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What is your favorite comedy movie? Mine is Blazing Saddles. and Airplane. edited (Original Post) debm55 Jul 6 OP
The Great Race Turbineguy Jul 6 #1
Thank you, very much, Turbineguy. debm55 Jul 6 #2
I agree, The Great Race. Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate is hysterical surfered Jul 6 #40
dont forget the pie fight scene. AllaN01Bear Jul 6 #44
Hahahahhahahhh. Thanks for bringing up that scene. Bear. debm55 Jul 6 #46
The best pie fight in film history surfered Jul 6 #49
i think over 200 pies got thrown in that film and the director got hit by most of them AllaN01Bear Jul 6 #74
I've heard it took two days of filming for the pie fight. Turbineguy Jul 6 #158
The pie fight took five days to film LogDog75 Jul 6 #169
Thank you very much.LogDog75 for sharing that debm55 Jul 7 #173
imdb info below AllaN01Bear Jul 7 #191
Thank you very much, Bear. debm55 Jul 7 #192
a classic AltairIV Jul 6 #3
Agree, Thank you for sharing your selection, I really enjoyed the Marx Brothers. debm55 Jul 6 #4
Club Paradise catbyte Jul 6 #5
HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you catbyte. I won't judge you. Thank you for your selections. debm55 Jul 6 #9
A League of Their Own FuzzyRabbit Jul 6 #6
Thank you very much, FuzzyRabbit. Funny movie. debm55 Jul 6 #10
Favorite . . . Newark65 Jul 6 #7
Thank you very much, Newark65 for your selection and welcome to DU debm55 Jul 6 #13
Groundhog Day - "Don't drive angry." CrispyQ Jul 6 #8
Thank you very much, CrispyQ for your selection ---funny and witty. debm55 Jul 6 #15
Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors and Grandma's Boy lark Jul 6 #11
Thank you, lark for your selections. Did you ever go to a Rocky Horror Show, event? where the audience participates in debm55 Jul 6 #16
Yes. I went to a midnight viewing of RHS when I was in San Jose. lark Jul 6 #26
Thank you , lark. It is a hilarious event, debm55 Jul 6 #47
Glad you got to experience it too!! It was a "happening". lark Jul 6 #52
Animal House and Caddy Shack Ritabert Jul 6 #12
Thank you very much, Ritabert. for your selections, Both are classics. debm55 Jul 6 #20
Airplane Brainstormy Jul 6 #14
Thank you very much.Brainstormy. I don't know how many times I have seen it and still laugh out loud. debm55 Jul 6 #21
My cousin vinnie !!!!! Karadeniz Jul 6 #17
Thank you very much, Karadeniz. Great comedy film. debm55 Jul 6 #24
I watch every time I find it bottomofthehill Jul 6 #146
OMG yes, Mona Lisa Vito.. Permanut Jul 6 #157
This Is Spinal Tap and the other comedies by the same folks - Ocelot II Jul 6 #18
HAHAHAHAH. Thank you so much, Ocelot II. Your selections are great. debm55 Jul 6 #50
Mighty Wind was good, especially if one is into 60s folk music. Silent Type Jul 6 #58
Thank you very much Silent Type for you selection debm55 Jul 6 #83
OMG, Guffman, but I would always have to chose them all. MuseRider Jul 6 #144
Thank you MuseRiderFor sharing. debm55 Jul 7 #174
The Jerk BOSSHOG Jul 6 #19
Steve Martin: "The Phone book is here! The Phone book is here!" (lost context for today's youngsters but hilarious hlthe2b Jul 6 #23
Thank you very much hlthe2b. debm55 Jul 6 #54
Things are going to start happening to me now. BOSSHOG Jul 6 #73
HAHAHAHAHHAHHAH. Thank you BOSSHOG debm55 Jul 6 #51
