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Kingpin (not exactly family-friendly)
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Roy wrote:This order:

Being There

What About Bob

The Odd Couple
Being There, wry, satiric and one movie that came out funnier than the book (by Jerzy Kosinski)
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Blues Brothers
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cheeck and chong - up in smoke
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The Last Polka

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It's rare and very difficult to find, but "The Last Polka" with John Candy and Eugene Levy is the funniest movie I've ever seen.

Here's the start of it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mvhDIr0wyc
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I love the movie Friday. The Other Guys with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg is also hilarious.
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The Party with Peter Sellers is very funny, too.
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parsi1 wrote: cheeck and chong - up in smoke
That reminds me of Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
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I have a whole list of them that I made which I sent to cheer up a relative who was recovering from cancer surgery to watch (he survived).

Here are some that haven't been mentioned:

Ruthless People - Danny DeVito, Bette Midler
The In-Laws (original) - Peter Falk, Alan Arkin
Where’s Poppa w/George Segal, Ruth Gordon - outrageous black comedy of guy trying get rid of overbearing momma
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas) - the musical "Mamma Mia" is kind of based on this.
Victor/Victoria - Julie Andrews, James Gamer, Lesley Anne Warren
What’s Up, Doc? Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn
For Pete’s Sake - Barbra Streisand, Estelle Parsons, Molly Picon
Barefoot in the Park - Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Charles Boyer
Paper Moon - Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal, Madeline Kahn
Hairspray (original) - Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono, Deborah Harry
My Favorite Year - Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker
Born Yesterday - Judy Holliday, William Holden
The Solid Gold Cadillac - Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas
The Palm Beach Story - (dir. Preston Sturges w/Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (dir. Preston Sturges w/Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Eddie Bracken) - how it ever got past the censors!
Auntie Mame - Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Peggy Cass
Singin’ in the Rain - Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds - probably the funniest musical film
Big Business- Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin
All of Me - Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin
Bringing Up Baby - Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
I’m No Angel - Mae West (most of her films are really outrageous)

Enjoy!
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No Tim Burton fans??? :)

Mars Attacks
Edward Scissorhands
The Nightmare Before Xmas


Though for sheer black humor it is hard to beat Dr. Strangelove ....
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Clerks.

(and many of the abovementioned films)
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Recently saw "last Vegas", and I haven't sen my husband laugh that much in years!
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Blues Brothers :D
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I'm glad someone mentioned Ruthless People a few posts back.

I'll add The Pink Panther Strikes Again (that's the one where Dreyfus tries to destroy the world). And Stripes starring Bill Murray is one I always try to catch. Nobody mentioned Mrs. Doubtfire?

Others already mentioned include Sleeper, Caddyshack, Kentucky Fried Movie, and Animal House.
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scrabbler1 wrote:And Stripes starring Bill Murray is one I always try to catch.
Stripes is like two movies; I like the first half, the second not so much. That's the fact Jack!
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1941...
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Wow
Marx brothers and Woody Allen have fallen off the radar

Duck Soup
Take the Money and Run

Both classics
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"The Birdcage"...Robin Williams and Gene Hackman.....VERY FUNNY!!!!!!

Tonight National Lampoon Christmas Vacation is playing on IFC network at @ 6PM.....
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A Fish Called Wanda
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Lots of my favorites mentioned already: Groundhog Day, This is Spinal Tap, Singin' in the Rain, Annie Hall, Dr. Strangelove...

A couple more I didn't see listed (may have overlooked):

Trading Places---I just rewatched this for the first time in years and it's as funny as ever. The entire cast is great but Eddie Murphy is a force of nature. Plus can't beat Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche, just an inspired bit of casting.

Tootsie--also rewatched recently. Had forgotten how good a film it is. Bill Murray steals the show as Dustin Hoffman's roommate.
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Easy:

The In-laws

ORIGINAL VERSION with Peter Falk & Alan Arkin. Serpentine!
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brainstem wrote:Wow
Marx brothers and Woody Allen have fallen off the radar

Duck Soup
Take the Money and Run

Both classics
Nice!
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Great movies, and have seen almost all of them, and mostly agree they each belong on a 'best of' list.

One I don't think has been mentioned yet, and that is definitely not the most funny ever, but was still plenty funny and also strangely endearing and quite witty at the same time, was "Tin Men" (Danny Devito/Richard Dreyfus/Barbara Hershey). Also visually stunning (the smorgasbord scene, Liberty Valance scene, and throwing clothes out into the yard come to mind).

When I had that on VHS, I think I wore the poor thing out.

Worth a view just for either the opening sequence of Cadillacs, or for the bar scene with Fine Young Cannibals providing background music.

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Take the Money and Run
It's a Mad (4X) World
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I don't think I saw anyone mention one of my favorites: Raising Arizona.

On my to-watch list: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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The Big Lebowski
Dr. Strangelove
This Is Spinal Tap
Best in Show
The King of Comedy (regrettably, this seldom is seen, but is one of the best films ever done by Robert DeNiro; well worth finding)
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John151 wrote:"Animal House" It reminds me of my misspent youth.
What, were you in Omega Theta Pi?
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Surprised nobody mentioned my favorite, "Borat." Plus "Slapshot" obviously.
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Not the funniest overall, but for the sub-specialty of movie with the funniest drunk - Arthur (the original with Dudley Moore).
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oysterboy wrote:The King of Comedy (regrettably, this seldom is seen, but is one of the best films ever done by Robert De Niro; well worth finding)
You're the first to mention a Jerry Lewis film. There's little doubt about his filmmaking genius, though his films really only make sense these days if you happen to live in Colorado or Uruguay.
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Fletch.

