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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOk..Funniest Movie that you ever saw? or Funniest Movies. (either ok) as many as you wish
(Yes, maybe we've done it before, but worth doing again....) Yes, we all need laugh!
1. The Producers.
2. Blazing Saddles
3. A couple of Marx Bros. movies (forgot their names, but remember laughing hard)
Paladin
(28,254 posts)leftieNanner
(15,083 posts)I had to sneak in to see that because I was under 18! Loved that movie!!
Paladin
(28,254 posts)Lots of talent in that family.
DFW
(54,365 posts)Truth and Soul advertising agency.
That film was brilliant.
Paladin
(28,254 posts)Brilliant film, indeed. I turned a whole bunch of my college friends on to it, back in the day.
DFW
(54,365 posts)SterlingPound
(428 posts)and it had some funny stuff and ideals that didnt really pan
but it was about as funny as the movie of the magic Christian with Ringo Starr and peter sellers
Paladin
(28,254 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)Paladin
(28,254 posts)SterlingPound
(428 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,260 posts)Just when you think it's all over, it gets going again.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)but all mel brooks entries are a close second
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)For the most unintentionally funny, I'd have to go with either "Dark Star" or "The Room".
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)And don't forget to teach the bomb phenomenology.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Bowfinger
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Coventina
(27,104 posts)"Ruthless People" is pretty funny as well.
Submariner
(12,503 posts)A very favorite scene from what I believe was the first pink panther. Thanks for the reminder.
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CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)When he's in the lady's hotel room with the vacuum. The bulb in the lamp kept popping out, he sucked the parrot through the bars of the cage, ended up in the sauna with the bellhop, and finished with the vacuum hose stuck to the masseuse's breast.
Only Blake Edwards could make something that manic and funny.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Ruthless People was a definite sleeper. It was hilarious!
Farmer-Rick
(10,160 posts)Ok, had to edit to add Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Itchinjim
(3,085 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Gets me chuckling already...
Howdy Pardener!
StarryNite
(9,443 posts)I need to take it off the shelf and watch it again!
subterranean
(3,427 posts)It's one of the few comedies that made me laugh out loud the first time I watched it.
The short-lived TV series Police Squad! (in color!) starring Leslie Nielsen was also exceptionally funny, although you had to pay close attention to catch all the jokes, which may be why it was short-lived.
The humor in that series was similar to Airplane!, another very funny film.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,978 posts)leftieNanner
(15,083 posts)Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)wryter2000
(46,037 posts)Airplane series. Naked Gun series.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I love all those films. Leslie Nielsen is a comic genius!
wryter2000
(46,037 posts)Is when O J Simpson suddenly shows up in one of the Naked Gun movies
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Beartracks
(12,809 posts)A friend of mine. Me and my brother and this friend went and saw it in the theater, and it was the funniest thing I think any of us had ever seen. Never laughed so hard or as much in a movie as I did for Gods Must Be Crazy. I've never watched it again, though, and now I'm afraid if I do I'll realize it wasn't that funny or something. Does it hold up?
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Beartracks
(12,809 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Zorro
(15,740 posts)They are both hilarious.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)Itchinjim
(3,085 posts)Anything by Monty Python
Anything by Preston Sturgis
Anything by the Marx Brothers
Anything by the Coen brothers
Anything by Mel Brooks.
Anything by Chaplin, Stooges or Laurel and Hardy.
Etc etc etc and so forth.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...Arsenic and Old Lace, Some Like It Hot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Airplane...and a hundred others...
wryter2000
(46,037 posts)The Marx Brothers. And W C Fields.
Coventina
(27,104 posts)The Chalice with the Palace!!
Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)It's sort of a secret code, isn't it? A code for all of us 'The Court Jester' lovers!
Coventina
(27,104 posts)KPN
(15,642 posts)The pellet with the poisons in the vessel with the pestle!
Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)2. Young Frankenstein
3. Cocoanuts
4. Duck Soup.
5. Monty Python's 'And Now For Something Completely Different."
Wolf
pansypoo53219
(20,974 posts)big golden retriever type ex-cop. he was NOT a monty python type at all. but he enjoyed it.
Karadeniz
(22,511 posts)Squinch
(50,949 posts)chowder66
(9,067 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)2naSalit
(86,569 posts)because they made me laugh so hard I couldn't stop:
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum... Zero Mostel was so funny.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, (Johnny Depp/ Benicio del Toro) I didn't care much for the last hour of the movie but for the first forty minutes, at least, I was rolling around laughing hysterically.
And all the Marx Brothers movies.
Stuart G
(38,420 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)From when I was young
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World
The Marx Brothers
at140
(6,110 posts)by other well known comedians than any movie I can think of.
I have the DVD and watch it often.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)In the spring their will be growth
sagesnow
(2,824 posts)Sancho
(9,067 posts)...but some of my other favorites have already been named.
Cannonball Run
Summer Rental
muntrv
(14,505 posts)The empressof all
(29,098 posts)But Lost in America still makes me ROFL....Although certainly not my story but reminds me now of my youth
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)"You lost the nest egg? You LOST the nest egg?"
