandit who can stop him and rescue the beautiful Princess Vespa in the process. That man is Lone Starr.

Oh, and his trusty dog-man companion/probably sometimes the actual brains of the outfit, Barf. Can’t leave home without him!

Faced with nearly insurmountable odds, our intrepid pair of heroes learn what it takes to become true space-wizards (or whatever the hell Jedi actually are). It’s the Hero’s Journey here, folks! We’ve got definite story beats to make along the way to saving the world. There’s also the matter of a massive debt to paid off, so they can’t go in unprepared.

But Dark Helmet is no pushover. He’s going to make the mission as difficult as possible. There will be a battle the likes of which this or any other galaxy has ever seen. It’s going to be one heck of a hilarious ride.

(Recorded on February 2, 2022)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Spaceballs - IMDb

Spaceballs trailer - YouTube

Mel Brooks - IMDb

Rick Moranis - IMDb

Bill Pullman - IMDb

John Candy - IMDb

Daphne Zuniga - IMDb

Adam West - IMDb

Batman (1966) - IMDb

George Lucas - IMDb

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - IMDb

Jaws (1975) - IMDb

Airplane! (1980) - IMDb

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - IMDb

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) - IMDb

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - IMDb

Shrek (2001) - IMDb

Bill Pullman - IMDb

Bill Paxton - IMDb

Twister (1996) - IMDb

Blazing Saddles (1974) - IMDb

Robert Downey Jr. - IMDb

Tropic Thunder (2008) - IMDb

Wonka (2023) - IMDb

Timothée Chalamet - IMDb

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - IMDb

Gene Wilder - IMDb

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - IMDb

Oprah Winfrey - Wikipedia

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