SPACEBALLS
Encore, 9:40 p.m. ET
Here’s another Mel Brooks comedy shown tonight on Encore – this one from 1987, a spoof of Star Wars made a decade after that George Lucas space epic first hit theaters. Surprisingly (it surprised me, anyway), Mel Brooks told me that Spaceballs was his most popular film on DVD, and here’s a chance to see why. Start with the casting, which includes John Candy as the furby-ish Barf, Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet, and Bill Pullman as the heroic Lone Starr.