# Identify this movie - 80's spoof or comedy kind of like Alien(s)

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**Created:** [May 30, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249 "2021-05-30T23:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249/1 "2021-05-30T23:23:45Z")

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I think this one is pretty easy compared to some I’ve seen on here. Here is what I remember.

- Comedy, a send-up or spoof.
- It’s a send up of the Alien movie and other space movies
- The alien is really ugly, but in the end, they have him trapped in the airlock. They look at him and realize he’s not that bad, just a being trying to make his way through the universe. Then they press the airlock button and space his butt. Got a big laugh from me as a kid.
- I saw it on tape in the 1980’s. I’m almost positive it was from the 80’s, not 70’s.

I can’t remember any of the stars or much else about it. That scene where they almost don’t space the alien and then decide to was the only big laugh for me and my brother watching it as a kid.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249/2 "2021-05-30T23:48:45Z")

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This?

> **[The Creature Wasn't Nice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creature_Wasn%27t_Nice)**
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> The Creature Wasn't Nice (also known as Naked Space and Spaceship) is a 1983 American comedy film written and directed by Bruce Kimmel. The movie is a parody of Alien. It stars Leslie Nielsen in a role similar to those in the farcical comedies Airplane and Naked Gun. It co-stars Cindy Williams, Gerrit Graham, and Patrick Macnee. It was released on VHS in 1983 under the title Spaceship to emphasize Nielsen's connection to Airplane!, and released on...

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249/3 "2021-05-31T00:24:09Z")

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You got it.

[Here, in fact, is the only somewhat funny moment that I referenced above.](https://youtu.be/aV3IzLZlZg0?t=4376)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249/4 "2021-05-31T00:49:14Z")

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The funniest scene in _Spaceballs_ was an _Alien_/Loony Tunes spoof.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aVZUVeMtYXc/hqdefault.jpg "SpaceBalls Alien") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVZUVeMtYXc)