Your favorite comedies...?

[bliss_eternal]

Dh is calling me in 20 minutes, I need rental ideas...

Thanks!

[KitchenWitch]

1. A Fish Called Wanda

[readermostly]

3. Absolutely!! Wish I would have thought of that one!!

[bliss_eternal]

6. Sooo funny!

We recently rented this one, but thanks--you have good taste! So rare to find a film where EVERY character is just ridiculously funny...

Such a good one!

[readermostly]

2. An oldie favorite of mine is "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". I also have

enjoyed "Something About Mary" and several of Ben Stiller's movies, like the "Meet the Parents" and the sequel. Hope this helps.

[bliss_eternal]

8. Never seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

so I'll ask him to look for this one. Thank you! Welcome to DU, readermostly!

:hi:

[readermostly]

12. Thank you for the welcome!! "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is with Steve

Martin and Michael Caine at their comedy best!

[nytemare]

47. That was an excellent flick.

I bought it on DVD a couple of weeks ago. Ruprecht is the best!

[WCGreen]

4. Raising Arizona

[bliss_eternal]

10. Holly Hunter, Nic Cage and the brothers--

Great combination--great film! Thanks for the rec!

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

20. HOLY SHIT!

My gut was sore for WEEKS after watching Raising Arizona!

[atomic-fly]

25. Now, what's it gonna be young feller?

Now, what's it gonna be young feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? 'Cause if'n I freeze, I can't rightly drop. And if'n I drop, I'm gonna be in motion.

[u4ic]

5. Johnny Stecchino, Without A Clue

[BigMcLargehuge]

28. Without a Clue is hilarious

definitely underrated work from Kingsley and Caine.

"Artie Morty!"

[Deja Q]

7. Airplane!

Sleeper
Bananas
Annie Hall


Three's Company
All in the Family
Chef!
The Critic

[bliss_eternal]

9. I love Airplane!

We recently saw that one, too--But I haven't seen Bananas or Annie Hall. Thank you!

:hi:

I wish I could rent the Critic--such a great show/toon--still don't get why it was cancelled. So funny!

[bliss_eternal]

11. Has anyone see the alleged 'uncut, unrated Old School'?

Saw the first one, wasn't sure if this newer version warranted a rental consideration or not.

I heard the 'newer' Dodgeball really didn't have anything different other than a sequence with dancing girls. :eyes:

[hickman1937]

13. Waiting for Guffman, and the first Ghostbusters.

I know, seen it too many times but it is still hilarious.

[hickman1937]

14. One more, It Happened One Night.

I watched it with my son last year and was amazed at how much he laughed. This is a guy that believes that the Kings of Comedy, and Blue Collar Comedy are the best.

[bliss_eternal]

18. I ADORE 'It Happened One Night!'

It's one of those films, that I will watch absolutely any time I see it on television. Just love it!

Thank you for responding to my panicked plea! LOL!

[Initech]

15. The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!

I wish they would release the original Police Squad TV show on DVD already! :grr:

[bliss_eternal]

21. Do you believe, I've never seen this one?!

This is going on my list...

[Initech]

58. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????

It's only one of the single funniest fucking movies ever made! And unlike a lot of comedies, it only gets funnier the more you watch it!

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Blazing Saddles; Young Frankenstein; Ghostbusters; Beavis and Butthead

do America; Stripes; The Royal Tannenbaums; Smokey and the Bandit; Love Story; All the Marx Brothers movies, esp. Duck Soup

[bliss_eternal]

19. I giggle like an idiot at anything Groucho Marx says...

I LOVE that man! So damned funny to me.

Smokey and the Bandit is a classic! Dh is a big Beavis and Butthead Do America, fan. We both love Stripes!

I'm going to have to try the Royal Tannenbaums, never seen that one...

Thanks for the ideas!

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. You have good taste!

Warning, though - Tannenbaums is a very different kind of humor than the other movies I listed, which are more "in your face" funny.

[bliss_eternal]

37. Thank you--so do you, based on your recommendations

that I've already seen!

:thumbsup:

On edit, I had to add that one of my favorite things as a kid, was staying up late in the summer time, to watch (very old, syndicated) episodes of Groucho's game show. I got the biggest kick out of the secret word, and watching that fake bird thingie, fall out of the ceiling...!

I recall reading that Tannenbaums, was 'different.' Still worthy of a viewing.

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. Yep, 'different' and worthy of a viewing.

Gene Hackman is fantastic in it. Ben Stiller, as always, is perfection. Bill Murray, hilarious.

I used to watch the old game show too late at night!

And of our local TV stations on Sunday afternoons would always play an old classic funny movie, and they had the Marx Brothers, Ma and Pa Kettle, Francis the Talking Mule, and some others in rotation.

[bliss_eternal]

66. I miss those Sunday afternoon classic movies

on television. I used to watch those with my grandmother! LOL! Marx brothers, Ma and Pa Kettle, Shirley Temple movies, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney movies! Now AMC won't even show them... :eyes:

I'm thankful for Turner Classic Movies--even more thankful that he stopped colorizing them!

My husband still gets misty remembering Tom Hatten drawing, while showing Popeye cartoons on Sunday mornings when were kids. LOL!

