Laugh out loud comedies? (1 Viewer)

[Raj_Thiara]

Any of Wes Anderson's three flicks are great:

Bottle Rocket (hopes of a Criterion Collection seem to be fading)
Rushmore (great Criterion Collection edition)
Royal Tenenbaums (good Criterion Collection edition)

Some others that may have not been mentioned:

Strange Brew
Clerks
This is Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman
Fear of a Black Hat

Some good dark comedies by Scorsese:

After Hours
King of Comedy

For some good monologues by Spalding Gray:

Gray's Anatomy (not sure if available on DVD)
Swimming to Cambodia

Some classics:

My Man Godfrey
The Lady Eve
Sullivan's Travels
Trouble in Paradise
The Thin Man

Lots of good Marx brothers flicks but most aren't available on DVD.

 

[Dan Kaplan]

Some good recommendations in this thread, as well as some real groaners in my opinion. Just goes to show how subjective movies are in general and comedy more specifically.

A few that I can never tire of and never manage to keep a straight face throughout (not that I've ever really tried); don't believe any of these have been mentioned above:

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
The Best of Abbott and Costello Live (VHS)
Gallagher: The Bookkeeper (VHS)

If those last two ever show up on DVD, I'd be a very happy camper...

Dan