Are you sure you don't wanna throw Strangelove in there too? Cover all the bases not just 2/3 of them?
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Are you sure you don't wanna throw Strangelove in there too? Cover all the bases not just 2/3 of them?
I was going to come in this morning with the joke, "Keeping with my pattern of at best being able to narrow the next film down to three guesses."
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Great review! I was happy to see Young Frankenstein get so high up at #4. I had it as my #2.
Here is some commentary of mine from a few years ago:
Young Frankenstein
The screenplay by Brooks and Gene Wilder was of course based upon the classic Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
Here is some commentary of mine from a few years ago:
Young Frankenstein
The screenplay by Brooks and Gene Wilder was of course based upon the classic Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
It's not quite as close as Airplane! is to Zero Hour, but it's not much further off.
It wasn't Willy Wonka, and it wasn't one of his comedies with Richard Pryor. It was the lesser known and underrated The Frisco Kid (1979).
I do kind of want to rewatch it now though.
*-which is not worth much because I generally dislike westerns haha
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I wondered what my list may have looked like had I gone the Best Comedy Film route instead of funniest and this is what I came up with. If my math is correct and there's no guarantee that it is, 8 movies are on both the list I submitted and this one.
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I had both Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters on my list at #15 and #7 respectively. TBH, I was more surprised to see Ghostbusters in the top 10 than Groundhog Day, which I just assumed would be.
I liked Monty Python for about 6 months when I was 17 and during that time Holy Grail was the only film of theirs I didn't see. I didn't really like any of the others (even then) and so have never felt the desire to check this out. I'm sure I'd hate it.
Tried to watch Young Frankenstein once but didn't get far. Might try again one day but as I don't like any of the other Mel Brooks films I've seen, I'm reluctant to even try.
I liked Monty Python for about 6 months when I was 17 and during that time Holy Grail was the only film of theirs I didn't see. I didn't really like any of the others (even then) and so have never felt the desire to check this out. I'm sure I'd hate it.
Tried to watch Young Frankenstein once but didn't get far. Might try again one day but as I don't like any of the other Mel Brooks films I've seen, I'm reluctant to even try.
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