"12" Favorite Comedy Movies of the past 35 years?

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  1. GKH

    GKH Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Yeah!!!! 10 is just too hard!


    "Blazing Saddles"
    "Young Frankenstein"
    "Monty Python And The Holy Grail"
    "Used Cars"
    "The In-Laws" (original w/ Peter Falk & Alan Arkin)
    "Caddy Shack"
    "The Big Lebowski"
    "Eight Heads In A Duffel Bag"
    "Big Trouble In Little China"
    "Christmas Vacation"
    "Raising Arizona"
    "My Favorite Year"

     
  2. rockerreds

    rockerreds Senior Member

    Tootsie
    This Is Spinal Tap
    Annie Hall
    The Aristocrats
    Hannah And Her Sisters
     
  3. reechie

    reechie Senior Member

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    Baltimore
    The Blues Brothers
    This Is Spinal Tap
    Clerks
    Monty Python And The Holy Grail
    Young Frankenstein
     
  4. Scotian

    Scotian Amnesia Hazed

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    Robin Hood: Men In Tights
    Army of Darkness
    Dumb & Dumber
    Life of Brian
     
  5. TimM

    TimM Senior Member

    Blazing Saddles
    Stripes
    In-Laws (Original)
    Airplane
    Monty Python and The Holy Grail
     
  6. romanotrax

    romanotrax Forum Resident

    Location:
    Aurora IL
    Night Shift
    Fast Times At Ridgemont High
    This Is Spinal Tap
    Caddyshack
    Christmas Vacation
     
  7. grbl

    grbl Just Lurking

    Location:
    Long Island
    This is Spinal Tap
    When Harry Met Sally
    The Blues Brothers
    Animal House
    Caddy Shack
    Meet the In-Laws
    The In-Laws
    Roxanne
    Swingers
    Made
     
  8. Dillydipper

    Dillydipper Space-Age luddite

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    Central PA
    Bob Roberts
    Clerks
    My Favorite Year
    Time Bandits
    Silver Streak
    The Gods Must Be Crazy
    A Mighty Wind
    High Fidelity
    and, for brevity's sake, let's say:
    2/3ds of all Python films
    1/3 of all Mel Brooks films
     
  9. GKH

    GKH Senior Member Thread Starter

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    "My Favorite Year" Dang!!!! I forgot this one!! It was Great!!! :righton:
     
  10. grbl

    grbl Just Lurking

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    Long Island
    Forgot Princess Bride.
     
  11. oldcuster

    oldcuster Senior Member

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    St. Paul, MN
    The Royal Tenenbaums
    Groundhog Day
    The Big Lebowski
    Airplane
    The Jerk
    Raising Arizona
    Office Space
    The Blues Brothers
    Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
    The Princess Bride
     
  12. GKH

    GKH Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Nooooooo!!! I forgot, "Raising Arizona"!!!! Okay!!!! That is for sure, in my top 5!!! :righton:
     
  13. grbl

    grbl Just Lurking

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    Me too...can't believe I forgot it...definitely makes my list.
     
  14. Beatlelennon65

    Beatlelennon65 Active Member

    "Blazing Saddles"
    "Young Frankenstein"
    "Monty Python And The Holy Grail"
    "Christmas Vacation"
    "Pink Panther Strikes Again"
    "There's Something About Mary"
    "The Blues Brothers"
    Just about any of the Marx brothers movies.
     
  15. Ken_McAlinden

    Ken_McAlinden MichiGort Staff

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    Livonia, MI
    This is Spinal Tap
    Airplane
    Raising Arizona
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    Monty Python's Life of Brian
    A Christmas Story
    Young Frankenstein
    Blazing Saddles
    Real Life
    There's Something About Mary
    Groundhog Day
    Being There

    Honorable Mentions:

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Better Off Dead
    Broadcast News

    [threadcrap]...of course, almost all of the best comedies ever filmed were made more than 35 years ago.[/threadcrap]

    Regards,
     
  16. oldcuster

    oldcuster Senior Member

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    "12" favorites now? :laugh:
     
  17. GKH

    GKH Senior Member Thread Starter

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    The one with John Cusack??!! That was funnier than Hell!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :righton: :laugh: :laugh:
     
  18. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    It's A Gift
    Hold That Ghost
    The Gazebo
    Christmas Vacation
    Disorderly Orderly
    Big Lebowski
    Me, Myself & Irene
    Hit The Ice
    Cat Ballou (Horse Scene!)
    Animals Are Beautiful People
    Arsenic & Old Lace
    EVERY SINGLE CURLY STOOGES SHORT!

    ...just so many more!
     
  19. Ski Bum

    Ski Bum Happy Audiophile

    Location:
    Vail, CO
    "Blazing Saddles"
    "Young Frankenstein"
    "The Producers" (original)
    "Monty Python And The Holy Grail"
    "Monty Python: Life of Brian"
    "The In-Laws" (original)
    "Caddy Shack"
    "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective"
    "Dumb and Dumber"
    "There's Something About Mary"
    "Airplane"
    "Animal House"
     
  20. GKH

    GKH Senior Member Thread Starter

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    You mean the W.C. Fields Movie from 1934??!! That is great! Really Great!! But; a bit older than 35 years! :laugh:
     
  21. JonUrban

    JonUrban SHF Member #497

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    Connecticut
    Blazing Saddles
    Young Frankenstein
    Caddy Shack
    Johnny Dangerously
    Tootsie
    Blues Brothers
    Stripes (up until graduation)
    Night Shift
    Groundhog Day
    Major League
    Animal House
    Back to School

    I'm sure I'm forgetting a few classics.
     
  22. Paul G

    Paul G Senior Member

    Location:
    New York, NY, USA
    Bananas
    Sleeper
    Annie Hall
    National Lampoon's Animal House
    Stripes
    The Royal Tennenbaums
    Blazing Saddles
    Young Frankenstein
    Meet the Fockers -- Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand steal this one
    The 40-Year-Old Virgin
    The Naked Gun
    Airplane!

    Paul
     
  23. johnny33

    johnny33 New Member

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    usa
    the big leboski (the dude abides)

    being there

    anything monty python .. yes

    the early Jerry Lewis movies ( just 'cause) :p
     
  24. GoldenBoy

    GoldenBoy Purple People Eater

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    US
    In no particular order:

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    Weird Science
    American Pie
    Groundhog Day
    A Fish Called Wanda
    Rushmore
    The Big Lebowski
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    Me, Myself, and Irene
    There's Something About Mary
    Being John Malkovich
     
  25. Ken_McAlinden

    Ken_McAlinden MichiGort Staff

    Location:
    Livonia, MI
    Addendum: I forgot to add honorable mention status to "Sleeper", "Animal House"
    and "Caddyshack" in my previous post. :)

    Regards,
     
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