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Thu Oct-08-09 05:41 PM
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What was the finest film comedy of the last 20 years? |
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I've been unplugged from popular culture for a very, very long time, and am feeling receptive. As the purpose of this is to add to my Netflix queue, feel free to extend the question to TV shows that are likely to be on DVD. I like Family Guy and MST3K; I'm not sure any movie has really made me laugh since "Bigger, Longer & Uncut." But don't worry about my preferences; what do you think was the funniest movie of the last two decades?
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Thu Oct-08-09 05:45 PM
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1. The biggest laughing fit that I've ever had to a movie was to... |
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The Spy Who Shagged Me
But that's just me
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:28 PM
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23. "The Bird Cage" is one of my faves |
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One of the few movies I can watch repeatedly.
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Thu Oct-08-09 05:48 PM
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"My Favorite Year" with Mark Linn Baker and Peter O'Toole.
"Nobody's Fool" with Paul Newman.
Were they the funniest movies? Not by a long shot. But both of them have good bits, good characters, and good hearts.
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:07 PM
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9. My Favorite Year is about 30 years old |
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I remember seeing it in the theatre. It truly is funny but it is considerably older than 20.
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:11 PM
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11. I suppose they don't fit in the time frame |
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But both movies have been largely overlooked, and it's likely the OP isn't aware of them. Even if you've seen them before, though, they definitely reward a second and subsequent viewing, unlike a lot of popular movies which are completely forgettable before the closing credits have crawled by.
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:02 PM
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13. 30 years is fine. I was aware of both, but never saw either. Thanks! n/t |
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:21 PM
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19. "My Favorite Year" is one of my favorite comedies |
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:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7z-M92N4L8&feature=related" This is for ladies only!" zip!!! "And so is this, Mum, but every now and again I have to run a little water through it." :rofl:
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Thu Oct-08-09 09:39 PM
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35. I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star! |
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I also really like the scene where King and Boss Rojack are sitting on the sofa, and King's mimicking Rojack's moves, getting the character down just right.
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Thu Oct-08-09 10:59 PM
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40. "California? You can't write comedy in California! It's not depressing enough!" |
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:rofl:
That movie was full of great actors, many from TV, yet still brilliantly played. Who will ever forget Selma Diamond? :D
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Thu Oct-08-09 05:50 PM
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3. Office Space is up there. |
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I also thought that the Austin Powers flicks were very funny in their time. I also loved Best in Show (yeah, dogs...go figure).
I think that for plot and writing as well as laughs, I'd also add the Get Shorty and Be Cool movies.
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Thu Oct-08-09 05:50 PM
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4. For some more sick, demented laughs |
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"Fargo" and "The Lady Killers" by the Coen Brothers.
Oh, and "Little Miss Sunshine."
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:21 AM
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44. Hmm, I love the Coens, but I thought "The Ladykillers" was weak |
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both in comparison to the original and to their other movies.
The bit where Hanks' character (a Poe enthusiast) is getting visibly worked up at the notion of walling up the old lady in the tunnel - that was priceless though.
Also, I'm not sure I would call Fargo a comedy, though there are lots of of funny bits in it, of course.
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Thu Oct-08-09 05:51 PM
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:08 PM
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16. I'm pretty sure the best laugh I'm going to get out of this whole enterprise |
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will be from clicking on "Search Google for Happiness." :hi:
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:16 AM
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41. I often find myself in sync with your tastes... |
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But Happiness isn't even the best comedy of 1998 with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ben Gazzara.
Plus, I don't usually mind movies full of unsympathetic characters, but that movie was just a little bit relentlessly unpleasant.
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:01 PM
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6. "O Brother Where Art thou?" |
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Funniest movie ever! :rofl:
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:03 PM
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14. I actually saw that one and found it delightful. Thanks! n/t |
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:26 PM
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22. Perhaps not ever, but at least since Airplane! came out |
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Thu Oct-08-09 08:48 PM
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Worst attempt at butchering The Odyssey I've ever seen.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:21 AM
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45. Go to Sleep You Little Baby |
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Edited on Fri Oct-09-09 12:22 AM by Yavin4
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:05 PM
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7. Best in Show, Fargo and My Favorite Year, for sure....and... |
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if you make it a 30 year span, I have to vote for "The In Laws." (The FIRST one, with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk.)
