Such a simple idea of switching it to a live feed and they played it masterfully. Mel Brooks is a genius for coming up with that. It's one of my favorite scenes.
Helmet: "When does this happen in the movie?" Sanders: "Now, you're looking at now sir, everything that happens now is happening now" Helmet: "What happened to then?" Sanders: "Passed it" Helmet: "When?" Sanders: "Just now. We're in now now" Helmet: "Go back to then." Sanders: "When?" Helmet: "Now!" Sanders: "No, I can't!" Helmet: "Why?" Sanders: "We missed it!" Helmet: "When?" Sanders: "Just now!" Helmet: "When will there be now?" Sanders: "Soon!" best part of the movie
The german Synchro is funny. Back to then is translatet with back to the future. Zurück in die Zukunft! But for me it is one of the bester Moviedialouges ever.
Anyone else find this to be a little slice of Nostradamus? Movies out before they’re finished. Think about it: Trailers these days basically give you most of the movie, and then they’re on streaming even before they’re in the theater.
Right after we saw this in the theatre, I was pregnant and tired and jokingly asked my husband to do the dishes as he was on his way out the door to golf. We didn’t have a dishwasher. He turned around, walked over to the microwave, beeped a couple buttons and said, “Setting it to Ludicrous Wash…Now.” Still makes me laugh all these years later!
I love how the villain is portrayed here: Small man who tries to compensate with a much too big piece of clothing equipment. Always nervous and worried that someone may find out that he is actually mildly dumb. Not up to date with current developments and dependent on others to explain things and make suggestions without rubbing that in...
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time; a brilliant, funny, self-promoting, post-modernist idea. I'm a writer, and often when I'm in the midst of creative blues, I wish to myself I could fast-forward to get to the finished piece right away :)
One of the greatest gags of all time. Note how he's always got his coffee when watching radar. Everybody knows that! I also love the "who, what, where, when" reference. So many subtle things beyond the obvious 4th wall break!
My four favorite Mel Brooks movies, in no particular order: Silent Movie (probably my favorite, criminally underrated) Blazing Saddles Spaceballs History of the World Part One
As a philosophy phd studying the concept of time I think back on watching this scene often. I was thinking about it way longer than anyone else I was watching the movie with at like age 10. I guess I never stopped thinking about it. When is now? I still cannot say.
@@BURGERLAND369 due to enthropy there must be a tiny lag between the material base of consciousness entering now and sending the information about that to recollection. Therefore although you definitly was in the now, you cannot truly fully realize it due to ping issues.
Dark Helmet: Before you die there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr. Lone Starr: What? Dark Helmet: I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate. Lone Starr: What's that make us? Dark Helmet: Absolutely nothing! Which is what you are about to become. Prepare to die!
It was the only movie I had on tape as a kid, so it was lucky that I had a copy of my favourite movie and like you, have watched it a hundred times. Dialogue almost fully memorized haha.
I'm fan of Starwars, but I love the movie. I think "The Last Jedi" made "an easter egg" for this movie in the scene where the shield is shut down during a few seconds.
An incredible. comedy parody movie. Love it from my childhood. Oh, and this episode in an absolute brilliance. The episode that I remembered most brightly.
I have been collecting the VHS versions of the Mel Brooks films with the cases matching the ones in this scene. I found all except Blazing Saddles. I think they made up a sleeve box for it in this movie. I can only find it looking like that in a black clamshell case.
@@user-kc2fu8iw3v a 2nd camera. its 1987 so this was shot on film. If you look close you can tell the perspective is a little different. On the TV, the gap between Rick Moranis and Michael Winslow is larger than the film cameras perspective and on the other side the gap between George Wymer and Winslow is smaller suggesting the television camera is just off to the right of the film camera (from our perspective as viewers).
This scene was one of my first exposures to meta humor. It couldn't have been a better one. Extra props to Mel Brooks for the Abbot & Costello humor :)
Finally, the entire hilarious scene, and from the studio itself, no less! Indisputably one of the best instances of breaking the fourth wall ever.
the best one
Easily.
they didn't just break it....they smashed it
I had to briefly break myself from work to find this part lol
I think this is the last scene they shot xD
One of the greatest parody movie of all time. Mel Brooks genius of comedy and cinema.
