# Worst movie comedy ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018 "2001-11-18T02:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/41 "2001-11-19T02:57:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > Oh man, the floodgates have opened. Transylvania 6-5000. Hooper. Any of those kid-parent/black-white body swapping movies. What’s that Billy Bob/John Cusack air traffic control movie? And **Space Balls?** And Four for Texas? The Addams Family Chronicles? Bite your tongue. “Spaceballs” the only funny Mel Brooks movie made after 1974 (a golden year that included “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein”). How can you dislike a movie with lines like “…now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.”? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/42 "2001-11-19T02:59:11Z")
Oh, and my entry: Any **Police Acadamy** movie with a number in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/43 "2001-11-19T03:15:10Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Ishtar. Warren Beatty in a comedy? That should have been a dead giveaway. I hate that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/44 "2001-11-19T03:19:57Z")
Movies Mentioned So Far I Like Joe v. the Volcano Three Amigos The Blair Witch Project (although, as a comedy, it really did suck, so may have been appropriate to this thread.) Oscar (shut up!) The Big Lebowski Spaceballs Something About Mary People who mentioned these movies are unlettered louts. However, people who mentioned movies that I agree are bad (such as _Baby Boom_) are posters of taste and distinction. My entry? Any movie made in the style of Airplane! that does not involve any of the makers of Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/45 "2001-11-19T04:05:06Z")
_Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ is at least deserving of consideration… ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/46 "2001-11-19T04:57:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lady Ice \* > \*\*I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Ishtar. Warren Beatty in a comedy? That should have been a dead giveaway. I hate that movie. \*\* You’re right **Lady**. It just might be worse than “Freddy got Fingered”. I had forgotten just how bad it was. ---
**Author:** ![Bossk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@Bossk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bossk)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/47 "2001-11-19T05:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\* > My entry? Any movie made in the style of Airplane! that does not involve any of the makers of Airplane! \*\* It’s obvious to me that you’ve never seen _When Nature Calls…_ (1985). ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/48 "2001-11-19T06:47:34Z")
I have a friend who say that the three scariest words in the English language are … “Starring Dan Akriod” Having never witnessed “Blues Brother 2000” personally, I really can’t say for myself. ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/49 "2001-11-19T06:49:54Z")
now if I could only spell… ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/50 "2001-11-19T07:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > > Oh man, the floodgates have opened. Transylvania 6-5000. Hooper. Any of those kid-parent/black-white body swapping movies. What’s that Billy Bob/John Cusack air traffic control movie? And **Space Balls?** And Four for Texas? The Addams Family Chronicles? > > Bite your tongue. “Spaceballs” the only funny Mel Brooks movie made after 1974 (a golden year that included “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein”). > > How can you dislike a movie with lines like “…now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.”? \*\* HEAR HEAR Spaceballs was absolutely hilarious and skewered the sci fi movie well (not as good as Blazing Saddles but then what can?) I mean Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet was absolutely hilarious and was gold in every scene. Who can forget the closeup of Dark as he says “Loooone Starrrr” and subsequently crashing into him? “Oh your helmet is sooo big” “Great I am surrounded by Assholes…Keep firing Assholes!” ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/51 "2001-11-19T08:03:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cazzle \* > **Something About Mary** - Yes I dare. I was bored all through that movie, when I wasn’t grossed out. Something About Mary was “Good”? Only if good is a synonym for “Craptastic”. I am so glad I have finally found someone who shares this perspective with me. This movie was awful, and every time I hear about another movie made by these guys, I shudder while my friends drool in anticipation. My vote goes for **Me, Myself, and Irene** , which I thought was terrible from a comedy and acting perspective, as well as being incredibly offensive. I’m not particularly easily offended, but I made an exception in this case. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/52 "2001-11-19T11:46:23Z")
Warren Beatty movie “Town & Country”. It sucks to see Garry Shandling in such crap after (IMHO) the best comedy on TV to date (I hate laugh tracks, and I can’t stand vulgarity being held back… not that I like vulgarity, it just ads the the show ’ laugh at real life’ factor) The Larry Sanders Show. Warren Beatty was ok in Bullworth, even though I think the message of the movie is pretty stupid. (but it was a good movie) ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/53 "2001-11-19T19:52:57Z")
“Mary” and “Meet the Parants” are most certainly up there. Pointless and incredibly boring. Also, I’d like to point out Mr. SNL is \*\*Lorne Micheals; a guy[b/]. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/54 "2001-11-19T19:54:28Z")
Crap. Whatever. ALso, I can’t imagine “Freddy Got Fingered” can be anything but absolutely aweful. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/55 "2001-11-19T19:56:30Z")
Fortunately for me, I’ve never seen most of the movies mentioned so far. I’ve never even heard of several of them. There were a couple of scenes in the Jim Varney movies that I liked, although the only one I can remember now is where he somehow got a lobster plastered to his face. My memory is mercifully short on this topic, but I seem to remember a “Pink Panther” movie made after Peter Sellers died that was notso-hotso. It starred some American guy who was supposed to be Clouseau’s nephew or something. RR ---
**Author:** ![barking\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@barking\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barking_frog)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/56 "2001-11-19T20:21:32Z")
I guess no one here has seen _Mr. Wrong_. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/57 "2001-11-19T20:27:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > Bite your tongue. “Spaceballs” the only funny Mel Brooks movie made after 1974 What? **Robin Hood: Men in Tights** was _much_ better than **Spaceballs.**** SB** was amusing, but too hit-and-miss for my tastes – and it should have been released five years earlier. As for the worst comedic movie of all time …eh, I go far out of my way to avoid those. But I’ll mention **Dumb and Dumber** simply because I don’t know why people enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![EVO95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@EVO95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVO95)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/58 "2001-11-19T20:38:20Z")
Joe Dirt blew dead rats. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/59 "2001-11-19T21:18:49Z")
Re: _Spaceballs_ The first time I saw it, I thought it was mildly funny (I have since grown to like it more), but the funniest bit of the whole movie was the “Michigan J. Alien” scene in the diner at the end. It came in completely out of left field and left me gasping for air on the floor. Can you tell I’m a Loony Tunes fan? RR ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/60 "2001-11-19T22:55:05Z")
Someone suggested, or if they didn’t they should have, that we need a standard by which to measure and quantify movie comedies. Let me offer the Geezer Standard. Under this standard the ultimate high quality, twenty-four karat, fall down funny movie, ranking as a 10 on the G.S., is Father of the Bride with Spencer Tracy. The abysmal, bad, lousy, no merit, stupid movie, ranking as a 1 would be anything featuring Francis the Talking Mule or Ma and Pa Kettle. Under this standard any Ernest movie would be comparable with any Francis the T. M. production and would therefore rate as 1 on the Geezer Scale (GS 1). The Young Frankenstein movie would be a GS 10. Steve Martin’s Father of the Bride would be GS 8, losing two points because of lack of originality… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018.md?page=4)