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 ...
I’ll Never Get Over Macho Grande
“No, I’m afraid I’ll never be over Macho Grande...”
It don’t get no better than Max Von Sydow in low budget humor.
Bob McKenzie: Fleshy-headed mutant. Are you friendly?
Doug McKenzie: No way, eh? Ra-... radiation has made... me an enemy of civilization.
Bob McKenzie: [into a comm unit] Alpha Base. This is Bob McKenzie. I have a fleshy-headed mutant in sector 16B.
[Bob shoots Doug with a toy foam launcher]
Doug McKenzie: Ahhh! Take off, you hoser.
None of the ten they mention would be in my top ten list. To mind I recall Odd Couple, MASH, Animal House, Caddy Shack, The Party,
Clearance, Clarence.
Airplane is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I love thatt movie. I liked Dumb and Dumber, too (oh, maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that). My husband claims he has a much higher developed sense of comedy, that’s why he hates all the movies that crack me up (There’s something about Mary, A Fish Called Wanda, any Monty Pythons).
Some body’s gonna hafta go back and get a s-load of nickles.
Idiocracy is going to be around a long time too.
Strange Brew is definitely top 10 for me.
Elaine Dickinson: “A hospital? What is it?”
Dr. Rumack: “It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.”
Absolutely my favorite quote from that movie!
And I add Kelly’s Heroes to my list.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.....I fell out of my seat because I was laughing so hard.
“We’re supposed to be scared of some guy with his CPAP machine?”
So you're saying we should put... water... on the crops? You mean like, out of the toilet?
Koo lu koo koo koo koo koo koooooo.
Where did that come from? Is that a Canadian deal?
Youuuu everrr let him hump your leg?
“I have clearance Clarence.”
“Roger, Roger.”
“What’s the vector Victor?”
Is there a better exchange in the entire history of cinema?
Horrible list of movies. 3, maybe 4 (Life of Brian is not better than Holy Grail) are worthy.
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