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February 07, 2014

Forty Years Ago Today: the Zenith of American Comedy
— andy

... and it was all downhill from there.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of a film that's not only a favorite here at the HQ but pulls up a chair at a comfortable #6 on the AFI 100 Years, 100 Laughs list.

It has a little something for everyone, be they rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers or Methodists.

IMO, there's no better sign of how much our society has regressed over the last 40 years than the fact that Blazing Saddles couldn't be made today. Mel Brooks diminished racism and bigotry by making it the butt of some great jokes, but today we run for the fainting couches over the slightest little thing. Advantage: Brooks.

Can you imagine the wailing of the League of the Perpetually Offended over this scene alone?

The ol' Number 6 makes me laugh every time.

Happy birthday, Blazing Saddles.

Posted by: andy at 01:45 PM | Comments (208)
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1 Dang, where is everyone?

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at February 07, 2014 01:46 PM (RSL2K)

2 I am starting to worry now

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at February 07, 2014 01:47 PM (RSL2K)

3 Shit, I am alone

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at February 07, 2014 01:48 PM (RSL2K)

4 One of my all-time favorites; hard to believe it's been 40 years....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at February 07, 2014 01:48 PM (PZ6/M)

5 Ace Johnson is Right!

Posted by: garrett at February 07, 2014 01:48 PM (iUMdy)

6 The others have been summoned

Posted by: Brewer at February 07, 2014 01:48 PM (eV1I0)

7 How long will this madness last

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at February 07, 2014 01:48 PM (RSL2K)

8 Can you imagine the wailing of the League of the Perpetually Offended over this scene alone? I didn't get a harumph out of that guy

Posted by: William J. Le Petomane [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 01:49 PM (yz6yg)

9 The ol' Number 6 makes me laugh every time. That's how you know you are doing it right.

Posted by: garrett at February 07, 2014 01:49 PM (iUMdy)

10 This and Kentucky Fried Movie are the twin pinnacles of American comedy.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 07, 2014 01:50 PM (naUcP)

11 Harumph

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 07, 2014 01:50 PM (tf9Ne)

12 Love the movie, but nowadays... the scene where the guy lists rape twice because he likes rape... and married to a woman who was raped, well, my sense of humor flies out the window. But I like most everything else... so there you go.

Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 07, 2014 01:50 PM (kbOju)

13 Meh. Humor is subjective.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 01:50 PM (thBHI)

14 Driving home Taiwan_Joe

Posted by: DanMan at February 07, 2014 01:50 PM (RusNE)

15 Dang, where is everyone?

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at February 07, 2014 05:46 PM (RSL2K)

They had to go back and get a shit-load of dimes!

Posted by: some old guy at February 07, 2014 01:51 PM (2DunM)

16 There were no Fart Jokes before 1970.

Posted by: Ken at February 07, 2014 01:51 PM (iUMdy)

17 It is very hard to ague your point, but this is a close second.... http://tinyurl.com/azsqyaz

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 01:51 PM (0FSuD)

18 I would say this and the first Airplane! were the most hilarious movies of all time. Honorable mention to History of the world pt.1 as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 01:52 PM (TGgNi)

19 Humor isn't just silliness. It should also strive to be somewhat intellectual.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 01:52 PM (thBHI)

20 Another one they will never make, god knows why, is The Black Bird. Sure they make all these "spade" jokes but it is black people making them. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072706/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_82 Still funny.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 07, 2014 01:52 PM (NRYdU)

21 I agree that it's probably Brooks' best movie. Absolutely hilarious. I do disagree with the author about one joke; I doubt shooting a hole in a Bible would cause any serious freak-out in 2014.

Shooting a hole in a Koran, however...

Posted by: Joseph_MSU at February 07, 2014 01:52 PM (lQCe+)

22 The 1st R-rated movie I paid to see.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 01:52 PM (38LLM)

23 Annie Hall is number two? The second funniest movie ever made? Seriously?

Posted by: grammie winger at February 07, 2014 01:53 PM (P6QsQ)

24 Anyway, Anna, are you around? I don't think I'm likely to say anything excessively stupid at the moment. :-P

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 01:53 PM (thBHI)

25 Also this.....http://tinyurl.com/7k92lmf

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 01:53 PM (0FSuD)

26 Someone go get the others. And a sh!tload of dimes.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 07, 2014 01:53 PM (g4TxM)

27 I denounce this post for failing to include the penultimate Blazing Saddles clip. Don't say I never did anything for you:
http://y2u.be/MDVrmSEZEKg

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 07, 2014 01:54 PM (IN7k+)

28
That's a bullshit list.

Posted by: Wodeshed at February 07, 2014 01:54 PM (vTBuV)

29 In an interview, Mel Brooks said that if he tried to make this movie today, he'd be lynched.

Very funny movie!

"Work, work, work, work, work! Hello, boys, did you miss me last night?"

