Mel Brooks warned about the dangers of the Gawker hack in a 1980s Star Wars spoof called Spaceballs: Look back more than 20 years and you’ll find that we were warned. Mel Brooks: The warning came from Mel Brooks in the 1980s sci-fi spoof Spaceballs, which spoofed Star Wars. The Gawker hack is the latest in a long line of warnings from the internet media outlets from the 1990s to 2000s and 2000s, including Mel Brooks and Bill Brenner.”]
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