how im gonna make up something universal, doesnt even make any sense: IT"S THE TOP 100 COMEDY FILMS RESULTS THREAD

100% agree.

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I put four WA's on my ballot. I fully expect one to show, two to def not.

x-post The first is definitely the least funny of the 3 iirc.

#93

LOST IN AMERICA

Albert Brooks
1979
United States
(256 pts, 7 votes, 1 first place)

I think Lost in America made me laugh more uncontrollably than any film in the '80s.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:25 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fave scene from "Lost in America": "Twenty-two! Twenty-two! Twenty-two! SHIT!"
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:58 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lost in america is one of my favourite films! "the CORE of the nest-egg!?!"
― mark s, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:48 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

S/D: Albert Brooks, the neurotic American Ozu

I've seen a ton of woody allen but none made my ballot. I guess if I rewatched take the money & run or sleeper they might've had a chance. my fave allen movies don't seem like comedies to me (stardust memories, purple rose of cairo, crimes & misdemeanors), or maybe I just value the non-comedic aspects of them. I guess that doesn't make much sense when I've got stuff like barton fink and bitter moon on my ballot tho.

also I am allergic to albert brooks

ed 3 otm re: albert brooks imo

lol lost in america is def. and exactly the kind of post-1950s film that i could see appealing to Morbz. (i didn't vote for the fucking thing [lol also allergic to albert brooks], but its making the Top 100 doesn't make me cringe like swingers does.)

total shutouts for Buster Keaton, WC Fields and Jerry Lewis, obv. Chaplin too?

there are still 92 films to get to ... it's a little premature to say that any film is not gonna make, dontcha think?!?

King of Comedy? (Jerry Lewis)

i'd be surprised if buster keaton was shutout

I could see lewis getting shut out, would be shocked if keaton, fields, or chaplin got shutout

if chaplin doesn't place it'll be due to vote splitting but that would be like the marx bros not placing

lost in america is such a weird, minimalist, ruthless movie; i remember it as only having like five scenes, and it ends in such brutal collapse. shoulda been higher.

#92

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
1998
United States
(258 pts, 11 votes)

The only funny thing about Something About Mary was that cameo, the strange "Ok what in the holy fuck" feeling you get when you realize that Mary's wonderful, charming, kind boyfriend Brett she's been talking up the whole fucking movie like some kind of imbecile yet is now leaving for...Ben Stiller??? is Brett Favre. Also he sings and dances in the credits. Not quite enough to make the film worthwhile, I still want those 2 hours back, but pretty awesome anyway.
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:39 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"There's Something About Mary" is redeemed somewhat by the Jonathan Richman theme song.
― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:04 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"There's something about Mary. I can't put my finger on it, but I think it might be her tits."
― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:24 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the secret lies here:
just prior to a party this evening, I had a wank. Then I went to the party and not only chatted up an attractive girl, but managed to chat her up so well that the possibly more attractive guys who came over to try and move in on my position were completely ignored. After the party, she came up to me and asked for my number. Why did this work? I didn't give a muthafuck and I thank the wank for that.
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:13 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Were you actually inspired by "There's Something About Mary", or is this wank-before-you-meet-her a common technique?
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:16 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Best scene/moment in 'There's Something About Mary'

lol forgot lewis was in king of comedy, and it's on my ballot

not really a true lewis film tho, it would be like julie andrews placing in the musical poll for S.O.B.

Kingpin's funnier.

oh god dammit, I forgot to put Sleeper on my ballot

Lewis could get shut out. I didn't give Nutty Professor a vote on my ballot (well, not the Lewis version anyway).

fuck a farrelly bros

There's Something About Mary is like The Hangover or w/e for me where everyone sees it and the it's the big blockbuster comedy of the year but it doesn't even strike me as especially great as a cheesy studio comedy

voted for Dumb & Dumber though

I stanned for them a little when they went mi**lebrow, much like the rest of Film Comment's target demo. But Mary is filled with not funny things.

