Dimension X

Rules

This Challenge overlaps with two well-established Challenges - October's Horror Challenge and the November-December Holiday Challenge. During the overlapping days, you can receive "double credit" by listing any qualifying items watched for those other two Challenges on your Comedy Challenge list.

It should be self-evident what titles qualify, but if you have questions about something you've never seen, check out its genre classification on IMDB, Allmovie, or metacritic, or ask about it in the discussion thread. Live events (stand-up acts, plays, TV show tapings, etc.) and audio performances (comedy albums, old-time radio shows) can also be listed.

Post your list in the list thread. Be as creative or as basic with your list as you want.

You may number (or not number) the items on your list any way you like. However, the preferred method is, as with the Holiday Challenge, any title watched, no matter how long or how short, counts as one list item. This should make it easier to record qualifying items on both lists if you participate in both Challenges.


GoldenWheels told me that he may have some additional comedy stuff to throw our way. So we could have more stuff for the four winners, or more than 4 winners in the end.

HOW TO WIN
Winners will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from a list of active participants (two winners will be chosen from all active participants, and two from all active participants who haven't won during a previous Comedy Challenge). Each person who nominated prizes and/or voted for the prize selection will receive one additional entry in each of the prize drawings for which he or she is eligible.

You must have a U.S. address to receive a prize.

Dimension X

I'm open to suggestions. So fire away.

Let me know if you want to have theme nights and a checklist. What you'd like on the checklist & theme nights list. Whatever else you think should be changed.

Dimension X

The special announcement concerning prizes mentioned above:

As some of you know, when hosting a challenge, part of the host's duties is picking prizes for the prize giveaway. Well, for this challenge, I thought we'd try something new - we're opening up the prize selection into a group project.

Here's how I hope this will work: You, the challengers, take a few minutes and either go to HamiltonBook.com or look through one of their print catalogs and pick out one or two comedy-related items (either books, DVDs, or Blu-rays) that you think would make cool prizes. Something you'd want to win yourself if given the chance, but that you think others might enjoy also (let's keep it under say $25). Then post your picks here in this thread. Eventually, depending on how many responses you folks give me, we'll have a vote (I guess I could add a poll option, or use PMs) and the top vote-getters will be two of the prizes offered.

I hope that makes sense.

Trevor

Welcome back!

Dimension X

Me? Or the Comedy Challenge?

shadokitty

Can't wait. Been chomping at the bit for some good old Three Stooges. And I already told you what prize I was interested in in my earlier PM.

Trevor

Yes!

EdTheRipper

I always enjoy this one. Already have stuff saved on the DVR for it.

BobO'Link

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!

That's *exactly* what I thought when Dimension X posted the query.

ntnon

Looking forward to it.


Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Collection (4 films)
THE COMPLEAT AL: "Weird Al" Yankovic
The Euro-Sex Comedy Collection

Dimension X

Thank you both for helping. Great picks!

Here's what we have to choose from so far:



Keep 'em coming, folks.

shadokitty

Since I have tons of comedy between DVD's, Roku, Comedy Central, HBO Comedy, not to mention any other comedy that shows up on Dish, I am seriously considering slowing way down on the Horror Challenge, so that I can get a head start on watching my comedy. With my chronic depression, combining with worry about family health problems, I think I could use the laughs.

shadokitty

Last night while browsing Amazon Instant Video, I saw that Prime has quite a lot of stand up on it. Also this morning, I watched an episode of I Love Lucy, and Robot Chicken.

LJG765

Is there a deadline when you want suggestions in by? I've been gone the last 3 or 4 days so haven't had any free time to sit down and look through the selection. I'm not sure if I'll get to it tomorrow, but I should have some time by Tuesday night.

Dimension X

Not really. The prizes don't have to be picked before we start. However, the sooner we choose them, the sooner GoldenWheels can gather them up so we don't have our top choices going out of stock on us. Any time this week should work fine, but we can stretch it out longer if anyone needs the extra time and requests it.

BobO'Link

I'm going to cheat and give you six titles for consideration:

MYRNA LOY AND WILLIAM POWELL COLLECTION - 3 of the 5 films are rom/com.

THE STAN LAUREL COLLECTION: Slapstick Symposium

THE HAROLD LLOYD COLLECTION: Slapstick Symposium

THE CHARLEY CHASE COLLECTION, VOLUME 2: Slapstick Symposium

CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS COLLECTION (I own this one and it's great for those early comic team lovers - has two films each from Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, and Abbott and Costello)

100 GREATEST COMEDY CLASSICS (another "set" I own that's full of old comedy films from lots of different folks - it's two Mill Creek "50 film" comedy sets in a single package)

shadokitty

Just wondering if I'm the only one who is having trouble staying away from comedy until November? I love it and could watch it any time.

BobO'Link

Comedy, SF/Fantasy, Horror (primarily "classic" pre-70s) - my 3 "go to" genres. Pick one - any time.

Dimension X

That's fine. You can make up for the lack of participants.

The Harold LLoyd Collection was a prize in an earlier Comedy Challenge, so I might drop that one.

coyoteblue

Prize suggestions:

WILL HAY DOUBLE FEATURE, VOL. 1: The Rank Collection (a pity the three other volumes aren't available)

THE BOB HOPE COLLECTION, VOLUME 2 (mostly for Son of Paleface (1952))

BobO'Link

I didn't think to check past offerings. I'd say drop it for that reason but since you're planning a vote to see which 2 suggestions make it to the prize table it'll either not get enough votes or still be a desirable title. Maybe just wait a bit and see if any more suggestions are forthcoming before deciding.

Something that might be holding people back is the difficulty searching for comedy titles (DVD or print). I thought it'd be fairly easy to do in the "Power search" function (pick media and genre, use the results to narrow by price) but discovered there's no "comedy" choice. The "Humor" only returns 6 DVD titles (lots of print, though). Maybe there's a search function I'm missing?

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Have we done the Marx Brothers set as a prize in the past?

I wanted to vote for Police Academy but they only have the first one on DVD. Was hoping for the collection or at the very least, the dvd with the first 4.

Pick DVDs from the main bar at the top, then movies from the left side, then you can choose comedy.

Or just click this list that takes you to the same place
http://www.hamiltonbook.com/dvds?lim..._id=CDY&view=1

BobO'Link

I don't think so... Both, or either, of those sets would make good prizes. I purchased them years ago and watch the films regularly. They are good prints.

Yeah, that PA set would be nice. I already have it but it's a, mostly, fun series of films.


I'd have sworn I tried that... oh well... Thanks!

Dimension X

Thanks. Added to the list. I'll post an updated list later.
I decided to go ahead and keep Harold LLoyd in there.
Don't worry if it's been offered in the past or not. I decided that was an unnecessary qualification. Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks. I know I'd stumbled on that in the past, but I had forgotten how I got there.

davidh777

Suggestions:

-Tracy & Hepburn Signature Collection
-Classic Comedy Teams Collection
-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory
-Newsradio: The Complete First, Second, and Third Seasons
-Soap: The Complete Series
-Jeeves & Wooster: Complete Collection