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¡Three Amigos! (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
¡Three Amigos!
director: John Landis actor: Chevy Chase / Steve Martin
other title: I tre amigos! / De kom, de så, de løb!
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
Stripes (1981) NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
Stripes
director: Ivan Reitman actor: Bill Murray / Harold Ramis
other title: Stripes - Un plotone di svitati / Røven af 4. division
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.
Scary Movie (2000) IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
Scary Movie
6.0 (13 ratings) director: Keenen Ivory Wayans actor: Anna Faris / Jon Abrahams
other title: Scary Movie - Um Susto de Filme
A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!
Oct. 31, 2025 watched
Some laugh out loud moments. 80% ripped straight from Scream.

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2000s Comedon Comedy Parody USA
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) NeoDB TMDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData Melon Log
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
7.8 (12 ratings) director: David Zucker actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley
other title: Una pallottola spuntata / Høj pistolføring
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
7.4 (10 ratings) director: David Zucker actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley
other title: Una pallottola spuntata 2½ - L'odore della paura / Høj pistolføring 2½: Lovens lange næse
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Peter Segal actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley
other title: Una pallottola spuntata 33⅓ - L'insulto finale / Høj pistolføring 33⅓: Den ultimative fornærmelse
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
The Lady Eve (1941) TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
The Lady Eve
director: Preston Sturges actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Henry Fonda
other title: Lady Eva / As Três Noites de Eva
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
From Beijing with Love (1994) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
國產凌凌漆
8.4 (14 ratings) director: Stephen Chow / Lee Lik-Chi actor: Stephen Chow / Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
other title: Liebesgrüße aus Peking / Bons baisers de Pékin
A Chinese secret agent travels to Hong Kong to reclaim a dinosaur fossil but experiences hilarious incidents because of his incompetence.
Shaolin Soccer (2001) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
少林足球
7.8 (13 ratings) director: Stephen Chow actor: Stephen Chow / Richard Ng
other title: Kung Fu Futebol Clube / Shaolin Kickers
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Hopscotch (1980) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hopscotch
director: Ronald Neame actor: Walter Matthau / Glenda Jackson
other title: Due sotto il divano / Den vilde flugt
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Oct. 3, 2025 watched
A light dramedy of an aging irrrascible man having some fun at the expense of those passing him over.

Watched in the #Comedon #WatchParty on Mastodon, I was the guest host
1980s Comedon Comedy GeorgeBaker GlendaJackson
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
director: Howard Hawks actor: Jane Russell / Marilyn Monroe
other title: Gli uomini preferiscono le bionde / Gentlemen foretrækker blondiner
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Spaceballs (1987) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Spaceballs
6.5 (8 ratings) director: Mel Brooks actor: Mel Brooks / John Candy
other title: Balle spaziali / Spaceballs - Rumnødderne
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Polyester (1981) TMDB IMDb
Polyester
director: John Waters actor: Divine / Tab Hunter
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Hook, Line and Sinker
director: Edward F. Cline actor: Bert Wheeler / Robert Woolsey
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
Sept. 12, 2025 watched
Some screwball moments in one of the earliest full talkies, but I suspect the missing live / recorded musical score would have helped fill the many moments of dead air.

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