What are your favorite Comedy movies?
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I remember seeing It's a Mad.....world as a kid growing up....and thought it was hysterical. Saw it recently on cable and it didn't stand the test of time. Not as runny as I remembered it!
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Myles that is so true.
I remember seeing Bonny and Clyde as well as The Wild Bunch when they were first released in the theaters and stunned by the graphic violence. Having seen both recently I thought they were good films but by today's standards somewhat ordinary
Planes Trains and Automobiles, with Steve Martin and John Candy. I saw this in the mid 80s and remember it to be funny, I'd like to watch it again. 
I saw this movie when it first came out and can't remember any movie since then at which I laughed so hard. Part of that laughter was due to the couple sitting next to us who must have had a major fight before coming to the theater because neither of them even cracked a smile. We would look at them and become hysterical.
I bought the DVD when it came out and watched it some time later. As you said, it did not stand the test of time -- at all. But I did find myself laughing at the fact that I wasn't laughing !!!
The Pink Panther Strikes Again. Who can forget the famous scene with Peter Sellers asking the hotel manager - duzzz yurrrr dugggg bhyyyt?
Talk about coincidence or ESP, my kids whipped out a DVD from our bin and said, 'dad, we're watching the Pink Panther Strikes Again, would you wanna join us?" 'I said, will be with you in a mo...' My teen son laughed the hardest, followed by my wife who must have seen that 3 times. Funny my son can go retro on movies but not on music and the NBA. No matter how many time I told him about the names of Kareem, Bird, Magic and Jordan, he keeps mixing them all up but he knows some bench players of the Clippers and the Wizards that I haven't even heard of.
Never could figure out why had such totally different rxns to the movie though. Guess I was wondering what I found funny in the first time. You?
Haven't perused the entire thread...
my contributions would include:
Dr. Strangelove
La cage aux folles (Molinaro)
Airplane! (it seems I always find something different/new to laugh about)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Annie Hall
The Gods Must Be Crazy
my contributions would include:
Dr. Strangelove
La cage aux folles (Molinaro)
Airplane! (it seems I always find something different/new to laugh about)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Annie Hall
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Y'all have listed many of my faves. Here's two that have not been mentioned:
Blame It On Rio
Defending Your Life
Blame It On Rio
Defending Your Life
Oh man - you hit the nail on the head with this one! I love that movie. And of course, Blues Bothers and The Gods Must Be Crazy. Another one... Birdcage
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A good screwball gets me every time, and a perfect early example: "It Happened One Night"
Excellent comedy construction and sequences like in "The Three Amigos" is a thumbs up.
If people get "The Castle", as in ROFL, then you understand the humour of people from my part of the world ...
Frank
A good screwball gets me every time, and a perfect early example: "It Happened One Night"
Excellent comedy construction and sequences like in "The Three Amigos" is a thumbs up.
If people get "The Castle", as in ROFL, then you understand the humour of people from my part of the world ...
Frank
Classic 80s comedy. I must have seen it a few times. One movie wherein another girl, Michelle Johnson had more 'body' than Demi Moore.
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