![]() ![]() What’s Up, Tiger Lily?, is actually a re-dubbing of a ridiculous Japanese spy thriller called International Secret Police: Key of Keys. But come the swingin’ ’60s, Woody Allen brought it back in the biggest, broadest way possible. However, Lou and Bud also found themselves embroiled in misadventures with such iconic movie characters as the Invisible Man and Captain Kidd.Īfter Abbot and Costello, the spoof genre lay dormant without poster boys for decades. on board to spoof their iconic portrayals of Dracula and the Wolf Man, respectively. ![]() One of the team’s most successful outings was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein had Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr. Their forte was taking on a variety of genre pieces, from war films to Westerns, and injecting their wild and wooly personalities in a way that sent up movie conventions with a fond sense of humor. After conquering vaudeville and radio (their classic “Who’s on First?” routine remains a classic of the medium), Abbott and Costello brought their bewildered, bumbling shtick to Hollywood, where they were among the biggest comedy stars of the 1940s and early 1950s. Hyde (1953)īud Abbott and Lou Costello were certainly not cinema’s first spoofers, but their inspired silliness cast a long shadow over the movie parody subgenre. ![]() But the spoof genre runs a deeper cinematic legacy than current trends suggests, and in this week’s Total Recall we salute the filmmakers who paved the genre’s path and made it possible for Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer to find jobs.Ībbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)Ībbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)Ībbott and Costello Meet Dr. Superhero Movie, the genre comes roaring back withĭisaster Movie, cobbled together from trailers, Internet memes, and films dating as far back as December 2007. Three spoof movies in one year! Is America fortunate or what? Following January’s ![]()
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