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Shout It Out

The Perfect Crime

Faith No More

Love On Ice

Battle Stations

Junior's Gone Wild

King's X

Dream of a New Day

Richie Kotzen

For the Love

Candy Show Theme

Julian Nott

Tommy the Cat

My Honey's Lovin' Arms

Herman Ruby & Joseph Meyer

God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II

Improvisation On "Happy Birthday To You" - Live

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The Reaper Rap

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• The Reaper Written, Performed & Produced by Steve Vai Published by Sy Vy Music / OPC Music Publishing, Inc. Courtesy of Relativity Records
• Shout it Out Performed by Slaughter Produced & Arranged by Dana Strum & Mark Slaughter Written by Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum Published by Topless Music / Chrysalis Songs Courtesy of Chrysalis Records, Inc.
• The Perfect Crime Written by Mike Patton , Roddy Bottum , Billy Gould , Mike Bordin and Jim Martin Performed by Faith No More Produced by Matt Wallace and Faith No More Published by Vomit God Music / Big Thrilling Music Courtesy of Slash Records
• Showdown Performed by Love on Ice Produced by Rick Parashar Written by Dirk Sullivan, Dan Krueger & Stan Robinson Published by Virgin Music, Inc. / Hair Pie Music Courtesy of Interscope Records
• Go to Hell Performed by Megadeth Produced by Max Norman & Dave Mustaine Written by Dave Mustaine & Megadeth Used by permission of Mustaine Music / Elfson Music / Asteroth Music / Adam Martin Music (all administered by Screen Gems - EMI Music, Inc.) Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
• Battle Stations Performed by Winger Produced by Beau Hill Written by Kip Winger & Reb Beach Published by Virgin Songs, Inc. / Varseau Music, Inc. / Small Hope Music Ltd. / Blue 32 Music Ltd. / Juliankelly Music, Inc. / Virgin Music, Inc. Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
• Junior's Gone Wild Performed by King's X Produced by Sam Taylor and King's X Written by Douglas T. Pinnick, Ty R. Taylor & Jerry Gaskill Published by Jetydosa Music / Ackee Music, Inc. Courtesy of Megaforce Records
• Dream of a New Day Performed by Richie Kotzen Published by Mike Varney, Steve Fontano & Richie Kotzen Written by Richie Kotzen Produced by Big Bag O' Tunes / Richie Kotzen Music Courtesy of Shrapnel Records / Roadrunner Records
• For the Love (of Music) Performed by Neverland Produced by Tim Palmer Written by Patrick Sugg, Dean Ortega, Gary Lee & Scott Garrett Published by Virgin Songs, Inc. / Velvet Coyote Music / Red Music / Virgin Music, Inc. / Mother Flight Music / Guess What? Music Courtesy of Interscope Records
• Candy Show Theme Written, Performed & Produced by Julian Nott Courtesy of Julian Nott
• Tommy the Cat Written, Performed & Produced by Primus Published by Sturgeon Courtesy of Interscope Records
• My Honey's Lovin' Arms Written by Herman Ruby & Joseph Meyer
• God Gave Rock'n'Roll to You II Performed by KISS Produced by Robert Ezrin (as Bob Ezrin) Written by Russ Ballard , Paul Stanley , Gene Simmons & Robert Ezrin (as Bob Ezrin) Published by Main Spring Music Courtesy of Mercury Records
• Happy Birthday to You Written by Mildred J. Hill & Patty S. Hill Published by Summy-Birchard Music
• The Reaper Rap Written, Performed & Produced by Steve Vai Vocals by Keanu Reeves , Alex Winter , William Sadler , Joss Ackland , Chelcie Ross , Terry Finn & Roy Brocksmith Published by Sy Vy Music / OPC Music Publishing, Inc. Courtesy of Relativity Records

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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Released: 1991

• composer David Newman
• director Peter Hewitt

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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey - Original Score Intrada (Special Collection Vol. 48)

Released: September 4, 2007

Formats: CD, Digital (43 min)

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Interscope Records

Released: July 9, 1991

Formats: CD, Digital (52 min)

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Greetings, my excellent pupils. Today we continue our study of the physics of acoustical reverberation. This is our review of the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Soundtrack. So let's all get back in our telephone booth and revist the soundtrack to this non bogus film. Station!

