Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Strangler Lewis]

Two types of humor I'm not much on:

1) the Chaplainy/Monsieur Huloty gentle soul moving through wry situations;
2) the Ryan Reynolds genre--Waiting, Van Wilder--where someone is admired for being the biggest asshole possible.

But you can make an endless loop for me of the concussed Basil Fawlty with his finger on his upper lip goosestepping around the German tourists, and I'd be a happy man.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I can't stand The THree Stooges. Irritation!

Ah, should have been on my list. They still crack me up.

You would like The Office and 30 Rock, but these are more shows where you should probably start at the beginning.

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Two types of humor I'm not much on:

1) the Chaplainy/Monsieur Huloty gentle soul moving through wry situations;
2) the Ryan Reynolds genre--Waiting, Van Wilder--where someone is admired for being the biggest asshole possible.

Same here on both counts.

Didn't like American Pie at all, and I hope to continue to never see There's Something About Mary. (Ben Stiller needs a mention here - for the most part I find him unfunny.) I'm always tempted by films like Beerfest and Balls of Fury, but end up avoiding them. Then you get a good one like Harold and Kumar thrown in and my hopes for the entire college-style genre are raised.

I do like Jim Carrey, for the most part. See what I mean about "having a sense of humor" being a bullsh1t concept??

[innerSpaceman]

Yep, Best.Episode of Best.SitCom.Ever.Made.

[Not Afraid]

Oh, I forgot about Ab Fab. Love it.

[Gemini Cricket]

I don't think the Three Stooges are funny at all. BUT I adore Laurel and Hardy.


I liked Jim Carrey in the first Ace Ventura. After that, I didn't care for his stuff. Although I do like Eternal Sunshine quite a bit.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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Didn't like American Pie at all, and I hope to continue to never see There's Something About Mary.

The pie part of American Pie was hilarious. I still bust a gut at There's Something About Mary. Not so much at the brothers' other efforts.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I don't think the Three Stooges are funny at all. BUT I adore Laurel and Hardy.

Reverse that sentence, and you've nailed it.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I liked Jim Carrey in the first Ace Ventura. After that, I didn't care for his stuff.

Reverse that one, too. He deserved an Oscar for Liar, Liar. Eternal Sunshine was great, too.

I'm also a fan of the mature romantic New Yorker comedy, in particular, the Billy Crystal oeuvre from the late '80s to mid '90s.

[Gemini Cricket]

"The last mosquito that bit me had to check into the Betty Ford clinic."

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Good call, GC - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is still one of the best comedy films of all time.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Good call, GC - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is still one of the best comedy films of all time.

Benjy Benjamin: Now look! We've figured it seventeen different ways, and each time we figured it, it was no good, because no matter how we figured it, somebody don't like the way we figured it! So now, there's only one way to figure it. And that is, every man, including the old bag, for himself!

Ding Bell: So good luck, and may the best man win!

Benjy Benjamin: (to Ethel Merman's character, Mrs. Marcus) Except you lady: may you just drop dead!


Buddy Hackett's delivery of that last line makes me laugh every single time I see it.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Benjy Benjamin: Now look! We've figured it seventeen different ways, and each time we figured it, it was no good, because no matter how we figured it, somebody don't like the way we figured it! So now, there's only one way to figure it. And that is, every man, including the old bag, for himself!

Ding Bell: So good luck, and may the best man win!

Benjy Benjamin: (to Ethel Merman's character, Mrs. Marcus) Except you lady: may you just drop dead!


Buddy Hackett's delivery of that last line makes me laugh every single time I see it.

I'm quoting this whole thing because this part also makes me giggle like a child. This movie was the finest (3) hour(s) for that entire cadre of comedians - Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar...

In fact, I dare ANYONE who ever lived to watch this movie and not find it funny.