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The Producers 1967 and Blazing Saddles 1974also..an old one from the late 50s "Some Like it Hot 1959
Ok to repeat what is already listed, if it is one that makes you really laugh. Whatever you list is OK..
global1
(25,253 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)ADX
(1,622 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Classic lines in that movie, haven't seen it in years, but I love it.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Vacation. And Christmas Vacation
rampartc
(5,410 posts)trev
(1,480 posts)I never get tired of it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker, Proft collaborations. Leslie Nielsen and Lloyd Bridges were just the best in those movies.
David Zucker and Jim Abrahams also did Ruthless People (w/ Danny DeVito and Bette Midler) and Jim did Big Business (w/ Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler), which were also great, really funny movies, although very different from the slapstick-y movies mentioned above.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)My favorite scene:
My second wife doesn't understand why I laugh so hard when this is on.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The thing I love so much about those films is all the creative little sight gags, for instance in this scene: The "Holiday Inn" Turban, using twist ties to secure him to the bed frame, the "no pain, no gain" sign, when he spits, the huge flood of water that comes out on the other man, the lights in Times Square dimming, etc.
There are so many little things like that in those films if you pay attention. It's what I love about them!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,631 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)both Airplanes.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:46 PM - Edit history (1)
TWO DOLLARS!!!
Coventina
(27,121 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Excuse me, what does he put on you?
His testicles, like octopus.
Oh, tentacles!
Doreen
(11,686 posts)I still laugh my ass off with the green ( food? ) with ( raisins? ) slide off his plate.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)The mom makes a "French" dinner in honor of the French exchange student. French fries, French bread, French salad dressing, and to drink Perrier (except she pronounces it "Peru" !
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Fraunch fries, fraunch dressing, and fraunch bread.
lark
(23,105 posts)They are definitely two of my faves, both are so funny and full of LOL's.
rainy
(6,092 posts)Grammy23
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cloudbase
(5,520 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)padah513
(2,503 posts)wryter2000
(46,051 posts)Hysterical. Of course, it's jarring now to see O. J. Simpson.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)My Sister sitting here suggested My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)Blake Edwards was a comic genius.
More votes for Mel Brooks - all his films
blue neen
(12,321 posts)So many good laughs in those!
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Bringing Up Baby.
Philadelphia Story.
I like the oldies...
proud patriot
(100,706 posts)Galaxy Quest
Paul
Horrible Bosses
WanderLust
Meet The Millers
This is 40
The other Woman
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)with Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston? If so, that is one of my favorite comedies as well.
I also loved Horrible Bosses 1 and 2.
proud patriot
(100,706 posts)"black hawk down" wink
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)just about every comedian of the era in leading, supporting, or cameo roles. Watching an enraged Jonathan Winters go after Phil Silvers, Dick Shawn driving like a maniac to get to his "mama," and the climactic scene on the fire ladder...all pure comic gold.
proud patriot
(100,706 posts)and I'm only 50 .. my son would claim the same ..
as he has me and his dad to guide him.. LOL
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)are hysterical. and..... NO, I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE. Go to the library and take it out, or rent it....you will know after you watch it.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)The scenes I am talking about are unbelievable, but incredibly funny..When you see them, you will know them..
essaynnc
(801 posts)Submariner
(12,504 posts)Going to war with Canada it is a very under-rated comedy. Every scene is it's own work of art with John Candy and Steven Wright as a Mountie.
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applegrove
(118,682 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)His only fictional movie.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)It is the kind of movie you can watch over and over.
applegrove
(118,682 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)"Those aren't pillows!" That and the scenes that followed had me laughing so hard I literally thought I was going to split my sides.
my favorite part: "You're going the wrong way!!!"
Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)Loved Candy.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Wolf
empedocles
(15,751 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)'Civilized people don't go around killing people [like you do]'
'What civilizations are we talking about? [Deadpan assassin J.Cusack]
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Would also add "The Meaning of Life".
lark
(23,105 posts)Love Monty Python
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Zoonart
(11,869 posts)The original with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)How about...
Top Secret
Night Patrol
They Came Together
All hilarious!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)"Libeled Lady" with William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, and Myrna Loy. "Don't forget there's a man on second!"
Tech
(1,771 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I have seen them all about 20 times each. I love those movies!
Aristus
(66,386 posts)"Breakfast is at eight; seven in the fishing season. It's not the fishing season."
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The main character is talking with a large group of the men of the village, and a small, crying baby.
"Whose baby is this?"
The men all eye one another nervously.
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The main character looks around at a fog-shrouded Scottish landscape.
"Where are we?"
"The lawst fyoo roadsigns wear in Gaelic. It's noe one o'me languages."
"You speak languages?"
"French, Italian, 'n' Spanish."
"Oh."
"German, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, Finnish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Hebrew, Arabic, 'n' Polish. I have a facility w/languages..."
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Like I said, no belly laughs, but great stuff all the same...
yonder
(9,666 posts)A movie with a similar feel is The "Waking of Ned Devine"
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)applegrove
(118,682 posts)ADX
(1,622 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Runningdawg
(4,517 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)A 1937 film starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March. It's a savaging of Hollywood hypocrisy and the media, written by the blacklisted Ben Hecht. It's like a primitive 'Network' -- and it's in Technicolor!
