I heard this on the radio and found a related site to it, but another list of favorite movies has come out. Comedy.
What are you top ten Funny Movies?
My partial list:
1)Tootsie
2)Duck Soup
3)Ferris Bueller
4) His Girl Friday
5) Philadelphia Story.
Yeah, I saw that list…not a bad list, compared to that dismal “100 Best All-Purpose Films” list that came out last year. Sure, it includes shit like BIG and GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM, but it’s got five Marx Bros. movies, and four each from Keaton and Chaplin.
So I have to pick five, huh? I’ll go with
These are what I consider the most enduringly funny of the situation comedies, as opposed to vehicles for oddball characters like the Little Tramp or Groucho and Harpo (unless you consider Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau to be one of those types).
Oh, and the first ten or fifteen minutes of RAISING ARIZONA (1987) may be the funniest ten or fifteen minutes in movie history. The rest of the flick doesn’t live up to the opening, but NOTHING could.
I’m actually surprised SOME LIKE IT HOT and TOOTSIE were the top two. They’re OK, but there are many better comedies (especially better than TOOTSIE). There was also a problem with the list in definition; quite a few of the films were not strictly comedies.
My choices:
[ul][li]Animal House- (“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son”)[/li][li]Fast Times at Ridgemont High- (“I know that dude!”)[/li][li]Raising Arizona- (“You ate sand??”)[/li][li]Stripes- (By the way, did y’all hear that Tito Puente died last week? You know, I’ve been listening to his stuff for years…)[/li][li]Something About Mary- (“These are love blisters!”)[/li][li]American Pie- (“What’s my name? Say it, bitch!”)[/li][li]Caddie Shack- (“It looks good on you, though!”)[/li][li]Ferris Bueuller- (“Oh, Ed! You sounded just like Dirty Harry when you said that!”)[/li][li]Sixteen Candles- (BONG! “What’s happening, hot stuff?”)[/li]The General, with Buster Keaton- (" ") [/ul]
Top five comedies, huh?
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[li]Love and Death-the only comedy based on 19th century Russian literature[/li][li]Blazing Saddles-Pass the beans[/li][li]Monty Python and the Holy Grail-Supreme executive power is derived from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony[/li][li]There’s Something About Mary-the hair gel scene[/li]To Be or Not To Be- The Jack Benny version is much funnier than the one with Mel Brooks
OOOPS! Can’t believe I left off Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian!
:::slapping forehead:::
I may be a lowbrow, but I really hadn’t laughed as hard at anything in years as I did at “There’s Something About Mary.” “A can of whoop-ass” is now permanently in my vocabulary.
I like all of “Raising Arizona” (“son, you’ve got a panty on your head”) but only because I accept it as a total work. It’s not without problems. The whole Randell Tex Cobb character is ambiguous. But anyway.
Some other favorites:
Here are mine in no particular order:
Better Off Dead
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Airplane
Bazing Saddles
Animal House
Police Academy I
Top Secret
and… Popeye! NOT! 
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Clerks
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Spaceballs
Coming to America
and some others but they dont come to mind at the moment.
In no particular order…
Sneakers
Groundhog Day
Up The Creek
Animal House
Here’s a link one of many site’s that gives the complete list:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000614/re/leisure_comedy_dc_2.html
As for my choices, hmmm…
-Monty Python an dthe Holy Grail
-Caddyshack
-Blues Brothers
-Philadelphia Story
-(this spot reserved depending on my mood)
I watched the last 25 or so on the list last night, and thought it was much more entertaining than the general one. It seemed like every movie they mentioned we were like “oh yeah, I forgot that one” and then started madly quoting the movie.
One question though. Why Drew Barrymore as the host?
Dumb & Dumber
A Christmas Story
Sixteen Candles (Did anyone realize that Long Duck Dong is now on ER??)
A few of mine…
It’s a mad mad mad mad world.
Ruthless People.
Blazing Saddles.
High Anxiety.
Actually just about anything by Mel Brooks.
I like All the Police Academy movies.
Also What ABout Bob?
Weekend at Bernies
Top Secret
She(the later version)
** The Seven Year Itch**
It’s my granddaughter’s favorite. She likes to see Marilyn Monroe fluster Tom Ewell without even knowing she’s on his mind.
(My granddaughter is starting to be a tease herself.)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.*
Mad, Mad ,mad world
Young Frankenstein
Court Jester
RH/Men in Tights
You’ve already picked a lot of my favorites. But can’t believe no ne picked these:
1.) A Night at the Opera (the best Marx Brothers, IMHO)
2.) What’s Up, Doc (I don’t care what anyone says – it’s not a remake of Bringing up Baby)
3.) The General (a clasic! If you haven’t seen it, discover the wonder of Keaton)
4.) Airplane! (Stupid but funny)
5.) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6.) Arsenic and Old Lace
Actually, a number of people DID pick some of those, Cal. In your frenzy to post, you didn’t read very carefully.
Let’s see…In no order, and in no way comprehensive…
**1. Coming To America
American pie
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Weekend at Bernie’s
The Naked Gun**
Do standups count? Like Delerious or Unnatural Act?
IMHO, I think the Farrelly Brothers are overrated.
“It’s funny…just not HA-HA funny.”
And I think Dead Man On Campus is underrated.