Historical clue formulations

• The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g. — 2025-11-06
• The film "Airplane!," e.g. — 2025-01-30
• Ridiculous display — 2023-02-08
• "Duck Soup," for one — 2022-03-05
• Ludicrous display — 2021-08-27
• Complete travesty — 2021-08-22
• Wacky comedy — 2020-03-24
• Many a Monty Python skit — 2016-11-07
• "Broad City," for one — 2016-07-02
• Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," e.g. — 2015-03-15
• Outrageous comedy — 2012-09-10
• Play genre — 2009-07-25
• TV's "Fawlty Towers," for one — 2009-01-01
• Ludicrous comedy — 2006-06-12
• Ridiculous sham — 2005-01-21
• "S.N.L." specialty — 2003-11-12
• Broad comedy — 2003-08-06
• Oscar Wilde genre — 2003-07-13
• Madcap comedy — 2001-10-07
• You can't take it seriously — 1998-07-27