Thank you very much. BOSSHOG debm55 Jul 6 #99
Big Lebowski displacedvermoter Jul 6 #22
Ditto unweird Jul 6 #27
That is funny, Thank you unweird. debm55 Jul 6 #32
Thank you very much, displacedvermotor. for sharing. debm55 Jul 6 #33
Same here. A true classic. Borogove Jul 6 #111
Planes, Trains and Automobiles anciano Jul 6 #25
Thank you very much, anciano for adding your selection. debm55 Jul 6 #28
Animal House CanonRay Jul 6 #29
I agree with you CanonRay. debm55 Jul 6 #55
Young Frankenstein 2MuchNoise Jul 6 #30
Thank you very much, 2MuchNoise. Very funny. debm55 Jul 6 #56
The Producers hedda_foil Jul 6 #31
Thank you very much hedda_foil for your comedy selection. debm55 Jul 6 #100
Ruthless People and Blazing Saddles Keepthesoulalive Jul 6 #34
Simon Pegg's "Hot Fuzz". greatauntoftriplets Jul 6 #35
We just watched "Three Amigos" BarbaRosa Jul 6 #36
Most of the above pay tribute to the late 20th century master: Peter Sellers justaprogressive Jul 6 #37
Vacation and Christmas vacation, Airplane, Million ways to die in the west and Uncle Buck. TommieMommy Jul 6 #38
The Princess Bride neeksgeek Jul 6 #39
Thank you, neeksgeek. I loved that movie. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Jul 6 #115
Analyze This macwriter Jul 6 #41
Thank you very much macwriter. debm55 Jul 6 #113
Mine are kinda obscure. mwmisses4289 Jul 6 #42
Thank you very much mwmisses4289 for two comedy selections. debm55 Jul 6 #96
"" AllaN01Bear Jul 6 #43
HAHAHHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, Bear for your selections. debm55 Jul 6 #95
The after sex cigarettes :rof: ! speak easy Jul 7 #193
Thank you speak easy. debm55 Jul 7 #196
A Fish Called Wanda dickthegrouch Jul 6 #45
Thank you very much dickthegrouch, I saw that movie when it came out. I LMAO debm55 Jul 6 #94
debm55.......... Upthevibe Jul 6 #48
Thank you very much Upthevibe. and thank you for two selections. debm55 Jul 6 #97
The original Blues Brothers movie customerserviceguy Jul 6 #53
2nd that. mopinko Jul 6 #82
HAHHAAHHAHAHAHA Thank you very much customerserviceguy. It's a classic debm55 Jul 6 #93
I'll bet you like both kinds of music customerserviceguy Jul 6 #116
HAHHAHAHHAHAH. Oh you debm55 Jul 6 #123
Just watched one last night. boonecreek Jul 6 #57
Thank you very much boonecreek. I missed it. debm55 Jul 6 #92
After the Fox Buzz cook Jul 6 #59
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAH, Thank you for all your hilarious movies.Buzz cook debm55 Jul 6 #62
The Graduate no_hypocrisy Jul 6 #60
Thank you very much , no-hypocrisy. debm55 Jul 6 #65
How could you go wrong between no_hypocrisy Jul 6 #89
Agree debm55 Jul 6 #91
My favorite comedies in no particular order: Niagara Jul 6 #61
Thank you Niagara. What a hilarious list! I am so glad to see you again. debm55 Jul 6 #63
Some Like It Hot FalloutShelter Jul 6 #64
Yes! wryter2000 Jul 6 #69
Thank you FalloutShelter. Love it. debm55 Jul 6 #77
Stir Crazy, Mrs. Doubtfire, Some Like it Hot. (in no particular order) LoisB Jul 6 #66
Thank you very much LoisB. Your choices are all very funny. debm55 Jul 6 #76
I forgot My Cousin Vinny LoisB Jul 6 #103
Thank you LoisB. debm55 Jul 6 #108
Police squad movies wryter2000 Jul 6 #67
HAHAHHAHAH Thank you wryter2000, Yes, it is jarrring to see him, debm55 Jul 6 #68
What's Up, Doc? C_U_L8R Jul 6 #70
HAHAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, C_U_L8R. for your very funny movie. debm55 Jul 6 #75
Got to be Porky's. Fichefinder Jul 6 #71
Thank you very much Fichefinder.for your funny selection. debm55 Jul 6 #72
Pretty much anything with Laurel and Hardy. Talkies and silents both. Add to that O Brother Where Art Thou, plus the Dorothy V Jul 6 #78
HAHAHAHHa. I really love watching the silents, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy. Thank you Dorothy V debm55 Jul 6 #90
Several people mentioned 'The Graduate' but ... Tarzanrock Jul 6 #79
Thank you very much, Tarzanrock for sharing with us. I will have to look it up; debm55 Jul 6 #88
Young Frankenstein Wicked Blue Jul 6 #80
hahahahhhhahahahhh, I remember that . Thank you very much Wicked Blue.for sharing the comedy. debm55 Jul 6 #85
Some Like it Hot, The Odd Couple... lisa58 Jul 6 #81
Thank you lisa58 what a hilarious list of comedy, debm55 Jul 6 #84
Top Secret! ClimateHawk Jul 6 #86
Thank you ClimateHawk. RIP Val Kilmer. debm55 Jul 6 #87
Loved it!!! n/t returnee Jul 6 #129
Bringing Up Baby Jeebo Jul 6 #98
HAHAHHAH, Thank you very much Jeebo. Those are comedy classics. PS I was a nerd. LOL debm55 Jul 6 #104
Animal House and Caddy Shack redstatebluegirl Jul 6 #101
HAAHAHHAHAHHAH Thank you very much for those two classics of comedy. redstatebluegirl debm55 Jul 6 #102
My number 1 is also Blazing Saddles but I also enjoy "Bringing down the House" alwaysinasnit Jul 6 #105
HAHAHHAAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much alwaysinasnit. I sawboth. Laughed my ass off. debm55 Jul 6 #106
so many comedies... yellowdogintexas Jul 6 #107
WOW, Thank you very much yellowdogintexas. You have one great list there and I do mean great. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Jul 6 #112
the burbs. i gotta stream that 1. pansypoo53219 Jul 6 #109
HAHAHAHAHA, Thank you very much pansypoo53219. I have never seen it, but I will have to after reading your post. debm55 Jul 6 #110
raizing arizona a top favorite too. burbs has tom hanks too. tropic thunder. pansypoo53219 Jul 6 #168
Oh, God! George Burns was perfect. Onthefly Jul 6 #114
Thank you very much Onthefly.He was so deadpan humor but a comedy genius debm55 Jul 6 #117
This is a toss up. beemerphill Jul 6 #118
Thank you beemerphill for both of your terrific choices. debm55 Jul 6 #119
This message was self-deleted by its author nocoincidences Jul 6 #120
Deadpool vs Wolverine or Super Troopers berniesandersmittens Jul 6 #121
Down Periscope nocoincidences Jul 6 #122
I have seen that before. Thank you nocoincidences. I laughed like heck just by watching the clip. debm55 Jul 6 #124
Monty Python and the Holy Grail... TrunKated Jul 6 #125
HHAHAHAHA I agree, Thank you very much, TrunKated. Enjoyed them all, Very funny. debm55 Jul 6 #126
I've seen 'Grail' Oeditpus Rex Jul 7 #195
Galaxy Quest; Burn After Reading central scrutinizer Jul 6 #127
Agreed on Galaxy Quest!!! n/t returnee Jul 6 #131
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and Glorfindel Jul 6 #128
Pink Panther movies for some stupid laughs Captain Zero Jul 6 #130
I just saw The Instigators. returnee Jul 6 #132
Thank you very much for sharing with us, returnee. They were both in Good Will Hunting. but that wasn't a comedy. debm55 Jul 6 #133
Thank you Captain Zero. I liked the Pink Panther movies. debm55 Jul 6 #134
