The only "gif" I could find, even though they had a "Mile of Cars"...
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 ...
The only "gif" I could find, even though they had a "Mile of Cars"...
“This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the earth. Perhaps we should shoot him.”
Speaking of Peter Sellers, I don’t think anyone has mentioned “Being There.”
“The Gods Must Be Crazy” was made in South Africa (during the apartheid era) so it is probably politically incorrect to mention it in a list of this sort.
"People in masks cannot be trusted"
Also from “The Life of Brian,” “Blessed are the cheesemakers.”
Inconceivable!
Young Frankenstein
Tropic Thunder
Airplane, Police Squad, Shaun of the Dead, and Life of Brian are genuinely funny movies - they can sh*tcan the rest. It’s not that some of the other movies don’t have some funny stuff, but to put them in a top ten funniest movie of all time list is just plain horse hockey.
I was a kid when I saw Airplane in a dollar theater. There was a fat guy in the row in front of me that was laughing so hard I was seriously worried he was going to have a heart attack. He survived.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Found on justwatch.com. The site lists streaming sites that carry a desired movie. Search for all, just free showings, see your subscription sites that carry it ... nice site.
FYI for all. ;-)
I never saw Princess Bride. It’s a kids’ movie, right?
I never thought of it as a kid’s movie, but it’s safe for all ages 🙂
“Office Space”
I don’t like to talk about my flair....
They should have made a ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ movie. Over time I have come to really appreciate that program. Even as a young man I thought that it was in poor taste. As I grew older I learned about the cast and their experiences.
It is a good thing to mock the bad guys. HH did it quite well.
You’re right, Cousin Vinny is a side-splitter!
“Local Sheriff” was hilarious, and as we were rallying around
“Blazing Saddles”, I thought of another Cleavon Little piece he did w/ James Garner, “The Skin Game” = a real riot.
Speaking of Garner: his romp w/ Jodie Foster in “Maverick” is not to be missed for humor, either. Couldn’t stop laughing.
Borat was cringe worthy and awful, plus he is a commie.
There was a 1980s dark comedy which may have been Kathryn Hepburn's last movie, ‘Grace Quigley.’ I liked that one.
I believe that I have only actually viewed 3 of the films on that first list.
Blazing Saddles? Holy Grail? BS
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Chevy Chase and the big guy from Uncle Buck...John Candy.
And Home Alone.
Any WC Fields movie, especially with Mae West. “Git away, kid, ya bother me!”
Mae West: “Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
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