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Track Listing

Shout it out - slaughter, battle stations - winger, god gave rock 'n' roll to you ii - kiss, drinking again - neverland, dream of a new day - richie kotzen, the reaper - steve vai, the perfect crime - faith no more, go to hell - megadeth.

• Tommy the Cat - Primus

Junior's Gone Wild - King's X

Showdown - love on ice, the reaper rap - steve vai, for the love of (music) - neverland.

Whoa! Station's most bodacious creation, the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack

How's it going, dudes?

The Wyld Stallyns are back with another excellent adventure, that's really a bogus journey, that ends triumphantly, and ... aww who cares, they kick ass and emerge victorious. And while the rock remains the same, the names on the album cover get a major overhaul. Where as the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack featured unknowns, as Extreme and Nelson became household names later, the Bogus Journey soundtrack drops the commercial success hammer.

In are most non heinous bands like Kiss , Faith No More, Megadeath, and Primus. Out are Shark Island , Tora Tora , and Vital Signs. That's not to mention the inclusion of hair metal stalwarts Winger and Slaughter , and, guitar heros Steve Vai and Richie Kotzen.

Holy Hollywood budget, Batman!

Anyway, this original soundtrack is totally the type of cassette tape you would have acquired off of a BMG/Columbia penny in the mail for 12 albums deal. I sure did. If you haven't, go to Amazon right now and buy it!

Rufus's neon Flying V guitar in the beginning of Bogus Journey might be the single greatest guitar ever created in history. I need that guitar. I bet Vai left his Jem behind and exclusively played that guitar for his bitchin' solos.

Non soundtrack things I noticed when re-watching the film

• Ms. Wardroe really wants them to succeed.
• Surprisingly, no ultra shreddy music plays over the proposal scene. Just some good old fashioned movie score from David Newman .
• The Wyld Stallyns van is killer.
• Grier and Carlin, Carlin and Grier ... Grier is Carlin ... Grier is a man!
• Heywood from Shawshank is Death! (He's also the Englishman)
• Fun fact, the royal babes are 521 years olds.
• The Battle of the Bands is September 15th
• The Reaper is, "A deadly person with a tool" - a direct quote from Fizz Jr.
• There is literally a Stairway to Heaven

Chew on that pop trivia bubblegum for a bit.

Also, if the Bad Robot Us's came from the future, and thus know what happens in the future, are we mislead by the conclusion of the film? Bad Robot Bill calls Missy his future wife. Does that mean that the Bad Robots live? Or, does that mean that Bill ends up marrying Missy? And if he does, does history repeat itself with Ted marrying her as well? Does that make her the biggest groupie ever? A groupie in the highest choir of bandaids? One beyond even Penny Lane of Almost Famous?

Double chew on that pop trivia bubblegum, with doublemint!

(update - apparently Chuck De Nomolos, Ed Solomon spelled backward, wrote a book where he posits who marries Missy in the future.)

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack notes (various artists)

Shout It Out, Battle Stations, and God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II are great, but Steve Vai is the real hero of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack.

Below are our notes and thoughts on the music from the motion picture: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey! It's hard to believe that the release date for this album was nearly 30 years ago, July 9th, 1991. Let us all thank Orion Pictures and Interscope records for allowing this slice of slice of heavenly cassette to be bestowed upon us.

Dana Strum and Mark Slaughter write/produce/arrange what could be considered as Slaughter's best song.

Shout it Out conducts a test of the Good Times Broadcasting System. I want to be part of that test, sign me up!

I wonder which song of the "Slaughter Parties Hard" Trilogy concluded the series.

• Act 1 : Up All Night
• Act 2 : Shout it Out
• Act 3 : ...

Tell you what, it certainly wasn't Spend My Life ( Stick It to Ya ).

Why don't you groove on this a little while ... is that a question? A statement? A declaration?

Slaughter wasn't kidding, 1991 really was the most excellent time of our lives ... happy to party with you too, Mark!

NICE OG Charlotte Hornets jersey in the Shout it Out video. Filming the camerman and breaking the fourth wall is always a classy move.

Who at the Interscope Records was like, "A test of the good times broadcasting system? That's genius! The video needs a VLA!"

Battle Stations is something unplanned for and unprepared for in human history. The lyrics are second only to Winger's Seventeen ( Winger ) in virtuosity. As for the music, Morgenstein, Taylor, and Beach slay.

It's worth reading the lyrics below, as Billy Shakespeare's got nothing on ol' Kip.

