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Mel Brooks's The Producers, either version is funny but I prefer the 2005 version which is, to my, simply hysterical across the board.
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My go-to film is Noises Off (link is to Wikipedia), the '92 film version of the slapstick play-within-a-play.
The cast alone is awesome: Carol Burnett Michael Caine John Ritter Christopher Reeve Nicollette Sheridan Marilu Henner Denholm Elliott Julie Hagerty Mark Linn-Baker
quote:The film follows the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful sex farce Nothing On — the type of production in which young women run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. The setting has been transplanted from the backcountry of Great Britain to Des Moines, Iowa, where a second-rate theatrical troupe is preparing to perform the Broadway-bound play under the direction of Lloyd Fellowes ...
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Some suggestions you might like based on liking The Hangover:
Super Troopers Tropic Thunder Old School Dodgeball Superbad Anchorman
Going back a bit and perhaps a stretch from the above: Young Frankenstein Monty Python and the Holy Grail
All decent hits as far as comedies go, so you may have seen them all, but I'd say at least 6 of those are worth watching more than once.
If you'd prefer something more subtle, sophisticated, indie, etc., then I can offer a ton of suggestions along those lines, too.
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Suggestion of something I found funny, unrelated to your personal taste:
Bringing Up Baby, from 1938, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. As screwball as Screwball Comedies get. Have fun.
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I Love you Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_You,_Man)
That's probably the best movie I can suggest for someone that liked the Hangover (although everyone I know likes them both).
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Just go on youtube and watch some standup. I recommend Dave Chappelle, Kat Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Tommy Davidson, and Jamie Fox, in that order. If you prefer funny women, try Anjelah Johnson.
Skits from In Living Color or Dave Chappelle's show are also good for improving bad moods.
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quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I recently went back and watched Clue. It wasn't nearly as enjoyable as I remembered it being.
Oscar.
Some movies are like that for me. Clue is almost always hilarious to me. I usually find that movies I loved when I was a kid are just as good now that I'm older, unless I watch then with someone who never saw them as a kid, then it sort of breaks the spell.
Case in point, my brother and I loved watching Congo when we were younger. We still love it. I tried showing it to my roommate, and she thought it was awful, and slightly amusing. Ruined it a little bit for me. I still think it's funny, but some of the magic is gone.
They're talking about remaking Clue with Gore Verbinksi, but I'm skeptical. Casting will be hugely important.
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quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: Oldie: Chevy Chase & Goldie Hawn in Foul Play.
Ditto Foul Play. Also, Animal House, Blues Brothers, and Stripes. Oh, and top of the list, Ruthless People. I almost peed myself.
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When I'm in a bad mood I like to watch despondent films in order to remind myself that, on the whole, I have it pretty good. Some recommendations in that regard:
Schindler's List Boys Don't Cry Hotel Rwanda The Magdalene Sisters
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Seconding Blazing Saddles, for sure. In fact, it's why I opened the thread, just to say it.
(But if you want something newer, I'll third... fourth?... Dodgeball. It never fails to make me snicker like a twelve-year-old, and I love it so. )
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