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Here's our list of Great Comedys. Thousands of films to choose from. Undoubtedly there will be several of your favorites that didn't make the cut. Most of these movies are from the last twenty-five years or so. We argued a whole bunch on which to include, and all throughout the process. For this Bracketololgy only, you can email in your comments and have them posted, if they make the grade... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round One: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meet the Surprizes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Winners Over The Losers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planes, Trains, and Autos A Christmas Story Fletch Trading Places My Blue Heaven 16 Candles The Wedding Singer Three Amigos Fast Times at Ridgemont The Jerk Caddyshack Ghostbusters Tommy Boy Me, Myself, Irene Spaceballs Office Space Stripes Christmas Vacation History of the World Strange Brew Harry Met Sally Bachelor Party Blazing Saddles Waynes World Animal House Young Frankenstein Holy Grail Back to School Pet Detective Ferris Buehler's Day Off Slapshot Airplane |
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Groundhog Day Major League Better Off Dead Princess Bride Happy Gilmour Something About Mary South Park Meatballs Look Who's Talking Beetlejuice Coming to America Lair Lair Bad News Bears Meets the Parents Raising Arizona Police Academy Twins Vacation Home Alone History of the World Money Pit City Slickers Porkys Revenge of the Nerds What About Bob Clerks Road Trip American Pie When Nature Calls Dumb and Dumber Blues Brothers Uncle Buck |
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Meet the Parents knocked off by Jim Carey's Irene almost as insane as Spaceballs advancing past Raising Arizona. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stifler drinking his buddies juice was classic comedy, but not enough to get past Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School. Other 1st round battles included losses by Road Trip and City Slickers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round Two: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christmas Story knocks off #1 seeded Planes, Trains, and Automobiles... Fletch over Trading Places... 16 Candles defeats My Blue Heaven... The Wedding Singer past 3 Amigos... Fast Times gets by The Jerk... Caddyshack rolls past Ghostbusters... Tommy Boy ousts Irene... Spaceballs shocks cult classic Office Space... Another #1 seed Stripes falls to Christmas Vacation... History of the World advances past Strange Brew... Bachelor Party moves by Harry Met Sally... Waynes World excellently over Blazing Saddles... Animal House dunks Young Frankenstein... Holy Grail defeats Back to School... Pet Detective shocks Ferris Buehler... Airplane checks Slapshot... |
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This 1984 film did nothing at the Box Office. Shortly after though, it caught fire on cable TV and has been a staple during the holidays ever since. "You'll shoot your eye out with that thing!" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round Three: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christmas Story again over Fletch ~ Wedding Singer by 16 Candles ~ Caddyshack defeats Fast Times ~ Tommy Boys run continues over Spaceballs ~ Christmas Vacation past History of the World ~ Waynes World over Bachelor Party ~ Animal House beats The Holy Grail ~ Pet Detective shocks Airplane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christmas Vacation knocks off Waynes World ~ Animal House ends Pet Detective ~ Christmas Story bests the Wedding Singer ~ Tommy Boy upsets Caddyshack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Road to the Final Four: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tommy Boy rocks Christmas Story Animal House defeats Lampoon's Christmas Vacastion Animal House is voted the top comedy by defeating Tommy Boy |
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