My Top Ten Favorite Comedies

1. Hilarious and stylish British Gangster film with as much violence as a Tarantino film and the unique quirkiness of a Coen Brothers comedy. I considered this more as comedy that adventure, since all the action scenes have a ridiculous insanity. The acting is smooth and the direction is clever and crafty.

2. The Odyssey of the Dude through L.A., a virtual satire on the L.A. Detective Pulp Fiction novels. Shomer Shabbos!! But I'll still watch this movie on a Saturday or Sunday. Great Coen Brothers moment. And, the lovely Julianne Moore sheds some skin.

3. Brilliant mockumentary that makes it's star trio look like the Bad News Bears of Heavy Metal Rock.

4. Excellent satire on the cold war and nuclear proliferation. Peter Sellers as the nerdy U.S. President on the phone with the soused Soviet Premier Dimitri is one of the many highpoints of this movie.

5. This one I had trouble with. I actually like Holy Grail and Life of Brian as much as other. But I have a thing for the Arthurian Legends. I admire Terry Jones' exstensive knowledge of Medieval history which lent to so much of the jokes in this movie. But the entire Monty Python team is on target in this movie. Cleese as The French Taunter and Michael Palin as the Constitutional Peasant are my two favorite characters. Eric Idle and Graham Chapman as the dim-witted guards trying to figure out the Duke's orders are hilarious.

6. So, because of my love for Arthurian legends< Life of Brian comes in second as my favorite Monty Python movie. An irreverant spoof on Christ movies. The meeting of the People's Front of Judea is a good scene, and Michael Palin as the lispy Pontius Pilate whose speech impediment leaves a crowd of peasants in tears is good. When you've got a bunch of guys on crucifixes singing an upbeat song, you gotta feel a little better about your day.

7. An ode to puberty and coming-of-age sexuality. The Lacrosse team at my High School was not that hardcore, but the jocks were. Sean Scott Addams' role as Stifler will probably be as well remembered in the annals of comedy as well as John Belushi's "Bluto" Blutorsky from Animal House. Tara Reid is hot, but I was kind of more turned on by Alyson Hannigan as the cutsy nympho who turned Jason Biggs into her sex slave on prom night. A lot of people wonder how someone can remember a what happens in a movie one week after seeing it, but I'm sure everyone who saw this movie was still remembering one or two thing a week later and then some: Man, that Shannon Elizabeth is a sexy kitten, and how can any guy have two premature ejaculations within five minutes of each other?

8. The gutsiest, ballsiest Mel Brooks comedy. Spoofs the classical western movies and deals with racism in a upfront tone. I hear he is making a Spaceballs 2. I hope he does. It would be too bad to end such a good career with a turkey like Dracula: Dead and Loving It. I had to correct myself. THe History of The World, Part 1, was probably the sexiest Mel Brooks film , with sexy, bosomy women lounging around in togas and french revolution costumes. Lots of sex jokes. Mel Brooks, as the lecherous King Louis, walks around and molests all his lady courtesans. And Madeline Khan, a rather plump chick herself, walks around the Roman era like the Hollywood Madame herself.

9. HIlarious satire on the current strives both political and social surrounding the War on Terror. Gotta love a puppet porn scene. Can't wait for the DVD to come out, I hear the sex scene is even raunchier.

10. To be honest, I have watched this movie far more than I have watched Caddyshack. Based on the Tom Stoppard play, TIm Roth and Gary Oldman play the two hapless pawns from Hamlet, as the play is retold from their perspectives. They are a witty and clever sort of smart man's laurel and hardy. ROth is the straight man, Oldman is the clown. The tennis-like questions match is hilarious. Richard Dreyfuss is quite interesting as the Player King. Those playing the original Hamlet characters are quite professional, but they seem more used to the stage than to the camera. Shakespearean veteran Ian Richardson is creepy as Polonius.