Funniest movie ever made?

Breakage · 03-01-2009, 10:44 AM

I am not a huge fan of Blazing Saddles nor of Steve Martin-so no Jerk here.
Animal House was pretty good but-Fast Times was pretty hilarious, Let It Ride has to be in every horse players top comedies- but

I'll go with Caddyshack, put Stripes, Trading Places close behind.

billrock · 03-01-2009, 10:50 AM

Airplane was pretty funny.

deeb · 03-01-2009, 11:01 AM

Peter Sellers /pink panther series

Breakage · 03-01-2009, 11:06 AM

GReat call.

Airplane is hysterical from start to finish.

I was never a big fan of those Pink Panther movies,
kind of like Mel Brooks-I am sure High Anxiety is another Brooks comedy that most thought very funny. The Monty Python series is another one, I think these things are funny just not hysterically funny.

Kind of weird but I can't think of one Carrey movie that belongs,
and my wife is saying Ferris Bueller belongs on any of these lists-was funny but not quite as much as some of these others.

Switchin Sticks · 03-01-2009, 11:14 AM

Weekend at Bernies
Duece Bigalow Gigalo( the first one)
Cannonball Run

bigrun · 03-01-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by deeb

Peter Sellers /pink panther series

My pick also.....Naked Gun series at the top also..........all the rest mentioned great also.....

jballscalls · 03-01-2009, 11:49 AM

Major League is my favorite!! and the jackass movies,

petespocketfull · 03-01-2009, 11:51 AM

anything with chris farley.

jimmyb · 03-01-2009, 11:52 AM

Meet the parents

turfnsport · 03-01-2009, 11:53 AM

The Party with Peter Sellers

petespocketfull · 03-01-2009, 12:00 PM

SEE SPOT RUN

watched this again the other night and this scene still gets me crying.

cre8flow · 03-01-2009, 12:03 PM

planes trains and automobiles

48 hours

petespocketfull · 03-01-2009, 12:03 PM

anything CHAPLIN. nothing really hysterical but uniquely funny.

rock · 03-01-2009, 12:19 PM

I would have to say Pulp Fiction, because it has some classic scenes -- Quentin Tarantino's rant, the $5 milkshake scene at the 50's bar, and the great question -- Do we need to stab her three times?

For a consolation prize, I would say a compilation of the best of National Lampoon Vacation series.

Breakage · 03-01-2009, 12:35 PM

A lot of great moves mentioned!

Major League was a great movie, made me think of another great baseball comedy,
THe Bad News BEars-the original was a very funny movie.

mfactor · 03-01-2009, 01:20 PM

Some of my favs, Night Shift with Winkler and Keaton- Used Cars with Kurt Russell and
The Best Of Times with Kurt Russell and Robim Williams

mfactor · 03-01-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jballscalls

Major League is my favorite!! and the jackass movies,

Up Your Butt Jobu, Bartender Jobu needs a refill!!!!

jballscalls · 03-01-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mfactor

Up Your Butt Jobu, Bartender Jobu needs a refill!!!!

Still my favorite line ever is ""Hey you outta think about taking Jesus Christ as your savior, instead of fooling around with all this.' 'Ahhh Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball"

"ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY JESUS CHRIST CAN'T HIT A CURVE BALL?""

i still crack up every time Harris says that!

mfactor · 03-01-2009, 02:37 PM

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Still my favorite line ever is ""Hey you outta think about taking Jesus Christ as your savior, instead of fooling around with all this.' 'Ahhh Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball"

"ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY JESUS CHRIST CAN'T HIT A CURVE BALL?""

i still crack up every time Harris says that!

Yea that was great.

a1timer · 03-01-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mfactor

Some of my favs, Night Shift with Winkler and Keaton- Used Cars with Kurt Russell and
The Best Of Times with Kurt Russell and Robim Williams

Night Shift. I don't know why, but that was always one of my favorites, too.

NVEmil · 03-01-2009, 03:01 PM

Lot of good ones already mentioned. Something About Mary, Clerks and Slapshot.

A forgotten classic I laughed a lot @ It's a Mad, Mad World. What a cast.

I have laughed to tears at non-comedys when Ed Harris melts down in Glengarry Glenross or even Baldwin's epic 5 minutes I am in tears.

"Coffee is for closers"

bigrun · 03-01-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NVEmil

Lot of good ones already mentioned. Something About Mary, Clerks and Slapshot.

A forgotten classic I laughed a lot @ It's a Mad, Mad World. What a cast.

I have laughed to tears at non-comedys when Ed Harris melts down in Glengarry Glenross or even Baldwin's epic 5 minutes I am in tears.

"Coffee is for closers"

I'd go as far to say Baldwin's was the best 5 minute acting job ever.....outstanding.

Mad Mad World one of my all time favs..

On the same order History of the World Part 1......Mel Brooks "it's good to be King"
and Harvey Korman as 'Count de money'.....

Watched Something about Mary half dozen times....

NVEmil · 03-01-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrun

I'd go as far to say Baldwin's was the best 5 minute acting job ever.....outstanding.

Mad Mad World one of my all time favs..

On the same order History of the World Part 1......Mel Brooks "it's good to be King"
and Harvey Korman as 'Count de money'.....

