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The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« on: August 24, 2017, 02:56:20 pm »

The Greatest Comedies of All Time

BY: Sonny Bunch

August 22, 2017 1:18 pm

The good folks at the Beeb have put together a ranking of the 100 greatest film comedies of all time. Compiled from top ten lists submitted by 253 film critics around the world, it is, I think, a pretty solid effort. But I'm biased, since they were kind enough to ask me to pitch in. Everyone on Twitter is very upset, naturally.

Here was my submission:



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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2017, 03:00:24 pm »
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2017, 03:03:59 pm »
One, Two, Three

Cagney gave IMHO the single-best comedy performance ever.
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2017, 03:04:20 pm »
Galaxy Quest     :laugh:
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2017, 03:06:54 pm »
I would put "Idiocracy" up there.  But more and more, it's looking like a documentary, rather than a comedy.
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2017, 03:08:26 pm »
"Team America"
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2017, 03:16:51 pm »
Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles should both be on the list.
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2017, 03:20:50 pm »
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.....one of my favs
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2017, 03:25:10 pm »
The full list from the BBC is here:  http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170821-the-100-greatest-comedies-of-all-time.  One of my favorites, Duck Soup, came in at #5.
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2017, 05:26:31 pm »
I'll throw in some older ones.

The court Jester
Young Frankenstein
Blazing saddles
Some Like It Hot
Arsenic And Old Lace
The Philadelphia Story
Singin In The Rain
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« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2017, 05:30:21 pm »
I'd have Tropic Thunder somewhere on that list.

and Caddyshack (non-caddy parts). Daingerfield, Knight, Chase, and Murray.
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Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles should both be on the list.

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« Reply #20 on: August 24, 2017, 07:31:30 pm »

Since the topic doesn't specifically say movies, I'm gonna nominate two all-time best comedy series: Cheers and Rules of Engagement. Both for best comedy writing.
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« Reply #21 on: August 24, 2017, 08:39:41 pm »
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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #22 on: August 24, 2017, 09:41:08 pm »
Duck Soup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSsUoxlSADk

The Goodbye Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_B5wblQC0

Any of Peter Sellers' Pink Panther films

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDvtpSC_98

A Hard Day's Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nq-GyLrtHc

A Day at the Races

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Re: The Greatest Comedies of All Time
« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2017, 09:50:07 pm »


Also, The Odd Couple
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