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Ok, another list, this time without any autocratic rules.

What's the funniest movie you've ever seen? I can think of a few -- Top Secret still does it for me, I own and repeatedly watch the South Park movie, and This Is Spinal Tap, if I haven't seen it in a while, still gets the big belly laughs. But my number one is still A Fish Called Wanda. The first time I saw it, a little pee came out.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)

did you have to leave the theatre?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 31 July 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Also I'm leaning towards Young Frankenstein.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 31 July 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

did you have to leave the theatre?

Just a little pee. Nothing publicly embarrasing. I think it was when Kevin Kline was alternately kicking John Cleese and apologizing to him. The set-ups and pay-offs in that movie are textbook perfect.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw a bit of Fierce Creatures on TV the other night. What a disgrace.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Never saw Fierce Creatures...and I'm probably glad I didn't. But yes, A Fish Called Wanda may be a classic Ealing Studio comedy revamp but it is done oh so perfectly -- last time I saw it was a few months back, visiting my folks and my mom suggested watching it. Still great, it would rank up there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

The first time I saw 'Slap Shot' I laughed very hard. The opening sequence of 'Super Troopers' still makes me laugh insanely after many viewings. But when I saw 'There's Something About Mary' in the theatre the first time, that was the hardest I've ever laughed watching a movie.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Think I'm gonna have to go with Airplane. I've seen it many many times since I was 6 or 7 years old and, depending on my mood, there's still several parts I laugh out loud at.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

You should see Top Secret again. It's the same thing, only better.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

+ Kilmer!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, don't worry, I will. I've got that on tape too and have seen it almost as many times (Airplane is shown more often on TV)

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Kilmer is so funny. He could have had a career in comedy, I'm convinced.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I just ran to Rotten Tomatoes to look up Fierce Creatures. It doesn't get as bad a rating as it deserves. But Ebert says this in his review:

Slapstick doesn't consist merely of rushing around frantically; it has a clockwork logic, in which every element must be in position at precisely the right moment. This is so hard to do that it's a miracle when it works; it involves almost musical cadences.

Indeed.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The last thing I really laughed heartily at was The Ruling Class. Which is classic, I might add.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Waiting for Guffman. Saw it when it first came out, howled. Saw it some years later with some folks with whom I was in a musical at the time, howled again.

― Prude (Prude), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:46 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i luv top secret, i have watched that the most of any movie ever. flying high aka airplane! is also killer funny....the one scene that made me laugh for the longest time is steve martin's coffee pouring scene in dead men don't wear plaid, that's def. the funniest shit that guy ever did

― duane (doorag), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Let It Ride. I've never laughed so hard.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Trading Places is a darn close second, though..

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll vote for Flying High (Airplane) as well. The sight gags crack me up every time and I've seen it loads.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:20 (twenty-two years ago)

anybody know why there are two names for it?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Kline's calls of "Asshole!" in A Fish Called Wanda have always left me in hysterics.

Brooks' The Producers is my all-time favourite comedy. There are so many amazing moments in that film.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:27 (twenty-two years ago)

re: Airplane!

Presumably because Australians (and presumably the Brits) don't call Aeroplanes "Airplanes".

Someone clear this up for me: I've seen two different versions of the film, and in one of them there's a disco scene where "Stayin' Alive" is playing, and in the other it's some other disco tune. Any idea which version is which, or the reason for the discrepancy?

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

hmm...did you see one version on TV and the other on video/DVD?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 31 July 2003 06:32 (twenty-two years ago)

fierce creatures is much better than a fish called wanda. but not as good as top secret!

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 31 July 2003 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't pick between Jackass and Caddyshack

― chris (chris), Thursday, 31 July 2003 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/icepick.gif

― dada, Thursday, 31 July 2003 07:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Wayne's World is my first pick, there's another one rattling round in here somewhere.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 31 July 2003 09:12 (twenty-two years ago)

i remember laughing out loud, almost uncontrollably, several times at Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back in the cinema.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 31 July 2003 09:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Kilmer is so funny. He could have had a career in comedy, I'm convinced.

He has! It's just that he thinks most of his parts are dramatic.

the one scene that made me laugh for the longest time is steve martin's coffee pouring scene in dead men don't wear plaid, that's def. the funniest shit that guy ever did

Darn...this is REALLY bugging me because I watched the hell out of that movie on cable in the early eighties but for some reason I can't remember this scene!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"Oh no, I don't speak German."

