# I'm in the mood to watch a wacky movie--RIGHT NOW **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162 "2010-05-03T15:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/21 "2010-05-03T19:55:01Z")
I would recommend **Rat Race** over Mad Mad Mad Mad World - the plots are similar, but I find Rat Race much funnier, personally. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/22 "2010-05-03T19:58:17Z")
Brazil (more weird than wacky but definitely different) or Hey Dude, Where is my car (basically so stupid its funny). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/23 "2010-05-03T20:01:25Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I would recommend **Rat Race** over Mad Mad Mad Mad World - the plots are similar, but I find Rat Race much funnier, personally. Agreed. M[sup]4[/sup]World has the edge if you get a thrill out of identifying old movie and television stars of the first half of the 20th Century, but Rat Race is definitely funnier. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/24 "2010-05-03T20:04:03Z")
**[Romance and Cigarettes](http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Romance_Cigarettes/70033394?strackid=59fdefec9ee4d266_0_srl&strkid=1043152429_0_0&trkid=438381)** EDIT: linkified (directly to the Watch Instantly page) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/25 "2010-05-03T20:14:13Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Brazil (more weird than wacky but definitely different) or Hey Dude, Where is my car (basically so stupid its funny). Don’t know what edit of Brazil you’ve seen, but Terry Gilliam’s cut utterly devastated me the first time I saw it, with me sitting in my seat utterly poleaxed as the lights came up after the credits. I consider it my favorite film of all time, but I don’t consider it “wacky”. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/26 "2010-05-03T20:24:33Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I consider it my favorite film of all time, but I don’t consider it “wacky”. Dude, why do you think I put the weird caveat in there? And it is wacky in a way until the very end (who couldnt like handyman ninjas?) when you figure out whats really going on and then it is sucky depressing. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/27 "2010-05-03T20:34:56Z")
Thanks for the suggestions (and keep them coming!) I’ve seen several of these but there are plenty that I haven’t (and like The Big Lebowski, I’ve always _meant_ to see but never gotten around to!) Today I ended up actually watching a DVD of Black Books episodes, but tomorrow I want to see something I haven’t already watched a thousand times 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/28 "2010-05-03T20:43:03Z")
I’ll seventhed **Big Lebowski** , **Role Models** and **Hangover**. I had no interest in seeing Hangover even though I love Zach Galifianakis stand-up routines and I was suprised at how funny it was. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/29 "2010-05-03T21:01:07Z")
Yeah I have already seen the Hangover. It was funny 🙂 Haven’t seen the other two. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/30 "2010-05-03T21:03:26Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Dude, why do you think I put the weird caveat in there? And it is wacky in a way until the very end (who couldnt like handyman ninjas?) when you figure out whats really going on and then it is sucky depressing. I still don’t think it fits the OP criteria at all. It has some very funny bits, but the humor is generally pretty dark at best, and definitely not “wacky”. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/31 "2010-05-03T21:05:22Z")
I’ll save you the debate and point out that I’ve seen _Brazil_ a few times already 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/32 "2010-05-03T21:46:50Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I’ll save you the debate and point out that I’ve seen _Brazil_ a few times already 🙂 I and the vocabularly challenged thank you. Now, go rent Dude, Where is my car? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/33 "2010-05-03T22:00:47Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I and the vocabularly challenged thank you. Now, go rent Dude, Where is my car? 🙂 I could be wrong, but I don’t _think_ **Opalcat** was agreeing with your description of Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/34 "2010-05-03T22:40:08Z")
Yeah I was just saying don’t argue about it since I have already seen it. Also already seen Dude, Where’s My Car. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/35 "2010-05-03T22:45:03Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I could be wrong, but I don’t _think_ **Opalcat** was agreeing with your description of Brazil. She? said she would save the debate because she has seen it ALREADY, so it doesnt matter whose description is more correct. Work on your reading comprehension skills some too sparky. Heck, I don’t agree with what some others here are calling “wacky” movies but you don’t see me getting bent about it do you? Oh, and along the lines of “Wacky”, apparently trade marked by the Gaffa OCD corporation, Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle is about as fun and “wacky” as Dude, Where Is My Car?. Oh, and there is a movie where a mormon missionary becomes a porn star/hero of sorts, but the title escapes me at the moment… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/36 "2010-05-03T22:48:05Z")
**The Emperor’s New Groove** - wacky, _very_ funny - just about the best Disney movie out there. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/37 "2010-05-03T22:52:58Z")
mormon movie…Orgasmo, I think (also co-starring Choda boy) ---
**Author:** ![Troubles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/38 "2010-05-03T23:47:34Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > **The Emperor’s New Groove** - wacky, _very_ funny - just about the best Disney movie out there. Seconded! I adore _The Emperor’s New Groove_. Funny, smart, and strangely sweet at times. Also seconding **wheresgeorge04** ’s recommendation of _Idiocracy_. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love the hell out of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/39 "2010-05-04T00:36:06Z")
I would like to register a complaint to those who recommended Role Models: I was all jazzed to stream the movie when I got home…but noooooo, it isn’t available to watch instantly! ---
**Author:** ![Dorothea\_Book](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dorothea\_Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorothea_Book)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162/40 "2010-05-04T01:01:12Z")
Ed Wood (not sure about instant Netflix availability though). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-mood-to-watch-a-wacky-movie-right-now/538162.md?page=3)