Cite one of your favorite comedies, and quote a line or two from it.Example: Mel Brooks' High Anxiety. "Sorry to have disturbed you. It was the TV. I've turned it down."
Very much concur about Mel Brooks' movies. '
Blazing Saddles', '
High Anxiety'...his talent was extraordinary. And the things he got away with.
Harvey Korman tied up (BDSM) by Cloris Leachman. Just astounding that such a shot was left in.
(I dislike most comedy that took over after Brooks peaked. Adolescent angst & juvenile sex comedies and stuff like Ferris Beuller? That trend which is still going on? Never able to stomach it.)
My top picks?
'Animal House'...(written by Harold Ramis).
'Airplane!'...(the Zucker Bros). Peter Falk / Alan Arkin in '
The In-Laws'.
And certainly, '
Slapshot'.
Honorable mention to some forgotten sleepers such as '
Harold & Maude'; '
Where's Poppa?'; & '
Fire Sale'.
No one else but me probably remembers, Gary Busey in a tiny little flick called, '
Fooling Around'. Throwback to classic rom-com.
Neil Simon's "
Odd Couple" --and a few of his others--still to this day, hard to beat for character and dialogue. Really, you'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat Walter Matthau at humor. One of my fave actors ever. He could take on just about any role.
Peter Sellers flicks. Just manic.
I'm also a fairly avid fan of early slapstick..some of my faves are things like Keystone Cops 1-reelers.
Oh--can't overlook the ultimate
Gone-With-the-Wind of all comedy movies: "
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World".