Hello, my name's Justin McLuhan. I'm here today with Will Sloan. And you're listening to the

important cinema club. And are you ready to laugh? Because we're talking about America's funny man,

Mel Brooks. That's right. You look up the word comedy in the dictionary and you will find a photo of this man's smiling face. And I want to begin by asking you a question, Justin, are you a fan of Mel Brooks slash do you like Mel Brooks?

We did an episode on Spaceballs on Patreon many years ago. And I believe we kind of discussed it there, and that when I was a teenager and getting

into movies, I think I watched every, like, available Mel Brooks film. So I watch Young

Frankenstein. I watch the producers. I watch Blazing Saddles. I rewatch Spaceballs, because I loved it

so much. Dracula dead and loving it. Could not get enough of it. But was I a fan of Mel Brooks?

I appreciate him as a comedian and what he did.

But I don't think I am using any of his films like comfort food or go-to comedy things.

How about you?

Well, when I was a kid, which is when my relationship with Mel Brooks started and basically ended as well.

I loved space balls.

Like any child, any child born after 1977, I loved space balls.

I saw it countless times, quoted it incessantly on the playground.

So much.

I did plays at like the Boy Scouts that I attended during the summer.

They're just incorporated and stole jokes from Spaceballs. And I do think you kind of have to

hand it to them. I mean, Spaceballs remains the definitive Star Wars parody film, not satire,

but parody film. It's got everything. It's got all the jokes. If you want an encyclopedia of

low-hanging Star Wars jokes, that movie has it all. Yeah, you get out of here, hardware war.

So, I mean, as a kid, I certainly also watched as many Mel Brooks movies as I could. Young

Frankenstein. I remember when I was maybe 10 or 11, literally buying blazing saddles on DVD, which was a new medium at the time.

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