In your opinion, best comedy of all time?

[red dog 1]

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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[BootinUp]

1. What about Bob?

[red dog 1]

3. Yeah, I forgot about that one

but which one do I take down to make room for it?
(I can't take down any that already have votes)

[red dog 1]

6. The only one left without any votes is The Big Lebowski

and I'm not taking that one down

What About Bob is a great comedy - I've probably seen it at least 20 times
(From what I read about the making of that film, Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray had their differences and didn't really like each other)

[red dog 1]

8. Now all the choices have been voted on

So I can't replace any of them

[Hoyt]

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

[fleur-de-lisa]

93. I love that movie! One of my favorites! n/t

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. When Harry Met Sally. Best in Show. Waiting for Guffman. Holy Grail.

[red dog 1]

4. Haven't seen "Waiting for Guffman"

but I have seen the other three, (I hated Best in Show)

[rock]

5. Two words

First word: (I know, it's not a very big blaze)

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

"Now stand aside, worthy adversary"

"'''Tis but a scratch"

"A scratch? Your arms off"

"No it isn't"

"Well what's that then?"

"I've had worse"

"YOU LIAR!"

"Come on, ya pansy"

Scene after scene after scene, complete and utter unpredictable hilarity. It was groundbreaking and funny then and it still is today

[red dog 1]

9. I agree!

I love that movie too.

[Awsi Dooger]

22. Bring Out Your Dead

"I don't want to go on the cart"

"Oh, don't be such a baby"

***

I'll never forget watching that movie with my parents in Miami, on opening night. We didn't understand why they were passing out coconuts outside but after the movie I wanted 2.

I only appreciate severely over the top comedy or extremely subtle. Mid level sitcom caliber comedy does absolutely nothing for me, which is the reason I haven't watched a televised comedy series in decades, other than The Simpsons.

[A HERETIC I AM]

47. I had first been exposed to MP'sFC in the early70's....

When our family lived in Australia because like many other British comedies, it was a staple for Aussie TV back then.

We came back to the states in 1974 and shortly after PBS started broadcasting the Flying Circus but NONE of my nor my brothers friends knew anything about them.

When Holy Grail hit the theaters I think this was still the case. People just didn't really know what to think.

I remember like it was yesterday when me and my brother went to see the movie when it came out. As soon as the film started we began giggling because we KNEW something silly was going to happen. People in front of us turned and looked at us as if we were nuts because nothing had happened yet.

And then....the opening credits started rolling...serious music, black screen....

Followed shortly by the fucking subtitles in faux Swedish!

We just lost it.

It took the rest of the audience a bit to catch on, but from then on it was a laugh fest.

We had to go see it 2 more times over the next week just to catch all the dialogue because so much of it was drowned out by laughter.

[red dog 1]

52. "I'm not dead yet!"

[OriginalGeek]

48. I just bought the blu-ray

to replace my DVD

which replaced my VHS

which replaced my vhs recorded off PBS.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

49. Of courrrse Ah am Frrraanch...

Where do you tink Ah got zees outRRRRRRRAAAAAgeous accent?

Now go and boil your bottoms, yewww sillly ahKing....before Ah taunt you a sssseconnnd tahhm!!

[smirkymonkey]

50. I agree, although it's a tossup between the Holy Grail and Life of Brian

for me. The Meaning of Life is pretty great too! Definitely three of the funniest movies I have ever seen.

[Throckmorton]

69. I had my wife watch Life of Brain for the first time Saturday Night

I'm not sure, but I think she laughed herself into a coma.

[happy feet]

76. I agree!!!!!!

[GitRDun]

10. Bird Cage

No doubt about it!

[red dog 1]

16. I considered putting The Birdcage on the list

but with only 10 slots to use, I just didn't have room for it.

I've seen it many many times.

