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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

“JFK” by Oliver Stone


221 posted on 10/10/2008 6:18:20 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: Paved Paradise

So glad to see “Slapshot.” Finally!

Vulgar, raunchy, profane, but in a nice way! Also about failure and redemption — true love and existential misery. Not for kids (although certain kiddies would find it hilarious).

May be the best sports movie ever made. Utterly foulmouthed. Completely un-pc. Definitely does not take itself too seriously. A hoot. Interesting snapshot of the 70’s, which is topical since economic malaise is coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

Also:
“The Cheap Detective”
“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
“Uncle Buck”
“Easy Money”
“The Great Race” — Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate, Tony Curtis as the Great Leslie, plus Natalie Wood looking fabulous as Maggie Dubois, making trouble and causing it — this was one of my favorites as a kid. “I’d like to see the Great Leslie try that!” Great musical theme for Professor Fate as well.

I watched “Night Shift” recently and laughed out loud. A fun trip back to the 80’s. Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton doing the Abbot and Costello thing. Henry Winkler was pitch perfect. More 80’s fun: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (though I hesitate to mention it since everyone has seen it).

However, you would not believe the number of teenagers who have never seen “Back to the Future.” Shocking. That’s a fun watch with your kids.


222 posted on 10/10/2008 6:18:39 PM PDT by biscotti
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To: wtc911

I could probably hold to that assessment, the films had become formula by that point (just as the Bowery Boys movies became formula).

Imagine if Hollywood had just numbered those films “Bowery Boys XXII, The Boyz R 8ack!”


223 posted on 10/10/2008 6:19:24 PM 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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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

When a highly skilled martial artist known as “the chosen one” sets out to avenge his family’s death, he faces his greatest challenges yet: a cow with a deadly udder and a warlord who insists everyone call him “Betty.” Writer-director-actor Steve Oderkirk inserts himself into old chop-socky film footage and redubs the result into a parody of those 1970s Hong Kong classics, where everybody was kung fu fightin’!


224 posted on 10/10/2008 6:55:02 PM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: Non-Sequitur

“STOP SAYING THAT!”
It was on again tonight!


225 posted on 10/10/2008 7:22:56 PM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: PJ-Comix

Correct. Its amazing that when I lived in Boca (1991-1994) and Miami (1999-2002) I never once heard a southern accent, nor saw any rednecks until I drove north and got into St. Lucie County. Even in the latter county, they were way outnumbered by transplants (which is why they stood out).


226 posted on 10/10/2008 7:53:09 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: weegee

Wasn’t Mother Night the WWII drama with Nick Nolte? It was great, but it wasn’t a comedy.


227 posted on 10/10/2008 8:20:49 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
It was a dark comedy and a work of fiction.

When a black nazi comes knocking on his door with some feeble octogenarian neo-nazis and proclaiming “who ever told you a china man was colored”, that's politically incorrect but it's still comedy.

228 posted on 10/10/2008 8:30:17 PM 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: Toadman

“Nothing Sacred” with Carole Lombard and Frederic March. I always end up giggling myself silly over it. The only beef I have with it is it’s too short - only 1 hour 15 minutes. “Yumpin’ Yiminy!”

Another great Carole Lombard film is “My Man Godfrey”, where she co-starred with her ex-husband, William Powell. Because of that, I admit a to bit of a “cringe” factor the first time I watched it, but they were both consummate professionals and did an outstanding job.


229 posted on 10/10/2008 8:31:38 PM PDT by 6323cd (Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
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To: antiRepublicrat
Reliant Robin space shuttle

I saw that episode; I drove a Reliant Robin when I visited England in 1978, and I thought I'd die laughing. Clarkson rules!

230 posted on 10/10/2008 8:42:02 PM PDT by 6323cd (Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
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To: Toadman

I forgot:

“Saving Silverman” — Amanda Peet as the evil Judith, plus Jack Black, Steve Zahn, R. Lee Ermey, and Neil Diamond as himself. Uneven, you’ve got to give this one time. Halfway through and you’ll be rolling. Quite jolly and profane. Builds to a wedding slugfest. Must see.

“The Whole Nine Yards” — Bruce Willis as Jimmy “the Tulip” Tudeski, Matthew Perry as a Canadian dentist, and Amanda Peet as a wanna-be hit woman.

“Broadway Danny Rose” — the best movie Mia Farrow ever made (she kills with her characterization of a hard-boiled gangster’s moll), and a great parody of NYC gangsters, gangster movies, and show business.


231 posted on 10/10/2008 8:42:15 PM PDT by biscotti
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To: Auntie Mame
That was the first movie I ever saw in a theatre - I was 4 years old!

I know, I know, it's a little "mature" for someone that age, but we lived out in the boonies at the time and we had to settle for what the local theatre put on!

I still remember the scene with Al Green (Grandpa Munster in another incarnation), and the girls convincing them that their mother had been kidnapped... hilarious!

232 posted on 10/10/2008 8:50:26 PM PDT by 6323cd (Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
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To: Dysart

Murray was funny in Tootsie - One of my favorite funniest movies.


233 posted on 10/10/2008 10:02:35 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: Charles Henrickson

The Out of Towners - with Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. Not the remake.

Clueless - just something about that movie that cracks me up.

Drop Dead Gorgeous is a hoot too.


234 posted on 10/10/2008 10:08:19 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: oldvike

POLICE ACADEMY!!!

Especially the scene where the Academy Captain makes his little speech at the podium.


235 posted on 10/10/2008 10:15:52 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: biscotti

Speaking of Michael Keaton - One of my favorite funniest is Dream Team.


236 posted on 10/10/2008 10:18:24 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: DManA; good old days; 4yearlurker; fredhead; bobjam; Yankee; AnnGora; AngelesCrestHighway; ...

Laurel and Hardy, Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Three Stooges with Curly—great stuff from the late ‘20s-early ‘40s (some films better than others, of course). I get a kick out of the Our Gang comedies, too. I also like the Blondie series (mostly from the ‘40s), with Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton.


237 posted on 10/10/2008 10:31:37 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: MilspecRob
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Very good. A favorite in our house. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas all know how to deliver a line.

238 posted on 10/10/2008 10:35:15 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: murron
The Mouse That Roared with Peter Sellers.

Very funny. It came out when I was a kid.

239 posted on 10/10/2008 10:45:21 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Toadman

Cats and Dogs


240 posted on 10/10/2008 10:48:04 PM PDT by Chicagofore (BUY REAL ESTATE STUPID)
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