# Please share your three favorite movies that make you roar with laughter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726 "2017-03-21T23:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/21 "2017-03-22T01:37:40Z")
\*\*Harvey. \*\* I can’t choose only two others, but Harvey stands alone at first place in my list. Every word of the dialogue is solid gold. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/22 "2017-03-22T01:40:39Z")
_Groundhog Day_ _The Court Jester_ (Danny Kaye) _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (though in fairness, _Life of Brian_ is quite possibly more funny). ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/23 "2017-03-22T01:42:31Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > My 10-year-old recommends anything with Wallace and Gromit. I do too, and it’s been a very long time since I was 10. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/24 "2017-03-22T01:43:54Z")
Young Frankenstein This Is Spinal Tap Life of Brian Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/25 "2017-03-22T02:22:48Z")
_ **Rat Race** _. _ **Napoleon Dynamite** _. And _ **Harvey** _. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > **Harvey** …stands alone at first place in my list. Every word of the dialogue is solid gold. “Years ago, my mother used to say to me, she’d say ‘In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so so smart, or oh so pleasant.’ Well, for years I was smart… I recommend pleasant”. And, as a bonus: > [@](#): > > Seriously, The Emperor’s New Groove doesn’t get a lot of attention, but it is just about the funniest movie I’ve ever seen. Especially for anyone who wants to see Patrick Warburton and David Spade playing off each other. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/26 "2017-03-22T02:35:28Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > I do too, and it’s been a very long time since I was 10. Me three with Chicken Run added in too. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/27 "2017-03-22T02:41:57Z")
Limiting myself to movies that haven’t been mentioned yet, to try to make this a little easier: **UHF** **Top Secret!** **Bill and Ted** (I can’t decide which one) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/28 "2017-03-22T02:50:37Z")
I too will propose some alternatives: _It’s a Gift My Cousin Vinnie Galaxy Quest_ ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/29 "2017-03-22T02:51:51Z")
_Airplane_ \*Young Frankenstein \*(oddly, I don’t find \*Blazing Saddles \*funny at all) _Animal Crackers_. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/30 "2017-03-22T02:56:44Z")
Year One Bedazzled (the original with Dudley Moore) Airplane ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/31 "2017-03-22T03:04:22Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Limiting myself to movies that haven’t been mentioned yet, I tried to do that, too, but **Mean Mr. Mustard** sneaked in while I was deciding! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/32 "2017-03-22T03:15:39Z")
Fargo The Ice Harvest Christmas Vacation ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/33 "2017-03-22T03:17:39Z")
The naked gun borat dumb and dumber This is a very tentative list. I’m sure I’ve seen some comedies I’ve totally forgotten about that were much better. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/34 "2017-03-22T03:42:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And _ **Harvey** _. > > “Years ago, my mother used to say to me, she’d say ‘In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so so smart, or oh so pleasant.’ Well, for years I was smart… I recommend pleasant”. Well, there’s two schools of thought, sir. ---
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/35 "2017-03-22T03:55:23Z")
Another vote for The Emperor’s New Groove although I also liked Dudley Do-Right (Brendan Fraser) and really anything with Eric Idle in it. Also Life of Brian, although that is a bit of a time bomb. The ending is a feels like a downer at first but the next time you get in a serious jam, just start singing the ending song and you will laugh till you pass out. And The Thin Man but you have to be in the right mood. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/36 "2017-03-22T03:59:30Z")
There’s Something About Mary Airplane! National Lampoons Vacation (the original) Airplane II isn’t bad either. The Naked Gun Stripes Spaceballs is pretty funny too. (Sorry, I went over the 3 movie limit but I tried to rank them in rough LOL order). Airplane! is probably the best laugh out loud comedy of all time but There’s Something About Mary was the one that gave me stomach cramps when I saw it in the movie theater. I still watch it and never get tired of it. I saw Blazing Saddles for the first time a few days ago. It is a great comedy but it is both oddly dated and reserved even though it tries to go for lots of shock humor. I liked it a lot but I didn’t literally LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/37 "2017-03-22T09:11:21Z")
High Anxiety Naked Gun Analyze This Meet the Parents Happy Gilmore ((for the Bob Barker scene) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/38 "2017-03-22T09:53:15Z")
_Three Amigos_ Almost anything officially Zucker, Abrahams, or Zucker _Dumb and Dumber_ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/39 "2017-03-22T09:57:14Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I tried to do that, too, but **Mean Mr. Mustard** sneaked in while I was deciding! One of us could wedge in **Best in Show** in place of **A Mighty Wind**. I’m fine with either. And you have good taste in yuks. mmm ---
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