# Favorite Movies/Music/Comedians **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102 "2018-11-06T22:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/1 "2018-11-06T22:48:12Z")
Top 5 1. Mort Sahl 2. Bill Hicks 3. George Carlin 4. Bill Burr 5. Dick Gregory 6. Harry and Tonto 7. La Strada 8. Nashville 9. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 10. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest 11. Network 12. The Battle of Algiers 13. A Woman Under The Influence 14. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 15. Buffalo '66 16. Pink Floyd 17. The Doors 18. Supertramp 19. Led Zeppelin 20. The Who 21. The Beatles 22. Steely Dan 23. ELO 24. America 25. Eagles And I’m very curious to what your favorites are… I like lists because it’s usually the most probably way of finding other interests. If you were to love 9 out of 10 of the movies I just listed, chances are you might like the 10th. And vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/2 "2018-11-06T23:10:00Z")
I defintely will post for this thread, but I need to take some time to think about it, or I’ll keep coming back to make changes because “Shoot, I forgot one!” ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/3 "2018-11-06T23:51:06Z")
I know what you mean! I’ve only been a member for a few minutes, and saw SO many topics and felt like adding or creating posts/threads, but knowing message boards, I’m trying to understand the informal norms. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/4 "2018-11-07T00:03:25Z")
\*\*Comedians: \*\* George Carlin Bill Cosby _(I know, I know, but the bastard was funny as shit for a really long time)_ Bob Newhart Abbott & Costello Richard Pryor **Movies** _Hard to narrow to 10 but I’ll give it a try:_ Godfather Godfather II Casablanca Pulp Fiction Harvey The Princess Bride Blazing Saddles Blues Brothers Galaxy Quest Star Trek IV The Voyage Home ( The Whale movie) **Music** _Top 4 are tied_ 1. Pink Floyd 2. The Beatles 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Yes 5. CSN{&Y} 6. The Doors 7. The Who 8. Allman Brothers 9. Jimi Hendrix 10. Traffic (maybe) or Jethro Tull or David Bowie or maybe Cream or Stevie Ray Vaughn. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/5 "2018-11-07T00:44:25Z")
My criteria is based on which ones I like to rewatch the most **Comedians** : Rodney Dangerfield George Carlin Johnny Carson Jay Leno Conan O’Brien **Movies** Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Back to the Future Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator: Genysis Robocop(the 1987 one) Superman II No Country for Old Men Aliens **Music** Guns N Roses Metallica Poison Van Halen Bon Jovi Whitesnake Bruce Springsteen Michael Jackson George Michael Roy Orbison Yes I was a child of the 80s as anyone with half of brain could figure out based on the above. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/6 "2018-11-07T01:20:08Z")
Standup Comedians: Richard Pryor Dennis Wolfberg Bob Newhart Woody Allen (few remember how great he was at standup) George Carlin Bill Cosby Stephen Wright Albert Brooks Robin Williams Nichols and May Movies: Singin’ in the Rain Arthur Christmas Citizen Kane North by Northwest Duck Soup Anne Hall E.T. Dr. Strangelove The Grand Budapest Hotel Airplane! Music: Bonzo Dog Band The Beatles The Who Loudon Wainwright III The Kinks Squeeze Talking Heads Joni Mitchell Spirit ---
**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:** [November 7, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/7 "2018-11-07T03:29:12Z")
Never saw that movie, Mort Sahl. But The Doors have a killer stand-up routine. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/8 "2018-11-07T10:56:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Never saw that movie, Mort Sahl. But The Doors have a killer stand-up routine. Jim Morrison was very funny! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/9 "2018-11-07T15:12:22Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/10 "2018-11-07T15:25:37Z")
I left out directors… Vittorio De Sica, Robert Bresson, Frank Capra, Akira Kurosawa, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, John Cassavetes, Ingmar Bergman, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Luchino Visconti, Robert Altman, Billy Wilder, Aki Kaurismaki, William Wyler, Sidney Lumet, Abbas Kiarostami, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Mazursky ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-music-comedians/824102/11 "2018-11-07T19:06:16Z")
Comedians: Patton Oswalt Kyle Kinane Kumail Nanjiani Paul F. Tompkins Hannibal Burress Movies: **Unforgiven Alien L.A. Story Star Wars The Usual Suspects** Music: Blondie Queen Pink Floyd The Doubleclicks Paul Simon