Spaceballs:_The_Animated_Series

<i>Spaceballs: The Animated Series</i>

Spaceballs: The Animated Series

Television series

Spaceballs: The Animated Series, also known as Spaceballs: The Series, is an adult animated television series that premiered in 2008 on G4 and Canada's Super Channel, and is loosely based on the parody science fiction film Spaceballs.[1] Similarly to how the original film parodied the original Star Wars films and the Star Trek universe, each episode of the series parodies a different film or other aspect of popular culture, such as the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, or the Grand Theft Auto video games.

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Production

Production began in early 2005 under the supervision of Brooksfilms, MGM and Berliner Film Company. Mel Brooks not only directed the writing, but also reprised his roles as President Skroob and Yogurt from the film.[2] Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers also reprise their roles from the film, while Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis do not. Those roles are filled by Rino Romano and Dee Bradley Baker, respectively. Tino Insana replaces John Candy, who died in 1994, as "Barf," and Rudy De Luca also supplied his voice talents while Dom DeLuise reprises his role of Pizza the Hutt.

Delayed series premiere

Some promotional items on the series were seen at the 2007 Comic-Con and a total of 13 episodes were planned to debut during the fall of 2007,[3] although this "deadline" passed by with no sign of the show on G4's schedule. A start date of June 1, 2008 was later reported,[4] but the series was delayed once again. Despite the lack of information in the United States, the series premiered on Canada's Super Channel.[1] and remained absent from G4 in America until its eventual series premiere on September 21, 2008. The first two episodes of the series were shown following an airing of the original film.[5]

Voice cast

Episodes

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References

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    Super Channel
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    "'Spaceballs' Series Enters G4's Orbit". Zap2it. Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
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    IGN: Spaceballs: The Cartoon!
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    Levin, Gary (March 24, 2008). "G4 network tries a new game plan to get more guys". USA Today. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
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    Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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    Toronto voice actor 'had big cowl to fill' Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
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