Posted by: RoadRunner at February 07, 2014 01:54 PM (kw1xk)

30 The Graduate at #9? Is that even a comedy?

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 01:54 PM (38LLM)

31 Sorry. I see it's number 4, not 2. Still.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 07, 2014 01:54 PM (P6QsQ)

32 Anyway, Anna, are you around? I don't think I'm likely to say anything excessively stupid at the moment. :-P Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 05:53 PM (thBHI) Hang in there. That feeling will pass. ;-)

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 01:54 PM (yz6yg)

33 NO IT HAS NOT BEEN 40 YEARS SHUT YOUR MOUTH LIARS

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 07, 2014 01:55 PM (SY2Kh)

34 There was talk of a Broadway Musical, but it does not appear to have any traction.

Posted by: navybrat at February 07, 2014 01:55 PM (AW7Gr)

35 In before backhoe talks about how he doesn't know anything about this movie because pop culture is a cesspool that he wants nothing to do with.

Posted by: buzzion at February 07, 2014 01:55 PM (LI48c)

36 Of course, you'll have the good taste not to mention that I spoke to you.

Posted by: Widow Johnson at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (vBhbc)

37 30 The Graduate at #9? Is that even a comedy? Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 05:54 PM (38LLM) No. Banging Anne Bancroft is serious bizness.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (NRYdU)

38 I love this movie. I had never seen it until my husband introduced me to it.

So many great lines.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (GrtrJ)

39 >> I denounce this post for failing to include the penultimate Blazing Saddles clip. Second to last?

Posted by: Andy at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (4T5lL)

40 "32 Anyway, Anna, are you around? I don't think I'm likely to say anything excessively stupid at the moment. :-P Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 05:53 PM (thBHI) Hang in there. That feeling will pass. ;-) Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 07, 2014 05:54 PM (yz6yg)" Heh. I have a bunch of re-buttals, but I feel that they're all at least slightly stupid. So I'm just going to turn the other cheek. :-P

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (thBHI)

41 28 Yeah, "Some Like it Hot"? Really? It is an ok movie and funny, but is it top just because of it's "Transgressive nature"?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (TGgNi)

42 He said "The sheriff is near!"

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 01:56 PM (+74pm)

43 Is 'The Three Amigos' on that list? If not, it's bullshit.

Posted by: garrett at February 07, 2014 01:57 PM (p9erx)

I hate Political Correctness.

It has killed humor.

Posted by: wheatie at February 07, 2014 01:57 PM (eCZwh)

45 Watched it with Mr Y-not a couple of weeks ago. :-)

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at February 07, 2014 01:58 PM (zDsvJ)

46
Wow 40 years, where does the time go?

Maybe someone should sing Camptown Races.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 07, 2014 01:58 PM (n0DEs)

47 The Graduate was a comedy?

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 07, 2014 01:58 PM (34D1R)

48 Is 'The Three Amigos' on that list?

If not, it's bullshit.

It was a funny movie when it came out, but it didn't hold up as well over time in my opinion.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 07, 2014 01:58 PM (SY2Kh)

49 Yellow beard is the greatest drinking game movie of all time.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (+74pm)

50 It's little know that Barbara Walters provided the famous Madeline Kahn line, based on her experience with Senator Ed Bwooke. It's twoo, it's twoo.

Posted by: Phil at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (Bm+FP)

51 You know that the only reason Animal House got released? Richard Pryor told the producers that the deck the lake scene was fine. They want to cut this out. http://tinyurl.com/c6tkmea

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (0FSuD)

52 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS A CLOSED SET!!!"

Posted by: navybrat at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (AW7Gr)

53 Maybe someone should sing Camptown Races. Don't think I know that one.

Posted by: Bart [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (yz6yg)

54 PETA would object to the horse punching scene.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (juDHN)

55 I saw this movie the first time my high school buddies and I ever got drunk. I was surprised to learn later on that it was funny when sober as well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ready to get Liquored Up at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (K+mtQ)

56 The Graduate at #9? Is that even a comedy? Never saw it. Don't care to see it. So sad you screwed up your chances with that girl by screwing her mom. Soo sad.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 07, 2014 01:59 PM (gtjN1)

57 "44 I hate Political Correctness. It has killed humor. Posted by: wheatie at February 07, 2014 05:57 PM (eCZwh)" Nonsense. "Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union." -- Stalin :-P Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 07, 2014 02:00 PM (thBHI)

58 I don't find olde movies that funny unless they star the Marx Brothers or Myrna Loy.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (38LLM)

59 Once again, it is snowing almost in a circle around us while missing us.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (SUKHu)

60 damn u ace!!!!! not even a sniff of ZOMBEAVERS!!!!! in a movie thread??

Posted by: dillhole13 at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (uURnG)

61 >> PETA would object to the horse punching scene. Not to mention the one they hung.

Posted by: Andy at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (4T5lL)

62 56 The Graduate at #9? Is that even a comedy? One word son, "Plastics" I thought the graduate was a depressing flick, not a comedy at all.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (0FSuD)

63 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS A CLOSED SET!!!"

