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Turbineguy
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surfered
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(26,545 posts)jack lemon got knocked out briefly by a pie . said later it felt like getting hit with concrete . there was a blaring production error in the fight when the director shouted pull as in skeet shooting. i wonder if the grips had fun throwing the pies at peter falk as he was in frame and no one else was.
Turbineguy
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(653 posts)Natalie Wood briefly choked when a pie hit her opened mouth.
At the end of filming of the pie fight, director Blake Edwards called "CUT" and was hit hundreds of pie the cast and crew had hidden.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
debm55
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AllaN01Bear
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Duck Soup. A classic with machine gun quick dialogue loaded with innuendo, puns and literally the kitchen sink.
debm55
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catbyte
(37,362 posts)Or Pee Wee's Big Adventure
My taste in humor is sometimes not very highbrow.
Don't judge me.
debm55
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FuzzyRabbit
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Newark65
(7 posts)Twentieth Century
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CrispyQ
(40,001 posts)So many good scenes. I thought the movie was funny & clever.
debm55
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lark
(25,257 posts)I love these 3 and watch them every chance I get! I'm sure there are others I'll remember as people post them, but these are the 3 I thought of first.
debm55
(48,597 posts)The show by throw hot dogs, TP paper, etc at the screen?
lark
(25,257 posts)Folks were way into it. People with costumes on stage, people throwing toilet paper, people wearing corsets and lingerie, it was a total blast! I laughed so hard and even better, it was my first time seeing it.
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lark
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Ritabert
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Brainstormy
(2,481 posts)Hands down. But some great ones in this thread!
debm55
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Karadeniz
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bottomofthehill
(9,216 posts)And it always makes me laugh.
Permanut
(7,336 posts)And Fred Gwynn -
"What's a yoot?
Ocelot II
(126,107 posts)Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind.
debm55
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Silent Type
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MuseRider
(34,837 posts)Maybe Waiting for Guffman would win out for me. Anyone who has ever done local theater in a small town could not watch this without just losing it. I have done a lot of it and it is not done for giggles but for those who love it no matter what. Good for the communities and anyone involved. The movie is wonderful and so true all the way to the sense of accomplishment those involved feel and the experience of the audience.
PS I live in a very small town and have played endless shows like this. It is fun. People learn and get better and that is fun too, we all get better until the trombone player behind you pokes you in the back with his slide.
That show is totally serious but also funny. There is at least one Corky in every town.
debm55
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He hates those cans. Stay away from the Cans.
hlthe2b
(110,718 posts)at the time)...
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BOSSHOG
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displacedvermoter
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(3,189 posts)It gets funnier every time I watch it again. And that without trying to match the Dude drink for drink, toke for toke.
debm55
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Borogove
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CanonRay
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2MuchNoise
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hedda_foil
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Keepthesoulalive
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(177,980 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,705 posts)justaprogressive
(4,732 posts)The funniest movie ever made:
"A Shot in the Dark"
I rest my case

TommieMommy
(2,203 posts)There's so many great funny movies, too many to list. 😁 The pink panther etc.
neeksgeek
(1,235 posts)"Have fun storming the castle!"
debm55
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macwriter
(252 posts)loved the pairing of Crystal and De Niro.
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mwmisses4289
(1,570 posts)Hudson Hawk. Bruce Willis plays Hudson Hawk, a cat burglar who gets out of jail and is persuaded to do one last heist. The running joke through the film is that Hawk just wants a cappuccino, and every time he gets one, something happens.
My other favorite is Earth Girls are Easy. Geena Davis stars as a young Valley Girl (yes, I'm dating myself, lol) who has an alien space craft crash into her swimming pool. Jeff Goldblum stars as one of the aliens. This film is, I think, one of the earliest films for Davis, Goldblum, Jim Carrey, and a bunch of other folks who ended up becoming well known film and comedy stars.
No redeeming qualities to either of these movies except they are campy, funny, I want to watch something goofy on a rainy day type movies.
(Apologies for the long winded post, not many people know about these two movies, and im hoping others might want to watch them from the little blurbs i posted, lol. 😃 )
debm55
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spaceballs.
star wars . the first one . note in the dedication: for mr Laurel and mr hardy
close encounters of the third kind . mr spielburg had a wikid sense of humor in that film if u know where to look for it.
star trek the voyage home.( the one about the whales ) esp the transparent alunimun gag.
chitty chitty bang bang.
debm55
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speak easy
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dickthegrouch
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Upthevibe
(9,657 posts)These aren't that well known but a couple are: Flirting With Disaster and Election.
