''Bad Golf Made Easier'' is a 1993 33-minute
video
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by actor
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen (11 February 192628 November 2010) was a Canadian actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.
Nielsen was bo ...
. It is a
parody
A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its sub ...
of
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
and other golf videos and books. It demonstrates many
humorous bad golf swings, and a
slogan found in it is: "I don't play golf to feel bad; I play bad golf but feel good!" In the video, many people hit the dirt out from the ground, drop their
golf club
A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf. Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety ...
s into the water, and make other mistakes.
Cast
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Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen (11 February 192628 November 2010) was a Canadian actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.
Nielsen was bo ...
as Barry
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Archie Hahn as Billy
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Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republica ...
as himself
Sequels
Two sequels, ''
Bad Golf My Way
''Bad Golf My Way'' is a 1994 video by actor Leslie Nielsen. It is the sequel to his first golf video '' Bad Golf Made Easier'' and was followed by '' Stupid Little Golf Video'' in 1997.
Like its predecessor, ''Bad Golf'' is a parody of golf
...
'' and ''
Stupid Little Golf Video
''Stupid Little Golf Video'' (released as ''Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video'' in the United States) is the third and last of the how-to-golf-badly trilogy, following '' Bad Golf Made Easier'' and '' Bad Golf My Way''. it is the only o ...
'', were released in 1994 and 1997. In keeping with the theme of the first video, Nielsen demonstrated additional golf strategies in a comical format. , ''Stupid Little Golf Video'' is the only one of the trio that has been released on DVD.
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1993 comedy films
1990s parody films
1993 films
American comedy films
Direct-to-video comedy films
1990s English-language films
Golf films
Films directed by Rick Friedberg
1990s American films
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