{"id":6031,"date":"2016-06-22T13:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6031"},"modified":"2016-06-22T13:08:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:08:40","slug":"comedy-movie-sequels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/22\/comedy-movie-sequels\/","title":{"rendered":"8 of the best comedy movie sequels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>History is littered with bad comedy sequels. The genre lends itself to rubbish follow-ups: recycled jokes, generic plots, irritating characters \u201d\u201c the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then, though, a comedy sequel emerges that is <em>actually <\/em>pretty good. Take <em>Ride Along 2<\/em>, which is out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/icecuberidealong2\">DVD<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/icecuberidealong2-f0a5968c-47f3-4621-94b9-fca5b5470738\">Blu-Ray<\/a> (both available from the musicMagpie Store, nudgenudgewinkwink), for example: while it has pretty much the same formula as the first, the relationship between Ice Cube and Kevin Hart is funny enough to sustain it all over again.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more hilarious comedy sequels that bucked the trend&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qP755JkDxyM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>22 Jump Street<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>22 Jump Street <\/em>isn\u2019t just a great comedy sequel; it\u2019s better than the first.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, it manages it by being pretty much exactly the same film. Jenko and Schmidt return with eyes on joining the Secret Service, only to be reassigned to infiltrating a college. From then on, the film mocks itself mercilessly for copying the same plot as the first.<\/p>\n<p>The real reason <em>22 Jump Street <\/em>works so well is the chemistry between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, a comedy duo more unlikely than Adam Sandler and George Clooney.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lu0sotERXhI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Toy Story 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pixar rarely make a bad movie, so it\u2019s no surprise that they nailed a comedy sequel at the first time of asking.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Woody is kidnapped by toy store tycoon and \u201d\u02dcchicken man\u2019 Al. He plans to sell Woody and his co-stars from Woody\u2019s Round-Up to a collector in Japan, although he fails to account for the fact that Woody is best buds with Buzz Lightyear AKA the baddest toy on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Like the original, <em>Toy Story 2 <\/em>is hilarious and heart-warming in equal measure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqLBo4nmjXI\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re not going to pretend <em>Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay <\/em>is high art, although \u201d\u02dchigh\u2019 is probably a fair description for most of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s second favourite stoners (after Cheech and Chong) are sentenced to a stay in America\u2019s most notorious detention centre after trying to sneak a bong (which is mistaken for a bomb) onto a flight to Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t fancy that though, so they go on the run instead. Cue lots of stoner humour and some surprisingly stinging satire about the War on Terror.<\/p>\n<p>The real highlight, however, is Neil Patrick Harris\u2019 show-stealing magic mushroom-fuelled cameo.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Elczv0ghqw0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alright, alright: it\u2019s not as good as the original.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a great comedy movie on its own merit though. Ron and the gang are great characters, and their road trip is hilarious \u201d\u201c as is Ron\u2019s exile in a lighthouse (even though it\u2019s pretty weird). Ron\u2019s sensationalised take on the news, designed purely to win ratings, hits pretty close to home too.<\/p>\n<p>Even the reused gags and catchphrases \u201d\u201c and there are a lot of them \u201d\u201c are pretty funny.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5gBhtvmGYU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bill and Ted\u2019s Bogus Journey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most comedy films shy away from killing their main characters because&#8230;well, someone you like dying isn\u2019t that funny. So it\u2019s quite a shock when Bill and Ted, two lovable slackers, are thrown off a cliff by time-travelling robots.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, it\u2019s a set-up for another wacky adventure where Death himself is a comedy sidekick and descent into the fiery depths of Hell is played almost entirely for laughs. It sounds pretty heavy but it\u2019s really not; if you loved the first movie, you\u2019ll love this too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Gv1r889qAo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jackass Number Two<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You know you\u2019re in for a treat when a movie\u2019s title doubles up as a poo joke.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jackass Number Two <\/em>isn\u2019t big and it isn\u2019t clever either \u201d\u201c but it doesn\u2019t want to be. Johnny Knoxville and co just want to make you laugh with gross, painful stunts involving a lot of bodily fluids, prosthetic genitals and the potential for broken limbs.<\/p>\n<p>Turn off your brain and enjoy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LGVjoLlgHbM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The sequel to <em>Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery<\/em> is pretty much the same movie, but in reverse. Instead of travelling to the future, Austin has to travel back to the past, where Dr Evil has taken everything he\u2019s learned from the future \u201d\u201c monetary inflation and clips from disaster movies included \u201d\u201c to try and take over the world.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t watch a movie like this for the plot though. It relies almost entirely on its characters, and how much you like it really depends on how funny you find evil mini clones, lairy obese Scotsmen and inept evil villains. Oh, and jokes about inappropriately shaped spaceships.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A99O84ct-WM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Do you enjoy watching Jim Carrey gurn, put on silly voices and pretend to talk out of his bum?<br \/>\n&#8211; Would you like to watch that for an hour and a half?<\/p>\n<p>If yes, you\u2019ll love <em>Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. <\/em>If not, well&#8230;maybe watch something else. Although we do recommend checking out the scene where Carrey emerges from a fake rhino\u2019s behind regardless.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What is your favourite comedy sequel? Let us know below!<\/p>\n<p>You can find all of the movies in this post, as well as Ride Along 2, on the musicMagpie Store. With FREE delivery and prices from just \u00a31.19, we\u2019re one of the cheapest places to <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/film-tv\">buy DVDs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/film-tv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5210\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SHOP-NOW.png\" alt=\"SHOP NOW\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History is littered with bad comedy sequels. The genre lends itself to rubbish follow-ups: recycled jokes, generic plots, irritating characters \u201d\u201c the list goes on. Every now and then, though, a comedy sequel emerges that is actually pretty good. Take Ride Along 2, which is out now on DVD and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1758,1759],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6034,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6031\/revisions\/6034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}