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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

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To: OldMissileer

Tell me, Missilier . . . what fraternity would pledge a “man” like you?


221 posted on 08/31/2017 7:14:01 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee")
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To: Phlap

Clearly these comedy experts are trying to be “cultured” in their assessments.

Whatever makes you laugh is the best comedy.


222 posted on 08/31/2017 7:22:05 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Phlap

One of the gauges of a classic movie with good writing is whether or not you can have lines just roll out of your mouth. Everyone has their favorite movie, but when the lines become part of the culture...that is a classic.


223 posted on 08/31/2017 7:26:49 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: DiogenesLamp

I decided some 15 years ago or so that SITR is my #1 movie, period. It has everything perfect, but perhaps no “drama”.

It’s short and sweet (1-1/2 hrs), to the point, hilarious, and wonderful in songs and dance.

There is physical humor but LOTS of quotable humor due to Lina Lamont, and at her expense. “What am I, dumb er sumthin?” (yes). That voice!

OK, I’ll stop trying to sell it. It’s usually rated #1 musical for good reason. It was not a broadway adaption, either. Some may find the “ballet” dull but I think it’s entertaining, and MUCH better (and shorter - again, key) than Kelly’s overrated “ballet” in his American in Paris the year prior.


224 posted on 08/31/2017 7:27:46 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Eddie Murphy was in top form in the ‘80s, but seemed to drop off due to his poor choices of films. Has he even done stand-up in 25 years ?

"Delirious" is still as funny today as it was back in 1983, and Eddie probably could never get away with half of that material today (especially stuff like, Gay Mr. T)

225 posted on 08/31/2017 7:29:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger

Thank you.


226 posted on 08/31/2017 7:32:15 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: Repeal The 17th
"As Good As It Gets"

"No Time For Sargents"

227 posted on 08/31/2017 7:40:52 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter (proawakileftist)
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To: dfwgator

I don’t think they’ve run that on cable in years. I saw “Raw” in reruns several times, but it seems like it’s been 20 or more years since I saw it. I can’t even remember the last time I saw “Delirious.” But you’re right, the PC police and Gaystapo would go ape$hit with most of his material. Shows how fascist this country has gotten on pandering to sodomites as delicate little daisies.


228 posted on 08/31/2017 7:56:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Vermont Lt

How could I forget “Beetlejuice” ?

“I’ve seen the Exorcist about 167 times, and it keeps getting funnier, every single time I see it... “


229 posted on 08/31/2017 8:00:03 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: yarddog

>>Most of these lists are awful.
>>
>>This one is worse than most.

I was impressed that movies like Blazing Saddles and Team America were in there. I figured the BBC was at the PC stage where movies like that would just get disappeared from history.


230 posted on 08/31/2017 8:03:48 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Exactly.

I can hear Michael Keaton delivering that line. That is gold.


231 posted on 08/31/2017 8:06:40 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
Tell me, Missilier . . . what fraternity would pledge a “man” like you?

That movie is comedy gold

"Do you mind if we dance wiff your dates?"

I am laughing just thinking about it and typing this reply.

232 posted on 08/31/2017 8:17:14 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: OldMissileer

“The Negroes took our dates !”


233 posted on 08/31/2017 8:31:20 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: OldMissileer

The first fifteen minutes especially. The frat rush. ROTC

The Omegas pushing The Wimp and The Blimp over to the Deplorables Bunch was the funniest movie scene ever

I’ve never been in a movie house where the audience was bent over laughing. The theater was nuts. 1978. I think most us knew people like the characters and could relate


234 posted on 08/31/2017 8:38:46 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee")
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To: the OlLine Rebel
I hate Woody Allen. Boring. Never mind how ugly and liberal he is.

While I can't stand him, before his eccentricities became public, he made some really hilarious movies, especially his older movies: Everything you Ever Wanted to know about Sex, Sleeper, and then there's my personal favorite, Take the Money and Run.

Mark

235 posted on 08/31/2017 8:50:42 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
It was really the Judge that made that movie.

That and Marissa Tomei. She deserved the Academy Award she received for that role.

Mark

236 posted on 08/31/2017 8:57:46 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: daler
Amazon Women on the Moon

Starring "Lots of Stars!"

It starts off with Arsenio Hall having a bad day, and it takes off from there. A great John Landis movie.

Mark

237 posted on 08/31/2017 9:02:11 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: miss marmelstein
You can say that but then you probably believe the Loch Ness monster was Jack the Ripper, don’t you?

Hey, it was proven using undiscovered evidence!

Mark

238 posted on 08/31/2017 9:03:46 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: BlueLancer
However, there is one movie out there that I truly enjoy that I believe that I am the only person who ever watched it: Undercover Blues - 1993 - Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, and Stanley Tucci.

Make that 2 of us! It's one of my favorite movies. Stanley Tucci was amazing in that movie. I think Chris Tucker borrowed his scream for "The Fifth Element," which is another terrific movie, but I don't think I'd classify it as a comedy, though it was full of humor.

Mark

239 posted on 08/31/2017 9:06:55 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“I know a Bigfoot when I see one! Don’t bring a Bigfoot into my home, Gus! With my children? The bitch can’t talk! She can’t walk a flight of steps! She’s not trained well, Gus! She can *not* walk steps! I’ll bet she climbs the .... outta trees, though, don’t she, Gus?”


240 posted on 08/31/2017 9:08:08 PM PDT by dfwgator
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