# What movies Always make you laugh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850 "2004-10-18T16:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/1 "2004-10-18T16:47:42Z")
For me it’s these: “One, Two, Three” “What’s Up Doc” [& I’m not even a fan of Ryan O’Neal or B. Streisand] “A Night at the Opera” “Return of the Pink Panther” [that’s the one with Christopher Plummer as the jewel thief] So what movies always make you laugh? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Sayid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jack\_Sayid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Sayid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/2 "2004-10-18T17:11:58Z")
**The Princess Bride Office Space Tommy Boy** That’s about it ') ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/3 "2004-10-18T17:14:38Z")
I second **Office Space** Also, **Dumb & Dumber** just _kills_ me everytime I see it. I know it’s juvenille, offensive, and well, dumb, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/4 "2004-10-18T17:17:26Z")
I can’t help it, but **Zoolander** has made me laugh every time I’ve watched it (except the first time; for some reason I thought it was intolerably dumb). Also, **Kung Pow: Enter the Fist** , but only if I watch the first hour or so and stop before the really bizarre and kind of not funny ending occurs. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/5 "2004-10-18T17:27:16Z")
**Office Space** and **The Jerk**. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/6 "2004-10-18T17:28:17Z")
**Ace Ventura Office Space Meet the Parents Austin Powers** ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/7 "2004-10-18T17:36:11Z")
Office Space Weekend At Bernie’s Innerspace ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/8 "2004-10-18T17:38:56Z")
Six replies so far and nobody’s mentioned **The Big Lebowski** yet? You people should be ashamed of yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/9 "2004-10-18T17:42:51Z")
I second **What’s Up Doc**. Also, **Bedazzled** (the first one, of course) **Dr. Stangelove** **Sleeper** **MST3K the Movie** ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/10 "2004-10-18T18:08:08Z")
I never fail to crack up at the first half of _Full Metal Jacket_. The second half? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/11 "2004-10-18T18:14:09Z")
I may be alone, but when I’m in a bad mood, there’s nothing that cheers me up faster than David Alan Grier playing Don “No Soul” Simmons in **Amazon Women on the Moon**. I just chuckled while typing this, too. 🙂 Also, apropos of nothing, any movie featuring monkeys in people clothes is also good for a smile. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/12 "2004-10-18T18:19:36Z")
My love of **Hudson Hawk** is clearly the reason that my application to the Cool Kids’ Club is rejected year after year. It was on USA the other day, and the bastards cut out all the best yuks. They allowed James Coburn’s “I’ve always had a soft spot for Rome . . . " but inexplicably did not include the follow up. (”. . . I did my first bare-handed strangulation here.") Also, they took out the Pope banging on television set with his . . . uh . . . whatchamacallit . . . his curly Pope-staff thing. What is _up_ with that? I can only assume that it was cut for time, 'cause that, friends and neighbors, is totally inoffensive comedy gold. I challenge even the most uptight Catholic not to snicker at that. (“Catholic girls are scary!”) ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/13 "2004-10-18T18:27:42Z")
**Dumb and Dumber What About Bob? The Princess Bride** and the scene in **Prisoner of Azkaban** where Harry is sitting on the rock trying to convince me that he’s incredibly furious at the betrayal of Sirius Black and he makes this funny crooked mouth that he makes to show anger. I feel guilty for laughing at that scene when it’s supposed to be so moving, but it’s hysterical! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/14 "2004-10-18T18:29:53Z")
_The Party_ and _I Love You, Alice. B. Toklas_, for sure. _Beyond the Valley of the Dolls_. _Harvey_. _The Forbidden Zone_ _Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House_. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/15 "2004-10-18T18:30:15Z")
**Some Like It Hot** **The Great Race** **Young Frankenstein** **The Great Dictator** ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/16 "2004-10-18T19:01:15Z")
Just about all of John Hughes’ movies make me laugh, such as: _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_ _National Lampoon’s Vacation_ _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_ (especially the plastic lawn reindeer-kicking scene) _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ _The Breakfast Club_ I’d also nominate _Office Space_ along with several other people here. \*What About Bob?[/], _Short Time_, _South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut_ are also on my list. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/17 "2004-10-18T19:39:22Z")
**Brain Donors** **The Emperor’s New Groove** **Galaxy Quest** ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/18 "2004-10-18T19:52:24Z")
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Airplane Rat Race and, as plenty of others mentioned, Office Space. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/19 "2004-10-18T20:02:22Z")
**Strange Brew** \*\*Harvey Airplane\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/20 "2004-10-18T20:04:56Z")
My all-time funniest movie: **A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850.md?page=2)