# Favorite Steroetype Spoofe movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422 "2002-06-28T17:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/1 "2002-06-28T17:14:16Z")
In GD I once promised to e-mail my list of favorite movies of this type to participants of the debate, I never got around to doing it so I’m doing it here. **Blazing Saddles** One of my favorite movies of all times. I dount it could be made now, but totally terrific, and the stereotypes are heavy. **Airplane** For sheer numbers of the stereotypes attacked is a must on the list. **I’m Gonna Get You Sucka** A spoofe of blacksploitation films. And recently I saw: **Don’t be a menace to the hood while drinking your juice in south central** A sppofe of the “hood” movies form the nineties. Hilarius, and makes fun of all the ghetto stereotypes. I’ll add more as they come to mind. Anyone else want to contribute? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/2 "2002-06-28T18:39:53Z")
All the above, (except Don’t be a menace… only because I haven’t seen it, so I can’t count it) plus Young Frankenstein, Top Secret and Hot Shots, 1 and 2. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/3 "2002-06-28T19:50:15Z")
Let’s start with Mel Brooks: **Young Frankenstein** and **Blazing Saddles** – the best of the Brooks spoof genre. If you haven’t seen these movies yet, _why not_ ? **Spaceballs** - decent spoof of science-fiction movies in general, Star Wars in particular. **High Anxiety** – just saw it for the first time a few weeks ago. Send up of Hitchcock movies. About middle-of-the-pack for Brooks. **Robin Hood: Men in Tights** – could have been better. But Cary Elwes (sigh!) did a great send-up of Costner… **Dracula: Dead and Loving It** - ugh. The less said, the better. * * * Zucker & Zucker & Abramson: Leslie Nielsen and the Zuckers – what chemistry! : **Airplane I & II** , and the **Naked Gun** movies (just out on DVD, by the way!) **Top Secret** (“Skeet Surfing”! 😃 ) Val Kilmer before he lost his sense of humour. **Kentucky Fried Movie** - rather dated at this point, but still has its moments. * * * Others to keep an eye out for: **Groove Tube** - a spoof of **KFM** …? **Spy Hard** - I would have sworn the Zuckers had a hand in this… plus a title song by Weird Al Yankovic! **Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth** - better than **Scary Movie** IMHO. **This is Spinal Tap** – it goes to eleven, what else can I say? **Fear of a Black Hat** WHEN is this coming out on DVD!?!? I could go on… ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/4 "2002-06-28T23:16:37Z")
I thought **Not Another Teen Movie** was well done in this respect. The token black dude was pretty hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/5 "2002-06-29T00:37:20Z")
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Return of the Killer Tomatoes. The Killer Tomatoes go to France (Well, they didn;t make that one…yet) ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/6 "2002-06-29T00:46:31Z")
I’ll have to second “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. There is a scene where a bunch of scientist are talking about the threat, and the Asian scientist’s lines are dubbed in badly. “Fistful of Yen” in Kentucky Fried Movie is pretty good as well. “This is not a shawade!” ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/7 "2002-06-29T00:48:39Z")
Don’t forget the newly released **Undercover Brother** (“he’s so well-spoken”) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/8 "2002-06-29T00:52:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Politzania \* > \*\* > > * * * > > Zucker & Zucker & Abramson: > > Leslie Nielsen and the Zuckers – what chemistry! : **Airplane I & II** , and the **Naked Gun** movies (just out on DVD, by the way!) > > **Top Secret** (“Skeet Surfing”! 😃 ) Val Kilmer before he lost his sense of humour. > > **Kentucky Fried Movie** - rather dated at this point, but still has its moments. > > * * * > > Others to keep an eye out for: > > **Groove Tube** - a spoof of **KFM** …? > > **Spy Hard** - I would have sworn the Zuckers had a hand in this… plus a title song by Weird Al Yankovic! > > **Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth** - better than **Scary Movie** IMHO. > > **This is Spinal Tap** – it goes to eleven, what else can I say? > > **Fear of a Black Hat** WHEN is this coming out on DVD!?!? > > I could go on… \*\* Groove Tube was before KFM. The Zuckers didn’t do Airplane 2. ---
