Comedy Countdown POOL

[Citizen Rules]

Comedy Countdown Pool


Here's the place to promote your favorite comedies and get them noticed by other MoFos for the upcoming Comedy Countdown (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=65782).

Post your favorite comedies and give it your best shot, talk them up & promote them...Just flat out try and convince others that they are worth watching. Hopefully others will watch some of these comedies and then add them to their own ballots.

As a twist: I'm going to make this a Comedy Movie Pool, where I will link everyone's fav comedy films to the post where they talk about it.

*List as many comedies as you want, but...if you want more Top Promotions for your comedies then you'll have to watch one of the comedies listed on the 1st post and write a brief paragraph with your thoughts on the movie...then I'll link another comedy for you...watch a bunch of the comedies from the 1st post and I'll link another of yours for each one watched.

Comedy Pool Recommendations


My Dinner With Jimi (2003) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286034#post2286034) Citizen Rules
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286037#post2286037) John Dumbear
The Big Lebowski (1998) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286044#post2286044) Thief
Bright Eyes (1934) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286073#post2286073) Allaby
Caddyshack (1980) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286087#post2286087) Holden Pike
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286128#post2286128) Captain Steel
Trading Places (1983) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286135#post2286135) John W Constantine
The Interview (2014) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286146#post2286146) TheUsualSuspect
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286153#post2286153)ynwtf
Black Dynamite (2009) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286267#post2286267) honeykid
They Came Together (2014) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286307#post2286307) Frightened Inmate
Trading Places (1983) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286321#post2286321) Harry Lime
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286346#post2286346) Raul
La Grande Vadrouille (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286408#post2286408) (1966) mrblonde
The Awful Truth (1937) (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2286493#post2286493) Wooley
Buffalo '66 (1998 (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2287707#post2287707)) Matt72582

[Citizen Rules]

I highly recommend you watch one of my fav comedies, it's a indy film that's not well known but well worth watching: My Dinner With Jimi (2003) it's the bio-comedy about the 1960s rock band The Turtles and their experience after their smash hit So Happy Together. The movie is unique in that it is written by the lead singer of The Turtles Howard Kaylan. In one night they go to London on a promotional tour and meet the Beatles (what a hilarious scene that was!) and then Howard Kaylan has dinner with Jimi Hendrix (the best Hendrix actor I've seen). Yeah you should watch this!

[Citizen Rules]

So that's my one comedy that gets linked to the 2nd post, but I have a whole lot more comedy movies to push err I mean promote:p

Amelie (2001)
A very charming French comedy that transcends language, not slapstick, not silly, but fresh and impish like Amelie! Love this movie.

Some Like it Hot (1959) Billy Wilder directing with his flare in what is an intelligent screwball (sort of) comedy with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and someone called Marilyn Monroe.

Canadian Bacon (1995) Yeah I know it has a low 5.9 rating on IMDB but what they hell do they know about comedy! Directed and written by Michael Moore, yeah that Michael Moore...but this is an early work for him and it's more balanced, not preachy and very funny. Of course it's funny it has John Candy in it.


I'll think of some more later😁

[John Dumbear]

Just off the top of my head, ones I laughed hard at:



Slums of Beverly Hills
Four Lions
Mother, Jugs & Speed
The Gumball Rally
The Great Race
The Opposite of Sex
Freeway

[Citizen Rules]

Just off the top of my head, ones I laughed hard at:

Slums of Beverly Hills
Four Lions
Mother, Jugs & Speed
The Gumball Rally
The Great Race
The Opposite of Sex
FreewayI've not seen any of those but The Gumball Rally which I will now remember when I make my own ballot. I do have The Great Race saved to watch so I'll try and watch that real soon! And I'll read about the others too I think I might like them.

[Thief]

I don't know if this is too much of a shameless self-promotion, but last year I dedicated an episode of my podcast to comedy. My guest was stand-up comedian Steve Mazan, who was a writer for Ellen, and we had a great talk about his career and different comedies. In the end, we both shared our Top 5 comedies.

