Cast and Crew:  Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Michael Winslow, Joan Rivers, John Hurt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dey Young, Rhonda Shear, Jack Riley, Dom De Luise, Michael York

What It’s About: Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and Barf (John Candy) must save Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and the rest of the Spaceballs.

Why Watch it Today?: Writer/Director/star Mel Brooks was born today in 1926.  

 Other Choices:  The Producers, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, Young Frankenstein, History of the World (Part I)