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Posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
This is a blatant solicitation for titles of totally rothlmao movies or tv shows. So far, my list includeds:
Any Monthy Python (thank you paxvox)
Bill and Ted
Steve Martin
Naked Gun
Posted by Adam on September 19, 2001, at 14:34:33
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
"There's Something About Mary"...damned if I didn't just about lose bladder control the first time I watched that one.
"South Park (movie)"...every time I watch South Park anything, I feel some level of shame, bcause it is so blatantly offensive to just about everybody. But I can't help it, I just love South Park, however unedifying it may be. There is some obvious kernel of irony that seems to redeem it somehow. You might rent "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe," my oldest fave - not a film, per se, but possibly of higher yuck (in every sense and meaning of the word) value than the "motion picture".
"A Fish Called Wanda"...maybe could be lumped into the Monty Python category, but the presence of Kevin Klein as the hilarious Otto gives it a distinctive flavor. The lovemaking scene (where he somehow gets aroused by self-flagellation with, and deep inhalation from, Wanda's knee-high leather boots) is an oft-overlooked example of cinematic physical comedy at its finest.
"This is Spinal Tap"...As much as I enjoy "modern" or "alternative" or whatever you call it, I really love some good old-fashioned kick-ass RAWK. I also think most of it is incredibly stupid. That may be why I love some of it so. I mean, just stick any Aerosmith, AC/DC, pre-Hagar Van Halen, etc. disk in the player and get ready for a brainless, fist-pumping good time that will leave you feeling only slightly sullied afterwards. I cannot think of a film that better captures the lovable essence of that paradox (stupid, yet brilliant) than "Spinal Tap". Combine that with its satirical excess portraying certain rock stereotypes, and tears may run from your eyes before it's done.
"Waiting for Guffman"...OK, it mercilessly pokes fun at suburban mid-Westerners, thier incredibly tacky and unsophisticated sense of "culture", the pomposity of performing artists the world over, etc., etc., with recklessly sardonic abandon. It is absurd. It makes a lot of inside jokes. But, having an SO who is a performer of sorts, meeting all her friends, having relations in the Midwest, actually having been subjected to dinner theater in Michigan...this movie is perfect. It has some kind of surreal accuracy that is completely compelling, and wickedly funny.
Well, that's it for now...
> This is a blatant solicitation for titles of totally rothlmao movies or tv shows. So far, my list includeds:
> Any Monthy Python (thank you paxvox)
> Bill and Ted
> Steve Martin
> Naked Gun
Posted by tina on September 19, 2001, at 15:15:41
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
> This is a blatant solicitation for titles of totally rothlmao movies or tv shows. So far, my list includeds:
> Any Monthy Python (thank you paxvox)
> Bill and Ted
> Steve Martin
> Naked GunIf you are in the mood to laugh your ass off, try
Deuce Bigolow: Male Gigolo
Posted by kid_A on September 19, 2001, at 15:18:39
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
raising arizona (cohen bro. funny)the ruttles (fake documentary)
bannas/what's up tiger lilly/annie hall/sleeper (all woody allen)
buffalo 66 (funny in a creepy wierd way)
caddyshack (classic funny)
rushmore/bottle rocket (same dir./writer great)
billy madison (stupid funny)
election (seemingly teenybopper, but actually funny)
brain candy (kids in the hall funny)
...see ya kids!
Posted by Roo on September 19, 2001, at 16:15:44
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by kid_A on September 19, 2001, at 15:18:39
My Cousin Vinny
The Big Lebowski
Kids in the Hall Videos
Sex in the City Videos
A Fish Called Wanda
Fierce Creatures
Best in Show
The Birdcage
Raising Arizona
Johnny Suede
Bridget Jones Diary
Swingers
Galaxy Quest
The Ladykillers (an oldie starring Alec Guiness)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Monty Python's Meaning of Life and The Holy Grail
Posted by SallyR on September 19, 2001, at 16:39:58
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by Roo on September 19, 2001, at 16:15:44
> My all time favorite is Airplane
Posted by Krazy Kat on September 19, 2001, at 18:49:57
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by SallyR on September 19, 2001, at 16:39:58
The Secret Life of Walter Middy (Danny Kaye in New York)
Buck Benny Rides Again (Jack Benny in the West - I'm serious - it's very funny)
Six of a Kind (Gracie Allen/George Burns/WC Fields)
Adam's Rib (Kate and Spencer)
Kissin' Cousins (Elvis - in which Elvis has an identical twin, only with different hair color -"Hey-ah, you'a look-a like-a me."
