# Pre-Poll: Funniest Movie Of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300 "2011-10-11T14:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/81 "2011-10-11T20:51:13Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > His Girl Friday That was a very near second for me. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/82 "2011-10-11T20:51:38Z")
Being John Malkovich ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/83 "2011-10-11T21:06:41Z")
Wow, if I put this much thought into important decisions… Swingers ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/84 "2011-10-11T21:09:23Z")
Funniest seems like a quantitative question: which film has the most funny? So from that perspective I don’t think there’s any contest, it has to be Airplane! It is relentlessly funny in every single frame, and I can’t think of any other film that comes close. There are other films that have better humor or some particularly hilarious moments, but for laughs-per-minute, Airplane! is head and shoulders above the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/85 "2011-10-11T21:13:59Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > That’s stupid. Don’t call it stupid! Also, **Fierce Creatures**. “Don’t you just want to fondle them?” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/86 "2011-10-11T21:21:58Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Funniest seems like a quantitative question: which film has the most funny? So from that perspective I don’t think there’s any contest, it has to be Airplane! But there’s funny and there’s _funny_, and a long continuum between. Airplane may easily have the most things you could check off on a clipboard that are ‘jokes;’ however, many of them are groan-worthy and/or throwaways. Other movies have more phenomenally clever and deeper jokes that can make people laugh harder and longer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/87 "2011-10-11T21:29:49Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Funniest seems like a quantitative question: which film has the most funny? So from that perspective I don’t think there’s any contest, it has to be Airplane! It is relentlessly funny in every single frame, and I can’t think of any other film that comes close. > > There are other films that have better humor or some particularly hilarious moments, but for laughs-per-minute, Airplane! is head and shoulders above the rest. When you step into a voting booth, one candidate might be great in some situations and another candidate might be great in other situations, but you can only vote for one. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/88 "2011-10-11T22:22:05Z")
Are we including animation? If so, it’s **What’s Opera, Doc?** If not, it’s **Some Like It Hot**. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/89 "2011-10-11T22:34:33Z")
**Blazing Saddles** ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/90 "2011-10-11T22:44:20Z")
**Strangelove** ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/91 "2011-10-11T22:47:54Z")
I’ve got two: _The In-Laws_. The original with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. And good Chicagoan that I am _The Blues Brothers_. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/92 "2011-10-11T22:50:00Z")
[The Music Box](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023251/) - Laurel and Hardy. It’s only a short but you’ll be laughing the whole 29 mins. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/93 "2011-10-11T22:59:54Z")
**Airplane!** I thought this would easily get the most votes. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/94 "2011-10-11T23:00:04Z")
Arthur. (Original with Dudley Moore- NOT the remake.) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/95 "2011-10-11T23:21:14Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > **Airplane!** I thought this would easily get the most votes. He’s not asking you to vote. He’s compiling a list of movies that people think are the funniest movies ever. THEN he’ll ask you to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/96 "2011-10-11T23:25:24Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The Producers. Since _Arthur_ raises the issue of remakes, was this a nomination for the 1968 or 2005 version? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/97 "2011-10-11T23:28:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Are we including animation? If so, it’s **What’s Opera, Doc?** > > If not, it’s **Some Like It Hot**. _What’s Opera, Doc?_ is an animated short, not a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/98 "2011-10-11T23:29:27Z")
Here’s the nominees so far: Airplane! Anchorman Animal Crackers Annie Hall Arsenic and Old Lace Arthur (1981) Being John Malkovich The Big Lebowski Big Trouble in Little China Blazing Saddles The Breakfast Club Bringing Up Baby Caddyshack Clue Le Dîner de Cons Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Dogma Fear and Trembling Fierce Creatures A Fish Called Wanda Funny Bones A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Galaxy Quest Groundhog Day His Girl Friday The Jerk Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python’s Life of Brian The Music Box My Cousin Vinny Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie National Lampoon’s Animal House O Brother Where Art Thou? Office Space Old School The Palm Beach Story The Party Planes, Trains & Automobiles The Princess Bride The Producers (?) Raising Arizona Ruthless People South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Swingers There’s Something About Mary This Is Spinal Tap What’s Opera, Doc? What’s Up, Doc? (under challenge) Wizard People, Dear Reader (under challenge) Young Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/99 "2011-10-11T23:30:26Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I’ve got two: > > _The In-Laws_. The original with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. > > And good Chicagoan that I am _The Blues Brothers_. As per the rules, please pick one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/100 "2011-10-11T23:31:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Here’s the nominees so far: > > Airplane! > Anchorman > Animal Crackers > Annie Hall > Arsenic and Old Lace > Arthur (1981) > Being John Malkovich > The Big Lebowski > Big Trouble in Little China > Blazing Saddles > The Breakfast Club > Bringing Up Baby > Caddyshack > Clue > Le Dîner de Cons > Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb > Dogma > Fear and Trembling > Fierce Creatures > A Fish Called Wanda > Funny Bones > A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum > Galaxy Quest > Groundhog Day > His Girl Friday > The Jerk > Monty Python and the Holy Grail > Monty Python’s Life of Brian > The Music Box > My Cousin Vinny > Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie > National Lampoon’s Animal House > O Brother Where Art Thou? > Office Space > Old School > The Palm Beach Story > The Party > Planes, Trains & Automobiles > The Princess Bride > The Producers (?) > Raising Arizona > Ruthless People > South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut > Swingers > There’s Something About Mary > This Is Spinal Tap > What’s Opera, Doc? > What’s Up, Doc? (under challenge) > Wizard People, Dear Reader (under challenge) > Young Frankenstein Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300.md?page=6)