The Movie Loot 31 - The Comedy Loot (https://www.buzzsprout.com/850063/7900144-thief-s-monthly-movie-loot-31-the-comedy-loot-with-steve-mazan.mp3?download=true)

For those that don't want to listen, these are our Top 5, but we do mention and talk about a lot of other comedies, so it might be a good source of suggestions for some of you...

My Top 5
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Liar Liar
3. Spaceballs
4. Clerks
5. UHF

Steve's Top 5
1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
2. Raising Arizona
3. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
4. The Blues Brothers
5. The Graduate

[Yoda]

Great idea!

Re: Canadian Bacon. I actually remember a fair bit about that, for some reason.

"We have ways of making you pronounce the letter 'O'."

[Citizen Rules]

I don't know if this is too much of a shameless self-promotion, but last year I dedicated an episode of my podcast to comedy. My guest was stand-up comedian Steve Mazan, who was a writer for Ellen, and we had a great talk about his career and different comedies. In the end, we both shared our Top 5 comedies.

The Movie Loot 31 - The Comedy Loot (https://www.buzzsprout.com/850063/7900144-thief-s-monthly-movie-loot-31-the-comedy-loot-with-steve-mazan.mp3?download=true)

For those that don't want to listen, these are our Top 5, but we do mention and talk about a lot of other comedies, so it might be a good source of suggestions for some of you...
The more shameless self-promotion the better:yup: Very cool that you did a podcast with a famous comedy writer! I'm going to try and watch a bunch of comedies, I'm a big fan of John Candy's and I've seen all his films but I might have to watch some of them again and he's in Spaceballs.

[Citizen Rules]

Great idea!

Re: Canadian Bacon. I actually remember a fair bit about that, for some reason.

"We have ways of making you pronounce the letter 'O'."Thanks!

I'm going to have to watch Canadian Bacon again cause I don't remember the O bit, but I do remember being very impressed. If I was to rank all of John Candy's films it would figure towards the top.

[Yoda]

I don't know if this is too much of a shameless self-promotion, but last year I dedicated an episode of my podcast to comedy. My guest was stand-up comedian Steve Mazan, who was a writer for Ellen, and we had a great talk about his career and different comedies. In the end, we both shared our Top 5 comedies.

The Movie Loot 31 - The Comedy Loot (https://www.buzzsprout.com/850063/7900144-thief-s-monthly-movie-loot-31-the-comedy-loot-with-steve-mazan.mp3?download=true)

For those that don't want to listen, these are our Top 5, but we do mention and talk about a lot of other comedies, so it might be a good source of suggestions for some of you...

My Top 5
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Liar Liar
3. Spaceballs
4. Clerks
5. UHF

Steve's Top 5
1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
2. Raising Arizona
3. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
4. The Blues Brothers
5. The Graduate
This is so sick! Thanks for linking it.

[Allaby]

Some of my favourite lesser known comedies. These all have less than 5,000 votes on imdb and are in alphabetical order:

Bright Eyes (1934)
Cigarettes et chocolat chaud (2016)
Don't Talk to Irene (2017)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Las mantenidas sin sueños (2005)
Loners (2019)
The Marrying Kind (1952)
Our Relations (1936)
Up in Arms (1944)

[Citizen Rules]

Some of my favourite lesser known comedies. These all have less than 5,000 votes on imdb and are in alphabetical order:

Bright Eyes (1934)
Cigarettes et chocolat chaud (2016)
Don't Talk to Irene (2017)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Las mantenidas sin sueños (2005)
Loners (2019)
The Marrying Kind (1952)
Our Relations (1936)
Up in Arms (1944)I'm seeing so many comedy movies already being listed by your guys that I've never seen or even heard of.

Of these I've only seen The Marrying Kind (1952) and that's because you recommended it to me, good film too.

[Holden Pike]

Comedy pools...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpmECKEHSQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQ1SSyTjk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YceVzCVPMVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV5V7eP3s0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqshJ93sfs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMMYT3vkTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnF1OtP2Svk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbHth5ErTs8

[Captain Steel]

Rules... for once I don't have to ask who your new avatar is! ;)

[Citizen Rules]

Rules... for once I don't have to ask who your new avatar is! ;)Ha, got some favorite comedies Captain?

