Trevor

Well, at least you can just re-watch one you've already bought, since any film is a comedy with a riff.
Women aren't funny. Everyone knows this.

takingchase

My wife is the same way, sharing a TV makes it hard to score big numbers but since I told her about this she decided to challenge me. I think she's going to create an account and join in on the fun.

I grew up with The Jerk, when I think comedy I think of Steve Martin. When I was a kid it was like a nightly ritual to put on the jerk.

Don't be fooled, I was just trying to clear another thing off my plate. I'm just ecstatic to have hamiltonbooks as a sponsor on my first go at this. Definitely join in! It should be a lot of fun.

Congratulations! Knowing how busy that can be I just wanted to express my thanks again for all your help. Most of the checklist was taken directly from what you posted. My wedding fell during the exploitation challenge which hurt my participation but some things are better than watching movies.....not many though

I know it may be blasphemy but I'm not the biggest fan of the riffs either. A lot of people really enjoy them so I included it. I still haven't formatted the checklist but I forgot to mention I plan on allowing 3 wildcards for the checklist so if you don't want to do a Riff you won't have to.

I'm not sure how I overlooked so many great female comedians. I'll add a few names to the checklist once I get off work tonight. I did however make a ladies night in the theme night section.

Trevor

Same for most of us I imagine.

MrTerrific

I'm quoted on the banner! lol. I truly think that comedy month is much needed after a month of horror.

Can't say that I'll have a bunch of entries because I'm starting a new job and trying to finish Millenium on DVD (and there is absolutely nothing funny about this show).

What is everyone's favorite comedy?

For me it's As Good As It Gets. One of the best Jack Nicholson performances in my book.

mike07

Mine would have to be HAPPY GILMORE. The best movie Adam Sandler's ever been in!

Trevor

I only like Sandler in dramas, but this gives me an excuse to say that the videographer for my wedding did Chris Rock's wedding and has Adam Sandler in it, in their slightly-before-super-stardom days.

BobO'Link

That can easily change with the wind... Right now I'd have to say:

A Night in Casablanca

... wait... make that A Day at the Races

... no... Monkey Business

...OK... make it A Night in Casablanca ...

Actually, just about any Marx Brothers film could be #1 depending on mood. Or most of the "Road" films with Hope & Crosby, or a Mel Brooks film, or a Python, or Gilliam, or...

MrTerrific

Love it! Also love THE WEDDING SINGER a good bit!

MrTerrific

I love the Marx Brothers! Gonna have to try and watch both of the DVD sets that I have for this challenge. I also need to pick up the blu ray sets of the Buster Keaton stuff. I have THE GENERAL and STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. but would really love that shorts set because I've never seen any of those.

shadokitty

I own American Wedding. I'll save it for the 11th and think of you Trevor. Congrats.

Trevor

Thanks! Try to make it early in the day. Later that night I'll be naked, and you all thinking of me would be a bit creepy.

davidh777

Holy Grail and Young Frankenstein are among my faves. YF could be a good bridge with horror.

takingchase

Well I've updated the first post here and on the list thread with more info. I've still got some formatting to do and a bunch of links to add but at least everything that absolutely needs to be up is now in first post.

I ended up choosing made for tv movie and famous comedy duos for the two blank theme nights.

Please note I also added some more to the checklist so if you have already copied it to your list you may want to update. If someone by chance doesn't notice this it should still be fine since all I did was add some females to the list of performers you can choose from.

Fist of Doom

Nice job, takingchase.

I'm a little late, but I think "Saturday Night Live character" would make a good theme night.

takingchase

Thanks, I'm glad it's finally coming together albeit quite a little late.

I was actually thinking about doing that but I decided that it would pretty much turn into "watch the blues brothers and waynes world" night since there aren't a whole lot of good SNL character films. However, SNL did make it into the checklist.

Indy24LA

I don't have one favorite, but a few. This is Spinal Tap, Airplane, Anchorman, Best in Show and Monty Python and the Holy Grail come to mind.

mrcellophane

One of my favorite comedies is Sylvester Stallone's gangster parody Oscar (1991). I'm also a huge fan of anything with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Libeled Lady (1936) is my favorite of their films (that I have seen).

Lokimok

Is November 25th a Psych question?

You want to see how many people watch Hollywood Shuffle & how many watch Little Murders?

Trevor

Just a suggestion, but if you're going to encourage people getting to 100, I'd switch it to the simple 1=1 counting of the Holiday, Academy Award, and Action/Adventure Challenges.

takingchase

I still have to add examples and links to the theme night.

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My only problem with this is that I think the list thread will get really convoluted with the abundance of sitcoms that will be watched. That structure works really well for the holiday challenge because someone can't marathon an entire series. I'm one of those people that looks through the list thread for movie suggestions and I can see it getting confusing when I'm scrolling through a list of every simpsons episode ever. That said, I'm not completely against this format. My original plan was to format the challenge that way but the more I thought about it the more I started leaning back towards the traditional challenge structure.

100 viewings just seems to be the gold standard for a prize entry on these challenges. I'm not necessarily encouraging that you watch that amount which is why I didn't mention it anywhere else.

Ash Ketchum

Don't forget Hong Kong comedy.

Look for Eric Tsang:


And the Hui brothers:


And Lydia Shum:


Not to mention Jackie Chan:


And Sammo Hung:

takingchase

I love Sammo Hung!

Challenge is officially on. Is anyone else going for a two for one with horror comedy?

Trevor

You know I am! Watching a horror MST3K or two tonight. Work at 7am, but who needs sleep?

Cardsfan111

Currently watching Critters 3 and since I know it's going to be bad, I hope to get to Zombieland as well.

takingchase

I have work in the morning too. A five hour energy and a cup of coffee and I'll be all good when it's time for work.

I'm in the middle of Botched with Stephen Dorf. It's a lot better than I expected so far.

I'm thinking Young Frankenstein is next.