Battle Stations lyrics

Yeah! Hit it! Breakin' out, I'm on a mission, Been caught between heaven and hell. My guitar is my ammunition, Raise the flag, sound the mission bell. Everybody always wants control of me, The only way to get it's over my dead body. Take no prisoners, open fire, Battle stations! Someone's trying to brainwash me, Battle stations! Six-string shooter, hear it screaming, Slicing your head like a laser beam. It's true love when I'm cranking the metal, It makes me, makes me, makes me cream. Never let you get between me and my guitar. No use to keep trying, you won't get very far. Take no prisoners, open fire, Battle stations! Someone's trying to brainwash me, Battle stations! Open fire, raise your fist, Battle stations! It's the season to resist, Preprogrammed morons, Computer sleaze. Oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah! Never let you get between me and my guitar, No use to keep trying, you won't get very far. Take no prisoners, open fire, Battle stations! Someone's trying to brainwash me, Battle stations! Back off, baby! Take no prisoners, open fire! Battle stations! Battle stations! Take no prisoners, open fire! Preprogrammed morons, Computer sleaze. Whoa! You're mine baby! Oh! Oh! Oh! Whoa!!!!

Battle Stations plays as they leave the Builders Emporium, Station building the Good Robot Us's.

To note, Doug Pinnick of King's X co-wrote Battle Stations with Kip & Reb.

You know what, go back and read the lyrics again. You will need to to answer the next question. Which 4 bars are better, Battle Stations or Seventeen? And I don't mean just Winger, I mean of all time !

• Six-string shooter, hear it screaming, Slicing your head like a laser beam. It's true love when I'm cranking the metal, It makes me, makes me, makes me cream.
• Yes! Such a bad girl, loves to work me overtime. Feels good (ha), dancin' close to the borderline. She's a magic mountain, she's a leather glove. Oh she's my soul, it must be love.

Speaking of the lyrics to Battle Stations, you see anything cleverly hidden?

"Slicing your head like a laser beam" ... where have we seen that before, Kip?!

Bless your soul, Kip Winger. Bless your soul.

The finale!

In 1973, Russ Ballard of Argent wrote a decent song. That song was God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You . The lyrics are a bit different, but it's pretty much all there.

Amazingly enough, the gang chorus of Argent's versions sounds like Bang Camaro hopped in a telephone booth and performed it. Excellent Adventure proved that the booth is big enough to fit the 20-man man-band.

PS - check out the 70s acoustic power move at 4:00.

Then Christian rock band Petra Come and Join Us came along and really believed God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to them. That's some Dungeons and Dragons artwork there on the album cover, fellas!

Kiss then came along and electrified it. Huge distorted power chords. Exposed tongues. Stage pyro. Studded leather. The whole Kiss treatment.

To be fair to Paul Stanley, his preaching and vocal power note is the second best thing to happen to the song.

"I know life sometimes can get tough. And I know life sometimes can be a drag. But people, we have been given a gift. We have been given a road. And that road's name is Rock 'N' Rolllllllllllll-ol-ol-olllllll Yeah Yeah Yeahhhhh!!!"

You can't make this stuff up. 100% pure Detroit genius!

You can't comedown off a high like that without listening to some Van Halen, the crash will break you. Go listen to Jump and grab a few cold beers, you will feel better. But let's be clear, you wouldn't know God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You without the guitar heroism of His Holiness, Steve Vai. He's a good friend.

Steve Vai's anthemic, harmonized lightning intro is the very best part of all versions of this song. And in true Vai fashion, he waltzed into the studio a week before the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey red carpet premiere to write and record it for the soundtrack. This was years before doing that for Halo.

It cranks the film's finale to 11.

One thing that is consistent across all versions of God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You is that everyone has their own take on the intro. Not only that, everyone seems to change the lyrics. Cause sure, why not.

As for me, I only have one problem with the title of the song, as it relates to Bogus Journey ...

Bill and Ted gave Rock 'N' Roll to God. They literally recite Poison's Every Rose Has Its Thorn ( Open Up and Say Ahh ) to God.

Lastly, it's a song with the word rock in the title . Of which, there are many.

90s alt rock intro. 80s whoas and yeahs. Drinking Again is caught between hair metal and grunge. After all, it was 1991.

Can't tell if this is a girl or guy singing Drinking Again. That is what makes it great.

A very consumable guitar solo for the average listener.

