Posted on 11/02/2023 12:58:42 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Animal House
The National Lampoon masterpiece continues to set the bar for cinematic depictions of collegiate debauchery. See John Belushi in one of his greatest roles as a fraternity brother at the riotous Delta house, as the brothers fight a college dean who wants to see their charter revoked and their house disbanded.
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Caddyshack???
As Good As It Gets?
The Birdcage is fun, but the original La Cage Aux Folles, even with the subtitles, is better!
The American Pie movies are hysterical
Goodbye, Lenin!
Obviously the person who finalized this list was about 15 years old. The obvious was mad, mad, mad, mad world not being anywhere on the list. Others might include The Bank Dick, City Lights, City Slickers, Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Galaxy Quest, Groundhog day...Let’s face it, they missed a few. And the old masters like Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keeton, Mae West, Martin and Lewis, Joe E Brown, Laurel and Hardy, Lucille Ball, Hope and Crosby, and many more that were overlooked in a time when they earned comedy and didn’t live on hype. And their second and third pick movies were better than the lead list here.
wy69
“The Great Race” doesn’t make the list ?
From back when Woody Allen was funny:
Bananas
Take the Money and Run
Sleeper
Annie Hall was okay too. So was The Front.
No Silent era films, nothing from the great '30s, '40s, or even '50s! And one doesn't REALLY have to be "OLD", to know and appreciate the greats from yesteryear!
The Jerk ranks right up there. “Damn these glasses, son.” “Ok. I damn thee!”
Don Dunphy:
Good afternoon. Wide World of Sports is in the little republic of San Marcos where we’re going to bring you a live, on the spot assassination. They’re going to kill the president of this lovely Latin American country and replace him with a military dictatorship. And everybody is about as excited and tense as can be. The weather on this Sunday afternoon is perfect; and if you’ve just joined us, we’ve seen a series of colorful riots that started with the traditional bombing of the American embassy - a ritual as old as the city itself.
Howard Cosell:
This is tremendous, Don, just tremendous. The atmosphere heavy, uncertain, overtones of ugliness. A reminder, in a way, of how it was in March of 1964 at Miami Beach when Clay met Liston for the first time and nobody was certain how it would turn out. The crowd is tense; they’ve been here since ten this morning. And... and I think I see... the door beginning to open. El Presidente may be coming out. The door opens. It’s he... it’s El Presidente waving at the crowd. *A shot rings out! He turns... he runs back toward the building, trying to get in*. This crowd is going wild. He’s caught in a crossfire of bullets. And down! It’s over! It’s all over for El Presidente!
I’m a fan of “The Presidents Analyst”. Staring Jame Coburn. A great spoof on the period.
Absolutely no emotion, and Schwartzman is a horrible actor. Absolutely no range.
I just saw Barbie with my wife last week. That was pretty funny. Not one of the 50 best, but still funny.
Ted.
Yes!
That has one of the most hilarious and inventive scenes of all time when they get the tape of the movie and play it to see where the heroes are headed.
Kind of an oldie -
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Adventures_of_Rabbi_Jacob)
I saw it with my brothers. We laughed so hard, the management tossed us from the theatre.
There is a definite affirmative action vibe to the list keeping better comedies out of the top 50.
Raising Arizona
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