# Favourite comedy film of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874 "2014-02-21T14:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/81 "2014-02-23T23:47:08Z")
Funny how many older movies have been mentioned. Nothing current? There are moments in comedies where I laugh, but I can’t think of any that are start to finish knee slappers. Airplane! Animal House. Blazing Saddles. Those I laugh more than usual. Tootsie had some funny scenes, though I suppose it’s considered more of a romantic comedy. There is an older, little known movie with Elaine May, Reni Santori, and Jose Ferrer called Enter Laughing (based on Carl Reiner’s early career) that has some hysterical scenes! “and they WONDER why I drink!” I did laugh at much of Borat. My elderly mother and I watched it on TV, she was about 80 at the time, and she laughed SO hard I was afraid she’d break a rib! Mom loves Joan Rivers, and comedy central ‘roasts’, so…no surprise there! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/82 "2014-02-24T00:00:14Z")
Not even an honorable mention for _Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_? “Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.” It’s all the more hilarious for much of the dialog and the basic scenario of the “Doomsday Device” being taken essentially verbatim from the lecutres of Herman Kahn. Just the sheer audacity of making apocalyptic destruction as the core element of satire deserves consideration. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/83 "2014-02-24T12:15:11Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Not even an honorable mention for _Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_? > > “Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.” > > It’s all the more hilarious for much of the dialog and the basic scenario of the “Doomsday Device” being taken essentially verbatim from the lecutres of Herman Kahn. Just the sheer audacity of making apocalyptic destruction as the core element of satire deserves consideration. > > Stranger I always thought that Turgitson and Maj Kong were the most sane men in the film. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/84 "2014-02-24T14:11:10Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Funny how many older movies have been mentioned. Nothing current? Hard to believe that _ **Dumb and Dumber** _ is twenty years old, and the last _ **Austin Powers** _ movie came out in 2002! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/85 "2014-02-24T14:42:48Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Not even an honorable mention for _Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_? > > “Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.” > > It’s all the more hilarious for much of the dialog and the basic scenario of the “Doomsday Device” being taken essentially verbatim from the lecutres of Herman Kahn. Just the sheer audacity of making apocalyptic destruction as the core element of satire deserves consideration. > > Stranger That’s my choice, too. Never gets old. **What’s Up Doc** is a close second, if only for having the funniest car chase ever committed to film. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/86 "2014-02-24T16:22:44Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > **The Thin Man** Yeah, that’s in my pantheon, too. Damn they were funny, even without lines. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/87 "2014-02-24T16:31:39Z")
> [@Mustardseed](#): > > [The Party](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063415/reference) - Peter Sellers at his best, directed by Blake Edwards. I loved this movie, and laughed my ass off when I first saw it. It remains a mainstay. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/88 "2014-02-24T22:36:22Z")
So many to choose from, but since it hasn’t been mentioned, another film with Peter Sellers “After the Fox”. (and the Pink Panther movies) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/89 "2014-02-24T22:54:34Z")
Sellers’ _ **Where Does It Hurt?** _ is vastly underrated. _“There was nothing ‘childish’ about it, I assure you!”_ ---
**Author:** ![ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/90 "2014-02-25T03:05:17Z")
The Jerk ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/91 "2014-02-25T16:59:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Oh, yeah – how could I forget to add **What’s Up, Doc?** to the list. \>snip!\< I nearly sprayed the keyboard with coffee when I read this. 😃 I thought I was the only person to remember that movie. I don’t like ‘modern’ comedies, but WUD, to this day is still laugh out loud funny to me. The comedies of the 1930s are far more to my tastes as a rule. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/92 "2014-02-25T17:13:47Z")
The world lost one of it’s best comedic writers yesterday. RIP Harold Ramis. Animal House, Caddyshack, Vacation, Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Groundhog Day, the list goes on and on. In his honour, I will go with my personal favorite _Stripes_. “And that’s the fact, Jack!” ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/93 "2014-02-25T17:15:35Z")
😕 “WUD”? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/94 "2014-02-25T17:18:24Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Raising Arizona Yes! I was hoping somebody would beat me to it. Took a while. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/95 "2014-02-25T18:43:25Z")
Airplane! Without a doubt my favorite movie of all time, and the funniest too (IMO of course) ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/96 "2014-02-25T18:43:36Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > 😕 “WUD”? Heh. WUD = ‘What’s Up Doc?’ ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/97 "2014-02-25T19:40:37Z")
I refuse to choose just one from the following: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Groundhog Day South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut The Aristocrats ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-comedy-film-of-all-time/681874/98 "2014-02-25T19:49:51Z")
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