**Author:** ![Anomalocaris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anomalocaris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomalocaris)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/9 "2002-06-29T04:35:37Z")
Anyone remember “Amazon Women On The Moon?” Kind of uneven, but the “Son of the Invisible Man” segment was hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Green\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Fool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/10 "2002-06-29T04:49:15Z")
Dracula: Dead and Loving It. The only movie I laughed less at was Schindler’s List. There was one good gag in that movie. Lots and lots of blood! Does UHF count? That movie ruled my 11 year old mind. Amazon Women on the Moon was pretty funny just to see guys like Arsenio Hall and Andrew Dice Clay so young. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/11 "2002-06-29T04:54:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*The Killer Tomatoes go to France (Well, they didn;t make that one…yet) \*\* They did make it, it was actually called [Killer Tomatoes Eat France](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102210). It was kinda funny, but nowhere near as funny as Return of the Killer Tomatoes- the product placement gags were hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/12 "2002-06-29T07:15:38Z")
Return of the Killer Tomatoes also has George Clooney and Gary Condit!!! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/13 "2002-06-29T15:14:17Z")
Woody Allen’s **Sleeper** and **Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex** are both spoofs. **Casino Royale** , which he didn’t write, is another one. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/14 "2002-06-30T02:57:20Z")
I thought **SPOOFE** ’s favorite stereotype movies were the _Star Wars_ movies. Oh! You meant “spoof”, in lower case, without the “e.” Never mind. _Airplane!_ it is. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/15 "2002-06-30T03:56:35Z")
_The Rutles – All You Need Is Cash_ Neil Innes is a genius. [Here’s a nice dry essay about some of the musical parody.](http://www.neilinnes.org/articles/scholarly.htm) Although I suspect it’s their _trousers_ that account for the film’s success. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/16 "2002-07-02T03:13:11Z")
I’ve seen most of the movies listed here, and everything I’ve seen, I’ve liked. I notice no one’s mentioned **Loaded Weapon 1** , **Scary Movie** , or **High School High**. Also, the **Wayne’s World** movies do a lot of random spoofing. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/17 "2002-07-02T06:07:22Z")
**Not Another Teen Movie** is my current favorite, and I love spoof movies. Every time I pull my hair into a ponytail when I’m wearing my glasses, I remember the whole “She’s got a _ponytail_ and _glasses_!” thing. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/18 "2002-07-02T06:29:45Z")
You wanna spoof? Let’s go back to 1964 when a particular group was gathered to spoof everything they’d done to that point. The picture may be dated and silly today, but it’s a picture. A Comedy of Terror Vincent Price is an undertaker trying to drum up business. His assistant, Peter Lorrie spoofs himself. Boris Karloff delivers the eulogy for the (mysteriously) slain landlord, Basil Rathbone. Joe E. Brown is the frightened cemetery watchman. If you recognize these names from older films it’s worth a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/19 "2002-07-02T07:12:55Z")
A Comedy of Terror is fabulous! Price and Lorre as undertakers trying to do the job as cheaply as possible only use one coffin, when no one’s looking they dump the body out. Karloff as the senile father-in-law that Price keeps trying to poison but his wife won’t let him. Rathbone keeps falling into catatonic states where everyone thinks (hopes) he’s dead but he keeps waking up shouting “What place is this?” It’s the funniest horror movie you’ll see. I also must mention Price, Karloff, Lorre and amazingly enough, Jack Nicholson (very young) in The Raven. Also a very amusing horror spoof. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422/20 "2002-07-02T10:35:27Z")
Yes? Yes?!? You called?!? Someone actually cares about me?!? Oh, happy day! I had given up all hope! My heart is shining again, knowing that somebody actually _cares_ about me! I… Oh. It’s about movies. ::sigh…:: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-steroetype-spoofe-movies/116422.md?page=2)