# Comedies that have aged well **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407 "2014-12-16T17:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/41 "2014-12-16T20:37:22Z")
[QUOTE=Novelty Bobble] I was thinking exactly the same, a film that even the cynical yoots of today can enjoy. [/QUOTE] The cynical what? Did you say… yoot? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/42 "2014-12-16T21:34:08Z")
I am very disappointed that I have to be the one to say **Airplane!** The funniest movie ever made ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/43 "2014-12-16T21:36:04Z")
The Pink Panther Strikes Again. I didn’t know how it would hold up after all these years but it’s still some timeless comedy bits that work. It even gets belly laughs from my 8 year-old son who can’t get enough of Clouseau and Cato chasing eachother around. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/44 "2014-12-16T21:45:29Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The cynical what? Did you say… yoot? 😃 Fred Gwynne was wonderful was he not? In fact all three main characters were on top of their game. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/45 "2014-12-16T21:55:46Z")
I love very few comedies, and think even fewer have aged well. Most have already been mentioned - **Planes, Trains and Automobiles** is probably at the top of my list. The Buster Keaton silents, particularly **Sherlock, Jr**. **Parenthood** is still very funny. **Some Like it Hot** remains fresh. **My Man Godfrey**. Oh, and speaking of, the **Thin Man** movies (although they’re also mystery.) ETA - oh, and **A Hard Day’s Night**! Great even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/46 "2014-12-16T21:58:59Z")
Peter Sellers’s _Being There_ still looks good also. ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/47 "2014-12-16T22:06:41Z")
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels holds up. Ruprect the Monkey Boy is still hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/48 "2014-12-16T22:37:46Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Most of the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton (silents only), and W.C. Fields are still very funny and only marred by the fact that the jokes have shown up so often most people have seen them before. > > … Seconded. Some years ago, I went to a showing of Buster Keaton’s [The General](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_(1926_film)), a 1926 silent film that boasted what was then the most expensive shot in movie history - a locomotive crashing onto a burning bridge, that was filmed with a real locomotive crashing onto a real burning bridge. I. Roared. The humor was, of course, slapstick, which doesn’t get old - if it’s done right. And Keaton was a master. In addition to the slapstick, Keaton did his own stunts, and they were almost as impressive as the humor. Especially when I realized that the scene that looked like Keaton climbing around on, and almost falling off, the cowcatcher of a speeding locomotive, did so because he _was_ climbing around on, and almost falling off, the cowcatcher of a speeding locomotive. The American Film Institute rated it 18th on their 2007 list of the 100 Greatest American Films. Should you ever get the chance to see it, especially as I did in a old-timey movie palace with a live organist playing a Wurlitzer, seize that opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/49 "2014-12-17T00:04:50Z")
Sleeper and Take the Money and Run. I really enjoyed Love and Death when it came out, not impressed when I watched it recently. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/50 "2014-12-17T00:52:00Z")
Blazing Saddles. Classic. Borat? Lime green slingshot monokini will always age well! Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. I laugh like a loon, every single time. The Blues Brothers (not exactly hilarious, but quaintly charming; they will forever occupy their own special little 2-man world, a folie au deux, no matter what year. Or century!) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/51 "2014-12-18T02:20:12Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > Dirty Rotten Scoundrels holds up. Ruprect the Monkey Boy is still hilarious. Michael Caine is brilliant but Steve Martins overacting really kills it for me. Should have been a masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/52 "2014-12-18T02:49:34Z")
_Slapshot_ Paul Newman has a filthy, filthy mouth! ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/53 "2014-12-18T10:44:45Z")
Hot Shots! Kung Pow: Enter the fist However for a non-corny comedy Lone Star State of Mind it’s relatively newer from 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/54 "2014-12-18T11:18:55Z")
For TV series: Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister Monty Python Fawlty Towers To The Manor Born Only Fools & Horses. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/55 "2014-12-18T12:02:04Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > Dirty Rotten Scoundrels holds up. Ruprect the Monkey Boy is still hilarious. Did you know it was a remake of a movie with [David Niven and Marlon Brando](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcS0dN4oUsE)? ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/56 "2014-12-18T15:11:14Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Did you know it was a remake of a movie with [David Niven and Marlon Brando](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcS0dN4oUsE)? I did know that, actually. The original was fairly dismal. _DRS_ is the exception to the rule that remakes are always inferior to the original. I love the remake and wish I could have seen the Broadway show. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/57 "2014-12-18T19:44:30Z")
Harvey Le Cage Aux Folles City Lights The Odd Couple Tremors Big Trouble In Little China Young Frankenstein I Love You To Death Monty Python and the Holy Grail It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World Raising Arizona A Night At The Opera What’s Up, Doc ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/58 "2014-12-18T19:54:11Z")
Life of Brian ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/59 "2014-12-18T20:08:03Z")
Not a comedy, but “Match Game” still manages to be funny after 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407/60 "2014-12-18T20:08:43Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I am very disappointed that I have to be the one to say > > **Airplane!** > > The funniest movie ever made To ease your disappoint, see post #26. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-that-have-aged-well/707407.md?page=4)