the top 10 satire movies

One of the staples of comedy is the parody.  A movie or sketch that takes an existing story or genre and makes fun of it.  In fact some of the best comedies ever have been parodies. Will there come a time when ‘Macgruber’ will be on lists like this?  I guess we can find out starting today (hint hint).

10. HISTORY OF THE WORLD
If the next 5 commandments were a list of exceptions, like, “but if thy neighbors wife has big tits, well of course that will be factored in”, then I think Moses should be considered on of the bibles greatest villains.

9. TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000
This movie helped Michael Richards establish his rep as an unstable lunatic. Even worse, I can assure you his portrayal of a porter is mediocre. They would never be allowed to set up a mechanical dog to ride outside the guests door. Shit like that takes me right out of the movie.

8. SPINAL TAP
These go to 11. And that’s more than 10. Is Rob Reiner retarded? What about that doesn’t he understand?

7. I’M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA
It’s hard to believe now but the Wayans family deserves to be famous because Marlon and Damon used to be really god damn funny. This movie had a teenage Chris Rock but even better it had Robin Harris. No one really knows who that is because black people eat food in combinations that even a goat would turn down so he died of heart failure at 36, but he was a god damn comic genius.

6. A MIGHTY WIND
I’m not even sure if this Christopher Guest movie counts as a spoof, but I don’t care because Michael McKeans map joke makes me squeal with delight.

5. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
This list is starting to depress me because we don’t have anyone anywhere near as good as Madeline Kahn or Gene Wilder. We have that dummy Cameron Diaz. I’ve never punched a woman in the face before, but I’ve never met Cameron Diaz either. Those two facts are probably related.

4. SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ
There’s no way to single out the best parts of these movies since the entire thing is the best part, but I could watch this monkey scene every day until the sun burned out and laugh every time.

3. A SHOT IN THE DARK
Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau is often considered a satire of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and Sellers’ performance, along with the movies astounding level of racism, are more than enough to get it on this last.

2. THREE AMIGOS
I loved this movie so much as a kid I’m scared to even watch it now.

1. AIRPLANE
The key to a perfect spoof is for all the principal characters to play it straight and not react to all the goofy shit around them, and Leslie Nielson does it perfectly. But more importantly, you should have this guy.