Gary Marshall as the casino boss was gold!
nocoincidences
(2,218 posts)Rita Moreno as Googie Gomez is priceless.
sagesnow
(2,824 posts)1. High Anxiety
2. "Bean" - the Mr. Bean's Movie when he is mistaken for an famous English Art Critic at a Los Angeles Museum.
3. Airplane- I love some good ol' slapstick.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)The former is STILL a classic, the latter does not hold up after all these years.
yankeepants
(1,979 posts)consider_this
(2,203 posts)so raunchy, but funny as hell.
Love the Blues Traveler jam at the end.
airplaneman
(1,239 posts)Ahpook
(2,749 posts)The "Attorney" aspect of the story is high-larious :
Plus, the scene in the elevator is particularly resonating. I had a friend in Florida that was short in stature, but certainly not in language.
I had ALL kinds of "Oh Fuck" moments hanging around him
Hunter Thompson is missed! We need more of him
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Both (coincidentally) Barbara Streisand films.
lastlib
(23,216 posts)Absolutely hysterically funny!
"TunnelVision: The 'No-Bullshit' Network" a close second!
"Blazing Saddles", "Spaceballs", "Young Frankenstein"
"Airplane", "Police Squad"
"Monty Python And the Holy Grail", "Life of Brian"
"The Gods Must Be Crazy!"
Zorro
(15,740 posts)It is a hilarious Wayans Brothers movie.
And I am loathe to admit it, but The Mask and Dumb and Dumber are pretty funny, too.
kairos12
(12,857 posts)A Night at the Opera
Life of Brian
Borat
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)A couple have not:
Airplane
Cannonball Run
The Naked Gun
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Up in Smoke
Stir Crazy
Blazing Saddles
Office Space
My Little Chickadee - WC Fields and Mae West - nuff said
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
SilasSouleII
(362 posts)Hilarious!
IADEMO2004
(5,554 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)Those are exactly the first 3 that popped into my head when I read the question.
Then I was try to decide between Victor, Victoria and S.O.B.
yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)Blake Edwards' masterpiece.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)is the best vocal work of Julie Andrews career.
And I would give a kidney for Robert Preston's voice.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)Can't believe no one mentioned this one!!
yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)I have been a Sellers fan ever since.
SterlingPound
(428 posts)ChazInAz
(2,566 posts)The movie lasted less than a week.
I loved it.
Bradshaw3
(7,513 posts)"Those aren't pillows!"
Those motel scenes had me laughing so hard I was crying and hiccuping.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)..the forever gorgeous Rachel Welch, stunning talented and beautiful Selma Hayek, Rob Lowe and famous Mexican always funny comedian and actor Eugenio Derbez [actor, comedian and filmmaker. His feature film Instructions Not Included, also funny;] How to be a Latin Lover is in English so don't fret..if you want a break from well you know who-- watch this movie it' ll make you laugh.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)anything Michael Caine!
TlalocW
(15,381 posts)I used to watch that once a week in college.
For those who have never seen it - three serial movie actors (Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short) are fired from the studio they work for (this happens in early Hollywood in the 1910s). A village in Mexico thinks their movies are real life and send for them to come save them from a gang of banditos terrorizing them, but the actors think it's an acting job.
The line that kills me is when the Amigos are in the house of the family whose daughter sent for them. They're having dinner, and the family is talking about how proud they are to have them there, all the while Chevy Chase's character is having trouble with the tortillas and other food.
TlalocW
Cicada
(4,533 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)who can forget Ms. Balbreaker trying to explain why a short arm inspection will divulge the culprit.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Waayyy back in the early 80s, naive me couldn't believe the outrageously hilarious things said on screen. Loved it tho, even paid to see it twice.
Stuart G
(38,420 posts)I think I saw this one in a movie theater when I was 8 or 9..part of a 25 cartoon show, for 25 cents.
Poor Wile...he never gets it right..even though he tries in many ways..and yes, this his first film. At least he doesn't give up in this film. He never does...Yes, he is funny, and no, language and talking is not important in Wile's films. Sound effects are the key. Also, that look on Wile's face as he falls off the cliff chasing Mr. Road Runner is fantastic. Poor Wile....well.........Wile's loss is our gain....
Sorry, if people do not include this, I laughed so hard at poor Wile, so many times, that I wanted to include him..
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)2. Blazing Saddles
3. Young Frankenstein
4. Life of Brian
5. Ghost Busters
KPN
(15,642 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)chowder66
(9,067 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)The drinking song is just hysterical
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)CTyankee
(63,903 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)However, as a teenage country boy in the 60s, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was my first ROFL movie....
WhiteTara
(29,704 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)The Hangover
Saving Silverman
Get Him to the Greek
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Stir Crazy
Weird Science
My Science Project
The Wedding Singer
Happy Gilmore
Midnight Run
Freebie and the Bean
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)"Grosse Point Blanke"
"Easy A"
"Dr. Strangelove..."