Watched Something about Mary half dozen times....

Based off of that I need to check out the Brooks film. I have heard that one. Good stuff bigrun I concurr with you on Baldwin, just stellar. I can't tell you how many times I've seen that movie.

sherry · 03-01-2009, 04:17 PM

Steve Martin "The Jerk".

Breakage · 03-01-2009, 04:21 PM

SUrprised no fans of the 70's movies posted Murder By Death-wasn't that a SEllers flick?

Slapshot was a good one-what great characters the Hanson brothers were that ESPN used them in ads 30yrs after the fact.

cre8flow · 03-01-2009, 04:24 PM

Dancing With Wolves

the main character a white man from back east tells the indians where the buffalo are

i mean that is too funny

NVEmil · 03-01-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Breakage

Slapshot was a good one-what great characters the Hanson brothers were that ESPN used them in ads 30yrs after the fact.

Beta & VHS in the 80's did more for the connections of that movie than the screen revenue I would guess.....and The Jerk is not forgotten alas, I love the beginning of that one too. Don't see that one on cable at all

mountainman · 03-01-2009, 04:31 PM

Animal House. Not even close.

NVEmil · 03-01-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cre8flow

Dancing With Wolves

the main character a white man from back east tells the indians where the buffalo are

i mean that is too funny

so you probably did'nt like "Waterworld" lol

cre8flow · 03-01-2009, 04:37 PM

Havana starring Robert Redford

a successful gambler cavorting in Cuba meets a hot woman from sweden who is a member of the revolution

he successfully gets her out of a torture prison by beating the officer in charge in poker

she then goes to santa domingo 200 miles away

he subsequently goes after her driving into a war zone after knowing her 4 days and turns down a monster poker game

i got pretty close to a war zone-maybe 20-40 miles and could go no father-chickened out

then he bluffs a high level member of the military and gets her husband out capture as well

hilarious-preposterous

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Breakage Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,973	Funniest movie ever made? I am not a huge fan of Blazing Saddles nor of Steve Martin-so no Jerk here. Animal House was pretty good but-Fast Times was pretty hilarious, Let It Ride has to be in every horse players top comedies- but I'll go with Caddyshack, put Stripes, Trading Places close behind. __________________ "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather." Washington Irving Last edited by Breakage : 03-01-2009 at 10:46 AM.

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Breakage Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,973	GReat call. Airplane is hysterical from start to finish. I was never a big fan of those Pink Panther movies, kind of like Mel Brooks-I am sure High Anxiety is another Brooks comedy that most thought very funny. The Monty Python series is another one, I think these things are funny just not hysterically funny. Kind of weird but I can't think of one Carrey movie that belongs, and my wife is saying Ferris Bueller belongs on any of these lists-was funny but not quite as much as some of these others. __________________ "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather." Washington Irving Last edited by Breakage : 03-01-2009 at 11:11 AM.

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Breakage Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,973	A lot of great moves mentioned! Major League was a great movie, made me think of another great baseball comedy, THe Bad News BEars-the original was a very funny movie. __________________ "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather." Washington Irving Last edited by Breakage : 03-01-2009 at 12:38 PM.

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petespocketfull Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: rancho mirage, ca Posts: 41,081	anything CHAPLIN. nothing really hysterical but uniquely funny.

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mfactor Status: Super Horse Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 8,098	Some of my favs, Night Shift with Winkler and Keaton- Used Cars with Kurt Russell and The Best Of Times with Kurt Russell and Robim Williams __________________ I came into the league an 18 year old kid, now I'm a 25 year old man". Yeah right. "I took my moms advice". You mean the same woman who kicked out the rear window of a police car? The same woman who had you at like 15? The same woman who alledgedly had an affair with your teammate? Yeah her judgement is usually spot on....Hook

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NVEmil Status: Grade I Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,131	Lot of good ones already mentioned. Something About Mary, Clerks and Slapshot. A forgotten classic I laughed a lot @ It's a Mad, Mad World. What a cast. I have laughed to tears at non-comedys when Ed Harris melts down in Glengarry Glenross or even Baldwin's epic 5 minutes I am in tears. "Coffee is for closers" __________________ http://theyareoff.blogspot.com/

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Breakage Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,973	SUrprised no fans of the 70's movies posted Murder By Death-wasn't that a SEllers flick? Slapshot was a good one-what great characters the Hanson brothers were that ESPN used them in ads 30yrs after the fact. __________________ "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather." Washington Irving

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cre8flow Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13,924	Dancing With Wolves the main character a white man from back east tells the indians where the buffalo are i mean that is too funny

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cre8flow Status: Hall of Famer Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13,924	Havana starring Robert Redford a successful gambler cavorting in Cuba meets a hot woman from sweden who is a member of the revolution he successfully gets her out of a torture prison by beating the officer in charge in poker she then goes to santa domingo 200 miles away he subsequently goes after her driving into a war zone after knowing her 4 days and turns down a monster poker game i got pretty close to a war zone-maybe 20-40 miles and could go no father-chickened out then he bluffs a high level member of the military and gets her husband out capture as well hilarious-preposterous Last edited by cre8flow : 03-01-2009 at 04:39 PM.