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red dog 1

(27,805 posts) Sun Jul 30, 2017, 04:21 PM Jul 2017

In your opinion, best comedy of all time? [View all]

21 votes, 4 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Blazing Saddles
	5 (24%)
	Airplane
	4 (19%)
	The Odd Couple
	1 (5%)
	The Big Lebowski
	2 (10%)
	Some Like It Hot
	2 (10%)
	Young Frankenstein
	6 (29%)
	Groundhog Day
	0 (0%)
	Take The Money And Run
	0 (0%)
	Get Shorty
	0 (0%)
	The Producers
	1 (5%)
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In your opinion, best comedy of all time? [View all] red dog 1 Jul 2017 OP

What about Bob? BootinUp Jul 2017 #1

Yeah, I forgot about that one red dog 1 Jul 2017 #3

The only one left without any votes is The Big Lebowski red dog 1 Jul 2017 #6

Now all the choices have been voted on red dog 1 Jul 2017 #8

That's a great one. One of the few movies I can watch over and over. Hoyt Jul 2017 #12

I love that movie! One of my favorites! n/t fleur-de-lisa Aug 2017 #93

When Harry Met Sally. Best in Show. Waiting for Guffman. Holy Grail. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #2

Haven't seen "Waiting for Guffman" red dog 1 Jul 2017 #4

Two words rock Jul 2017 #5

Monty Python and the Holy Grail A HERETIC I AM Jul 2017 #7

I agree! red dog 1 Jul 2017 #9

Bring Out Your Dead Awsi Dooger Jul 2017 #22

I had first been exposed to MP'sFC in the early70's.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2017 #47

"I'm not dead yet!" red dog 1 Jul 2017 #52

I just bought the blu-ray OriginalGeek Jul 2017 #48

Of courrrse Ah am Frrraanch... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2017 #49

I agree, although it's a tossup between the Holy Grail and Life of Brian smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #50

I had my wife watch Life of Brain for the first time Saturday Night Throckmorton Jul 2017 #69

I agree!!!!!! happy feet Aug 2017 #76

Bird Cage GitRDun Jul 2017 #10

I considered putting The Birdcage on the list red dog 1 Jul 2017 #16

Have you ever seen the French film La Cage aux Folles? TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #87

Yes, I've seen it. red dog 1 Aug 2017 #94

This is a tough category FakeNoose Jul 2017 #11

This Is Spinal Tap should be on the list. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #13

There are many comedies that "should be on the list" but they only give me TEN poll choices red dog 1 Jul 2017 #17

So what you're saying is that Spinal Tap would be on the list mythology Jul 2017 #46

LLOL (literally laughed out loud) Still Blue in PDX Aug 2017 #92

Spinal Tap is, of course, the correct choice. Dr. Strange Jul 2017 #45

The Python's and DUCK SOUP should be on the list... n/m bagelsforbreakfast Jul 2017 #14

I think the Pythons' best one was "Life of Brian" red dog 1 Jul 2017 #20

I AGREE!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2017 #26

"What did he say?" red dog 1 Jul 2017 #54

Always look on....... MyOwnPeace Jul 2017 #65

In the 1997 movie "As Good As It Gets," Jack Nicholson plays that song on his piano, red dog 1 Aug 2017 #75

Does it make you want to... chuckle... when I say... MGKrebs Aug 2017 #96

That's, like, your opinion, man! Cirque du So-What Jul 2017 #15

"Do you have a job, sir?" red dog 1 Jul 2017 #18

Some Like It Hot frazzled Jul 2017 #19

Yes!!! It holds up Beaverhausen Jul 2017 #37

Every Monty Python movie ever made, esp. lastlib Jul 2017 #21

1963.."It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", 1966.."The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming"... Tikki Jul 2017 #23

