# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/61 "2001-11-19T23:15:59Z")
There are some interesting suggestions on this thread. Personally, I loved “The Big Lebowski”, but I’m with ya on “Joe vs. Volcano”. However, the one and only correct answer is **“Cabin Boy”**. ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/62 "2001-11-19T23:48:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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. \*\* Ugh. **Men in Tights** was just bad, bad, bad. It is to Spaceballs as Star Trek V is to Star Trek II. Really, really awful stuff. There’s no accounting for taste, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/63 "2001-11-20T19:36:29Z")
Ditto for almost every movie mentioned so far, & esp. “Ishtar”. (Beatty & Hoffman, I want my money back.) Stoogemania Greedy Bonfire of the Vanities ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/64 "2001-11-20T21:13:57Z")
I cant believe “Night at the Roxbury” wasnt mentioned. Hands down the worst thing ever committed to celluloid. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/65 "2001-11-21T06:31:50Z")
Miller wrote: > [@](#): > > Movies Mentioned So Far I Like > Joe v. the Volcano Hey, me too! I adore _Joe vs. the Volcano_. I have it on laserdisc (!) and everything. I even managed to read a copy of the script that had been posted on somebody’s website (perhaps in violation of copyright!), in which there were several scenes deleted from the final edit and a very different (and, in my opinion, much more fulfilling) ending. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/66 "2001-11-21T06:37:25Z")
ftg wrote: > [@](#): > > A thread sometime ago asked for lowest box office take of a regular Hollywood film. It also turns out to be a comedy: > > “It’s Pat” $35,000 > > All others mentioned pale by comparison $-wise. And again it’s another SNL-related movie. \< **tracer** hangs down his head in shame\> I … uh … I have **It’s Pat: The Movie** on laserdisc, too. The letterbox edition. And I’ve watched it all the way through at least twice. But I only took an interest in it because Pat reminds me a little bit of this hermaphrodite I knew in real life – honest! ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/67 "2001-11-21T06:54:03Z")
Dying is easy, comedy is difficult. Many, many choices above qualify. Most SNL characters turned into full lenght movies are just awful. Wayne’s World (both of them) were bad, but not quite as bad as the rest. Something About Mary, on the other hand, was gross, disgusting and comedic genius. But it might be a matter of personal taste. I have had intelligent people tell me that Dumb & Dumber was the funniest thing they ever saw, whereas I just turned it off. The funniest scene in a movie I ever saw was really two scenes in Porky’s, with the shower scene as the set up and the principal’s office as the punch line. I was sooooo close to wetting my pants in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/68 "2001-11-21T17:32:13Z")
I mentioned “Leonard Part 6” earlier[sup]1[/sup], which nobody else has said anything about. Perhaps almost everybody was smart enough to stay away. Anyhow, I just took a look at imdb’s list of 100 all time worst movies, and, to justify my choice, “Leonard Part 6” is in the 59 slot. Offhand, I don’t see any of the other movies we’ve been discussing a lot: [http://us.imdb.com/bottom\_100\_films](http://us.imdb.com/bottom_100_films) Most of those aren’t comedies. I do see “Police Academy: Mission to Moscow” at 46, beating out LP6. Many of those movies are small budget pictures that I don’t recognize, and I’m sure many other people don’t either. It turns out that the worst on that list that imdb classes SOLELY as “comedy” is “The Wild World of Batwoman” (1966) at ninth. I have not had the (whatever) of seeing it. If it’s not clear that that’s a comedy, we have “Santa with Muscles” (1996) at number 19. [sup]1[/sup] - I also DID mention Ishtar, quite a bit before someone said “noone’s mentioned Ishtar”, but I thought I’d let it pass. Even if what I said was that it wasn’t as bad as the reputation it got from bombing so badly at the box office. That doesn’t make it GOOD, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/69 "2001-11-21T21:53:36Z")
I’ve been tabulating results, and all I can say so far is that if you mentioned any of the following as worst, you are wrong. All have SOMETHING worthwhile in them. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Delirious Brain Smasher…A Love Story Twins The Big Lebowski Something About Mary Robin Hood: Men in Tights Seriously, in a few days I’ll post stats on the results. There does seem to be a trend toward Lorne Michaels for Lifetime Achievement, but lots of people didn’t mark their ballots for that. I will count every movie title a Member submits, but not repeat nominations or objections from the same Member. Note: each objection to a nomination will nullify one vote for that movie. However I reserve the right to not do anything it it seems to be a big hassle. ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/70 "2001-11-21T22:04:21Z")
Most SNL-born movies rate among the worst in my book. Count me in the group that liked Joe v. Volcano…except for the last 15 minutes, which sucked. It was intelligent & quirky until they reached that darn island when a new director must have taken over and the IQ points dropped. ---
