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Nobody Wants a ‘Spaceballs 2’ Without Rick Moranis

Fulfilling a decades-old prophecy — and by prophecy, I mean a throwaway joke that was clearly never meant to be taken seriously — Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs is finally getting a sequel. Whether or not it’s actually going to be called Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money remains to be seen.

Last week, Josh Gad posted images of a heavily-redacted screenplay on Instagram, indicating that he was working on a mystery movie that would be “Based on Characters Created by Mel” somebody, and opens with the scene heading “EXT. STAR FIELD.” Fans quickly deduced that Gad’s script was for a sequel to Spaceballs. It was either that or a Passion of the Christ spin-off set in the distant future.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Casa Bonita Isn’t Even Open, and It’s Already ‘The Greatest Restaurant in the World’

If you want to get a taste of the Mexican food and live entertainment megaplex that travel podcasters are already calling “the greatest restaurant in the world,” you’ll have to get in line and take a number. But don’t be surprised when that number is 600,001.

I’m no food historian and I don’t care to become one, but I’m willing to bet that, in the entire history of fine dining, no single restaurant has generated more hyperbolic hype, more media adoration and more Tribeca Film Festival documentaries before it even announced a grand opening than Lakewood, Colorado’s Casa Bonita. Long after the towering pink temple to dinner entertainment became a tourist attraction for South Park superfans when series creators and longtime patrons Trey Parker and Matt Stone made Casa Bonita the subject of a 2003 South Park episode, fittingly titled “Casa Bonita,” Parker and Stone purchased the restaurant in 2021 after struggling financial health forced Casa Bonita to close its doors.

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