# Great comedy sequels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232 "2013-11-19T04:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/21 "2013-11-19T15:21:35Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > How about all the Pink Panther movies? Weren’t there tons of those and were any of them good? All of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies are good _except_ the first one. The now legendary Inspector Clouseau character was only a supporting character in the ensemble cast of the first film. It wasn’t until the first film was completed that Blake Edwards realized Sellers’ Clouseau should have been the centerpiece. The second movie (which does not have “Pink Panther” in the title) was titled _A Shot in the Dark_ and was the first “real” Pink Panther movie. When I say they were all good except the first one, I’m not really counting the final Peter Sellers Pink Panther movie _Trail of the Pink Panther_. This was made after Sellers’ death and consisted of patched together footage that Sellers had done for previous films. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/22 "2013-11-19T15:30:04Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > The second Bill and Ted movie is good- depending on my mood, I sometimes like it better than the first one. > [@Alessan](#): > > **Gremlins 2** is much, much funnier than the first film (which might not actually be a comedy). These are the first two I thought of. ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/23 "2013-11-19T15:35:58Z")
**[Mad Wednesday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sin_of_Harold_Diddlebock)** (aka **The Sin of Harold Diddlebock** ) is an excellent comic sequel to **[The Freshman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freshman_(1925_film))**. It probably holds up better today than the original. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/24 "2013-11-19T17:23:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > which brings up the question – why was that? Why wouldn’t they get the same creative company back for the sequel {_Airplane II_}? I can answer that, having heard Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams discuss it first-hand. After _Airplane!_, their next movie was _Top Secret!_ The three of them had all attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and they held a test screening of a rough cut of the film in early 1984 (the film came out that following summer). I was a freshman at UW-Madison in '84; my roommate and I attended the screening (and loved the film). After the screening, the ZAZ trio had a question-and-answer period with the audience. Someone asked the question, “why weren’t you guys involved with _Airplane II_?” Their answer was (paraphrasing a bit here): > [@](#): > > So, _Airplane!_ was a huge hit. The Paramount people came to us, and said, “That was great, it made a ton of money, we want you to make a sequel!” > > We said, “Well, we’ve kind of done all of the good disaster-movie jokes. We really want to spoof something else with the next film.” > > The Paramount people then said, “We’re sorry you feel that way. But, we own the film rights. If you don’t work on an _Airplane!_ sequel, we’re going to make one anyway, with someone else.” > > So, we said, “knock yourselves out,” and walked away from it. (They also indicated that they couldn’t decide if they wanted to spoof Elvis movies, spy movies, or WWII movies, which is why _Top Secret!_ spoofs all three.) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/25 "2013-11-19T18:31:07Z")
_Kick-Ass 2_ was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/26 "2013-11-19T19:32:44Z")
I suppose each of the _Wallace & Gromit_ movies is a sequel to the previous one, and although they have their ups and downs, there’s a lot that’s funny in each. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/27 "2013-11-19T21:06:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **[Mad Wednesday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sin_of_Harold_Diddlebock)** (aka **The Sin of Harold Diddlebock** ) is an excellent comic sequel to **[The Freshman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freshman_(1925_film))**. It probably holds up better today than the original. Wow, just wow! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/28 "2013-11-19T21:08:26Z")
I thought the second Austin Powers movie is where it hit it’s stride (and also unfortunately peaked) with the addtions of Rob Lowe playing a young Robert Wagner, Mini-Me, and Fat Bastard. The third installment overstayed it’s welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/29 "2013-11-20T03:12:03Z")
**Clerks 2** was in many ways superior to **Clerks**. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232/30 "2013-11-20T10:14:53Z")
_The Thin Man_, from 1934, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, had several sequels, and I will watch them when they are on TV. (Usually on TCM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedy-sequels/674232.md?page=1)