"The Ref"
"Clerks"
"The Death of Stalin"
Niagara
(7,601 posts)1. The Great Outdoors
2. Meet the Parents
3. There's Something About Mary
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Parenthood
Bayard
(22,062 posts)Along with Galaxy Quest, Buckaroo Bonzai, Blues Brothers, and Zombieland.
BarbD
(1,192 posts)Has been my go-to movie to escape the current political madness.
Their rendition of "Rawhide" is hysterical.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)All the Abrahams/Zucker/Proft films - Airplane, Naked Gun, Hot Shots etc. and sequels.
The Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Waking Ned Devine.
We're the Millers.
The Man with Two Brains (Steve Martin)
The Jerk (Steve Martin)
I know there are more, but those are the only ones that leap to mind right now.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)One of my all-time favorites!
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)TygrBright
(20,758 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,175 posts)bif
(22,697 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)IMHO (In My Horrifying Opinion) The "Mirror Scene" and "Going to War" production number are two of the best comedy scenes in history.
BigmanPigman
(51,585 posts)Then The Producers, MASH, Annie Hall and Dr. Strangelove
Falcata
(156 posts)1. Blazing Saddles
2. Young Frankenstein
3. A Night at the Opera
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,568 posts)Life of Brian
Anything Marx
Animal House
All Mel Brooks
Neema
(1,151 posts)There are others, but those come to mind first.
BarbD
(1,192 posts)Brilliant satire on life in a cubicle, outside consultants/empty suits and the red stapler.
Neema
(1,151 posts)It was spooky how well they nailed it.
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)Steamboat Bill, Jr.
One Week
The Kid
The Gold Rush
Modern Times
Safety Last!
The Freshman
The Kid Brother
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)Greatly enhanced with a doob or two.
All Peter Sellers movies and of course "Airplane" or "The Naked Gun"
UTUSN
(70,684 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I also second many, many already mentioned.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)lpbk2713
(42,754 posts)Alan Arkin played his role perfectly.
For that matter, he was also good in The Russians are Coming² and the In-Laws.
Gore1FL
(21,128 posts)That movie was funny from the first second through to the ending credits.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088794/
yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)It is a ROTFLMAO movie for certain
"I want my two dollars!"
Gore1FL
(21,128 posts)rhiannon55
(2,671 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)But I would also like to add 'Death at a Funeral.' The British version. I watch it every New Year's Eve and laugh myself silly.
Blazing Saddles, The Court Jester and Galaxy Quest are three of my very favorites.
sts069
(9 posts)Lets not forget Mystery Men, with Greg Kinnear as superhero Captain Amazing and Geoffrey Rush as supervillain Casanova von Frankenstein, and the wannabe superhero lineup of William H. Macy as the Shoveler, Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious, Hank Azaria as the Blue Rajah, Jeanne Garofalo as the Bowler,... great stuff. Came out around the same time (ish) as Galaxy Quest, another underrated, terrifically funny movie with a superb cast (Tim Russell, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub,...)
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)70s screwball comedy. Bust a gut every time I watch it.
enid602
(8,615 posts)Eating Raoul. "Don't you wantto get fr-eee-eee?"
chowder66
(9,067 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Blazing Saddles
Airplane
Vacation
Backseat Driver
(4,390 posts)but maybe laughed more at Robin Williams in The Birdcage; please no flack!
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Blazing saddles
Young Frankenstien
Ferris Bueller's day off
The Stepford wives ( with Mathew Broderick)
The Princes Bride
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)Funny and satisfying!
consider_this
(2,203 posts)Wyld Stallions! LOL
So Crates, Historical Babes, etc.
I just love watching Beethoven and pals in the mall. AND it has George Carlin!
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)but Charles Grodin absolutely steals the movie as the totally dead-pan mob accountant on the run from the law.
lark
(23,094 posts)I think this is my all time fave movie, so funny, Steve Martin is a total gem in his supporting role and of course Rick Moranis slays it.
Blazing Saddles is 1a
Young Frankenstein
consider_this
(2,203 posts)This one is totally hilarious and one of my all time faves. Very fun songs too.
lark
(23,094 posts)Glad you enjoy it too. Like Blues Brothers and Rocky Horror Show, I always come back to these faves.
DFW
(54,365 posts)National Lampoon's European Vacation
Young Frankenstein
Airplane
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Being There
Revenge of the Nerds
Ruthless People
DiverDave
(4,886 posts)High school should show.
1. Young Frankenstein
2. Blazing Saddles
3. In Search of the Holy Grail.
To teach that humor can get you through.
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LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Stuart G
(38,420 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)Natalie Wood's wardrobe just keeps pouring out of that one trunk
The Pie Fight
Professor Fate in general.
Also: Frisco Kid, Bringing Up Baby, Clue, 9 to 5, Beetlejuice , To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything. Love, Julie Newmar, Murder By Death.
Everything already mentioned.
Stuart G
(38,420 posts)I was laughing so hard, and I was the only one,,it was an afternoon crowd, people in 60s & 70s...& they didn't think it was funny, but I sure as hell did....Maybe the hardest laugh in a movie I ever had..