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    Re: Thanks for the welcome —John Neal
    (...) Wow! Brad is a Mel Brooks fan! Cool. -John <snip> (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Thanks for the welcome —Ray Sanders
     (...) Cool, can we now do a Space sub-theme based on SpaceBalls ? I think one of the Technic helmets painted black and put on a minifig would work for 'Dark Helmet'. But what do we do for Barf ? The Winnebego should be easy, plenty of space wings to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Thanks for the welcome —John Neal
       (...) We *already* have silver buckets for the piss boy (Timmy, of course;) -John (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Thanks for the welcome —Dave Schuler
     (...) What was the last funny Mel Brooks movie? Didn't he do something about Frankenstein a few decades ago? That's the last funny one I can think of, though he was amusing in The Muppet Movie, as I recall. Dave! (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Thanks for the welcome —Jeremy Sproat
     (...) I thought Men in Tights was funny. (And a heckuva lot closer to the Robin Hood story than that forgettable attempt by Middle-Aged Corn Boy.) Lotsa references to other Brooks films, too... And Spaceballs before that. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Thanks for the welcome —Eric Joslin
   (...) Actually, it;s worth pointing out that "It's good to be the Santa" is a direct quote from an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. I'm not saying that he (like the writers of that show) wasn't intentionally referencing Mel Brooks, and the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Thanks for the welcome —John Neal
    (...) 1. They were definitely referring to History of the World, Part I by Mel Brooks 2. If Brad is a MST3K fan......Cool! -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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