Favorite Comedies
- Dumb and Dumber
- Vacation
- Christmas Vacation
- Meet the Parents
- Trains, Planes and Automobiles
- Uncle Buck
- Groundhog Day
- Caddyshack
- Easy Money
- Back to School
- Blazing Saddles
- Monty Python & the Holy Grail
- There's Something About Mary
- Kingpin
- Stripes
- Raising Arizona
- Night Shift
- This is Spinal Tap
- Best of Show
- The Producers
- Young Frankenstein
- Take the Money and Run
- Sleeper
- Everything you Ever Wanted to Know...
- My Cousin Vinnie
- Blues Brothers
- Animal House
- Ghostbusters
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Grosse Point High
- Prizzi's Honor
- Get Shorty
- Fargo
- Cabin Boy
As you can tell, the more stupid the better. This list is not in any order, but Dumb and Dumber is my all-time favorite movie (comedy or otherwise). How Dumb and Dumber can be omitted from any "best comedies list" amazes me. Kingpin is way under-rated, and might be one of Bill Murray's funniest movies. Night Shift is also under-rated. It just isn't Christmas without a viewing of Christmas Vacation (way funnier than A Christmas Story). It is amazing how Chevy Chase can be so funny in some movies and so bad in others. John Candy was a genius. Even his cameos (like in Home Alone) are great. Bill Murray can make any movie watchable. Best of Show was one of the funniest movies I saw in the last year or so. And since I think Chris Elliot is one of the funniest actors around, I had to include Cabin Boy (very, very stupid, but that is how I like 'em).
I don't know how I left "Meet the Parents" off this list. It is already a classic. I like to watch movies over and over again, and this stands up well to repeat viewings. Ben Stiller is on a roll!
Just thought I'd mention that lists aren't carved in stone once you post 'em - you can always edit at a later date.