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:05 PM
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8. Borat made me laugh harder than any other film I've seen in the last 20 years. |
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I literally fell out of my seat.
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:05 PM
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15. Borat killed me, but then I saw it again with my then-girlfriend |
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Can you say 'lead balloon'?
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:17 PM
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18. Yeah, those are one time laughs. |
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But oh man were they big laughs.
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:07 PM
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10. Maybe not a classic but I saw "Zombieland" with my daughter |
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this past weekend. Very campy and clever. Billy Murray's cameo is classic Murray.
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:13 PM
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12. The Hangover was pretty dang funny |
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As was 40 year old virgin and Superbad (I can't believe I'm admitting to liking that)
Also:
Tropic Thunder Meet the Fokkers
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:10 PM
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17. Here are my nominations: |
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Edited on Thu Oct-08-09 07:13 PM by Initech
Movies:
Office Space Idiocracy Bad Santa The Big Lebowski The Hangover Fight Club Borat Little Miss Sunshine Anchorman
TV:
Seinfeld Curb Your Enthusiasm The Office 30 Rock The Daily Show Reno 911 Futurama It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:22 PM
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20. L.A. Story is 19 years old |
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it's brilliant.
Steve Martin wrote it.
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Thu Oct-08-09 09:57 PM
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36. Beautiful movie. Always amazes me how subtle Martin can write, but how unsubtle |
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Fri Oct-09-09 01:09 AM
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53. Steve Martin is great. One of my favorites of his is the heavily underrated "Bowfinger". |
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That movie was fucking genius and very under-appreciated. Eddie Murphy as a crazed conspiracy theorist was genius.
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Fri Oct-09-09 03:29 AM
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57. I think it was better aimed satire that even Tropic Thunder |
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and that's saying a lot.
"We are going to get the best crew we can afford!" (shot of them smuggling immigrants across the border)
to an auditioner: "Are you a member of the union?" who responds "Yes..." (and is thrown out)
and Mindhead as a takeoff on Scientology
even the part about how actors tell them their secrets and those organizations use the secrets to control the actors.
that is such a great movie. hilarious. :rofl:
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:23 PM
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21. Groundhog Day was one of the wittiest movies of that period. |
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:35 PM
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24. There's something about Mary |
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Brett Favre's best work. :thumbsup:
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:41 PM
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25. South Park had me crying it was so funny. |
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Something about Mary was also very, very funny the first time I saw it.
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:47 PM
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26. I don't remember the name of it, but it had Vin Diesel blowing up a lot of shit. |
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Awesomeness distilled down to its very essence.
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Thu Oct-08-09 10:11 PM
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38. You mean the Iron Giant, right? |
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:56 PM
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27. clerks had even my parrot rolling on the floor laughing his ass off EOM |
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:33 AM
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Any Clerks fan knows this line.
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Kevin Smith's movies are fucking hilarious. I'm actually going to a Kevin Smith speaking gig later this month.
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Fri Oct-09-09 01:55 AM
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56. at least I'm not "36" |
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doesn't that make you feel better?
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Fri Oct-09-09 07:43 AM
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61. The sequel, 'Clerks II' from 3 or 4 years ago took it to another level; funnier- |
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:56 PM
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28. Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives" is tremendously funny |
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But it's a sort of sad, uncomfortable kind of funny...
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Thu Oct-08-09 07:56 PM
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29. "Bad Santa". It is the filthiest christmas movie ever made and I |
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really laughed till I could not stand it anymore. It has some rather slow and sappy spots, but the humor is generally surreal and biting and not the warm glowing christmas story that makes me want to plotz.
Flawed, but very funny.
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Thu Oct-08-09 08:52 PM
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31. Anchorman. I have never, EVER laughed as hard as when I first saw that movie. |
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I was with a couple good friends, and the theatre was absolutely packed, and everyone was in hysterics. I've never laughed that hard since. My sides hurt the next morning from it.
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Thu Oct-08-09 08:54 PM
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32. The first time I watched |
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The Simpsons Movie I liked it so much that I watched it again two days later. That's a record for me.
As for other movies... Over the Hedge Grumpy/Grumpier Old Men Liar, Liar Anything Monty Python or Mel Brooks
And even though it's not a comedy, Gone in 60 Seconds (the remake) is something I laugh at every time I watch it.