"I know a little German. (pause) He's right over there."

*pan to midget*

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh and as for movies-that-make-me-laugh-every-time, in the movies-what-ain't-already-been-mentioned-yet-on-this-thread division, here's a hint:

"Obviously you're not a golfer."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

for physical comedy i don't think you can beat peak-period steve martin - there's that glorious moment in roxanne where he buys a newspaper, doubles up, screams, puts more money in the bin and puts it back... blink and you'll miss it, but i gets me every time...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, The Jerk to thread!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with K.H.: the South Park movie is outstanding. I also remember finding "Noises Off" unstoppably funny once (but not the second time I saw it), though that one's inarguably funnier as a stage play, where half the laughter is how-do-they-do-that incredulity.

Plus, of course, "The Apple."

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 31 July 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

If shorts count, The Wrong Trousers owns this thread.

Ditto to South Park and The Big Lebowski.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 31 July 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

raising arizona or play it again sam for sheer tears-down-face-ness.
also : that bit in top secret with the letter at dinner. i
nearly had a herat attack watching that first time.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 31 July 2003 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

South Park is a great movie because not only is it hysterically funny, it is also the best musical in recent memory.

― Larcole (Nicole), Thursday, 31 July 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Happy Gilmore does it for me.

"i eat shit like you for breakfast"
"you eat shit for breakfast?"
"no..."

― David_X (David_X), Thursday, 31 July 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Larcole is wise.

"Though you DIE, LA RESISTANCE LIVES ONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 July 2003 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Meet the Parents killed me *blushes*

― Aaron A., Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Dirty Work kills me.
Pootie Tang too.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I am going with Real Genius my perfect comedy.

Although, after seeing A Fish Called Wanda I now have had this huge crush on Kevin Kline for like 15 years. Damn you Phoebe Cates!

― Carey (Carey), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha!

Yes, many other fine candidates suggested, Real Genius, The Producers, South Park, Top Secret...surprised that more classic screwball comedies from the thirties and forties haven't been suggested yet, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

all my favorites
but big trouble in little
china have been said

(oh bringing up baby,
philadelphia story,
singin' in the rain)

― Haikunym, Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

preston sturges roolz:
the palm beach story may have
no errors in it

miracle of morgan's creek!
hail the conquering hero!
the lady eve! dude!

― Haikunym, Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Now we're talking!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, I love the Marx Bros and (to a lesser degree) Abbott & Costello, but I probably couldn't isolate any single movie.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, that's more than fine! I was just getting worried that cinematic comedy seemed to start on this thread in the sixties. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

well I've heard that icons of the black & white era are being phased out from marketing plans because the juicy young demographics no longer recognize them. Which is sad.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 31 July 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm, let's see. "Clerks", "M*A*S*H", "Airplane","Animal House", "Office Space", "His Girl Friday",---and "Bonnie & Clyde may be the funniest drama ever.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 31 July 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Skipping 8 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

you deserve to be buried alive w/ smashmouth.

Why thanks, Rich. Go forth first, and prep the hole.

It was fun seeing Whoopi, Cleese, Atkinson and others in one movie. Are you telling me South Park has a deeper plot?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 31 July 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

How High
Outside Providence

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 31 July 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Some Like It Hot

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

holy crap, how could I forget the original Odd Couple??? As well as Grumpy Old Men. Walter Matthau can make me smile no matter my mood.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The contract scene between Groucho and Chico in "Night at the Opera" is simply amazing. I never understood the appeal of Harpo though.

"Love and Death" by Woody Allen is great as is the one where he's trying to be a ladies man (taking advice from Bogart).

I recently saw "Alias Jesse James" with Bob Hope. Man, there were some great scenes in that one.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

l k: for Harpo at his best see the Peanut Seller scene in Duck Soup.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

What's Up Doc, One Two Three, abt half of Sonatine, Love and Death seconded.

The only thing that makes me laugh no matter what mood I'm in is Louie CK's "Blacks and Jews" routine he did on Conan O'Brien abt four years ago. Comedy platinum. (I need to see Pootie Tang, obv.)

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

h m

will do. I think I'll rent me some Marx Brothers.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

you know, I saw the Abbot and Costello "who's on first" scene today and it still made me laugh.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Sommermute: You should order Louis's "Live In Houston" CD from his website. He'll autograph with anything you want (though apparantly NOT with a job offer to join the Cedric writing staff, as I found out last year, for the best I guess). And it has that bit on it. Or maybe not. You're thinking of the one where he stands in the subway saying that, right? Nope that one's not on it. I was thinking (at first) of his racist farm animals bit. Sorry. Still, you won't be disappointed.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Showgirls

― Mandee, Thursday, 31 July 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Safety Last!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 1 August 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"ASSHOOOOLE!!!"

(Even simply thinking about Kevin Kline yelling that out his window in Fish... makes me laugh harder than any of the jokes in any of the American Pie movies.)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 1 August 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Sommermute, as we seem to be of almost-identical minds like 99.9% of the time, I think you seriously MUST watch Pootie Tang. 'Tis comedy TITANIUM ALLOY.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 1 August 2003 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

fear of a black hat cracks me up hardcore every time. i love me a good mockumentary! i think it's better than spinal tap.

― praying mantis (praying mantis), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Vacation
European Vacation
Christmas Vacation
Dumb and Dumber
Caddyshack (Judge Smails in particular)

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

man, there are a lot of movies i need to see! i'd agree with a fish called wanda, young frankenstein, the big lebowski and raising arizona.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

as well as office space and clueless.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

The Awful Truth
Bedazzled (with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook)
Big Deal on Madonna Street
The Freshman with Harold Lloyd
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
What's Up, Tiger Lily?

and sundry moments in otherwise-awful Mel Brooks films

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I could never get into What's Up, Tiger Lily?. and you better not be calling Young Frankenstein awful sir!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

No, not that one. I'm thinking of stuff like Blazing Saddles.

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, when I finally saw that movie I was pretty disappointed. Still some good stuff though.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

RJG: Rat Race has a few parts that are so fucking funny, especially the Kathy Bates parts and the bit with the guys and their Jeep going up the radar tower. The Jerk is one of my all-time favourite movies. I sing the Thermos song all the time. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is piss your pants funny, too.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Wayne's World is my first pick, there's another one rattling round in here somewhere.

WAYNES WORLD 2

― minna (minna), Saturday, 2 August 2003 07:41 (twenty-two years ago)

bryan, :''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''(

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 2 August 2003 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)

^... bryan has 31 moustaches?

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Saturday, 2 August 2003 10:25 (twenty-two years ago)

oops, I meant he had thirty moustaches.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 2 August 2003 10:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Rat Race is an American humour thing.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 2 August 2003 10:32 (twenty-two years ago)

bryan is canadian and rat race is not a humour thing of any kind.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 2 August 2003 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)

In the "short films" department: there's a Charley Chase silent called "Mighty Like a Moose" that had me HOWLING when I saw it for the first time last year.

Also, if we can include cartoons, I watched "Duck Amuck" for the first time in years a few months ago and cracked up constantly. I figured it might just be me--but then I showed it to a friend who had never seen an actual Warner Bros. cartoon before (!!), and she completely lost it, collapsing onto the floor, barely able to breathe from laughing, etc.

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 2 August 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

total classic-o. 'duck amuck' is of course compiled along with
'what's opera doc' and many many other classics in
'the bugs bunny/road runner movie' which took me ages to find a vhs
of about 3 years back. so glad to have found it.
the absolute highlight is the last 20 minutes into which
warners simply knitted gag after gag of solid road runner/coyote
material, no filler all killer and in fact almost literally a killer
to anyone who watches it stoned.

― piscesboy, Saturday, 2 August 2003 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"being john malkovic" had me on the floor in fits the other day. very funny

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Saturday, 2 August 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

and i second the big lebowski, and animal house of course, this sequence in particular when that girl passes out
Larry's evil conscience: Fuck her. Fuck her brains out. Suck her tits, squeeze her buns. You know she wants it.
Larry's good conscience: For shame! Lawrence, I'm surprised at you!
Larry's evil conscience: Aw, don't listen to that jack-off. Look at those gazongas. You'll never get a better chance.
Larry's good conscience: If you lay one finger on that poor sweet helpless girl, you'll despise yourself forever. ...I'm proud of you, Lawrence.
Larry's evil conscience: You homo.

and the classic
Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.

any peak period chevy chase too. and dr strangelove of course

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Saturday, 2 August 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Best in Show is a movie that does it for me. Makes me laugh until my throat is raw. Ergo, should really check out Waiting for Guffman. Had really wanted to watch A Mighty Wind but no one around me wanted to watch it along with me. Wonder if it's still showing anywhere locally....

