how im gonna make up something universal, doesnt even make any sense: IT"S THE TOP 100 COMEDY FILMS RESULTS THREAD

more like 80% of the voices in my head haven't seen a Fields or Lewis film, and never will, amirite?

I'll believe when I listen to a Led Zeppelin LP all the way through

john waters is one of my gaps in comedy films ... only seen cecil b. demented which i liked a lot (lol Entourage Douchebag-in-Chief actually has some talent) but i didn't vote for it and i liked it as much for its lol 1990s-indies-über-alles cast/mindset than for lols.

Woah how did I forget to vote for a single JW? Man, I fucked this up.

You've never seen Hairspray or Cry Baby? I feel like those were on TV all the time for a while when I was growing up.

I like waters better as an essayist than as a filmmaker

sadly, no ... no hairspray or cry baby. i haven't seen the John Travolta hairspray either.

though as far as John Travolta and comedy go, i think that he'll never top either stayin' alive or battlefield earth.

Oh, I haven't seen the Travolta hairspray. Just looking at him in costume was horrifying enough. I saw JW do a one man Christmas themed show a couple months ago. He was hilarious.

JW does anticomedy more than comedy in his grunge period (hence his #1 stan here). Serial Mom is his ace 'normal' comedy.

PF & Trouble in Paradise wd make quite a doublebill tho.

Yay! I voted for Pink Flamingos. It almost makes up for that Jonathan-Richman-ruining utterly unfunny piece of crap placing. Except for the fact that it should have been higher.

I could have voted for every single Waters film, I think, but left it at two for fear of overly stanning.

Voted for Serial Mom too.

Serial Mom is Waters' 'normal' comedy... but it's basically impossible to imagine anybody else making it.

I like waters better as an essayist than as a filmmaker

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:40 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

as an erstwhile JW obsessive i'm kinda with this now, but i'd have voted 'female trouble' in my top ten for sure (had i voted)

JW does anticomedy more than comedy in his grunge period (hence his #1 stan here). Serial Mom is his ace 'normal' comedy.

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:42 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i worship JW but didn't vote for any of his movies for basically this reason. i probably get more sincere belly laughs out of his aforementioned one man show speaking engagements.

One of the more horrifying experiences of the last 20 years was convincing my parents, Waters virgins, to watch Serial Mom with me.

i'm waiting for all hell to break loose on this thread when we find out that a Kevin Smith film made the Top 100.

reminds me of the time I convinced my divorcing dad and stepmom to watch war of the roses

xp

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to watch Superbad with my dad a couple years ago. Jonah Hill had let about eight "pussies" fly by the time we were 5 mins. in. It was a tense 5 mins.

I can't even imagine attempting to explain JW to either of my parents tbh.

my favorite part of spring is the annual Flying of the Pussies

thank god for quotation marks

that was total DJP bait btw

PULL

cock your weapons

even though it isn't a comedy, the 1st time i rented full metal jacket i was still living with my parents ... and during the whole time when R Lee Ermey was doing his over-the-top-obscene drill sergeant routine for the recruits, i didn't realize that my father was skulking in the back of the (darkened) TV room watching. (fortunately for me, he thought it was hilarious ... and at least he didn't stick around for the "me so horny!" Vietnamese hooker.)

I've watched a lot of pretty offensive stuff with my dad but Superbad was by far the worst. They may not show much but the subject matter/language is just ott ridic. It had been at least a year since I had seen it so I'd forgotten just how gross it was.

It wasn't even excuse myself to go to the bathroom or make a drink during the uncomfortable parts bad. It was so bad we stopped watching.

I watched Boogie Nights with my grandparents. After having already seen it twice. They were cool with it.

so ENBB you're saying it was so bad that it was...superbad?

i must not remember very much about superbad

i did make friends of mine watch 'pink flamingos' once, that was fun

speaking of superbad ... let's anticipate Morbz's reaction if/when it makes the Top 100.

I'll believe when I listen to a Led Zeppelin LP all the way through

Okay, Morbs, that's officially the single saddest thing you've ever said here.

x-post - I love Superbad and it was totally in my top 10. I can't even remember having laughed as hard in a movie theater as I did when I saw that. I couldn't breathe for half of it. I can sort of take or leave all other Apatow things (SB was the only one that made my ballot) but that one is hilarious. I'm sure my father would have thought so too. It just wasn't something we ever had to watch together. Ever.

i guess Austerity Ponies is eating lunch right now? i sit waiting for #88 et al.

the first 15 mins of Full Metal Jacket rocked the theater with laughter like few things I've experienced. I was grinning w/ anticipation for the comedown, having read the novella.

Dad ENBB has right attitude, wd have a beer with.

where are the clips & stills btw

anyway, helllloooooo... i must be going....

you're joking right

where are the clips & stills btw

I was gonna say something about being a little crestfallen these entries weren't accompanied by screengrabs of poop and such, but tabulating results is job enough.

Yeah, AP said in the noms thread that he didn't have the time/ability to do the purty screencaps like the action poll had.

nothing's to stop the rest of us...

(except laziness obviously)

nice screencaps are a bonus in these things but tbh not anything i'd ever think about or miss when they're not there

If Austerity Ponies sends me the results I'll make JPGs for em.

yeah AP asked if anyone would do screengrabs but nobody rose to the occasion... or they didn't want to be measured against omar's high standards and be found wanting

I'll do the first batch now...

http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/inside_out/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/LubitschTroubleinParadise.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/7021429399_40cee3ced0_o.jpg

what is he holding? is that a millipede?