Absolutely The Best 🤗🙌
Inspired from Science Fictions like Star Wars, Allien & Predator
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 Allien & Predator..really?
I still refer to this as the Star Wars movie 🤣🤣🤣
In Heaven there will be an entire building complex of Mel's films with countless actors.
Such a simple idea of switching it to a live feed and they played it masterfully. Mel Brooks is a genius for coming up with that. It's one of my favorite scenes.
No, no, no. Instant cassette, remember? 😂😂
Mel Brooks is a MAD genius!
Forget my children, this scene will be the last thing I ever think of when I die 😂
One of the best fourth wall breaks from a movie in general.
It's not one of the best, it IS the best
CORRECTION
One of the best fourth wall breaks from a movie in -general- Colonel (Sanders)
Best fourth wall break ever! And it even advances the story!
SpaceBalls the flamethrower, the kids love these.
Was good too. I love this movie
what about cutting the camera guy with lighsaber later in the movie? or catching the stunt-dublers?
Helmet: "When does this happen in the movie?"
Sanders: "Now, you're looking at now sir, everything that happens now is happening now"
Helmet: "What happened to then?"
Sanders: "Passed it"
Helmet: "When?"
Sanders: "Just now. We're in now now"
Helmet: "Go back to then."
Sanders: "When?"
Helmet: "Now!"
Sanders: "No, I can't!"
Helmet: "Why?"
Sanders: "We missed it!"
Helmet: "When?"
Sanders: "Just now!"
Helmet: "When will there be now?"
Sanders: "Soon!"
best part of the movie
Helmet: "How soon?"
And all the while, Who's on first?
@@ThatOneMusicianFromGnB soon they will be be our prisoners.
The german Synchro is funny.
Back to then is translatet with back to the future. Zurück in die Zukunft!
But for me it is one of the bester Moviedialouges ever.
Classic writing!
Prepare to fast forward
Preparing to fast forward.
Such good writing.
What are you preparing? You're always preparing. Just fast forward.
Too funny
@@theunknowncommenter725 no, you fool, they told us to fast forward the movie, so we’re fast forwarding it.
Anyone else find this to be a little slice of Nostradamus? Movies out before they’re finished. Think about it: Trailers these days basically give you most of the movie, and then they’re on streaming even before they’re in the theater.
@@frederickdefeo3768 in the theatre now?
I like how we're seeing Dark Helmet's regret on Ludicrus Speed
Right after we saw this in the theatre, I was pregnant and tired and jokingly asked my husband to do the dishes as he was on his way out the door to golf. We didn’t have a dishwasher. He turned around, walked over to the microwave, beeped a couple buttons and said, “Setting it to Ludicrous Wash…Now.”
Still makes me laugh all these years later!
@@pennyrobinson4266 Very funny indeed
Wouldn't you love to see them looking at what happens to Skroob when he tried beaming?
@@sha11235 haha, that would be good
@@pennyrobinson4266 😂
1:21 The look on Rick Moranis's face kills.
I feel like Rick Moranis just always kills. “When will then be now? - Soon!” Is probably my all time favorite exchange in movie history.
WHOOOOOOO!? **helmet shuts**
Probably one of the most creative live action movie 4th wall breaks ever
I love how all of the VHS tapes that are facing out are all Mel Brooks films!!!! There's a whole shelf of Rocky films too - 1 through 14! 🤣🤣🤣
There's a gag later on where they announce a review of Rocky 5000. Maybe Dark Helmet was just a fan of the classics?
There’s also Friday the 13th on that shelf.
@@Coco_1958 Good catch! I didn't even pick up on that until you picked it out!
That was the joke.
But there’s 5000 of them now??!!!
I love how the villain is portrayed here: Small man who tries to compensate with a much too big piece of clothing equipment. Always nervous and worried that someone may find out that he is actually mildly dumb. Not up to date with current developments and dependent on others to explain things and make suggestions without rubbing that in...
Sanders: Instant cassettes. They're out in stores before the movie is finished.
Sanders predicting bootlegging before it became mainstream.