Robin Williams was great!
Nathan Lane was great!
Gene Hackman was great!
Hank Azaria was great (as Agador the butler)

I love the part after Val's real mother arrives, and Nathan Lane's cover is blown playing Val's mother.
Hackman (Sen. Keeley) still doesn't quite "get it" that Nathan Lane is actually a man,
SEN KEELEY: "I don't understand"
so his wife goes over to Nathan Lane & pulls off his wig & says "He's a man!"
and Hackman as Sen. Keeley, then says "I feel like I'm going insane!"

[TexasBushwhacker]

87. Have you ever seen the French film La Cage aux Folles?

The Birdcage is based on it. La Cage is also very funny, if you speak French or don't mind reading subtitles.

[red dog 1]

94. Yes, I've seen it.

[FakeNoose]

11. This is a tough category

I don't have an answer because my tastes keep changing.

As I kid I thought "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" was the funniest movie I'd ever seen. But I watched it again recently and I hardly laughed at all.
In the 80's I thought anything by Woody Allen was hilarious. But now I won't even watch them.
"Blazing Saddles" used to be a favorite, but I've seen it so many times that I don't even laugh at the jokes any more.
Probably I'd say the same for "Young Frankenstein" even though I think Mel Brooks is a genius.

Current humor - at least the recent movies - seem to be so raunchy that I can't even enjoy them, and I'm no prude.

I find myself laughing the most in the animated movies that are aimed for kids but also have stuff for the adults to enjoy. I'm talking about the "Shrek" movies, "Finding Nemo," "Tangled," "Monsters Inc.", "Up," the "Toy Story" movies, so you get the idea. They seem to be very fresh and clever, but they're not necessarily intended as comedy movies.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. This Is Spinal Tap should be on the list.

Dr. Strangelove
A Fish Called Wanda

[red dog 1]

17. There are many comedies that "should be on the list" but they only give me TEN poll choices

I loved Dr. Strangelove and A Fish Called Wanda (Kevin kline: "Don't call me stupid&quot

I considered Spinal Tap too.

[mythology]

46. So what you're saying is that Spinal Tap would be on the list

If it went to 11?

[Still Blue in PDX]

92. LLOL (literally laughed out loud)

I needed that this morning.

[Dr. Strange]

45. Spinal Tap is, of course, the correct choice.

Followed closely by The Big Lebowski and Tucker and Dale vs Evil.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

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

[red dog 1]

20. I think the Pythons' best one was "Life of Brian"

I haven't seen "Duck Soup" for ages...(but I want to see it again soon)

[MyOwnPeace]

26. I AGREE!!!!!

Life of Brian ALWAYS leaves me rolling on the floor (3 Wise Men come and take back the gifts given to the wrong baby!).

[red dog 1]

54. "What did he say?"

"He said the Greeks shall inherit the earth!"

[MyOwnPeace]

65. Always look on.......

the brighter side of life (whistle, whistle, whistle, etc!)

[red dog 1]

75. In the 1997 movie "As Good As It Gets," Jack Nicholson plays that song on his piano,

Always look on the bright side of life
If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten!
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

Always look on the bright side of life

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow!
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin,
Enjoy it it's the last chance anyhow!

So always look on the bright side of death!
Just before you take your terminal breath.
Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true,
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you!

[MGKrebs]

96. Does it make you want to... chuckle... when I say...

Biggus Dickus?

[Cirque du So-What]

15. That's, like, your opinion, man!

TBL resonated with me in a profound way, as do most films in the Coen Brothers' canon.

[red dog 1]

18. "Do you have a job, sir?"

[frazzled]

19. Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder. Jack Lemon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Genius.

[Beaverhausen]

37. Yes!!! It holds up

great performances by all.

[lastlib]

21. Every Monty Python movie ever made, esp.

Life of Brian and the Holy Grail!

Also, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and TunnelVision! (the "No-Bullshit Network"!)

[Tikki]

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

1955..."The Mouse That Roared"...and another Cold War favorite...1961's..."One Two. Three"..