"Hey-ah, you'a look-a like-a ME!"And of course all Ab Fabs, although not old, but priceless!
- K.
Posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 19:30:11
In reply to Oldies but goodies..., posted by Krazy Kat on September 19, 2001, at 18:49:57
Posted by afatchic on September 19, 2001, at 21:29:15
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
My favorite silly movie is BaseketBall. I know it looks like an incredibly stupid movie and it is but damn it's funny.
> This is a blatant solicitation for titles of totally rothlmao movies or tv shows. So far, my list includeds:
> Any Monthy Python (thank you paxvox)
> Bill and Ted
> Steve Martin
> Naked Gun
Posted by Marie1 on September 20, 2001, at 7:18:52
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
Besides "Airplane", my favorite silly movie is "Blazing Saddles"!!
Marie
"of course you'll have the good taste not to mention I was here..." LOL
Posted by ChrisK on September 20, 2001, at 8:30:14
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
Any Mel Brooks but especially Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
Sleeper - Woody Allen
the aforementioned Spinal Tap and all Monty Python
Caddyshack
Back to School - Rodney Dangerfield
Porky's
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - star studded cast before they were stars
Posted by Cam W. on September 20, 2001, at 10:08:02
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by ChrisK on September 20, 2001, at 8:30:14
MOVIES:
Any of the Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello "beach" movie; especially the one's with the bike gang and Don Rickles.
Any Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys movie
Any Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis movie
It Happened One Night
Monkey Business
Bringing Up Baby
Father Goose
Arsenic and Old Lace
Charade
- okay, okay...any Carey Grant movie.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Magical Mystery Tour
T.V. SHOWS:F-Troop
The Munsters
Green Acres (I serenaded my wife with the theme song, on our honeymoon - I'm so romantic)
Beverly Hillbillies
Batman
My Mother The Car
Gilligan's Island
Danger Island (Uh-oh, Chongo!)
Bat Fink (My wings are like a shield of steel!)
Posted by Wendy B. on September 20, 2001, at 10:20:29
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
EVEN MORE suggestions! maybe not *quite* as silly...
an oldie:
It Happened One Night -
w/Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert...
it has not aged one bit, reporter Gable and runaway heiress Colbert falling in love on a rural bus trip; first film to win all 5 major Oscars - Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, Screenplay)***********
what about ANY Peter Sellers movies?
The Pink Panther
Return of the Pink Panther
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Revenge of the Pink Panther
(etcetera)
Being There (w/Shirley MacLaine)
***************Down and out in Beverly Hills -
w/ Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Nick Nolte as
the "Boudou" character from Jean Renoir's "Boudou Sauvee des Eaux (Boudou saved from drowning)," the film on which Down and Out is based. just to show you my filmic erudition...
they are both a HOOT to watch, if you can rent the two together, would be a fun comparison, altho i never tried to rent a Renoir film in the US.
Luis Bunel's - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (a dinner party gone surrealistic...)
another dinner party gone awry:Big Night
(w/ Minnie Driver, Isabella Rosellini, Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub)
a treat for food lovers (Kazoo) - two italian brothers whose superb restaurant is on the brink of bankruptcy, stage a last-chance dinner that will make or break them; if you haven't seen it, it's WONDERFUL! the scene of the loving preparation of an omlette is a killer...that's all for now,
W.
Posted by Wendy B. on September 20, 2001, at 10:32:16
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by Cam W. on September 20, 2001, at 10:08:02
Cam:
we must be on the same wavelength, both mentioned It Happened One Night and posted at the same time...
hug,
Wendyps: how is the job situation? mine sucks at the moment... (another thread, perhaps?)
> MOVIES:
>
> Any of the Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello "beach" movie; especially the one's with the bike gang and Don Rickles.
> Any Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys movie
> Any Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis movie
> It Happened One Night
> Monkey Business
> Bringing Up Baby
> Father Goose
> Arsenic and Old Lace
> Charade
> - okay, okay...any Carey Grant movie.
> The Fearless Vampire Killers
> Magical Mystery Tour
>
>
> T.V. SHOWS:
>
> F-Troop
> The Munsters
> Green Acres (I serenaded my wife with the theme song, on our honeymoon - I'm so romantic)
> Beverly Hillbillies
> Batman
> My Mother The Car
> Gilligan's Island
> Danger Island (Uh-oh, Chongo!)
> Bat Fink (My wings are like a shield of steel!)
