Most hysterically funny movie ever EVER.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

My vote goes to "Without A Paddle". When you can end up with three men running through the woods at night in their underpants during a rainstorm (and the reason makes sense), you have a winner. When I first watched this one I laughed until my sides ached. I have never had such a prolonged moment of zen FUNNY before or since. Even Burt Reynolds managed to bring back a bit of that old time humor he used to have.

http://www.withoutapaddlemovie.com/home.php

Can YOU beat it with a better one?

[mark414]

1. blazing saddles

it never gets old

[Skittles]

3. This is Spinal Tap

has stood the test of time

[FizzFuzz]

23. There's a similar movie that I thought was even better than SpinalTap

It was "Niggas With Hats: NWH" (get it? "Niggas With Attitude:NWA"?)

Anyhow, it was also a "documentary" of this up and coming, or rather Up and screwing up Gangsta Rap group. Sooooo FUNNNNY! I thought it was much better than ST, believe it or not.

Another I really cracked up at was "Robin Hood: Men In Tights"

I know there are some more that I hurt myself laughing at but darn, can't remember now.

[mark414]

39. Fear of a Black Hat!

i thought me and my buddy jon were the only people who knew that movie!

it is one of my absolute favorites (behind blazing saddles of course :))

[FizzFuzz]

45. YES! Forgot that part of the name.

Is that the BEST ever or what.? (OK, with consideration to Blazing Saddles)

I once recommended it to a guy in the store looking for something that would be good for the family. I enthusiastically assured him Fear of a Black Hat was perfect and perfectly innocent.

OOOOOOPS. I realized later I was thinking of something else.

I've had guilt over that for years.

[Nevernose]

5. I preferred "Young Frankenstein"

But both are Mel Brooks in his prime.

[Floogeldy]

19. My answer, too.

[freethought]

2. 'Something About Mary'

Hands down, one of the funniest movies I have seen in years!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[sandnsea]

4. Tommy Boy

Caddyshack, Parenthood,

[hickman1937]

6. I'm sticking with Ghostbusters.

For the simple fact that when it came out, most of hollywood was on coke, and didn't know comedy from shit. 10 years of crap, then Ghostbusters. It set the bar.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

24. good pick

Ray: Gozer the Gozerian... good evening. As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension

Peter : That oughta do it. Thanks very much, Ray.

[BillZBubb]

7. Dr. Strangelove.

By far the best comedy ever made.

[Fenris]

8. "There's no fighting in the war room!"

[BillZBubb]

9. Purity of Essence!

Women seek out my life force, Mandrake, but I deny them my essence!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. Colonel Bat Guano

--if that IS your real name!

[FizzFuzz]

21. that's a line I'd like to see. Er, hear. Oh, you know what I mean...

:P

[Radio_Lady]

10. The Big Lebowski -- the scene where they try to scatter the ashes...

Classic comedy!

[sasquatch]

18. "WHY THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE TO BRING UP VIETNAM FOR!!"

:D

[Radio_Lady]

52. Sasquatch, I have no idea what your comment refers to --

Is that a smiley face under your comment? Please don't yell at me.

[x-g.o.p.er]

12. Porky's

Funniest. Movie. Ever.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. Oddly, that movie has a very special place in my heart

My brother and I snuck off one day to watch a movie- any movie- and Porky's was on, so we went in and had a great time watching it. He and I did that sort of things all our lives- even when I was a young boy he'd take me with him to the wrestling match. (He was several years older than me.) Our time together as brothers was very special.

About a year after Porky's, my brother passed away. It was not unexpected, but it was still a low point for me. The memory of us going out to the flicks really stands out for me, and for reasons even I don't know, Porky's stands out the most. Probably because it was just so freakin' hilarious.

[Elidor]

13. The Producers

Before it was a Broadway play.

[Patiod]

49. I cried the 1st time I saw it - Springtime for Hitler

Another one that made me cry laughing is The Full Monty

[EstimatedProphet]

14. Used Cars

When they tap into the President's speech to put in a car commercial-that was classic!

