re: Greatest comedy of all time

Posted by Woodreaux

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Posted on 2/20/15 at 3:00 pm to 632627

Harlem Nights

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 2/20/15 at 3:49 pm to DivotBreath

quote:
The Gods Must Be Crazy

so very funny.

What was with the sequel, however? So very bad.

Take the Money and Run
A Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Sleeper
Bananas
Love and Death
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But
Were Afraid to Ask)

This post was edited on 2/20/15 at 5:25 pm

Posted by S.E.C. Crazy

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:47 am to 632627

I will go with a tie.

Duck Soup or My man Godfrey.

Posted by animalcracker

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:04 pm to S.E.C. Crazy

for a clean movie i think RV is the funniest. then Life, Wedding Crashers, Harlem Nights.

Posted by Poodlebrain

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:29 pm to animalcracker

Surprising that the only Peter Sellers movie mentioned is Dr. Stangelove. I would have thought Inspector Clouseau would get more love.

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Posted by Alan Garner

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:43 pm to Poodlebrain

this is such a hard thing to do

Animal House
Ghostbusters
Mad Mad Mad World
Coming To America
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
Trading Places
The Gods Must Be Crazy

There are so many more great comedies, its hard to narrow. Might just have to be by decade...

Posted by SpaceCop200

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 3:09 pm to 632627

mad mad mad world
dumb and dumber
this is the end

Posted by Buck Magnum

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 5:38 pm to 632627

Revenge of the Nerds

Posted by Othello

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 6:01 pm to 632627

PCU

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:16 pm to Poodlebrain

quote:
Surprising that the only Peter Sellers movie mentioned is Dr. Stangelove. I would have thought Inspector Clouseau would get more love.

Yeah, A Shot in the Dark is definitely up there.....

Posted by S.E.C. Crazy

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 8:53 pm to Dandy Lion

My favorite was Pink Panther strikes again.

Most all were good.

For the person who down voted my choice, Duck Soup is in the top 100 movies ever made. I doubt Dumb and Dumber will eve get close.

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 9:13 pm to S.E.C. Crazy

quote:
Dumb and Dumber

also, I´ve seen that Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall movie mentioned more than once in this thread. Really, really bad movie.

Posted by greygotigers

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:28 pm to 632627

Super bad

Posted by LSUtoOmaha

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:31 pm to greygotigers

Airplane.

Posted by Godfather1

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:34 pm to Hooligan's Ghost

quote:

madmadmadmad world

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Posted by Methuselah

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Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:40 pm to 632627

If you're not limiting it to movies, then Fawlty Towers is far and away the funniest comedy I've seen.

If it's just movies, funniest to me is Airplane. Followed closely by Princess Bride (yes I'd put it in the comedy genre).

Of those mentioned above, I really liked Young Frankenstien and Mad Mad Mad Mad World.