SCTV's 'Polynesiantown'

 
In 1981, the sketch TV show SCTV dedicated the majority of one episode to a very loose parody of Chinatown, entitled 'Polynesiantown', following the noir-ish escapades of restaurateur Johnny La Rue (played by the late, great John Candy) who runs a tacky Polynesian-style bar/restaurant.

Despite being punctuated by cues from Jerry Goldsmith's score, a handful of very cliched film noir tropes, and a seductive femme fatale obviously meant to resemble Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Mulwray (who turns out to be stark raving mad), it doesn't really have anything to do with Chinatown at all - until the final scene, which ends with guest musician Dr John leading John Candy into the night, saying, "Forget it, La Rue, this is Polnesiantown.", with a majestic crane shot pulling back to show them wandering off as a crowd gathers to look at the corpse they've left behind.
As legend has it, staging this particular crane shot to resemble the final shot of Chinatown blew the entire budget of the fourth series of SCTV.

It's all good fun, well worth a look, and although there are really only a few slight references to the film itself, it's a great illustration of just how much influence Chinatown has had upon popular culture.