130 Spaceballs (1987)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
130 Spaceballs (1987)
- One of the ships parked at the diner is the the Millenium Falcon from
"Star Wars (1977)" (qv).
- When President Skroob meets the twins, he tells them to ``chew their gum.''
This is a reference to ``Doublemint'' commercials featuring twins.
- Colonel Sanders is the name of the man who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Dark Helmet says ``What's the matter, Colonel Sanders? Chicken?''
- When Dark Helmet asks for transformation into Meter Maid he says ``Perpare
for Metamorphosis, are you ready Kafka?'' 'Franz Kafka' (qv) wrote a novel
called ``The Metamorphosis.''
- President Scroobs' name is an anagram of 'Mel Brooks' (qv)', the man
who plays him.
- The ``chestbuster'' scene in the interstellar diner features
'John Hurt' (qv), who suffered the same fate in "Alien (1979)" (qv). In an
obscure joke, the creature emulates the singing frog in the classic Warner
Brothers cartoon ``One Froggy Evening''.
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