Spaceballs: The Trivia
Spaceballs is full of subtle humor that is sometimes only truly appreciated after dozens of viewings. Here is a list of Spaceball trivia that will hopefully satisfy even the most ravenous Spaceball Fan. Enjoy.
Spaceballs had a gross of $39 million in the theaters and had made nearly $20 million from video rentals
Skroob is an anagram of Brooks
Spaceballs is a parody of Star Wars....Duh!
Opening Scroll:
Once upon a time warp......
In a galaxy, very, very, very,
very far away there lived
a ruthless race of beings
known as.....Spaceballs
Chapter Eleven
The evil leaders of Planet
Spaceballs having foolishly
squandered their precious
atmosphere, have devised a
secret plan to take every
breath of air away from
their peace-loving neighbor
Planet Druidia.
Today is Princess Vespa's
wedding day. Unbeknownst
to the princess but knownst
to us, danger lurks in the
stars above...
If you can read this, you
don't need glasses.
Time it takes to view the entire Spaceball 1: approximately 1 minute 36 seconds
Dark Helmet's schwartz Ring - A Cobra Head
Yogurt's schwartz Ring - A "s" on the face of the ring
Name of the Spaceball 1's Radar: Mr. Radar
Name of Spaceball 1's Coffee Machine: Mr. Coffee
TODAY
The Royal Wedding
Of
Princess Vespa To Prince Valium
TOMORROW
Bingo
Eagle 5's (The Winnebago with WIngs) bumper sticker: "I (heart) Uranus"
Lone Starr and Barf owe 1 million spacebucks (w/ interest) to Pizza the Hut
Princess Vespa's car: White Mercedes 2001 SCL Limited Edition, Moonroof, All leather interior: License Plate: Spoiled Rotten 1 (Expanded) bought from Prince Murray
Components of a radar: (according to Michael Winslow)
1- Bleeps
2- Sweeps
3- Creeps
Radar is jammed with: Raspberry
Pongo is the name of Brooks' dog
1- Barf is half man/ half dog!(His own best friend) A MAWG
Spaceball 1's Speeds:
1- Light Speed (Hyperactive)
2- Ridiculous Speed
3- Ludicrous Speed (Plaid)
1)Spaceballs
2)Young Frankenstein
3)Blazing Saddles
4)History of the World Part 1
5)Twelve Chairs
6)Silent Movie
7)To be or Not to be
Planet Lone Starr and Co. are stuck on: Moon of Vega
Amount of gas put into tank: 5 bucks worth
Lone Starr was found on the doorstep
of a monastery
Dot Matrix's Modes:
1)Sleep Mode
2)Virgin Alarm
3)Super Vision
There are six (6) dinks.
The dinks remind Lone Starr of Disneyland
1)Yogurt Doll
2)Spaceballs the T-Shirt
3)Spaceballs the Breakfast Cereal
4)Spaceballs the Coloring Book
5)Spaceballs the Flame Thrower
6)Spaceballs the Lunch Box
7)Spaceballs the Plate (not mentioned)
8)Spaceballs the Toilet Paper
9)Spaceballs the Towel
10)Spaceballs the Sheets
11)Spaceballs the Shaving Cream
12)Spaceballs the Placemat
The Sequel?: Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money (an obvious play on Search for Spock)
Dark Helmet has five (5) dolls:
1)Dark Helmet
2)Lone Starr
3)Princess Vespa
4)Barf
5)Dot Matrix
The Druidia air shield combination is 1-2-3-4-5 (same as Skroob's luggage)
Spaceballs Prison Complex: Prison Ball 28: Royal Prisoner Section: Cell 2: is where Vespa and Dot are held
Princess Vespa is a Bass.
Spaceball 1's alter ego: Mega Maid
You apply the Vulcan Neck Pinch where the shoulder meets the neck
The relationship( besides absolutely nothing) between Helmet and Lone Starr is Helmet is Lonestar's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
Lone Starr's Schwartz Color - Yellow-Orange
Helmet's Schwartz Color - Green
Lone Starr's Schwartz is as big as Dark Helmets
Yogurt's Ring was found in a Cracker-Jack box
Self-destruction time for Spaceball 1/Mega-Maid is 3:00 minutes
There is a circus, mall, and zoo on Spaceball 1.
Pongo reviews Rocky 5000
The desert dune scenes were filmed in Yuma Arizona
Brooks was extremely allergic to the gold dust in the makeup for Yogurt. His scenes had to be filmed days apart to allow him time to recover.
TODAY
The Royal Wedding
Of
Princess Vespa and Prince Valium
Take Two
Lone Starr only took $248 spacebucks for lunch, gas, and tolls.
Liquid Schwartz : The best fuel in the universe!
The last scene with Helmet, Sanders, and Skroob and the disembodied head of the statue of liberty with the apes is a parody of Planet of the Apes.
Look! It's the Millennium Falcon at the In-N-Out Diner parking!
Barf is short for Barfolemew.
"Can we talk?" is Joan Rivers famous line.
Joan Rivers did not play Dot Matrix she is only the voice of Dot Matrix (obviously)
Spaceball 1 bumper sticker: We brake for Nobody
Sgt. Rico is really a Spaceball
Col. Sanders is played by George Wyner who also played Gillette Fletch's Ex-wife's lawyer in Fletch and Fletch Lives.
Yes, that is Bon Jovi that Barf is rocking out to aboard Eagle 5.
Original amount owed to Pizza the Hut:$ 100,000 Space Bucks.
Amount of Late Charges:$ 900,000 Space Bucks
King Roland's phone number is 1-800-DRUIDIA
Vespa's License plate reads SPOIL D ROTT N C
Did you notice that to stay warm at night in the desert they burn the royal matched luggage.
At the end of filming, John Candy gave each member of the cast and crew a golden dog bone plaque from 'Barf'.
The Mercedes Spaceship that Vespa and Dot flee the Wedding in is actually a refitted 'groundcar' from the Logan's Run television series.