I love Mad Mad Mad Mad World Awsi Dooger Jul 2017 #25

The Pink Panther is my personal fav. Coventina Jul 2017 #24

"Village Idiot Convention" MyOwnPeace Jul 2017 #27

His early stuff (regardless of the scandals to come) is pure comedy gold. Coventina Jul 2017 #42

That was Love and Death... lame54 Jul 2017 #61

Thanks! MyOwnPeace Jul 2017 #66

I love Bananas LeftInTX Jul 2017 #39

Picture Woody Allen as a would-be bank robber. Coventina Jul 2017 #40

LOL LeftInTX Jul 2017 #41

"What is apt?" lame54 Jul 2017 #60

I love all of those red dog 1 Jul 2017 #62

I missed that somehow! Will correct now!! Coventina Jul 2017 #64

"Saving Grace" democratisphere Jul 2017 #28

Play It Again Sam; Annie Hall; The Bank Dick; A Christmas Story; Revenge of the Pink Panther Number9Dream Jul 2017 #29

I loved The Bank Dick red dog 1 Aug 2017 #78

W.C. always cracks me up Number9Dream Aug 2017 #91

I love the one where he runs a little store red dog 1 Aug 2017 #95

This one is easy. Stanley Kramer's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world" longship Jul 2017 #30

My choice as well. femmocrat Jul 2017 #35

These are all great...but no "Caddyshack" Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #31

Could have done without the booger scene Awsi Dooger Jul 2017 #72

Awe...don't act like you've never watched someone dig a boog out Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #73

I can assert I've never wondered that Awsi Dooger Aug 2017 #86

Ghostbusters roscoeroscoe Jul 2017 #32

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. SonofDonald Jul 2017 #33

I know blazing saddles SonofDonald Jul 2017 #34

"Are there any more beans, Mr. Taggard?" red dog 1 Jul 2017 #51

Trading Places Beaverhausen Jul 2017 #36

The best way to get even with rich peopl BootinUp Aug 2017 #99

"The Gods Must Be Crazy" Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #38

That movie was hilarious! Kaleva Jul 2017 #74

Where's Poppa? Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2017 #43

Best comedy ever? red dog 1 Jul 2017 #58

Yes it is! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2017 #63

To each his own. red dog 1 Aug 2017 #77

Titanic? ProfessorGAC Jul 2017 #44

My choice would be Animal House. RGinNJ Jul 2017 #53

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." red dog 1 Jul 2017 #55

Yes! Freddie Jul 2017 #56

The Trump Administration Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #57

Love and Death lame54 Jul 2017 #59

I'm going really old school: Arsenic & Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story catbyte Jul 2017 #67

Ah yes And they all have Cary Grant. Demoiselle Jul 2017 #68

I might go with M*A*S*H rurallib Jul 2017 #70

My Cousin Vinny. "These two utes . . ." LuckyLib Jul 2017 #71

One of my all-time favorite conedies red dog 1 Aug 2017 #80

I shot the clerk. BootinUp Aug 2017 #101

Better Off Dead, Ferris Buellers Day Off, and both Airplanes. Doreen Aug 2017 #79

"Bueller...Bueller....Bueller....Bueller" red dog 1 Aug 2017 #82

Yup. Doreen Aug 2017 #83

Loaded Weapon Ennuilyn Aug 2017 #81

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Aug 2017 #84

:-) Ennuilyn Aug 2017 #85

A lot of comedy and humor simply doesn't age well. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #88

I still love watching The Odd Couple...it's still funny to me red dog 1 Aug 2017 #97

"The Inlaws" has a special place in my heart.. Demoiselle Aug 2017 #89

Out of the choices, I went with Young Frankenstein... Upthevibe Aug 2017 #90

I would have to nominate "The Great Race". MGKrebs Aug 2017 #98

Better Off Dead gets my vote JuJuYoshida Aug 2017 #100

Bowfinger JonLP24 Aug 2017 #102

What's Up Doc! Jane Austin Aug 2017 #103

Dumb and Dumber romainetarra Apr 2019 #104