Tweet
Okay, in part two of this five part series, let's name our favorite Comedy of all time, and why....you're not allowed to post a commentary on someone else's selection until you have, in a separate post, stated your favorite and the reasons why. 150 words, minimum.
-
"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied -
Old School or Anchorman
Old school for the wedding scene from Vince Vaughn soliloquy to the band singing total eclipse of the heart
Anchorman - for the quotes"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla -
Duh. The Big Lebowski."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
-
I think Knocked Up and Superbad are two of the funniest movies I've ever seen. But this totally makes me a product of my generation. What can I say? I am likely the youngest poster on CUF so I need to represent.I am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PAC
You know how President Hinckley said he doesn't worry about those who pray? The same can be said for men who are self-aware enough to know when there's a life to be lived outside of the world of video games. - AnonymousComment
-
The Wedding SingerComment
-
This is Spinal Tap
Since you're asking me to choose, I'm going to say This is Spinal Tap. The original mockumentary and done to perfection. The characters, the jokes, the music, the shows, the quotes, the clothing, the hair, etc., etc. is all perfect. "Big bottom, talk about bun cakes my girl's got 'em."We can't be containedComment
-
I'd put Borat in there, too. But I love those movies.Originally posted by Gidget View Post
" 'Why don't you get in your time machines and go #$%& yourselves?'
'Who needs a time machine?' ""I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
"Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle UteComment
-
Hot Fuzz
So densely packed with brilliant humor, it's impossible to enjoy it all on the first time through. It's also a decent action movie in the process, as it pays homage to various classics of bad action like Bad Boys and Point Break.
The cast is extremely impressive as well. Jim Broadbent plays the local police chief, Cate Blanchett plays the ex-girlfriend, Peter Jackson plays the assailant dressed as Father Christmas, Bill Nighy plays the chief inspector, Timothy Dalton plays the supermarket owner, and of course Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are always hilarious. Apparently many of the other actors are famous in Britain for their portrayals of various beloved characters but I'm not as familiar with them.Comment
-
You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really. It's sort of...Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump".Originally posted by Buton777 View Post"I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
"Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle UteComment
-
Paul Rudd is effin hilarious in this movie. As much as I love Superbad I must say I think I like Knocked Up more because of it's more reality based plot . . . and the family/marriage/pregnancy humor is just something I can relate to more.Originally posted by BoylenOver View PostI am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PAC
You know how President Hinckley said he doesn't worry about those who pray? The same can be said for men who are self-aware enough to know when there's a life to be lived outside of the world of video games. - AnonymousComment
-
Old - Animal House
Middle - Dumb and Dumber
New - SuperbadComment
-
Strange Bew
Caddyshack
Animal House
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
"I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear LeaderComment
-
My favorite comedy of all-time, and probably my favorite movie, period, is the Coen Brothers', O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The film delicately interweaves a basic jailbreak/buddy movie/big quest film with a not-too-subtle subtext of the story of Ulysses. Several parallels between Ulysses Everett McGill's story exist: the sirens, John Goodman's cyclops, the blind oracle who pushes the railroad car, the constant pursuit by death's embodiment; the list is lengthier and full of small asides that I won't go into here unless prompted. One of its main strengths is its quotability. The film creates situations in which period dialogue in the postmodern era overlap with the audience's own experiences, creating humorous situations and words.
For example, when Pete's cousin, Wash(ington) Hogwallop betrays them to the Man, Pete yells, "We's kin," to which Wash responds, somewhat like the man who bulldozes his friends' house in the Grapes of Wrath for $3 (30 mercury dimes=30 pieces of silver), "They got this Depression on, I got to do for me and mine." I have adapted the quote to be my signature on this forum, substituting the "They" for a more personal and inclusive, "We." That the Depression is "They got" speaks to Wash's powerlessness in the face of powers and forces that he cannot control, influence, or understand, and yet, his action to resist it and starvation, is to betray his own flesh and blood (albeit a convicted felon). The movie is funny, but there is a clear subtext throughout of the complexities of familial relations and our own relationship with the world, fate, God, the government, and our fellowmen.
