KTID Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 Comedy: A film whose main purpose is to amuse and induce laughter, comedy deals with the preposterous and absurd aspects of human behavior with a sense of humor. What, then is the greatest of all time? If not listed, please add.
razazteca Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 Mel Brooks is a genius, that is all I have to say about this.
Youth N Asia Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 Yeah, you can narrow down the greatest comedy of all time to a massive field of 6 [/sarcasm]
Nighthawk Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 It's a fair list. However, I say Dirty Work.
the max Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Hard to pick between those. I love Spinal Tap, but Life of Brian is great too.
Ted the Poster Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 RVD has some well-suited candidates there. It's twue; it's damn twue! ... and I really hope that I'm not the only person on this board who can recite Holy Grail almost word for word. NIGH!
Mecha Mummy Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 I could talk about how Holy Grail is one of the best comedies I've ever seen, and I suppose THE best, but I'd rather... just... sing...
Guest El Satanico Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Blazing Saddles and Airplane! cover broad ranges of humor and there's something everyone will find funny in them. Overall, Blazing Saddles is funnier than Airplane!, so it wins out of this selection. On second thought, let's not vote in this poll...tis a silly poll
WrestlingDeacon Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Man, I don't know where to start here. All good movies, but to say "ok, the greatest comedy of all time is one of these six" is pretty fucking pompous.
Star Ocean 3 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 It's a mere popularity poll. Which would be practically every poll ever made... The answer is The Naked Gun, by the way.
MrRant Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Blazing Saddles but I won't vote in this little pole.
Betty Houle Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 I love SPINAL TAP and the Python movies but what about... Annie Hall? Ghostbusters? A Night at the Opera? A Christmas Story? Top Secret? A Fish Called Wanda? Raising Arizona?
Youth N Asia Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Now if it were named "Best comedy out of these" it would make more sense...but not best ever
godthedog Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 interesting how all but one of these movies are from the 70s. my vote=dr strangelove
Toshiaki Koala Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 That's actually not a bad list (or a good one), and does contain my favorite comedy of all time (Holy Grail). Duck Soup, The Naked Gun, and Annie Hall really should be there, though.
Corey_Lazarus Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Monty Python is fucking overrated as all hell. It honestly is. The jokes fall flat on me, and I can find DENNIS MILLER funny. Some of them are funny, but most of the show is hit-or-miss. As for this list, it's more like "best comedy from the late 1970's/early 1980's." Because I think Orgazmo blows almost all of these out of the water in terms of hilarity.
Corey_Lazarus Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Monty Python is fucking overrated as all hell. It honestly is. The jokes fall flat on me, and I can find DENNIS MILLER funny. Some of them are funny, but most of the show is hit-or-miss. As for this list, it's more like "best comedy from the late 1970's/early 1980's." Because I think Orgazmo blows almost all of these out of the water in terms of hilarity.
Guest El Satanico Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Just because you personally don't like the style of comedy doesn't make Monty Python overrated. Orgazmo is great, but it doesn't blow any of these out of the water.
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 No Fletch? For shame, this isn't even a contest.
razazteca Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 The movie got recalled for having defective one liners.
Guest Hybrid420 Posted October 6, 2003 Report Posted October 6, 2003 Clerks is the funniest movie Ive ever seen
Guest Salacious Crumb Posted October 6, 2003 Report Posted October 6, 2003 What no Spaceballs?!?! There goes the planet.
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