“Mel is incredibly involved.
I’ll share a funny story that I haven’t yet shared,” Gad told Ripa.
And I said, ‘okay.'"
Josh Gad; Mel Brooks in ‘Spaceballs’.Credit:Kevin Mazur/Getty; MGM/ Courtesy: Everett
Gad continued, “so I pitch for 40 minutes.
It’s literally like, I am a combat vet just going to war in front of one person.
Then there’s silence and at the end of it, he goes, ‘wow.
Daisy Ridley as Rey in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’.Jonathan Olley/2017 Lucasfilm Ltd.
Josh, it really sounds like you’ve got your finger on the pulse!’
He really just trusted everything I had to say.”
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Gad wrote theSpaceballssequel script with Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit.
In 2023, Hulu releasedHistory of the World: Part IIas a sketch comedy miniseries.
“He was always pretty silly.
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