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RULES

Much like the genre I want this challenge to be fun and relaxed so use your best judgment on whether something qualifies. If you’re unsure about a titles genre classification IMDB and Allrovi are excellent references.

There is a separate list thread where you can post what you’ve watched. Be creative and have fun with it. My only request is you must number your list. It will greatly help me tally things up once the challenge is over. Feel free to add other info such as first time viewings, format, and personal goals. It’s not required, these are just things people generally include and I plan on tallying up once the challenge is over.


WHAT QUALIFIES
Movies = 1 entry

Tv shows count according to the length they aired on television (including commercials)
  • 30 minute shows = 1/4 entry
  • 1 hour show = 1/2 entry
  • 2 hour show = 1 entry
Stand up specials = 1 entry | If they are normal running tv shows featuring stand up then they count according to the tv show guidelines. EX. Premium Blend, while standup, would count as Ό entry since it’s a half hour reoccurring tv show.

Any combination of shorts totaling 90 minutes = 1 entry

PRIZES
TBA


HOW TO WIN
Entries will be compiled together and winners will be chosen at random. You can gain entries by:
  • Actively Participate
  • Achieve 100 viewings for the month
  • Finish the checklist
  • Finish the theme night



THE CHECKLIST
Paste this underneath your checklist in spoiler tags. You may use 3 wildcards on any checklist any items.

Watch a film from 10 of the 13 decades of film history:
--- 1890 -
--- 1900 -
--- 1910 -
--- 1920 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
--- 1970 -
--- 1980 -
--- 1990 -
--- 2000 -
--- 2010 -

Watch a film from 5 of the 11 possible ratings:
--- Pre Codes -
--- Hayes approved -
--- G -
--- GP -
--- PG -
--- PG-13 -
--- M -
--- R -
--- X -
--- NC-17 -
--- Unrated Post-codes -

Watch items in at least three formats (DVD, TV, BD, Laser, streaming, HD-DVD, VHS, theatrical, etc)
--- (first format), (title)
--- (second format), (title)
--- (third format), (title)

Watch a short from at least three of these classics: (Stooges, L&H, WC Fields, Little Rascals, Fatty Arbunkle, Harrold Loyd, Max Linder)
--- (first performer), (title)
--- (second performer), (title)
--- (third performer), (title)

Watch a film from at least three of these classics: (Keaton, Chaplin, Lloyd, Hope & Crosby, Abbott & Costello, Marx Brothers, Will Hay, George Formby, Gracie Allen)
--- (first performer), (title)
--- (second performer), (title)
--- (third performer), (title)

Watch a film from at least four of these comedians: (Jerry Lewis, Peter Sellers, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, John Cleese, Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, John Candy, John Belushi, Goldie Hawn)
--- (first performer), (title)
--- (second performer), (title)
--- (third performer), (title)
--- (fourth performer), (title)

Watch a film from at least four of these modern comedians: (Seth Rogan, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrel, Paul Rudd, Simon Pegg, Robin Williams, Danny McBride, Luke Wilson, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Steve Carell, Whoopi Goldberg)
--- (first performer), (title)
--- (second performer), (title)
--- (third performer), (title)
--- (fourth perfemer), (title)

Watch a film from at least five of these writers, directors, or producers: (Frank Capra, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, John Hughes, Kevin Smith, Ivan Reitman, Farrely Brothers, Judd Apatow, Peter Bogdanovich, Leo McCare, Billy Wilder, Paul Mazursky, Wes Anderson, John Landis)
--- (First director/producer), (title)
--- (Second director/producer), (title)
--- (Third director/producer), (title)
--- (Fourth director/producer), (title)
--- (Fifth director/producer), (title)

Watch at least two films with current/ex cast members of Saturday Night Live
--- (first performer), (title)
--- (second performer), (title)

Watch a film and it's sequel
--- (first film)
--- (second film)

--- a National Lampoon film
--- a British film
--- a film with a commentary -
--- a film with a "riff" -
--- a special feature -
--- something animated -
--- something with a major holiday theme -
--- takes place on a vacation -
--- film version of a sitcom or reunion movie -
--- a mockumentary –



THEME NIGHT
You get 1 wildcard to use on any night.
BONUS - Watch 1 entries worth of live TV(doesn't have to be same night) to replace any theme night

