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Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:32 PM Jun 2019

Funniest Movies ? (your opinion) We all need to laugh.

The Producers 1967 and Blazing Saddles 1974
also..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..
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Funniest Movies ? (your opinion) We all need to laugh. (Original Post) Stuart G Jun 2019 OP
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.....nt global1 Jun 2019 #1
Tootsie, When Harry Met Sally, While You Were Sleeping SharonClark Jun 2019 #2
"Friday" 1995 ADX Jun 2019 #3
"It's Friday you ain't got shit to do"."Mac Macaroni". dewsgirl Jun 2019 #31
Airplane mainstreetonce Jun 2019 #4
+1 on airplane rampartc Jun 2019 #26
Yes, Airplane. trev Jun 2019 #30
I love all the Airplane, Hot Shots, Naked Gun, etc. movies. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #105
"Hot Shots, Part Deux" was great. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2019 #134
That was a great scene! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #147
Dr. Strangelove and Young Frankenstein! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #5
Better off Dead, Blazing Saddles, and Doreen Jun 2019 #6
Oh, I own Better off Dead! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #34
"Throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that..." Coventina Jun 2019 #43
He put's his testicles on me ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #47
I have had mine forever. Doreen Jun 2019 #54
Doesn't it squidge away? I think it does ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #66
I like the word squidge. Doreen Jun 2019 #72
OMG, I JUST LOVE Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. lark Jun 2019 #136
Bridesmaid 😆 rainy Jun 2019 #7
Tootsie Grammy23 Jun 2019 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Not Heidi Jun 2019 #159
The Court Jester. n/t cloudbase Jun 2019 #9
A classic indeed. One of my favorites yellowdogintexas Jun 2019 #13
+1 N/T solara Jun 2019 #38
Anything Mel Brooks!!! padah513 Jun 2019 #10
The Naked Gun movies wryter2000 Jun 2019 #11
Blazing Saddles for me Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #12
Victor, Victoria The Great Race and all the Pink Panther films yellowdogintexas Jun 2019 #14
Love the Pink Panther movies. blue neen Jun 2019 #65
The Pink Panther. Coventina Jun 2019 #15
It's a MAD MAD MAD World proud patriot Jun 2019 #16
Did you mean "We're the Millers"? smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #112
yes that's the one proud patriot Jun 2019 #160
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World featured LibDemAlways Jun 2019 #173
Nothing will ever come close proud patriot Jun 2019 #174
"There is Something About Mary" a couple of scenes in that film Stuart G Jun 2019 #17
+1. yonder Jun 2019 #45
++++++4,499,488..... Stuart G Jun 2019 #74
Princess Bride N/T essaynnc Jun 2019 #18
Canadian Bacon Submariner Jun 2019 #19
Never seen it and i am Canadian. applegrove Jun 2019 #32
It is a Michael Moore film JonLP24 Jun 2019 #39
Give it a try you won't regret it Submariner Jun 2019 #44
Will look for it. Love Moore and Candy. applegrove Jun 2019 #64
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Bradshaw3 Jun 2019 #20
+1 n/t solara Jun 2019 #35
+2. yonder Jun 2019 #48
+1 diva77 Jun 2019 #88
"Oh how would they know which way we're going" Bradshaw3 Jun 2019 #95
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #21
Yes. Lot in there empedocles Jun 2019 #51
Grosse Point Blank empedocles Jun 2019 #58
Yes, definitely! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #106
Everything they did was so brilliant. lark Jun 2019 #138
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2019 #22
Bedazzled Zoonart Jun 2019 #23
I like lots of these. rownesheck Jun 2019 #24
Reach way back gratuitous Jun 2019 #25
And all The Thin Man movies Tech Jun 2019 #62
Yes, absolutely! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #107
For something sweet, gentle, and funny (but with no real belly laughs) - "Local Hero". Aristus Jun 2019 #27
Yes, a good movie - It's been years, will have to watch again. yonder Jun 2019 #49
I love that movie! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #55
"Midnight Run" applegrove Jun 2019 #28
Great movie, great pick... ADX Jun 2019 #100
