Dead Famous (novel) belongs to an amateur dramatics society that is starting rehearsals for a performance of Macbeth, one of Coleridge's favourite plays. He desperately wishes to play the lead, but the director wants someone younger to play the lead part. Coleridge's success in solving the murder wins him the part. The idea of Banquo's ghost is Coleridge's method of forcing a confession out of the murderer. The novel is dedicated to the contestants of the first Big Brother series in the UK, the second Big Brother series in the UK and the first Big Brother series in Australia. The book parodies the
Parody in Tights" (1993) is Brooks' take on the classic Robin Hood tale. The British comedy group Monty Python is also famous for its parodies, for example, the King Arthur spoof "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1974), and the Jesus satire "Life of Brian" (1979). In the 1980s the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker parodied well-established genres such as disaster, war and crime movies with the "Airplane!", "Hot Shots!" and "Naked Gun" series respectively. There is a 1989 film parody from Spain of the TV series "The A-Team" called "El equipo Aahhgg" directed by José Truchado.