Piss on you! I work for Mel Brooks!

Posted by: no good deed at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (vBhbc)

64 Did y'all click the "slightest little thing" link? That IS pretty funny. All that was missing was chittlins & collards.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:01 PM (jRs7b)

65 Thanks for this. Good way to end a tired Friday.
Not only couldn't Blazing Saddles be made today, but the original Producers couldn't be made today. They tried and proved it couldn't be done. What a disappointment, and yet people think the remake is so good. Invariably they are young, and I always tell them to watch the original. I'm glad to see the original Bialystok and Bloom was at #11.

Posted by: AlanR at February 07, 2014 02:02 PM (Vxb1M)

66 Broadcast News is on that list. BROADCAST NEWS. A baby boomer navel gazer that should have a funeral dirge playing throughout.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 07, 2014 02:02 PM (oFCZn)

67 There are several movies on that list that I wouldn't classify as comedies.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 07, 2014 02:02 PM (P6QsQ)

68 Myrna Loy Dillinger's favorite actress! Or something.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 07, 2014 02:02 PM (gtjN1)

69 "The sheriff's a N*gger" What did he say? The Sheriff is near.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 02:02 PM (0FSuD)

70 What in the Wide World of Sports is a-going on here? I hired you people to get a little track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 07, 2014 02:03 PM (GrtrJ)

71
I'm a wild and crazy guy. Pull my finger!

Posted by: John F'n Kerry at February 07, 2014 02:04 PM (nQjHM)

72 What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

Posted by: Jim [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 02:04 PM (yz6yg)

73 I BEG YOU TO PAY HEED TO THIS GOOD BOOK AND WHAT IT HAS TO SAY! *gunshot, Bible explodes* Son... you're on your own.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:04 PM (/Crba)

74 That drummer with Basie in the desert scene is a local guy. I see him on the golf course every now and then.

Posted by: navybrat at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (AW7Gr)

75 >>During his speech at Michigan State University on Friday, President Obama mispronounced the word "ramen." But can still pronounce "arugula" and "Wagyu beef" with no problem.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (SUKHu)

76 I can't tell you how many times I say, "What in the Wide World of Sports...."

It has become part of my regular vocabulary.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (GrtrJ)

77 I don't really like the end though.I watched History of the Workd yesterday and it kind of fell flat,only the Spanish Inquisition musical number really made me laugh.Young Frankenstein is the best.

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (zqvg6)

78 You all are merely risking your lives, while I am risking a near certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Posted by: Andy at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (4T5lL)

79 Dang that was lucky. We almost lost a $400.00 hand cart.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (+74pm)

80 Some of the jokes in Blazing Saddles fell really flat for me. That whole skit with the hangman choosing the right noose size? nuthin'

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (gtjN1)

81 In re: the Game of Life. I know now what Mongo was talking about.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 07, 2014 02:05 PM (g4TxM)

82 Aw, Mongo like sheriff.

Posted by: Mongo at February 07, 2014 02:06 PM (0FSuD)

83 But can still pronounce "arugula" and "Wagyu beef" with no problem. --- He can say the goddamn Arabic call to prayer perfectly but can't pronounce "corpsman".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:06 PM (/Crba)

84 A wed wose. How womantic.

Posted by: Lili Von Schtupp [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 02:06 PM (yz6yg)

85 I'm so tired.

Posted by: EC at February 07, 2014 02:07 PM (doBIb)

86 Young Frankenstein is the best. Enthusiastically agreed.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 07, 2014 02:07 PM (gtjN1)

87 What the fuck?

This is a light-hearted thread....

Or at least it's supposed to be.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2014 02:07 PM (QFxY5)

88 1974 also brought us the original Taking of Pelham, One, Two, Three, which was amusing if you liked Walter Matthau. Still a favorite.

The remake was an assault on the senses.

Posted by: JWF at February 07, 2014 02:08 PM (L0JMy)

89 86 Young Frankenstein is the best. Enthusiastically agreed. --- Fronk-un-STEEN!

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:08 PM (/Crba)

90 Pretty much any Mongo joke too. nuthin'

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 07, 2014 02:08 PM (gtjN1)

91 Love Blazing Saddles, but for me, the two best comedies of all time are Duck Soup (especially the first 50 minutes), and The Producers (the original, not the remade for gay sensibilities one that came from the overrated Broadway show). "Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings; we are only seeing singing Hitlers!"

Posted by: Evan3457 at February 07, 2014 02:08 PM (Xk4Ty)

92 the two best comedies of all time are Duck Soup --- I can picture you bending over a hot stove. But I can't see the stove...

