Posted on 01/02/2006 5:09:20 PM PST by wagglebee
The UK satire beat 1980s US film Airplane into second and British-made 2004 film Shaun of the Dead into third.
Spy caper Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery came fourth, while animated comedy South Park was fifth.
More than 22,000 people voted in the poll for The 50 Greatest Comedy Films, narrated by Stephen Fry and broadcast at 2100 GMT tonight.
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50 GREATEST COMEDY FILMS
1st - Life of Brian
10th - This is Spinal Tap
20th - Young Frankenstein
30th - Best in Show
40th - Duck Soup
50th - The Producers (1968)
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The Monty Python team also claimed the sixth spot with Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Teen adventure American Pie came seventh, followed by Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles and There's Something About Mary, starring Cameron Diaz.
Rock spoof This is Spinal Tap came 10th in the survey.
The list featured a range of recent films and classics including The Ladykillers made at Ealing Studios in 1955.
British smash-hits the Full Monty and Four Weddings and a Funeral also made it onto the list in 32nd and 36th place respectively.
Blazing Saddles is the funniest movie ever made.
Oddly, no one yet has mentioned "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Slap Shot," two that would be in my top five.
One of Monty Python movies would be in my top five, probably Holy Grail, although I loved Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
While Blessed Are the Cheesemakers isn't really that funny, it's impossible not to laugh at the Biggus Diccus scene.
This might be the funniest scene in Life of Brian (He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.):
It's late at night. Brian has just finished painting "Romans, go home" in Latin on a wall, when a Roman centurion arrives with his men.
Centurion: What is this then? Romanes eunt domus, "People called Romanes they go the house"?
Brian It-it says, "Romans, go home"!
Centurion: No, it doesn't! What's Latin for "Roman"? [grabs Brian's ear] Come on, come on!
Brian: Romanus!
Centurion: Goes like?
Brian: Annus!
Centurion: Vocative plural of annus is...?
Brian: Anni?
Centurion: [writes] Romani. And eunt? What is eunt?
Brian: "Go"! Let-
Centurion: Conjugate the verb "to go".
Brian: Ire; eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt!
Centurion: So eunt is...?
Brian: Third person plural, present indicative. "They go!"
Centurion: But "Romans, go home" is an order, so you must use the...?
Brian: The... imperative!
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: I!
Centurion: [twisting Brian's ear] How many Romans?
Brian: [yelling] I.. Plural, plural! Ite, ite!
Centurion: [writing] Ite. Domus? Nominative? But "go home", it is motion towards, isn't it, boy?
Brian: Dative, sir!
[The centurion promptly draws his swords and presses it against Brian's throat. Brian yells:]
No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! The... accusative, accusative! Domum, sir, ad domum!
Centurion: Except that domus takes the...?
Brian: The locative, sir!
Centurion: Which is?
Brian: Domum!
Centurion: [writing] Domum... -um [sheathing his sword] Understand?
[Brian nods eagerly]
Now, write it out a hundred times!
Brian: Yes, sir, thank you, sir! Hail Caesar!
Centurion: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off!
Brian: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir!
Brooks' Lost In America is close behind.
My favorite part of the movie.
Romanes eunt Domus ...
Thanks for the ping, jocon.
LoB is right up there. I would have chosen my screen name from that, but "Judith" or "Loretta" (or even "Stan/Loretta") just doesn't cut it in the same manner, does it?
I have been known, however, to mutter "Splitter!" at odd times during family get-togethers....
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