[SpelingError]

I picked out all the films listed as comedies on IMDb I rated 9/10 or higher (45 films, btw). I'll go through the list later to determine which of them I consider comedy and which I don't and then go from there.

[Allaby]

I picked out all the films listed as comedies on IMDb I rated 9/10 or higher (45 films, btw). I'll go through the list later to determine which of them I consider comedy and which I don't and then go from there.

I checked my ratings on imdb and I have rated 201 comedies a 9/10 or higher.

[SpelingError]

I checked my ratings on imdb and I have rated 201 comedies a 9/10 or higher.

I guess I need to watch more movies then lmao.

[Citizen Rules]

I guess I need to watch more movies then lmao.Yes you do:D and join some upcoming events, coming like real soon!

[SpelingError]

Yes you do:D and join some upcoming events, coming like real soon!

Queued.

https://c.tenor.com/ZykHOca_E2AAAAAM/mark-cuban-shark-tank.gif

[SpelingError]

As an aside, if you're referring to another Hall going up shortly, I don't think I'll be able to join a second one right now.

[Captain Steel]

Ha, got some favorite comedies Captain?

Many...
Jerry Lewis movies (I know some people hate him, but as a kid I found his movies hysterical!)
Mel Brooks' films
The Monty Python films
The National Lampoon Vacation series (1-4)
Napoleon Dynamite
Super Troopers (I include this because I sat through a couple other "Broken Lizard" films without ever even cracking a smile.)
Austin Powers (the first one - it grew on me, baby!)

This is just a smattering - there's so many more.

[John W Constantine]

Trading Places
Wayne's World 1 and 2
National Lampoon's Vacation
Office Space
Big Trouble in Little China
BASEketball
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Naked Gun
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Tommy Boy
The Sandlot

[Yoda]

Trading Places
Wayne's World 1 and 2
National Lampoon's Vacation
Office Space
Big Trouble in Little China
BASEketball
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Naked Gun
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Tommy Boy
The Sandlot
https://i.imgur.com/HjOcNzO.gif

[TheUsualSuspect]

Do you know what movie I found hilarious when I watched it? The Interview.

It's a generic Rogen/Franco comedy, nothing special and peeps saw it and whatever...but I laughed really hard during that movie.

[Citizen Rules]

Do you know what movie I found hilarious when I watched it? The Interview.

It's a generic Rogen/Franco comedy, nothing special and peeps saw it and whatever...but I laughed really hard during that movie.What's it called?

[mark f]

The Interview

[ynwtf]

^Great setup. Perfect timing. Off to a great start!!

[ynwtf]

Gotta toss in:
Mom and Dad Save the World
Cabin Boy
Leonard Part 6


and maybe:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension




<3

[Captain Steel]

Early Woody Allen movies. There are many to choose from, but I like some of his earliest:
Take the Money and Run
Bananas
Sleeper

[John Dumbear]

Watching “Cold Pursuit”. Yeah, this has a shot, for a newer film. Love the twistiness and cartoonish brutality.

[Captain Steel]

^Great setup. Perfect timing. Off to a great start!!

That whole exchange was funny! (Was that on purpose?)

[Citizen Rules]

Trading Places
Wayne's World 1 and 2
National Lampoon's Vacation
Office Space
Big Trouble in Little China
BASEketball
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Naked Gun
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Tommy Boy
The SandlotPretty sure Pee-Wee's Big Adventure will be making my comedy voting ballot. I might have forgotten about it as I don't log my movies. That's why promoting some favorites helps give them a chance for more votes=making the countdown.

[John W Constantine]

Pretty sure Pee-Wee's Big Adventure will be making my comedy voting ballot. I might have forgotten about it as I don't log my movies. That's why promoting some favorites helps give them a chance for more votes=making the countdown.


Trading Places would be my pick if we are only allowed a single pick.

