# Name some good comedies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884 "2003-06-23T22:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/21 "2003-06-24T14:10:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*anything with Max Linder (my pick for greatest silent comic) > \*\* Wow, I thought I was the only one who knew who Max Linder was… I’m impressed. I still think that the most belly laughs possible-per-hour are in W. C. Fields’s movie **It’s A Gift**. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/22 "2003-06-24T14:13:22Z")
For non-cranial activity comedy, **Happy Gilmore** , **Southpark, bigger, longer, uncut** and **Zoolander** are worth the rental fees. You know they’re stoopid, I know they’re stoopid, we all know they’re stoopid. But they’re funny. I guess you could also toss in **American Pie, I & II** and most of the stand-up comedians ( **Dennis Leary, Eddie Murphy, Dennis Miller, etc.** ). For thinkin’ comedy’s I loved Kevin Smith’s work: **Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma and Mallrats**. Creative and funny stuff. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/23 "2003-06-24T14:23:57Z")
Pixar films, particularly **Toy Story 2** , **Monsters Inc** and **Finding Nemo**. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/24 "2003-06-24T14:24:46Z")
Ditto on the **Wet, Hot American Summer** recommendation **Ghosbusters** **Pootie Tang** **Postcards from the Edge** **Hudsucker Proxy** **Brain Candy** **What About Bob** ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/25 "2003-06-24T14:40:57Z")
Young Frankenstein. This movie is hilarious. It should only be viewed on DVD or Tape. The reason being that you will laugh so hard that you have to wind it back to catch the dialogue you’ve missed while laughing. A comedy masterpiece! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/26 "2003-06-24T14:50:27Z")
The Great Race. Best pie fight of all time (and you get to see Natalie Wood in a corset and stockings…grrrrrrr). Casanova’s Big Night. Bob Hope gets mistaken for Casanova. May be difficult to find. I taped it off TCM. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/27 "2003-06-24T15:00:55Z")
I’m 31 years old and I just saw **Arthur** for the first time two days ago. THAT is a dam’ funny movie. The scenes with Moore, Minelli, & Gielgud together finally, fully defined for me what “chemistry” means in the context of movies. They have a hilarious, witty, rapid-fire repartee that Aaron Sorkin can only dream about. And yes, Sir John-freaking-Gielgud is _funny_. And if you’re thinking “Oh, I can’t watch a movie that makes being drunk look funny”, which was my parents’ (and, by extension, my) reason for never seeing it, keep in mind - it’s just a movie. Dudley Moore is brilliant in making a drunken millionaire a funny, sympathetic character. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/28 "2003-06-24T15:11:52Z")
No one’s mentioned “Some Like It Hot” yet? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/29 "2003-06-24T17:36:43Z")
I suppose we need to toss in “ **Bedazzled** ” and an old favorite of mine, the short, “ **Elephant Parts** ”. Good call, **plnnr**. “ **Some Like if Hot** ” is an immortal classic. For extremely weird comedy, I refer you to “ **Skidoo** ” (1968) with Groucho, the Great One, and so many other famous actors, you’ll be amazed you’ve never hear of it. I guess “ **Kentucky Fried Movie** ” and “ **The Groove Tube** ” need to be in here somewhere as well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/30 "2003-06-24T17:46:41Z")
I forgot to include “Amazon Women On The Moon” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/31 "2003-06-24T17:47:17Z")
I just watched “Old School” a couple of days ago, and laughed so much, I decided to watch it again 5 minutes later. Happy ---
**Author:** ![austen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@austen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/austen)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/32 "2003-06-24T18:06:14Z")
_Boomerang_ is pretty funny. _The Original Kings of Comedy_ is good - the recent one with Bernie Mac. _Dazed and Confused_ _Drop Dead Gorgeous_ _Waiting for Guffman_ _Up in Smoke_ or any of the Cheech and Chong movies ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/33 "2003-06-24T18:07:54Z")
My favorite comedies (some have already been mentioned, but I’m seconding those): National Lampoon’s Vacation This is Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman Best in Show Office Space Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Young Frankenstein Bottle Rocket Rushmore The Royal Tenenbaums ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/34 "2003-06-24T18:18:27Z")
The Great Dictator - A Charlie Chaplin talkie! Kung Pow - this movie will rot your brain ---
**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/35 "2003-06-24T18:20:12Z")
For a goofball comedy, check out _ **What’s Up, Doc?** _ starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal (from about 30 years ago). For a more recent flick, I got a few laughs from _ **Meet the Parents** _ with Robert DiNero and Ben Stiller. Although it’s already been mentioned, my favorite comedy is _ **It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World** _ ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/36 "2003-06-24T18:27:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*La Cages aux Folles > > Imagine Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt doing a gay comedy. This is what two of the studliest men in French cinema, Yves Montand and Gerard Depardieu, pull off in this movie. \*\* Great sentiment, wrong actors. The leads in _La Cage_ were Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault. I also second your Buster Keaton nomination, especially **The General**. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/37 "2003-06-24T19:05:10Z")
The Dream Team Hairspray Cry-Baby Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dr. Strangelove Eddie Murphy Raw Most Billy Wilder films Howard Stern’s Private Parts (and I hate Howard Stern generally) ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/38 "2003-06-24T19:29:11Z")
\*\* Wayne’s World Zoolander Ace Ventura 1 and 2 Shrek Austin Powers 1 and 3 \*\* ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/39 "2003-06-24T20:34:11Z")
Hello… **Ghostbusters**! There are so many great one-liners in that movie. (“Listen… Do you smell that?” “Yes, this man has no dick”) I’ll tossa vote in for **Spinal Tap** as well. (“You can’t really dust for vomit”) MtM ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/40 "2003-06-24T21:17:53Z")
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