[jane_pippin]

17. Wet Hot American Summer

[jane_pippin]

64. Dammit! This is a great movie! Nobody else knows it? I don't buy that.

[Fox Mulder]

22. Bad Santa.

Probably the funniest movie I've ever seen to date.

[bliss_eternal]

35. Do you know

if there is any gross humour in Bad Santa?

I wanted to see that movie, and have actually seen it in bits and pieces on cable. Only about five minutes. What I saw was really funny--but I have a weird thing about gross humour (like on-screen vomiting)--it's enough to totally turn me off from a movie...

I know this is an odd, and totally bizarre question. But I have a thing about it.

[nytemare]

49. There is a scene at the beginning like that.

It is from a far distance, though.

[bliss_eternal]

55. Doesn't sound too bad...

..thank you for the warning! :hi:

[nytemare]

56. No problem.

There is a lot of cussing. The only version I actually saw of it was called "Badder Santa". So, if bad language isn't your thing, be warned.

Otherwise, enjoy the laugh fest.

[bliss_eternal]

57. Bad language--no problem!

:hi:

[nytemare]

50. That movie has gotten plenty of watches on my DVD player.

And it is still funny to me.

Crude and real, but sort of heartwarming, in a strange way.

[gmoney]

24. The Jerk

Still really holds up after all these years.

But you can't go wrong with Raising Arizona and most of the ones listed here.

[CanuckAmok]

60. "Wow, a cosmetologist. It must be tough handling weightlessness"

Best movie ever.

Also, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"

[atomic-fly]

26. Raising Arizona, Office Space, Napolean Dynamite

[bliss_eternal]

32. I 've heard several times that Office Space is funny

I have to give it a try--thanks!
:hi:

[Digit]

27. There's Something About Mary

[Poiuyt]

43. I laughed harder at Something About Mary than any other film

Also Young Frankenstein and Used Cars

[Deep13]

29. Funniest and most underrated film ever:

Not Another Teenage Movie.

It is not for those with delicate sensibilities. Tremendous attention to detail. Hillarious.

[bliss_eternal]

31. When it was originally released, the ads cracked me up

The one guy saying,"...that's whack!" As the obligatory, teen movie,hip black character. :rofl:

Thanks for the recommendation!

[Divameow77]

30. Chappelle Show

Dave Chappelle cracks me up, before he got all weird.

My husband made me watch the R. Kelly video again and I thought I was gonna pee my pants.

[Beware the Beast Man]

33. "That's my Robert, always peeing on people."

"Be sure to get it in her hair, Robert."

:rofl:

[Gregorian]

34. THE YOUNG ONES

I freaked out when I found that my 80 year old mom and dad like it too.

[GrumpyGreg]

36. Best in Show---I think that's the name-about the dog shows

[bliss_eternal]

38. Welcome to DU, Grumpy Greg!

:hi:

That movie is SO funny! What I saw of it, had me cracking up! Thanks for recommending it!

[GrumpyGreg]

40. Thank you for the nice welcome.

[philosophie_en_rose]

39. Mallrats

The most underrated comedy ever. :)

There's a new version out with an assasination plotline. The movie is a thousand times better.

[HEyHEY]

51. I love that movie

"Jesus CHRIST! What's going on here?"

[philosophie_en_rose]

61. I couldn't ever eat a chocolate pretzel again.

:D

[Mojambo]

41. Noises Off

I always thought this flick was a tad underrated.

It's got some great physical comedy, from some folks who are sadly no longer with us.

[nytemare]

46. What a great cast in that movie.

Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Carol Burnett!! I laughed my ass off at that movie.

[TroubleMan]

42. Blazing Saddles, History of The World Part I, To Be or Not To Be

All Mel Brooks classics.


A friend just let me see Super Troopers...it was hilarious.

[FrankBooth]

44. Here's some more

Four Weddings and a Funeral (rom com)
Brain Candy
Kingpin
Groundhog Day
Caddyshack
Any Mr. Show DVD
Any Monty Python DVD
Any Kids in the Hall DVD
The Big Lebowski (not straight comedy but funny as hell)


That's all I can come up with ...

[TroubleMan]

48. Oh yeah, Mony Python's "Life of Brian"...anybody would like that

Of course the rest are funny, too.

[Mojambo]

59. OMG I could watch Life of Brian every day for the rest of my life

and not get tired of it.

I feel the same way about Stir Crazy. The first half of that movie is just desperately funny.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

45. The In-Laws

The original with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. The remake blew chunks.

[Az]

52. The funniest movie ever made: The Producers

[bliss_eternal]

67. We recently rented that one! Something about Gene Wilder

going into hysterics--sooooo funny! No one gets hysterical like Wilder!

[castiron]

53. Young Frankenstein

[mikefromwichita]

54. Office Space

funny as hell by having a ring of real world truth.

[tarkus]

63. Chasing Amy. Not only the best comedy ever... the best movie ever.

I have seen it a million times and it only gets better.

[Rabrrrrrr]

70. That is a great movie!

And could be Smith's best movie.

I wouldn't put it in the "best movie ever" zone, but it's a great movie nonetheless!

[dajoki]

65. "planes, trains and automobiles"

:rofl:

[Justpat]

68. The Full Monty

[Zero Division]

69. This is Spinal Tap

Just thinking of the Stonehenge scene.....:rofl: