# Funniest movie you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799 "2001-04-04T17:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 5, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/41 "2001-04-05T20:44:48Z")
In no particular order: 1. Clue…Tim Curry at his comedic best. The dialogue is fantastic, and the delivery on each line is incredible. 2. Airplane!..See previous comments 3. The Naked Gun…The first one has me in stitches every time. “‘When I see six guys wearing sheets stabbing someone in the middle of Central Park in full view of 200 people, I shoot the bastards. That’s my motto!’ ‘That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Ceaser, you moron. You killed five actors. Good ones.’” 4. Kentucky Fried Movie…Then again, I think I have a fascination with the ZAZ crew. 5. This Is Spinal Tap…Just that scene where Nigel is showing Marty his guitar collection. “Don’t touch it.” “I wasn’t gonna touch it. I was just pointing at it.” “Well, don’t point, either.” “Can I look at it?” “No, you can’t look at it, either. I think you’ve seen enough of that one.” 6. Throw Momma from the Train…“Owen, you had a three-page story with two characters, one of which was dead on page 2. It wasn’t hard to figure out who did it.” “Yeah, the guy in the hat killed the other guy in the hat.” or “Who are you?” “I’m Owen’s friend.” “Owen doesn’t have any friends.” “That’s because he’s shy.” “No, he’s not. He’s fat and he’s stupid.” or “I know, I know…I’m a sick, sick per-look! Cows!” ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/42 "2001-04-05T21:38:44Z")
Tommy Boy Me, Myself, and Irene Dumb and Dumber Road Trip ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/43 "2001-04-05T21:55:57Z")
No-one’s mentioned **“Where the Buffalo Roam”**!!! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/44 "2001-04-05T22:48:59Z")
**Raising Arizona** “There’s right, and there’s right, and never the twain shall meet.” And the fight scene in the house, when he scraped his knuckles on the ceiling was classic. **National Lampoon’s European Vacation** and **Christmas Vacation** **A Hard Day’s Night** “I’ve toyed with the idea of a ball and chain, but he’d only rattle them at me, and in public too.” “He’s a clean old man, isn’t he?” **Monty Python’s Holy Grail** ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/45 "2001-04-05T22:51:04Z")
Listing two that haven’t been mentioned yet but that always crack me up: Monty Python’s Life of Brian - taking the liberty of the inexact quotation, " No one, and I want to make this perfectly clear, is going to stone anyone until I blow this whistle!" and The In-Laws ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/46 "2001-04-05T23:05:02Z")
## What About Bob? (“I’m sailing! I’m sailing!”) Bill Murray is a genius. ## Bowfinger (Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy together–a comedy explosion) Those are the two that make me laugh the most even on repeated viewings. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/47 "2001-04-05T23:06:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, c’mon, Sealemon, I KNOW you’re an intelligent and well-versed person (though at the moment I can’t remember which sex you are . . . ). Surely you have seen at least ONE movie made before 1975 that you liked? OK, first of all, thank you for the compliment! The thing is, I can’t think of any older comedy I’ve seen, except for the occasional Abbott and Costello movie (Which I should have mentioned). Right now, all I can think of are the classic sci-fi movies like Forbidden Planet and The Day The Earth Stood Still, or Hitchcock movies. Hmmm. I _know_ I’ve seen Animal Crackers; I should go and see if I can find a rental to refresh my memory. P.S. I put the “mon” in Sealemon! P.P.S. I forgot to mention Flash Gordon in my previous post. That movie practically MST3K’s itself! ---
**Author:** ![Runadoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Runadoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runadoc)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/48 "2001-04-05T23:25:47Z")
My vote goes to My Cousin Vinny. When the judge asks “what is a yoot?” Just remembering that line makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![ism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@ism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ism)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/49 "2001-04-06T03:58:58Z")
My cousin Vinnie is one of the best. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Lock, Stock & two smoking barrels Snatch Pulp Fiction has some classic lines Get Shorty also is good The Princess Bride The Pirate Movie!!! I can’t remember who was in it but it’s a movie version of ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/50 "2001-04-06T06:16:33Z")
How could I have forgotten SHOT IN THE DARK? ---
**Author:** ![Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/51 "2001-04-06T09:38:36Z")
Superdude Thanks for allowing me to not feel weird for loving Kentucky Fried Movie. I couldn’t believe there were so many posts not mentioning this classic. “The Pocorn you are eating has been pissed in - Film at 11” I love everything by Kevin Smith - “I’m not even supposed to BE here” I know it’s been outvoted by “Holy Grail”, but my favorite movie of all time is Monty Pythons “The Meaning of Life”. Where else can you see 200 cast members doing a song and dance number called “Every Sperm is Sacred” and a scene about learning sex education in school by having the teacher boff his wife in front of the class? Damn Funny Stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Bad\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Hat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/52 "2001-04-06T09:47:22Z")
unless I missed them, I haven’t heard either **Ghostbusters** or **The Big Lebowski** mentioned. thats some wicked funny shit there… CJ ---
**Author:** ![JayNewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@JayNewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayNewt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/53 "2001-04-06T12:28:58Z")
Tommy Boy Greatest funny movie ever. Tommy-“I cant belive he called me I psyco.” Richard-“Did you see yourself in there you are a psyco!”; Tboy-“Dose this tie make me look fat.” Richard-“No your head does.” ---
**Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/54 "2001-04-06T12:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JayNewt \* > **Tommy Boy** How could someone not agree with that? ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/55 "2001-04-06T13:34:43Z")
Some of my faves have already been mentioned. I’ll add a few more oldies M_A_S\*H Heathers (ok, really dark comedy) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Parenthood Four Weddings & A Funeral Muriel’s Wedding Men In Black Grosse Point Blank ---
**Author:** ![wolfseyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@wolfseyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfseyn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/56 "2001-04-07T03:00:35Z")
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: “…do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk… ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children’s ice cream.” Bevis and Butthead do America: “Bork, you’re a federal agent! You represent the United States Government! Never end a sentence with a preposition.” Spaceballs: “It’s Mega-Maid! She’s gone from suck to blow!” I have yet to see a comedy that leaves me ROTFLMAO… ---
**Author:** ![IndignantSarcasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@IndignantSarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndignantSarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/57 "2001-04-07T03:39:47Z")
Blazing Saddles History of the World Robin Hood: Men in Tights (tight tights!) aww hell… ANYTHING MEL BROOKS!! anything that man has a say in turns to pure humor. he is . . . my hero He has no equal. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/58 "2001-04-07T03:47:49Z")
Clerks Raising Arizona Being There Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/59 "2001-04-08T00:14:19Z")
I second the anything by Mel Brooks… Eating Raoul “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World”…it had every comedy star who was a star at that time. Murder By Death. Catch 22 The Great Dictator. The Russians are Coming…The Russians are Coming The Owl and The Pussycat Redneck Zombies ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799/60 "2001-04-08T03:40:11Z")
Funniest movies imho, in no particular order, Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke Porky’s Animal House Caddyshack Stripes Fast Times at Ridgemont High Galaxy Qwest Hollywood Knights The Jerk Born in East LA There are others, but my mind is blank right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-movie-youve-ever-seen/60799.md?page=2)