Posted on 09/06/2012 7:27:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Airplane - which features classic one liners such as 'I am serious and don't call me Shirley' - came out top in research conducted by a panel of members of movie subscription service Lovefilm.
They calculated the precise number of 'laughs a minute' for the top 10 comedies chosen by Lovefilm members. The panel recorded the total number of times each film generated a laugh, before dividing it by the films' total length in minutes to calculate the precise 'laugh a minute' rating for each movie.
With a 'laugh A minute' score of three, Airplane beat nine rival comedies to top the list which has been created to mark The Hangover becoming available to stream on Lovefilm Instant.
The Las Vegas man-movie featuring the bachelor party to end all bachelor parties marked its arrival onto the Lovefilm Instant service by scoring a 'Laugh A Minute' rating of 2.4
Airplane - which features classic one liners such as 'I am serious and don't call me Shirley' - came out top in research conducted by a panel of members of movie subscription service Lovefilm. They calculated the precise number of 'laughs a minute' for the top 10 comedies chosen by Lovefilm members. The panel recorded the total number of times each film generated a laugh, before dividing it by the films' total length in minutes to calculate the precise 'laugh a minute' rating for each movie.
With a 'laugh A minute' score of three, Airplane beat nine rival comedies to top the list which has been created to mark The Hangover becoming available to stream on Lovefilm Instant.
The Las Vegas man-movie featuring the bachelor party to end all bachelor parties marked its arrival onto the Lovefilm Instant service by scoring a 'Laugh A Minute' rating of 2.4.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
“Young Boy with Coffee: Excuse me, I happened to be passing, and I thought you might like some coffee.
Little Girl: Oh, that’s very nice of you, thank you.
[takes coffee]
Little Girl: Oh, won’t you sit down?
Young Boy with Coffee: Cream?
Little Girl: No, thank you, I take it black, like my men.”
The last line is now censored when shown on television.
Nickles woulda been funner. Got the “K” sound in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherently_funny_word
A big building full of doctors, nurses, and patients....but that’s not important right now.
When I was pregnant with my first, we nicknamed the baby “Leon” so my husband could rub my tummy and say, “And Leon’s getting larger!!!!”
Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We’re bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We’re coming in from the north, below their radar.
Elaine Dickinson: When will you be back?
Ted Striker: I can’t tell you that. It’s classified.
Oh my gosh- I must have missed that i nthe movie- that’s soem classic stuff right there-
Yep, Airplane is #1 followed by After Hours and King of Comedy.
Used Cars is a classic too!
I need the vector, Victor.
Headline: "Airline Negligent"
Johnny: "There's a sale at Penney's!"
I always thought the phrase “I laughed so hard I thought I was gonna die.” was a gross exaggeration.
Until the end of the Thanksgiving episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” when Mr. Carlson looked at Travis, all disheveled with feathers sticking out of his hair said - “Travis, with God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
I literally, and I mean literally could not could not catch my breath for a full 30 seconds I laughed so hard and was starting to panic a little bit.
Headline National Enquirer - boy trapped in refrigerator chews own leg off.
So I hear.
Young Frankenstein belongs near the top. Bananas was funny. Play It Again Sam was also funny.
Now that I think about it, Team America deserves honorable mention for:
1. Blowing away Jeanne Garafalo and Aric Bardrin.
2. Gratuitous puppet sex.
3. The barroom puke scene.
4. The attack of the royal panther.
5. The last song during the out-credits.
Interesting. I didn’t even find it mildly amusing.
That’s just not my kind of humor.
Wasn’t that when they showed all the headlines and the Enquirer was “Boy locked in frig eats own foot”?
Animal House. The uncut version.
I agree but almost no one has ever heard of it.
We’ve got a ...mile of cars.
In my day when you bought a politician the s*o*b stayed bought.
And of course all of the captain's inappropriate questions for Joey.
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