There are many, many more but these are little known gems that are quite nuisanced.
Great post!
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customerserviceguy
(25,246 posts)And it had all that great music, too!
mopinko
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customerserviceguy
(25,246 posts)Country and Western!
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boonecreek
(1,143 posts)Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Not big boff comedy, but biting dark satire. Saw it with my parents when
it first came out as they were big Peter Sellers fans and thought it was
one of the funniest movies I'd ever seen.
debm55
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Buzz cook
(2,751 posts)A Peter Sellers masterpiece
But so many more.
The Producers. Young Frankenstein. A Night at the Opera. Christmas Vacation. And more.
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no_hypocrisy
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(52,359 posts)Mike Nichols and Buck Henry? Comic geniuses.

Niagara
(10,804 posts)The Birdcage
My Cousin Vinny
The Money Pit
Groundhog Day
debm55
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FalloutShelter
(13,595 posts)NOTHING will ever beat this ending-
wryter2000
(47,915 posts)Great movie
debm55
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LoisB
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LoisB
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wryter2000
(47,915 posts)Except its jarring to see OJ Simpson
debm55
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C_U_L8R
(47,699 posts)Seen it a bazillion times and it's always hilarious. Buck Henry wit along Bogdanovich directing and an amazing cast.
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Fichefinder
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Dorothy V
(362 posts)usual suspects; Airplane, the original Blues Brothers, and Some Like It Hot.
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Tarzanrock
(1,223 posts)Mike Nichols other comedy, The Fortune, is absolutely terrific and hilariously funny. I always thought that Jack Nicholson should have received an 'Oscar' for this movie -- especially the scenes where he 'panics' and then cooly confesses to a 'murder' which never actually happened. Warren Beatty is at the top of his game. This is one of his best pictures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortune
The Fortune is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carole Eastman (credited under the pseudonym Adrien Joyce) focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role.
Nicky Wilson and Oscar Sullivan are inept 1920s scam artists in the Northeastern United States who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa "Freddie" Bigard, the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She loves the already married Nicky, but because the Mann Act prohibits him from taking her across state lines and engaging in immoral relations, he proposes that she marry Oscar and then carry on an affair with the man she wants. Oscar, who is wanted for embezzlement and anxious to get out of town, is happy to comply with the plan, although he intends to claim his spousal privileges after they are wed.
Once they reach Los Angeles, the men try everything they can to separate Freddie from her inheritance without success, but with sufficient determination to arouse her suspicions. When she announces her plan to donate her money to charity, Nicky and Oscar conclude that murder might be their only recourse if they're going to get rich quick. Eventually arrested for the murder, Nicky and Oscar confess everything to the Los Angeles Police Department. This leads to unusual complications when the arresting detective meets the very-alive Freddie, who passed out and was oblivious to the entire "murder", and is shocked to hear the story.
debm55
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Wicked Blue
(8,139 posts)It's Frank-en-STEEN!"
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lisa58
(5,792 posts)My Cousin Vinny
Back to School
Uncle Buck
to name a few
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ClimateHawk
(355 posts)RIP Val Kilmer
debm55
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1938, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and the title character is a big cat, a tame leopard. My favorite line in the movie: "Because he knows where my intercostal clavicle is!" I crack up every time I hear that line. You have to watch the movie to get the context, and the humor. You can watch it free on YouTube:
Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds get my second- and third-place votes. Animal House was going to be made here where I live, the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri, but the Board of Curators met and declared that they did not want that movie made here. BIG mistake, that movie is an American film classic and I SO wish they had made it here. It was filmed on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.
Ron
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redstatebluegirl
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alwaysinasnit
(5,470 posts)with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Down_the_House_(film)
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yellowdogintexas
(23,374 posts)Blazing Saddles
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
The Princess Bride
The Great Race
Some LIke it Hot
Arsenic and Old Lace
Victor, Victoria
What's Up Doc
Undercover Blues a little known but hilarious movie with Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid and Stanley Tucci
Animal House
Pink Panther Series
Anything Marx Brothers
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pansypoo53219
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pansypoo53219
(22,411 posts)Onthefly
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beemerphill
(576 posts)It is either Where the Buffalo Roam or Animal House.
The World would be a sadder place without these two.
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berniesandersmittens
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(2,412 posts)Freaking hilarious!
debm55
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TrunKated
(274 posts)Also...
