Mel Brooks

Spaceballs' was written by Mel Brooks and pokes hilarious fun at the space and science fiction genre in this send up of the genres.

Mr. Meehan, Mel Brooks, and Ronny Graham

Mr. Meehan, Mel Brooks, and Ronny Graham wrote the screenplay for the comic science fiction film, 'Spaceballs.'

by Aaron Kaczander

“Spaceballs” was written by Aaron Kaczander and directed by Lew Schneider.

a straight-up spoof of George Lucas’ Star Wars, with nods to Star TrekAlienPlanet of the Apes , , , The Wizard of Oz, and other popular sci-fi and fantasy films thrown in along the way

Directed by Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, History of the World, Part I), Spaceballs is a straight-up spoof of George Lucas’ Star Wars, with nods to Star Trek, Alien, Planet of the Apes, The Wizard of Oz, and other popular sci-fi and fantasy films thrown in along the way.

Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine, who freaked every child out with Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine's spooky, suspense-filled, off the wall stories,

Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine, who freaked every child out with Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine's spooky, suspense-filled, off the wall stories, wrote the novelizations for Spaceballs and Ghostbusters 2.

a parody of the original Star Wars movie (, ) 1977George Lucas, Director

Space Balls (1987, Mel Brooks, Director) was a parody of the original Star Wars movie (1977, George Lucas, Director).

by Frank Capra’s

The plot of Spaceballs was inspired by Frank Capra’s 1934 classic

the last thing Mel Brooks made where I got authentic laughs

Spaceballs was the last thing Mel Brooks made where I got authentic laughs.

George Lucas

Did you know that when George Lucas read the script for Spaceballs, George Lucas laughed so hard that George Lucas offered to have George Lucas's special effects company, Industrial Light and Magic to do the special effects for the film?!

a pre-Goosebumps R.L. Stine The Book, a young adult version of the story that substituted some of the stronger language and bits for child-friendly content

To accompany the release of the film, a pre-Goosebumps R.L. Stine wrote Spaceballs: The Book, a young adult version of the story that substituted some of the stronger language and bits for child-friendly content.

Chris Silver

Chris Silver wrote: Spaceballs the pinball machine.

Star Wars creator , George Lucas

Star Wars creator, George Lucas, loved Spaceballs so much that George Lucas wrote Mel Brooks a letter saying that George Lucas laughed so hard

a medieval Lonestar ()

Ultimately, author Charles Dickens is a medieval Lonestar (Spaceballs).

Paton Ashbrook

Paton Ashbrook is an actor and writer, known for Spaceballs (1987), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) and Police Academy (1984).

Robert Dunn’s custom-designed and constructed Halloween costume inspired by

Here you can see Robert Dunn’s custom-designed and constructed Halloween costume inspired by — yes, you guessed Robert Dunn’s custom-designed and constructed Halloween costume — Spaceballs!

Goosebumps

Goosebumps weren’t Goosebumps's first books, though; Goosebumps also wrote the novelizations for Spaceballs and Ghostbusters 2.

by computer scientist Steve Russel

The space game had been written by computer scientist Steve Russel and some of computer scientist Steve Russel's coworkers Wayne Wiitanen of the “Tech Model Railroad Club ” and Martin Graetz at MIT on a PDP-10 computer.

Herman Melville

A work by Herman Melville is being adapted as a sci-fi series set in outer space.