Chevy Chase's best role. His dry delivery and demeanor in that movie (and its underrated sequel, Fletch Lives) are outstanding. I still find new funny things in them despite repeated viewings (probably over 100 for Fletch).
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wow - no mention of my top favorites - Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Splash and Stripes

John Candy was the best, closely followed by Steve Martin, Bill Murray and Tom Hanks.

I had a bit part in Slapshot, so that's one of my claims to fame, lol.


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Without rehashing ones that have been mentioned multiple times...how about Anchorman.
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Dgdevil,
Jerry Lewis is superb in King of Comedy, playing a thinly-disguised Johnny Carson, paradoxically somewhat of a straight man for De Niro. Martin Scorsese was the director. A few of the scenes are among the best in all of comedy films, IMHO.
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In addition to many mentioned the Graduate
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oysterboy wrote:Dgdevil,
Jerry Lewis is superb in King of Comedy, playing a thinly-disguised Johnny Carson, paradoxically somewhat of a straight man for De Niro. Martin Scorsese was the director. A few of the scenes are among the best in all of comedy films, IMHO.
For sure, for sure. I was thinking more of Jerry's auteur works from his heyday, not the for-hire stuff.
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cjking wrote:"Dr Strangelove" has to get the award. Dialog for many of of my favourite scenes at the IMDB link below. Though of course if you haven't seen the movie, you don't know the Russian premier is drunk when the US President is trying to get his help in stopping the nuclear holocaust, or that the reason Captain Mandrake is willing to "answer to the Coca-Cola company" for shooting up a vending machine is that he needs coins to phone the White House to avert the end of the world...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/tri ... =tt_trv_qu

I can't resist quoting just one scene:-
General "Buck" Turgidson: General Ripper called Strategic Air Command headquarters shortly after he issued the go code. I have a portion of the transcript of that conversation if you'd like me to to read it.

President Merkin Muffley: Read it!

General "Buck" Turgidson: Ahem... The Duty Officer asked General Ripper to confirm the fact that he *had* issued the go code, and he said, uh, "Yes gentlemen, they are on their way in, and no one can bring them back. For the sake of our country, and our way of life, I suggest you get the rest of SAC in after them. Otherwise, we will be totally destroyed by Red retaliation. Uh, my boys will give you the best kind of start, 1400 megatons worth, and you sure as hell won't stop them now, uhuh. Uh, so let's get going, there's no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural... fluids. God bless you all" and he hung up.

[beat]

General "Buck" Turgidson: Uh, we're, still trying to figure out the meaning of that last phrase, sir.

President Merkin Muffley: There's nothing to figure out, General Turgidson. This man is obviously a psychotic.

General "Buck" Turgidson: We-he-ell, uh, I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in.

President Merkin Muffley: General Turgidson! When you instituted the human reliability tests, you *assured* me there was *no* possibility of such a thing *ever* occurring!

General "Buck" Turgidson: Well, I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir
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Ron, right there with you bro. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Maybe not the funniest ever, but it's right up there. But there are so, so many funny movies, from so many genres. Dr. Strangelove , M*A*S*H, Bananas(lots of Woody Allen movies), National Lampoon's Animal House, The Odd Couple (Matthau and Lemmon), Some Like It Hot, The Out of Towners (Lemmon), The Producers (Mostel/Wilder), There's Something About Mary, anything Monty Python, Austin Powers, and so on..
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Napolean Dynamite
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Any of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther films.

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The Big Lebowski and Office Space

Not for those easily offended, but I saw The Wolf of Wall Street this week and I could not stop laughing for the entire 3 hours.
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DRiP Guy wrote:Great movies, and have seen almost all of them, and mostly agree they each belong on a 'best of' list.

One I don't think has been mentioned yet, and that is definitely not the most funny ever, but was still plenty funny and also strangely endearing and quite witty at the same time, was "Tin Men" (Danny Devito/Richard Dreyfus/Barbara Hershey). Also visually stunning (the smorgasbord scene, Liberty Valance scene, and throwing clothes out into the yard come to mind).

When I had that on VHS, I think I wore the poor thing out.

Worth a view just for either the opening sequence of Cadillacs, or for the bar scene with Fine Young Cannibals providing background music.

"When I am done with him, Mr. Meringue won't dance too good."
the more I read this thread the more I realize that the funniest ever list has about 220 #1's
Tin Man not shown much anymore but I always watch it no matter at what point I find the movie on Cable.
my favorite part is when they scam the home owner with a phony Life magazine photo shoot and their before & after aluminum siding routine
and Barbara Hershey was at her peak gorgeous self - hard to believe she would be married to the Danny DeVito character
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+1 to the following already mentioned... :mrgreen:
Princess Bride - Inconceivable!
Galaxy Quest
Groundhog Day
Trading Places
Office Space

Other films that made me chuckle... :wink:
Sneakers
Go
Ghostbusters
Beetlejuice
Clue
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Raising Arizona
Romancing the Stone
Dave
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spies like us
Throw Momma From The Train
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All of my favourites have already been listed except for one unless I missed it. I skimmed over the thread pretty quickly so I might not have caught it but O Brother, Where art Thou is near the top of my list and makes me laugh out loud every time I see it. Each time I watch I always catch nuances that I missed in the previous times.
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There's Something About Mary
National Lampoon's Vacation
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Airplane
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'The birdcage' hands down in my view.
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Would add a darkhorse: "Lars and the Real Girl"
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"Best in show"
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OVER?!? did you say OVER?!

animal house : )
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