I can't stand hearing movie quotes repeated ad infinitum, especially Caddyshack or Fletch.
But danged if I don't sit down for dinner at every company retreat with two unfamiliar co-workers and go "Orange Whip? Orange Whip?"
― pplains, Saturday, 24 March 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol those were my #1 and #2 in the comedy poll and even I hate when ppl quote them too much.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
Although I am occasionally guilty of doing so myself but it's not often and only in the presence of a particular friend.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
Caddyshack or Fletch.
lol those were my #1 and #2 in the comedy poll
just kill me now
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
loool
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
Morbs, I'm sure we'll all do the right thing and run future ballots by a WWII vet before submitting.
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
apparently CHEVY CHASE IS THE GREATEST FILM COMEDIAN OF ALL TIME
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
Nobody's saying that, Morbs! We're saying he's the greatest comedian of all time full stop.
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
This is between og Wayne's World and MacGruber for me.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, March 23, 2012 10:21 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me too, tie goes to the movie with ghost porking
current snl is awesome, stefon forever
― arsenio and old ma$e (m bison), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
I would see a stefon movie for real
I think the only one of these I've ever seen straight through is Wayne's World, which was funny but not very funny, and kind of sluggish and forced - for a zany movie based on a sketch comedy show it's not exactly laugh-a-minute. Voting Blues Brothers on the grounds that even if it were less funny than Wayne's World (and from what I've seen of it, it's got some moments?), it has some kick-ass musicians doing pretty decent performances. I'd buy that for a dollar.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
Alice Cooper explaining the history of Milwaukee vs Ray Charles shooting a gun over the head of a shoplifter. I understand both sides.
― pplains, Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
The Milwaukee thing was pretty great, I'll give you that. And the moment when he's like "No, no, stay, guys!" and for a second it seems like Wayne & Garth have been sufficiently turned off by his Milwaukee nerd speech that they actually are going to just politely excuse themselves.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 March 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
Mr mikes mondo video is fucking a+++++ FYI guys
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Saturday, 24 March 2012 05:57 (twelve years ago) link
Wayne's worlds both make me want to die tho so
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Saturday, 24 March 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 March 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, March 24, 2012 12:02 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
WHY I OUTTA
Listen - They're my favorite funniest movies! I have to say though that in the end I found ranking the 50 a lot harder than picking 50. I wasn't really sure about the order at all - even the top 10. 11-50 ranking was pretty much totally arbitrary.
CHEVY CHASE IS THE GREATEST FILM COMEDIAN OF ALL TIME
When he was on and good he was one of the best, yes.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
"OUTTA"? I haven't had coffee yet. OUGHTA, obv. I haven't had coffee yet.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Or is it aughta? I think it should be aughta but isn't. OK, coffee. Yes.
wayne's world ahead of ladies man, love blues bros but i dunno is it a very good movie
have always h8d chevy chase's smug smug face
macgruber was pretty awful
― less of the same (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 March 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i refuse to believe MacGruber is actually good
― Number None, Saturday, 24 March 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
It was better than I expected but I wouldn't call it "good".
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
Voted Bob Roberts, but might have gone with The Coneheads cartoon.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 24 March 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
this thread took a rough tumble through the challopian tube. in 9 mos it may give birth to something even more RONG
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 24 March 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
One can only hope
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Saturday, 24 March 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
let's just hope Armond White doesn't finally start posting here, coinciding with Momus' return.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 24 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
macgruber has more laffs in it than anything in this poll, save the two waynes worlds
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 24 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Wayne's World II would probably win for me. between the Charlton Heston cameo, the roadie, and the sequence of Wayne pickin the Waynestock bands from conveniently placed visual stimuli...classic.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone who's dismissing MacGruber out of hand is doing themselves a grave disservice.
― Arnold Drummond, Process Server (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
i'm dismissing it out of having watched it, yerman is painful to the eye/ear
― less of the same (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
the Church Lady Trilogy is going to own this when it finally comes out
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
I saw MacGruber, it wasn't really all that funny.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 24 March 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Masterpiece: It's Pat - The MoviePretty damn close: Stuart Saves His Family; SuperstarShame on you for stealing the title of the greatest American film comedy: The Ladies Man
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
But the real question is: does the Lewis Ladies Man hold a candle to It's Pat?
― Calvin Coolranch (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
bozelka back
― some dude, Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
can we just
That same year, her father, C.L. Franklin was shot during an armed robbery of his home, and subsequently spent the next five years in a coma, prompting his daughter to leave L.A. and return home to Detroit. Franklin’s career seemed similarly incapacitated as the new decade dawned.
― ralphs vons williams (get bent), Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
Fab factoid: Dixie Square Mall, in which the car-chase scenes from The Blues Brothers were filmed, chosen for filming because it had just closed down in 1978 only 13 years after it was built, still stands today because nobody wanted to pay to tear it down. It has stood as a derelict, vacant building for over twice as long as it was actually open for business!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Dixie_Square_Mall_Block_B_stores.jpg
― everything else is secondary (Lee626), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:44 (twelve years ago) link
I kind of loathe Superstar with a gut-wrenching intensity
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
like KJB repping for it in the same breath as Stuart tempts me to watch it again, but, as it turns out, the thought of ever watching it again is itself a peculiar form of torture
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
xp A friend of mine grew up near that mall, which was vacant during his whole childhood...except for one night when it was mysteriously, and suddenly, completely lit-up and fully-stocked. A day or two later, it was back to being vacant. He thought he'd dreamed it or was otherwise going nuts until he saw the movie.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Forget the movie, I kind of loathed the Mary Catherine Gallagher sketches.
― Calvin Coolranch (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Like, I might have to do a sequel to this poll: Worst SNL Sketch Upon Which a Movie Was Based. Roxbury would probably win. I honestly don't know what Lorne was smoking there for a while.
― Calvin Coolranch (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 30 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
I guess not *everyone* hates the Blues Brothers. hmph
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
I can live with that top three.
― The Itchy And Scratchy Glowbo Blow (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 30 March 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
Coneheads should have been a great movie but wasn't at all
― everything else is secondary (Lee626), Friday, 30 March 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
wayne's world deserves its place, but how many were attributable to "anything but the blues brothers" pseudo-challops?!?
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Friday, 30 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
also, i'm both happy and sad that a night at the roxbury got 3 pts.