Mount Rushmore of comedic movies since 1970?

[nitanee123]

My Cousin Vinny

Great one!

I also forgot Groundhog Day.

 

[CvilleLion]

Since you started with 1970 -- Kelly's Heroes, a 1970 movie.

 

[Grant Green]

Airplane!
Animal House
Anchorman
Holy Grail

Kind of hurts my feelings to keep Naked Gun off of there but there is not any more room.

Airplane. Good one. Can I add a fifth?

 

[21Guns]

That movie with Elizabeth whats her name from Saved by the bell as a stripper. It is so bad it's hilarious.

Have you seen Caesar sing?

 

[harbest]

1 Blazing Saddles- Excuse me while I whip this out.
2 Airplane!- I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
3 Animal House- Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
4 Young Frankenstein- ] Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?

 

[psuro]

1 Blazing Saddles- Excuse me while I whip this out.
2 Airplane!- I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
3 Animal House- Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
4 Young Frankenstein- ] Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?

Classic

 

[paulrandythomas]

This is Spinal Tap
Blazing Saddles
The Big Lebowski
Fletch

Was she feeling alright?

She felt fine to me.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Old School isn't on my Mount Rushmore but this scene is...

"Uh, yeah, I'm here for the Gang Bang"

 

[2turgisgrimm]

A Christmas Story

What's Up Doc?

Foul Play.

Stripes.

Animal House.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles -"I never saw a guy get picked up by his nuts before".

There's something about Mary -"Is that the franks or the beans? ...Franks and Beans!", "You already laid the tracks. We just gotta back em out"

Tommy Boy -"I can hear you getting fatter"

Do you always involuntarily cross your legs when you see this?

 

[m.knox]

Hollywood Knights !!!!! especially the one-armed violinist

highly under rated................

My favorite scene.

 

[m.knox]

Unless I missed it, Slap shot wasn't mentioned.

 

[BoulderFish]

- Caddyshack
- Spies Like Us
- Spaceballs
- (ironically) Rushmore

 

[Thorndike2012]

Slap Shot was mentioned...a classic! "These guys are a f**king disgrace!"

Some missing honorable mentions...

Up in Smoke (RIP, Tommy!)
The Hangover
Three Amigos
Hot Shots, Part Deux
Police Squad
Dazed and Confused
Rocky Horror
Super Bad
Bowfinger (one of my favorites that few have seen)

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Unless I missed it, Slap shot wasn't mentioned.

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Not on the mount, but this is a classic!! Good Call.
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[Sviatoslav]

Mount Rushmore:
Raising Arizona
Blues Brothers
Monty Python's Holy Grail
Anchorman

Too good not to mention:
Dumb and Dumber
Talladega Nights
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Major League
Hot Shots! & Hot Shots! Part Deux
Office Space
Airplane Series

 

[Chickenman Testa]

highly under rated................

My favorite scene.

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I like the scene in Watts when the thieves have just boosted tires ("let's get these tires and split, brotha"), and the pledges come by naked except for the tires they had to carry around and white sheets they stole. Just then the owners of the car come out of the house

 

[21Guns]

I like the scene in Watts when the thieves have just boosted tires ("let's get these tires and split, brotha"), and the pledges come by naked except for the tires they had to carry around and white sheets they stole. Just then the owners of the car come out of the house

"Lawrence...Lawrence of Ara-bia...He's an English guy....He came to fight the Turkish"

 

[Ktownlion]

Animal House is the funniest movie I have ever seen and nothing else comes close. I've probably watched it 50 times and it never fails to make me laugh as much as the very 1st time I saw it. Because of that, I would not desecrate my Mt. Rushmore by putting any other movie next to it. Animal Hose stands alone!

Agree 100% hands down

 

[Sviatoslav]

Another late entry: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

 

[wbcincy]

My son is 21 and we started watching 80's movies when he turned 16. Caddyshack is his favorite movie of all time and he quotes lines from it all the time. Some comedies are timeless.

I'm sure there are plenty of younger people who can appreciate the older films just fine. But I don't know any of my peers who enjoy those 70s and 80s comedies enough for repeat viewing. So I'm guessing its only timeless for a very small portion of the population.

