A brief non scientific history of comedy movies

RaceBannon

In the 60's at the Saturday afternoon matinee at the Capital Theater in Olympia we were still getting Bob Hope movies with Elke Summer where the poster was hotter than anything in the movie. Very tame stuff

Mel Brooks, bless his heart, blew it all up with Blazing Saddles. It is tough today for a youth to look back and wonder why the fuck all these old guys love this shit so much. It was all we had and side splitting funny.

Then the National Lampoon guys got to Hollywood and we got Animal House and Caddyshack and even more inappropriate humor.

Airplane broke the bank and there was no turning back. Leslie Neilson was a B movie character actor who played SERIOUS roles like a doctor or a lawyer. His deadpan comedy was twice as funny because you knew that and did not expect anything like what we saw. Like Rodney Dangerfield, Neilson blew up as a superstar very late in his career. That led to Naked Gun which holds up better than any of these to this day and has the seminal performance of Orenthal James Simpson.

Frank Drebin as the umpire who realized that calling a strike got the crowd to cheer is hilarious to this day.

That opened the flood gates for the SNL crews to graduate from TV to the movies and all the inappropriate humor we have today like fucking a pie. You had to be there I guess

http://youtu.be/x-S-eeInJVk

YellowSnow

The peak of comedy in cinema is right here and never has been surpassed. It's a right of passage as a young man to watch this with your old man for the first time.

PurpleBaze

"How 'bout some more beans there, Mr. Taggart!"

Never gets old.

BearsWiin

Monty Python and I had a good laugh at you're post

RaceBannon

BearsWiin said:

Monty Python and I had a good laugh at you're post

At least someone got a laugh from them


BOOM

RoadDawg55

Monty Python sucks and gets me triggered when old men say it’s funny.

PurpleThrobber

BearsWiin said:

Monty Python and I had a good laugh at you're post

I don't necessarily like all Monty Python, all the time-but they had some funny bits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UijhbHvxWrA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DCAFUerzs

PurpleThrobber

And, for really old guys, this shit was fucking hilarious at the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAaTp_WCREw

HHusky

Dr Strangelove was inspired stuff. Still bugs me I forgot to list it.

creepycoug

RaceBannon said:

In the 60's at the Saturday afternoon matinee at the Capital Theater in Olympia we were still getting Bob Hope movies with Elke Summer where the poster was hotter than anything in the movie. Very tame stuff

Mel Brooks, bless his heart, blew it all up with Blazing Saddles. It is tough today for a youth to look back and wonder why the fuck all these old guys love this shit so much. It was all we had and side splitting funny.

Then the National Lampoon guys got to Hollywood and we got Animal House and Caddyshack and even more inappropriate humor.

Airplane broke the bank and there was no turning back. Leslie Neilson was a B movie character actor who played SERIOUS roles like a doctor or a lawyer. His deadpan comedy was twice as funny because you knew that and did not expect anything like what we saw. Like Rodney Dangerfield, Neilson blew up as a superstar very late in his career. That led to Naked Gun which holds up better than any of these to this day and has the seminal performance of Orenthal James Simpson.

Frank Drebin as the umpire who realized that calling a strike got the crowd to cheer is hilarious to this day.

That opened the flood gates for the SNL crews to graduate from TV to the movies and all the inappropriate humor we have today like fucking a pie. You had to be there I guess

http://youtu.be/x-S-eeInJVk

And you were there for all of it. What was it like the first time you watched a movie with sound Race?

creepycoug

RoadDawg55 said:

Monty Python sucks and gets me triggered when old men say it’s funny.

I actually never really got it either.

When it comes to comedy, I'm not terribly sophisticated. Steve Martin is as fancy as I get. I love Will Farrell and loved Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor and that whole crowd. I liked Sam Kinison and Dice Clay when their comedy was original ... probably not as timeless as the greats, but I liked their shit then.

As with my tastes in music, I don't want shit that makes me work for it to much. I want it easy. When I want to exercise my brain, I read or watch a good movie. Comedy and music are my cheap thrills.

dflea

"She turned me into a newt!!"

"You're not a newt."

"Well, I got better."


Give me a fucking break. That's comedy fucking gold right there, and that's but one little bit of the funny ass shit in the Quest for the Holy Grail. Sure, parts of it are dry, but there's a ton of laugh-out-loud shit in that movie.

Is there a 7-11 in Aberdeen?

Fenderbender123

BearsWiin said:

Monty Python and I had a good laugh at you're post

Monty Python seems to be more popular today, but I always thought Benny Hill was much funnier for that type of humor. Most people today only know Benny Hill for the Yakety Saks theme, sadly.

Fenderbender123

creepycoug said:

RaceBannon said:

In the 60's at the Saturday afternoon matinee at the Capital Theater in Olympia we were still getting Bob Hope movies with Elke Summer where the poster was hotter than anything in the movie. Very tame stuff

Mel Brooks, bless his heart, blew it all up with Blazing Saddles. It is tough today for a youth to look back and wonder why the fuck all these old guys love this shit so much. It was all we had and side splitting funny.

Then the National Lampoon guys got to Hollywood and we got Animal House and Caddyshack and even more inappropriate humor.

Airplane broke the bank and there was no turning back. Leslie Neilson was a B movie character actor who played SERIOUS roles like a doctor or a lawyer. His deadpan comedy was twice as funny because you knew that and did not expect anything like what we saw. Like Rodney Dangerfield, Neilson blew up as a superstar very late in his career. That led to Naked Gun which holds up better than any of these to this day and has the seminal performance of Orenthal James Simpson.

Frank Drebin as the umpire who realized that calling a strike got the crowd to cheer is hilarious to this day.

That opened the flood gates for the SNL crews to graduate from TV to the movies and all the inappropriate humor we have today like fucking a pie. You had to be there I guess

http://youtu.be/x-S-eeInJVk

And you were there for all of it. What was it like the first time you watched a movie with sound Race?

I believe they are called "talkies".

Meek

I was going to the movies as a 12 year old when the big decision was Bad News Bears v. Little Darlings.

Both starred my first crush, but I can't remember her name other than she married a mad tennis player and then became a drug addict or something.

BennyBeaver

Meek said:

I was going to the movies as a 12 year old when the big decision was Bad News Bears v. Little Darlings.

Both starred my first crush, but I can't remember her name other than she married a mad tennis player and then became a drug addict or something.

McEnroe was married to Tatum O'Neal, the daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal, from 1986 to 1994 and the two had three children, Kevin, Sean and Emily. After their divorce, they were originally awarded joint custody of the children, but in 1998 McEnroe was awarded sole custody due to O'Neal's drug problems.

PurpleThrobber

BennyBeaver said:

Meek said:

I was going to the movies as a 12 year old when the big decision was Bad News Bears v. Little Darlings.

Both starred my first crush, but I can't remember her name other than she married a mad tennis player and then became a drug addict or something.

McEnroe was married to Tatum O'Neal, the daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal, from 1986 to 1994 and the two had three children, Kevin, Sean and Emily. After their divorce, they were originally awarded joint custody of the children, but in 1998 McEnroe was awarded sole custody due to O'Neal's drug problems.

Tatum - batshit crazy.

Definitely wood. Once. Under an assumed name.

creepycoug

dflea said:

"She turned me into a newt!!"

"You're not a newt."

"Well, I got better."


Give me a fucking break. That's comedy fucking gold right there, and that's but one little bit of the funny ass shit in the Quest for the Holy Grail. Sure, parts of it are dry, but there's a ton of laugh-out-loud shit in that movie.

Is there a 7-11 in Aberdeen?

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