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Thu Oct-08-09 09:04 PM
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33. another vote for Groundhog Day, also My Cousin Vinny |
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I think Groundhog Day is a profound little movie, as well as being hilarious. Bill Murray is at his best.
Vinny is about what happens when you make bad decisions, then keep choosing to make worse ones. Hilarious.
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Thu Oct-08-09 09:33 PM
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34. Thanks everybody! I'll add all (or all I haven't seen) of these to my queue |
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eventually. The "eventually" is because there's something odd going on at Netflix; when I add something to my queue, they take something else off. I have no idea why or even how, but I don't think I'm going to mess with them any further tonight. Regardless, thanks for all the awesome suggestions. I'm bookmarking the thread.
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Thu Oct-08-09 10:04 PM
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37. A couple of Will Ferrel--that's right, Will Ferrel-- movies. |
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Talladega Nights was the funniest movie I've seen in ten years, as far as laughing until you fall out of your seat comedy goes. Also had Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat). Hilarious, and a little smarter than it would seem from the previews.
Another Ferrel movie that wasn't as uproarious but very smart film was "Stranger Than Fiction." Will Ferrel, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifa, the guys from the Sonic commercials... Amazing, underrated film.
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Thu Oct-08-09 10:12 PM
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39. Step Brothers was the funniest shit ever. Failing that, Idiocracy was also awesome. |
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:16 AM
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42. Yea, something is up with Netflix...I'm watching a moive now |
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I never ordered (but love it anyway - the newer Wuthering Heights - tragic - not a comedy) and I got it one the same day I sent my last Netflix movie back. As far as comedies:
Office Space Best in Show Waiting for Guffman Election There's Something about Mary I'm sure there are many more that I'm not thinking of and you're getting some good ideas on this thread....
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:17 AM
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However, the greatest comedy of all time is Dr. Strangelove.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:26 AM
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47. "Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here! " |
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Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:29 AM
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48. "We believe in nothing, Lebowski. Nothing. And tomorrow we come back and we cut off your chonson." |
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:24 AM
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46. I was going to say Planes, Trains & Automobiles |
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but realized that it's 22 years old.
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Fri Oct-09-09 04:45 AM
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58. You're going the wrong way! |
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"They're drunk. How could they know where we're going?"
Love that movie.
Gawd, I miss John Candy.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:31 AM
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49. There are many choices in this thread so I'll add a couple |
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Bowfinger(Best Murphy movie since the Reagan administration) Pineapple Express /flame away
I can't think of others but those two movies had me laughing uncontrollable.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:36 AM
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51. You just got killed by a Daewoo Lanos Mothafucka |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103872/the funniest movies I have ever seen....and no one have ever herd of it. I cant begin to describe it....but I recommend it to any one who loves a good laugh.
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Fri Oct-09-09 01:52 AM
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55. "Waiting for Guffman" would have to be among them. |
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Fri Oct-09-09 07:01 AM
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59. Possibly...A Mighty Wind, or O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
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Fri Oct-09-09 07:04 AM
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60. Little Miss Sunshine or There's Something about Mary |
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Edited on Fri Oct-09-09 07:05 AM by CBGLuthier
There's Something about Mary was funnier but Little Miss Sunshine was a perfectly made and cast film.
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Fri Oct-09-09 07:49 AM
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What About Bob, Classic Bill Murray
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Fri Oct-09-09 09:07 AM
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63. "As Good as it Gets" - fabulous movie, screamingly funny |
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and also deeply touching. It deserved all those Oscars.
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Fri Oct-09-09 09:11 AM
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64. Makes me realize how few really good comedies there have been... |
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...Bigger, Longer and Uncut is great, and also Best in Show, Mighty Wind.
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Fri Oct-09-09 11:52 AM
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65. Beavis and Butthead Do America - that's the movie I laughed my ass off the most |
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I struggled for air at times, I was laughing so much.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:05 PM
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66. Bridget Jones's Diary might not be |
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the finest film comedy in the last 20 years, but I always get a kick out of it, regardless of how often I watch it.
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Fri Oct-09-09 12:25 PM
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67. I agree, and the sequel, too. Plus, I can watch Zoolander over and over.... |
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and still find funny things that I missed the first time.
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