Jake’s new favorite movie is Spaceballs. It is also one of my favorite movies, but watching it together can be challenging. There are three primary problems. One is that he repeats his favorite lines – usually lines he does not really understand. Sometimes he asks what things mean. Like, “I love when the dog guy says holy shit! What does holy shit mean?”

Then there is the name of the Rick Moranis character, Dark Helmet. When Jake first got interested in Star Wars a few months ago, it was many weeks before he accepted that Darth Vader was not actually called Dark Vader. Now he keeps calling the bad guy in Spaceballs Darth Helmet.

The last problem is, as always, the never ending questions. Not just when we watch the movie, but throughout the day, during meals, in the bath/shower, A quick recent sampling (and yes, these are accurate, word-for-word quotes):

“Is Yogurt made out of yogurt?”
“Is his place made out of yogurt?”
“Then what’s made out of yogurt?”
“Will they ever see Yogurt and the Dinks again?”
“Are they said that they have to leave?”
“How come they’re not sad?” 
“Is the guy with the mustache a bad guy?”
“Why is he a bad guy?”
“Have they always been bad guys?”
“Will they stop being bad guys?”
“Why do they say ‘suck, suck, suck’ – is it because they want to steal the air from their neighbor Druidia?”
“How does Barf know what a Transformer is?