Spaceballs

Spaceballs is a somewhat belated parody of the Star Wars series.

The planet Spaceball has run out of air, so President Skroob orders his giant spaceship, commanded by Dark Helmet, to kidnap Princess Vespa, whose father Roland is king of the planet Druidia. The ransom is to be the access code to Druidia's defence shield, so that the space nuts can suck out all the air. The soldier of fortune Lone Starr and his sidekick Barf, however, agree to help Roland get his daughter back. Bill Pullman plays Harrison Ford, and Daphne Zuniga plays Carrie Fisher, and so it goes all the way through.

Spaceballs is certainly a lot of fun, but I would never dream of investing in a cinema ticket for one of Brooks's films. The prerequisite for finding the film funny is, of course, that you know your Star Wars.