From: bf911@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David J Mulligan Jr)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: The 100 Funniest Movies (Re: Ent. Weekly...)
Date: 8 Nov 1992 04:06:08 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bf911@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David J Mulligan Jr)
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Here's the entire list (without descriptions) that I typed in for a couple
of friends:
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From ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY; issue No. 140, Friday, October 16, 1992:

The 100 Funniest Movies on Video
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It used to be that movie comedy was a pie flying toward someone's eminently
deserving kisser.  But the years have sliced that pie into a thousand different
pieces--there's high comedy, low comedy, and black comedy; there's screwball,
slapstick, and satire--and all crowd the shelves of every video store.  In
short, to quote Zero mostel in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM,
there's "something for everyone--comedy tonight!"

So, which comedy should YOU rent tonight?  Trying to answer that question--and
needing a good laugh ourselves--we chose what we think are the 100 funniest
movies on video.  Not all our selections are among the greatest films ever
made, and some good but only mildly funny ones didn't make the list.  Instead,
we picked the movies that, quite simply, provide the most yuks for the bucks. 
And just to start some arguments, we've ranked them from 1 to 100.  Take our
list with you the next time you visit your video store.  Even if you don't
agree with all our choices, we guarantee you'll exit laughing.

1.  Airplane!
2.  Some Like It Hot
3.  This is Spinal Tap
4.  Annie Hall
5.  Bringing Up Baby
6.  The Producers
7.  Duck Soup
8.  Tootsie
9.  The General
10. Unfaithfully Yours

11. Dr. Strangelove:  Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
12. The Ladykillers
13. The Miracle at Morgan's Creek
14. A Fish Called Wanda
15. Caddyshack
16. His Girl Friday
17. Splash
18. It Happened One Night
19. The Graduate
20. To Be or Not To Be

21. Bananas
22. Back to the Future
23. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
24. Victor/Victoria
25. The Gold Rush
26. Used Cars
27. Blazing Saddles
28. Local Hero
29. It's a Gift
30. Raising Arizona

31. A Night at the Opera
32. Repo Man
33. National Lampoon's Animal House
34. M*A*S*H
35. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
36. Roxanne
37. Young Frankenstein
38. Amarcord
39. King Hearts and Coronets
40. A Hard Day's Night

41. Diner
42. Hail the Conquering Hero
43. The Man with Two Brains
44. Adam's Rib
45. Dinner at Eight
46. The Nutty Professor
47. Ghostbusters
48. The Great Dictator
49. Take the Money and Run
50. Get Crazy

51. She's Gotta Have It
52. Lover Come Back
53. The Shop Around the Corner
54. Big
55. Mr. Hulot's Holiday
56. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
57. The Thin Man
58. Stripes
59. Born Yesterday
60. The Adventures of Buckeroo Banzai:  Across the 8th Dimension

61. The Court Jester
62. The Heartbreak Kid
63. The Lavender Hill Mob
64. Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke
65. Way Out West
66. Bull Durham
67. Lost in America
68. The Bellboy
69. A Christmas Story
70. What's Up, Doc?

71. Hollywood Shuffle
72. Heathers
73. Arthur
74. My Favorite Brunette
75. The Naked Gun
76. Where's Poppa?
77. Libeled Lady
78. All of Me
79. The Big Picture
80. The In-laws

81. Smile
82. Beverly Hills Cop
83. Bedazzled
84. La Cage Aux Folles
85. Silver Streak
86. Desperately Seeking Susan
87. She Done Him Wrong
88. The War of the Roses
89. Kentucky Fried Movie
90. Moonstruck

91. Stranger Than Paradise
92. City Slickers
93. Top Secret!
94. Home Alone
95. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
96. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
97. Roger & Me
98. Arsenic and Old Lace
99. Putney Swope
100.Boudu Saved from Drowning
    Down and Out in Beverly Hills
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