mcjane
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:12:09 AM new
I like comedies and the funniest one I ever saw was:
Caddyshack
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nycrocker
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:19:40 AM new
mcjane 
Wow there are so many!! But these are the ones I own/have to see over and over and over:
"The End" with Burt Reynolds & Dom Deluise ROF!!
"Good Fellas"
"SPINAL TAP" LMAO
Any Monty Python Movie ("The Holy Grail", "Life of Brian", etc.)
I'm sure I'll think of about ten more soon as I post this.
Rocker 
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calamity49
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:38:08 AM new
McJane,
The funniest that comes to my mind at the moment was a low budget thing called "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes."
Ever hear of it?
Calamity
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gaffan
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:38:15 AM new
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
(saw it the first time on opening night, with about 50 fellow members of a medieval reenactment society, all in full battle regalia. Two D.C. police officers kept cruising slooooowly up one side of the street and down the other the entire time we were on line...)
Close second: A Night at the Opera.
-gaffan-
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mcjane
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:47:45 AM new
calamity I didn't know that was a real movie. I saw a movie with John Cryor & he & this girl were going to the movies to see "The Attack of The Killer Tomatoes" I thought it was a made up title for the movie.
I'll have to check it out.
[ edited by mcjane on Feb 16, 2001 12:48 AM ]
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mcjane
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:53:11 AM new
nycrocker I knew you would still be up to post. I'm a night owl too, I live 20 miles outside of Philadelphia & if it's 3:50am here it's 3:50 where you are too.
Time for me to say goodnight.
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bunnicula
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posted on February 16, 2001 01:34:40 AM new
McJane: Yep, it's a real movie. It does have one really funny scene: a group of soldiers with their guns pointed at a 3 foot tomato chained to a table while a scientist examines it...the scientist looks up gravely & says "Gentlemen, I have bad news--this is a cherry tomato!" Scene cuts to parking lot of a supermarket, woman with shoppinbg cart running screaming from a huge tomato that's taller than the building...
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bunnicula
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posted on February 16, 2001 01:40:06 AM new
Two of the funniest movies ever made are "Young Frankenstein" and "High Anxiety," both by Mel Brooks.
The first "Airplane" movie also comes to mind.
The Marx Brothers films are absolute gems. My favorites are "Animal Crackers" and "Night at the Opera."
I also liked the two recent DeNiro comedies: "Meet the Parents" and "Analyze This."
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pharlap
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posted on February 16, 2001 01:56:38 AM new
My favourite comedy is a Brit film called 'Shooting Fish'.
Thanks for the memories Calamity I haven't seen that movie in years! Very, very funny. Only problem is that I now have the song 'Puberty Love stuck in my head! 
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Powerhouse
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posted on February 16, 2001 02:17:40 AM new
"Noises Off!", a comedy about a stage group and the wacky miscommunications that go on behind the scene and how it affects the on-stage performance.
Stars: John Ritter, Carol Burnett, Michael Caine.
Also:
"No time for Sargents", a comedy about misfits inducted into the Air Force.
Stars: Andy Griffith. Guest appearance by Don Knotts.
(Black and White)
[ edited by Powerhouse on Feb 16, 2001 02:52 AM ]
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snowyegret
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posted on February 16, 2001 04:12:08 AM new
My favorite is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The killer rabbit has me ROTFL every time. And "Run away!"
Close runner ups are
The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Producers
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Plan 9 From Outer Space
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december3
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posted on February 16, 2001 04:38:56 AM new
I love the Burbs with Tom Hanks. I've seen it a hundred times and it still makes me laugh. Return of the Killer Tomatoes wasn't as funny as the oriiginal. I liked the first one.
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bootsnana
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posted on February 16, 2001 06:03:25 AM new
My Cousin Vinnie
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Pocono
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posted on February 16, 2001 06:43:03 AM new
Cheech & Chong "Up In Smoke'
(although there wee extenuating circumstances) 
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xardon
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posted on February 16, 2001 06:43:08 AM new
A Fish called Wanda.
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sharkbaby
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posted on February 16, 2001 07:46:07 AM new
Night Shift with Michael Keaton, Henry Winkler, and Shelly Long...Directed by Ronny Howard. A hilarious movie with some great classic lines!
Oh yeah, and I MUST add this one: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy.