[The Great Escape]

16. "The prestige alone....

of owning a Buick Centurion can’t even be measured in terms of dollars and cents."

[hfojvt]

15. The Princes Bride

"You mean I put down my sword and you put down your rock and we try to kill each other like civilised people?"

[hickman1937]

17. Oh, and Waiting for Guffman, and MP-Holy grail.

haven't seen "Without a Paddle".

[Radio_Lady]

53. We just saw "Waiting for Guffman" a few nights ago. It's hilarious!

The team reunited for "A Mighty Wind" -- unfortunately, neither of these movies directed by Christopher Guest -- did well at the box office. They are certainly funny enough!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

22. pee-wee's big adventure

or chaplin's the great dictator

[Nothing Without Hope]

25. All of the above that I have seen are wonderful - I will add Galaxy Quest

Wonderful satire on Star Trek, great writing, never gets old.

Haven't seen Without A Paddle - will have to check it out.

Weird Al Yankovich's UHF is silly but had some great moments - my fave was the "Conan the Librarian" skit but everyone seems to have their own favorite scene.

I know there are some other wonderful ones, but can't think of them right now.

Of the Mel Brooks movies, I'd have to go for Young Frankenstein. So funny, and when my brother and I got home from seeing it, our mother spontaneously broke into the song "Oh sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you," which we never heard her do before or ever again. She had not seen the movie and we have never been able to explain the coincidence. We laughed helplessly but couldn't explain it to her rationally - our attempts sent us into more gales of laughter until we just gave up trying.

[Borgnine]

26. I love Conan the Librarian...

...just for the ridiculous visual of the kid getting split in two.

[Nothing Without Hope]

27. yeah, that kid should have known better than to let the books get overdue

with THIS guy at the front desk!

[onager]

30. A couple of my faves...

"Dill Scallion:" a sort of country-music version of "Spinal Tap." Henry Winkler is in it.

"And God Spoke:" hilarious low-budget mockumentary about two dopes trying to film the entire Bible. Skewers all Hollywood types, from cinematographers to caterers.

And how about this cast? Soupy Sales as Moses. Lou Ferrigno as Cain. Eve Plumb (Jan Brady) as Mrs. Noah. And a bearded, tattooed redneck as God.

"How many disciples did Jesus have? Was it 8 or 10?"

[Nothing Without Hope]

33. Too funny - I'll have to chek out "And God Spoke"

And how about this cast? Soupy Sales as Moses. Lou Ferrigno as Cain. Eve Plumb (Jan Brady) as Mrs. Noah. And a bearded, tattooed redneck as God.

From the Rotten Tomatoes site, the critics loved it;
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/and_god_spoke

Here's the NY Times review:

http://tinyurl.com/dohnr
N.Y. TIMES REVIEW | '... AND GOD SPOKE'
FILM REVIEW; Moses Is Soupy Sales But God Is an Unknown
By CARYN JAMES
Published: September 23, 1994, Friday

If you were making a biblical epic, whom would you get to play God? Clive and Marvin, the director and producer in the mock documentary ". . . and God Spoke," go for Marlon Brando and Bobby De Niro, as they call him. But the high point of their careers is a film called "Nude Ninjas," their budget is not epic, and they settle for an unknown. "You wouldn't recognize God," Marvin says. It's perfect casting.

They're luckier with Moses; there they get a name. It's Soupy Sales, good-naturedly playing himself here. When he comes down the mountain with the Ten Commandments, he brings product placement to new extremes, but he's a recognizable star.

It's also easy to recognize the main inspiration for this film, one of many attempts to clone Rob Reiner's hilarious "This Is Spinal Tap." But it's hard to sustain satire as well as Mr. Reiner did. ". . . and God Spoke," which opens today at Sony Theaters 19th Street East, has several funny episodes as it follows the film makers, who inadvertently turn the Bible into a potboiler, but there are also many lulls and sections that are not nearly as sharp as they need to be.

