Genre spoofs were quite popular in the 80s. In the period from 1980-1991, the
Zucker-Zucker-Abrahams group turned on parodies of police dramas (
Naked Gun), spy stories (
Top Secret), disaster movies (
Airplane) war films (
Hot Shots).
Carl Reiner felt he could make a solid entry into the lucrative genre. After all, didn't his best friend
Mel Brooks virtually invent genre spoofs with
Blazing Saddles? The
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