Now it instantly blue ray….. wait instantly stream movies. Hmmm
Moichandising, where the really money is made!
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time; a brilliant, funny, self-promoting, post-modernist idea. I'm a writer, and often when I'm in the midst of creative blues, I wish to myself I could fast-forward to get to the finished piece right away :)
This scene was meta even for Mel Brooks.
I miss these kind of movies.
To this day whenever my family and I want to fast forward through commercials one of us always belts out, "prepare to fast forward!"
A full masterclass for screenwriters wrapped up in just two minutes.
A master example of the philosophical concept of 'Now"
The Power of NOW so well explained in this short.
One of the greatest gags of all time. Note how he's always got his coffee when watching radar. Everybody knows that!
I also love the "who, what, where, when" reference. So many subtle things beyond the obvious 4th wall break!
The coffee this time wasn't too hot.
Come on! Everyone knows Lord Helmet has his Mr. Coffee while he’s watching the Mr. Radar… right to the Mr. Rental.
My four favorite Mel Brooks movies, in no particular order:
Silent Movie (probably my favorite, criminally underrated)
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
History of the World Part One
That dialog is the Mel brooks version of Who’s on first !! Brilliant !!!
Yes indeed. He must’ve heard that bit a million times.
This was literally me as a kid trying to follow on with the X-Men story arcs
😂😂😂
Or worse, Kingdom Hearts
George Wyner is killing it with his dialogue.
As a philosophy phd studying the concept of time I think back on watching this scene often. I was thinking about it way longer than anyone else I was watching the movie with at like age 10. I guess I never stopped thinking about it. When is now? I still cannot say.
Now is now. Your now was 2 months ago, which is then. When is now? I can not say until the next person comes along.
Welcome to Now Gentlemen. Oops, you just missed it. Sorry.
@@TheDooDooRanger If now is then, which then am I now?
These replies are making my brain hurt, it’s funny, keep it going.
@@BURGERLAND369 due to enthropy there must be a tiny lag between the material base of consciousness entering now and sending the information about that to recollection. Therefore although you definitly was in the now, you cannot truly fully realize it due to ping issues.
CLASSIC. The Spinners song, Spaceballs that they play during the countdown is classic too. This is prob one of my fave scenes.
Spaceballs! Watch out! I had no idea it was The Spinners that sang the theme song. Glorious.
They nailed the reality of time in that one ..
Mel Brooks no limits to comedy.
This include spoilers in his own movie.
One of the greatest comedies of all time! So many legends, including the great Rick Moranis, one of the classiest Hollywood actors ever.
Mel Brooks movies are the greatest.
If you notice the video cassettes are for other Mel Brookes movies
Apart from Rocky 1 to Rocky 14
How wild would it have been if Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula Dead & Loving It were on that shelf?
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_ControlSoon.
I knew this long ago. Probably a way to introduce new audiences to his work up till then.
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control Watching those films and Life Stinks I did think of this scene.
I am today years old when I realized all the Rocky sequels on the bottom shelf.
I love that you can see the corporal smiling as lord helmet has his little freak out
Dark Helmet: Before you die there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr.
Lone Starr: What?
Dark Helmet: I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
Lone Starr: What's that make us?
Dark Helmet: Absolutely nothing! Which is what you are about to become. Prepare to die!
0:53 I have cover of the VHS on my 4K Blu ray copy of Spaceballs! I love that movie!
and were still at now, meaning why are we still watching them, Now! cus we love erm all still now
This scene is absolutely brilliant and my favorite scene in the movie.
May the fourth wall be with you! Great scene.
One of my favorite scenes
This is my favorite movie of all time. Ive probably watched it over 200 times.
It was the only movie I had on tape as a kid, so it was lucky that I had a copy of my favourite movie and like you, have watched it a hundred times. Dialogue almost fully memorized haha.
I'm fan of Starwars, but I love the movie. I think "The Last Jedi" made "an easter egg" for this movie in the scene where the shield is shut down during a few seconds.
honestly the best part about this part is colonel sandurz thought process at 0:11
My favorite scene.
And then Sandurz added Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and loving it to his collection.
And Life Stinks.
