"It's under a big "W"....."
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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Thanks! Gonna make a list ...
Borat will not be on it.
;-)
"It's under a big "W"....."
Cameo's, cameo's; more Cameo's....
Start a school that actually taught things of substance with the expectation that students pass the tests.
One of "Movies Greatest" pie fights. Great casting.
Don’t miss the Wanda (the Ugly Woman) skits. Jamie Foxx is hilarious.
It was a movie quote that the other poster and I were going back and forth on.
Your answer is a nice one though.
I should not speak ill of the dead, but Ethyl Merman reminds me of my mother-in-law. LOUD!
Thankfully her daughter, my wife, did not take after her mother.
OMG the Dating Game one, classic! Also Mike Tyson on "Love Connection", and "Three Champs and a Baby".
Support Your Local Sheriff
Hallelujiah Trail
No Time for Sergeants
Nope, not "High Brow" enough...
...till they put in some "Show tunes"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPnHEPpO3I
Yes. Definitely My Cousin Vinny. Had forgotten about that.
Funny, and no bad language. It ages me though; people ask me, who is "Ryan O'Neal"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft0CDRuyNxU
Ever see a Land Rover in a tree?
Springtime for Hitler and Germany....
Amazon Women On The Moon.
And Top Secret!
Princess Bride!
Along with Kingpin.
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