Tikki

[Awsi Dooger]

25. I love Mad Mad Mad Mad World

There's a PGA tour event with the Big W configuration palm trees behind a prominent green, inspired by a fan of the movie:

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-who-what-when-why-and-how

[Coventina]

24. The Pink Panther is my personal fav.

Followed by some of Woody's early work:

Play it Again, Sam
Take the Money and Run
Bananas

[MyOwnPeace]

27. "Village Idiot Convention"

[Coventina]

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

[lame54]

61. That was Love and Death...

Welcome Idiots

[MyOwnPeace]

66. Thanks!

They all "mush" together!

Whatever one had him playing cello in the marching band was a classic also!

[LeftInTX]

39. I love Bananas

I've never seen Take the Money and Run

[Coventina]

40. Picture Woody Allen as a would-be bank robber.

There's a long discussion with the bank teller after he hands the note.

Teller: I have a gub?

Woody: (trying to be quiet) gun!

Teller: No, this says, "I have a gub"

A heated discussion ensues.....

[LeftInTX]

41. LOL

[lame54]

60. "What is apt?"

[red dog 1]

62. I love all of those

The Pink Panther is hilarious!

I think "Play It Again, Sam" is my favorite Woody Allen movie
("What's Up Tiger Lily?" is my co-favorite)

I'll assume that you voted for Take the Money & Run, since it's one of the poll choices

Bananas was also very funny, but a little too corny, imo. (So was Sleeper)

[Coventina]

64. I missed that somehow! Will correct now!!

[democratisphere]

28. "Saving Grace"

[Number9Dream]

29. Play It Again Sam; Annie Hall; The Bank Dick; A Christmas Story; Revenge of the Pink Panther

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Movie (This Island Earth)

[red dog 1]

78. I loved The Bank Dick

In fact, I love all W.C. Fields movies

(From The Bank Dick)
A mother looks at W.C. Fields & says to her son
"Wouldn't you like to have a nose like that full of nickels?"

[Number9Dream]

91. W.C. always cracks me up

"Og Ogleby... sounds like a bubble in a bathtub."

[red dog 1]

95. I love the one where he runs a little store

[longship]

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

First, it is utter lunacy, like the Marx Brothers, the Goon Show, or Monty Python. But Kramer takes things well beyond madness. It's like he directed it by screeching, "Not mad enough! More madness! Pile on madness on madness!" It is a film, when I first saw it -- in Cinerama, no less -- that I literally ended up on the floor laughing my ass off.

Second, it has scenes like this! I give you the incredible Jonathan Winters, with Arnold Stang.

This is high art humor.

[femmocrat]

35. My choice as well.

It was the first one I thought of when I read the OP!

[Docreed2003]

31. These are all great...but no "Caddyshack"

Maybe not THE best but should be on the list, IMHO.

[Awsi Dooger]

72. Could have done without the booger scene

I have no idea why that is popular. I thought it really detracted from the movie.

Otherwise a terrific movie

[Docreed2003]

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

And didn't think...hmmmm will he eat it???


Lol.

To me, that wasn't close to the funniest scenes in the movie. The Chase/Murray scenes and the scenes with Dangerfield were amazingly funny!

[Awsi Dooger]

86. I can assert I've never wondered that

Before or after seeing that movie. I literally didn't know anyone did that until the theme showed up in various media. I was probably deep into my teens already. I remember being astonished, to the point I asked my college roommate if it were legitimate. He looked at me as if I were nuts.

[roscoeroscoe]

32. Ghostbusters

No question!

'I feel like the floor of a taxicab.'

[SonofDonald]

33. Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.

Why isn't it on the list?, I like all the above but this one beats them all, twisted yes, funny oh yes.

Depp and Del Toro should have been up for the oscar.

[SonofDonald]

34. I know blazing saddles

Picture yourself on a crab boat in the Bering in 1981, a jar of molasses breaks and finds it's way into the box of tapes stored under the bench seats in the galley, all your movies.....

The only survivor is Blazing Saddles, 18 days later you have memorized the movie, every scene, every word spoken, just as all on board have.

I haven't watched it since, never even wanted to until recently, so someday soon I'll watch it again, I wonder how much I remember?.

"What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here?"

