Top Comedies of All Time

[Antman]

I'm sure there's been similar threads in the past but here's my top 10.

1. Animal House
2. Easy Money
3. Caddyshack
4. Fast Times
5. Spinal Tap
6. Blazing Saddles
7. Clerks
8. Don't Be a Menace While Drinkin Your Juice in the Hood
9. CB4/Fear of a Black Hat (tie)
10. Dazed and Confused

Discuss.

[GAR]

???

No W.C. Fields in there? No Marx Bros. or 3 Stooges?

[aesop]

4a. Airplane
5a. Holy Grail

??? What were you thinking keeping these off??

[Antman]

Not all can make a top 10 list. Airplane would be maybe 11. I do not find Monty Python funny. Never really got English humor. Nor do I find anything pre 70s funny-Stooges, Abbott & Costello, etc.

[Soul Reaper]

Mont Python And The Holy Grail
Airplane
Blazin' Saddles

[Jamocha Joe]

The Airplane humor has been beaten to death, but when it first came out it was absolutely hysterical.

American Pie was fall out of your chair funny and probably ranks a top 10.

[Jamocha Joe]

1st Ace Ventura movie. Jim Carey...genius

Forrest Gump

Someone will probably mention Young Frankentein and Slapshot, but neither really made me laugh out loud. Neither did Animal House or Fast Times. My idea of a good comedy is one where you laugh so hard you have to drop your popcorn or your coke because you need a free hand to grab your ball sack before your nards get sucked up into your chest cavity.

[loss of fools]

monty python- its all good

[Bubba]

WTF???? Where do you suppose "Stripes" would fit in this list?

[Warham]

Airplane's my favorite comedy, fo' sho.

[buckshotjenkins]

cabin boy-more like a play in some ways, but i love it
FLETCH!!!!-PROBLY THE BEST!!!!
blazing saddles-wilder is the man
mp+holy grail-"he has nasty sharp...he can leap about...LOOKAT THE BONES!!!"
maverick-corny? still funny
office space
PCU
captain ron-utterly moronic..."it shows"
VH live without a net

[Hardrock69]

I saw Steve Martin's The Jerk while tripping on acid.

Animal House
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World...
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

[Dan]

King Frat

[Grant]

Airplane
Some Like It Hot
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Modern Times
Ace Ventura
Dumb & Dumber
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Nuns On The Run
Top Secret
Dog Day Afternoon
National Lampoons European Vacation
A Fish Called Wanda

[MAX]

"Grant" is an Ozman!!!!

Good list mate but you'll ALWAYS be ROVUS!!!!

Love ya mate!!!

Cheers!!!

:gulp:

Change your name!!!!! ;)

[MAX]

I'll go as I THUNK them.

First,

Both "Arthur" and "Caddyshack" cos I've got so many lines down.

[Grant]

Originally posted by MAX
"Grant" is an Ozman!!!!

Good list mate but you'll ALWAYS be ROVUS!!!!

Love ya mate!!!

Cheers!!!

:gulp:

Change your name!!!!! ;)

Cheers MAX!!!:)

I'm having a throthie for you right now, my friend!
:cool:

[MAX]

Originally posted by Grant
Cheers MAX!!!:)

I'm having a throthie for you right now, my friend!
:cool:

The ROV!!!!!

Nawwww....................

Frothies are ALWAYS on me here mate. If I'm not around hit up PMark, he's always good for the vegemite sammich bill. ;)

Love ya Rov!!!!

Cheers!!!

:gulp:

Oh fuck, I forgot to shoot you a vote mate!!! Doin' it nowza!!!

[Grant]

Originally posted by MAX
The ROV!!!!!

Nawwww....................

Frothies are ALWAYS on me here mate. If I'm not around hit up PMark, he's always good for the vegemite sammich bill. ;)

Love ya Rov!!!!

Cheers!!!

:gulp:

Oh fuck, I forgot to shoot you a vote mate!!! Doin' it nowza!!!

CHEERS BIG EARS!!! ;) :D

[flappo]

the jerk is a fucking masterpiece

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by flappo
the jerk is a fucking masterpiece


The new phonebook's here! The new phonebook's here!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Way Out West (Laurel and Hardy)
School of Rock (don't let the kids put you off)
Still Crazy (Billy Connolly/Tim Spall/Jimmy Nail/Bill Nighy. About an ageing 70's rock band reuniting)
Life Of Brian ("I'm Not The Messiah")
Naked Gun (all 3)
Spaceballs
Robin Hood-Men In Tights
Airplane ("Stop calling me Shirley")
Freddy Got Fingered (although, I was laughing more out of shock than at the jokes)
The Rutles (Eric Idle's Beatles spoof)
Holy Grail ("We are the knights who say 'ni'")
The Parole Officer (Steve Coogan is a genious)
The Blues Brothers (one of my all-time faves.)

[DLR7884]

This is Spinal Tap.

DLR7884
"Ours go to eleven."

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I do enjoy watching Spinal Tap, but I think it is very overrated. As far as spoof documentries go, Eric Idle's The Rutles is much better.

Although Antman and DLR7884 will probably disagree, British humour is better than American humour-mainly because we don't produce shitty teen sitcoms like 'Saved By The Bell' and whatever the fuck else.

[Hardrock69]

Originally posted by EbDawson
The new phonebook's here! The new phonebook's here!

Little did Steve Martin know when doing that scene, that it would have a huge effect on millions of people who now leap around the house like an idiot every year when the new phonebooks arrive. Hell, I did that just last night when I found a new phone book in my driveway!

:D

I could not find any pics of him doing the phone book dance, but here is an alternate:

[Hardrock69]

Actually as far as rock band pseudo-documentaries go, I dug BAD NEWS TOUR more than Spinal Tap.

