NFT: Mount Rushmore Comedies

My Cousin Vinny, There's Something about Mary, Trading Places, & Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Blazing saddles
The naked gun
Caddyshack

Young Frankenstein

Friday

Spaceballs

Dumb and Dumber

In comment 16545597 djm said:

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Blazing saddles The naked gun Caddyshack

Solid list…I’m itching to swap Fletch in for personal preference, but can’t replace any on your list with it

Young Frankenstein
Airplane
It Happened One Night

Blazing Saddles
Airplane
A Night at the Opera

In comment 16545597 djm said:

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Blazing saddles The naked gun Caddyshack

This is the correct answer.

Blazing Saddles
Big Lebowski
Coming to America
The Naked Gun

But I will give it a try. I'm including only pure comedies (so romantic comedies (a favorite genre of mine) are left out). In addition, I considered historical and influential context in the equation.

Duck Soup
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Bananas
Airplane

There were a lot of strong contenders (some of which have already been mentioned in this thread) that could easily replace any one of these. In other words I could probably come up with another four equally deserving of the honor in my mind. Removing romantic comedies (Annie Hall, It Happened One Night, The Apartment, His Girl Friday/The Front Page, When Harry Met Sally) and dramedies (Dr. Strangelove, Crimes & Misdemeanors) from the mix helps, but not nearly enough.

I went with Airplane over The Naked Gun, but I think Naked Gun is funnier; it's just that Airplane came first. It's also why I chose Bananas over Sleeper and Love & Death (and there absolutely needed to be a Woody Allen movie on Mount Rushmore!). I know Take the Money and Run came before Bananas, but Woody hadn't yet come into his own as a writer/director until Bananas (he of course would continue to improve as a filmmaker).

Movies on a comedy Mt. Rushmore. Tastes are subjective, but personally I don’t find his neurotic nonsense funny at all.

Wedding Crashers
Old School
Dumb and Dumber
There’s Something about Mary
40 Year Old Virgin
The Burbs
What About Bob?
Dirty Work
The Other Guys
Stepbrothers
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Road Trip
American Pie
Anchorman
Office Space
Tommy Boy
Dodgeball
Blades of Glory
Meet the Parents
Caddyshack
Big
Zoolander
The Breakfast Club
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Uncle Buck
Home Alone

In comment 16545658 eric2425ny said:

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Wedding Crashers Old School Dumb and Dumber There’s Something about Mary 40 Year Old Virgin The Burbs What About Bob? Dirty Work The Other Guys Stepbrothers National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Road Trip American Pie Anchorman Office Space Tommy Boy Dodgeball Blades of Glory Meet the Parents Caddyshack Big Zoolander The Breakfast Club Planes, Trains and Automobiles Uncle Buck Home Alone

Sorry, I should have paid attention to the Mount Rushmore part. My list will take about 20 of them lol. I can’t narrow this list down to be honest.

Arthur
Groundhog Day
Young Frankenstein
Slap Shot!

(second team)

School of Rock
Pee Wee's Big Aventure
Office Space
Raising Arizona

The Big Lebowski
This is Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Superbad

My Blue Heaven
Top Secret
Fatal Instinct
Bowfinger

Animal House
Stripes
The Big Liebowski
Dr. Strangelove

Easy:

- Pootie Tang
- Weekend at Bernie's II

Then whatever else.

NIGHT SHIFT, with Henry Winkler and a young Michael Keaton. Friends and I quoted this and Caddyshack extensively in High School.

Airplane
Spinal Tap
Love and Death

Arsenic and Old Lace

Lebowski
Spinal Tap
Caddyshack
Life Aquatic

Honorable mention: Holy Grail

Something about Mary
Wayne's World
Spaceballs
Dumb and Dumber

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Animal House
48 Hours
Tootsie
Something About Mary

Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, anchorman, Caddyshack, office space, idiocracy, super troopers

Tootsie- great performance and some great lines

Animal House- classic

My Cousin Vinnie- I can watch this over and over and still laugh out loud

Trading Places- classic Eddie Murphy

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In comment 16545697 christian said:

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Easy: - Pootie Tang - Weekend at Bernie's II Then whatever else.

You are a man of exquisite taste.
: )

I’ll add Rushmore to the list (for more reasons than just it’s namesake)

Tommy Boy
Clue
Wedding Crashers
My Cousin Vinny

Going back a bit further with some personal favorites:
- The Hollywood Knights
- Animal House
- Young Dr. Frankenstein

In comment 16545780 ilikethenygiants said:

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Lebowski Spinal Tap Caddyshack Life Aquatic Honorable mention: Holy Grail

I like the cut of your jib, Sir.

Blazing Saddles
Airplane
Anchorman
Blades of Glory
Caddyshack

Best ever.

By far.

“And I want you all to know that I’ve notified your Draft Boards.”

1. Animal House
2. Porky’s trilogy
3. Slap Shot
4. Bachelor Party
5. Young Frankenstein

Honorable mention: Blazing Saddles … it was great until the ending.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Groundhog Day
Young Frankenstein

1. Coming to America
2. Step Brothers
3. The Nutty Professor
4. Liar Liar
5. Happy Gilmore

Is perfection

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In comment 16546080 Spider56 said:

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1. Animal House 2. Porky’s trilogy 3. Slap Shot 4. Bachelor Party 5. Young Frankenstein Honorable mention: Blazing Saddles … it was great until the ending.

I and II were solid. III not so much.

In comment 16546136 MOOPS said:

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In comment 16546080 Spider56 said: Quote: 1. Animal House 2. Porky’s trilogy 3. Slap Shot 4. Bachelor Party 5. Young Frankenstein Honorable mention: Blazing Saddles … it was great until the ending. I and II were solid. III not so much.

Agree … it wore thin when you had 30 something’s playing teenagers.

In comment 16545828 JoeSchoens11 said:

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Easy: - Pootie Tang - Weekend at Bernie's II Then whatever else. You are a man of exquisite taste. : ) I’ll add Rushmore to the list (for more reasons than just it’s namesake)

You know, Pootie Tang was born in a small town outside of Gary, Indiana. And that town is called Chicago.

Mr Smith goes to Washington
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Thomas Jefferson: American Jagoff
FDR: American Badass!

In comment 16545696 MOOPS said:

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Animal House Stripes The Big Liebowski Dr. Strangelove

Was waiting for Animal House. Unless you're too young it was instantly a cultural phenomenon when it came out. And FFS BBI catch phrase "Germans". lol.

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

Royal Tennenbaums

Young Frankenstein
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (tough to leave Life of Brian off)
The Big Lebowski

And if it’s going to be the Mt Rushmore of comedies, you get 4, that’s it.

Me, Myself, and Irene

In comment 16546280 LauderdaleMatty said:

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In comment 16545696 MOOPS said: Quote: Animal House Stripes The Big Liebowski Dr. Strangelove Was waiting for Animal House. Unless you're too young it was instantly a cultural phenomenon when it came out. And FFS BBI catch phrase "Germans". lol.

Yeah. I can't believe it went the first three hours without even a mention. Definitely a classic.

Young Frankenstein
Animal House
What about Bob
Christmas Vacation

However I'll add 2 more
'The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming', and
'The Mouse That Roared'.

But I'll add 4 not so old ones that still make me laugh:

Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Game Night
Spy