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:09 PM (/Crba)

93 You know... morons.

Posted by: Jim at February 07, 2014 06:04 PM (yz6yg)

Ah....even 40 years ago the world knew that Ace was coming.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2014 02:09 PM (QFxY5)

94 This movie and the albums he made a couple years later tell me that Richard Pryor might be the funniest man ever.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:09 PM (8FyP4)

95 Fronk-un-STEEN! *with scalpel sticking from thigh* CLASS. IS. DISMISSED.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 07, 2014 02:09 PM (gtjN1)

96 The funniest line in the whole movie has to be "Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes". That scene in the wide open desert is just freaking funny.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 02:09 PM (+74pm)

97 96 The funniest line in the whole movie has to be "Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes". That scene in the wide open desert is just freaking funny. --- LePetomane Thruway?!? Well, what will that asshole think of next?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:10 PM (/Crba)

98 NORKS just moved US minister from hospital to labor camp which of course means he will die there

Posted by: thunderb at February 07, 2014 02:10 PM (zOTsN)

99 Did I just hear right on the news? Brian Boitano was so inspired by the U.S. making a statement via their diplomatic delegation to the Olympic Games that he has "come out" as a gay man? Was he the only one on the planet who hadn't heard that news already?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 07, 2014 02:11 PM (g4TxM)

100 I know how we can run everyone out of Rock Ridge! We'll kill the firstborn son in every household!

...eh....too Jewish.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 07, 2014 02:11 PM (GrtrJ)

101 It's twue!

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:12 PM (8FyP4)

102 I'd say y'all have had enough beans.

Posted by: Guy Who Rides The Nuclear Bomb at February 07, 2014 02:12 PM (nbGZj)

103 We have to save our phony baloney jobs gentlemen! That line pops into my head every time some politician gives one of their " concerned" press conferences.

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2014 02:12 PM (zqvg6)

104 I have a sudden and unexplained desire to change my nic.

Posted by: Abby N. at February 07, 2014 02:12 PM (SUKHu)

105 Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency in the west. Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Posted by: Hedly Lamarr [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 02:12 PM (yz6yg)

106 Stampeding cattle.
That's not much of a crime.
Through the Vatican?
Kinky. Sign here.

Posted by: no good deed at February 07, 2014 02:12 PM (vBhbc)

107 99 Did I just hear right on the news? Brian Boitano was so inspired by the U.S. making a statement via their diplomatic delegation to the Olympic Games that he has "come out" as a gay man? Was he the only one on the planet who hadn't heard that news already? --- What would Brian Boitano do if he were here right now? I'm sure he'd fuck an ass or two, that's what Brian Boitano'd do!

Posted by: Stan Marsh and Kyle Broslofski at February 07, 2014 02:13 PM (/Crba)

108 Andy,

Thanks for the link to the AFI list;There are some damned funny movies on it.

I had forgotten about a bunch of them.

I think I'll watch "A Fish Called Wanda" again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2014 02:13 PM (QFxY5)

109 I remember sitting in the theatre thinking the cops were going to arrest us all. The accompanying DVD has a bit about how Lyle had been brought up not to ever say the n-word and how Richard Pryor got he cured.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 02:13 PM (3SPyR)

110 We don't need no stinking badges

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 02:13 PM (+74pm)

111 One I still use to this dayÂ…. "My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention."

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 07, 2014 02:13 PM (yz6yg)

112 Sheriff Bart : "You're sucking on my elbow".

---Cut from the movie

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 02:14 PM (38LLM)

113 >>I think I'll watch "A Fish Called Wanda" again. I got some good ideas of ones to watch with the kids, but that wasn't one of them.

Posted by: Abby N. at February 07, 2014 02:14 PM (SUKHu)

114 Bite my ass autocorrect.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 02:14 PM (3SPyR)

115 The best thing about Airplane! is the fact that it is a fusion between hilarious lines "Do you like movies about Gladiators?" with an almost non-stop run of sight gags. Like when the guy in the tower says "Mr. Striker is the best chance we got!" and then it flashes to the plastic Jesus on the dashboard puts it hands over it's eyes. Classic!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 02:14 PM (TGgNi)

116 111 One I still use to this dayÂ….

Ditto!

Posted by: quarkstud at February 07, 2014 02:14 PM (6HXex)

117 Land snatching... Land, land, land, see snatch.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:15 PM (/Crba)

118 What was the name of the bad guy in this episode of Justified? The one who messed with Art in the diner? I'm looking for the actor's name.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 07, 2014 02:15 PM (NRYdU)

119 115 Wait that was Leslie Nielson with the "Mr. Striker" line.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 02:15 PM (TGgNi)

120 Go do that voodoo that you do so well

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 02:15 PM (+74pm)

121 Hey Torquemada ,whadda ya say? I just got back from the Auto De Fe Auto Da Fe,what's the Auto De Fe? It's what you oughtn't to do,but you do anyway...

