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 ...
Blazing Saddles. Next case.
No Blazing Saddles?
Hangover and Borat????
No. Nope. Not.
IMHO
There’s a bunch of Rifftrax & MST3K I’d add to the list.
Just like with Airplane & the like, rewatching often reveals jokes you missed the first time around.
I’ve only seen #1 and #3 and they are both hilarious.
Yep.
I saw Blazing Saddles in the theater when it first came out. Laughed my a$$ off. Stayed and watched it again. Also Christmas Vacation is a very funny movie and should be on the list.
It wouldn’t rank high in laughs per minute, but Caddyshack and Young Frankenstein are outstanding.
The movie that made me laugh hardest and longest was Office Space. But maybe you had to be entrenched in that corporate atmosphere daily for years to truly appreciate it. I was — in H.R. — ugh!
Or scenes you have forgotten as they have been edited out for television.
What about “What About Bob”?
“Blazing Saddles. Next case.”
Yup and not even close.
The cowards who did this are simply scared shi*less of being cancelled.
”That’s a lot of nuts!”
What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
Oh, and “Something About Mary” almost killed half the audience from laughter. We saw it after a wine tasting event and were crying from laughing so hard.
Sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays...
Bill Murray was great in that.
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