Parody movies are a fun debate. Mel Brooks' filmography certainly gets recognition, although Brooks' style was more a parody of genres rather than specific movies (although he did the latter with films like High Anxiety and Spaceballs).
I would put Airplane! ahead of Dumb and Dumber as a comedy, but they are awful close. My other favorites would be Slap Shot, Anchorman, Tommy Boy, and Happy Gilmore, with Slap Shot solidly at the top.
On the topic of Airplane!, can we all take a moment to recognize how much Stephen Stucker stole the show in his limited screen time? To this day, every time he describes the plane I almost fall out of my seat.
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