It was made by the independent Selznick International. Major studios would never had touched this content. It's not dirty. It just hits its targets really good.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Another Canadian classic.
happybird
(4,608 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The other Woody Allen movies I think are really funny are "Take the Money and Run", "Bananas", "Sleeper" and "Love and Death". There are some others that I like, but those are the ones I think are the funniest.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)true comedic genius. Some of the gags in his movies have given me the giggles so bad I've almost peed my pants.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)him completely. One of my favorite Annie Hall scenes...
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)leftieNanner
(15,121 posts)Ruprict makes me howl every time!
"You've been banging on your pots again, haven't you? Shall I get the genital cuff?"
unblock
(52,253 posts)Of course.
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(Woman gasps as she realizes Ruprecht is not actually changing his location)
Thank you! (with much relief)
leftieNanner
(15,121 posts)"To prevent him from hurting himself."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Anything with Michael Caine is a winner...I'm such a fangirl!
The Polack MSgt
(13,189 posts)Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story
Raising Arizona
yonder
(9,666 posts)I haven't seen it in years. Henrietta getting dressed in that gown was a hoot.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Both Walter Matthau and Elaine May were truly great in that film. Elaine May directed and she did a wonderful job. The end is totally uplifting. enjoy.. This could be my favorite of all
Wawannabe
(5,661 posts)So effing wrong!
Fav scene-when the mom finally loses it on the boys. She goes: Fuck the fuck!!!
Been saying that ever since. 🤣
DonaldsRump
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leftieNanner
(15,121 posts)And all of those!
Waiting for Guffman
A Mighty Wind
Best in Show
blur256
(979 posts)It's one of my favorites. One of my friends and I would watch it every weekend hungover during college lol. It never gets old. Nothing ever happens on Mars...
leftieNanner
(15,121 posts)Where Christopher Guest is in the tub wearing a shower cap and they are talking about seeing him in the lingerie store buying things for his "wife".
MarvinGardens
(779 posts)I need to watch that one again. Craaaazy on you!
lark
(23,105 posts)I love both of these comedies and have watched them multiple times - suitably enhanced of course.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Thanks for the reminder. Need to schedule a rewatch.
underpants
(182,826 posts)Ricky Bobby had a very smooth constant rhythm to its jokes.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)Nt
mopinko
(70,121 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I love that movie!
Sedona
(3,769 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)"I apologize unreservedly."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Tech
(1,771 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)The plot is .....well.....hard to believe...and I won't tell you. But if you watch it all, you can't help but enjoy all of it. Directed by the same director of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra.. this is a classic that few have heard about. But the story will make you laugh and it has a nice ending.....oh 1943..Originally a play made into a movie. Cary Grant is the star, but the other actors are great.
.. In the late 50s, I was in this play performed at a local youth center. I was "brother Teddy" who was kinda "nuts" as were most of the characters in this play. It was fun to be in the play, and is great fun to watch this movie. please enjoy and see it if you can. Thanks for reading this.
in2herbs
(2,945 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Not only the funniest, but had the best music, best actors, and thus, it is my favorite movie of all time.
mopinko
(70,121 posts)i need to sit my grandkids down to watch this one.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)And explain the anachronisms to them, the movie is just about forty years old. Let them see the performances of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century, as well as the comedic genius of a man who passed before his time.
mopinko
(70,121 posts)i love seeing some of these movies made in chicago, and picking out the locations.
there was one shot here- the astronaut's wife, johnny depp and charlize theron. it is supposed to be new york.
there is a scene at the entry to a subway station, dolled up to look like nyc, but i could see the alexander calder flamingo reflected in the window. even w the make up, i knew the exact spot.
loved that movie, btw, tho it didnt do that well. suspense from start to finish.
always fun.
Stargleamer
(1,989 posts)and Life of Brian
FM123
(10,053 posts)"Miners not minors"
Buzz cook
(2,472 posts)Peter Sellers and a great cast. Zero Mostel being Zero.
musette_sf
(10,202 posts)and I love it even more now. Victor Mature was such a good sport to do the role he did.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,751 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Theres no real dialogue! My son and I adore Sean the Sheep. 🐑
We also absolutely love Paddington and Paddington 2. 🐻 😃
appalachiablue
(41,144 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)TygrBright
(20,760 posts)The Out-of-Towners
Night at the Opera
Duck Soup
Madagascar
African Queen
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Raising Arizona
Adam's Rib
Dr. Strangelove
The Big Lebowski
Shaun of the Dead
Napoleon Dynamite
Volunteers
Bad Santa
The Frisco Kid
Zoolander
La Cage Aux Folles
The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Grand Budapest Hotel
Sleeper
Best in Show
helpfully,
Bright
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)TigerBright's .... great last pick on her list........truly funny beyond the beyond..