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2014 02:15 PM (zqvg6)

122 Where are all the white women at?

Posted by: redenzo at February 07, 2014 02:16 PM (WCnJW)

123 Here I stand, the goddess of Desire Set men on fire I have this power Morning noon and night it's drink and dancing Some quick romancing And then a shower Stage door johnnies always surround me They always hound me With one request Who can satisfy their lustful habits I'm not a rabbit I need some rest I'm tired Sick and tired of love I've had my fill of love From below and above Tired, tired of being admired Tired of love uninspired Let's face it I'm tired I've been with 1000's of men Again and again They promise the moon They always coming and going Going and coming And always too soon Right girls? I'm tired, Tired of playing the game Ain't it a crying shame I'm so tired God dammit I'm exhausted Tired, tired of playing the game Ain't it a crying shame I'm so tired [Soldiers:] She's tired (She's tired) Sick and tired of love (Give her a break) She's had her fill of love (She's not a snake) From below and above (Can't you see she's sick) Tired (She's bushed) Tired of being admired (Let her alone) Tired of love uninspired (Get off the phone) She's tired (Don't you know she's pooped) I've been with 1000's of men Again and again They sing the same tune They start with Byron and Shelly And jump on your belly And bust your ballon Aye! Tired, tired of playing the game Ain't it a freakin' shame I'm so... Let's face it everything below the waist is kapput!

Posted by: sandie fluke's va jay jay at February 07, 2014 02:16 PM (zOTsN)

124 I sometimes wonder what movie has the highest number of quotable lines. Still not sure but Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Full Metal Jacket are the top three.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 02:16 PM (3SPyR)

125 Posted by: JWF at February 07, 2014 06:08 PM (L0JMy)

The original "Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" was a tight little movie with some excellent acting.

Interesting that they could make a heist movie feel like something almost intimate.

And you are being kind to the remake.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 07, 2014 02:16 PM (QFxY5)

126 118 Think it was Alan Tuydk(sp?) He was the Pilot on Firefly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 02:16 PM (TGgNi)

127 Alan Tudyk. Never mind. No wonder he looked familiar.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 07, 2014 02:16 PM (NRYdU)

128 Think it was Alan Tuydk(sp?) He was the Pilot on Firefly. --- And we will call this land... "this land"!

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 07, 2014 02:17 PM (/Crba)

129 AlanR, you Swedish tease!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 07, 2014 02:17 PM (LLfr9)

130 89 86 Young Frankenstein is the best. Enthusiastically agreed. True. You really need to see the 1939 Bride of Frankenstein to appreciate the inside jokes. Hump? What hump.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 02:17 PM (0FSuD)

131 Surely Airplane has the highest, Mr. Dave.

Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at February 07, 2014 02:17 PM (SUKHu)

132 125 I watched it again a few weeks ago,great movie.

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2014 02:18 PM (zqvg6)

133 132 The original,never saw the remake.Never will.

Posted by: steevy at February 07, 2014 02:18 PM (zqvg6)

134 128 "I am a leaf on the wind" (the second time when he is scared out of his mind.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 02:18 PM (TGgNi)

135 And let me tell you baby they was open for business

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 02:18 PM (+74pm)

136 I liked that Heddy Lamar.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:19 PM (8FyP4)

137 I hate Political Correctness.
It has killed humor.

Posted by: wheatie at February 07, 2014 05:57 PM (eCZwh)

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There is no laughter in islam.

Posted by: Soona at February 07, 2014 02:19 PM (EecJi)

138 136 That's Hedley!

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 07, 2014 02:19 PM (+74pm)

139 BTW, Ann Bancroft was Mrs. Mel Brooks.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 02:21 PM (3SPyR)

140 124 I sometimes wonder what movie has the highest number of quotable lines. Still not sure but Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Full Metal Jacket are the top three. Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 06:16 PM (3SPyR) Casablanca. Almost every line is quotable.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 07, 2014 02:21 PM (NRYdU)

141 Young Frankenstein is the best.

Enthusiastically agreed.

True. You really need to see the 1939 Bride of Frankenstein to appreciate the inside jokes.

Hump? What hump.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 06:17 PM (0FSuD)

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Agree. "Young Frankenstein" was much more funny to me. "Airplane" comes in a close second.

Posted by: Soona at February 07, 2014 02:22 PM (EecJi)

142 My ex-spouse could quote every joke from this movie in his sleep, starting in 1974.
Over and over and over. For years.

Did I mention he's my ex?

Posted by: Derak at February 07, 2014 02:22 PM (xEkHi)

143 They said you was hung! And they was right.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:23 PM (8FyP4)

144 Well, raise my rent!

Posted by: Evan3457 at February 07, 2014 02:24 PM (Xk4Ty)

145 Airplane stinks.

It had to be said.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 02:24 PM (38LLM)

146 Hump? What hump?
Leave LauraW out of it!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 07, 2014 02:24 PM (LLfr9)

147 >>Casablanca. Almost every line is quotable. And yet the most famous "quote" is "play it again, Sam" which...isn't.

Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at February 07, 2014 02:25 PM (SUKHu)

148 One of my favorite comedies of all time, up there with prime Marx Brothers. Though half the fun of watching that kind of movie these days is imagining the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the PC crowd. Especially when it comes to the French Mistake . . .

