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Old 12-17-2008, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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Only five, eh ...

Duck Soup
Young Frankenstein
The Return of the Pink Panther
The General
Safety Last
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Old 12-17-2008, 12:07 PM
 
Location: Orlando
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Blazing Saddles...best!

Naked Gun---all of them

Airplane

Animal House

Analize This
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Old 12-17-2008, 12:10 PM
 
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8. The Mouse That Roared
Even though TMTR wasn't one, I love those sweet old Ealing comedies. And anything with Joan Greenwood...especially The Importance of Being Earnest with E. Evans as Lady Brrrrrack-nell.
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Old 12-17-2008, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Too far from the beach, NJ
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Top Ten (not necessarily in this order):

White Chicks
40 Year Old Virgin
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Wedding Crashers
Knocked Up
SuperBad
Anchorman
Party Girl
Best In Show
Four Weddings and a Funeral
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Old 12-17-2008, 01:51 PM
 
Location: Maine
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I like my comedy more intellectual and less physical. . . top picks:

Six Rooms, River View -- not a movie, a play, staring Carol Burnett and Alan Alda
The Four Seasons -- movie, also Burnett and Alda
Wonder Boys -- Michael Douglas
I love Wonder Boys. But I don't know that I'd call it a "comedy" per se. Definitely some hilarious moments, but also some very dramatic and sad moments too. Dramedy, maybe?
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Old 12-17-2008, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Everybody is going to hurt you, you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for-B Marley
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Fiddler on the Roof--(I know this is a musical but it's also a comedy, right? It's my all-time favorite movie so it stays. LOL)

Stranger Than Fiction

Waking Ned Devine

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Bridget Jones' Diary

About a Boy

Return of the Pink Panther

Life of Brian

scrooged

I can count, honest. I just can't narow it down to 5.
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Old 12-17-2008, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Middle Earth
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For me it would be

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Spaceballs
Ace Venture Pet Detective
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Old 12-17-2008, 02:09 PM
 
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Spinal Tap
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Old 12-17-2008, 04:46 PM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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So hard to narrow down ... :

In no particular order:

Kingpin
O Brother Where Art Thou
Heaven Help Us
History of the World Pt. 1
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Airplane
Raising Arizona
The Gold Rush
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Old 12-17-2008, 06:38 PM
 
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OK I like 30s and 40s movies, but there was just something in the air in the mid to late 70s and very early 80s:

Animal House

Airplane

Young Frankenstien

Blues Brothers

Pink Panther Strikes Again - best scene:
YouTube - The Pink Panther Strikes Again

and the classic dog bit(e):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2Q...eature=related
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