User blog:ARTaylor/30 Years of Spaceballs

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the premiere of Spaceballs. The film by master filmmaker Mel Brooks, it parodies the stories and tropes of popular science fiction films such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, and Planet of the Apes. It came out to mixed reviews and did decently at the box office, though it has since grown in appreciation and is considered one of Brooks' best films and was followed by a short-lived animated series. The film features the talents of Tim Russ as the desert trooper who "ain't found shit," Corey Burton as one of the Dinks, and Rob Paulsen as another desert trooper and another Dink.