Your Mount Rushmore Of.................Comedy Movies

[smr-nj]

Hmmm.

9 to 5, Spinal Tap, all Mel Brooks movies.

I will  have to think on this. I know the very last scene in Moonstruck when they’re all around the kitchen table totally cracked me up, but that just could be because I grew up in a very Italian family neighborhood, and so much about that scene was totally spot on..and hilarious.

[romad1]

3 hours ago, smr-nj said:

Hmmm.

9 to 5, Spinal Tap, all Mel Brooks movies.

I will  have to think on this. I know the very last scene in Moonstruck when they’re all around the kitchen table totally cracked me up, but that just could be because I grew up in a very Italian family neighborhood, and so much about that scene was totally spot on..and hilarious.

Young Frankenstein is a Mel Brooks movie too.  That one has a lot going for it.  The scene where Gene Hackman plays the blind man that the monster finds in the cabin in the woods.  I still will announce things like he does "CIGARS!" 

[smr-nj]

Yeah, Young Frankenstein is a fav of mine. Without a doubt 

[LaceyLou]

On 6/27/2025 at 10:25 AM, smr-nj said:

Hmmm.

9 to 5, Spinal Tap, all Mel Brooks movies.

I will  have to think on this. I know the very last scene in Moonstruck when they’re all around the kitchen table totally cracked me up, but that just could be because I grew up in a very Italian family neighborhood, and so much about that scene was totally spot on..and hilarious.

I remember watching Moonstruck with my SIL, whose mother hailed from Brooklyn. After that scene, she said "Who are these people and how did they get that footage of my family?"

[Biff Mayhem]

Napoleon Dynamite: 

 

1st viewing resulted in me wanting my money back. 

People kept hyping it and so I gave it another chance. 
 

2nd viewing I laughed my fool head off 

[Biff Mayhem]

Dumb and Dumber

Caddyshack

Blues Brothers

Young Frankenstein 

[GalagaGuy]

Sixteen Candles

Raising Arizona

Airplane

There's Something About Mary

[oblong]

I guess I never really considered Blues Brothers a comedy. It’s one of my favorite movies ever.  I have 2 DVD copies.  It’s in my DVR.  And I will watch it when it’s on.  I have it memorized. I recite it constantly. Maybe the humor is ingrained so much.   Oddly enough recently I just noticed a detail I’d never noticed.  After they go into the soul food joint for the Aretha performance they go to Rays.  While perusing the merchandise Elwood approaches a toaster oven and pulls out a piece of white bread from his coat pocket to see if it fits. 

[Edman85]

Blazing Saddles

Airplane

Anchorman

The In Laws

 

(By the way, I could probably just rattle off Mel Brooks movies, but wanted to add some diversity.)

Edited June 29 by Edman85

[LaceyLou]

Arsenic and Old Lace

Best in Show

Life With Father

Big

(honorable mentions: Clueless, Uncle Buck, The Parent Trap (both versions), Office Space, Clerks)

[chasfh]

On 6/28/2025 at 12:28 PM, smr-nj said:

Yeah, Young Frankenstein is a fav of mine. Without a doubt 

Oh, yeah, I love Young Frankenstein. Scared the hell out of me.

[romad1]

For as mid a movie as it is...can't believe how many times I watched "Doctor Detroit" 

The 80s and cable tv were a weird time.  It had its moments but the premise was pretty insane.  Only studios with drug addled executives would greenlight that. 

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While Clifford is teaching classes, grading papers, catering a faculty party and assisting in hosting the visiting CEO, his Doctor Detroit alter ego has to find a way to get Thelma out of a solicitation charge, hold Mom at bay, and appear at the Players Ball to be proclaimed the new King of the Pimps while simultaneously appearing at Monroe College's annual Alumni Dinner. When Mom shows up at the Players Ball, she figures out that Doctor Detroit and Professor Skridlow are one and the same, and duels him with sword-length kebab skewers in front of the assembled academics. Mom is defeated, and the two functions combine into one joyous, spectacular party, as the ultimate fates of all are revealed, including Clifford's marriage to Karen.

 

Edited Tuesday at 12:06 PM by romad1

[romad1]

every once in a while I will have a momentary success at work and declare my self "King of the Pimps" resulting in long conversations with managers, HR and mediation struggle sessions. 

[oblong]

13 minutes ago, romad1 said:

For as mid a movie as it is...can't believe how many times I watched "Doctor Detroit" 

The 80s and cable tv were a weird time.  It had its moments but the premise was pretty insane.  Only studios with drug addled executives would greenlight that. 

 

Did Ackroyd write that movie?  He's a odd duck.  The original script for Blues Brothers was insane.  Like 300 pages.  He was told that each page is about 1 minute of screen time.

[romad1]

19 minutes ago, oblong said:

Did Ackroyd write that movie?  He's a odd duck.  The original script for Blues Brothers was insane.  Like 300 pages.  He was told that each page is about 1 minute of screen time.

He's got those weird techno-fascistic tendencies.  He can rattle off nomenclature and other techno-babble with the best of them.   He clearly wants to take the pis out of the authorities but also seems to find a lot of the world of police and authority of interest.  

Edited Tuesday at 12:39 PM by romad1

[romad1]

24 minutes ago, oblong said:

Did Ackroyd write that movie?  He's a odd duck.  The original script for Blues Brothers was insane.  Like 300 pages.  He was told that each page is about 1 minute of screen time.

according to Wikipedia it was three other dudes.