November 1 – Blood, guts and humor - Horror comedy
November 2 – Fish out of water
November 3 – Sitcoms
November 4 – TGIF – Workplace comedy
November 5 – Sex/teen comedies
November 6 – Not another theme night – Spoof night
November 7 – Buddy comedy
November 8 – Open mic night – Stand up comedy
November 9 – Slapstick night
November 10 – Modern Night – films from 2000 to present
November 11 – Veteran’s Day – Military theme
November 12 – Made for TV movie
November 13 – Date Night – Romantic comedies
November 14 - Twice the funny – Famous comedy duo’s
November 15 – Sci-Fi comedy
November 16 – Screwball
November 17 – Play ball! – sports night
November 18 – Sketch comedy
November 19 – Stoner night
November 20 – British night
November 21 – Road/Vacation Movie
November 22 – 80’s night
November 23 – crime/caper comedy
November 24 – Eat turkey, watch movies – Holiday themed
November 25 – I take my comedy like I take my coffee – Black comedy
November 26 – Fantasy Comedy
November 27 – Ladies Night – films staring female comedians
November 28 – Memorial night – film featuring deceased celebrity
November 29 – Animation Night
November 30 – Not so rotten tomatoes – 90% or higher on rotten tomatoes

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Re: First Ever November Comedy Challenge discussion/suggestions/comments thread

Originally Posted by takingchase
November is nearing and I'm still serious about starting a Comedy challenge.


"Surely you can't be serious"
Old 10-10-11, 08:27 PM
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My mind is on nothing but horror and Cardinals baseball at the moment, but come November I'm really looking forward to shifting gears. Thanks for starting this up, takingchase.
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Initial interest thread for reference.
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checklist possibilities-

'film from every decade'
'watch a keaton/chaplin/lloyd/hope & crosby/abbott & costello/marx brothers film'
'shorts' - laurel and hardy/the three stooges/fatty arbuckle, etc
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Theme night?
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For the checklist, I like the direction recent Challenges have taken by giving choices on how to fulfill the item/sections. In the Criterion Challenge for example, there were checklist subsections for directors and themes. In directors, there was a list of the ten most represented directors and to complete the checklist you had to watch something by your choice of 5 of them. Criterion has a list of 30 or so themes, and one had to watch films from 5 different ones.

In the Horror Challenge, many of the director and actor checklist categories have two listed and you choose one.

We could extend this to many of the other subsections. Watch items from 10 of the 14 decades of film history. Watch items with 5 of the 10 or so Hays/MPAA ratings in history. Etc.

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Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
Theme night?
Theme nights are a great idea for comedy! Since Takingchase is busy, and I should be busy, perhaps someone else wants to throw that together? We can compile lots of suggestions by talking about here I know.

sitcoms
Saturday morning shows
foreign comedy
theatrical shorts
different decades
current comedy night (watch live TV that day)
spoofs
stand-up
romantic comedies

This wiki article has 19 types with good examples.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
For the checklist, I like the direction recent Challenges have taken by giving choices on how to fulfill the item/sections. In the Criterion Challenge for example, there were checklist subsections for directors and themes. In directors, there was a list of the ten most represented directors and to complete the checklist you had to watch something by your choice of 5 of them. Criterion has a list of 30 or so themes, and one had to watch films from 5 different ones.

In the Horror Challenge, many of the director and actor checklist categories have two listed and you choose one.

We could extend this to many of the other subsections. Watch items from 10 of the 14 decades of film history. Watch items with 5 of the 10 or so Hays/MPAA ratings in history. Etc.
I do very much like the idea of checklists having choices. I'm definitely going to incorporate that as much as possible. I think I'm going to try and do that with as many subsections as I can without shortening the checklist too much.

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
Theme night?
I must say, I'm really enjoying the theme night in the horror challenge right now and would love to try it out for comedy too. Anyone have theme night suggestions?

Originally Posted by Screwadu
checklist possibilities-

'film from every decade'
'watch a keaton/chaplin/lloyd/hope & crosby/abbott & costello/marx brothers film'
'shorts' - laurel and hardy/the three stooges/fatty arbuckle, etc
Great checklist suggestions, thanks.

Keep the suggestions coming! I rely on everyone's input and appreciate it greatly.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
Theme nights are a great idea for comedy! Since Takingchase is busy, and I should be busy, perhaps someone else wants to throw that together? We can compile lots of suggestions by talking about here I know.

sitcoms
Saturday morning shows
foreign comedy
theatrical shorts
different decades
current comedy night (watch live TV that day)
spoofs
stand-up
romantic comedies

This wiki article has 19 types with good examples.
Some more suggestions

Black Comedy
Holiday Theme (for later in the month to coincide with the holiday challenge)
Satire
Physical/Slapstick
Sex/teen comedy
British night
Animation night
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Film versions of sitcoms - Brady Bunch Movie, Sgt Bilko, Car 54 Where Are You, McHale's Navy...