Posted by Simcha on September 20, 2001, at 10:57:20
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch » Cam W., posted by Wendy B. on September 20, 2001, at 10:32:16
Ok,
Here's one of my favorites:
Top SecretA Classic:
Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!by John Waters:
Desperate Living
Pink Flamingos
Polyester
Female Troubleby Almodovar:
Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Posted by Simcha on September 20, 2001, at 11:00:33
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch, posted by Simcha on September 20, 2001, at 10:57:20
The more recent John Waters movies are less gritty and are a lot of fun. They include:
Hairspray
Serial Mom
PeckerIf you think you have a dysfunctional family just watch "Pecker." It makes my family seem normal.. And that is saying something.... ;-)
> Ok,
>
> Here's one of my favorites:
> Top Secret
>
> A Classic:
> Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
>
> by John Waters:
> Desperate Living
> Pink Flamingos
> Polyester
> Female Trouble
>
> by Almodovar:
> Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Posted by Krazy Kat on September 20, 2001, at 11:34:24
In reply to Re: Silly Movies to Watch -- More, posted by Simcha on September 20, 2001, at 11:00:33
Posted by Krazy Kat on September 20, 2001, at 11:35:41
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
> "Oh, Nickie, you have such NICE friends..."
Posted by Racer on September 20, 2001, at 16:06:23
In reply to Any 'Thin Man' movie, posted by Krazy Kat on September 20, 2001, at 11:35:41
Where is TerrorVision? The swinging scene is superb...
Night of the Comet? "Daddy would have gotten us Uzis" is perhaps the best line in any movie...
Eating Raoul, with Mary Woronov -- the funniest survivor of Warhol's Factory...
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, basic funny...
Nurse Betty, fine example of silliness...
The Court Jester, for the scene which includes the 'pellet with the poison is in the chalice from the palace'...
His Girl Friday, especially if you get the inside jokes...
Miracle at Morgan's Creek, if only for the names involved... Cockenlocker, Ratsywatsy, etc...
Sullivan's Travels has a distinctly serious side to it, but is well worth the watching
The Great McGinty will relieve you of all guilt in this world...
O Brother Where Art Thou, especially if you've read the book it's based on, you know, that thing about the guy coming home from that war, you know, in Troy...
The Brady Bunch Movie, and A Very Brady Sequel. The first was funnier, but both are a great deal of fun.
Earth Girls Are Easy. 'nuf sed...
My mind is blank now, but I'll set the pot to simmer on a back burner and see what else I can come up with...
Posted by PaulB on September 20, 2001, at 17:05:58
In reply to I can't believe how many y'all missed!!!, posted by Racer on September 20, 2001, at 16:06:23
> I like What About Bob. Favourote moments are the initial meeting between Bob and the psychiatrist and when Bob has to get on a bus you know that Baby Steps really works. 'Do you think we could make it today Bob, only we are running a baby tight schedule' 'Yes I know Wayne, thank you'
Also I like:
Bill Murray as well-Scrooged(esp), Groundhog day
Gene Wilder-Haunted HoneyMoon, Silver Streak(painted back with shoe polish by Richard Pryor)
Braindead
Carry On Films-esp 'Carry on Camping'-I knew I shouldnt have eaten those radishes'
PaulB
Posted by Mair on September 20, 2001, at 22:10:08
In reply to Re: What About Bob?, posted by PaulB on September 20, 2001, at 17:05:58
> > Paul - I like the dinner scene. It's really a very funny movie. But how about the In-laws?
Mair
Posted by Mair on September 20, 2001, at 22:12:05
In reply to Re: What About Bob?, posted by PaulB on September 20, 2001, at 17:05:58
Posted by Cam W. on September 20, 2001, at 22:26:05
In reply to Cam - What about Sgt. Preston of the Yukon for TV? (nm), posted by Mair on September 20, 2001, at 22:12:05
Posted by ChrisK on September 21, 2001, at 4:18:52
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
Two more:
Let It Ride - Richard Dreyfus goes to the racetrack - just silly
Buckaroo Bonzai (and his adventures across the 8th dimension) - Very silly fun with aliens named John and Peter Weller as the lead role
Posted by Mitch on September 21, 2001, at 9:54:15
In reply to Silly Movies to Watch: Your recommendations, posted by susan C on September 19, 2001, at 13:48:08
> This is a blatant solicitation for titles of totally rothlmao movies or tv shows. So far, my list includeds:
> Any Monthy Python (thank you paxvox)
> Bill and Ted
> Steve Martin
> Naked GunWhat about some foreign language comedies?
"Night on Earth"
"Johnny Toothpick"
Sorry can't remember the Italian name...
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