 

[wbcincy]

You may want to check page 1. I mentioned Role Models. And for those who aren't familiar with the movie, here is a clip:

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As for Borat (which also made my list), why would you not include it?

I guess it's Borat not truly being a "scripted" comedy. It's like a cross between reality TV and comedy.

 

[psuro]

I'm sure there are plenty of younger people who can appreciate the older films just fine. But I don't know any of my peers who enjoy those 70s and 80s comedies enough for repeat viewing. So I'm guessing its only timeless for a very small portion of the population.

Massive use of illicit drugs wiped out the comedic appreciation genome for those born after 1975.

We weep for your generation.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Certainly not on any Mt. Rushmore of comedic movies but did anyone watch the Tom Green movie 'Freddie Got Fingered'? It's borderline absurdist/surrealist cinema but Rip Torn is fantastic in it. I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to finance something this ridiculous but it's fascinating to watch in a weird way.

If you haven't seen it, Tom Green plays Gordy - a slacker jobless weirdo whose younger brother Freddie gets all the attention in the family. Torn is his father...

 

[wbcincy]

Massive use of illicit drugs wiped out the comedic appreciation genome for those born after 1975.

We weep for your generation.

To the contrary, I'm convinced the massive us of illicit drugs among those born from 1945-1975 is what allows them to believe those comedies are so great!

 

[indynittany]

For me, it's:
Holy Grail
Caddy Shack
Animal House
Return of the Pink Panther

Honorable mention:
Meet the Parents
Beetlejuice
Stripes
Blazing Saddles
Liar Liar
Something About Mary
Wedding Crashers
Bubble Boy

 

[MtNittany]

Underrated:

 

[childsSkip]

The thread about the Dudley Moore movie, Arthur, got me reminiscing a little.... My two buddies and I used to quote the iconic lines from the great comedic movies from the 70's and 80's when we hung out or had some beers back in the day. We were all in agreement that Stripes, Caddy Shack, and Animal House were all on mount rushmore. My buddies thought that Arthur also deserved to be there as well, but I didn't think it was quite that deserving. It's a funny movie, don't get me wrong, but I'd put Airplane, Blazing Saddles, The Big Lebowski, Monty Pythons Holy Grail, Ghostbusters, and others as funnier movies in the 1970's and 80's.

From the 90's on through today, we have a bunch of other seriously funny movies: Something About Mary, 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchor Man, The Hangover.

What would be your "mount rushmore" of movie comedies since 1970? It's up to you to determine how many movies to include, and where the list drops off to the second tier.

Ruthless People
Animal House
Private Parts
Foul Play

 

[kevina001]

Caddyshack
National Lampoon's Vacation
Bad News Bears
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

 

[MtNittany]

Caddyshack
National Lampoon's Vacation
Bad News Bears
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

 

[bjf1991]

The thread about the Dudley Moore movie, Arthur, got me reminiscing a little.... My two buddies and I used to quote the iconic lines from the great comedic movies from the 70's and 80's when we hung out or had some beers back in the day. We were all in agreement that Stripes, Caddy Shack, and Animal House were all on mount rushmore. My buddies thought that Arthur also deserved to be there as well, but I didn't think it was quite that deserving. It's a funny movie, don't get me wrong, but I'd put Airplane, Blazing Saddles, The Big Lebowski, Monty Pythons Holy Grail, Ghostbusters, and others as funnier movies in the 1970's and 80's.

From the 90's on through today, we have a bunch of other seriously funny movies: Something About Mary, 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchor Man, The Hangover.

What would be your "mount rushmore" of movie comedies since 1970? It's up to you to determine how many movies to include, and where the list drops off to the second tier.

If I consider "FARGO" a comedy, and place it on the Mountain, is that "wrong"?

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

If I consider "FARGO" a comedy, and place it on the Mountain, is that "wrong"?

No.

 

[coveydidnt]

My Dinner with Andre
Annie Hall
The Brady Bunch Movie
Ace Ventura Pet Detective

 

[Ten Thousan Marbles]

Holy Grail...."And then the oral sex."....."I guess I could stay a bit longer!"

"But first......."