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Subgenre Sampler
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin - Martin's most clever vehicle has him interacting with vintage film footage of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Lauren Bacall, to dazzling effect. A…
Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)- Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
- Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
They Call Me Bruce? (A Fistful of Chopsticks) (1982)- Dir. Elliott Hong
Feat. Johnny Yune - An early, if fumbled, attempt at Asian vs. American humour sees a Mafioso's chef (Yune) sent on a drug–smuggling mission and being mistaken for…
History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn… - A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro… - George Hamilton stars as twin brothers. The dashing and dopey sons of Zorro himself. As they compete to inherit the famous mask and sword, the alpha…
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui) (1980)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen - A groundbreaking Hong Kong blend of martial arts action, horror, and slapstick humour, set around Hung's attempts to battle the voodoo and hopping…
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren - Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Motel Hell (1980)- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons - Comedy black enough to convert one to vegetarianism about rednecks who use a special kinda meat for 'Farmer Vincent's Fritters'! The duelling…
J-Men Forever (1979)- Dir. Richard Patterson
Feat. Peter Bergman, Phil Proctor - An ‘appropriated’ cult classic in the comic tradition of WHAT’S UP, TIGER LILY?, that cleverly splices together countless scenes from old…
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)- Dir. Michael O'Donoghue
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher… - Notorious spoof of the Italian schockumentaries is the brain child of Saturday Night Live's oddball genius Michael O'Donoghue. Originally…
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