Sherlock. Jr., Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Duck Soup, Take the Money and Run. Stuff like that.
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Oeditpus Rex
(42,130 posts)60-something times (stopped counting at 60), watched/read a ton of trivia about it, have The Book of the Film, snd I still don't know everything about it I want to know. Llike, why did they omit the "King Brian the Wild" scene? On paper, it was hilarious.
But,ask me anything about it, anyway, or about Monty Python in general.
central scrutinizer
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(601 posts)Glorfindel
(10,137 posts)the later remake, "Rat Race." Both are hilarious.
Captain Zero
(8,161 posts)And I had never realized before how much he does it, but Peter Sellers absolutely murders English with his 'French' accent. 😜😂
returnee
(601 posts)LOL throughout. Damon and Casey Affleck are great together.
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Wiz Imp
(6,133 posts)Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Court Jester
Road To Morocco
American Graffiti
Annie Hall
Nine To Five
Bayard
(26,053 posts)I'll watch it any time its on, even if its only the last 5 minutes.
Buckaroo Bonzai. John Lithgow is priceless.
Bennie & Joon, one of my favorite movies in general.
Of course, Princess Bride and Blues Brothers.
ZDU
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ZDU
(590 posts)Candy corn, jelly beans, and Gummy Bears! Classic!
pacalo
(24,780 posts)The interaction between overprotective, sardonic mother (Eileen Heckart) and Goldie Hawn's character make "Butterflies Are Free" a close second; I saw the movie 4 times at the theater.
Vacation is a close third. I saw the movie at the theater when I was pregnant. I thought my laughter was going to put me in labor mode.
It's very hard to choose just one.
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LSparkle
(12,079 posts)Great funny songs too!
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DinahMoeHum
(23,083 posts)Who can forget this image?
I once had a party where I showed first Cat Ballou, then Blazing Saddles.
Haven't watched most westerns with a straight face since then.
Bluestocking
(178 posts)ailsagirl
(24,258 posts)Also Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Night at the Opera (Marx Brothers)
WheelWalker
(9,336 posts)Animal House and anything with Gene Wilder are still my top choices however
Morbius
(583 posts)But here's another, which deserves some notoriety:
The original romantic comedy:
It Happened One Night (1935)
The Wizard
(13,276 posts)FadedMullet
(324 posts).....flick. It was terrible. Unwatchable.
pandr32
(13,231 posts)My whole family loved both of them
debm55
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Used Cars
Brain Donors
Funny Bones plus
Anything with the Marx Brothers
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Doc_Technical
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FarPoint
(14,113 posts)It remains funny every time I watch it....
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buzzycrumbhunger
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and Fear and Loathing, depending on the drugs at the time.
Judi Lynn
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High Anxiety, Italian film, Bread and Chocolate, W.C. Fields old movies
On edit:
I just read earlier thread posts, and saw Glorfindel's designation of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", and realized that was the one I was thinking of when I wrote "Amazing Race" by mistake! It had an enormous cast, too, with many comedians of the time involved in the production.
Sorry to confuse the names.
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MoonlightHillFarm
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LogDog75
(653 posts)Some have been mentioned like The Great Race, Blazing Saddles, and The Producers.
Here are some of my favorites:
Arsenic and Old Lace
Rat Race
Start the Revolution Without Me
Airplane!
Joe Dirt
Mr. Bean
The Pink Panther
Topper
My Man Godfrey
The Devil and Miss Jones
sestina
(417 posts)When We First Met 2018
Deadpool 2016
Mr. Right 2015
50 First Dates 2004
Sideways 2004
Groundhog Day 1999
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OldBaldy1701E
(8,427 posts)Then...
Ruthless People
Army of Darkness (Some call it horror due to the first two films, 'Evil Dead' and 'Evil Dead II', but Bruce Campbell went all out for the third one. It is hysterical.)
Smokey and the Bandit
Blazing Saddles (Of course)
Hocus Pocus
There are many others for sure...
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Tiny Tabby
(49 posts)Eddie Murphy:
Trading Places
Coming to America
Beverly Hills Cop
Being from San Francisco
What's Up Doc?
But all time favorite is Some Like it Hot
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retread
(3,873 posts)Marx Bros, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
debm55
(48,597 posts)the OP.
underpants
(191,559 posts)Blazing Saddles is up there but the comedy timing of Ricky Bobby is perfect.
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catbyte
(37,362 posts)High Anxiety. Mel Brooks, lol.
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Emile
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