Posted by: Rosa E. at February 07, 2014 02:25 PM (ynTYJ)

149 Raising Arizona was only #31? There is plenty wrong with that list.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:26 PM (jRs7b)

150 And I'm leaving my socks on completely on purpose...because my toes are cold.

Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at February 07, 2014 02:26 PM (SUKHu)

151 124 I sometimes wonder what movie has the highest number of quotable lines. Still not sure but Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Full Metal Jacket are the top three. Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 06:16 PM (3SPyR) ******** Caddyshack

Posted by: Elinor at February 07, 2014 02:26 PM (TCqhy)

152 145 What?!?! This is the internet! And you just disagreed with something I feel strongly about. I must belittle your opinion, but most importantly you personally! Have at you, knave! Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 02:27 PM (TGgNi)

153 "Now I don't have to tell you good folks what's been happening in our beloved little town. Sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded, and cattle raped. The time has come to act, and act fast. I'm leaving".

Posted by: Evan3457 at February 07, 2014 02:27 PM (Xk4Ty)

154 149 Raising Arizona was only #31?
There is plenty wrong with that list. Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer

Definitely needed to be higher. Cat Ballou (#50) should have been higher.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 02:27 PM (38LLM)

155 Yeah, the list has some real issues. No one will ever agree with anyone's top whatever list (until tomorrow), but several of these I wouldn't even consider comedies.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:28 PM (8FyP4)

156 Excuse me, while I whip this out.

Posted by: Evan3457 at February 07, 2014 02:28 PM (Xk4Ty)

157 My only real complaint about Blazing Saddles is that the ending falls apart, because they couldn't think of a good one. Sorta like Duck Soup.

Posted by: Evan3457 at February 07, 2014 02:29 PM (Xk4Ty)

158 145 Airplane stinks. It had to be said. You must have seen a different movie than I did. http://tinyurl.com/2auee4w Also, Casablanca, while one of the best films ever made is a Romantic drama, not a comedy.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 07, 2014 02:29 PM (0FSuD)

159 Mel always poked fun of the gays.
Hence "The French Mistake" scene.

Posted by: navybrat at February 07, 2014 02:30 PM (AW7Gr)

160 Surprised "I'm No Angel" and "The Women" didn't make the cut.

Posted by: ruby at February 07, 2014 02:30 PM (vt4Ip)

161 >>Cat Ballou (#50) should have been higher. He did it! He missed the barn! It's on YouTube in case anyone wants to see it without a cent going to Jane Fonda.

Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at February 07, 2014 02:30 PM (SUKHu)

162 I'm disappointed. Not one Earnest movie was named.

Posted by: Soona at February 07, 2014 02:30 PM (EecJi)

163 Blazing Saddles was great. But you know how fucked up the world is when the AFI list has as #2 Tootsie.

Posted by: Evi. L. Bloggerlady at February 07, 2014 02:31 PM (4kTo2)

164 Quotable? Princess Bride has to be way up there. Inigo's "I do not think it means..." line is probably one the most quoted on the internet.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:32 PM (jRs7b)

165 Yeah, Tootsie sucked.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:33 PM (8FyP4)

166 164 No. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, Prepare to die."

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2014 02:34 PM (TGgNi)

167 I consider Tootsie a horror movie.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 02:35 PM (38LLM)

168 the AFI list has as #2 Tootsie.

Victor/Victoria is funnier.

Posted by: no good deed at February 07, 2014 02:35 PM (vBhbc)

169 166 I use that all the time. Dull meetings where you have to stand up and introduce yourself? Winner.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:36 PM (jRs7b)

170 162 I'm disappointed. Not one Earnest movie was named. Posted by: Soona at February 07, 2014 06:30 PM (EecJi) ******* I still laugh myself silly over the turtle paratrooper scene in "Ernest Goes to Camp'. "I'm scared, Sarge!" "We're all scared, son."

Posted by: Elinor at February 07, 2014 02:38 PM (TCqhy)

171 The run that Brooks had from The Producers through this film and Young Frankenstein is impeccable. Part of the reason why Your Show of Shows is probably the most influential comedy ever on TV (Cast: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner; Writers: Neil Simon, Mel).

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 07, 2014 02:40 PM (XrGnJ)

172 No 1941 on the list? One of the best comedy film ever made.

Posted by: jdun at February 07, 2014 02:42 PM (Hao09)

173 Part of the reason why Your Show of Shows is probably the most influential comedy ever on TV (Cast: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner; Writers: Neil Simon, Mel). Posted by: Kevin in ABQ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Which was the basis for the Dick Van Dyke show.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:43 PM (8FyP4)

174 Beetlejuice shouldn't be on the list PERIOD. Sponge Bob is funnier than that stupid excuse for a movie.

Posted by: WhatTheFook at February 07, 2014 02:43 PM (KEy1O)

175 Send a wire to the main office and tell them that I said 'Oww!'

Posted by: Mr. Taggart at February 07, 2014 02:45 PM (q/PkG)

176 Which was the basis for the Dick Van Dyke show.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 06:43 PM (8FyP4)

++++++++++

Correct. Think about it, though: any team of writers that good wouldn't spend more than two weeks on TV today - they'd get pulled into writing movie scripts. Which is part of why TV comedy is so ugh today (with notable exceptions).