Things to note from the Drinking Again video:

• The guitar player neglects to bring his wah pedal to the soundstage they are recording on. So where does the wah come from in the guitar solo? I can't wrap my brain around this level of sloppiness.
• Visually, the band really is caught between hair metal and grunge. The bass player and drummer go Vest Out Chest Out, while baby Jeff Ament dons his knockoff Slash hat and flowy Muskateer shirt, and the singer's white slacks guarantee him a ride aboard the Catamaran headed for the Catalina Wine Mixer.

Score another win for the Sunset Strip.

Dream of a New Day ( Fever Dream ) features Kotzen's stereotypical excellent guitar work. Nice bass coming through in the mix.

Kotzen can do no wrong on Dream of a New Day. Dude displays all the characteristics of a guitar god.

When Bill, Ted, Station, and Death go to the Builders Emporium.

Kotzen might not be Jeff Keith or Eric Martin, but the guy does have some decent pipes. Sure, it might be all in the production room, but I'm cool with it. I'm not convinced that he isn't the Uncle of vocal/guitar dual-threat, John Mayer. If Mayer were born 15 years earlier, he'd be buddies with Kotzen, Satch, Paul Gilbert, etc.

You know what, he probably is anyway.

A totally bad ass tune with thousands of notes and copious wah, if that's your thing. Hint, it's mine.

Steve Vai captures the essence of what The Reaper meant to the film.

Forward-pressing drums, aggressive bass, light piano chords, Mike Patton's trademark vocals. Yup, it's a Faith No More tune.

The Perfect Crime is wedged right between albums The Real Thing and Angel Dust.

In the film, they are on the way to Vasquez Rocks! The good Bill and Ted just got abducted by the Bad Robot Us's.

Want to make a bad ass soundtrack? Invite Faith No More to the party. Just see Judgment Night . Surprisingly enough, they didn't make the cut on The Crow. Odd .

Did Patton sneak "Station" into the song?

Sir James Martin

Guitar player, (Sir) James Martin of Faith No More, makes a cameo in the beginning of Bogus Journey. Rufus intros him to his class, noting that Martin is the founder of the Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center.

Stellar play on words. Strong writing for Solomon and Matheson.

Topical, considering that Bill and Ted do in fact go to hell.

Time to kill Bill and Ted!

They weren't my favorite, but Megadeath kicks ass.

Did Go to Hell just parodically reference Enter Sandman? When did this song come out?! Is it the other way around? With Dave Mustaine, you never know.

Fact - Upon inspection, the Bogus Journey soundtrack was released three weeks before the song Enter Sandman. That's astounding.

Tommy The Cat - Primus

Funk metal? Metal funk? Tommy The Cat

The lyrics seem to exist only so Claypool, LaLonde, and Aleander can jam.

Primus is performing Tommy The Cat in the Battle of the Bands right before Bill and Ted show up.

Not quite Hard Rock. Definitely not Blues. Prog soul? Never been sure how to label King's X, not that they need one.

There's a Porsche! Let's bag it! Station!

Junior's Gone Wild

Blues club intro.

Portland's Love on Ice sounds like a Mother Love Bone knockoff for the first half of Showdown, before conjuring up their inner Slaughter and Ugly Kid Joe. Makes total sense when you realize that Temple of the Dog producer Rick Parashar produced Showdown.

For some reason, I can't stop wanting to sing Blind Melon's Tones of Home over this music. Or is it Stop by Porno for Pyros? Is that it? Love on Ice did predate Porno for Pyros.

Hmmmm, perplexing.

GET DOWN WITH YOUR BAD SELVES!

You could say anything over Steve Vai and band crushing a filthy, saturated blues rock riff and have it be awesome. But taking quotes straight from the great ones themselves is about as triumphant as it gets.

You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later, you'll deal with the Reaper!

The missing track!

For The Love Of (Music) was used in the movie, where as Drinking Again was used in promo material. However, when it came to the Bogus Journey soundtrack, it was reversed.

Baby Jeff Ament has guitar fundamentals down. He isn't Steve Vai, but it works. Speaking of Jeff Ament, at 2:30 in the song, Neverland goes full on Pearl Jam .

Checks the date, yes, this is 1991. That's insane. For 72 seconds, Neverland and Seattle's grunge icons share the same sonic space.