"No no no, go past this. Past this part... In fact, never play this again."
This is pure genius
This movie is a true classic, plain and simple.
0:27
Ah, so ”To be or not to be” is indeed part of the series, even though Mel Brooks didn’t direct it.
Nice!
This movie is a timeless classic.
Still, I think, one of the funniest bits ever.
My favorite scene in the movie.
One of the best movies, ever.
Filming this part must have been so much fun. 😂
Freaking love this movie 🍿, sooooooo funny 😁
Me too
Мел Брукс снимал шикарные комедии.🤣👍
Seriously.. those toilet noises at 0:15 never stop to bother me :P *SO* darn awesome. Sorry, no Mr. Radar comments here :P
I absolutely love this scene, it's hilarious. 😂
This entire "when?... now?..." dialogue seems oddly simmilar to one of George Carlin's skits about time.
Oh boy - sometimes I really miss this kind of innocent and silly humor so mich nowerdays...
My boyfriend and I used to quote this ALL the time back in the day. LOL.
I laugh even knowing each scene of this movie! One of the best! Robin Hood Men in Tights is another Favorite.
When will then be now?
Soon!
Gotta love it 😂😅
I love this movie.
Can we all go back to Then not very happy with Now
Mel Brooks totally called it. This was a joke in 1987; it's everyday life in 2024.
Can't believe I missed the Colonel Sandurz joke all this time. Or I forgot. Lol.
These are the classics. 😂
Mel Brooks was a master of breaking the 4th wall.
An incredible. comedy parody movie. Love it from my childhood. Oh, and this episode in an absolute brilliance. The episode that I remembered most brightly.
I have been collecting the VHS versions of the Mel Brooks films with the cases matching the ones in this scene. I found all except Blazing Saddles. I think they made up a sleeve box for it in this movie. I can only find it looking like that in a black clamshell case.
A noble quest! 👏
this was just brillant writing
I love this movie!!
I always wondered how they managed to film this in 1987. Some kind of superimposing? It's impressive.
probably just connected the camera output to a tv while also recording it.
@@user-kc2fu8iw3v Ah, yeah. I feel dumb that I never thought of that.
@@user-kc2fu8iw3v a 2nd camera. its 1987 so this was shot on film. If you look close you can tell the perspective is a little different. On the TV, the gap between Rick Moranis and Michael Winslow is larger than the film cameras perspective and on the other side the gap between George Wymer and Winslow is smaller suggesting the television camera is just off to the right of the film camera (from our perspective as viewers).
@@bigboi6022 Oh yeah, never would've noticed that
@@bigboi6022
Also note the coffee cup. On the TV he has it, but not in "now"
Greatest movie line ever... When will then be now? Soon....
Well maybe...
What's your vector Victor, Roger Over, over Done....
So much better then Star Wars today.
How on earth could they keep a straight face during the making of this scene 🤣
Camela harris speaks like lord helmet.
Epic
Legit best scene
Great movie. I know more about space balls than I do star wars.
1:05 Back in the good ol days when you could skip those warnings haha
This is the most Mel Brooks joke a Mel Brookes joke could be.
This scene was one of my first exposures to meta humor. It couldn't have been a better one.
Extra props to Mel Brooks for the Abbot & Costello humor :)
Rivals Who’s on First. Excellent!!!!
I watch this scene at least once a year since the 90s and laugh to tears every single time 😂
0:05 I love that movie.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Where!?, WHEN!?, WHOOOO!?
They absolutely demolished the 4th wall here
I watched this movie last night!! Its as funny as it was the first time I saw it in 1987 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I still laugh at the FBI warning.
Sir we’ve identified their location!!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL 😸🤘OF A CLASSIC
Sequel? Yess
This One right here is My Favourite Mel Brooks Film
😊😂🤣😂😂😂
I wish Spaceballs goes air to TCM this month about a Spoof Movies
Prepare to fast forward!
1:38 4th Wallbreak 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Such a good "who's on first" joke but with time travel instead of bases. Genius.
Used to be parody. Now it's the only true Star Wars
This and the Hulk Hogan scene from Gremlins 2 are the best fourth wall breaks ever
I need a MR. RENTAL in my room.