Favorite 80's Mainstream Comedy Actor?
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Topic: Favorite 80's Mainstream Comedy Actor?
Posted By: Morningrise
Subject: Favorite 80's Mainstream Comedy Actor?
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 20:04
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I'll admit it. I'm a sucker for 80's comedies. They are one of my guilty pleasures (others might be awesomely bad 80's horror films or 50's Sci-Fi).
This poll is a homage to those films, and the actors who played them. You won't find some other 80's great comediants such as Woody Allen, or any of the Python's because, as the title of the poll indicates, and I don't mean to sound demeaning, I'm talking about a different kind of humour. More simple, sometimes idiotic. So I figured out Allen or the Python's wouldn't fit in this description. I see them more as an acquired taste. Humour not for the masses.
Pick your favorite one of the list, or choose another one you can think of. And please judge all the actors just for their 80's comedic work, and not for what became of their careers afterwards.
Some important movies these actors were part of include:
Leslie Nielsen: Airplane!, The Naked Gun
Bill Murray: Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters
Steve Martin: Three Amigos, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Plains Trains And Automobiles
Chevy Chase: National Lampoon's Vacation, Caddyshack, Fletch
Dan Aykroyd: Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Ghostbusters
John Candy: Stripes, Plains Trains And Automobiles
Eddie Murphy: Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming To America
Steve Guttenberg: Police Academy Franchise
Tom Hanks: Big, Splash, Bachelor Party
Michael Fox: Teen Wolf, Back To The Future Franchise
Danny Devito: Throw Mama From The Train, Wise Guys
Michael Keaton: Beetlejuice, Night Shift, The Dream Team
John Belushi: Blues Brothers, Neighbors, Continental Divide
Rodney Dangerfield: Back To School, Caddyshack, Easy Money
Rick Moranis: Ghostbusters, Spaceballs, The Adventures Of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew
Robert Carradine: Revenge Of The Nerds Franchise
Val Kilmer: Top Secret, Real Genius
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 20:06
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Almost went with Bill Murray, but decided on Eddie Murphy - he was unstoppable in the 80s. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 20:13
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Tom Hanks is the best actor ever ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 20:37
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Leslie Nielsen - he's is the only one on the list who never made a dud film (IMO) ------------- What? |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 20:45
I don't know. You can say he was old, with a well established career and beyond good and evil, but he did participate in a couple of those dreadful Scary Movie spin offs (Stan Helsing, An American Carol)
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Dean wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 21:01
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 21:08
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You were the first one to make a judgement on Nielsen's whole filmography. I was just giving my response to that part. If your comment was meant to be taken as "never in the 80's"...well, my bad, then.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 21:10
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Bill Murray's close but my personal favorite from this list is Michael Keaton; his work in everything from Nightshift to Beetlejuice both rang true and was very funny. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 21:13
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 21:20
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I voted Michael Keaton, but I really love John Candy, Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy as well.
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 21:41
Rick Moranis is extremely underrated. |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 22:09
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The man known as Irwin M Fletcher/Clark Griswald etc for me. Nearly went with Bill or Eddie ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 22:10
Yeah, I agree. Even in Honey I Shrunk the Kids - but something like the above, fantastic ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 22:13
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^Little Shop of Horrors is really good.
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 26 2012 at 22:16
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 01:10
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Bill Murray just over Chevy Chase and Leslie Nielsen. Three of my favorite comedic actors.
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 01:18
Every movie I've seen him in, he just did a fantastic job! he does a great job of portraying the characters to thier fullest potential ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 01:23
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The Burbs is funny.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 06:32
Nice trio
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 09:03
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Martin Short and Tim Allen is also among my favourites, from the 80s,
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 10:27
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The guy in my sig. -------------  
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 18:03
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Bill Murray for his performance in Groundhog Day.
 Just a comedy classic. The guy is a national treasure.
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Posted By: BassoonAng
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 18:13
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Bill f**kin Murray.
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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 05:46
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Where's Schwarzenegger?
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 17:43
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 17:48
No votes for Steve Martin??! I'll change that  not just for his movies, but the music of Martin. Though Bill Murray is amazing. Even to this day.
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 20:12
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I like several of the people on the list and love a couple but Bill Murray is god and to vote for any other would be blasphemous. May those who did so be subjected to an eternity of Norbit viewings. -------------  Time always wins. |