[honeykid]

A few of reminders for my own, lesser seen/oft forgotten, favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Y24a0cyCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA_X23Ma0bI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk9iWXsdB-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxB-jq5XLY

This one's not lesser seen or forgotten, but it's the best comedy of all time regardless of the outcome of this list. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63XSUpe-0o

[Captain Terror]

https://c.tenor.com/KzQ1LFMZMlQAAAAC/spinal-tap-clever-and-stupid.gif

[John Dumbear]

Only have room for one Christopher Guest ?!?


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[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

they came together is probably the funniest movie of the last 20 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hanKhZwwets

[Harry Lime]

I like seeing Trading Places mentioned a few times here and in the other thread.

[Captain Steel]

Only have room for one Christopher Guest ?!?


https://i.gifer.com/Xrhm.gif

I love all the Christopher Guest movies!

https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=42094

[rauldc14]

Mrs. Doubtfire #1 or we riot.

[mrblond]

Some of my top suggestions for the pool:

La grande vadrouille [Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot At] (1966)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
The Gold Rush (1925)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Don Camillo [The Little World of Don Camillo] (1952)
Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez [The Troops of St. Tropez] (1964)
Whatever Works (2009)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Notting Hill (1999)
The French Dispatch (2021)

[John W Constantine]

Mrs. Doubtfire #1 or we riot.

We'll all look like a yeti if it's not

[John Dumbear]

Re-watched an old favorite last night. It may not make my ballot, but still might influence others.

"My Name is Nobody" (1973) a fun western romp with Henry Fonda and Terrence Hill.

7/10

[Wooley]

The Awful Truth (1937) - Possibly my favorite Screwball (and I wrote my final paper for History Of Film 1925-1950 on the death of the Screwball comedy so I've seen a few), romantic comedy, and Cary Grant movie (though Arsenic and Old Lace is right there). Irene Dunne is also absolutely excellent, a comedically gifted actress. This is a genuinely funny movie for all the right reasons.

[Wooley]

Which reminds me...

Arsenic and Old Lace - This was my mother's favorite comedy and it has also been one of mine since she first made me watch it sometime back in the 1980s. This is also Grant at his comedic best but just a fun farce of a movie all around that belongs at or near the top of everyone's list of Best Comedies.

[honeykid]

Mrs. Doubtfire #1 and we riot.

There you go, rauldc14 I've fixed that for you. ;)

Not that it's bad at all but, y'know, it's not Spinal Tap.

[Citizen Rules]

Re-watched an old favorite last night. It may not make my ballot, but still might influence others.

"My Name is Nobody" (1973) a fun western romp with Henry Fonda and Terrence Hill.
7/10I've seen that and it's quirky fun, good choice there.

The Awful Truth (1937) - Possibly my favorite Screwball (and I wrote my final paper for History Of Film 1925-1950 on the death of the Screwball comedy so I've seen a few), romantic comedy, and Cary Grant movie (though Arsenic and Old Lace is right there). Irene Dunne is also absolutely excellent, a comedically gifted actress. This is a genuinely funny movie for all the right reasons.I love old screwball comedies too, I've seen The Awful Truth long ago, now that you mention it, I think I'll rewatch it and maybe it will make my ballot...What other old screwball comedies do you recommend?

[Wooley]

I've seen that and it's quirky fun, good choice there.

I love old screwball comedies too, I've seen The Awful Truth long ago, now that you mention it, I think I'll rewatch it and maybe it will make my ballot...What other old screwball comedies do you recommend?

Not in any particular order, though I did include a scene from BUB because it's such a classic Screwball scene.
Bringing Up Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVrZAIo3wX4
Two absolute masters at work.

The Lady Eve (Stanwyck's master performance more than balances Fonda's too-mopey dope)
The Philadelphia Story
My Man Godfrey
His Girl Friday
Christmas In Connecticut
And, somewhat controversially, It Happened One Night (which is also the first of the three films ever to win The Big Five at the Academy Awards).

I think those are a great place to start.

