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 ...
My life (in rough order):
— Animal House
— Life of Brian
— The Meaning of Life
— Airplane
— Tropic Thunder
— Kingpin
— Young Frankenstein
— Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
— The Other Guys
— Stripes
— Blazing Saddles
— Tommy Boy
— Sixteen Candles
— Galaxy Quest
— One Crazy Summer
Young Frankenstein! Became a classic
Absolutely! There is so much in that movie!
My wife and I have been watching “Everybody Loves Raymond” reruns every night- That would have to be my #1 sitcom. Every time I see Peter Boyle, I see the monster from “Young Frankenstein”. Every time.
True, a lot of us oldtime Freepers are just a bunch of old cranks - last time we laughed was at the end of a VFW bar in 1982. Yep, I can see that.
Almost forgot....Kentucky Fried Movie
Almost forgot....Kentucky Fried Movie
I'm in the business and I feel the same way. I HATE printers!
“The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.” -King Solomon
“Nothing is more futile than schemed merriment.” -Samuel Johnson
“They’re from New Jersey. They’ve seen butts before.” -Kevin Costner, Fandango
Sometimes I look at other jobs where I don’t have to support the stupid things or at least not as much.
I’m the only infrastructure guy where I am at.
Thanks for that! Peter Sellars was great! Another great one gone too soon.
Going back a little earlier- Ernie Kovac- also gone too soon.
I have only seen the trailer, and I absolutely love the music!
Mel Brooks seeded that movie with all kinds of gags. In the scene where he’s the Indian chief, he’s speaking Yiddish to his tribe. Took me a long time to get it.
I haven't seen good comedies in new films: they tend to be PC with a lot of screaming and frantic movements.
Ethel Merman and Dick Shawn were hilarious in Its a Mad Mad Mad World!
My list:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
It’s a Mad Mad Mad World
The Out of Towners
What’s Up Doc
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Caddyshack
Austin Powers 1&2
The Party with Peter Sellers
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