# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/101 "2011-10-11T23:36:50Z")
Hmmm. No nominations for _American Pie_, _Superbad_ or _The Hangover_. Methinks this poll is skewing old. Old and white. (Where’s _Friday_?) ---
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/102 "2011-10-11T23:49:19Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Hmmm. No nominations for _American Pie_, _Superbad_ or _The Hangover_. Methinks this poll is skewing old. Old and white. (Where’s _Friday_?) If you think it’s the funniest movie you’ve ever seen, why don’t _you_ nominate _Friday_? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/103 "2011-10-11T23:51:24Z")
Anchorman. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/104 "2011-10-12T00:10:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If you think it’s the funniest movie you’ve ever seen, why don’t _you_ nominate _Friday_? Already made my nomination. I was just commenting on the apparent demographics of the group polled. (Including me.) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/105 "2011-10-12T00:57:09Z")
_ **The Jerk** _ ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/106 "2011-10-12T01:04:24Z")
Shame on you all! You forgot **Ghostbusters**. ---
**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 12, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/107 "2011-10-12T01:27:36Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > Shame on you all! You forgot **Ghostbusters**. Nobody "forgot’’ **Ghostbusters** -it just hasn’t been anyone’s top pick yet. Once again-this isn’t a compilation of all the funny movies out there, but a list of everyone’s favorite single movie. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/108 "2011-10-12T01:32:22Z")
It’s surely possible that some people forgot that it’s their favorite! Also, as a pre-poll thread, I took it as nominations for funniest movies for a poll to come later. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/109 "2011-10-12T01:38:21Z")
Just catapulting in my vote for _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/110 "2011-10-12T01:44:37Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > **There’s Something About Mary**. > > First time in a theater I had ever laughed myself to tears. > > -Joe I laugh hardest watching this movie. And the question is “the funniest”. There are better comedies, better films, more uplifting, more thoughtful, etc. But TSAM is stupid funny at it’s best. ---
**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 12, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/111 "2011-10-12T02:01:17Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > 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. Yeah, I understand the process. I meant “vote” as in “pick as the funniest”. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/112 "2011-10-12T02:11:27Z")
madeline khan: “Ahm tahd… ahm tahd…” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/113 "2011-10-12T02:29:12Z")
Since my favorites have already been nominated ( **Clue, The Princess Bride, and Office Space** ), I’ll throw another one out there: **Empire Records** _“SHOPLIFTER!!!”_ ---
**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 12, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/114 "2011-10-12T02:51:14Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Since my favorites have already been nominated ( **Clue, The Princess Bride, and Office Space** ), I’ll throw another one out there: > > **Empire Records** > > _“SHOPLIFTER!!!”_ I’m not looking for “another one”. I’m looking for _your_ favorite, even if it has already been named. If all we do is try to list every funny movie ever made, the poll will be five miles long. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/115 "2011-10-12T03:31:20Z")
**Monty Python and the Holy Grail.** ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/116 "2011-10-12T03:38:23Z")
Hmm, nominating this is rather pointless since I probably won’t get nary a second, but: **Scott Pilgrim vs. The World** ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/117 "2011-10-12T03:41:10Z")
If Wizard People gets disqualified I’ll vote for **Spaceballs**. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/118 "2011-10-12T03:53:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m not looking for “another one”. I’m looking for _your_ favorite, even if it has already been named. If all we do is try to list every funny movie ever made, the poll will be five miles long. Classic cat herding thread. Valiant perseverance on the part of the OP, though! ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/119 "2011-10-12T03:55:32Z")
Dumb and Dumber ---
**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 12, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/120 "2011-10-12T04:05:46Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Classic cat herding thread. Not really. I once herded cats successfully. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300.md?page=7)