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100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC ^
| 08/22/2017
Posted on 08/31/2017 11:11:11 AM PDT by Phlap
this year BBC Culture decided to get serious about comedy. We asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries and six continents a simple: “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?” Films from any country made since cinema was invented were eligible, and BBC Culture did nothing to define in advance what a comedy is; we left that to each of the critics to decide. As always, we urged the experts to go with their heart and pick personal favourites, films that are part of their lives, not just the ones that meet some ideal of greatness.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comedies; comedieslist; movies; movieslist
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To: dfwgator
“The Man With Two Brains”.I could be stone, cold sober, and not pass that field sobriety test!
Mark
241
posted on
08/31/2017 9:09:01 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Little Pig
Pulp Fiction was a comedy?It certainly had comedic moments. The entire scene with Christopher Walken, for one...
And there was some hilarious dialog.
Mark
242
posted on
08/31/2017 9:12:14 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: CaptainK
I forget, was that "Take the Money and Run," or "Bananas?"
Mark
243
posted on
08/31/2017 9:13:36 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: TheStickman
If “Porkies” isn’t on the list then this list had zero credibility,IMO.True! During the scene in the principal's office, where Miss Ballbreaker floats her idea on how to identify the "offender," and the young coach talks about putting out an APB. Even President Eisenhower had a big smile on his face! I laughed so hard, I couldn't catch my breath.
Mark
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posted on
08/31/2017 9:18:36 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Oklahoma
“Used Cars” should be in the top ten."You killed my dog, mister!"
"Grandpa Munster," Al Lewis was great as the judge.
Mark
245
posted on
08/31/2017 9:24:11 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: B.Bumbleberry
A New Leaf, a small but very engaging film where Walter Matthau...Walter Matthau was in a lot of terrific comedies. But my favorite was "Hopscotch," where he's a CIA agent, forced out of his job, so he decides to write and publish his memoirs.
Mark
246
posted on
08/31/2017 9:27:26 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: A_Former_Democrat
I’ve never been in a movie house where the audience was bent over laughing. The theater was nuts. 1978. I have been to two movies where the audience lost it due to laughing. Animal House and four years earlier with Blazing Saddles.
247
posted on
08/31/2017 9:29:34 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: fieldmarshaldj
“The Negroes took our dates !” "You f-ed up. You trusted us."
248
posted on
08/31/2017 9:31:39 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Georgia Girl 2
I can’t believe they left off “Running Scared”. 1986 with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines. I’ve watched that movie 25 or 30 times.I think my favorite scene is the police line-up!
Mark
249
posted on
08/31/2017 9:33:26 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Georgia Girl 2
I can’t believe they left off “Running Scared”. 1986 with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines. I’ve watched that movie 25 or 30 times.I think my favorite scene is the police line-up!
Mark
250
posted on
08/31/2017 9:33:28 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Big Red Clay
“Caddyshack, Animal House and Blazing Saddles not in the top 10? NO SALE!”
AGREED!
251
posted on
08/31/2017 9:35:21 PM PDT
by
apostoli
("When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Sowel)
To: Repeal The 17th
Will someone post the list one more time?
252
posted on
08/31/2017 9:47:03 PM PDT
by
ALASKA
(Watching a coup..........)
To: Phlap
The Great Race is not there? Toby Curtis?
253
posted on
08/31/2017 10:14:04 PM PDT
by
I_be_tc
To: Phlap
They didn’t include “Twentieth Century”, one of the funniest movies ever made.
To: Phlap
Big Trouble, Tim Allen, Renee Russo. Best comedy.
255
posted on
08/31/2017 11:58:23 PM PDT
by
anton
To: Phlap
"Annie Hall"? Where's "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"?
Bogus!
256
posted on
09/01/2017 5:55:08 AM PDT
by
Blogatron
(Brought to you by The American Frog Council; "Frog - The other green meat.")
To: MarkL
Watched Pulp Fiction 1st time with my wife. I was snickering and laughing out loud during the whole movie. She was shocked about the movie, almost literally, and thought I was nuts.
Watched it again with her a few mo’s later. She “got” it.
257
posted on
09/01/2017 6:19:44 AM PDT
by
saleman
To: Phlap
Yet another gross omission.
258
posted on
09/01/2017 7:41:08 AM PDT
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: Responsibility2nd
Tommy Boy not on the list?
Pfft.
259
posted on
09/01/2017 7:55:32 AM PDT
by
Justa
To: OldMissileer
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