Tucker & Dale vs Evil JonLP24 Jun 2019 #29
+1 Funny AF Runningdawg Oct 2019 #186
Nothing Sacred thegoose Jun 2019 #33
Strange Brew ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #36
I was gonna post that one, you hoser! 😁 happybird Jun 2019 #67
Back off hoser, or I'll sic Hosehead on you! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #68
What About Bob, Annie Hall, Little Big Man, Three Amigos, OregonBlue Jun 2019 #37
Annie Hall.... "Is this a sandwich?" "We can walk to the curb from here." CurtEastPoint Jun 2019 #41
I love Annie Hall. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #109
whatever kind of creep he turned out to be, he is a OregonBlue Jun 2019 #168
I agree. There are just some of his films and scenes that are too classic for me to dismiss smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #170
Annie Hall is a masterpiece of comedy. OregonBlue Jun 2019 #169
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels leftieNanner Jun 2019 #40
Excuse me, may I go to the bathroom first? unblock Jun 2019 #46
"Why is there a cork on his fork?" leftieNanner Jun 2019 #59
That is one of my all-time favorites! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #108
I flove this movie! It's one of my favorites to watch over and over. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #149
Caddyshack The Polack MSgt Jun 2019 #42
"A New Leaf" with Walter Matthau and Elaine May yonder Jun 2019 #50
"A New Leaf" is a totally wonderful and happy movie. And it has a wonderful story. Stuart G Jun 2019 #70
Step Brothers 2008 Wawannabe Jun 2019 #52
This is Spinal Tap, Young Frankenstein, and (please don't flame me) DonaldsRump Jun 2019 #53
Spinal Tap!!! leftieNanner Jun 2019 #60
I was gonna say Waiting for Guffman! blur256 Jun 2019 #92
I remember the scene leftieNanner Jun 2019 #93
I must second "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle." MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #69
f you like Harold and Kumar, do you also like Grandma's Boy? lark Jun 2019 #139
Grandma's Boy was a fun movie! Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #148
Blazing Saddles or Talladega Nights underpants Jun 2019 #56
The Naked Gun 1 muntrv Jun 2019 #57
A fish called Wanda- Young Frankenstein Sedona Jun 2019 #61
+1 for fish called wanda. mopinko Jun 2019 #79
A Fish Called Wanda is definitely in my top 10 as far as comedies go! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #110
Don't call me stupid! Sedona Jun 2019 #113
"I've worn dresses with higher IQ's!" smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #115
My favorite scene(s) from that film, without a doubt: Moostache Oct 2019 #177
One of my favorite movies ever! smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #180
Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey Tech Jun 2019 #63
...".Charge the Blockhouse", says brother Teddy..."Arsenic and Old Lace"... will make you laugh. Stuart G Jun 2019 #71
Agree! The original Arsenic with Cary Grant in B&W. nt in2herbs Jun 2019 #97
The Blues Brothers customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #73
i knew someone would beat me to this one. mopinko Jun 2019 #78
Please do! customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #80
plus we are in chi. mopinko Jun 2019 #83
Lars and the real girl Stargleamer Jun 2019 #75
Galaxy Quest! FM123 Jun 2019 #76
After the Fox. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Buzz cook Jun 2019 #77
Yes! First saw it in first run in '66 musette_sf Jun 2019 #171
A couple more..."Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Spaceballs" Stuart G Jun 2019 #81
You mean you could've got out of those handcuffs anytime? Alpeduez21 Jun 2019 #152
"Back to the Future" has some very funny moments.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #82
The Sausage Party, Zootopia, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Wreck it Ralph, Toy Story, Rango Stuart G Jun 2019 #84
Sean The Sheep The Movie is brilliant and hilarious! CottonBear Jun 2019 #128
A Night at the Opera (Marx Bros.), The Meaning of Life (Monty Python) appalachiablue Jun 2019 #85
Chicken Run, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Simpson Movie, Stuart G Jun 2019 #86
A Fish Called Wanda TygrBright Jun 2019 #87
Best in Show...absolutely wonderful, fun, and funny..got to see this one. Stuart G Jun 2019 #89
