# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/41 "2003-06-24T21:47:45Z")
Thanks to the latest posters. I’m adding your suggestions to my list. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BMalion \* > \*\*I still think that the most belly laughs possible-per-hour are in W. C. Fields’s movie **It’s A Gift**. \*\* I second that. But then, if Fields just walks onto the screen, I start cracking up. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/42 "2003-06-24T22:15:04Z")
Some are over-the-top funny, some just chucklers, but almost all good: **Mystery Science Theater 3000** ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/43 "2003-06-25T01:25:36Z")
**Harvey**. What’s not to love about a six-foot invisible giant rabbit? I always liked **Arsenic and Old Lace**. The nutty brother who thought he was Teddy Roosevelt always cracked me up. My all-time favorite dumb/funny movie: **Strange Brew**. That movie was what let me and my S.O. know that we had something in common. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/44 "2003-06-25T03:46:54Z")
Two that haven’t mentioned: [The Ruling Class](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0069198) - Peter O’Toole thinks he’s Jesus (banned in Chile!) [My Cousin Vinny](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104952) - Joe Pesci may be better in comedies than mob movies. Marisa Tomei won an Oscar. (And let me enthusiastically second **Waiting for Guffman** , **Best in Show** , and **Meet the Parents**. All superb.) ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/45 "2003-06-25T04:18:25Z")
**Life of Brian** funniest movie ever made Everything Monty Python. **This is Spinal Tap** \*\*Southpark{/b] Was the Royal Tenanbaums a comedy? ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/46 "2003-06-25T05:10:45Z")
Oh And **The Castle** **Muriels Wedding** are both hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/47 "2003-06-25T06:09:15Z")
**Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead** Brilliant, thoughtful, haunting, and side-splittingly hilarious, all at the same time. And it’s not out on DVD yet! What the hell is wrong with the world? ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/48 "2003-06-25T06:10:36Z")
Oh, and I wanted to plug a couple of recent Disney films that really surprised me by being genuinely funny: **The Emperor’s New Groove** and **Lilo and Stitch** ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/49 "2003-06-25T06:17:25Z")
Orgazmo, the only movie with a mormon-martial artist-porn star-super hero as its main character. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/50 "2003-06-25T06:34:09Z")
A third (or whatever) to the Marx Brothers films, especially _Duck Soup_, _A Night at the Opera_, _Animal Crackers_, and parts of _A Day at the Races_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/51 "2003-06-25T06:39:18Z")
Also, I’ve yet to see a mention of _Army of Darkness_. Is it a great movie? No, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun. Bruce Campbell is great as Ash. “Hail to the king, baby.” 😃 Oh, and shame on everybody for not mentioning _The Big Lebowski_. Strange, but very funny and charming in its idiosyncrasy. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/52 "2003-06-25T11:04:11Z")
I’d like to add Woody Allen’s **Sleeper** which may be his funniest, and two of Alec Guiness’ rarely seen wonders, **Kind Hearts and Coronets** where Guiness plays about a dozen family members being killed off so a lowly, distant cousin can inherit the family fortune, and **The Man in the White Suit** where Guiness invents a fabric that won’t wear out or get dirty, much to the distress of management and labor (sorry, labour) who see the end of their industry. And I want to second **Duck Soup** since it’s the funniest movie anybody ever made. ---
**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 25, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/53 "2003-06-25T14:11:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by antechinus \* > \*\*Was the Royal Tenanbaums a comedy? \*\* Actually, I put it as a comedy because I’m not sure what category it belongs in. It has hilarious moments, and it has harrowing, desolate moments. Uh, you made me explain myself. Strike **The Royal Tenenbaums**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/54 "2003-06-26T03:36:26Z")
Marley - Of course - **The Big Lebowski** :smiley hitting head ---
**Author:** ![moonchilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@moonchilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonchilde)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/55 "2003-06-27T03:29:18Z")
More kudos for “Duck Soup”, 'Young Frankenstein", and especially (cuz it’s the one I had forgotten) “Amazon Women On The Moon”. And a first mention (I believe) of Mel Brooks “Silent Movie”. It has two of the great comedy bits in it (Henny Youngman, and Sid Ceasar in the hospital), and how can you not like a silent movie with the only word spoken in it comes from the voicebox of Marcel Marceau? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/56 "2003-06-27T05:28:45Z")
Many of **Steve Martin’s** comedies: _The Jerk Tranes, Planes, & Automobiles The Man With Two Brains The Lonely Guy Roxanne All of Me L.A. Story Father of the Bride Parenthood Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels_ and more! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/57 "2003-06-27T05:40:23Z")
Dirty Work Rat Race (The scene were John Lovitz, dressed like Hitler, crashes a WWII veterans get-together.) ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/58 "2003-06-27T05:47:33Z")
No one has mentioned **Super Troopers** or **Joe Dirt** yet? My heart is broken. What about **The Goonies**? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/59 "2003-06-27T06:03:44Z")
I’m an idiot, how dare I forget Joe Dirt “I got’s the poo on me.” One of the funniest lines ever. My favorite part in Super Troopers is where the trooper is acting like he’s going at it with a bear. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884/60 "2003-06-27T17:13:42Z")
Mr Blue Sky, I can’t believe I actually found another person on this planet that has seen Gregory’s Girl. Very, very sweet movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-good-comedies/183884.md?page=2)