{"id":2160388,"date":"2025-11-16T18:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T18:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2160388"},"modified":"2025-11-16T18:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T18:44:03","slug":"rick-moranis-reprised-his-most-beloved-role-in-a-hilarious-the-goldbergs-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rick-moranis-reprised-his-most-beloved-role-in-a-hilarious-the-goldbergs-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Moranis Reprised His Most Beloved Role In A Hilarious The Goldbergs Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Canadian character actor Rick Moranis is one of the most beloved comedic performers of the 1980s. Following his breakthrough on &#8220;Second City Television&#8221; (SCTV) on NBC, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1712737\/why-rick-moranis-disappeared-hollywood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Moranis would appear in several cinematic comedies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Moranis would appear in several cinematic comedies<\/a> such as &#8220;Ghostbusters,&#8221; &#8220;Little Shop of Horrors,&#8221; &#8220;Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,&#8221; and &#8220;Parenthood,&#8221; among others. His most prominent roles since the 1990s have been voice acting opportunities, including the 2003 Disney animated film, &#8220;Brother Bear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite being out of the mainstream limelight for roughly three decades, one of his more surprising credits comes in the form of the ABC sitcom, &#8220;The Goldbergs,&#8221; in which he reprised arguably his most beloved role in his career: Dark Helmet from &#8220;Spaceballs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/news\/the-goldbergs-cancelled-ending-season-10-abc-1234767214\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;The Goldbergs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;The Goldbergs<\/a>&#8221; Season 5 episode, fittingly titled &#8220;Spaceballs,&#8221; Adam Goldberg (played by Sean Giambrone) attempts to start a Mel Brooks club at his school after watching the comedian&#8217;s 1987 sci-fi comedy, which was a parody of George Lucas&#8217; &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; franchise.\u00a0Toward the end of the episode, Adam wields a Schwartz-ring (Lightsaber ripoff) against the original film&#8217;s antagonist, Dark Helmet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read more: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/lists\/saturday-night-live-season-51-cast-who-is-leaving-snl-nbc\/?zsource=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SNL Season 51 Cast: Who's New, Who's Returning And Who's Departing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SNL Season 51 Cast: Who&#8217;s New, Who&#8217;s Returning And Who&#8217;s Departing<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Dark Helmet made his triumphant return before the forthcoming Spaceballs 2<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Adam Goldberg (Sean Giambrone) fights against Dark Helmet in &#8220;The Goldbergs&#8221; &#8211; ABC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although another actor donned the helmet and black cloak in &#8220;The\u00a0Goldbergs,&#8221; Moranis lent his voice to Dark Helmet for the first time in more than 30 years. He will reprise the role in the long-awaited sequel,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1884727\/spaceballs-2-sequel-rick-moranis-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;Spaceballs 2,&quot; which is set for a 2027 release;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;Spaceballs 2,&#8221; which is set for a 2027 release<\/a>, 40 years after the original film hit theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since the &#8220;Spaceballs&#8221; episode of &#8220;The Goldbergs&#8221; aired, Rick Moranis&#8217; only television credit is an episode of the Disney+ documentary series, &#8220;Prop Culture,&#8221; in which he reflected on the production of &#8220;Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.&#8221; A legacy sequel, titled &#8220;Shrunk,&#8221; which was being developed by Josh Gad, was initially set to be Moranis&#8217; first live-action role in roughly 30 years. However, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joshgad\/status\/1673333405163966465\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gad revealed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gad revealed<\/a> that the project stalled at Disney due to budget reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Enjoyed this article? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.tvline.com\/newsletter-syndicated\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up to TVLine's free newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sign up to TVLine&#8217;s free newsletter<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tvline.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:add us as a preferred search source;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">add us as a preferred search source<\/a> for the latest in TV, streaming and movie news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2025783\/rick-moranis-spaceballs-dark-helmet-the-goldbergs-cameo\/?zsource=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:original article on TVLine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">original article on TVLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian character actor Rick Moranis is one of the most beloved comedic performers of the 1980s. Following his breakthrough on &#8220;Second City Television&#8221; (SCTV) on NBC, Moranis would appear in several cinematic comedies such as &#8220;Ghostbusters,&#8221; &#8220;Little Shop of Horrors,&#8221; &#8220;Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,&#8221; and &#8220;Parenthood,&#8221; among others. His most prominent roles since the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2160389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[393319,414132,351783,393289,359719,414131,414133],"class_list":["post-2160388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-adam-goldberg","tag-dark-helmet","tag-honey","tag-i-shrunk-the-kids","tag-rick-moranis","tag-sean-giambrone","tag-the-goldbergs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rick-Moranis-Reprised-His-Most-Beloved-Role-In-A-Hilarious.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160390,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160388\/revisions\/2160390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}