# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/121 "2011-10-12T04:37:17Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > (Where’s _Friday_?) Unless I’m mixing it up with something else, that has to be the most egregiously disgusting, stupid, stunningly wit-free film I’ve ever seen in my life. Doesn’t it feature (what seemed to me) to be ridiculously lengthy scenes involving defecation that I presume were supposed to be perceived as hilarious? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/122 "2011-10-12T04:44:23Z")
One … Two … Three - the funniest of Billy Wilder’s movies, amazing timing, perfect use of Cagney, and best “spy exchange” ev-AH! “The situation is hopeless, but not serious.” ---
**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, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/123 "2011-10-12T04:49:18Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > One … Two … Three - the funniest of Billy Wilder’s movies, amazing timing, perfect use of Cagney, and best “spy exchange” ev-AH! “The situation is hopeless, but not serious.” Now _there’s_ a movie with product placement! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/124 "2011-10-12T05:19:24Z")
Rat Race. Rowan Atkinson: “I am een a rrrace…!” ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/125 "2011-10-12T07:27:58Z")
Another for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/126 "2011-10-12T10:53:12Z")
La Cage Aux Folles. (The original 1978 film.) I laughed so hard my glasses misted up. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/127 "2011-10-12T11:12:35Z")
**Planes, Trains, and Automobiles** If I wanted a joke, I’d follow you into the john and watch you take a leak. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/128 "2011-10-12T11:31:01Z")
BRINGING UP BABY with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/129 "2011-10-12T12:35:03Z")
I love a lot of these, and Ghostbusters and A Fish Called Wanda are up there, but I think I need to throw a new name into the running, a movie I can watch over and over and laugh out loud: **Noises Off** is my choice. Amazing cast, an overall tone of zaniness, lots of physical comedy, but also moments where, for instance, Michael Caine just saying “No,” in the perfect tone of voice gets me rolling. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/130 "2011-10-12T12:45:53Z")
It’s A Gift ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/131 "2011-10-12T13:21:05Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > La Cage Aux Folles. (The original 1978 film.) I laughed so hard my glasses misted up. I watched this on the basis that it was written by Francis Veber, the writer and director of my favourite comedy _Le Dîner de Cons_ (which I previously mentioned here). Despite having read many good things about it, I couldn’t believe what an insipid and unfunny snoozefest it was. I don’t think any of the people I was with even bothered to see it through to the end. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/132 "2011-10-12T14:57:42Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > I watched this on the basis that it was written by Francis Veber, the writer and director of my favourite comedy _Le Dîner de Cons_ (which I previously mentioned here). Despite having read many good things about it, I couldn’t believe what an insipid and unfunny snoozefest it was. I don’t think any of the people I was with even bothered to see it through to the end. What I didn’t add was that I saw it again recently, and, yes, it was totally unfunny. But I haven’t let that detract from the endless laughter I got from it first time around. I’ve found that there are two potential problems with comedy: one is that, in common with many other things, it goes in fashion cycles, and, second, a lot of it doesn’t bear repeated viewings - or hearings. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/133 "2011-10-12T15:52:31Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > This Is Spinal Tap This was the film I’ve laughed the hardest at. I saw _This Is Spinal Tap_ in the theater, at a screening sponsored by KY-102. The thing is, this was before the film had received any publicity, and a large part of the audience **didn’t get the joke**. They thought they were watching a documentary about a band they thought they were vaguely familiar with. I was laughing so hard that I had to leave my seat and go to the lobby to resume breathing right after the bit about the fate of the various drummers. I don’t know if it is the “funniest”, but at that time, in that circumstance, I laughed hardest. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/134 "2011-10-12T15:55:16Z")
**Jackass!** - not sure it qualifies, but I’ve never laughed that hard during any other movie. ---
**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 12, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/135 "2011-10-12T16:42:09Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > BRINGING UP BABY with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn Philadelphia Story was in my top three too. Post + handle = confirmation that I chose correctly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/136 "2011-10-12T16:46:07Z")
**The Jerk** ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/137 "2011-10-12T17:29:16Z")
Vacation ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/138 "2011-10-12T17:35:28Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Hmmm. No nominations for _American Pie_, _Superbad_ or _The Hangover_. Methinks this poll is skewing old. Old and white. (Where’s _Friday_?) I am not old or white. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/139 "2011-10-12T17:51:01Z")
Ooo, that’s tough. If I could only pick one, it would be: _Trading Places_ Eddie and Dan and Jamie Lee and Denholm and “the brothers.” Wow! Great cast, great lines, a great scheme, and a wonderful scene of sweet, sweet revenge at the end. I’m surprised it hasn’t been nominated yet. Other comedy favorities of mine include: \*True Lies The Big Lebowski Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Life of Brian Paper Moon Blazing Saddles Airplane! GalaxyQuest Raising Arizona Ruthless People What’s Up Doc? Dr. Strangelove Spinal Tap Groundhog Day Dumb and Dumber Animal House Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Ghostbusters A Fish Called Wanda Bruce Almighty Liar, Liar Time Bandits La Cage Aux Folles \*(either version, actually) _The Ladykillers_ (ditto) ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300/140 "2011-10-12T20:52:00Z")
The sadly underrated: [Intolerable Cruelty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138524/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-funniest-movie-of-all-time/599300.md?page=8)