Kung pow: enter the fist
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
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Steve Oedekerk, the writer/star of King pow: enter the fist, is amazing in every way - especially if you were consuming media in the 90s. He
- wrote and directed when nature calls
- cowrote the nutty professor
- wrote including Patch Adams
- wrote Nutty Professor II: The Klumps - wrote and directed Bruce Almighty
- created thumbnation
- executive produced Jimmy Neutron and his studio gave us two Jimmy Neutron movies
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were originally a parody of Daredevil. I think they have surpassed it in popularity.
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Idiocracy.
Does idiocracy count?
No, it's satire. Or it used to be anyway. But it's not a parody of anything.
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Sometimes the Simpsons parodied things so well, that it's only later on in life that I realize iconic and hilarious Simpson moments were actually parodies.
The Cape Fear episode. The Citizen Kane episode. The Thelma and Louise episode. The Planet of the Apes musical.
fuckin' classics
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It's been a while, but as far as I can remember, I liked Hot Shots way better than Top Gun.
Yes, and Valeria Golino > Kelly McGillis.
Discworld
Don Quixote
The Princess Bride
Cold Comfort Farm
Steamboat Willie was a parody of Steamboat Bill Jr., a Buster Keaton film.
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