Aha! Still no thread on the funniest movies.

Cafe Society
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just a poll thread as to Who was funniest. well here’s my list in no particular order:

  1. salt and pepper 2 (the castle scenes)
  2. blazing saddles (everything in it except the credits)
  3. trading places (mothafaker, moi?)
  4. american pie 1
  5. assasins (for some reason, a relatively unknown banderas was hilarious)
  6. the naked gun 1 (and only 1)
  7. history of the world
  8. stalag 17
  9. singing in the rain
  10. front page
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  1. Where is the poll?

  2. We did do this, but it has been awhile.

  3. I think Monty Python’s Holy Grail is probably the funniest, but it is hard to keep fresh after all these years.

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This is off the top of my head, so I’m sure I am forgetting a lot. You can see I am partial to pre-Code, fast-talking wisecracks:

His Girl Friday (1940)
**Bombshell **(1933)
Airplane! (1980)
Female Trouble (1974)
One Week (1920)
Show People (1928)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
**Duck Soup **(1933)
Million Dollar Legs (1932)

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My top-ten favorite comedies are, in rough order from best to not-quite-so-wonderful:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Trading Places
The Big Lebowski
Airplane!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Blazing Saddles
True Lies
Ghostbusters
Groundhog Day
The Life of Brian

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IN no particular order, today’s list is:

MAS*H
Airplane!
Young Frankenstein
Duck Soup
Some Like it Hot
His Girl Friday
Blazing Saddles
The Pink Panther
Dr. Strangelove
Safety Last

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I’ll nominate two vastly different movies:

My Man Godfrey
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy