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Old 07-01-2009, 06:38 PM   #1
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These days, we could all use a good laugh. What movies made you laugh the most?

Here are a some of my favorites:

MASH
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Animal House
Strange Brew
Office Space

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Best in Show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Show_(film)

For some reason this movie cracks me up like no other. My favorite of Guest's mockumentaries.

Galaxy Quest is on my list too.

A Fish Called Wanda.
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Raising Arizona
Dr. Strangelove
Pink Panther series
Man with One Red Shoe (early Tom Hanks)
Hopscotch
Gods Must Be Crazy
Blazing Saddles
Trading Places
The BBC Jeeves and Wooster series
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Best in Show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Show_(film)

For some reason this movie cracks me up like no other. My favorite of Guest's mockumentaries.

Galaxy Quest is on my list too.

A Fish Called Wanda.
Just a quess looking at your avatar....would Fargo be on your list? On mine, you betya, ya Black comedy for sure, I mean the wood chipper and all. But still some very funny moments.
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Two of my favorite movies quotes come from these:
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A Fish Called Wanda.
It's K-k-k-k-Ken C-c-c-ome to K-k-k-kill me!
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Raising Arizona
Son, you got a panty on your head!

What about The Ladykillers? - "You brought yo b*&$* to da Waffle Hut?"
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All Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers, and now Steve Martin.
What Women Want
Animal House
Planes Trains & Automobiles
Caddyshack (original)
King Ralph
Monsters Inc
City Slickers (Jack Palance as the surly Curly character vs Billy Crystal's city greenhorn character just killed me)
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Hmmm. How about "Overboard" and "Private Benjamin"(I like Goldie Hawn as you can see). Also "Tootsie".
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Two of my favorite movies quotes come from these:It's K-k-k-k-Ken C-c-c-ome to K-k-k-kill me!Son, you got a panty on your head!

What about The Ladykillers? - "You brought yo b*&$* to da Waffle Hut?"
My spouse can' say Ken without saying K-k-k-k-Ken.


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Just a quess looking at your avatar....would Fargo be on your list? On mine, you betya, ya Black comedy for sure, I mean the wood chipper and all. But still some very funny moments.

And ja, sure now that Fargo movie, there, it's not half bad, eh?
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No he c-c-c-can't. You betya, ya.
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Fargo was one of the most bizarre movies I've ever seen. I loved it!

I enjoy Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields movies.
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Old 07-01-2009, 09:55 PM   #17
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Airplane
Galaxy Quest
Drowning Mona (trailer)
Ruthless People
Vacation (first one) ("The park is closed--Moose outside shoulda told 'ya")
Animal House
Office Space
MP- Holy Grail
Groundhog Day

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Kentucky Fried Movie
Austin Powers (first one)
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The In-Laws (the original with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin)
Little Miss Sunshine
Caddyshack
Meet the Parents
There's Something About Mary
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Trading Places
Some Like it Hot
The Ladykillers
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Idiocracy
An Ache in Every Stake (3 Stooges movie with them as ice deliverymen turned chefs)
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The funniest movie I've seen recently is

Absolutely hilarious.

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