They just don't make comedies like they used to...

I remember the first time I saw Blazing Saddles.m laughed my ass off.

Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein were good, too.

Ace Ventura

Lol, very appropriate.

Moving

I don't think I ever saw that one. Was that Randy Quaid?

Richard Pryor is the only one I recognize.

Political Correctness happened

The big white guy is Pro Wrestler King Kong Bundy

I loved him in The Toy...

Artful comedy builds, slowly to crescendo.


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That's definitely part of it.

If you made a movie like Blazzing Saddle or Airplane today they would throw your ass underneath the jail. I agree with Breif Moving was hilarious

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Truly great comedies of that timeframe are Monty Python and the holy grail, history of the world, the gods must be crazy, the jerk, and caddy shack. I'm sure I'm missing a few but these stand out as all time favorites of mine.

The original Vacation movie. That's still one of my faves.

I know what you mean OP.

OMG The Jerk. That is an awesome movie

The Holy Grail is a masterpiece.

Today's humor has turned into 3 grade dick and fart jokes.

You beat me to it. One of the funniest movies ever.

I agree with you. I love Laurel and Hardy and laugh out loud watching them. It dawned on me that their humor was self-deprecating where today's comedians belittle and make fun of others. That, plus a liberal amount of "shock" words which are losing their meaning is what they rely on rather than being genuinely funny or humorous.

and 5*

Brilliant movie....

Eddie Murphy's Delirious was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I still can't believe that man went on to make kids' movies.

Thanks!



It's unfortunate: if there's ever a non-animated comedy that comes out that looks good it's almost always rated R. Comedy that depends solely on dirty/potty jokes, bad language and T&A usually isn't all that funny, IMO.

Armed & Dangerous
The Burbs
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Weird Science
Uncle Buck
Splash
The Naked Gun
Airplane
Caddyshack 2
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Real Genius
Neighbors
Seems Like Old Times
Police Academy

Excellent list!

Comedy today has been reduced to black guys screaming N word, fuck, N word, fuck, N word, fuck.