Spaceballs/Trivia

• Mel Brooks was worried about getting George Lucas's approval to make the movie. Lucas, however, was cool with it...on one condition: No merchandising. Says it all right there, really...

• Hey, It's That Guy!
  • The black Spaceball combing the desert who says "We ain't found shit!" is Tim Russ, years before he would play Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager.
  • The second Spaceball from that scene that says "Not a thing, sir!" and the Spaceball on Dark Helmet's right that helps him up after the Ludicrous Speed meltdown is Rob Paulsen!
  • Not to mention Michael "That Sound Effects Guy From Police Academy" Winslow manning the Mr. Radar.
  • And Dom DeLuise as the dreaded Pizza the Hutt. Of course, Dom DeLuise was part of Mel Brooks' Production Posse.
  • Dr. Schlotkins's sexy nurse is none other than Brenda Strong.
  • And who could forget President Whitmore as Lone Starr?
  • How about Joan Rivers looking more natural than at any other point in her career?
    • The robot itself was actually Lorene Yarnell of Shields and Yarnell.
  • While uncredited from the final product, Michael York is the Ape that says "There goes the planet!" Similarly, John Hurt also appears as a parody of his character from Alien.
  • Stephen Tobolowsky as the "You captured their stunt doubles!" guy.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: The Japanese dubbed version has some hilarious casting choices, since many of them worked in sci-fi related stuff.
  • Lone Star is Hochu Otsuka (Jiraiya and Yazan Gable).
  • Princess Vespa is Kikuko Inoue (I-No and Belldandy -- and being NOT the first time she voices an annoying and bitchy girl for a change).
  • Dark Helmet is Kei Tomiyama (Yang Wenli -- Hilarious in Hindsight considering that Yang is a lazy but brilliant military genius and Dark Helmet is a whiny boy with poor tactical prowness]]).
  • Col. Sandurz is Masaru Ikeda (Ikki Yoneda -- Hilarious in Hindsight just like with Dark Helmet: Yoneda is a badass military prodigy and Sandurz is even WORSE than Helmet in the military stuff department]]).
  • Yogurth is Michio Hazama (the Capt. Bruno Global).
• Throw It In
  • The moment with Dark Helmet's dolls. Rick Moranis was handed the figures a few moments before the cameras rolled and told to do something funny.
  • Rick Moranis also came up with the idea to deepen his voice James Earl Jones-style every time he closed his helmet.
  • John Candy actually forgot to unbuckle his seatbelt leading to the "Oh, that's going to leave a mark." joke being the actor's comment...
• You Look Familiar: Mel Brooks plays both President Skroob and Yogurt.
• President Skroob's luggage combination routinely appears on The Worst Passwords List.