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The 50 Best Comedies of All Time
Esquire ^ | 3/21/22 | Anna Grace Lee and The Esquire Editors

Posted on 11/02/2023 12:58:42 PM PDT by DallasBiff

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To: nopardons

Sorry I wasn’t clear - I was referring to some of the other lists she had...


161 posted on 11/02/2023 5:42:38 PM PDT by stylin19a (Back when men cursed & beat the ground with sticks, it was named witchcraft. Today it's named golf.)
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To: laweeks

That was funny. Crazy movie.


162 posted on 11/02/2023 5:53:28 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: stylin19a

Oh...okay.


163 posted on 11/02/2023 5:56:05 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: SoConPubbie

“I’m gonna get you, Sucka!”....very funny....


164 posted on 11/02/2023 5:56:26 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Zathras

That was a sweet funny movie.


165 posted on 11/02/2023 6:00:04 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: nopardons

I agree……seen them all .


166 posted on 11/02/2023 6:10:59 PM PDT by Mears
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To: hellinahandcart

That’s a good movie too, but NOT one of the funniest ones.


167 posted on 11/02/2023 6:13:56 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: srmanuel

I liked animal house..as in “suppose college was really like that.” I kinda felt it was sorta based on “American Graffiti” in that it covered the zany acts of college life kids instead of high school graduates.
You think Blutarsky would be so funny nowadays since he is depicted as an ignorant, out of control drunk, and peeping tom?


168 posted on 11/02/2023 6:14:55 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Mears
Me too and have ALL on discs.

I'm a BIG Alec Guinness fan, so have his comedies and dramas in my collection!

Another GREAT Brit comedy movie is VICE VERSA ( starring Roger Livesey, Anthony Newely when he was a child, Petula Clark as a young teen, and Kay Walsh ), which is father & son exchange and was the mother & daughter exchange of the two American movies FREAKY FRIDAY.

169 posted on 11/02/2023 6:24:10 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Sirius Lee

The scene where the printer is smashed into pieces is one of the most beautiful things ever to make it on the screen.


170 posted on 11/02/2023 6:45:49 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: TermLimits4All
History of the World part 1 was hilarious.

It is good to be the King. The world's first art critic. Classic.

171 posted on 11/02/2023 6:48:41 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: laweeks

“Arnold Stang and Marvin Kaplan get their gas station destroyed by Jonathan Winters in Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Agree 100%. Great scene in a wonderful movie for the whole family. I liked Buster Keaton trying to figure out which way to walk after all the cars accelerated away quickly.


172 posted on 11/02/2023 6:50:33 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Another one to add to your list, similar to Better Off Dead

One Crazy Summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRk1gHamOtw&pp=ygUWb25lIGNyYXp5IHN1bW1lciBtb3ZpZQ%3D%3D


173 posted on 11/03/2023 5:00:11 AM PDT by BrandtMichaels ( Why I Oughta! One of these days... Bang, Zoom, To The Moon!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

This guy steals the show One Crazy Summer in a Godzilla costume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMM_ACHuwJA


174 posted on 11/03/2023 5:02:41 AM PDT by BrandtMichaels ( Why I Oughta! One of these days... Bang, Zoom, To The Moon!)
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To: Michael.SF.

La Cage Aux Folle was funny in its time. I find the homo and cross dressing entertainment sad now. We knew not what fries we were unleashing.

Generally as someone who finds slapstick dull and unfunny and that unfortunately seems to be the comedy genre that ages best;there is very little comedy that ages well imho.

Certain stand up works. Jeff Allen on Drybar for example.


175 posted on 11/03/2023 5:16:44 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Michael.SF.

La Cage Aux Folle was funny in its time. I find the homo and cross dressing entertainment sad now. We knew not what fries we were unleashing.

Generally as someone who finds slapstick dull and unfunny and that unfortunately seems to be the comedy genre that ages best;there is very little comedy that ages well imho.

Certain stand up works. Jeff Allen on Drybar for example.


176 posted on 11/03/2023 5:16:55 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: wbill
Bachelor Party would come in at number 6, not seen that mentioned yet….

Tom Hanks' best movie.

177 posted on 11/03/2023 5:18:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

I really enjoyed DIAMONDS ARE A GIRLS BEST FRIEND.

of course Singing in the rain has the world’s best dance scene.


178 posted on 11/03/2023 5:20:04 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

That reminded me of another hilarious movie:

Joe’s Apartment


179 posted on 11/03/2023 5:20:34 AM PDT by BrandtMichaels ( Why I Oughta! One of these days... Bang, Zoom, To The Moon!)
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To: BrandtMichaels
Yes, I would add "One Crazy Summer" to the list. I laugh when I think about the street cleaner instead of a car as a graduation present.

There are so many 80s comedies in particular that were so well done: Police Academy, D.C. Cab, Weird Science, Revenge of the Nerds, The Goonies, Summer Rental, Crocodile Dundee, Big Trouble in Little China, Porky's, History of the World Part I, etc.

180 posted on 11/03/2023 5:22:42 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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