# Aha! Still no thread on the funniest movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270 "2011-09-14T10:01:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270/1 "2011-09-14T10:01:46Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270/2 "2011-09-14T12:59:58Z")
1. Where is the poll? 2. [We did do this, but it has been awhile.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347159&highlight=funniest+movie) 3. I think Monty Python’s Holy Grail is probably the funniest, but it is hard to keep fresh after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270/3 "2011-09-14T13:14:25Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270/4 "2011-09-14T13:21:17Z")
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_ ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270/5 "2011-09-14T13:39:36Z")
IN no particular order, today’s list is: M_A_S\*H Airplane! Young Frankenstein Duck Soup Some Like it Hot His Girl Friday Blazing Saddles The Pink Panther Dr. Strangelove Safety Last ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-still-no-thread-on-the-funniest-movies/596270/6 "2011-09-14T17:57:50Z")
I’ll nominate two vastly different movies: My Man Godfrey Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy