What is the funniest film ever for you?

For me, it was "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World".

I saw this film in Hawaii in 1964. I laughed myself silly. Too many great stars to mention. It was such a great experience. The theatre I saw it in (Kuhio) was recently torn down. :-(

What about you?

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I have it on DVD

Now that I have a DVD player, I'll have to buy it to go along with my other two DVDs - "The Three Amigos" and "Blazing Saddles".

never laughed that hard or that long in a movie.

my vote's gotta go here, too. I think I peed a little.

Yes....this one made me lose control of my bladder.

Although I admit it gets a little dull after you've seen it 50 times.

usaully at least a little intoxicated....

truth is, I prefer The Meaning of Life too

But, haven't seen it in years due to my switch to DVD from VHS. I have an original version of Holy Grail on VHS, which is supposedly valuable.

it's now my daughters funniest too,how's that for crossing generational lines?!I'am 44 and my daughter is 17.

I saw it some ridiculous number of times while still in the theaters.

Airplane rocks.

I love that silly stuff. It gets my vote too.

That rare thing, a sequel better than its original. I am especially amused by the Hare Krishnas who have their own airline "Transcendental Air": would that be chanting or non-chanting?

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It might take my vote.

I thought Charlie Sheen was really funny in this one. I think he's a great comedic actor.

Prairie shit!

Especially when they have Count Basie and his Orchestra in the middle of NO where..and many more laughs.

I LOVED that movie - my husband and I had belly aches from laughing so hard!

One of my all time favorites! You have to watch it at least 3 or 4 times to catch everything.

who was screwing every guy on the planet and of course the dogs. Very funny

driving to dog show next month and everyone is going to be forced to watch..

(staying in Hilton with all the dogs...too bizarre)

I only rented it because I am a Bette Midler fan and this was the only thing she did that I had never seen. Well, I was in hysterics...Travolta is a riot, Renee Russo, Gene Hackman, and the guy from "The Sopranos" are all hilarious in this. Travolta does sort of a spoof on his character in "Pulp Fiction".
Best line: "It's the Rolls Royce of minivans!"

I'm the resident 'Get Shorty' pusher around here. :7

I couldn't agree more. The movie's hysterical without really trying to be. And you can quote it all day long.

The trailer for 'Be Cool' looks just as funny.

and although I hear the play is great, and the new movie of the play will be great, I still honor the One And Only Original.

beyond brilliant and how did anyone kept a straight face in that movie

Gene Wilder's freakout scene is hysterical. The play is pretty good, but the movie's much better.

I was tripping on Mushrooms the first time I watched it, but I still laugh really hard when I see it with seven years clean and sober, which was just a few weeks ago.

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Jonathan Mardukas: Did she hurt you, Jack?
Jack Walsh: Yeah, she did.
Jonathan Mardukas: I'm sorry.
Jack Walsh: What're you sorry about?
Jonathan Mardukas: I'm sorry you're hurt.
Jack Walsh: I'm not hurt.
Jonathan Mardukas: You just said you were hurt.
Jack Walsh: I'm not hurt.
Jonathan Mardukas: I just asked you if you were hurt and you said "Yeah, I'm hurt."
Jack Walsh: That's because you made me say that.
Jonathan Mardukas: Jack, you're a grown man. You're in control of your own words.
Jack Walsh: You're goddamn right I am. Now here come two words for you: Shut the fuck up.

Red Wood: Red's Corner Bar.
Jonathan Mardukas: Are you Red?
Red Wood: Yes.
Jonathan Mardukas: Do you dye your hair?
Red Wood: No.

Jonathan Mardukas: Why do they call you Red?
Red Wood: It's short for Redwood. My last name's Wood.
Jonathan Mardukas: What's your first name?
Red Wood: Bill.

Jack Walsh: What?
Jonathan Mardukas: You heard me, I can't fly.
Jack Walsh: No, no, no. You're going to have to do better than that.
Jonathan Mardukas: No I don't have to do better than that, because it's the truth. I can't fly. I suffer from aviaphobia.
Jack Walsh: What does that mean?
Jonathan Mardukas: It means I can't fly. I also suffer from claustrophobia and agoraphobia.
Jack Walsh: Well if you don't shut up, pretty soon you're gonna suffer from fistaphobia.

Jack Walsh: What the - -YOU LIED TO ME FIRST!
Jonathan Mardukas: Yes! Yes. But you didn't know I was lying to you when you lied to me down by the river. So as far as you knew, you lied to me first!
Jack Walsh: How can I argue with this guy. I don't know what the fuck he's talking about.

when Jack won't talk to him and so he has the conversation playing both parts ("when will we get to los angeles / shut the fuck up")

Gets me every time.

I can recite entire chunks of dialog from that film. Genius. Fucking brilliant. The movie I mean, not me. :evilgrin:

But I do loves me some Mel Brooks.

Raising Arizona was my second choice.

"Maybe it was Utah."

...at the end. That was touching.

But I saw an old couple bein' visited by their children-and all their grandchildren too. And the old couple wasn't screwed up, and neither were their kids or their grandkids. And I don't know, you tell me. This whole dream, was it wishful thinking? Was I just fleein' reality, like I know I'm liable to do?

... And it seemed real. It seemed like us. And it seemed like well ... our home . . . If not Arizona, then a land, not too far away, where all parents are strong and wise and capable, and all children are happy and beloved.... I dunno, maybe it was Utah.

The Britcom feature to end all Britcom features. Early 1960s, with a cast that includes Michael Caine, Sir John Mills, Peter Sellers, and a whole bunch of other well-known actors playing members of two Victorian families who are trying to inherit the same fortune.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" another of my all time favorite funny movies (and plays for that matter)

With Monty Python and The Holy Grail a close second.

period..

"Life of Brian" and "What's Up Doc?"

Kenneth Mars is great as Hugh Simon...

Judge: "Stop saying that. (turns to bailiff) "Make him stop saying that."

Someday I'm going to have a T-shirt made up with that on it. :)

"Doc" and "Airplane" and "Some Like It Hot" still make me laugh helplessly, no matter how many times I've seen them. Also, Bud Cort in the swimming pool in "Harold and Maude."

and Ryan O'neal? If that is the one you are refering to than I agree.

I love that one too

reminded me of family in the hills of West Virginia....laughed and laughed....

...not my all time fave -- but incredibly funny.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is second.

I have the DVD, and it still cracks me up!

Can I add TOOTSIE?

i love that movie--it's hysterical.

"We must put a halt to Communist infiltration, Communist subversion, and the Communist plot to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids."

"You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

u.s.w.

I was wondering when someone was going to mention Strangelove.

Even though it was about the cold war it is still relevant in it's observations about the military/industrial complex.

it became Bringing up Baby.....when I really need a laugh, I put that one in

It's a little known South African (I think) movie made in the late 70's. There was also a part two which was also hilarious but not as good as the first. It just goes to say you don't need special effects just good shots to make a good movie! If you haven't seen it, look for it. You will not be disappointed!

makes me laugh out loud.

I was 14 when I saw it and thought it to be the funniest film ever, I was apoplexic. Since then, I would add:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
South Park BLU
Lebowski


Of course there's also Duck Soup, but the Marx Brothers are in a class unto themselves............

Others would include "Play It Again, Sam" and "Love and Death."

with bill murray.

so many great lines!

Napoleon Dynamite and Sideways were the movies recently that had me cracking up.

And Now For Something Completely Different, a close 2nd.

This is the single funniest film I have ever seen. It is a parody of all those teen films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller &c. &c. &c. It is definitely NOT for children as it violates just about every sensibility everyone has. While it can be pretty vulgar, it is also subtle and smart with much attention to detail. The best part is the Grease-esque musical number near the end. Funnier every time I see it.

I watched a DVD the other day containing several short films by two of the most twisted and depraved film makers in cinematic history: Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. There was no dialogue, just a self-destructive cartoon coyote who always fails to capture the roadrunner but never fails to get killed. At first glance, the cartoons seem really simple, but there is a truckload of psychological nuance in each one. As I watched Coyote weld handlebars onto a jet engine, I thought, "This is a good idea. Nothing can possibly go wrong." What kind of twisted minds dreamed this stuff up? "Okay, what if he straps a refridgerator onto his back to generate snow? He could ski down the hill after the road runner!" Funny, funny stuff.

The ancient Rome version of "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"

The original with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin.

"What?"
"THE PHONE!!!"

:silly:

Ah yes John Candy, you are still mossed.....

Hail Marx!

:7

Dogma

B-)

I've seen that movie more times than I can remember. John Belushi is a frickin' genius. That line "we got both kinds- we got country and western" still makes me laugh. Oh, and the four fried chickens and a coke bit.

In terms of cleverness, intelligence, and sardonic wit mixed with slapstick and vaudeville: Young Frankenstein, or any of the Kevin Smith movies, Blazing Saddles, The Incredibles

In terms of accidentally being hilarious: Love Story

I know becvause 'Airplane!' is my choice too. :7

It makes David Lynch films seem mainstream.

/sarcasm off

Seriously, I haven't seen the movie, but I do love the Birdcage. William's son is such a cutie, but a jerk nonetheless.

Right from the opening scene that shit was THE FUNNIEST!!
& When he asks John Ritter if he's trying to say "His fucking gear doesnt work" is a CLASSIC.

Old School is also grade A. I love that movie.



I also loved Raising Arizona, Zoolander, Joe Dirt, South Park movie, Beavis & Butthead movie, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Tommy Boy, Meet the Parents, Spinal Tap..... I love funny movies. The funnier the better

I can't decide which version, however. The German and the English version feature almost completely different gags.

Oh: Don't forget Staplerfahrer Klaus.

And Staplerfahrer Klaus looks GREAT! Is it out for rental?

Staplerfahrer is ... well ... messy. Not to mention: short.

I don't think that it is available stateside, it is a good gag movie for parties, it sells for three to five Euros at most local video stores.

Always look on the bright side of life.....

:)

I love Benecio and Johnny's performances. Second would be "Office Space".

No matter how many times I see it, I can't stop laughing.

Or....

Superstar (SNL flick)

Well you get the idea! I also liked Zoolander, and Starsky and Hutch.

Erin

Carry-On Nurse to name but two. Brilliant British humour.

The Man Who Knew Too Little also cracks me up something terrible.