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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Definitely Peter Seller’s ‘Pink Panther’ movies should be recognized, hilarious!
Bowfinger should be on the list instead of Borat. It is one of Eddie Murphy’s funniest movies, and it makes fun of Hollywood and Scientology.
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I was actually in pain from laughing when they had the dog walking in the high heels.
The original The Producers, not the remake. Also, I love "High Anxiety"......."That boy gets no tip!"
Also one of my personal favorites, “One, Two, Three”, with James Cagney.
What would you do with a million dollars?...
In the category of clean humor - I vote for “Sons Of The Desert” with Laurel and Hardy.
Very much so.
The one with Christopher Plummer as Sir Charles Phantom, the notorious Litton.
I laughed so hard during that scene I couldn’t breathe, and also during the big chase sequence near the end starting with Christine Baranski confronting Kit on the patio of the restaurant.
Buy out Mullen's contract.
LOL, fine answer.
While maybe not wall to wall laughs and gags like Airplane, I have to say my favorite film comedies are Trading Places and The Producers - “Nobody ever said a bad word about Winston Churchill, did they? No! "Win with Winnie!" Churchill! With his cigars. With his brandy. And his rotten painting, rotten! Hitler, there was a painter. He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! Two coats!“
Scuttlebutt is, he’s gone on Monday.
The more politically incorrect that scene gets, the funnier it gets.
That’s good! And in the Clash of the Titans remake, when Liam Neeson (Zues) is about to utter the big line, I’ll say, “I WEEWEASE...THE QUACKEN!”
While made mostly in the 1910s and 1920s, they are of surprisingly good quality and you can definitely see how the Marx Brothers and Three Stooges were influenced by them.
Don’t forget all the lectures about the great career opportunities at Winky Dinky Dog. Promotion to crew chief with a $0.25 per hour raise - “Now we talking about making it!!”
Blazing Saddles.
“Used Cars” and “Hollywood Knights”
Also, “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”, with Fly Guy and the aquarium shoes.
Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
He was an English guy
He came to fight the Turkish....Meep Meep!
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