# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/21 "2004-10-18T20:11:42Z")
**Airplane, What About Bob?, Dumb and Dumber,** and **Trainspotting** –only in certain parts, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/22 "2004-10-18T20:25:18Z")
_Monty Python & The Holy Grail_ _South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut_ _Ghostbusters_ _Zelig_ ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/23 "2004-10-18T20:28:39Z")
Only one, no matter how many times I see it: **Blazing Saddles** ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/24 "2004-10-18T20:32:51Z")
Groundhog Day LA Story Ghostbusters Quick Change ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/25 "2004-10-18T20:39:38Z")
Office Space Anchorman Half-Baked\* Return of the Pink Panther How High\* White Chicks\*\* Young Frankenstein South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Airplane Monty Python & the Holy Grail I second **dwc1970** ’s vote for just about all John Hughes movies. My favorite movie, Pulp Fiction, contains a line that is, thanks to its delivery, comedy gold: John Travolta as Vincent Vega saying “Oh shit, I shot Marvin in the face!” The way he says it in that situation is just priceless. Cracks me up every time. \*My state of mind during the times I’ve watched these movies probably contributes majorly to my enjoyment of their humor. \*\*I know, I know, but it’s really much better than you would think. (I was also on DXM at the time, which might have helped.) ---
**Author:** ![Waccoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Waccoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waccoe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/26 "2004-10-18T20:51:28Z")
Seconding: Python & Holy Grail Sleeper Mr Blandings ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/27 "2004-10-18T21:04:42Z")
This Is Spinal Tap Ghostbusters Waiting For Guffman Best In Show A Mighty Wind Office Space Airplane! A Night At the Opera South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Swingers Clerks Mallrats Pulp Fiction Blazing Saddles Billy Madison Drunken Master (dubbed) Orgazmo Say Anything High Fidelity ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/28 "2004-10-18T21:12:34Z")
Even though it’s already been said several times, I have to echo _Office Space_; having worked in both cubicle farms and in a theme restaurant it was a bullseye as far as relativity. Some that haven’t been mentioned: [Sordid Lives](http://imdb.com/title/tt0204640/) = a no-budget cult classic about a redneck family convening for Grandma’s funeral. The movie is completely stolen by [Leslie Jordan](http://www.circletheatre.com/archives/images/ctjordan.jpg) as institutionalized transvestite Brother Boy. (Supposedly in San Diego this movie has been given the _Rocky Horror_ treatment of midnight showings and simultaneous recitation of lines.) _Porky’s 2_- it’s only one scene: Reverend Bubba Flavel & Coach Baubricker reciting and explicating Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. Cracks me up every time. _Cat Ballou_- Lee Marvin and the reclining horse make me watch this one whenever I find it while channel surfing. ---
**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/29 "2004-10-18T21:20:09Z")
Coming to America. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that movie. Loved it! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/30 "2004-10-18T21:21:47Z")
I’ll add another vote for Office Space, Airplane, Best in Show, and Some Like it Hot. Also: Trading Places Happy Gilmore A Fish Called Wanda ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/31 "2004-10-18T21:23:37Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > 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**. No, you’re not alone 😃 **Airplane** **Amazon Women On The Moon** **Batman** “Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!” **Blazing Saddles** **Caddyshack** **Young Frankenstein** **Mars Attacks!** **Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life** **Monty Python & The Holy Grail** **UHF** “You get to drink from the FIRE HOSE!!!” **Roadie** ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/32 "2004-10-18T21:33:26Z")
I second: _Office Space Monty Python and the Holy Grail South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Clerks Galaxy Quest_ And, add: _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Drop Dead Fred McHale’s Navy_ ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/33 "2004-10-18T21:59:05Z")
**The Big Lebowski** , **Raising Arizona** , and **Airplane!** Shi mo’ fo buttah layin’ me to the bone! ‘S jackin’ me up! Tightly! ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/34 "2004-10-18T22:00:07Z")
All of mine have already been said: _This Is Spinal Tap Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Emperor’s New Groove_ _Toy Story_ is close, but I think that’s more of a “geez, how brilliant and clever” movie than a “I can’t breathe because I’m laughing so hard” movie. _Office Space_ is awful. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/35 "2004-10-18T22:09:14Z")
I forgot the trilogy of awesome Eddie Murphy movies: Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and Coming To America! His stand-up film Delirious cracks me up too, but Raw, his other one, has aged really poorly. ---
**Author:** ![ussentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ce7236/32.png) [@ussentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ussentinel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/36 "2004-10-18T22:34:57Z")
A little background: Rarely, any film scenes make me laugh out loud. Others can be roaring, but I’ll be tight-lipped. Maybe it was because my folks hardly laughed at too many movies. That said, there is a fight scene in **The Human Tornado** that always make me laugh SO hard, I cry. It’s a '70s movie with Rudy Ray Moore in his Dolemite character. The scene starts in daytime (cue: cheesy organ music) with Dolemite running around a house. Suddenly, it’s night and he’s jumped by goons and a speeded up fight/kung-fu scene ensues. At the climax, Dolemite throws a guy off an indoor balcony. The frame is stopped, with the guy in midair, reversed (back in Dolemite’s arms), forwarded, reversed, and forwarded again. The attacker lands on his back, eyes fixed and blood from his lip and Dolemite says, “You shoulda stayed down there the first time.” I. die. Also, many scenes in **Fargo** crack me up without fail. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/37 "2004-10-18T22:38:43Z")
Spies Like Us Galaxy Quest Holy Grail (Only the part where Lancelot slaughters the entire wedding party) Me, Myself and Irene (the cut Hole-the-watermelon scene is gold!) ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/38 "2004-10-18T23:51:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Even though it’s already been said several times, I have to echo _Office Space_; having worked in both cubicle farms and in a theme restaurant it was a bullseye as far as relativity. I go back and forth with _Office Space_. On one hand it’s really funny because, yes, as you said, it hits the bullseye as far as relativity. On the other hand, sometimes I watch the beginning and just cringe, because it hits so close to home. That bit with the TPS reports and the cover sheets just reminds me too much of my time in Office Hell. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/39 "2004-10-19T00:03:44Z")
In addition to my favorites that have already been mentioned here ( **Office Space, Dumb and Dumber, High Fidelity, Austin Powers** ), I give you: **Wayne’s World** **Stealing Harvard** (The whole Kyle and Steve thing kills me every time. I simply cannot help myself.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850/40 "2004-10-19T00:16:48Z")
Boy, most of mine hav been taken, but, just to vote: **What’s Up Doc?** (I can’t believe how many of you picked this, too.) **Young Frankenstein a Night at the Opera Airplane! Airplane Two** (Yeah, I know it’s not by the same folks. But they did a good job) **Top Secret Kemtucky Fried Movie What’s up, Tiger Lily? The Naked Gun**(And the TV series**Police Squad**. Not so much the sequels) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-always-make-you-laugh/269850.md?page=3)