Amazon Women on the Moon. Seriously funny stuff.
Bingo.
I preferred its sequel, Joseph Andrews–in which Pamela/Shamela’s younger brother is pursued by a lecherous lady. Also made into a film in the '70s starring Peter Firth and Ann-Margret.
But that’s not what I came in here to mention. My favorite parody is Stiff Upper Lips, which sends up those Merchant-Ivory-type films I adore. I quote from it often, as the situation warrants, or even if it doesn’t.
National Lampoon’s high school yearbook parody. IIRC, they had a small one in the magazine, which proved popular enough that they came out with the full-blown parody some time later.
:smack: How the hell did I miss that joke all these years?
Glad you enjoyed it, i was in highschool in the 90s and that movie hit all the right spots.
National Lampoon’s High School Yearbook parody takes first prize for me.
.Edit: I see one other genius agrees with me so far.
This is a whoosh, right?
They make a big deal about the sign that gives the house number and the hiost’s name: “22 Twain”, pronounced “Two-Two Twain” (= “Choo Choo Train”)
Lewis Carroll was a master parodist. For me, it’s a toss-up between “You Are Old, Father William” and “Hiawatha’s Photographing”.
Ripping Yarns by Michael Palin from the Pythons.
Except for the episode, Across the Andes by Frog or somesuch, which is crap.
Porklips Now (part 1 of 3 linked, you can easily find the others)
For Christmas time, my favorite is the parody of the 12 days of Christmas: Indian style and animated. (As always, the obligatory note here that it was made by an Indian band from Australia, so take the cliches in jest)
"On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 10 minute yoga ([Indian guru] think the lotus, feel the lotus, drive the Lotus [drives away in a Lotus car, parodying the shameful profits those guys make])
Don’t worry; you and me, we can start our own church.
If I can’t have Bored of the Rings, I’ll raise you The Cheap Detective.
I believe Neil Simon in an interview said, “Peter Falk is Humphrey Bogart.”
“Marlene, I’d like you to meet the girls.”
“He made me play war. He was a Stuka dive bomber and I was Poland.”
I never would have been able to watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine without laughing at Louise Fletcher had I seen TCD first.
I have this magazine!
I haven’t read it in years and years but it is funny as hell.
Ich bin ein Kefauver senior.
I beg your pardon, it’s"Sweethawt, I’d like you to meet the girls."
Don’t watch if you haven’t seen Bogart movies.
The Lola Falana Christmas Special from SCTV is a side splitter. It PERFECTLY captures that Vegas glitter approach to Christmas, which of course, completely misses anything that any normal person would mistake for Christmas.
The Key of Awesome’s Glitter Puke, a parody of Kesha’s “TiK ToK.” I’m a big Kesha fan but I loved their imitation of her, including the Auto-tuned vomiting and the contract that said “Ke$ha must act like a drunken whore at all times.” They also did a parody of Kesha’s “We R Who We R,” but it wasn’t nearly as good.