# Comedy sequels that worked? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935 "2011-04-02T13:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/41 "2011-04-04T02:41:01Z")
Another vote for Bill and Ted’s Totally Bogus Journey. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/42 "2011-04-04T08:45:08Z")
I found Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls to be nearly as funny as the first. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/43 "2011-04-04T09:43:20Z")
Try asking Santiago Segura. Torrente: el brazo tonto de la ley was the best-selling movie in Spanish history. As a sleeper. It was dethroned by Torrente II, which got beaten by Torrente III, which got smacked by Torrente IV (now in theaters). Of the four movies which had greater first-weekend grosses (corrected for inflation) than Torrente IV, the only one that wasn’t a comedy sequel was Avatar. While I haven’t watched any of them, the success of that series has gotten Segura cameos in American movies and made it possible for him to get financing for any project he comes up with. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/44 "2011-04-04T13:44:46Z")
I liked Naked Gun 2 1/2 better than the first one. I thought Naked Gun 33 1/3 was the weakest of the three. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/45 "2011-04-04T14:22:27Z")
Would _Short Circuit II_ count as a comedy? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/46 "2011-04-04T14:39:20Z")
I thought **Austin Powers** really hit it’s stride with the second one. It introduced us to Mini-Me, Fat Bastard, and the casting of Rob Lowe as a young Robert Wagner. They also did well with the time-travel angle . As good or better than the original. Part 3 had really jumped the shark though. Goldmember & Beyonce? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/47 "2011-04-04T15:19:03Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > I found Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls to be nearly as funny as the first. I used to think it was funny, but at one point I watched both again and realized that while Ace was goofy in the first one, he was also competent and generally a good guy. The weird stuff he did was simply to further his investigation. In the second one, that competence is pretty much out the window and he spends the entire movie just being a _dick_. Every bit of humor except the rhino is him mistreating everyone he comes across, even the folk who are on his side. It’s funny mistreatment, but it kind of ruined the movie for me. ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/48 "2011-04-04T15:25:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I just watched Airplane 2. > > Wow, that was incredibly unfunny. We saw Airplane 1 last week and loved it. It really holds up. I’ll have to see airplane 2 again. I remember it being hilarious–and the whole theatre agreeing–when it originally came out. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/49 "2011-04-04T15:57:27Z")
_Addams Family Values_ was much funnier than _The Addams Family_, introducing a whole new character for contrast, moving Wednesday and Pugsley to summer camp away from the family, etc. Also it has an MC Hammer song. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/50 "2011-04-04T16:11:30Z")
I thoroughly enjoyed _Babe II: A Pig in the City_, and thought that in many ways, it was better than the first. Something about the mood/tone of the movie makes me wonder whether it’s fair to characterize it as a comedy, though. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935/51 "2011-04-04T16:52:13Z")
I thought _Wayne’s World 2_ was excellent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935.md?page=2)