# Favorite Comedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135 "2002-12-16T19:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/1 "2002-12-16T19:01:41Z")
Post your favorite comedy that isn’t based off of crude humor. My top three: 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (crude humor is debatable…) 2. Bedazzled 3. Miss Congeniality ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/2 "2002-12-16T19:17:58Z")
In no particular order: _Quick Change_ _O Brother, Where Art Thou_ _The Royal Tenenbaums_ ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/3 "2002-12-16T19:21:04Z")
Is this another thread where we get yelled at for not including Preston Sturges and Buster Keaton? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/4 "2002-12-16T19:31:16Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/5 "2003-02-04T23:41:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stccrd \* > \*\*Post your favorite comedy that isn’t based off of crude humor. > > My top three: > > 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (crude humor is debatable…) > 2. Bedazzled > 3. Miss Congeniality \*\* Do you mean the original Bedazzled starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore or the remake? I have not seen the remake, but I love the original one starring Cook and Moore. Saw it again recently on my local PBS channel. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/6 "2003-02-05T00:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*Is this another thread where we get yelled at for not including Preston Sturges and Buster Keaton? \*\* No, you get yelled at for not including the Marx Brothers and Woody Allen. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/7 "2003-02-05T01:19:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*In no particular order: > > _Quick Change_ > \*\* I agree wholeheartedly. IMHO, this is one of the more overlooked movies of recent years. _The Princess Bride_ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/8 "2003-02-05T01:20:15Z")
Also, the entire Christopher Guest series: _This Is Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman Best In Show_ I can’t wait for his new one. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/9 "2003-02-05T02:32:27Z")
not crude favorites– Annie Hall Groundhog Day Election ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/10 "2003-02-05T02:33:55Z")
Well, after **RealityChuck** and **Exapno Mapcase** ’s comments above ( **Exapno** , I wish I’d thought of that username when I registered), this is going to seem like a cop-out, but: 1. _Duck Soup_ 2. _Annie Hall_ 3. _Sherlock, Jr._ ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/11 "2003-02-05T03:59:54Z")
Some Like It Hot The Producers Auntie Mame ---
**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/12 "2003-02-05T04:03:34Z")
The Big Lebowski Monty Python Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/13 "2003-02-05T04:18:11Z")
Better Off Dead The Princess Bride Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/14 "2003-02-05T04:25:36Z")
The Big Lebowski Best in Show Super Troopers ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/15 "2003-02-05T04:30:53Z")
Blackadder The Whoopee Boys Fast Times at Ridgemont High if any of the above are judged rude, then substitute Better off Dead ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comedy/143135/16 "2003-02-05T04:34:23Z")
This is Spinal Tap Groundhog Day The Producers hrh