Real Genius is one of my alltime favorite movies. I loved that big popcorn scene! And the scene with Mitch and Jordan in the bathroom -- laughfest!

― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 2 August 2003 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Jordan: Are you peeing?
Mitch: Uh, I can't start.
Jordan: Because I'm here?
Mitch: I think so.
Jordan: Weird. Well I have to go.
Mitch: Me too.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 3 August 2003 00:26 (twenty-two years ago)

*tears stream down face*

I have to watch this movie again. Thanks for the motivation.

― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 3 August 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

RJG: if you were to hang out with me for a day and we ended it off by watching Rat Race, you would be peeing your pants and then going out after to buy all the Smash Mouth CDs you could find. The last part there may be a lie. It's a state of mind movie. I might just be soft in the mind.

― Bryan (Bryan), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"Mighty Like a Moose" is k-classic.

For silent comedy, Harold Lloyd gets the most laffs per minute, but then he conducted tests with audiences to make sure that was the case.

― amateurist (amateurist), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Buster Keaton, people. Seven Chances. Trust me.

And Jen Nonstop is with me on My Man Godfrey--maybe the funniest movie ever made, for real.

Top Secret is so neverendingly great I can't believe I've forgotten it for so long. Top sight gag for me is still the commandant picking up the phone.

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

also, mentioning Sturges without mentioning Sullivan's Travels is surely some kind of criminal activity. Joel McCrea realizing how to get out of jail had me laughing for 20 minutes straight.

also, of course, The Prince of Tides. saw the last 20 mins the same night as Wayne's World, and while I liked that movie the Streisand/Nolte ending was even funnier.

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Top sight gag for me is still the commandant picking up the phone.

I like the backwards scene in the library. And the ballroom dance. And the swollen groin ballet. And the "prop room," which is full of propellers. There's no counting all the gags.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

And a line I still use: "This is not Mel Tourme."

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm with Matos on My Man Godfrey and the genius of Carole Lombard. You might want to check out two other great Gregory la Cava films: The Affairs of Cellini and Stage Door.

As for Keaton, I didn't mean to suggest Lloyd is his superior or anything (why quibble at that level? I ask myself), just that Keaton's comedy seems a bit more relaxed--Lloyd's is wound up tight and the laughs come steadily and surely and loudly.

― amateurist (amateurist), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, Sullivan's Travels is fantastic. I still wonder how Preston Sturges got away with some of the stuff in his films - there's almost 20 minutes toward the end of ST that's totally serious, which makes the final payoff even funnier.

I nearly asphixiated laughing when Ralph Bellamy called Rosalind Russell to complain about getting arrested "for having counterfeit money" at the end of His Girl Friday. Something about his delivery - so earnest, so sweet, so pathetic. Was there ever a more perfect straight man?

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting that no one's mentioned Chaplin - I like his films and all but I'm not sure I've ever laughed at any of them.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I love the way that after you see His Girl Friday, you want to talk really really fast.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:41 (twenty-two years ago)

someone's mentioned Chaplin, actually.

I'm nowhere near as big a Lloyd fan as a Keaton one--partly because I've seen more BK films (I have that Kino 10DVD box, it friggin' ROXOR) but that's because I like his persona more; maybe I just don't find people who laugh at their own jokes as funny as I do people who don't.

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

also, I'd say the opposite, amateurist--Keaton's comedy is much more relaxed pace-wise but the situations wind the tension to the breaking point. whereas Lloyd's more tense in a he's-a-loudmouth sense but it's more anarchic and therefore feels a bit sloppier to me. (obviously both men were meticulous sight-gag men; I'm crediting effect, not technique.) I like both, though. and I'll check out the other la Cava films for sure.

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Deanna: If you liked Best in Show, you mustmustmust see Guffman. I thought it was much better than Best in Show, which was pretty consistently funny up until the actual dog show, which I thought fell flat. 'Course it probably helps if you have some theater experience, too. But I thought Best in Show was funny, and I don't even own a dog.

― Prude (Prude), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:57 (twenty-two years ago)

you're probably right Matos, I described it totally the wrong way. what I meant is that Lloyd sort of has a big gag at regular intervals. Yes Keaton's films are much more through-composed and have more of a sense of build and unity....

I have that box set too, oh boy is it good.

― amateurist (amateurist), Sunday, 3 August 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

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