A Few I haven't seen mentioned yet Wiz Imp Jul 6 #135
Definitely Galaxy Quest Bayard Jul 6 #136
Have You Lost Weight? ZDU Jul 6 #137
Thank you very much ZDU for sharing. debm55 Jul 6 #140
You're Most Welcome! ZDU Jul 6 #142
My Cousin Vinny. pacalo Jul 6 #138
HAHAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much pacalo.for sharing your selections with us. debm55 Jul 6 #143
South Park (the movie) LSparkle Jul 6 #139
HAHAHAHAHHAH. I remember that. Thank you LSparkle. debm55 Jul 6 #141
"Cat Ballou" DinahMoeHum Jul 6 #145
Young Frankenstein Bluestocking Jul 6 #147
I liked Young Frankenstein ailsagirl Jul 6 #148
Burn After Reading is pretty damn funny. WheelWalker Jul 6 #149
A lot of great comedies listed here, including my favorite. Morbius Jul 6 #150
The Producers, 1968 The Wizard Jul 6 #151
Local PBS teevee station had "A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To The Forum" last night on the Saturday night.... FadedMullet Jul 6 #152
What About Bob? Ruthless People. pandr32 Jul 6 #153
HAHAHA Thank you very much, pandr32 for sharing. debm55 Jul 6 #167
Top 3 plus Bmoboy Jul 6 #154
Thank you very much for your list Bmoboy. debm55 Jul 6 #166
Prince of space Doc_Technical Jul 6 #155
HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you , Doc_Technical for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 6 #165
ELF.... FarPoint Jul 6 #156
Yep, I watch it every year since it was made and I still laugh Thank you FarPoint. debm55 Jul 6 #164
Big Lebowski buzzycrumbhunger Jul 6 #159
Black and white film, Arsenic & Old Lace, Amazing Race, Going South w/Jack Nickelson Judi Lynn Jul 6 #160
Thank you very much Judi Lynn for your wonderful list of comedies. debm55 Jul 6 #163
A Fish Called Wanda, although not pc now MoonlightHillFarm Jul 6 #161
Thank you very much, MoonlightHillFarm for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 6 #162
So many to choose from LogDog75 Jul 6 #170
A few favorites sestina Jul 7 #171
Thank you very much, sestina. for your comedy selections. debm55 Jul 7 #172
Young Frankenstein for starters. OldBaldy1701E Jul 7 #175
Wow, Thank you very much for sharing all those comedies.OldBaldy1701E debm55 Jul 7 #176
Same. Urivalled classics. speak easy Jul 7 #177
Thank you very much, speak easy. debm55 Jul 7 #178
... speak easy Jul 7 #179
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAH. Thank you speak easy. I am going to find it and watch again. debm55 Jul 7 #180
Not mentioned yet Tiny Tabby Jul 7 #181
Than you very much , Tiny Taby for sharing your list of comedy films. debm55 Jul 7 #182
She Done Him Wrong -- Mae West, Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin, The General -- Buster Keaton, Animal Crackers - retread Jul 7 #183
Thank you very much retread for your great selections. I myself like the old wons--the silents and the two I mention in debm55 Jul 7 #186
The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is probably the funniest movie I've ever seen underpants Jul 7 #184
Thank you very much for sharing with us, underpants. debm55 Jul 7 #187
I just thought of another one... catbyte Jul 7 #185
Thank you very much for sharing, catbyte. debm55 Jul 7 #188
Monty Python "Life of Brian" Emile Jul 7 #189
HAHAHHAhAHAHhA. thank you Emile for your selection. debm55 Jul 7 #190
The Loved One Sneederbunk Jul 7 #194

