Overview: From a galaxy not so far away come these hilarious animated adventures based on Mel Brooks’ 1987 comedy Spaceballs - the greatest sci-fi spoof of all time!

Join Yogurt, President Skroob, Lone Starr, Barf, Princess Vespa and the dastardly, dorky Dark Helmet for a blast of interstellar insanity. Directed and voiced by comic genius Mel Brooks and featuring voices from the film’s original stars Daphna Zuniga and Joan Rivers, SPACEBALLS: THE ANIMATED SERIES pokes fun at everything under the sun, from pop culture and politics to megahit movies and more!

Set your lasers on stunningly funny for all 13 hilarious episodes (PLUS, the 2-part pilot episode) and May the Schwartz Be With You!

Blu-ray Verdict: Sure, the original Spaceballs (1987) was a film mostly for adults, but the comedy and jokes were tamed down for a broader market. And market is the word here, because this show was solely built of marketing the original movie, but over the years some people have complained that it is sexist, depicting women as objects with huge bouncing mammary glands and so forth!

Another recurring complaint is that the series is mostly parodies of other films. Wait, what?! So what exactly did people expect from a series based on a parody of a film? I mean, for one, yes, it is, and secondly given how poorly this series is animated, none of that stopped me (or my legion of friends) from thoroughly enjoying our Happy Tree Friends or Xiao Xiao’s fighting stick figures!

I think the problem here is that people didn’t get the actual comedy underneath the goofy surface of the original Spaceballs. As much as Princess Leia tries to break away from the stereotypical damsel-in-distress role in Star Wars (1977), she is pushed back every single time in Episodes IV, V and VI (she only manages to do it much later, when she’s old and supposedly not a sexual object anymore).

That’s the kind of social comment present in Spaceballs that most people seemed to have missed. And in Spaceballs: The Animated Series, it goes further, when Princess Vespa refuses Lonestar’s proposal, because she wants to stay a young princess, and not become an old queen.

The goofy jokes are still there, some really very silly, just for laughs, but there is still a lot of social comment in this series. In short, and with original actors Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers adding their distinctive voices to this visual brilliance; along with Mel himself reproducing the dual roles of Skroob and Yogurt, I cannot recommend this series highly enough. [C.K.]

Bonus Features:
2.0 Stereo Audio
Optional English Subtitles
Spaceballs (1987) Original Theatrical Trailer
Spaceballs 2 (2027) Teaser Trailer
Collectible Mini-Poster
Limited Edition Slipcover (First Pressing Only)

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