[Wolverine]

Smokey and the Bandit

[DLR7884]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
I do enjoy watching Spinal Tap, but I think it is very overrated. As far as spoof documentries go, Eric Idle's The Rutles is much better.

Although Antman and DLR7884 will probably disagree, British humour is better than American humour-mainly because we don't produce shitty teen sitcoms like 'Saved By The Bell' and whatever the fuck else.

Your opinion of American sitcoms is based on "Saved By the Bell?"

Ever heard of Seinfeld, Cheers, or other sitcoms that were actually on during prime time?

DLR7884
Saved By the Bell was a Sat. a.m. show.

[DLR7884]

My opinion of British comedy is based on the fact that I hate the accents (sorry).

DLR7884
I also base it on Hugh Grant.

[Jamocha Joe]

How could I forget Dumb and Dumber? A classic for all time.

Another great one that just popped into my head is They Call Me Bruce. Hilarious.

[Cathedral]

Raising Arizona
Smokey and the Bandit
Cannonball Run
Barbarella
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
National Lampoons Vacation
Animal House
Caveman
History of the World Part 1

[Gmoney]

What about ...

Slapshot
Naked Gun
Swingers

[rustoffa]

"The Gods Must Be Crazy" has gotta be up there.

Stain winching the "Antichrist" up into the tree...

The Rhino busting in and stomping the campfire out.....

The little bushman shooting the goat with a dart on the animal preserve......

That fucking movie will make you laugh 'til you cry.

[secrets]

This is Spinal Tap

[Roguesgirl]

The original "Out-of-Towners" w/ Jack Lemmon

Airplane

Cable Guy

The Jay and Silent Bob flicks

[Roth & Roll]

In no particular order; but these are the 10 movies that come to mind off the top of my head..

1) Dumb And Dumber
2) Slapshot
3) Spaceballs
4) Blazing Saddles
5) Monty Python's The Life Of Brian
6) Easy Money
7) Animal House
8) Caddyshack
9) Stir Crazy
10) Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask.

**Honorable Mention - The Party (Peter Sellers)

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by DLR7884

Ever heard of Seinfeld, Cheers, or other sitcoms that were actually on during prime time?


'Cheers' I find watchable (Frasier's spin-off is better), 'Seinfeld' I hate.

The only american sitcoms I can say I actually like are 'Frasier' and 'Soap', and I like the sarcasm in 'Friends' (sarcasm is my favourite form of humour).

American sitcoms don't seem to be as realistic as British ones. 'Friends' wasn't realistic because nobody ever seemed to go to work and NOBODY is as stupid as that Joey guy. Not to mention that for people who hardly ever go to work, they neve wear the same clothes twice. They must all have that 'closet' from 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' and keep everything in Narnia. Then. you look at 'The Office', which is very popular in UK, and I heard comments from family members who have worked in offices like " (ex-bosses name) was like that, wasn't he?"

'Fawlty Towers' was mostly based on stories that real hotel owners had told John Cleese; Dead guests, rats, inspectors. Then you look at something like '3rd Rock From The Sun', which is about Aliens on earth. If aliens found a way to land on earth, they wouldn't be that stupid.

[Carmine]

off the top:

Airplane
Dicky Roberts
Christmas Vacation
Folks
The long, long ,long trailer
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
50 first dates
Happy Gilmore
See Spot Run
anything with Chris Farley

[secrets]

Anything with Laurel and Hardy.

[aesop]

Originally posted by aesop
4a. Airplane
5a. Holy Grail

??? What were you thinking keeping these off??

Blazing Saddles and Slapshot would also both be in my top 10.

...And for those of you who do not find Monty Python funny...you can just 'PISS OFF'! :)

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Laurel And Hardy were genious'

[Antman]

Originally posted by Jamocha Joe
How could I forget Dumb and Dumber? A classic for all time.

Another great one that just popped into my head is They Call Me Bruce. Hilarious.

I got a bunch of old 80s comedies recently and They Call Me Bruce? wasone of them. Couldn't find They Still Call Me Bruce?. "Master Cho's a pussy" "You kick my ass any day of week? I'm sorry but I'm busy all week." Another great underrated comedy was Night Patrol with The Unknown Comic. Fuckin classic.

[Antman]

Can't forget Kentucky Fried Movie. "You will cream in your jeans!" I love that fuckin movie. Another similar movie was Amazon Women on the Moon by Samuel L. Bronkowitz.

[Antman]

More keep coming to mind. The Search for One Eyed Jimmy is a must see. Steve Buscemi, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Dave Balducci, Samuel Jackson, all the Turturros. Rent it, buy it, steal it. You won't be disappointed. Paulie Walnuts is in it too.

[SoldMySoul4RnR]

Pretty much all of my fav's have been mentioned already...but my absolute personal favourite comedy of all time is Eddie Murphy's 'Delirious'.
I know it's stand-up & not a movie but fuckin hell, in my humble opinion its the funniest fucking piece of comedy ever comitted to film. Eddie Murphy in his foul-mouthed prime, now thats the shit. I find it a shame that he's wimped out to more family orientated stuff of late, but hey...I guess having a family will do that to ya.

The sequal Eddie Murphy's "Raw" is an honorable mention!

[Soul Reaper]

Dumb And Dumber is brilliant, a classic!

[academic punk]

How in the world has no one mentioned Hotel Rwanda or Schindler's List yet?

Classics!!!

[Carmine]

Originally posted by academic punk
How in the world has no one mentioned Hotel Rwanda or Schindler's List yet?

Classics!!!

hahahhahahaaaa

[jojo2371]

what ? no beverly hills ninja ???

[jojo2371]

i totally agree with rustoffa ,the gods must be crazy was very funny !!! i also thought survivors was a riot with robin williams and jerry reed !spies like us wasnt to bad either