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I didn't get to watch anything the first couple of days but was able to get some good watching in today. I rewatched Wet Hot American Summer which I first watched in college while trying desperately to make grain alcohol palatable with things from the fridge. Also, I watched some Mary Tyler Moore and the Lego Star Wars film which was brilliant.

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If I was in my normal Challenge addiction mode I'd be watching WKRP in Cincinnati or 30 Rock.

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Joe E. Brown was, at one time, the top comedy star in the country. He should be must-viewing for this challenge. And let's not forget: Eddie Cantor, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Errol, Charlie Ruggles, Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Lupe Velez, Judy Canova, the Bowery Boys, etc. etc. etc.

Of course, you can always watch IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963) and get a zillion comedy stars in one sitting, including Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, Leo Gorcey, Zasu Pitts, the Three Stooges, William Demarest, Stan Freberg, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and cameo appearances by Jerry Lewis and Jack Benny--and I didn't even name the main stars!

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How about Sid Caesar?

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Oh, and once again:
TIME FOR A STICKY ON THE LIST THREAD!!!!!

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You just have to report the list thread.

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I stumbled across another source for searching for sub-genres of films:

http://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx

If you go to the main page it seems that you have to create an account. At least I couldn't find any way around that requirement. But a google search turned up the link above which gets you to the search page with filter attributes available.

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So "Sex/teen comedies"...

Is this intended to be three types from which to choose - "sex" (The Graduate, Some Like it Hot), "teen" (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Breakfast Club) or "sex/teen" (American Pie, Revenge of the Nerds) *or* JUST one - "sex/teen"? I'm thinking just one - "sex/teen" but looking for clarification so as to widen the search should I so chose.

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I wanted to suggest adding a genre mix into the checklist for next year comedy/horror, action/comedy, etc.

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When I was filling out the theme nights I was thinking more American Pie, Revenge of the nerds genre. That said, if anyone ends up watching something along other lines that's fine since I didn't do that good of a job making it clear what I was thinking.

Just fyi for everyone, a few days ago I started adding links to the theme nights in the main post. They are mostly just random best of list's but it should help with clarification. I only have up till tomorrow linked but I plan on finishing it tonight.

After 9 days in a row of work and spending any free time the past two nights trying to fix my car I'm looking forward to a whole bunch of comedy tonight and tomorrow for my day off.

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This was actually something I had on the checklist originally. I can't believe I forgot to add sub genres when I remade it. I really rushed last minute and it shows.

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Thanks! That's what I thought you meant but it *almost* reads vaguely - or maybe it's just me... :shrug:
Here are a couple of links for parody that return lists of films:

IMDB - this is an advanced search using "feature", "comedy", and parody as a keyword.
FlickChart - with just "parody/spoof" as the filter item.
So it *that* why it's been so quiet in this thread? Everyone's working? Or is it a case of Horror Burnout? :)

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My viewing today took a major hit (at least based on the Horror challenge). My wife and daughter had a yard sale this morning so I got to watch the kids... pretty much all day. My wife *just* got home about 30 minutes ago. The grand kids wanted to play video games instead of watch TV. I'd looked forward to a day of Three Stooges, Little Rascals, and Laurel & Hardy shorts (all of which they love too)... Oh well... Guess I'll have to hit it harder tonight.

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For teen/sex comedy, I watched NIGHT OF THE LIVING DORKS, a German teen sex/horror comedy. Takes place at Friedrich Nietzsche High School where Coach Stalin presides over the Rugby team. This being a German comedy, even the parents and teachers talk about having sex, not just the horny teens. Really bizarre, but I enjoyed it. It was one of the items I didn't get around to watching during the Horror Challenge.

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Another checklist suggestion for next year: Watch a film and its remake.

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Remakes for comedies are usually a thousand times worse than in any other genres.

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A few more possible checklist items for next year:

Watch a comedy in a foreign language
Watch a film that is unintentionally funny
Watch a comedy with music or a musical comedy

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yeah! :mad:

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Checklist question: Does Brüno count as a mockumentary?

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I watched Straight Talk which was quirky fun and worth to $5 to get a surprisingly brilliant BR and The Starter Wife miniseries which I had watched with my Nana when it was first on television. Debra Messing is funny in The Starter Wife but some of the implications were disturbing. If only financial ruin could be averted by selling some chairs... If only it took buying a beach-side house with your divorce settlement to "mature" enough to have a relationship... Despite emotional platitudes and sagely nods of the head, no one seemed to learn a goddamn thing, opting to stay ensconced in the system that initially fucked up their lives. Still, it had some really funny moments.

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do we get 'Wild Cards' ??

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It just says there's 3 for the checklist

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And another for the theme nights.

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Good thing you reminded me of that. I had a family emergency to attend to and didn't fit in my choice for last night's theme, but I did watch a comedy (unrelated to the the daily theme) early yesterday morning so I'll use the wildcard. Hopefully nothing else comes up that screws up my movie watching between now and the end of the month, as I'm trying to plan out in advance what I want to watch for each theme.

I find myself spending more time scheduling upcoming viewings and keeping my lists up to date rather than actually watching the movies, which is why I usually don't bother with the checklists (i.e. Horror/Holiday challenge) and just watch the movies for pleasure.But I hope to change that with this challenge :)

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But then there's this: "BONUS - Watch 1 entries worth of live TV(doesn't have to be same night) to replace any theme night"

This implies you can substitute 2 hours of live comedy TV shows for any theme night as many times as you want.

Are there still nights with 2 hours of uninterrupted comedy programming? Because of commercial glut and "bugs" I gave up regular watching of live TV a few years ago and don't keep up any more.