Two Comedies from 1988
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Topic: Two Comedies from 1988
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Subject: Two Comedies from 1988
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 14:40
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I like The Naked Gun films, but Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is my favourite comedy movie of the '80s. What about you?  
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 14:48
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Both are quite "rolling on the floor laughin your ass off" funny but Dirty Rotten Scoundrels have little more class. I like Mr Magoo with Leslie Nielsen as a favo0urite of hes comedies The Naked Gun is also very funny, super silly -------------  
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 14:50
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I have The Naked Gun trilogy on DVD and I like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels too, so I voted "Both". "There's nothing to see here."  |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 14:51
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I only watched Naked Gun. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 15:20
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The Naked Gun. I haven't seen everything Nielsen was in, but have been a fan of his comedic films going back to Airplane. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 15:58
| The Naked Gun |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 16:02
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The "Naked Gun" series is definitely not my kind of humour. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 16:46
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I enjoyed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Naked Gun. Voted for the former. In Englsh language films, the first comedy to come to my mind is Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The first one I thought of when thinking about it though in terms of favourite comedy of the 80s is Tampopo (a Japanese film).
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 16:54
| ^ Actually Monty Python is like a relative of mine. Beyond definition. You know, they gotta be somewhere in my life forever. The Meaning of Life is incredibly funny. But, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is more "moving", you know. Monty Python's outputs don't fully give the feeling of watching a "movie", in the traditional sense. Anyway, TMoL was out of my mind when I was saying DRS was my favourite comedy movie of the '80s. It has its special, unique place, of course. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 17:21
| From the list Naked Gun. But since everyone else is mentioning other movies, or complaining about what is listed (typical PA nonsense). I'll nominate This is Spinal Tap. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 18:24
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I consider "Toni Erdmann" and "Ödipussy" to be absolutely hilarious -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 19:35
| I never saw dirty rotten scoundrels but I was a fan of the naked gun movies. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 19:37
My mother typically doesn't like anything she thinks is silly, stupid or slapstick. She probably wouldn't like those movies either. I think she liked airplane though(at least to some extent).
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BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: JD
Date Posted: February 16 2021 at 19:55
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I Am Canadian. So it's gotta be Leslie Nielsen's Police Squad. Got'em all on DVD. OJ notwithstanding. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 01:08
| The Naked Gun, of course |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: February 19 2021 at 00:11
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Neither ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 14:59
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The Naked Gun ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 16:33
"Tampopo" is a great movie. By the way: Did you ever notice that eating and having sex is often combined in Japanese movies? I don't mean in the way of "eating while having sex", I mean as being central themes in a movie. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 09:37
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Hi, I did not, and still don't care for these films ... at that time I enjoyed "A Fish Named Wanda" and "A Taxing Woman's Return" (1st Taxing Woman was great too!) ... and of course ... one of the best performances ever in a comedy ... BEETLEJUICE, which would likely get my vote here. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 09:56
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I was also going to say "A Fish Called Wanda". Definitely, laughed the most first time I saw it. And agree on Tampopo and the A Taxing Woman films. The Funeral was also good. Voted for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 14:12
| ^ I absolutely love Beetlejuice, and liked A Fish Called Wanda (the latter is: "as far as I remember"). But, I don't really remember if I laughed in any of the scenes of the two, except for the "head shrinking" scene of Beetlejuice. Tim Burton's darkly humorous style is very captivating, but not the type that makes me "laughing in the aisles". Perhaps this is related to me having been a kid when I watched his earlier masterpieces. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 14:55
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^ They're different type of comedies, I think. Beetlejuice and Wanda are more witty whereas the two of your poll are plain nonsense... (almost). And I love nonsense! I prefer The Naked Gun. And I think The Naked Gun 2½ is even better/sillier... I even use this excerpt to explain some montage theories in my film classes: ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: March 01 2021 at 06:25
| Naked Gun films were good, but Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was epic... |