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May 9, 2008, 4:12 PM BST
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Quote: ian_w @ May 9 2008, 4:05 PM BST
I just have to think about Kenneth Williams and I crack!!
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KW liked a bit of crack too and I'm not talking about the drug.
Some people may call me a genius - I haven't met any though.
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May 9, 2008, 4:13 PM BST
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Bloody hell that was helpful!! Thank you all.
These will occupy me for the next ten years, and I'll keep the list here for convenience.
Napolion Dynamite
Anchorman
Anything by Judd Apatow
Half Baked
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Scrooged
Rushmore
Kentucky Fried Movie
Dodgeball
Bill & Ted 2 (can't remember if I saw that one, is it the one with Death in?)
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May 9, 2008, 4:14 PM BST
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KW famously never had sex, due to his guilt and fastidiousness (that's my word of the fastidious)
The ASDA of satire.
I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.
But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
1984
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May 9, 2008, 4:16 PM BST
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Harold & Kumar Go To Whitecastle
Stranger Than Fiction (comedy drama)
Judd Apatow's stuff, which he's produced and written
Clerks & Clerks 2
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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ian_w

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May 9, 2008, 4:18 PM BST
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KW?
Quote: hotzappa11 @ May 9 2008, 4:16 PM BST
Harold & Kumar Go To Whitecastle
Stranger Than Fiction (comedy drama)
Judd Apatow's stuff, which he's produced and written
Clerks & Clerks 2
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Whew! Thank you Hotzappa! Two people recommending Judd Apatow, tbh I've never heard of him so will be interesting to see.
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May 9, 2008, 4:19 PM BST Edited by Curt on May 9 2008, 4:20 PM BST
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That has given me the green light of classic comedy:
MAAAAAAAAAAARX Brothers!!!! Day at the Races or Night at the Opera are my favourites.
- Do get your hands on some good Mel Brooks movies (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein ect..)
- A few good David Zucker movies like Airplane!, and Naked Gun movies.
EDIT: Some really good recommends from hotzappa11
- Curt
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May 9, 2008, 4:20 PM BST
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Quote: ian_w @ May 9 2008, 4:18 PM BST
KW?
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Kenneth Williams
Fuck it, it's Christmas.
"Every joke is a tiny revolution," thought George Orwell. "Whatever destroys dignity, and brings down the mighty from their seats, preferably with a bump, is funny."
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ian_w

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May 9, 2008, 4:23 PM BST
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Quote: Curt @ May 9 2008, 4:19 PM BST
MAAAAAAAAAAARX Brothers!!!! Day at the Races or Night at the Opera are my favourites.
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Ahhh, of course!! Why didn't I think of that, shame on me that I've never seen a Marx Bros film.
Quote: EllieJP @ May 9 2008, 4:20 PM BST
Kenneth Williams
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Oh, I thought he meant Keanu Reeves at first
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May 9, 2008, 4:28 PM BST
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Quote: Curt @ May 9 2008, 4:00 PM BST
Anything by Judd Apatow is currently my favourite new comedies (minus Drillbit Taylor...which he didn't write...but still Produced and sucked none the less). Forgetting Sarah Marshall was hilarious, Superbad ect.. ect..
Oh yea! And here is one movie no one seems to have ever seen when I mention it Half Baked. I'm not a pot smoker but maaaaaan the movie is funny. I've seen it several times and it still good for a laugh.
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Superbad was a good laugh.
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May 9, 2008, 4:47 PM BST
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The Jerk.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Basically anything from the 80's SNL crew to be honest would be my recommendation...
The Blues Brothers
Trading Places
Dragnet
Dan Ackroyd is nothing but brilliant in all the above.
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ian_w

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May 9, 2008, 4:50 PM BST
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Quote: Leevil @ May 9 2008, 4:47 PM BST
The Jerk.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Basically anything from the 80's SNL crew to be honest would be my recommendation...
The Blues Brothers
Trading Places
Dragnet
Dan Ackroyd is nothing but brilliant in all the above.
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The only one I've seen from that lot is Planes & Trains. That was a great film. Are the rest in a similar veign then? Oh, and cheers Leevil!
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May 9, 2008, 4:53 PM BST
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Sort of. They have that 80's feel about them. Think Ghostbusters but without the special effects.
The Jerk has one of the greatest opening lines ever. I shall not spoil it (too much), but it's utterly ridiculous but perfectly done.
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May 9, 2008, 4:58 PM BST
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Quote: Leevil @ May 9 2008, 4:53 PM BST
Sort of. They have that 80's feel about them. Think Ghostbusters but without the special effects.
The Jerk has one of the greatest opening lines ever. I shall not spoil it (too much), but it's utterly ridiculous but perfectly done.
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Doh, now I've got to see that one!
Ahhh, so much great stuff from the 80's!
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May 9, 2008, 4:58 PM BST
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I loved The Jerk. I saw it again recently on tv. What a funny movie. Leevil is right those SNL alum made some great movies in the 80s.
My FAVORITE IS The 3 Amigos. It was my favourite movie besides Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones movies when i was a kid. And is still pure comedic gold in my opinion. Do yourself a favor and go 80's comedy nuts. I think i might do the same as I never saw Dragnet. God call Lee.
- Curt
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May 9, 2008, 4:59 PM BST
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Dragnet is a great movie. The one with Aykroyd and Hanks, that is.
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