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 07, 2014 02:46 PM (XrGnJ)

177 174 Beetlejuice shouldn't be on the list PERIOD. Sponge Bob is funnier than that stupid excuse for a movie. Posted by: WhatTheFook at February 07, 2014 06:43 PM (KEy1O) ****** Yeah, and I really can't put up with Belafonte singing anymore.

Posted by: Elinor at February 07, 2014 02:47 PM (TCqhy)

178 Wasn't Woody Allen one of the writers as well?

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:47 PM (8FyP4)

179 Of "Your Show of Shows" I mean, not BS.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 02:49 PM (8FyP4)

180 Monty Python and the Holy Grail has the most quotable lines for a '70s movie.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 07, 2014 02:55 PM (u82oZ)

181 Monty Python and the Holy Grail should definitely be on that list.

Is My Favorite Year on there? The Show of Shows talk made me think of it.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 07, 2014 03:00 PM (38LLM)

182 178 Wasn't Woody Allen one of the writers as well?

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 07, 2014 06:47 PM (8FyP4)

+++++

Close. Woody (along with Larry Gelbart, MASH) wrote for The Sid Caesar Show on two occasions, in 1958 and 1963 (the latter uncredited).

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 07, 2014 03:03 PM (XrGnJ)

183 58 I don't find olde movies that funny unless they star the Marx Brothers or Myrna Loy. Don't leave in a huff....make it a minute and a huff

Posted by: the Butcher at February 07, 2014 03:08 PM (8g9qq)

184
The thing with Richard Pryor and Blazing Saddles is, he had little to do with the racial humor, that was mostly Brooks and Bergman. Pryor's biggest contribution was Mongo.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 07, 2014 03:11 PM (TIIx5)

185 So many funny lines in BS and YF. I have both DVDs, watched 'em a hundred times, and still as funny as the first.

Well...if you must pry...
I, must! I must!

Wait a minute...chewing gum? I hope you brought enough for everybody!

They lose me after the bunker scene.

For YF, my all time favorite line: "SEDAGIVE?"

Posted by: Mike at February 07, 2014 03:13 PM (Rk8LS)

186

"Why would I pay $150.00 for a wallet made out of elephant foreskin?"

-"If you rub it, it turns into a suitcase."

Posted by: Buddy Hackett R.I.P. at February 07, 2014 03:16 PM (lq3Ak)

187 But we don't want the Irish

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 07, 2014 03:23 PM (FE/sZ)

188
"Why would I pay $150.00 for a wallet made out of elephant foreskin?"

-"If you rub it, it turns into a suitcase."

Posted by: Buddy Hackett R.I.P. at February 07, 2014 07:16 PM (lq3Ak)

Buddy Hackett had a comedy special on HBO many years ago, filmed at one of his Vegas digs. He was doing EXTREMELY blue humor and this lady sitting right in front of the stage was mortified. He noticed and asked if she'd like him to do some cleaner jokes. He told one that was just a bit naughty, and she laughed. And then he went in for the kill....

"Was that one better?"

*lady nods*

"Do you think you could handle one just a little bit dirtier?"

*lady nods, hesitantly*

"These two fags are fucking a dead alligator......."

*crowd roars*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 07, 2014 03:25 PM (TIIx5)

189 1941 Meh, But I hurt myself laughing at the tanks in the paint factory

Posted by: tmitsss at February 07, 2014 03:27 PM (Pa9vP)

190 1. The Graduate is a movie about a stalker. 2. Anne Bancroft was 35 when she played Mrs. Robinson

Posted by: tmitsss at February 07, 2014 03:29 PM (Pa9vP)

191 Bart: "Well, Kid, what do you like to do?" Waco Kid: "Play chess. Screw." Bart: "Let's play chess!"

Posted by: RickZ at February 07, 2014 03:49 PM (qX6KH)

192 No love for "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." You can sure tell the real Hollywood guys are all dead. I mean, it's not like they weren't trying.

It was oh-so-nice to toss Harold Lloyd a bone (Sherlock Jr) but his best work (and one of the best ever, should be in the top ten) is "Safety Last." With the clock?...

I agree, there's a bunch on there that aren't even supposed to be funny.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 07, 2014 04:15 PM (xq1UY)

193 I am going to buy a copy for Mr H's birthday next month.the man is a Movie fanatic.

Posted by: ALH at February 07, 2014 04:17 PM (3WhDT)

194 No! I said, "There sheriff is a near!"

Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 07, 2014 05:16 PM (rFipM)

195 Not mentioned yet, but my fave: "Â…look at this hand." "Steady as a rock!" "YeahÂ…but I shoot with this oneÂ…"

Posted by: Eric in Boise at February 07, 2014 05:18 PM (kgBIQ)

196 "Little bastard shot me in the ass...!"