AllaN01Bear

(26,545 posts)
74. i think over 200 pies got thrown in that film and the director got hit by most of them
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jul 6

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.

LogDog75

(653 posts)
169. The pie fight took five days to film
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:38 PM
Jul 6

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

AltairIV

(908 posts)
3. a classic
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:21 AM
Jul 6

Duck Soup. A classic with machine gun quick dialogue loaded with innuendo, puns and literally the kitchen sink.

catbyte

(37,362 posts)
5. Club Paradise
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:25 AM
Jul 6

Or Pee Wee's Big Adventure

My taste in humor is sometimes not very highbrow.

Don't judge me.

CrispyQ

(40,001 posts)
8. Groundhog Day - "Don't drive angry."
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:26 AM
Jul 6

So many good scenes. I thought the movie was funny & clever.

lark

(25,257 posts)
11. Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors and Grandma's Boy
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:28 AM
Jul 6

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)
16. Thank you, lark for your selections. Did you ever go to a Rocky Horror Show, event? where the audience participates in
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:34 AM
Jul 6

The show by throw hot dogs, TP paper, etc at the screen?

lark

(25,257 posts)
26. Yes. I went to a midnight viewing of RHS when I was in San Jose.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:46 AM
Jul 6

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.

debm55

(48,597 posts)
20. Thank you very much, Ritabert. for your selections, Both are classics.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:41 AM
Jul 6

Last edited Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:26 AM - Edit history (1)

debm55

(48,597 posts)
21. Thank you very much.Brainstormy. I don't know how many times I have seen it and still laugh out loud.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jul 6

Ocelot II

(126,107 posts)
18. This Is Spinal Tap and the other comedies by the same folks -
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:37 AM
Jul 6

Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind.

MuseRider

(34,837 posts)
144. OMG, Guffman, but I would always have to chose them all.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:18 PM
Jul 6

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.

hlthe2b

(110,718 posts)
23. Steve Martin: "The Phone book is here! The Phone book is here!" (lost context for today's youngsters but hilarious
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:43 AM
Jul 6

at the time)...

unweird

(3,189 posts)
27. Ditto
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 10:47 AM
Jul 6

It gets funnier every time I watch it again. And that without trying to match the Dude drink for drink, toke for toke.

justaprogressive

(4,732 posts)
37. Most of the above pay tribute to the late 20th century master: Peter Sellers
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:04 AM
Jul 6

The funniest movie ever made:

"A Shot in the Dark"






I rest my case

TommieMommy

(2,203 posts)
38. Vacation and Christmas vacation, Airplane, Million ways to die in the west and Uncle Buck.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:05 AM
Jul 6

There's so many great funny movies, too many to list. 😁 The pink panther etc.

mwmisses4289

(1,570 posts)
42. Mine are kinda obscure.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jul 6

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. 😃 )

AllaN01Bear

(26,545 posts)
43. ""
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:18 AM
Jul 6

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.

Upthevibe

(9,657 posts)
48. debm55..........
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:26 AM
Jul 6

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!

boonecreek

(1,143 posts)
57. Just watched one last night.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:57 AM
Jul 6

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.

Buzz cook

(2,751 posts)
59. After the Fox
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:59 AM
Jul 6

A Peter Sellers masterpiece

But so many more.
The Producers. Young Frankenstein. A Night at the Opera. Christmas Vacation. And more.

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
61. My favorite comedies in no particular order:
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 12:05 PM
Jul 6

The Birdcage




My Cousin Vinny





The Money Pit




Groundhog Day


C_U_L8R

(47,699 posts)
70. What's Up, Doc?
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 12:34 PM
Jul 6

Seen it a bazillion times and it's always hilarious. Buck Henry wit along Bogdanovich directing and an amazing cast.

Dorothy V

(362 posts)
78. Pretty much anything with Laurel and Hardy. Talkies and silents both. Add to that O Brother Where Art Thou, plus the
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:24 PM
Jul 6

usual suspects; Airplane, the original Blues Brothers, and Some Like It Hot.

debm55

(48,597 posts)
90. HAHAHAHHa. I really love watching the silents, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy. Thank you Dorothy V
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 02:16 PM
Jul 6

Tarzanrock

(1,223 posts)
79. Several people mentioned 'The Graduate' but ...
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jul 6

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

(48,597 posts)
85. hahahahhhhahahahhh, I remember that . Thank you very much Wicked Blue.for sharing the comedy.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:50 PM
Jul 6

lisa58

(5,792 posts)
81. Some Like it Hot, The Odd Couple...
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jul 6

My Cousin Vinny
Back to School
Uncle Buck
to name a few…

Jeebo

(2,486 posts)
98. Bringing Up Baby
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 02:51 PM
Jul 6

Last edited Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:06 PM - Edit history (1)

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:

&t=229s

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

yellowdogintexas

(23,374 posts)
107. so many comedies...
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 03:20 PM
Jul 6

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

debm55

(48,597 posts)
112. WOW, Thank you very much yellowdogintexas. You have one great list there and I do mean great. Thank you for sharing.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 03:32 PM
Jul 6

debm55

(48,597 posts)
110. HAHAHAHAHA, Thank you very much pansypoo53219. I have never seen it, but I will have to after reading your post.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 03:29 PM
Jul 6

beemerphill

(576 posts)
118. This is a toss up.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 03:48 PM
Jul 6

It is either Where the Buffalo Roam or Animal House.
The World would be a sadder place without these two.