It's a classic for sure.

[red dog 1]

51. "Are there any more beans, Mr. Taggard?"

[Beaverhausen]

36. Trading Places

Eddie Murphy at his best. Coming to America was great too.

[BootinUp]

99. The best way to get even with rich peopl

Make them poor. Lol

[Wounded Bear]

38. "The Gods Must Be Crazy"

Should be on the list.

[Kaleva]

74. That movie was hilarious!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

43. Where's Poppa?

😂

[red dog 1]

58. Best comedy ever?

Top 10 comedies of all time?

I don't think so!
(But that's just my opinion)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

63. Yes it is!

Just your opinion! 😏

[red dog 1]

77. To each his own.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Titanic?

I know, i know. I just couldn't resist. Most of the movies i would have mentioned were already mentioned by others.

But, truth be known, my wife and i were laughing out loud at Titanic and left about 45 minutes before the end before people started getting even more mad at us.

[RGinNJ]

53. My choice would be Animal House.

[red dog 1]

55. "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

[Freddie]

56. Yes!

One that gets better with each viewing and all the plots.

[Doug the Dem]

57. The Trump Administration

A dark one, yes, but still a comedy!

[lame54]

59. Love and Death

[catbyte]

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

[Demoiselle]

68. Ah yes And they all have Cary Grant.

[rurallib]

70. I might go with M*A*S*H

[LuckyLib]

71. My Cousin Vinny. "These two utes . . ."

[red dog 1]

80. One of my all-time favorite conedies

I've probably seen it at least 25 times

JUDGE HALLER:
Mr. Gambini, didn't I tell you that the next time you appear in my court that you dress appropriately?

VINNY:
You were serious about that?

[BootinUp]

101. I shot the clerk.

[Doreen]

79. Better Off Dead, Ferris Buellers Day Off, and both Airplanes.

[red dog 1]

82. "Bueller...Bueller....Bueller....Bueller"

(One of my favorite comedies)

[Doreen]

83. Yup.

[Ennuilyn]

81. Loaded Weapon

[red dog 1]

84. Welcome to DU!

[Ennuilyn]

85. :-)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

88. A lot of comedy and humor simply doesn't age well.

I saw "The Odd Couple" in the theater when it first came out and just laughed all the way through it. Recently I tried to watch it again and couldn't get past the first twenty minutes. Same with "The Russians Are Coming".

I agree that newer, non-topical comedies are better, at least for me.

[red dog 1]

97. I still love watching The Odd Couple...it's still funny to me

Felix calls Oscar on the phone at the ballpark, (where Oscar works as a sports reporter), to ask him when he'll be home for dinner...Oscar turns away from the game for a minute to take the call and while he's on the phone, a huge roar erupts from the crowd, and the reporter sitting next to him tells him: "You just missed a triple play!"

[Demoiselle]

89. "The Inlaws" has a special place in my heart..

…I will always love Alan Arkin yelling "I have FLAMES on my CAR!!!!"

[Upthevibe]

90. Out of the choices, I went with Young Frankenstein...

However, I don't know if I'd say it's my very favorite comedy of all time. It is hysterical though! I have Netflix and I put it on just the other day to have on in the background while I was working on my computer. Madeline Kahn -well all of them-are just perfect in their roles.🤣🌟👍

[MGKrebs]

98. I would have to nominate "The Great Race".

Jack Lemmon in two roles, Peter Falk ("He escaped with a little friar". "He escaped with a chicken?!?&quot world's biggest ever pie fight ("Brandy! Throw more brandy!" ). A great sword fight!

[JuJuYoshida]

100. Better Off Dead gets my vote

[JonLP24]

102. Bowfinger

or Tucker & Dale vs Evil.

[Jane Austin]

103. What's Up Doc!

Laughed like mad, and sat through two showings.

[romainetarra]

104. Dumb and Dumber

Can we vote for my liberal friend Jim Carey even though he's Canadian!

Also keep an eye on this uprising democratic star Raizada who does really funny political comedy at open mic nights.