The 80's are the worst offender because that decade of movies is so tied to its time. It's inescapable, every 80's comedy screams 80's movie. It's a sub-genre within a genre.

The comedies from the 60's feel more eternal.

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Posted by Tigah in the ATL

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I will say that I've never been a fan of Monty Python comedies

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Posted by etm512

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 12:45 pm to Tigah in the ATL

I'm a fan of Monty Python but I can recognize that it is VERY different brand of comedy and will not appeal to everyone.

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Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 12:46 pm to Baloo

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Comedy doesn't age well, as a general rule. What we find funny changes as society changes. Which means I think we'll always been drawn to more recent comedies, in general, than older ones. Not to say some old comedies do not absolutely hold up, but they are the exception.

This.

Now limit it to the comedies that stand the test of time and you might have an argument.

But the 90's and of course the 00's are still to close to show their age.

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Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 12:52 pm to Freauxzen

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But the 90's and of course the 00's are still to close to show their age.

Early to mid 90's movies have probably got enough age on them now to determine if they have help up or not.

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 12:56 pm to iwyLSUiwy

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Early to mid 90's movies have probably got enough age on them now to determine if they have help up or not.

Yeah and the majority of them are just ok.

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Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 1:18 pm to OMLandshark

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Yeah and the majority of them are just ok.

Not counting the three you agreed with, but out of my list, I think these were made in 95 and earlier and are really great comedies. Could be wrong on the years though.

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Austin Powers
Groundhog Day
Ace Ventura's
There's Something About Mary
Tommy Boy
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Office Space
The Wedding Singer
Cable Guy
The Sandlot
Mystery Men
Robin Hood: MIT
Rush Hour
The Mask
Father of the Bride's
Waynes World
Friday
Clerks
Ed Wood
Shakespeare In Love
Get Shorty
Home Alone
Liar Liar
Romy and Michelle
The Birdcage
City Slickers
A Night At the Roxbury
Waiting For Guffman
Kingpin
American Pie
Life
Heavy Weights
Major Payne

Im pretty sure quite a few more were made pre 95, those are just the ones I consider great. I still think all those are pretty dang good. And im sure im forgetting quite a few movies.

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Posted by glaucon

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 1:23 pm to iwyLSUiwy

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Early to mid 90's movies have probably got enough age on them now to determine if they have help up or not.

So I have been going through the 90's comedies and I am finding that they don't hold up all that well. Looking over lists of the decade's comedies, only about 6 of them really stood out to me as classics or potential classics: Dumb & Dumber, Office Space, Happy Gilmore, Groundhog Day, Clerks, and The Big Lebowski. Two of the classics of the decade, Big Leboski and Groundhog Day, are technically comedies but don't fit the genre particularly well. There are 6-7 others that I think are still pretty funny but suspect they will continue to age badly. Compared to the listed films from the 70's and 80's, I don't think the 90's fair well at all. I have a feeling that it similar for the 00's once we have some distance from them (although I suspect Apatow's productions will push the decade above the 90's as a whole).

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Posted by chinese58

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 1:45 pm to iwyLSUiwy

did your forget or do you just not like these?
1970's
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
MASH
Little Big Man
The Longest Yard
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Bad News Bears
1941
Smokey and the Bandit

80's
AIRPLANE!
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I
DR. DETROIT
Back to the Future
Fish Called Wanda, A
Bull Durham
Princess Bride
Blues Brothers
Diner
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Romancing the Stone
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Big
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Trading Places
Beverly Hills Cop
Stripes
My Favorite Year
Moonstruck
Arthur

What movies from the (0's and 00's are so great?
(not challenging but I think a lot of today's popular movies will be like Fast Times... is for younger people today-dated)

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Posted by WG_Dawg

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 1:50 pm to chinese58

I will never, for as long as I live, understand the fascination with Dr. Strangelove. Maybe I'm too young or just "don't get it", but I've watched it from beginning to end twice and was bored to tears both times. I never laughed out loud and maybe only smirked a few times.

I just don't understand why this movie is so widely considered as one of the greatest comedies of all time.

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Posted by chinese58

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 1:53 pm to WG_Dawg

You must not be old enough to have had to do "air raid" drills in elementary school.

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Posted by mule74

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 1:57 pm to iwyLSUiwy

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Coming to America
Caddyshack

Add Animal House and you have my three favorite stick comedies of all time.