Track 13, For The Love Of (Music) in the movie but not included on the soundtrack

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Bill and Ted go to Hell accompanied by a stomping, pounding soundtrack that ranges from Steve Vai to Kiss to Primus. As always, some material stands out and other material can be ignored — Kiss' plodding "God Gave Rock & Roll to You II" makes them sound as though they should be covering Frank Sinatra songs. Steve Vai's contribution (repeated with sampled dialog from the movie) is a definite standout, along with Faith No More's "The Perfect Crime," Megadeth's gloomy "Go to Hell," Primus' "Tommy the Cat" (featuring Tom Waits) and Love on Ice's "Showdown." Oddly enough, along with full credits and pictures the album also gives you complete lyrics. . . . . . . . . 1 Shout It Out Slaughter 4:19 2 Battle Stations Winger 4:00 3 God Gave Rock & Roll to You Kiss 5:22 4 Drinking Again Neverland 4:54 5 Dream of a New Day Richie Kotzen 3:17 6 The Reaper Steve Vai 3:18 7 The Perfect Crime Faith No More 4:23 8 Go to Hell Megadeth 4:35 9 Tommy the Cat Primus 4:14 10 Junior's Gone Wild King's X 3:08 11 Showdown Love On Ice 6:18 12 The Reaper Rap Steve Vai 4:27

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The 10 Greatest Parody Movies of the 1990s

S ome of the greatest and most famous parody films were released in the 1990s , with many likely materializing in your head upon reading the title of this list. However, along the way, a title or two featured herein will undoubtedly appear more unfamiliar. But rest assured: they're all of the utmost quality as far as parodies are concerned, guaranteed to emit laughter with each well-written joke. And sure, this list runs the gamut of quality just a bit. But what the films at the lower echelon may lack in caliber, they make up for with regard to name value. All that said, these are the ten best parody movies from the 1990s, ranked.

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey

Starring Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, this sequel undoubtedly pales in comparison to its predecessor. But Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) will provide laughs from start to finish thanks primarily to the efforts of its leads. This is the second of two films in the franchise, with Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020) coming a few decades later.

Bogus Journey was the most panned by critics, but hey: a 56% on critical consensus website Rotten Tomatoes is far from the worst score you'll read about today. Perhaps if the film homed in on something other than The Seventh Seal (1957) to spoof — seriously, who makes fun of Bergman? — this entry could have resonated more fondly with pundits of the industry. Nonetheless, Bogus Journey will still make you laugh, and it thus kicks off the list.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

The master of spoofs is Mel Brooks thanks particularly to two films from the 1970s, and even the same year: Blazing Saddles (1974), and Young Frankenstein (1974). In the following decade, he followed up valiantly with both History of the World: Part II (1980) and Spaceballs (1987).

But in the 1990s, the caliber of his spoofs began to wane. Make no mistake that Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) will still emit laughter throughout the titular character's medieval journey. It's just not quite on par with earlier Brooks comedies. But Elwes provides an indelible performance as Robin Hood, and this goes down among his best performances ever . It's funny enough to land at number nine.

BASEketball

Off the bat, it's worth noting that BASEketball (1998) saw direction under David Zucker, a member of the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker trio of comedy filmmakers. He made this entry by himself, while other films under their collective banner include the forever famous Airplane! (1980), along with Top Secret! (1984) and Ruthless People (1986).

Starring Matt Parker and Trey Stone, the feature at hand follows their protagonists as they invent the titular hybrid sport that combines basketball with baseball. They created the game to be competitive against more athletic bodies. But to their great surprise, BASEketball became a sensation overnight. A hilarious premise, with the overall product holding up well enough today to warrant a spot on the list.

Mystery Men

Among the most underrated superhero films ever made is Mystery Men (1999). And sure, its team of titular crime fighters don't boast any legitimate powers to their names. It's a spoof of the superhero subgenre, after all. But it's the delusion of the characters that defines the quality of Mystery Men until its hilarious finale. One of them carries a shovel and calls it a power, while another gets really angry. That's it — the latter's ability is rage.

Its uproarious plot played out perfectly thanks to the well-known names among its star-studded cast : Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, and Hank Azaria, for instance. And although this flew a bit under the public radar, it should go down among the more underrated spoofs ever made just as it fits the overlooked mold for its subgenre. On any given day, Mystery Men could land even higher on the list.

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Adapted from the television show of the same name, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1996) — or, MST3K , for short — spoofs the B-movies of the forties and sixties. In particular, it homes in on one called This Island Earth (1955), directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold. Though not the worst film you'll read about today, This Island Earth fails to hold up properly with contemporary standards. But more on that product in a second.

