Spaceballs: The Animated Series
| Spaceballs: The Animated Series | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Mel Brooks |
| Voices of | Mel Brooks Daphne Zuniga Joan Rivers Tino Insana Rino Romano |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Super Channel (Canada), G4 (TV Channel) |
| Release | June 4, 2008 and September 21, 2008 |
Spaceballs: The Animated Series, also known as Spaceballs: The Series, is an animated television series based on the parody sci-fi film Spaceballs that was to be aired exclusively on G4 (TV Channel) but has since been aired on both G4 and Canada's Super Channel.[1]
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 voiced two characters, President Skroob and Yogurt, who were both played by Brooks in the original 1987 film. [2] Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers also reprise their roles from the film, Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis will not. Tino Insana replaces the late John Candy as "Barf." Rumors that Brooksfilms was folding have been denied by Brooks. [3]
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,[4] 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[5], but the series was delayed once again. Despite the lack of information in the United States, the series premiered on Canada's Super Channel.[6] and remained absent from G4 in America until its eventual series premier on September 21 2008. The first four episodes of the series were shown following an airing of the original film. [7]
Cast
- Mel Brooks as President Skroob / Yogurt
- Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa
- Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix
- Tino Insana as Barf
- Rino Romano as Lone Starr[8]
- Dee Bradley Baker as Dark Helmet
References
- ^ Super Channel
- ^ "'Spaceballs' Series Enters G4's Orbit". Zap2it.
- ^ "Mel Brooks hopes next delivery is "Pizzaman"". Reuters.
- ^ IGN: Spaceballs: The Cartoon!
- ^ G4 network tries a new game plan to get more guys - USATODAY.com
- ^ Super Channel
- ^ http://www.g4tv.com/spaceballs/index.html
- ^ Toronto voice actor 'had big cowl to fill'