Although am also a big fan of Spinal Tap, Guffman, Best in Show et al.

Also the Big Lebowski. But overall the 90s sucked.

The 00s have seen a return to true comedies.

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Posted by WG_Dawg

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:13 pm to chinese58

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You must not be old enough to have had to do "air raid" drills in elementary school.

That's correct, but I wasn't alive during the time period depicted in other films that I appreciate. I just didn't really find it funny.

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Posted by OMLandshark

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:31 pm to iwyLSUiwy

And IWY, here is how I would rank your lisrt from the 90s.

OK films:

quote:
Ace Ventura's
Tommy Boy
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
The Wedding Singer
Cable Guy
Mystery Men
Robin Hood: MIT
Rush Hour
The Mask
Father of the Bride
Waynes World
Shakespeare In Love
Get Shorty
Home Alone
Liar Liar
Romy and Michelle
City Slickers
Waiting For Guffman
Kingpin
American Pie (no American Pie has not aged well in my opinion)
Life

Really good films

quote:
Austin Powers
There's Something About Mary
The Sandlot
Friday
Clerks
The Birdcage

But I have to admit that Office Space and Groundhog Day are classics. I was just under the impression Office Space was made in 2000 and Groundhog Day was in 1989. But A Night at the Roxbury is just terrible in every sense of the word.

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Posted by CocomoLSU

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:33 pm to iwyLSUiwy

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really great comedies

quote:
A Night At the Roxbury

Say what?

Also:

quote:
Shakespeare In Love

I don't remember that being a comedy...was it? (I may have not ever seen the whole thing)

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Posted by constant cough

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:40 pm to OMLandshark

I'd break his list down like this:

Great:

Groundhog Day

Good:

Austin Powers
Ace Ventura's
There's Something About Mary
Office Space
Cable Guy
Mystery Men
The Mask
Waynes World
Friday
Ed Wood
Get Shorty
Home Alone
Kingpin
American Pie

Average:

Tommy Boy
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
The Sandlot
Robin Hood: MIT
Rush Hour
Father of the Bride's
Liar Liar
Romy and Michelle
City Slickers

Sucked:

A Night At the Roxbury
Major Payne

Not Seen:

Waiting For Guffman
Life
Heavy Weights
The Birdcage
Shakespeare In Love
The Wedding Singer
Clerks

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Posted by F machine

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:50 pm to constant cough

From reading this thread and seeing lists of movies, I'd say the 80s is the best. Not to mention two of my favorite comedies are from the 80s: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and The Great Outdoors.

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Posted by constant cough

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:56 pm to F machine

Three of my favorite 80s comedies weren't mentioned either in this whole thread.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
A Christmas Story
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

This post was edited on 6/13/11 at 2:57 pm

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Posted by chinese58

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 2:57 pm to iwyLSUiwy

sorry,

I posted to you before without getting to your list.

We agree about these being classics:
Austin Powers
There's Something About Mary
Happy Gilmore
Office Space
The Sandlot
Waynes World
Friday
Clerks
Ed Wood
Get Shorty
Home Alone
Romy and Michelle
City Slickers
Kingpin
American Pie
Life

Haven't seen:
Waiting For Guffman
Mystery Men

Don't think these are anything special:
Tommy Boy
Billy Madison
The Wedding Singer
Rush Hour
Father of the Bride
The Birdcage
A Night At the Roxbury

Really don't like:
Groundhog Day
Ace Ventura's
Cable Guy
Robin Hood: MIT
The Mask
Shakespeare In Love
Liar Liar

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Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 6/13/11 at 4:04 pm to chinese58

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did your forget or do you just not like these?
1970's
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
MASH
Little Big Man
The Longest Yard
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Bad News Bears
1941
Smokey and the Bandit

80's
AIRPLANE!
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I
DR. DETROIT
Back to the Future
Fish Called Wanda, A
Bull Durham
Princess Bride
Blues Brothers
Diner
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Romancing the Stone
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Big
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Trading Places
Beverly Hills Cop
Stripes
My Favorite Year
Moonstruck
Arthur

Yeah I actually like a lot of those movies. I didnt get to spend a lot of time on the lists. I was on my phone.

I thought I added Airplane but turns out I didnt. And I personally dont consider the Back to the Futures and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest true comedies so I didnt consider them. But I love all four of those movies.

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