Jonathan Richman as greek chorus is pretty inherently funny though

i have fond memories of stuff matt dillon did, but i have no desire to revisit Mary really.

not really a true lewis film tho, it would be like julie andrews placing in the musical poll for S.O.B.

never knew Lewis and Scorsese were married.

it's a little premature to say that any film is not gonna make

No, bcz about 80% of the voters have not seen a Fields or Lewis film, and never will.

what, only you can judge films without seeing them?

haha shut up Morbs

<I>Is</I> there a famous WC Fields film?

(will be performing HTML pratfalls all day)

I could see the bank dick placing

you know how ilx loves dick joeks

i don't know what this 'never will' stuff is. i'm one of the whippersnappers who voted for a bunch of microwaved modern comedies but i absolutely want to someday see all the oldies morbs scolds us for not knowing, and imagine i will enjoy most or all of them.

lol at me having a quote in support of swingers. i would probably not rep for it today. but i haven't seen it in a million years.

i don't think i voted for any of these so far? probably should have voted for singin' in the rain though.

approve of results so far. except for Swingers, which is straight obnoxious garbage.

Had this been a top 100 ballot I bet I would have run out of modern kicks and included more "that was fun, bet it blew minds in 1943, glad this movie is in the smithsonian"-type films

#89 (3-WAY-TIE)

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Ernst Lubitsch
1932
United States
(259 pts, 6 votes)

i watched trouble in paradise with a girl over the holiday break and she squealed joyously through most of it.
kind of a keeper, that one.
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Monday, January 2, 2012 6:15 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

trouble in paradise is indeed the best film ever, b&w or not. are we having a 1930s movie poll soon?
― :| (....), Wednesday, January 5, 2005 3:10 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hi dere, I like this movie.
― Remy IS THE Snush (x Jeremy), Saturday, January 15, 2005 1:35 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

be sure to watch the RESTORED version of Trouble in Paradise, with Miriam Hopkins shitting in a sink
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, March 5, 2012 2:53 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

trouble in paradise

TONSILS!

Harland Williams is the funniest thing in There's Something About Mary, and he's in it for all of, what, three minutes?

ah i remember harland williams. i voted for half baked!

lost in america is such a weird, minimalist, ruthless movie; i remember it as only having like five scenes, and it ends in such brutal collapse. shoulda been higher.

― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:55 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ this. Although I wouldn't call "And I eat shit?" a brutal collapse necessarily, but yeah, a dashing of his dreams.

^phil otm! 7 its all abt 7. 7 chipmunks swingin on a branch eatin lots of sunflowers on my uncles ranch, you know that old tale from the sea!

also, Morbz seems to grasp some basic math principles -- i.e., if the "handful" of old-timey film stans cram the top of their ballots with keaton, chaplin, wc fields and jerry lewis films and the old-timey fans aren't massively underrepresented vis-a-vis the non-old-timey fans then there's still a good chance that certain of their films could make the Top 100.

seems to need to grasp some basic math principles, i meant

total shutouts for Buster Keaton, WC Fields and Jerry Lewis, obv. Chaplin too?

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:52 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Jeez, Morbz, all you had to do was put The Errand Boy in your top 10 like I did.

6 votes for Trouble in Paradise = average 43 points! I suspect that'll be hard to beat.

xp or not, that is a good point.

TIP might've been my #1 (I don't remember).

Either way it's perfect.

it's one of the few movies – let alone comedies – that manages to create and sustain a tone.

Had this been a top 100 ballot I bet I would have run out of modern kicks and included more "that was fun, bet it blew minds in 1943, glad this movie is in the smithsonian"-type films

― da croupier, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:06 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok, this is what i think of trouble in paradise -- maybe i should watch it again (and i can respect someone voting for it), but this is def an example of quaint-lol-1930s AFAIC.

amused that the two movies so far that i voted for (trouble in paradise, lost in america) are both morbspix, let's see how long i can keep this affinity up

xpost But it made a modern girl squeal!