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 ...
It’s official, he’s gone!
Bridesmaids was an abomination. Horrible and unfunny. Who laughed at anything in that turd?
Thirty-eight posts before someone mentions at post 39 one of the funniest movies of all time.
Yep.
The ORIGINAL “Producers”.
And for some gender-bending nostalgia and Marilyn, “Some Like It Hot”
Napoleon Dynamite.
Nice. :)
Thank you.
***Phil Silvers***
It’s A MAD,———WORLD.
CARRY ON FOLLOW THAT CAMEL
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061680/
Strange none of the CARRY ON movies were mentioned.
the greatest collection of distinguished comediens didnt make the cut?? Go watch its a “MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD AND REDO UR LIST. Kids nowadays
“Then take, oh bosom, the fateful blade!”
“Make haste, make haste,
I have no time to waste!
There are towns I should be sacking,
Ribs I should be cracking
And cities to lay waste.”
“He raped Thrace thrice!”
Peter Sellers is GREAT! My personal favorite is AFTER THE FOX.
Sadly I don’t see Bud Abbott and Lou Costello mentioned anywhere! Great routines such as “The Susquahanna Hat company” and “Who’s on First”.
Have not seen it. Will rent it however.
Pedro riding on the pegs. So lucky.
Ruprick!!
Seven Chances with Buster Keaton is another good one. Chase after chase all over town, including being chased by rocks and boulders. He was in good shape, that’s for sure.
No Marx Brothers movies? No WC Fields?
Bogus movie list. My opinion!
Yes, yes the original! Black & White & LOL!
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