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 07, 2014 07:22 PM (XO6WW)

197

When they first aired this movie on TV, they edited out the farts and the "Shtup" from "Lily Von Shtup". She was just "Lilly Von Sh...".

Today, when they show it, they leave those in, but they edit out the "n*gger"s and the "f*ggot"s.

I think that says a lot about what has happened to us all in the last 40 years.

Posted by: Syxmyx at February 07, 2014 09:06 PM (o2P2R)

198 151 124 I sometimes wonder what movie has the highest number of quotable lines. Still not sure but Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Full Metal Jacket are the top three.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 07, 2014 06:16 PM (3SPyR)

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Caddyshack

Posted by: Elinor at February 07, 2014 06:26 PM (TCqhy)

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That was my first thought, too, but Pug is right, Casablanca is the most quotable movie ever made, and NaCly Dog is also right about Monty Python and the Holy Grail. However, both Caddyshack and Grail, and occasionally YF, I could (and sometimes still do - I'm getting better at keeping my mouth shut in my old age) quote lines from them in situations in my daily life every day.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 07, 2014 09:18 PM (HubSo)

199 Re the Marx Brothers, I always thought "A Day at the Races" was a double entendre that they got past Hollywood. The extended lindy hop scene and the way they treated the African American performers without using the Hollywood stereotypes of the day were completely irrelevant to the plot, but I think the Marx Brothers were using their star power to make a point 30 years ahead of its time (or maybe 70 years behind).

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 07, 2014 09:22 PM (HubSo)

200 My funniest movies of all time

1. Blazing Saddles
2. Monty Python & The Holy Grail
3. Young Frankenstein
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Airplane!
6. Animal House
7. Caddyshack
8. Any Which Way But Loose
9. The Blues Brothers
10. The Kentucky Fried Movie
11. Porky's
12. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
13. The Jerk
14. The Producers
15. It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
16. Ghostbusters
17. Trading Places
18. Hollywood Knights
19. Slap Shot
20. Smokey And The Bandit
21. Christmas Vacation
22. Monty Python's Life of Brian
23. History of the World Part I
24. Johnny Dangerously
25. Something About Mary
26. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
27. Up In Smoke
28. The Cannonball Run
29. Fletch
30. Beverly Hills Cop
31. Yellowbeard
32. This Is Spinal Tap
33. M*A*S*H
34. Police Academy
35. Bachelor Party

Posted by: Rip Steakface at February 07, 2014 11:19 PM (of+So)

201 I first saw Blazing Saddles in Nashville, Tennessee. Thought it was hilarious (they could never do the pansy chorus line at the end, either: remember Dom Deluise???)

But it wasn't until I saw it on television in New York City that I realized some of them funny Yiddish words were Ob-Scene -- because they bleeped them.

"Oh, THAT's what that means! Well, I nevah!"

Posted by: Beverly at February 08, 2014 12:54 AM (KeANR)

202 #192:

That was Buster KEATON in Mad3 World and Sherlock, Jr. -- not Harold Lloyd!

good grief

Posted by: Beverly at February 08, 2014 12:56 AM (KeANR)

203 What kind of list for funniest comedic movies would exclude THE IN LAWS with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk...huh...

Posted by: JohnT at February 08, 2014 01:59 AM (4erpW)

204 The definitive argument against PC ism Could you make Blazing Saddles today? No? Case closed. PS Extra credit irony point: to the extent one even cares whether a comedy has a social/political/philosophical point Blazing Saddles quite vigorously mocked racism of all stripes. But, it had the magic taboo N word so I guess you just can't make a decent movie anymore.

Posted by: NYC Parent at February 08, 2014 06:47 AM (u7qiU)

205 Not only could "Blazing Saddles" not be made today, does anyone think that it could even be SCREENED at an American college campus today? The fact that the plot involves the black sheriff outwitting the idiot racist white people would make no difference to today's Race Mongers.

Posted by: Darwin Akbar at February 08, 2014 06:48 AM (RfAbf)

206 And, I would also give a write in vote to Borat. I distinctly remember rolling out of my chair unable to breathe when he got to "Â….and then bars break!.." Oh Jesus.

Posted by: NYC Parent at February 08, 2014 06:51 AM (u7qiU)

207 While my tastes are a little different (No Burt Reynolds?), I've seen 63 of those films and enjoyed most. Regret that the avg year of the 37 that I haven't seen is 1944. Twelve years before I was born. Shows listed tonight on--- Turner Classic

kudos) Auntie Mame; the remaining 1947 and later AMC: Die Hard w/vengeance (1995);Walking Dead (Marathon?)