As a recent online moment of joy bears out, many of President Donald Trump’s online supporters may be a bit slow on the uptake when it comes references to classic cinema.
The hilarious cyber-kerfluffle started last week Adam F. Goldberg, creator of the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs,” tweeted out a joke referencing one of the villains from the 1987 Mel Brooks comedy “Spaceballs.”
My God, the President is completely and utterly broken! I can't tell you how disappointed I am. This isn't fixable, is it? #Skroob pic.twitter.com/93e9iHYJBb
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) June 10, 2017
The president being criticized here is obviously Skroob, the fictional Mel Brooks character, and not (unfortunately) real Donald Trump.
Twitter user Kevin Murphy, who describes himself as a retired detective sergeant and private investigator, apparently couldn’t detect the reference and instead made a comment attacking liberals.
Sorry Adam, it's the liberals that are broken and refusing to let the country move forward. Give the President a chance and he may surprise
— Kevin Murphy (@taconicglobal) June 10, 2017
Goldberg, sensing a comic opportunity, continued playing the situation straight by attacking the Skroob-ian plot to suck up all the air from the planet Druidia.
You're wrong. He's a total idiot. He has no regard for the environment and wants to use a giant vacuum to suck up our precious air. #skroob
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) June 10, 2017
This prompted another self-proclaimed private investigator, a “Jesus follower” who claims to be a former forensic scientist and real-estate investor calling herself “Mom of 3,” to outright deny the scientific fact of climate change.
News flash! God is in control of the climate, NOT the leftist loons!!
— True Conservative ✝️🇺🇸 (@Always_Trump24) June 12, 2017
One has to wonder: Do the science deniers actually believe that climate change theory involves a giant vacuum cleaner in outer space?
Goldberg, to his everlasting credit, decided to keep on baiting.
No, he plays God by changing the weather using his ship in maid mode to steal the air. If you don't agree that's a fact, you're the loon.
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) June 12, 2017
Finally a non-private investigator, Hank Pabst, chimed in to express dismay at the clearly-not-fictional absurdities being spouted by Goldberg.
It is at this point that Goldberg broke hearts by reminding readers of “Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money,” a sequel that should have been made but never was.
There's nothing new unless there's a search for more money. It's really all that matters in the end I guess.
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) June 12, 2017
Hank Pabst then agreed with Goldberg, although it’s not entirely clear what exactly it is he thought he was agreeing with.
If it is any help I agree with you –
Keep up the great work Questioning and Voicing Your Opinions Respectfully
Not just Blindly Accepting it— Hank Pabst (@HAPDADIII) June 12, 2017
Then, Goldberg started to let his guard down and revealed the joking nature of it all.
If there's a sequel we have to accept it. It'll be right there for us to watch.
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) June 12, 2017
Then this happened.
Is the sequel titled Incomprehensible & Inconceivable Part 2 or 3 or…By default we have to watch it unfold but we don't have to accept it
— Hank Pabst (@HAPDADIII) June 12, 2017
Maybe Hank gets the joke now?
At last Goldberg, finally revealed that, yes, any references to giant space maids who suck up an entire planet’s atmosphere with a vacuum cleaner were for entertainment purposes only.
No. Mel Brooks literally said it would be called the search for more money.
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) June 12, 2017
Pabst then capped things off with the perfect quote:
May THE SCHWARTZ be With Us All pic.twitter.com/PNVQLRtrN8
— Hank Pabst (@HAPDADIII) June 12, 2017
And nobody learned a thing.
