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Oh, by the way...I just wanted to state that the opinions expressed in these posts are my own. Not my family's, not my friend's, not my workplace's, and certainly not yours. (Well, I should clarify that by saying any similarity to the opinions of the people or groups detailed above is purely coincidental.) Do ya' get it? Don't come down on anyone else for the things I say! (Sheesh!)

20060530

Funny Movies?

I watched Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" last night. (Interesting how their Web page calls it the "100 Funniest Movie Moments," when the show was clearly called "100 Funniest Movies." Hmmm...communicate much?

Anyway, I thought it was an interesting show, but 4 hours?!? Couldn't they have pared it down a bit? I'm still trying to look for a list, but they don't seem to be posting it. A little searching I've done seems to indicate that some people aren't completely happy with the list. I saw some things on the list I didn't necessarily agree with, but, whatever. You have to take these "lists" with a grain of salt.

OK, I found a list, thanks to the good people posting at Television Without Pity. I have reproduced the list below, and added my own links to the movies @ IMDb.

(My apologies for all the whitespace before the table. Blogger appears to insert white space that is directly proportional to the size of my table, or something like that. Please scroll down a bit, whilst I try to figure out how to remove said whitespace. Thank yew.)

UPDATE(s):
  • 20060531 - I've identified the whitespace problem, for those of you that are interested. I have Blogger configured to put a "break" or "<br />" tag in my posts everywhere I have a newline. Well, since I was trying to format my table nicely, I was putting my "<table>," "<tr>" and "<td>" tags on separate lines. But then Blogger was sticking in these "<br />" tags, which was not a good thing to do. That explains why the amount of whitespace seemed directly proportional to the size of the table, eh? Solution? Place a comment, beginning (<!--) at the end of every line, and terminating (-->) immediately at the start of the next line. I'm happy, Blogger's happy, and (hopefully), you're happy.


100. Anchorman 99. The Birdcage 98. School of Rock
97. Happy Gilmore 96. Four Weddings and a Funeral 95. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
94. Waiting for Guffman 93. The Aristocrats 92. Father of the Bride
91. Revenge of the Nerds 90. Clueless 89. Slapshot
88. Team America: World Police 87. The Kentucky Fried Movie 86. Zoolander
85. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 84. Silver Streak 83. Sister Act
82. Tootsie 81. Half Baked 80. Lost in America
79. Three Amigos 78. Bananas 77. Flirting With Disaster
76. Ghostbusters 75. Dumb and Dumber 74. Trading Places
73. City Slickers 72. Moonstruck 71. Roxanne
70. Nutty Professor 69. The Blues Brothers 68. Broadcast News
67. Kingpin 66. Dazed and Confused 65. Office Space
64. This is Spinal Tap 63. Manhattan 62. The Pink Panther
61. Election 60. When Harry Met Sally... 59. Police Academy Series
58. Private Benjamin 57. Swingers 56. Young Frankenstein
55. Bull Durham 54. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 53. Dr. Strangelove
52. Meet the Parents 51. National Lampoon's Vacation 50. The Princess Bride
49. American Pie 48. American Graffiti 47. 9 to 5
46. The Incredibles 45. Raising Arizona 44. Sixteen Candles
43. What About Bob? 42. Harold and Maude 41. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 39. Mrs. Doubtfire 38. Best in Show
37. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 36. Good Morning, Vietnam 35. Beetlejuice
34. Rushmore 33. Clerks 32. Groundhog Day
31. The Big Lebowski 30. The 40-Year-Old Virgin 29. Legally Blond(e)
28. Annie Hall 27. A Fish Called Wanda 26. Wayne’s World
25. Meet the Fockers 24. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure 23. Big
22. Beverly Hills Cop 21. Shampoo 20. The Jerk
19. Wedding Crashers 18. Stripes 17. M*A*S*H
16. Old School 15. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 14. Napoleon Dynamite
13. Naked Gun (series) 12. The Producers 11. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
10. Arthur 9. Blazing Saddles 8. The Wedding Singer
7. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective 6. Airplane 5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
4. There’s Something About Mary 3. Shrek 2. Caddyshack
1. Animal House


A couple points. Yes, that's the remake of "Father Of The Bride." Having not watched it that far, I assume "The Producers" was not talking about the remake. (OMG, they're remaking "Revenge Of The Nerds"?!?) The entire "Police Academy" series made it to the top 100?!? "South Park" at number 5?!? (*sigh* Grain of salt, grain of salt, grain of...)

1 Comments:

Blogger Kari said...

well you'll be glad to know that Eric Casillius (you wouldn't know if i spelled it wrong, anyway, so i just guessed) filled in for Dan Patrick (that's spelled right, I'm pretty sure) on ESPN Radio today, and he was talking about that particular list. I know, with your love of sports, you'd be happy to hear it.
As for the list itself...I have a lot of funny movies to watch, apparently! I haven't seen a LOT of those. Caddyshack and Animal House included...

5/31/2006 12:20 AM  

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