Oh, You have never heard of this one...Hit the link below, It is about dogs going to a Dog Show..very funny (of course it is also about the people who own the dogs going to the dog show.) actually, the dogs are more together than their owners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Show_
a 2000 film written and directed by Christopher Guest
LAS14
(13,783 posts)TygrBright
(20,760 posts)And the scene where she poured out the booze?
The two of them had fabulous comedic timing with their dialog.
I love a romance that comes with belly laughs.
appreciatively,
Bright
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... saw it for the first time when I was 7 or 8 with my dad. One way for me to rate great art is how vividly I remember it even before I could understand everything. I read an abridged Crime and Punishment at about age 10. Same thing.
diva77
(7,643 posts)jg10003
(976 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)The British version.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin are both great in it.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Iggo
(47,558 posts)"Back-in-bowl?"
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)3catwoman3
(24,006 posts)"I got green sandwiches and brown sandwiches."
The FU notes -
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)iamateacher
(1,089 posts)And anything by Mel Brooks
kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)Love the classics too - so many good ones already highlighted above, plus Caddyshack, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, anything from Mel Brooks, etc.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)w/ Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. One of my personal cult favorites. Also Shawn of the Dead, as previously mentioned with both actors as well.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Galaxy Quest
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Anything by Mel Brooks
kairos12
(12,862 posts)with your TPS reports.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)One of the funniest movies ever!
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Niagara
(7,627 posts)Mr. Mom (1983)
The Money Pit (1986)
Overboard (1987)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Half-Baked (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Dick (1999)
Little Nicky (2000)
The Hot Chick (2002)
Just Married (2003)
Old School (2003)
Hitch (2005)
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Evan Almighty (2007)
Daddy's Home (2015)
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)I love this movie!
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Funny and profound at the same time. An ultimate comedy.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)This Is The End
Without A Paddle
Super Troopers
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Monster In Law
21 (and 22) Jump Street
And Wanda Sykes "Sick and Tired" stand-up
Recursion
(56,582 posts)1972. Ryan O'Neal, Madeleine Kahn (possibly her best performance), Barbara Streisand.
An absolute gem of a movie.
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)One of the funniest ever!
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Saving Grace
Rat Race (you...should...have...bought...a...squirrel)
200 Cigarettes (poor Martha Plimpton!)
Cactus Flower
Mixed Nuts
Barefoot in the Park
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)One of my very favorite movies! One of the best scenes was when the two old women decided to sample some of Grace's "tea" and were in the shop when the bureaucrat stops by to grill them on Grace's whereabouts.
Mister Ed
(5,940 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)Tragic that Spacey turned out to be such a waste in real life...he WAS an incredibly gifted actor.
"Connecticut is the sixth circle of hell." was always a stand out line from that film to me because at the time I saw it I was dating a girl from CT who LOST IT over that line...
"I just knocked out Santa Claus." and "The corpse still has the floor" were other favorites, but this was the best:
FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)Walk of Shame
Porky's ( haven't seen it since the early 80's, but it still is one of the very few movies I actually went to the theater to see again several times)
There are some really good ones in this thread, and many I've never heard of, so thanks! I'll be looking some of these up
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)Bill Murray, genius.
lark
(23,105 posts)It's got everything, a lot of singing, great actors, hysterical plot, Steve Martin as crazed dentist and of course the plant Audrey 2 (aka Twoey)
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)DFW
(54,404 posts)SOOOO many!
Golden Raisin
(4,609 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,799 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)many others
Joediss
(84 posts)Ghost and Mr. Chicken
sweetroxie
(776 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Always fun to watch.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,009 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,751 posts)Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Also The Graduate, The Blues Brothers, Private Benjamin, Office Space, and most anything with Peter Sellers.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,573 posts)All because of this one scene:
Oh, and the entire shootout in Hot Fuzz.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Such a great, amusing little Irish film! Highly recommend it!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,199 posts)Funny even if you aren't high.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)I think collections of them are at the library. My favorites are Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Wiley E Coyote who really doesn't have a clue, but just continues to try. Poor Wiley..
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)Crude and vulgar but HI-larious
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)particularly now...) Perhaps some ideas here will help us get through the mess going on now)
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...every time I watch it, I wrap myself in my yellow bath towel and imagine myself as Ray, a Drop of Golden Sun...
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Mister Ed
(5,940 posts)Also just about any Marx Brothers movie, but especially "Duck Soup" and "Animal Crackers".
Catamount
(1,762 posts)Mickey Blue eyes
Rat race!
RGinNJ
(1,021 posts)underpants
(182,826 posts)My friends scoff at me on this but that movie includes more jokes on a seamless level time line than any other comedy Ive ever seen.
happybird
(4,608 posts)Old School is another fav.
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)Local Hero and The Full Monty
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)I laughed so hard the first time I saw it that my sides ached.
Runningdawg
(4,517 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(664 posts)1944. Written and directed by Preston Sturges. Stars Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton. #54 on AFI's "100 Years, 100 Laughs". Daring for its time- a woman wakes up married and pregnant after a drunken party sending soldiers off to war and she can't remember who the father is. Smitten Eddie Bracken comes to her rescue, with hilarious results. Highly recommended.