100 Funniest Movies (Part 8 ~ # 65-61)
# 65 ~ Trading Places
Other Clips were too dirty..
In 1982, Eddie Murphy's movie career began with 48 Hrs. alongside Nick Nolte. The following year he followed it up with this amazing film about a socialogical experiment between a conservative businessman and a homeless criminal. If only Eddie had stayed on this path we wouldn't have ever had to see crap like...
- Best Defense ~ 1984
- The Golden Child ~ 1986
- Boomerang ~ 1992
- The Distinguished Gentleman ~ 1992
- Doctor Dolittle ~ 1998
- Holy Man ~ 1998
- Life ~ 1999
- Bowfinger ~ 1999
- Showtime ~ 2002
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash ~ 2002
- Daddy Day Care ~ 2003
- Norbit ~ 2007
Not to mention some horrible sequels to the 48 Hrs. & Nutty Professor movies, and the 2 horrible sequels to the Beverly Hills Cop and Shrek franchises.
Trading Places - 1983
Billy Ray Valentine and Louis Winthorp III are the labrats in a rich man's game of "What Would Happen?" They frame and destroy their best empoyee while hiring and grooming a common street con to see if they will adapt or adopt the new lifestyle changes. Is it a sick bet the evil Duke brothers make too because it is for just $1. What happens though, when the labrats find out about the maze?
# 64 ~ The Money Pit
The Scaffold Debacle
The Money Pit - 1986
When sweet little Maureen Stapleton sells you a house, you better find a hotel room fast! Poor Walter. His fiancé is Shelley Long. Ha! No, I'm kidding, the reason we pity Walter so much is because he could be us. Everyone takes a leap of faith when they make a big purchase like a used home. When he finds the steal of a lifetime, and moves in well.. the repairs list begin before they even enter the house. The Money Pit has some great sight gags and Tom Hanks really lays it on the line at times. His laugh after the tub falls through the floor is for me a classic comic moment. Let us not forget the late Alexander Godunov (who some know from "DIE HARD") who is so pretentiously funny as The Maestro. This is a Hilarious Clip which i am incapable of describing with words!
# 63 ~ Private Parts
UH - OH! NUDITY ALERT! NUDITY ALERT! Don't Look!
Don't tell any of the crybabies around here but there appears to be a naked lady on the hub. She also appears to be hot!! There are a lot of movies that use nudity for humor in quite a funny way. A few that come to mind immediately are..
10 ~ 1979
Porky's ~ 1982
Gazon maudit (1995)
aka "French Twist" - USA
American Pie ~ 1999
Wedding Crashers ~ 2005
Private Parts ~ 1997
Howard Stern's rise to stardom is a far more interesting story than I would have thought and Director Betty Thomas does a fantastic job at making this movie female-friendly. Mary McCormack plays a very believable spouse (Alison Stern) to the notoriously misogynistic Howard. But come on...how much longer can i stall before I mention the REAL reason this movie a classic. Because my dear friends, this is where we discovered Pig Vomit. Or more precisely, character actor Paul Giamatti. Robin, Fred, Jackie "The Jokeman" and producer Gary Dell'Abate all make the cut but too bad for Stuttering John who is relegated to a pissy rant during the credits.
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# 62 ~ Young Frankenstein
FUNNIEST MOVIES CONTEST!
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'Fronk-in-steen!'
# 61 ~ Back To The Future
Confession Time
Michael J. Fox is here on a lifetime acheivement award! He is here BECAUSE of Teen Wolf and The Secret of My Succe$s and The Hard Way and Doc Hollywood and even Mars Attacks! where he gets killed right away. Good Sport. He is also here because of the little things he does. Have you ever seen the tragic-comic character from Brooklyn that he played in Blue in the Face? [Blue in the Face btw, is a very funny movie too that was improvised and financed with leftover budget from the film Smoke.] My mom also tells me he is "just sensational" in Stuart Little as well. This is also in a small way for Alex P. Keaton, who I love and hate to this day.
Marty McFly travels back in time to 1955 where he runs into his parents, and eventually the man who sent him there in the first place. Dr. Emmett Brown or "Doc" was played so memorably by Christopher Lloyd that you are right now thinking to yourself lines like, "1.21 Gigawatts" and "88 Miles Per Hour!" aren't you? If not, it had to be, "Damn, where is that kid?" or my personal favorite, "There's that word again Heavy, in the future, is there something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull?" <Chuckles> Props too for Crispin Glover who gave a genuine non-hero some real punch.
100) Being John Malkovich
99) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
98) Private Benjamin
97) American Beauty
96) Brewster's Millions
95) A League of Their Own
94) Defending Your Life
93) Swimming With Sharks
92) Harold and Maude
91) The Bad News Bears
90) Shaun of the Dead
89) Ciao Professore!
88) About A Boy
87) Nobody's Fool
86) Ghostbusters
85) The 40-Year-Old Virgin
84) Moonstruck
83) The Snapper
82) Stripes
81) We're No Angels
80) Heathers
79) Much Ado About Nothing
78) Bottle Rocket
77) The Out-of-Towners
76) Finding Nemo
75) Pee Wee's Big Adventure
74) The Odd Couple
73) Party Girl
72) The Tall Guy
71) Say Anything...
70) After Hours
69) The Aristocrats
68) Made
67) Oscar
66) Bad Santa
65) Trading Places
64) The Money Pit
63) Private Parts
62) Young Frankenstein
61) Back to the Future
and the beat goes on...