Theme Night - Watch a Hope/Crosby Road movie
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Theme Night: 80's Night or Stoner Night.
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Buddy films - Turner and Hooch, all the other cop with animal partner, the other, other cop with human partner.

Film and sequels
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More checklist suggestions:

Memorial theme - Films starring a deceased celebrity
Vacation theme - films taking place on a vacation (e.g. National Lampoon's Vacation, The Great Outdoors)
Work humor - films taking place at work (e.g. Office Space, Intern Academy)


I'm definitely interested in this, I'd probably actually work harder to complete the checklist if this challenge happened.
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I'm absolutely down for this! I've pretty much abandoned my horror list sadly, I just haven't felt it for the past year or two

But I usually watch a lot of comedy, so I have a feeling I'll be able to do this one pretty well. And since most of the holiday related stuff I watch at the end of the month is comedy it will work out well.
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I might give it a try
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Anime comedy:

Urusei Yatsura ("Those Obnoxious Aliens"), starring the infamous Lum (look her up)

Ranma 1/2 - about a teenaged male martial artist who turns into a girl when doused with cold water

Dragon Ball was a straight-out comedy (before it became Dragon Ball Z), esp. the earlier episodes. I showed one of the early eps., the one that introduced Oolong, in a college course I taught on anime (the class that night was comparing different versions of the Monkey King) and the kids laughed throughout.

Pokιmon - the movies tend to be more serious, but there's sufficient comedy in the regular episodes. I would also single out the Pikachu shorts that used to run with the movies.

Tenchi Muyo - some entries have more comedy than others. I'd focus on parts of the 26-episode Tenchi Universe myself. (The movies are dead serious.)

Shinichiro Watanabe directed both Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Both series have some very funny episodes alternating with very serious ones. If I can find the time to try to make specific suggestions, I will.

So many of the high school/college series, like His and Her Circumstances , Kimagure Orange Road and Love Hina, mix comedy and drama in equal measures throughout their running time that it's hard to determine if they're funny enough to include.

There's a lot more, but this is what I can come up with off the top of my head.

I don't know if there's enough interest to include anime comedy as a checklist item separate and apart from other animated comedy, but I just wanted to let you know it exists.
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I haven't forgotten about this. I'm off Thursday and I'm hoping to completely update the OP and finish up the checklist and theme night. I apologize everything is taking so long, like I said originally this is just the worst timing but I'm still determined to get everything together and on the road with at least a little heads up time for people to plan for the month.
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No worries takingchase. No one expects most of these other Challenges to start off as fancy as Chad makes the Horror Challenge.

On the theme nights, if you have a horror comedy you might want to make it on the first, to allow it to work with the Horror challenge during the ~7 hour cooperation window. And if anything was holiday related, put it near the end of the month for the Holiday Challenge.
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No worries takingchase. No one expects most of these other Challenges to start off as fancy as Chad makes the Horror Challenge.
Exactly. I think I set the bar as low as it goes for any of these challenges. I'd like to do more but mine run at one of the busiest times at work.

If you also wanted to get some sponsors, it's as easy as sending an email to a company and just explaining what you're doing and if they want to contribute anything.
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Doh! I told takingchase I'd email/PM some of the usual suspects of sponsors here. I better do that now.

Edit to add: Perennial Challenge sponsor Hamilton Books (via DVDTalker Goldenwheels) is definitely in as a sponsor. If you have any specific ideas from their catalog let them now Takingchase. Here are some of their items: comedies, rom coms.

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Doh! I told takingchase I'd email/PM some of the usual suspects of sponsors here. I better do that now.

Edit to add: Perennial Challenge sponsor Hamilton Books (via DVDTalker Goldenwheels) is definitely in as a sponsor. If you have any specific ideas from their catalog let them now Takingchase. Here are some of their items: comedies, rom coms.
Thanks for your help Trevor. Since you got them on board whatever you think would be best works for me. I'm sure you have better ideas for it than I would.

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Well, I had some setbacks. For starters, my wife planned a suprise day out on Thursday so I didn't get to finish what I wanted on this. I was getting ready to post the checklist and theme night tonight but my computer decided to crash after about an hours worth of work and my dumb ass never saved the txt file. So frustrating! Luckily I'm off tomorrow and will get the necessary stuff updated then. In the meantime I've finished the banner and uploaded that.

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