I enjoying quoting the movie so much that I've taken to calling people who do something stupid "dumber than a bag a' hammers." However, Tim appears to have this movie memorized verbatim and can quote it at length, in character.
Other memorable moments include (borrowed from imdb):
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pete: I've always wondered, what's the devil look like?
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork.
Tommy Johnson: Oh, no. No, sir. He's white, as white as you folks, with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He likes to travel around with a mean old hound. That's right.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Why are you telling our gals that I was hit by a train?
Penny Wharvey McGill: Lots of respectable people have been hit by trains. Judge Hobbie over in Cookville was hit by a train. What was I gonna tell them, that you got sent to the penal farm and I divorced you from shame?
Ulysses Everett McGill: Uh, I take your point. But it does put me in a damn awkward position, vis-a-vis my progeny.This particular dialogue is a masterpiece--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pete: You miserable little snake! You stole from my kin!
Ulysses Everett McGill: Who was fixin' to betray us.
Pete: You didn't know that at the time.
Ulysses Everett McGill: So I borrowed it until I did know.
Pete: That don't make no sense!
Ulysses Everett McGill: Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pomade Vendor: I can get the part from Bristol. It'll take two weeks, here's your pomade.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Two weeks? That don't do me no good.
Pomade Vendor: Nearest Ford auto man's Bristol.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Hold on, I don't want this pomade. I want Dapper Dan.
Pomade Vendor: I don't carry Dapper Dan, I carry Fop.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, I don't want Fop, ***damn it! I'm a Dapper Dan man!
Pomade Vendor: Watch your language, young feller, this is a public market. Now if you want Dapper Dan, I can order it for you, have it in a couple of weeks.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!Delmar O'Donnell: Friend? Some of your foldin' money is come unstowed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulysses Everett McGill: The treasure is still there boys, believe me.
Delmar O'Donnell: But how'd he know about the treasure?
Ulysses Everett McGill: I don't know Delmar. The blind are reputed to possess sensitivities compensating for their lack of sight, even to the point of developing paranormal psychic powers. Now, clearly seeing into the future would fall into neatly into that category; its not so surprising then that an organism deprived of its earthly vision...
Pete: He said we wouldn't get get it. He said we wouldn't get the treasure we seek on account of our ob-stac-les.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well what the hell does he know, he's just an ignorant old man?Ulysses Everett McGill: Pete's cousin turned us in for the bounty.
Pete: The hell you say! Wash is kin!
Washington Hogwallop: Sorry, Pete, I know we're kin, but they got this depression on. I got to do for me and mine.
Pete: I'm gonna kill you, Judas Iscariot Hogwallop!Pete: Well I'll be a sonofabitch. Delmar's been saved.
Delmar O'Donnell: Well that's it, boys. I've been redeemed. The preacher's done warshed away all my sins and transgressions. It's the straight and narrow from here on out, and heaven everlasting's my reward.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Delmar, what are you talking about? We've got bigger fish to fry.
Delmar O'Donnell: The preacher says all my sins is warshed away, including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo.
Ulysses Everett McGill: I thought you said you was innocent of those charges?
Delmar O'Donnell: Well I was lyin'. And the preacher says that that sin's been warshed away too. Neither God nor man's got nothin' on me now. C'mon in boys, the water is fine."Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy LiedComment
-
The Big Lebowski.As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
--Kendrick LamarComment
-
Other good comedies include:
Groundhog Day
Kelly's Heroes
Operation Petticoat
Gross Pointe Blank
Dumb and Dumber
Hot Fuzz
Thank You for Smoking
A Fish Called Wanda
Ferris Buellar's Day Off
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
The Blues Brothers
The Princess Bride
Young Frankenstein
Best in Show
Trading Places
NL's Vacation
Bull Durham"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy LiedComment
Comment