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"I've lost the bleeps, I've lost the sweeps, and I've lost the creeps!"
"The what?"
"The what?"
"And the what!?
"

Dark Helmet, Colonel Sandurz and the Radar Technician discussing the jammed radar[src]

An unidentified radar technician watched one of the radar screens on Spaceball I as the Spaceballs tried to kidnap Princess Vespa. He had an impeccable skill of re-enacting the sounds that a radar would make and would make various sounds to accompany his work.

When Lone Starr and Barf jammed the radar, static appeared on the technician's screen, causing him to buzz as well. He reported to Dark Helmet and Colonel Sandurz that the radar seemed to have stopped working, since he lost "the bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps." Helmet and Sandurz seemed confused by this report until the technician made these sounds himself, although Helmet remarked to Sandurz, "That's not all he lost." Raspberry jam soon covered the radar screen, making Dark Helmet realize that his old enemy, Lone Starr, must be trying to foil their plan.[1]

Trivia[]

  • Michael Winslow, also known as "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects", made each sound in this scene by himself.
  • The Radar Technician's chuckle the third time he tells Colonel Sandurz, "I'm having trouble with the radar, sir!" did not appear in the script.
  • Even though the Radar Technician only appears once in Spaceballs, the end credits give him eighth billing, even higher than either of Dot Matrix's actresses.

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