[TUHS] Unix witticisms

ron minnich rminnich at gmail.com
Fri Oct 6 03:11:41 AEST 2017


"System V, consider it sub-standard"

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 8:34 AM Ron Natalie <ron at ronnatalie.com> wrote:

>
>
> > A running gag throughout the Mel Brooks movie, "Spaceballs" is recurring
> product spots for the film's promotional materials
>
> >From IMDB:
>
> In a 2013 television interview (shorty before receiving the AFI Lifetime
> Achievement Award), Mel Brooks stated that he personally obtained George
> Lucas' full permission to parody any and all things Star Wars-related but,
> on one condition, that absolutely no merchandise of any kind be produced
> from the film. This is the reason why all Yogurt and the Dinks do is
> merchandising (it is also why none of the merchandise seen in the film was
> ever mass produced or publicly sold in any way).
>
>
>
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