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Funniest movies of all time
toadman

Posted on 10/10/2008 7:07:10 AM PDT by Toadman

Hi fellow Freepers. I did a search and did not find this topic. If you know of a previous post, please redirect.

I've been hogging our Netflix (history, documentary, military genres) and realize the wife and kids need some levity.

Would you all take the time and give me an opinion of what you consider to be the best funny movies you've seen. I'm talking from the silent era of Charlie Chaplin up to the most present ala American Carol.

It doesn't matter if it's dark humor to vulgar humor to Walt Disney. Thanks for your input!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
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To: Toadman

Captain Ron
So I Married An Axe Murderer


261 posted on 10/11/2008 6:27:54 AM PDT by diggerwillow
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To: SamAdams76
Can’t believe nobody mentioned “What About Bob?” yet.

I did. See post 136. Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss are hilarious.

262 posted on 10/11/2008 6:41:04 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: nascent skeptic

Just hearing that makes me LOL.

Great film!


263 posted on 10/11/2008 7:23:16 AM PDT by fanfan (SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

That brings back memories. And I’ll bet Nancy Parsons had to do several takes of that scene before getting through it.


264 posted on 10/11/2008 8:14:54 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
My fave Eugene Levy routine was when he impersonated Mr. Sominex, Perry Como:

Perry Como is STILL ALIVE!

Perry Como LOVED this skit BTW and wrote Eugene a nice letter thanking him for letting people know that he was "still alive." LOL!

265 posted on 10/11/2008 9:19:13 AM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: Clemenza

Is that you, Sinatra1976 ? ;-)

Reminds me of when I went to an Andy Williams concert at his theatre in Branson three years ago (featuring a septuagenarian Petula Clark). It took Andy a little while to warm up. I was (at 31) the youngest person in the audience. Most of the audience was between 65-90. My father joked if somebody yelled “fire” in there, most of the audience would’ve keeled over from heart attacks before they’d reach the emergency exits...


266 posted on 10/11/2008 9:36:45 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Toadman

“Raising Arizona.”


267 posted on 10/11/2008 11:12:48 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Toadman

“Bowfinger.”


268 posted on 10/11/2008 11:14:38 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: daler

“The Music Box.”

Didn’t that one have a gorilla that chased them around? A gorilla is a classic sign that a comedy team has jumped the shark.


269 posted on 10/11/2008 12:58:32 PM PDT by DManA
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To: daler

Sorry, looked it up. “The Music Box” was great. I was thinking about a later on where they are up in the alps trying to move a piano and for some reason a gorilla was there. Not good.


270 posted on 10/11/2008 1:01:25 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA
That would've been "Swiss Miss", as they began their decline into slicker production films that parodied themselves.

Their last one, I believe it was called "Atoll X" was both awful and sad; a French film with dubbed dialogue (other than The Boys), and horrible, horrible film quality. Obviously, they needed the money at that time.

Add to that, Laurel looked like he was at death's door.

Of the L&H classics, I'd probably rate "Music Box" #1 (an easy pick, their only Oscar), followed by "Sons of the Desert", "Way Out West", and then "Helpmates."

But the list of great ones is very long, IMO.

271 posted on 10/11/2008 4:32:02 PM PDT by daler
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To: Charles Henrickson

“Cinderfella” and “Which Way to the Front?” Jerry Lewis at his comedic best.


272 posted on 10/12/2008 4:24:14 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (FREE the Joe Biden raw video!!!)
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To: Toadman

“Used Cars”


273 posted on 10/12/2008 4:46:46 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: 3catsanadog

I’ve never seen that. I will check it out.

Another great movie with Dom DeLuise as the king of all mental patients is “The End” starring Burt Reynolds, Joanne Woodward, Kristy McNichol, Robby Benson, and Sally Field. Myrna Loy plays Burt’s mom! My parents let us kids watch that one. (I marvel at how my sense of humor was formed.) Of course, you used to get these movies semi-expurgated on tv; those days are over.


274 posted on 10/12/2008 5:58:25 PM PDT by biscotti
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To: nascent skeptic

“How-dy cow-boy!”


275 posted on 10/13/2008 7:50:27 AM PDT by weegee (Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
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To: nascent skeptic

err “How-dy pard-ner!”


276 posted on 10/13/2008 7:50:44 AM PDT by weegee (Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
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To: Charles Henrickson

I think it says a lot about Richard Roeper as a film critic that he does not like the Our Gang comedies (A) because they are in black and white (yep, a film critic said that), and (B) “they are racist”.


277 posted on 10/13/2008 7:55:53 AM PDT by weegee (Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
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To: new cruelty
I was always a fan of the Cannonball Run movies and even It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. I guess something about a cast of carcrash crazies chasing after a prize just cracks me up.

You might want to check out the original Death Race 2000, with Sylvester Stalone and David Carradine. It was a satire written by Charles Griffith, the same guy who wrote Corman's horror-comedy trilogy: A Bucket Of Blood, (the ORIGINAL) Little Shop Of Horrors, and Creature From The Haunted Sea.

The cross-country road race thing was tackled in Gumball Rally (also a comedy) and Cannonball. I think Caradine was in Cannonball before Death Race 2000 and I think they all pre-date Cannonball Run.

278 posted on 10/13/2008 8:00:46 AM PDT by weegee (Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
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To: DManA
Didn’t that one have a gorilla that chased them around? A gorilla is a classic sign that a comedy team has jumped the shark.

Someone should have told Sammy Petrillo and Duke Mitchell (a Martin and Lewis ripoff)...


279 posted on 10/13/2008 8:04:01 AM PDT by weegee (Obama's a uniter?"I want you to argue with them (friends,neighbors,Republicans) & get in their face")
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To: weegee

It wasn’t supposed to be funny then, but “ Death Race 2000” gets my vote.
Sly Stallone as Joey Faturbo is HI- freakin-larious!!


280 posted on 10/13/2008 9:49:39 AM PDT by clbiel (Hey Islam! Satan's on the line- says he's not giving back your religion without a fight.)
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