The Most Excellent 80s Movies
Spaceballs (1987)
Adam Marshall Rini joins us to close out Season 8 with Mel Brooks’ 1987 sci-fi parody Spaceballs. Does this childhood favorite still holds up with “grown-up eyes”?
January 28, 2026
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