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Johnny Dangerously

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by Dill Havarti

"Spoofs save lives. Give spoof."

Before Batman, there was George Cluny in ER, the most hilarious show on TV. Before Batman, there was Val Kilmer in Top Secret!, the King of Spoofs. And before Batman, there was Michael Keaton in Johnny Dangerously. You gotta have comedy on the resume before you get the big money, dad.

What else can I say. My favorite genre is spoof, and
this one is a doozy. Joe Piscopo plays the best
gangster in all of cinema, and Michael Keaton farts
a tour de force all over Joe's pinstripes. It's NON
STOP LAUGHS ladies and gentlemen. It's about time
someone made fun of the mob, EH! Bout time, I tell
ya!

There are so many good one-liners it's hard to know
where to begin. It's like Austin Powers, only thirty
years ealier. The cars in JD are way better and the
gun and dick jokes are ludicrous and staccato.

Not that I'm dis'n' tha' Powah, but the Spy Who
Shagged me wasn't as funny as this movie. And, in my
humble opinion, Top Secret! is just plain peerless
among spoofs. Still, if you think movies like
Airplane are the shiznit, Johnny Dangerously is a
must-see.

Bring beer, have a blast.

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originally posted: 06/15/00 09:17:16

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4/26/11 zenny How can you not love this flick, you farking bastages??? 4 stars

3/29/08 Pamela White funny spoof 4 stars

3/14/06 YDRittmann This movie is a mess that nearly killed Keaton's career 2 stars

1/17/05 Jeff Anderson Funny spoof. The actors are all fun, but Richard Dimitri as Moronie is the absolute BEST!!! 5 stars

7/09/03 natasha_theobald odd yet oddly appealing - some quotable lines 4 stars

3/03/03 Jack Sommersby Heavy-handed gangster spoof has only the game Keaton to as an asset. 2 stars

3/02/03 V. Salvatore Very under-rated, very funny 5 stars

6/23/02 Douglas Best spoof ever 5 stars

4/13/02 oldgoatmon Eh, not particularly witty, and insightful at times. 2 stars

1/31/02 martin macdonald mostly very funny 5 stars

11/21/01 Wayne No contest - best spoof movie EVER!!! 5 stars

3/17/01 jason okay 3 stars

1/04/01 Rob from Canuckistan Loved it. Kinda look back on it fondly. Think people who hated the movie have small penises 5 stars

9/07/00 Jim Sz what a waste of talent flat, flat flat 1 stars

5/17/00 The Bomb 69 one of the funniest comedies of all time!!! 5 stars

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USA 21-Dec-1984 (PG-13) DVD: 22-Aug-2002 UK N/A Australia N/A

Directed by Amy Heckerling Written by Harry Colomby Jeff Harris Norman Steinberg Cast Michael Keaton Joe Piscopo Danny DeVito Peter Boyle Marilu Henner Maureen Stapleton Griffin Dunne

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