African Queen funny??????? LAS14 Jun 2019 #117
Listen in your inner ear to Kate Hepburn's voice saying, "Mis-ter Allnut..." TygrBright Jun 2019 #121
Yeah, I'd agree about wonderfully comedic moments. I... LAS14 Jun 2019 #145
"Defending Your Life" diva77 Jun 2019 #90
Duck Soup, The Russians Are Coming, The Miracle of Morgans Creek. jg10003 Jun 2019 #91
"There's Somehing About Mary" alittlelark Jun 2019 #94
'Death At A Funeral' JimGinPA Jun 2019 #96
All of Me IrishEyes Jun 2019 #98
Very underrated. Some of Martin's best work! Va Lefty Jun 2019 #129
"Put Edwina back in bowl!" Iggo Jun 2019 #165
Ferris Bueller Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #99
That is a perfect film. I can watch it endlessly. N/T CottonBear Jun 2019 #130
The Odd Couple. 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #101
"The Gods Must Be Crazy" nt Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #102
Trading Places, Shaun of the Dead, Raising Arizona iamateacher Jun 2019 #103
More recent gems: Horrible Bosses 1 & 2, Game Night, The Hangover, Being John Malkovich kysrsoze Jun 2019 #104
Bowfinger JonLP24 Jun 2019 #111
Hot Fuzz smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #114
Office Space sarge43 Jun 2019 #116
Yeahhhh-I'm gonna need you to come in this weekend and redo this comment along kairos12 Jun 2019 #156
Yeahhhh, about those cover sheets sarge43 Jun 2019 #158
Oh yes, how could I forget that one! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #162
Airplane. LAS14 Jun 2019 #118
Adding the following to the list: Niagara Jun 2019 #119
And God Spoke frogmarch Jun 2019 #120
Groundhog Day kwassa Jun 2019 #122
A few backtoblue Jun 2019 #123
"What's Up, Doc?" Recursion Jun 2019 #124
I totally agree. Glorfindel Jun 2019 #125
A few that really make me laugh Glorfindel Jun 2019 #126
I LOVE Saving Grace! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #161
The Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup". n/t Mister Ed Jun 2019 #127
The Ref, Stripes, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Va Lefty Jun 2019 #131
LOVE "The Ref"...so many great lines in that one... Moostache Oct 2019 #179
9 to 5, still hilarious.... FoxNewsSucks Jun 2019 #132
Ghostbusters Cartoonist Jun 2019 #133
Little Shop of Horrors. lark Jun 2019 #135
The Hangover . stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #137
Young Frankenstein, Airplane, NL European Vacation, The Russians Are Coming, After the Fox DFW Jun 2019 #140
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and 'The Ritz'. Golden Raisin Jun 2019 #141
Bringing Up Baby. Polly Hennessey Jun 2019 #142
Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood, Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Beringia Jun 2019 #143
Don Knots Joediss Jun 2019 #144
The Money Pit sweetroxie Jun 2019 #146
Weekend at Bernie's. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #150
Nuns on the Run and another vote for Airplane 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #151
M*A*S*H Alpeduez21 Jun 2019 #153
Ruthless people with Bette Midler and Danny DeVito Zambero Jun 2019 #154
A Night At the Opera kairos12 Jun 2019 #155
Shaun of the Dead Hong Kong Cavalier Jun 2019 #157
Waking Ned Devine smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #163
Pineapple Express TexasBushwhacker Jun 2019 #164
These are very short movies that will make you laugh..7 minutes long.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #166
Miss March live love laugh Jun 2019 #167
Never heard of .."Miss March" will try to find it.. (brought back cause we all need to laugh.. Stuart G Oct 2019 #175
The Sound of Music... First Speaker Jun 2019 #172
This message was self-deleted by its author TygrBright Oct 2019 #176
"What's Up, Doc?", 1972, Barbra Streisand & Ryan O'Neal Mister Ed Oct 2019 #178
Adding to this list, all wonderful Catamount Oct 2019 #181
The Life of Brian RGinNJ Oct 2019 #182
Talledega Nights Ricky Bobby has the best timing of any comedy I've seen underpants Oct 2019 #183
Love that movie! happybird Oct 2019 #189
Cold Comfort Farm iamateacher Oct 2019 #184
Young Frankenstein 1974 Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #185
The Rundown with Dwayne Johnson (Rock) he should do more comedy. Runningdawg Oct 2019 #187
Who here has ever seen "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek"? Rustynaerduwell Oct 2019 #188