The director of ". . . and God Spoke," Arthur Borman, obviously knows his targets. Michael Riley is especially funny as Clive, the perfect image of a hack director with artistic pretensions. He has the goatee and wire-rim glasses to prove that he's serious. And the film's best scenes approach the demented irreverence this material calls for. Clive and Marvin cast Lou Ferrigno as Cain and a slightly built unknown (played by Andy Dick) as Abel. Unfortunately, Abel doesn't know he's the victim, not the murderer. "Take thy best shot," he says, swinging at the man who played the Incredible Hulk. Eve Plumb, Jan from "The Brady Bunch," is cast as Mrs. Noah.

(snip)

[Castilleja]

42. I'll second "Dill Scallion"

and I'll check out "And God Spoke"!

[Abelman]

36. Look Bob, it's your favorite!

A twinkie weiner sandwich!

[DS1]

48. UHF

During the Rambo spoof, when after awhile he runs out of missiles in the helicopter and just starts yelling at the buildings and they blow up :D

[Nothing Without Hope]

50. yeah, that was great. Weird Al was wearing that rubberized super-muscled

chest and the headband and carrying a big gun and a sneer. So funny. Many great scenes in that movie.

[sleipnir]

28. Men at Work

Too damn funny....

[ElsewheresDaughter]

29. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)...view the trailers here....

A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from. Meanwhile, we are introduced to a school teacher assigned to a small village, a despotic revolutionary, and a clumsy biologist.


http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=40

[Nothing Without Hope]

34. yes, I had forgotten "The Gods Must Be Crazy" Great one. n/t

[Madrone]

31. You're ALL wrong. It's SUPER TROOPERS!

Captain O'Hagan: I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says, " Shenanigans."
Mac: Hey Farva what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy stuff on the wall and the mozzarella sticks?
Farva: You mean Shenanigans?

Farva: Give me a double bacon cheeseburger.
Burger Kid: (Into mike) Double bacon cheeseburger. It's for a cop.
Farva: What the hell's that all about? You gonna spit in it now?
Burger Kid: No, I just told him that so he makes it good. (Into mike) Don't spit in that cop's burger.

He is already pull-over he can't pull over anymore!!

[youthere]

56. "I'm freakin out man!!"

"Seriously dude, I'm gonna need $168"

[name not needed]

61. candy bars!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

32. One other I'd almost forgotten

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Magnificent movie. Hysterical.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

35. Bazing Saddles.

[Ladyhawk]

37. Thanks for all the Netflix ideas! n/t

[Seabiscuit]

38. Godzilla vs. Bambi

[Nothing Without Hope]

40. I saw a short animated cartoon of that name at an animated film festival.

Funniest film of the lot, and that's saying something.

[Seabiscuit]

46. That's the one. It's not only the funniest, it's the shortest! :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

47. It surely made an impression on me! And you can still buy the video

so it made impressions on other people too:

[Misunderestimator]

41. Deliverance...

The paddle, the woods and burt just brought that little comedy to mind.

[chickenscratching]

51. oh you're sick!

:puke:

[giant_robot]

43. Airplane!

Totally set the bar. Often imitated, never equalled, IMHO. A friend of mine said that movie changed his life. (OK, he's a kind of strange friend.)

[Radio_Lady]

55. What happened to the friend? Don't tell me... he/she never flew again...

[giant_robot]

58. Nothing bad. He just developed a very bizarre sense of humor.

He's a really funny guy. I guess he wouldn't be quite so funny if "Ghandi" or "Schindler's List" was the movie that changed his life. :shrug:

[Radio_Lady]

59. Oh... OK. So did Leslie Nielsen, the actor.

He was in some pretty somber roles prior to that one.

Goodness! He's 79 years old, and he's been in 117 movies and still counting.

http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0000558/

[Mrs_Beastman]

44. The Birdcage

Always good for some chuckles.

[Radio_Lady]

57. Robin Williams is wonderful in that film. In fact, they are all fabulous!

We saw "La Cage Aux Folles" on Broadway years ago. It was just a wonderful evening in the theater.

[Mrs_Beastman]

60. Mr b and I laugh ourselves to tears

I've thought about checking out the original. But Nathan Lane and Robin Williams make that movie.

[usedtobesick]

54. Clerks or BC Rock