# Favorite "Spoof" movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938 "2001-10-27T06:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/21 "2001-10-29T19:11:25Z")
The old ZAZ (Zucker-Abrams-Zucker) stuff was terrific – I wish they’d get back together again. Mel Brooks is a genius, though I admit that he’s been losing it for a while. _SpaceBalls_ was so unfunny, it was painful. _Robin Hood: Men In Tights_ was better, though. And IMO, **Get Smart!** (though it’s a TV show) will live forever as the definitive spy spoof. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/22 "2001-10-29T19:19:46Z")
I’ve always been partial to _Galaxy Quest_ myself, but _Airplane_ and _Spies Like Us_ hold a special place in my heart as well. “There’s a problem in the cockpit!” “The cockpit? What is it?” “It’s a little room in the front of the plane, but that’s not important right now!” ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/23 "2001-10-29T19:26:22Z")
Someone has to give props to _Amazon Women on the Moon_, Robert Townsend’s _Hollywood Shuffle_, and the Wayans brothers’ _I’m Gonna Git You Sucka_. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/24 "2001-10-29T19:27:19Z")
[“The Rutles”!](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077147) It’s a brilliant send-up of the history of the Beatles written and directed by Monty Python’s Eric Idle. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![VeraGemini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@VeraGemini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VeraGemini)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/25 "2001-10-29T19:42:29Z")
_Return of the Living Dead_, anyone? “Send… more… cops…” I loved _galaxy Quest_ too. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/26 "2001-10-29T20:39:28Z")
What about **UHF**? There are a lot of parodies in that movie. “Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted By UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs” or “Conan the Librarian”, and the many of other parodies in that wonderful movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/27 "2001-10-29T22:54:15Z")
Young Frankenstein, Frankenstien, whatever, is clearly a superior piece of parody, but don’t forget Blazing Saddles and the Peter Sellers Pink Panther films. All good stuff that took dead aim at their own particular bag of formula. ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/28 "2001-10-30T00:56:01Z")
**Naked Gun** is a classic. It also _ruined_ the end of **Casablanca** for me. “The problems of two people might not amount to a hill of beans in this world; but this is our hill, and these are our beans.” I also second **UHF**. By the way, go to [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) and say you want to hear when they release it on DVD. The studio is looking at it to judge interest. I have an inordinate fondness for **National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1**. You have to be in the right frame of mind (read: drunk) to watch it, but it’s always guaranteed to crack me up. And if you can find it, **Student Bodies** is a very early spoof of teen slasher pics. It was made in the early 80’s and is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. Man I love it so. Here’s an example of the jokes in the movie (this is a phone conversation): > [@](#): > > **Killer:** I enjoyed killing the last two people, and I am going to kill again! Click! > **Woman:** Did you just hang up? > **Killer:** No, I just said “click”. And the jokes just get stupider from there. If you are a true connoisseur of stupidity (say, you’ve enjoyed **Troll 2** ), I highly recommend picking it up. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/29 "2001-10-30T01:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by c\_goat \* > > * * * > > My favorite of all time is Hot Shots! Cary Elwes and Charlie Sheen make a great team. Especially since Cary Elwes is better known as Westley. It also has Ryan Stiles playing “Mail Man” (it’s hard to tell with the helmet, but the voice gives it away if you’re a WLIIA fan). I love the other people in that movie too: Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Valeria Golino, and the chick that played the original Buffy (in the movie). > > * * * The best part of that movie is that the girl got some DAMN good lovin’. I mean holy cripe I would love to be a tenth as good at that. I mean he must have ruined her for all other men forever. My mind boggles at the possibilities ---
**Author:** ![Pyrrho12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@Pyrrho12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyrrho12)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/30 "2001-10-30T03:43:05Z")
Has anyone else heard of [The Specials](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181836)? I saw it recently on the comedy channel here in Korea and laughed my ass off. It’s a movie about the personal lives of a group of super heroes… just their personal lives, not their crime fighting careers. In fact, we don’t even get to see them use their super powers until the last two minutes of the movie. If you spent too much of your youth reading comic books, you’ll probably find this movie funny. If not, you probably won’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/31 "2001-11-03T07:19:44Z")
This one’s only a short but holy crap is it funny. I searched but seems as though it hasn’t made the rounds yet. I wont link to it cause its pretty naughty, even though it’s animation. [Tripping the Rift](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0275740) Spoof on Star Trek and Star Wars starring Stephen Root. And beware Six of One. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/32 "2001-11-03T16:47:49Z")
Spaceballs, hands down. The first _three_ times I saw it, I absolutely laughed my butt off. No other movie of any kind has even come close since then. I can’t really explain why. There’s a ton of stuff in here, and somehow, all of it just works. There seems to be just enough edginess and crudity to enhance the humor without getting offensive. They don’t make movies like this anymore, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/33 "2001-11-03T21:44:02Z")
One that’s been overlooked: **Movie Movie** Two spoofs for the price of one: a 1930s boxing flick (in black & white) and a Busby Berkeley musical (in color). Very funny, and very appreciative of the source material. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/34 "2001-11-03T22:17:09Z")
_Spaceballs_? **Spaceballs**?!?! I just watched that movie last night and it was so _not funny_ that I almost cried. It was terminally unfunny. It was horrible. Absolutely horribe. And I used to _love_ it…when I was 8. [Comic Book Guy] Worst Movie Ever [/Comic Book Guy] My vote goes to _Young Frankenstein_. _Fatal Instict_ is always good for a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/35 "2001-11-03T22:59:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\*_Spaceballs_? **Spaceballs**?!?! > I just watched that movie last night and it was so _not funny_ that I almost cried. It was terminally unfunny. It was horrible. Absolutely horribe. And I used to _love_ it…when I was 8. > [Comic Book Guy] > Worst Movie Ever > [/Comic Book Guy] > \*\* OH MY GOD, ARE YOU SERIOUS? I thought I was the only one who thought that movie wasn’t funny! ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/36 "2001-11-03T23:03:23Z")
~~ What is that movie set in 19th century Mexico? …That has to be my favorite… ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/37 "2001-11-03T23:15:54Z")
…and going back a ways, “Casino Royale”, with Peter Sellers as James Bond and Woody Allen as little Jimmy Bond. A great spoof of the James Bond films. Thinking about it the “Flint” movies with James Coburn were also Bond spoofs. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/38 "2001-11-03T23:46:06Z")
No, every Bond film that came afterwards was a spoof of _Casino Royale_. _Casino_ was the first. Great great theme song by the Tijuana Brass. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/39 "2001-11-04T00:39:43Z")
Gotta say **Robin Hood: Men in Tights**. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![to\_catch\_a\_painted\_pony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@to\_catch\_a\_painted\_pony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/to_catch_a_painted_pony)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938/40 "2001-11-04T03:15:44Z")
**Play It Again Sam** , Woody Allen’s parody of Casablanca. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-spoof-movie/89938.md?page=3)