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
31. "It's Friday you ain't got shit to do"."Mac Macaroni".
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:02 PM
Jun 2019

Classic lines in that movie, haven't seen it in years, but I love it.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
105. I love all the Airplane, Hot Shots, Naked Gun, etc. movies.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 08:36 PM
Jun 2019

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.

134. "Hot Shots, Part Deux" was great.
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 09:22 AM
Jun 2019

My favorite scene:



My second wife doesn't understand why I laugh so hard when this is on.
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
147. That was a great scene!
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 11:49 AM
Jun 2019

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!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
47. He put's his testicles on me
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:47 PM
Jun 2019

Excuse me, what does he put on you?

His testicles, like octopus.

Oh, tentacles!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
54. I have had mine forever.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:17 PM
Jun 2019

I still laugh my ass off with the green ( food? ) with ( raisins? ) slide off his plate.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
66. Doesn't it squidge away? I think it does
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:17 PM
Jun 2019

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&quot !

lark

(23,105 posts)
136. OMG, I JUST LOVE Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 09:38 AM
Jun 2019

They are definitely two of my faves, both are so funny and full of LOL's.

Response to Grammy23 (Reply #8)

yellowdogintexas

(22,264 posts)
14. Victor, Victoria The Great Race and all the Pink Panther films
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:56 PM
Jun 2019

Blake Edwards was a comic genius.

More votes for Mel Brooks - all his films

proud patriot

(100,706 posts)
16. It's a MAD MAD MAD World
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:57 PM
Jun 2019

Galaxy Quest

Paul

Horrible Bosses

WanderLust

Meet The Millers

This is 40

The other Woman

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
112. Did you mean "We're the Millers"?
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 08:48 PM
Jun 2019

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.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
173. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World featured
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 02:08 AM
Jun 2019

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)
174. Nothing will ever come close
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 02:13 AM
Jun 2019

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)
17. "There is Something About Mary" a couple of scenes in that film
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:58 PM
Jun 2019

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)
74. ++++++4,499,488.....
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:46 PM
Jun 2019


The scenes I am talking about are unbelievable, but incredibly funny..When you see them, you will know them..

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
19. Canadian Bacon
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:08 PM
Jun 2019

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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Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
20. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:12 PM
Jun 2019

"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.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
58. Grosse Point Blank
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:21 PM
Jun 2019

'Civilized people don't go around killing people [like you do]'

'What civilizations are we talking about? [Deadpan assassin J.Cusack]

Response to Stuart G (Original post)

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
25. Reach way back
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:52 PM
Jun 2019

"Libeled Lady" with William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, and Myrna Loy. "Don't forget there's a man on second!"

Aristus

(66,386 posts)
27. For something sweet, gentle, and funny (but with no real belly laughs) - "Local Hero".
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:56 PM
Jun 2019

"Breakfast is at eight; seven in the fishing season. It's not the fishing season."

-

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.

-

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..."

-

Like I said, no belly laughs, but great stuff all the same...



yonder

(9,666 posts)
49. Yes, a good movie - It's been years, will have to watch again.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:56 PM
Jun 2019

A movie with a similar feel is The "Waking of Ned Devine"

 

thegoose

(3,115 posts)
33. Nothing Sacred
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:05 PM
Jun 2019

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.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
109. I love Annie Hall.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 08:44 PM
Jun 2019

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)
168. whatever kind of creep he turned out to be, he is a
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 12:04 AM
Jun 2019

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)
170. I agree. There are just some of his films and scenes that are too classic for me to dismiss
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 12:10 AM
Jun 2019

him completely. One of my favorite Annie Hall scenes...

leftieNanner

(15,121 posts)
40. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:12 PM
Jun 2019

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)
46. Excuse me, may I go to the bathroom first?
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 07:46 PM
Jun 2019

Of course.
.
.
.
(Woman gasps as she realizes Ruprecht is not actually changing his location)

Thank you! (with much relief)

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
149. I flove this movie! It's one of my favorites to watch over and over.
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 01:07 PM
Jun 2019

Anything with Michael Caine is a winner...I'm such a fangirl!

yonder

(9,666 posts)
50. "A New Leaf" with Walter Matthau and Elaine May
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jun 2019

I haven't seen it in years. Henrietta getting dressed in that gown was a hoot.

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
70. "A New Leaf" is a totally wonderful and happy movie. And it has a wonderful story.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:24 PM
Jun 2019

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)
52. Step Brothers 2008
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:10 PM
Jun 2019

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

(7,715 posts)
53. This is Spinal Tap, Young Frankenstein, and (please don't flame me)
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 08:16 PM
Jun 2019
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (especially the video of Kumar and his bag of weed falling in love to Heart's "Crazy on You" )

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blur256

(979 posts)
92. I was gonna say Waiting for Guffman!
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:36 AM
Jun 2019

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)
93. I remember the scene
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:57 AM
Jun 2019

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".

lark

(23,105 posts)
139. f you like Harold and Kumar, do you also like Grandma's Boy?
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 09:43 AM
Jun 2019

I love both of these comedies and have watched them multiple times - suitably enhanced of course.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
177. My favorite scene(s) from that film, without a doubt:
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:47 PM
Oct 2019
"You're a true Vulgarian then?"


"I apologize unreservedly."

