Comments on: The Neglected Comedies

By: David Mullenix

David Mullenix — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:52:49 +0000

As long as you have a Dudley Moore movie on your list, don’t forget the ultimate Peter Cook / Dudley Moore movie: “Bedazzled”!

It features Peter Cook (also the writer, I think) as George Spiggot, who is actually the Devil, hunting for souls and Dudley Moore, as a hapless lovestruck loser who only wants to get into the arms of his beloved.

Sample dialogue(from memory): George Spiggot: You just can’t hire good sins nowadays. It’s the wages, I suppose.”

A man with a very bad stutter spends five minutes forcing out a single short sentence. Spiggot replies: “That’s easy for you to say, but …”

Spiggot: “I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep since the middle ages.”

Be sure to avoid the 1990s remake.

By: Deacon Barry

Deacon Barry — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:44:57 +0000

Mel Brooks’ Men in tights. Especially the scene where the knights in shining armour line up. You know what’s coming, and when it does – hilarious!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:12:38 +0000

I completely agree, the reasoning behind this list is questionable. Fletch should be in the top 10, let alone left off the list? It was very disappointing.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 31 May 2006 00:08:58 +0000

The plot of One, Two, Three sounds intriguing. I might have to pick it up.

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 30 May 2006 22:44:58 +0000

I cannot believe that Clue,Fletch,Oscar, and many others weren’t on the list but Something about mary was? I saw at list fifteen movies that had no reason being on there. It seemed they put a lot of recent movies on there probably due to their box office take in, that doesn’t make them one of the funniest movies. What about Hunted Honeymoon, See no evil, hear no evil? The Incredibles, was no where near as funny as The Emporer’s New Groove. I was very disappointed with this list.