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Top 10 Funniest Movies Ever (As Measured In Laughs Per Minute)
Forbes ^ | September 21, 2021 | Andrew Bender

Posted on 11/21/2021 6:44:51 AM PST by DoodleBob

Admit it, you’ve done this: sat around with friends for hours, trying to come up with the definitive list of the funniest movies ever. Well, now here’s an – almost, sort of – statistical solution: the Laugh a Minute rating.

It comes from Lovefilm, the London-based video streaming and DVD subscription service. Lovefilm polled its members for the 10 movies that made them laugh most. Then, says spokesperson Helen Cowley, the company convened a panel to watch the movies and note "how many times [each film] made us giggle." Divide the number of laughs by the film’s length in minutes, and voilà: the Laugh a Minute score.

Even if the results aren't universal - the panel members were affiliated with the company - the methods are certainly more scientifically rigorous than sitting around chatting with your buds over beers at 11:30 at night.

Without further ado, the envelope, please.

Topping the list at three laughs a minute: the 1980 airline disaster spoof Airplane!, followed by the original Hangover and Naked Gun movies at 2.4 and 2.3 laughs per minute respectively.

Here's the full Top 10:

1. Airplane! - 3 laughs/minute

2. The Hangover - 2.4 laughs/minute

3. Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - 2.3 laughs/minute

4. Superbad - 1.9 laughs/minute

5. Borat - 1.7 laughs/minute

6. Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy - 1.6 laughs/minute

7. American Pie - 1.5 laughs/minute

8. Bridesmaids - 1.4 laughs/minute

9. Shaun of the Dead - 1.3 laughs/minute

10. Life of Brian - 1.2 laughs/minute

"Interestingly," Cowley said, "while Lovefilm members voted Life of Brian as the funniest film, our research shows that for Laughs a Minute...Airplane! beats the Monty Python epic hands-down."

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: airplane; funniestmovies
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1 posted on 11/21/2021 6:44:51 AM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Blazing Saddles. Next case.


2 posted on 11/21/2021 6:46:04 AM PST by Migraine
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To: DoodleBob

No Blazing Saddles?


3 posted on 11/21/2021 6:46:09 AM PST by mykroar (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
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To: DoodleBob

Hangover and Borat????

No. Nope. Not.

IMHO


4 posted on 11/21/2021 6:46:34 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: DoodleBob

There’s a bunch of Rifftrax & MST3K I’d add to the list.

Just like with Airplane & the like, rewatching often reveals jokes you missed the first time around.


5 posted on 11/21/2021 6:46:51 AM PST by P.O.E.
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To: DoodleBob

I’ve only seen #1 and #3 and they are both hilarious.


6 posted on 11/21/2021 6:47:04 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Migraine

Yep.


7 posted on 11/21/2021 6:47:22 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Migraine

I saw Blazing Saddles in the theater when it first came out. Laughed my a$$ off. Stayed and watched it again. Also Christmas Vacation is a very funny movie and should be on the list.


8 posted on 11/21/2021 6:48:26 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Freedom is just an injection away Comrades.)
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To: DoodleBob

It wouldn’t rank high in laughs per minute, but Caddyshack and Young Frankenstein are outstanding.


9 posted on 11/21/2021 6:49:29 AM PST by EEGator
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To: DoodleBob

The movie that made me laugh hardest and longest was Office Space. But maybe you had to be entrenched in that corporate atmosphere daily for years to truly appreciate it. I was — in H.R. — ugh!


10 posted on 11/21/2021 6:49:32 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: P.O.E.
"Just like with Airplane & the like, rewatching often reveals jokes you missed the first time around."

Or scenes you have forgotten as they have been edited out for television.

11 posted on 11/21/2021 6:49:45 AM PST by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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To: DoodleBob

What about “What About Bob”?


12 posted on 11/21/2021 6:50:41 AM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: Migraine

“Blazing Saddles. Next case.”

Yup and not even close.

The cowards who did this are simply scared shi*less of being cancelled.


13 posted on 11/21/2021 6:52:14 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: DoodleBob
“Kung Pow - Enter the Fist” was far more stupid hilarious than many of these on the list. I always wished Steve Oedekerk had made the sequel.

”That’s a lot of nuts!”

14 posted on 11/21/2021 6:52:38 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: DoodleBob

What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)


15 posted on 11/21/2021 6:52:56 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: EEGator
Caddyshack does merit a spot on that list ... along with pretty much any scene in any movie Rodney Dangerfield was in.
16 posted on 11/21/2021 6:52:59 AM PST by glennaro (Although I don't believe in "big conspiracies", neither do I believe in "big coincidences")
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To: DoodleBob

Oh, and “Something About Mary” almost killed half the audience from laughter. We saw it after a wine tasting event and were crying from laughing so hard.


17 posted on 11/21/2021 6:53:58 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: DoodleBob
Where's Caddyshack?!
18 posted on 11/21/2021 6:54:24 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays...


19 posted on 11/21/2021 6:55:33 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Flick Lives

Bill Murray was great in that.


20 posted on 11/21/2021 6:56:13 AM PST by EEGator
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