• AngryCommieKender
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    17 hours ago

    That’s a 40 year old joke at this point. I’m pretty sure Mel Brooks has more pride in his work than to repeatedly himself. Unless it was truly funny.

    • chiliedogg
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      1 hour ago

      A lot of his later movies were just repeated jokes from his older ones. Men in Tights reused a bunch of old gags, including the title song, which was “Jews in Space” from the epiloge of History of the World Part 1.

      • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
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        16 hours ago

        If I were to defend it, I’d say that the joke in this case is that they’re still combing the desert 40 years later, which adds a little new humour to it.

        Not sure I really want to defend it, though. Can’t say this poster excites me. But it would excite me less if the subtitle were a purely nostalgia driven reference as well.

        • kamenlady
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          15 hours ago

          Nah, if i hear him personally saying “ain’t found shit” for a second time, 40 years older, i will die in peace.

            • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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              58 minutes ago

              “I may be …… combing the desert again…!!!”, Russ posted, directly referencing his memorable scene from the first Spaceballs.

              Lol of course