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I was watching UHF again today and just remembered again how great Michael Richards was in that movie. He should of won an Oscar or something.

Who do you all think had an awesome comedic performance in a movie and what movie was it?

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Guest El Satanico

Gene Wilder...nearly every comedy he's been in

 

For being an actor you don't expect to be funny, Johnny Depp in some movies is quite funny.

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Bill Murray in Quick Change. One of his best performances in a very underrated movie.

^^^^^^

 

Quaid was great in that movie too.

 

"Please God! We need a cab! One LOUSY FUCKING cab!"

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I'm a Bill Murray fan, and if I had to pick one of his performances, it'd be What About Bob?, although it could easily be the brilliance of Ghostbusters, the range of Groundhog Day, or the subtlety of Rushmore.

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Guest Agent of Oblivion

I can't remember the guy's name, but the first time I saw Dr. Strangelove, General Ripper had me rolling with his insanity. When he explained his communist conspiracies..oh man. One of the funniest characters ever.

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I can't remember the guy's name, but the first time I saw Dr. Strangelove, General Ripper had me rolling with his insanity. When he explained his communist conspiracies..oh man. One of the funniest characters ever.

That's Sterling Hayden, and it's quite the hilarious performance indeed. Hell, the whole movie is full of them, be it from Peter Sellers, George C Scott or whomever.

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John Reynolds as Torgo in Manos: The Hands of Fate. His performance is so awful it becomes comedy. Sadly we never got to see the full range of this brilliant actor because he commited suicide along with two other cast members.

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Guest BAR

Christopher Guest and Michael McKean in 'This is Spinal Tap'.

 

John Goodman in 'The Big Lebowski'.

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Woody Harrelson in Kingpin, most people say Murray is great in this(and he is) but Woody is algo great here, Quaid too...Hell the entire cast of this movie.

 

 

**just got Kingpin on DVD**

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Guest two_tuff_toddy

I would have to say Farley in Black Sheep and Belushi in Animal House.

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Entire cast of COMING TO AMERICA. Arsenio Hall was damn impressive.

 

Brad Pitt's stoner character in True Romance was pure genious and it was revealed a lot of his lines, he improvised.

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Guest Harry Hood

as mentioned, george c. scott in dr. strangelove.

 

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War room.

 

just reading that line makes me snicker.

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Guest NCJ

The Sheriff and Gene Wilder from Blazing Saddles

 

Dave Chapelle in Half-Baked

 

Eddie Murphy Coming to America and Trading Places along with Dan Akroyd

 

Randall from Clerks

 

Bill Murray Ghostbusters

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Guest El Satanico
The Sheriff and Gene Wilder from Blazing Saddles

The Sheriff's a nigger!

 

The Sheriff is near?

 

Nooo I SAID the sheriff is a nigger!

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