# Rickjay and his daughter watch the classic comedies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 15, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925 "2021-02-15T04:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/21 "2021-02-15T15:29:50Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Pee Wee’s Big Adventure +1 > [@JKellyMap](#): > > maybe Bowfinger Roxanne might be Steve Martin’s best comedy. I have no idea how well some of his earlier films, like The Jerk and All of Me, hold up. > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Gremlins Gremlins 2 is more of a comedy, and more fun IMHO, than the original. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Unless I’m missing something, this seems like the right time to mention _Young Frankenstein_ . > [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Spaceballs I was noticing there was no Mel Brooks on the “So far” list, and only two on “Coming up.” This seemed wrong. You got the best of the ZAZ gag-driven comedies, but I also recommend their more traditional, plot-and-character comedy Ruthless People. And Jerry Zucker’s Rat Race. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/22 "2021-02-15T15:37:06Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Trading Places Love that movie! And there are several YouTube videos that explain the ending. You will need them. > [@](#): > > Bull Durham Love this movie. “From what I hear, you couldn’t hit water if you fell out of a fuckin’ boat.” [The In-Laws](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079336/) “Serpentine! Serpentine!” My late husband and I added several lines from this hilarious movie to our special couple’s coded language. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/23 "2021-02-15T15:51:48Z")
Clue. Revenge of the Nerds (some nudity etc.) Bad News Bears American Graffiti Return of the Pink Panther Remember when people attached the telephone handset to the modem for dialup? This goes back to those days… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YutqFieo7fU/maxresdefault.jpg "HBO Electric Dreams Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutqFieo7fU) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/24 "2021-02-15T16:03:41Z")
Groundhog Day The Hudsucker Proxy ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/25 "2021-02-15T16:19:04Z")
Haven’t seen anyone suggest _The Princess Bride_ yet, so I’ll toss that in. Seconding the Marx Brothers (duh!), particularly _Duck Soup_ (also duh!) and _Monkey Business_. Despite having already been a dyed-in-the-wool Marx Brothers fan by the early 1970s, _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ is still the funniest movie I’ve ever seen. So seconding that. Also seconding _Groundhog Day_. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/26 "2021-02-15T16:58:10Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > The Hudsucker Proxy Since you bring up the Coen Brothers, O Brother Where Art Thou and Raising Arizona are both great comedies. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/27 "2021-02-15T17:09:40Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Return of the Pink Panther Yes, Peter Sellers movies. _The Party_ is still well worth watching. It’s one of Sellers’ best. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/28 "2021-02-15T17:11:37Z")
No Animal House? One of the most popular and groundbreaking comedies ever that spawned a slew of imitators. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/29 "2021-02-15T17:29:57Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > No Animal House? Funny, something we were talking about over lunch reminded me of it, and I thought, “nobody’s mentioned that one yet.” So naturally, you beat me to it! ETA: _Clerks_ (been awhile since I’ve watched it, how well has it held up?) _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/30 "2021-02-15T17:39:53Z")
For some older comedies: - _Some Like It Hot_ - _Kind Hearts and Coronets_ - _Modern Times_ - _A Night at the Opera_ - _Bringing Up Baby_ - _The Apartment_ (not exactly a comedy but it starts out that way) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/31 "2021-02-15T17:42:58Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Since you bring up the Coen Brothers, O Brother Where Art Thou and Raising Arizona are both great comedies. Seconded. _O Brother_ and its soundtrack were on constant rotation in my childhood (well, teenhood) home. I’ll also add _Canadian Bacon_. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/32 "2021-02-15T17:47:29Z")
> [@TimothyNewsome](#): > > RIP, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase. (Chevy Chase is still alive and well.) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/33 "2021-02-15T17:50:34Z")
Not many _really_ old here from my POV. - The Philadelphia Story - It Happened One Night - His Girl Friday - You Can’t Take It with You ---
**Author:** ![TimothyNewsome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@TimothyNewsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimothyNewsome)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/34 "2021-02-15T18:01:52Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > (Chevy Chase is still alive and well.) > > ~Max I am a very busy, very important man, and am just trying to beat the last minute rush. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/35 "2021-02-15T18:17:56Z")
Johnny dangerously doesn’t hold up at all ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/36 "2021-02-15T18:31:21Z")
I know OP said no Will Farrell but I really like Old School (2003) and he’s more supporting than starring. The marriage counselor scene, lol. Speaking of schools films from 2003, School of Rock is good. Jack Black kills and I still get goosebumps watching the finale. Sorry to inform you that Meet the Parents turns 21 this year. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/37 "2021-02-15T19:01:41Z")
Recommendable - if not precisely “classic” - foreign comedies: _Up to his Ears_ (1965) – Wacky and (at times) cartoon-like adventure comedy _The Brain_ (1969) – Heist comedy _Le Magnifique_ (1973) – Spy spoof _Peking Opera Blues_ (1986) – Period female-bonding action-comedy with spectacular climax _Project A, 2_ (1987) – Jackie Chan is cinema’s greatest practitioner of physical comedy (NOTE: it is not necessary to have seen the inferior first film to appreciate this one) ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/38 "2021-02-15T19:08:36Z")
‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’? Pretty fun early 80s time capsule. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925/39 "2021-02-15T19:30:55Z")
[Ninotchka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninotchka), starring Greta Garbo [The Monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monster_(1994_film)), starring Roberto Benigni [One, Two, Three](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One,_Two,_Three), starring James Cagney [Father Goose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Goose_(film)), starring Carey Grant [Children of the Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Revolution_(1996_film)) ---
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> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > > > Return of the Pink Panther > > Yes, Peter Sellers movies. > > _The Party_ is still well worth watching. It’s one of Sellers’ best. _ **A Shot in the Dark** _ _ **Where Does It Hurt?** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-and-his-daughter-watch-the-classic-comedies/932925.md?page=3)