Kim Jong Il or is it Tod Spengo?

In 1992 a sci-fi spoof was made starring Teri Garr and John Lovitz called Mom and Dad Save the World. It was sort of a combination of Dr. Seuss, Monty Python and Flash Gordon and was simply a silly movie (and who doesn't like an occasional silly movie?)

John Lovitz played the most absurd dictator imaginable. His name was Tod Spengo. He believed that he was the greatest leader ever and the only thing standing in his way was Earth. Earth had to go. So he impoverished his planet to build a mighty death ray that would turn the earth to space dust. "Ah Earth! You think you are so big! So important! Well tomorrow you will be space dust and Spengo will be the greatest planet in the universe." But while studying the earth he noticed Teri Garr and well... first things first.

Let's see. He had statues of himself everywhere along with engravings on the wall that said things like "Tod is wisdom", "Tod is Power", " Tod is pleasure" etc. He had a chorus that sang his praises whenever he entered his throneroom. He believed that he could rule the universe if he could just get rid of earth and he was obsessed with destroying earth. He impoverished his planet to gain the technology to destroy earth.

You know this is beginning to sound familiar.

The difference is that Tod Spengo was a comic character in a silly movie. Kim Jong Il is and his threats are very real. Sadly we cannot just laugh at him.