Forgotten Comedies

[lame54]

Serial

Happy Birthday Gemini

any others?

[Major Nikon]

1. Used Cars

[kentauros]

13. "Fifty bucks never killed anybody!"

The commentary track on the DVD is just as funny as the movie itself!

[Tom Kitten]

2. Is that Martin Mull?

Made me think of Fernwood 2 Nite, a hilarious talk show spoof. A forgotten comedy also! It would be great if it were released on dvd.

[kentauros]

6. Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!!

And one I'd like to find, "All That Glitters"

[hifiguy]

12. MH2 was MUST viewing back in the 1970s.

Couple buds would come over most nights and twist up a couple of buds for the surrealistic wonderfulness that was Mary Hartman.

Fernwood 2-nite and America 2-nite as well.

[cyberswede]

10. Fernwood 2 Night was hilarious! Totally ahead of its time.

[PennyK]

3. Funny

But the book was hilarious! So funny I couldn't believe it was real.

[Tom Kitten]

4. Three I thought of

Vibes
with Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum and Peter Falk (I never knew Cyndi Lauper made a movie until I found the video in a thrift store).

Stay Tuned
with John Ritter and Pam Dawber

I'm not saying these are great comedies but they have their moments.

Citizen Ruth
Now this movie is hilarious! Laura Dern should have gotten nominated for an Oscar for this one...

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Citizen Ruth was great

Someone asked me what it was about and I said it was a comedy about abortion. They said "WHAT?" I don't really know how else to describe it though. Laura Fern really had some guts to do that role.

[kentauros]

14. Vibes is hilarious!

Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum had some great lines


Nick Deezy: (In bed, Hillary removes her panties and hands them to Nick) Another man has been holding these panties. You know I can tell.
Hillary: It's, it's my father.
Nick Deezy: What?
Hillary: He did my laundry for me, I swear.
Nick Deezy: Your father's a professional hockey player who scored two goals that night... and an assist?


Sylvia Pickel: What's your problem, aside from your face?


Nick Deezy: Yes, one moment please but an important one. We've been through stretch, stretch-aroo, next it'll be stretch-mark... where will it end?


Harry Buscafusco: May I ask, why d'ya keep a shotgun in your apartment?
Sylvia Pickel: It's not really mine. An old boyfriend left it here.
Harry Buscafusco: Why did he keep it?
Sylvia Pickel: I don't really know. You don't ask a guy named Icepick too many questions.

[CBGLuthier]

7. Serial is great. We watched one recently Called The Good Fairy

The whole film is on youtube

&list=PL0543B4DF2513B1E5

Great film by William Wyler and the screenplay is by Preston Sturges.

[Sherman A1]

8. one of my favorites

was The Governor & J.J.

Featuring a rather conservative State Governor and his somewhat Flower Child Daughter J.J. who either worked or volunteered at the local Zoo. I think it ran one or two seasons in the late 1960"s.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. Carter Country

Some episodes were hysterically funny. Too bad this series seems to be almost completely gone.

[Iggo]

11. "Handle it! Handle it!"