**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 21, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/71 "2001-11-21T22:18:33Z")
I dispute the inclusion of **Cabin Boy**. One of my favorite comedies. Totally bizarre, easily quotable, David Letterman’s first ever film role. Great stuff, great stuff. “Yer one of them Fancy Lads, aintcha?” I’ll second Leonard Part 6 as almost entirely brain dead. Roger Ebert theorized that it was called “Part 6” because only the sixth movie in a franchise could be that awful. Also, every Mel Brooks movie since Spaceballs, but especially **Men in Tights**. Only two good laughs in the entire movie: The musical number, and the mafia don’s sidekick. Was **Baby Geniuses** supposed to be a comedy? I tried to watch it once, but kept blacking out. ---
**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 22, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/72 "2001-11-22T00:26:19Z")
**yabob** , I have seend **The Wild World of Batwoman** , and O Lord yes, it is bad. Of course, I saw it on MST3K, so I actually enjoyed it… ---
**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 22, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/73 "2001-11-22T00:30:17Z")
Oh, and WWOBW is not a comedy. At least, they weren’t _trying_ to do comedy. ---
**Author:** ![jabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/74 "2001-11-22T00:48:30Z")
I loved Robin Hood: Men in Tights! “Blinkin, fix you boobs…you look like a bleedin’ Picasso!” Oh, and someone asked about a list of SNL movies, here is what I can come up with. Blues Brothers 1&2 Mo’ Money Waynes World 1&2 Night at the Roxbury Stuart Saves His Family Its Pat (worse snl movie by far) The Coneheads The Ladies Man (the best snl movie since BB 1) thats all I can think of but it seems there should be more. peace, JB ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/75 "2001-11-22T01:55:18Z")
_Spaceballs_ is one of the funniest movies ever. So is _The Big Lebowski_. _Joe Versus the Volcano_ is excellent as well; Meg Ryan is brilliant and hilariously funny in both roles. And _Three Amigos_ is a comedic classic. jmho. _Joe Dirt_ did indeed suck for the first thirty minutes, but I did eventually laugh. I could have done without the great big turd meteorite halfway through the movie though. **worse comedy movie ever?** _Dumb and Dumber_ (I cringe just thinking about it.) _Cutthroat Island_ (not sure if it was supposed to be a comedy or not) _Dude, Where’s my Car?_ (Dude, where can I get those two hours of my life back?) any Leslie Nielsen movie made after _Airplane_ and my absolute worst pick: _Shallow Hal_. I haven’t seen it, won’t see it, and will berate it to everyone I know. Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit is not funny. It’s not only offensive, but it’s also intolerable as a concept that they would project ideal true beauty as a Size Two. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/76 "2001-11-22T03:23:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*Oh, and WWOBW is not a comedy. At least, they weren’t _trying_ to do comedy. \*\* Having seen WWOBW on both MST3K and the uncut movie, I have to dispute that they weren’t trying to do comedy. They _were_ trying, and failed miserably. I mean, for gods sake, the “vampires” drink “protien shakes”, and how can you forget the “chinese” ghost. So IMO Wild World of Batwoman is a comedy as well as being _reeally_ bad. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/77 "2001-11-22T03:27:01Z")
By the way, I’ll probably be lynched for saying this, but my vote for worst comedy movie of all time goes to **Tootsie**. I know it was popular, and the AFI says it was one of the greatest comedies ever, but _damn_ how bland can one movie be? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/78 "2001-11-22T06:05:42Z")
shrew wrote: > [@](#): > > and my absolute worst pick: _Shallow Hal_. I haven’t seen it, won’t see it, and will berate it to everyone I know. Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit is not funny. It’s not only offensive, but it’s also intolerable as a concept that they would project ideal true beauty as a Size Two. Um … I liked _Shallow Hal_ so much, I saw it 3 times. I don’t know **what** that movie did to me or why, but it’s now my official Favorite Movie of the Year [TM]. When the DVD comes out, I’ll be freeze-framing all the scenes where they show Paltrow’s extra-large body-double. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/79 "2001-11-22T12:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jabe \* > \*\*I loved Robin Hood: Men in Tights! > > “Blinkin, fix you boobs…you look like a bleedin’ Picasso!” > > Oh, and someone asked about a list of SNL movies, here is what I can come up with. > > Blues Brothers 1&2 > Mo’ Money > Waynes World 1&2 > Night at the Roxbury > Stuart Saves His Family > Its Pat (worse snl movie by far) > The Coneheads > The Ladies Man (the best snl movie since BB 1) > > thats all I can think of but it seems there should be more. > > peace, > JB \*\* And … Superstar [Lurch] uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh [/Lurch] 2 things save me from having films to contribute to this thread. 1) I am extremely picky about the films I see and 2) I am the fastest channel clicker in the Pacific. ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018/80 "2001-11-22T18:33:34Z")
1. Trapped in Paradise. This movie was so bad I would have walked out of it on an airplane. 2. Austin Powers II, The Spy who Shagged Me. I liked the first Austin Powers movie, but the sequel was beyond awful. There was one funny sequence in it, amid a festering latrine of bathroom humor. 3. The Mexican. At least, I _think_ this was supposed to be a comedy. Maybe I’m just losing my sense of humor, but I didn’t laugh once. 4. Very Bad Things. This was an attempt at dark humor, and a really bad attempt at that. The dialog consisted of meaningless metaphor which the actors constantly shouted at each other. The final scene had some bite to it, but it was an excrutiating journey to get there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-comedy-ever/94018.md?page=5)