The film at hand follows a mad scientist named Dr. Clayton Forrester who hopes to fry the brains of everyone in the world by forcing them to watch the worst films of all time . The initial test subject is Mike Nelson, who combats the psychological examination by cracking jokes throughout the film he watches. In this case: the aforementioned This Island Earth . The film-within-a-film was abridged by half an hour to meet the runtime of MST3K , with the overall product worth every minute of your time. Check it out, if you haven't.

Mars Attacks!

Parody films often punctuate their titles with exclamation points. This is typically done by the Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker team with films like Airplane! (1980) and the aforementioned Hot Shots! The respective filmmakers intend to imply that the mark legitimately adds intrigue and elation to the film itself, like it's telling you to view the events as exciting. Hey, you know what sounds cool? Mars, attacking! That was the pitch for Mars Attacks! (1994), directed by Tim Burton from a script by Jonathan Gems!

See, such punctuation only excites the respective reader with the proper pacing. But these creatives know that. The titles are of course sardonic, while the films themselves and the jokes they tell within feature some of the keenest timing you're ever likely to experience within film. And none of this has even touched on the star-studded nature of its cast. Their efforts are worth experiencing with a fresh perspective, as is Mars Attacks! as a whole. It ultimately lands just within the list's top five.

Worth noting off the bat with regard to Bowfinger (1999) is that it co-stars two of the best comedic minds of their generation: Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. It garnered critical acclaim and made decent money in theaters. But frankly, Bowfinger has been thrown a bit too close to the modern wayside of viewership. It's time respect was put on its name. It follows Martin's titular character, a down-on-his-luck producer of B-movies named Bobby Bowfinger.

The other comedy legend in Murphy plays a hot action star named Kit Ramsay, who's featured as the protagonist of Bowfinger's new flick. The twist: Ramsay didn't agree, and he's unknowingly being filmed. With direction under Frank Oz, the project at hand was made from a script penned by Martin. And this should go down among his greatest comedies if not for those screenwriting efforts alone. But he also builds a dynamic on-screen rapport with Murphy that will entertain audiences until the film's final, funny frame. For that, Bowfinger deserves this spot at number four.

Another movie from the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker group, Hot Shots! (1991) was this time made individually by Abrahams. It's his most famous work outside the trio. And while Airplane! will always soar higher re: popularity, Hot Shots! gives it a decent run for its money as one of the best comedies ever . Just as Leslie Nielson starred in Airplane! to a memorable degree, the same can be said for Charlie Sheen and Hot Shots!

It primarily pokes fun at Top Gun (1986) while also taking aim at Marathon Man (1976), Rocky (1976), Superman (1978), and even Gone With the Wind (1939). A mighty undertaking. But it's seen into fantastically funny fruition thanks to Sheen and Cary Elwes, with the latter going down as one of cinema's all-time best spoof actors. Hot Shots! might be his best.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Perhaps the most famous film on the entire list is Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). It features Mike Myers in the eponymous role, with that famous comic actor also portraying the film's antagonist: Dr. Evil. His performance drives the quality of the film, showcasing a keen discernment for comedic timing.

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But the script is also replete with iconic one-liners and thought-out jokes, boasting some of the funniest dialogue you'll read about today. Its plot follows the titular protagonist Austin as he awakens from a cryogenic experiment to find himself living in the 1990s, no longer in the sixties. Now, he must stop the dastardly Dr. Evil while adjusting to new social customs. Only this team of actors could have pulled off such an off-the-wall premise, with the execution spawning a successful trilogy . An obvious pick for the penultimate spot.

Galaxy Quest

A well-written script that spoofs the Star Trek television series, seen into hilarious fruition by a star-studded cast — Galaxy Quest (1999) should go down among the greatest spoofs ever made, let alone of the 1990s. From Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver to Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell, everyone performs to perfection in rendering this a laugh-out-loud experience from its first frame until its careful conclusion.

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Thanks to keen comedic timing with witty wordplay within dialogue, Galaxy Quest is a legitimately intelligent script with unexpected twists featured throughout its plot. And its main character (Commander, played by Allen) embeds a certain emotion thanks to his thought-out arc of development. But this entry is also a gorgeous experience of visual storytelling, with great sound design to boot. Frankly, every fathomable facet of filmmaking comes into fluid fruition to make Galaxy Quest a clear-cut pick for the number one spot.

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