At the movies
Dick just watched Bubba HoTep on my reccomendation, and found it amusing. Not the funniest movie on earth, but a good, funny movie. Got me thinking, what’s my list? I’m not big on lists and etc, but the funniest movies I ever saw? Here they are.
Blazing saddles. If this isn’t the funniest thing you ever saw, your sense of humor is broken.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Nuff said.
Eating Raoul. A small, and extraordinarily wry film.
Life of brian. Python, whattya want?
Pink Flamingoes. OK, you have to be warped to like this movie. But it’s a great.
Young Frankenstein
Animal House
Slingblade. I don’t know if that is supposed to be funny, but I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Bubba Ho-Tep may not be in the top, but it’s well worth a watch. If you haven’t seen all of these films, consider it; well, maybe save Pink Flamingoes.
Pink flamingoes is…… Well, it’s a filthy movie, about a filthy couple trying to out-filthy another couple. If you can sit through this movie, you have lost all sense of propriety.
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It’s a bit more recent, but Liar Liar had my laughing so hard my ribs hurt.
“The Producers” — most anything with Zero Mostel, for that matter. It’s just good stuff.
Wife has been watching the producers and it does seem to be a little funny. The premise if nothing else is good for a laugh.
I thought Pink Flamingos was the one where the kid plays a killer hand of gin rummy. Gets sucked into a romance with the rich kid girl. He was a plumbers son with a gift for cards. If you want to call that a gift.
Off to do a little research now.
Never mind. The one I remembered was the flamingo kid.
Although I now see how Pink Flamingos could be considered a little twisted. Selling babies to lesbians to fund herion buys is just to far out to be a viable plot line :-)
I also thought Slingblade was funny
Billy Bob was great
I agree on Slingblade. I don’t think it was meant to be funny. But it cracked me up.
Sorry, I haven’t visited the blog in a bit, Og. As Mrs. B’s pregnancy progresses, I’m finding myself exhausted. Get home from work, cook, clean the litter box for the damned cat, take the dog for a walk, do my homework, and then I’m beat. Trying to get back into the blogging routine though.
James: If you for a moment think we are more important than your wife, or your child, I will drive my hairy cracker ass down there and put a big asswhooping on you.
I agree on Blazing Saddle. It is definitely a hoot. So is Airplane and 1941.
As far as movies not already mentioned:
The Gods Must be Crazy – I’d have to re-watch it to see if it holds up. Fridays had me laughing all the way through. Office Space.
In the late 1970’s there was a series of comedy westerns featuring a guy named Trinity, the movies being “My Name Is Trinity”, “Trinity Is Still my Name” and others. Funny slapstick and situation humor. I’d like to see if they’re rentable.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
“Big Trouble in Little China”
quote: Son of a bitch must pay!
Dusk til Dawn, and the original Dawn of the Dead.
If you took either one of the flicks seriously, by any way, shape, or form, you missed the producer and director’s whole points.
I found both to be beyond hysterical.
+1 on “Eating Raoul”. While stationed in Key West in the mid ’60’s, the wife and I saw it at the only sit-down theater on the island. We eventually managed to find a VHS copy several years later.
The Dish is a wonderful Australian comedy set during Apollo 13. Hard to find but worth tracking down. Not falling off chair funny, more quiet and droll but a lot of fun.
Hopscotch with Walter Matheau is another good one – he is a CIA spy who quits and travels around Europe writing his memoirs and mailing them in while avoiding the CIA operatives who are trying to silence him. A wonderful movie…
I love “Big Trouble in Little China”, mostly because Kim Cattrall used to be extremely hot. (Note that I said “used to be”.) Also, I always felt that Kurt Russell should have played Jack Ryan in the Clancy films (“Executive Decision” must be, in my opinion and that of several other people I know, a lost Clancy novel).
But yeah, plenty of belly laughs in “Big Trouble”.
Oh, and for what it’s worth: Mel Brooks has made only two decent comedies in his entire career — “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein”.
I honestly don’t understand all the ruckus over “The Producers”.
If you want to see an older, black & white movie that will make you cry with laughter, try Reefer Madness. My husband and I saw that several years ago and we still laugh about it.
I’m surprised that Used Cars isn’t on your list! The hockey movie Slapshot with Paul Newman is one of my favorites, too…
…. Mr. C.
The Birdcage. Hank Azaria in that film is hands-down the funniest ever.
I have got to see this Pink Flamingos movie…
That said, Shakes the Clown has always been a favorite of mine. Alcoholic clowns are funny. Especially when they beat the shit out of mimes.
The Wife and I both enjoyed Bubba HoTep enormously.
Ossie Davis in Bubba Ho-Tep. Who knew?
Grau – yeah, you need to see Pink Flamingoes, but only if you REALLY enjoy mental scar tissue.
Seriously, that one leaves a LOT of marks that won’t fade rapidly.
Right there with you on the Mel Brooks films Blazing Saddles and the Producers rock!! Young Frankenstein (if only for a roll in the hay with a young Terry Garr) is right up there too.
You have aroused my curiosity with Pink Flamingos. Just one question, will I need brain bleach, and if so, how much?
Guy, you will need a thousand gallons of brain bleach, and it will still not be enough.