TP-DK

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Oct 28, 2017
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Denmark
this gag was also in the earlier Hellzapoppin (1941), which must have been a huge influence on the Zuckers
movie was way ahead of its time in these types of gags, well worth watching today



"Young man, what age are you?"
"23"
"Well, you look like a man with ambitions, what would you like to be?"
"29"

This is amazing, I'm gonna put this movie on my watchlist.
 

steejee

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Oct 28, 2017
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Just watched Top Secret! for the first time in a few years and just as brilliant as I remember. The scene with the cow in the jack boots never stops being funny.

Remarkably the one scene I was worried might be pretty transphobic felt...less so? The East German Swim team bit - yeah they were just guys in a very intentionally half assed crossdressing bit, but I guess the context of the joke (that the east germans were notorious for pumping their athletes {female especially} full of steroids to obvious levels) kinda made it feel less transphobic. Plus like no one in the crowd even bats an eye at it.
 

Banderdash

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Nov 16, 2017
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Australia
Someone asked for a list of movies like this so I'll do my best and if people know of more please add to it!

Airplane!
Airplane! II: The Sequel
Hot Shots
Hot Shots: Part Deux
Police Squad
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Top Secret!
Loaded Weapon 1
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
Young Frankenstein
History of the World Part 1
(Honestly probably anything by Mel Brooks)
Wrongfully Accused
Dracula: Dead and Loving It

The Big Bus