Best comedy ever

[willie83]

I'll take Dumb and Dumber or Tommy Boy anyday....

Love Tommy Boy. The deer-in-the-car scene is pure gold.

[KSt8er]

Monty Python has put out a couple thousand movies and skits. A couple are bound to be good. And that's about it.

Holy Grail is/was their first movie, and no, they've only put out 5 movies if I am remembering correctly.  Their half hour series Monty Python Flying Circus lasted four seasons and 45 episodes, was and still is some of the funniest stuff ever.  They simply changed the face of comedy, and most of the comedy you young fools like such as Dumb and Dumber comes directly from their influence.

The original group of  Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin is still one of if not the most prolific grouping in humor history, only the cast of SNL's first two years or so could come close. 

[ew2x4]

Monty Python has put out a couple thousand movies and skits. A couple are bound to be good. And that's about it.

Holy Grail is/was their first movie, and no, they've only put out 5 movies if I am remembering correctly.  Their half hour series Monty Python Flying Circus lasted four seasons and 45 episodes, was and still is some of the funniest stuff ever.  They simply changed the face of comedy, and most of the comedy you young fools like such as Dumb and Dumber comes directly from their influence.

The original group of  Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin is still one of if not the most prolific grouping in humor history, only the cast of SNL's first two years or so could come close. 

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[frankencat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXb_E6X6__0

This is my favorite, Kenneth Mars who plays inspector Kemp also plays the German playright in Mel Brooks original Producers movie, very funny

[Dirty Sanchez]

Now this is comedy!

[Pike]

"What matter of man are you that can summon fire without flint or tender? "
"There are some who call me...........Tim??"

[jthutch]

Monty Pythons Life of Brian is pretty good as well.

[dlew12]

No love for Young Frankenstein? 

[cyclist]

No love for Young Frankenstein? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXAKbDgIJw

[Pike]

"We have the Holy Hand Grenade!"
"Why yes! The Holy Hand Grenade! Tis one of the relics that brother Maynard carries with him!"

[Pike]

"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberry!"

[SkinnyBenny]

British people have never made me laugh, with the exception of Sascha Baron-Cohen.

[fatty fat fat]

British people have never made me laugh, with the exception of Sascha Baron-Cohen.

cohen does easy humor. meh.

[SkinnyBenny]

BTDubz, the U.S. Office pwns the British Office.

[Panjandrum]

"Holy Grail" is classic.  It's definately one of my top five.

"Clerks", however, is probably my favorite:

Blue Collar Man: Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt, but, uh, what are you talking about?
Randal Graves: The ending of "Return of the Jedi".
Dante Hicks: My friend here's trying to convince me that any independent contractors who were working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when it was destroyed by the Rebels.

[steve dave]

"Holy Grail" is classic.  It's definately one of my top five.

"Clerks", however, is probably my favorite:

Blue Collar Man: Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt, but, uh, what are you talking about?
Randal Graves: The ending of "Return of the Jedi".
Dante Hicks: My friend here's trying to convince me that any independent contractors who were working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when it was destroyed by the Rebels.

Yes, clerks and mallrats are fantastic.

[SkinnyBenny]

P.S.  Wet Hot American Summer: Greatest comedy movie ever. 

P.P.S.  Arrested Development is the greatest comedy series ever.

[Panjandrum]

P.P.S.  Arrested Development is the greatest comedy series ever.

It's hard to disagree with that.

[Eskimo Joe]

I've always been a big fan of Fletch

[Oklahoma_Cat]

P.S.  Wet Hot American Summer: Greatest comedy movie ever. 

P.P.S.  Arrested Development is the greatest comedy series ever.

Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I question your movie pick as "greatest comedy movie ever."  I'm a pretty movie-savvy person, and I've never heard of it. 

Seinfeld is far better than Arrested Development, also.  I would put Married with Children up there, too.  Quality.

[dlew12]

WHAS has Michael Showalter in it. He and Michael Ian Black and David Wain are in Stella - the short lived show on Comedy Central and Dlew12's favorite TV show evar.

[hemmy]

Everything Monty Python is f*cking garbage, get out old people.

[Pike]

Everything Monty Python is f*cking garbage, get out old people.

[WillieWannabe]

P.S.  Wet Hot American Summer: Greatest comedy movie ever. 

P.P.S.  Arrested Development is the greatest comedy series ever.

I'll go with Scrubs on the greatest comedy/drama series for me. Even though i do agree Seinfeld is classic.

[cas]

H&K.

[Winters]

Beerfest

[SkinnyBenny]

Have you ever had a beer? 

[Pett]

P.S.  Wet Hot American Summer: Greatest comedy movie ever.

I still haven't seen this. Really want to though, I hear good things.

Also, Old School....Happy Gilmore....Wedding Crashers. I like these. I know definately not GCOAT, but still very good.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

BTDubz, the U.S. Office pwns the British Office.

Peter: "This is the American version of 'The Office.'"
London Silly Nannies: "Why, they've ruined it.  They make the jokes so obvious."