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
71. ...".Charge the Blockhouse", says brother Teddy..."Arsenic and Old Lace"... will make you laugh.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:30 PM
Jun 2019

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.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
73. The Blues Brothers
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:36 PM
Jun 2019

Not only the funniest, but had the best music, best actors, and thus, it is my favorite movie of all time.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
80. Please do!
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 11:32 PM
Jun 2019

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)
83. plus we are in chi.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 11:53 PM
Jun 2019

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.

Buzz cook

(2,472 posts)
77. After the Fox. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 11:25 PM
Jun 2019

Peter Sellers and a great cast. Zero Mostel being Zero.

musette_sf

(10,202 posts)
171. Yes! First saw it in first run in '66
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 12:41 AM
Jun 2019

and I love it even more now. Victor Mature was such a good sport to do the role he did.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
128. Sean The Sheep The Movie is brilliant and hilarious!
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 08:42 AM
Jun 2019

There’s no real dialogue! My son and I adore Sean the Sheep. 🐑

We also absolutely love Paddington and Paddington 2. 🐻 😃

TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
87. A Fish Called Wanda
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:07 AM
Jun 2019

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)
89. Best in Show...absolutely wonderful, fun, and funny..got to see this one.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 12:09 AM
Jun 2019

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

TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
121. Listen in your inner ear to Kate Hepburn's voice saying, "Mis-ter Allnut..."
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 11:34 PM
Jun 2019

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)
145. Yeah, I'd agree about wonderfully comedic moments. I...
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 11:43 AM
Jun 2019

... 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.

kysrsoze

(6,022 posts)
104. More recent gems: Horrible Bosses 1 & 2, Game Night, The Hangover, Being John Malkovich
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:51 PM
Jun 2019

Love the classics too - so many good ones already highlighted above, plus Caddyshack, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, anything from Mel Brooks, etc.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
114. Hot Fuzz
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 09:09 PM
Jun 2019

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.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)
156. Yeahhhh-I'm gonna need you to come in this weekend and redo this comment along
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 05:35 PM
Jun 2019

with your TPS reports.

Niagara

(7,627 posts)
119. Adding the following to the list:
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 10:14 PM
Jun 2019

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)




backtoblue

(11,343 posts)
123. A few
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 12:20 AM
Jun 2019

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)
124. "What's Up, Doc?"
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 03:56 AM
Jun 2019

1972. Ryan O'Neal, Madeleine Kahn (possibly her best performance), Barbara Streisand.

An absolute gem of a movie.

Glorfindel

(9,730 posts)
126. A few that really make me laugh
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 08:35 AM
Jun 2019

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)
161. I LOVE Saving Grace!
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 07:42 PM
Jun 2019

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.



Moostache

(9,895 posts)
179. LOVE "The Ref"...so many great lines in that one...
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:54 PM
Oct 2019

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)
132. 9 to 5, still hilarious....
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 09:00 AM
Jun 2019

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

lark

(23,105 posts)
135. Little Shop of Horrors.
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 09:36 AM
Jun 2019

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)

DFW

(54,404 posts)
140. Young Frankenstein, Airplane, NL European Vacation, The Russians Are Coming, After the Fox
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 10:09 AM
Jun 2019

SOOOO many!





Zambero

(8,964 posts)
154. Ruthless people with Bette Midler and Danny DeVito
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 02:07 PM
Jun 2019

Also The Graduate, The Blues Brothers, Private Benjamin, Office Space, and most anything with Peter Sellers.

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
166. These are very short movies that will make you laugh..7 minutes long..
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:26 PM
Jun 2019

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..

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
175. Never heard of .."Miss March" will try to find it.. (brought back cause we all need to laugh..
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:41 PM
Oct 2019

particularly now...) Perhaps some ideas here will help us get through the mess going on now)

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
172. The Sound of Music...
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 01:17 AM
Jun 2019

...every time I watch it, I wrap myself in my yellow bath towel and imagine myself as Ray, a Drop of Golden Sun...

Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Mister Ed

(5,940 posts)
178. "What's Up, Doc?", 1972, Barbra Streisand & Ryan O'Neal
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:48 PM
Oct 2019

Also just about any Marx Brothers movie, but especially "Duck Soup" and "Animal Crackers".

underpants

(182,826 posts)
183. Talledega Nights Ricky Bobby has the best timing of any comedy I've seen
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 01:10 PM
Oct 2019

My friends scoff at me on this but that movie includes more jokes on a seamless level time line than any other comedy I’ve ever seen.

Rustynaerduwell

(664 posts)
188. Who here has ever seen "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek"?
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 02:14 PM
Oct 2019

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.

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