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."
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I kinda found Mel Brooke’s HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 very funny and eminently quotable.
I wonder why he never made Part 2...
You are correct
I kind of thought A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was funny.
Baseketball.
“Wake up bitch, you’re my new best friend”
“Really? Can we go to the zoo?”
No Blazing Saddles no list.
You can tell this was written by someone who has never really watched any good comedy movies. Bob Hope (several to chose from), Rodney Dangerfield (Back to School), The Marx Brothers, just to name a few,
That was a great black comedy.
"Who's the Crazy One now!"
Taco Bell, reminds me of “Demolition Man”.
“You do not realize that Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the franchise wars. Now all restaurants are Taco Bell.”
It’s supposed to be out on Hulu in 2022.
I saw a wide-screen version of that at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood in 1964--an unforgettable experience.
How many of them could be made today?
I must admit, it was hillarious how the Missouri coach trolled Mullen after the game with the Light Saber.
I totally forgot about how Mullen put on a Darth Vader costume after beating Missouri last year. What a doofus.
The 1st Austin Powers was the best one to me.
Yep, karma...
I despise printers to no end.
Evil incarnate.
Ditto Lotus Notes.
Police Academy I.
Come on everybody, we’re gonna get laid!
Natural Born Killers, excepted.
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