Response to debm55 (Original post)

nocoincidences

(2,412 posts)
122. Down Periscope
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 03:57 PM
Jul 6

Freaking hilarious!

&list=PLNB3LnNWGWszQoIXaMMEOKPVh30_WVfZG&ab_channel=FilmTrailerChannel

debm55

(48,597 posts)
124. I have seen that before. Thank you nocoincidences. I laughed like heck just by watching the clip.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:10 PM
Jul 6

TrunKated

(274 posts)
125. Monty Python and the Holy Grail...
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:19 PM
Jul 6

Also...

Sherlock. Jr., Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Duck Soup, Take the Money and Run. Stuff like that.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,130 posts)
195. I've seen 'Grail'
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:35 AM
Jul 7

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.

Captain Zero

(8,161 posts)
130. Pink Panther movies for some stupid laughs
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:38 PM
Jul 6

And I had never realized before how much he does it, but Peter Sellers absolutely murders English with his 'French' accent. 😜😂

debm55

(48,597 posts)
133. Thank you very much for sharing with us, returnee. They were both in Good Will Hunting. but that wasn't a comedy.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:55 PM
Jul 6

Wiz Imp

(6,133 posts)
135. A Few I haven't seen mentioned yet
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 04:58 PM
Jul 6

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Court Jester
Road To Morocco
American Graffiti
Annie Hall
Nine To Five

Bayard

(26,053 posts)
136. Definitely Galaxy Quest
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:04 PM
Jul 6

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.

pacalo

(24,780 posts)
138. My Cousin Vinny.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:12 PM
Jul 6

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.

DinahMoeHum

(23,083 posts)
145. "Cat Ballou"
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:23 PM
Jul 6

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.

WheelWalker

(9,336 posts)
149. Burn After Reading is pretty damn funny.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:16 PM
Jul 6

Animal House and anything with Gene Wilder are still my top choices however

Morbius

(583 posts)
150. A lot of great comedies listed here, including my favorite.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:33 PM
Jul 6

But here's another, which deserves some notoriety:

The original romantic comedy:



It Happened One Night (1935)

FadedMullet

(324 posts)
152. Local PBS teevee station had "A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To The Forum" last night on the Saturday night....
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 07:42 PM
Jul 6

.....flick. It was terrible. Unwatchable.

Judi Lynn

(163,703 posts)
160. Black and white film, Arsenic & Old Lace, Amazing Race, Going South w/Jack Nickelson
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:46 PM
Jul 6

Last edited Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:06 AM - Edit history (1)

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.

LogDog75

(653 posts)
170. So many to choose from
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 11:53 PM
Jul 6

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)
171. A few favorites
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:25 AM
Jul 7

When We First Met 2018
Deadpool 2016
Mr. Right 2015
50 First Dates 2004
Sideways 2004
Groundhog Day 1999

OldBaldy1701E

(8,427 posts)
175. Young Frankenstein for starters.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 07:51 AM
Jul 7

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...

Tiny Tabby

(49 posts)
181. Not mentioned yet
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:13 AM
Jul 7

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

retread

(3,873 posts)
183. She Done Him Wrong -- Mae West, Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin, The General -- Buster Keaton, Animal Crackers -
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:22 AM
Jul 7

Marx Bros, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

debm55

(48,597 posts)
186. Thank you very much retread for your great selections. I myself like the old wons--the silents and the two I mention in
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:25 AM
Jul 7

the OP.

underpants

(191,559 posts)
184. The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is probably the funniest movie I've ever seen
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:23 AM
Jul 7

Blazing Saddles is up there but the comedy timing of Ricky Bobby is perfect.

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