[Citizen Rules]

Bringing Up Baby
The Lady Eve (Stanwyck's master performance more than balances Fonda's too-mopey dope)
The Philadelphia Story
My Man Godfrey
His Girl Friday
Christmas In Connecticut

I think those are a great place to start.I love Christmas in Connecticut, in fact I watched it for the 3rd time at Christmas. But strangely I had totally forgotten about it for my ballot. See, that's how this thread works!

And, somewhat controversially, It Happened One Night (which is also the first of the three films ever to win The Big Five at the Academy Awards).Do I dare ask why it's controversially?

[Wooley]

I love Christmas in Connecticut, in fact I watched it for the 3rd time at Christmas. But strangely I had totally forgotten about it for my ballot. See, that's how this thread works!

Do I dare ask why it's controversially?

Yeah, Christmas In Connecticut, to me, is one of those great Christmas movies that it doesn't have to be Christmastime to enjoy. It's just a good Screwball Comedy that takes place at Christmas.

Well, there are people who say it can't be a Screwball Comedy because the genre didn't exist when the film was made. Of course, there are many others who say that's because this film invented the Screwball Comedy. It's an interesting movie because it seems so quaint by our contemporary standards but at the time there had really been nothing quite like it.

[rauldc14]

I love Christmas in Connecticut, in fact I watched it for the 3rd time at Christmas. But strangely I had totally forgotten about it for my ballot. See, that's how this thread works!

Do I dare ask why it's controversially?

You submitted your ballot already?

[mark f]

No.

[Yoda]

I think a few people have PM'd their ballots, but those don't count. The ballot is done via the new form, just like the last two lists, and it's not quite available. It should be on Monday.

[Citizen Rules]

You submitted your ballot already?

No. Correct!

I'm waiting for the last moment to submit my ballot so that I can watch a boat load of comedies, some set at sea:p

[matt72582]

These are actually some movies on the IMDB Comedy categories.

TCM plays a lot of comedies. Usually slapstick (not my thing) or black comedy, which would probably be on their great "Underground" series. On Saturday (10:15pm, ET), they'll playing "Arthur" on TCM. This is one of two movies I've seen with my mom, and I remember we both enjoying the audacity, the drunken laughter of this rich fella.. There's also a few movies in the next 48-72 hours like "The Dirty Dozen" (Cassavetes was funny in it) and "Cool Hand Luke", which had some funny scenes (most people like the eggs), but I loved the, "I wish you'd stop being so good to me, boss" line because it's well-written, it gets to the point, it reverses the sarcasm without being corny, and definitely gets under his skin.

Just a tip, but if someone sees that a comedy is going to be on TV in the near future (by your definition) post away... Maybe there's some who have a certain sense of humor but can't describe it. Maybe it makes one of our lists, maybe not, but the more commonality, the more chance we can have a conversation.

Buffalo '66
Mikey And Nicky
Harry And Tonto
A Woman Under The Influence
Minnie And Moskowitz
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
La Strada
Never On Sunday
Harold And Maude
Shadows In Paradise
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Made For Each Other
Nashville
Annie Hall

[gbgoodies]

I made a quick list when we first started discussing the possibility of comedy movies being the next countdown, and this was my original list. I have since added a bunch of movies to my tentative list, (offline), but this list is a good starting point for anyone who's interested:


Favorite Comedy Movies (https://www.movieforums.com/lists/custom/101)

I listed them randomly, but it looks like the system automatically sorted them by date. There are very few recent movies, but a bunch of older movies, from the 1930s through the 1990s.

[Citizen Rules]

I made a quick list when we first started discussing the possibility of comedy movies being the next countdown, and this was my original list. I have since added a bunch of movies to my tentative list, (offline), but this list is a good starting point for anyone who's interested:


Favorite Comedy Movies (https://www.movieforums.com/lists/custom/101)

I listed them randomly, but it looks like the system automatically sorted them by date. There are very few recent movies, but a bunch of older movies, from the 1930s through the 1990s. Neat idea! I should do that too. I'll take a look at your list tomorrow and make it a point to watch some of them and post back. Signing off now, it's late for me.