[ edited by sharkbaby on Feb 16, 2001 07:48 AM ]
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equestrian
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posted on February 16, 2001 07:48:46 AM new
A Christmas Story & Blazing Saddles
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nycrocker
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posted on February 16, 2001 07:55:54 AM new
I knew I'd think of more - and Bunnicula has beat me to it - Young Frankenstein (and anything by Mel Brooks!!) and Airplane (almost anything Leslie Neilsen is in! cracks me up).
How about (Mel Brooks) The Two Thousand Year Old Man! LMAO!!
snowyegret "run away"!!! LMAO ROF Do you still say that? I do! LOL And Blazing Saddes what a hoot!! I am going to see everything on your list snowy cos we laugh at the same things
I was DEVASTATED when Madeline Kahn died  She was my fav comedian. She was so awesome, I loved her so much.
Thanks for all the good ones, guys! Ya know every time I go to rent a movie, I stand in the video store and suddenly my mind just shuts down. "Uuhhhhhh... duh ... what did I wanna see?" Now I can take all your suggestions with me
Rocker
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Julesy
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posted on February 16, 2001 07:58:23 AM new
Groundhog Day, hands down.
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bootsnana
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posted on February 16, 2001 08:16:07 AM new
nycrocker: I was thinking the same thing about going to the video store clueless. I agree with every funny movie on this thread. Can't wait to watch these favorites again.
Also...I forgot to mention Arthur as a favorite.
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Kaffro
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posted on February 16, 2001 08:18:52 AM new
Tommy Boy
Kaffro 
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nycrocker
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posted on February 16, 2001 08:20:49 AM new
Bootsnana - Yes Arthur and MY COUSIN VINNIE!!! Hilarious!
Sharkbaby - Night Shift - that was great! That was the first time I'd ever seen Michael Keaton. Lmao!
[ edited by nycrocker on Feb 16, 2001 08:26 AM ]
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toke
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posted on February 16, 2001 08:29:01 AM new
"The Inlaws" is one, with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk. It's hilarious...
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bootsnana
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posted on February 16, 2001 08:45:35 AM new
sharkbaby: Night Shift has so many funny lines. My kids like to use the one "This is (insert name) telling (insert another name) to SHUT UP!" My husband likes to use "THE LOVE BROKERS". It was the first time I saw Michael Keaton as well.
mcjane: Thanks for starting this thread in time for the video rental weekend.
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mcjane
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posted on February 16, 2001 09:43:05 AM new
bootsnana I don't rent too many movies, but this weekend I'm going with a list. (Did you ever see "A Chorus Line"
I liked these too:
Big
A League of Their Own
The Dream Team
Beetle Juice (Betelgeuuse)
My husband's favorite:
Limelight (Charlie Chaplin)
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moonmem-07
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posted on February 16, 2001 09:51:15 AM new
I have Attack of the Killer Tomatoes on tape. I love it! I didn't like the sequel though. You do have to have a different sense of humor to appreciate it! I thought the first Brady Bunch movie was very funny. I think the most I have ever laughed was during the Dead Parrot skit on the Monty Python tv show. Also Dwit of the Year.
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nutspec
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posted on February 16, 2001 11:29:09 AM new
Airplane
The gods must be crazy
Blazing saddles - The campfire scene alone is worth the rental - and I have seen it god knows how many times.
MP and the Holy Grail - "he says E's not dead"
Ultra Cheese movie comedy - "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" (A real movie, look it up on ebay) Written by JD Ahern - Who is really John Lawton - who later wrote "Pretty Woman" We wrote on the same underground newspaper in High School.
The "Avocado Jungle" is mostly the University of California Riverside's botanical gardens. (smirk)
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snowyegret
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:20:51 PM new
nutspec: "Bring Out Yer Dead" LOL
And isn't that Bill Mahrer of Politically Incorrect in Cannibal Women?
nycrocker: I know someone who knows every line from the MP & the Holy Grail. As he looks like a biker, it's too funny when he starts up!!!
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snowydays
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posted on February 16, 2001 12:28:04 PM new
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. And I hate to admit it, There's Something About Mary.
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LouBega2000
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posted on February 16, 2001 01:17:39 PM new
Is CaddyShack 2 just as good as CaddyShack 1?
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