An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:36 am
by Lord Jim
For me, the answer is easy; The Out Of Towners the original, with Jack Lemon and Sandy Dennis...It's rather timeless..
I can't watch that movie without doubling over in laughter...
"I've Got All Your Names!"
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:47 am
by Gob
"Life of Brian" is well up there for me, a clichéd choice I know, but it is so funny.
(Funnily enough I was going to start a thread; "When Alzhiemers sets in, which comedy are you looking forward to watching for the "first" time again?" My choice would have been "Fawtly Towers.")
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:19 am
by Sean
That's a hard call Jim...
"Life of Brian" and "This is Spinal Tap" are right up there but I think "The Party" just about edges it.
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:12 pm
by Lord Jim
Gwen Kellerman: George, now I promised I would call the children this morning. If they don't hear from me, they will be worried. George Kellerman: Well, right now they're eating a big bowl of Rice Krispies and bananas. Worry about us, will you? Gwen Kellerman: You haven't thought about them once since we left, have you? About their welfare? About their future if anything should happen to us? Have you thought about our children once since we left home? George Kellerman: Yes! In between the mugging and the kidnapping! Now, you gonna walk, or we gonna stand here and have a PTA meeting?
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:30 pm
by loCAtek
Clerks, or anything by Kevin Smith.
I gotta a few ties to this movie; I used to buy his Graphic Novels, before he was big, from a friend of his Dan Vado. My Fireman buddy used to live a block away from the convenience store, where this was shot. ... plus, Jay is a Sharks fan
All his books contained such great dialogue; funny, but made you think too.
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:32 pm
by Scooter
Tootsie
Unfortunately, Hoffmann was up against the entire Gandhi machine that year and so Ben Kingsley won Best Actor, otherwise the Oscar belonged to him. And the entire supporting cast - Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, etc. - was genius.
George Fields: Michael, nobody's gonna do that play. Michael Dorsey: Why? George Fields: Because it's a downer, that's why. Because nobody wants to produce a play about a couple that moved back to Love Canal. Michael Dorsey: But that actually happened! George Fields: WHO GIVES A SHIT? Nobody wants to pay twenty dollars to watch people living next to chemical waste! They can see that in New Jersey!
Victor, Victoria is a close second (I know, two films about cross-dressing, draw whatever conclusions you wish )
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:48 pm
by dgs49
No question, hands down: Holy Grail.
Any early Woody Allen. Sleeper was probably the funniest.
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:27 am
by Rick
I liked Airplane
I also liked The Groove Tube.
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:08 am
by dales
Groucho Marx and of course the Marx Brothers are stlll humorous after so many decades.........
dammed image nazis stole the last image, let's see if this one holds up
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:15 am
by Crackpot
Evil dead 2
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:45 am
by Lord Jim
Groucho Marx and of course the Marx Brothers are stlll humorous after so many decades.........
I'd certainly have Duck Soup near the top of my list...
I've always considered that to be the best of the Marx Brothers movies, because it focuses so purely on Groucho, Chico and Harpo, without the tedious, gratuitous romantic subplot that was grafted on to so many of their movies so they could toss Gummo and Zeppo some work...
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:19 pm
by loCAtek
A Fish called Wanda
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:21 am
by loCAtek
The Princess Bride;
...better than Shrek, probably influenced it, but wasn't surpassed by cartoon pop culture references. The Princess Bride iz timeless, like Shakespeare, in its universal comedic themes, and fast paced timing.
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:37 am
by BoSoxGal
Crackpot wrote:Evil dead 2
I stumbled on a bit of that on late night cable TV last winter - it was hilarious!
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:52 pm
by Sue U
We had a Top 10 Comedies thread a while back, but one movie I forgot to list was The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. It is just crammed full of jokes -- many of them sight gags just going on somewhere in the frame -- all delivered in straight deadpan. I laughed for years.
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:44 pm
by Rick
Peter Weller is close to the top of the list of deadpan actors...
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:47 pm
by quaddriver
Crackpot wrote:Evil dead 2
A Bruce Campbell fan?
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:52 pm
by Crackpot
Where have you been?
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:57 am
by quaddriver
Crackpot wrote:Where have you been?
Specify a time frame
Re: An APT: What Is The Funniest Movie You've Ever Seen?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:01 am
by Guinevere
Don't forget the wonderful Foul Play, with a very young Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase.
I also love Python's Meaning of Life, and the wonderful A Fish Called Wanda.
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