View Poll Results: best film with original former SNL actors
Meatballs (Bill Murray)
0
0%
Trading Places (Dan Ackroyd)
1
0.83%
Ghostbusters (Ackroyd/Murray)
45
37.50%
Spies Like Us (Dan Ackroyd & Chevy Chase)
2
1.67%
Blues Brothers (John Belushi & Dan Ackroyd)
14
11.67%
Caddyshack (Chevy Chase/Bill Murray)
15
12.50%
Animal House (John Belushi)
19
15.83%
Neighbors (John Belushi/Dan Ackroyd)
1
0.83%
Stripes (Bill Murray)
5
4.17%
Vacation (Chevy Chase)
7
5.83%
Three Amigos (Chevy Chase)
5
4.17%
Other
6
5.00%
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Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
03-24-10, 12:20 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
03-24-10, 08:16 AM
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03-24-10, 09:26 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
I agree. Seems Old Times Like is a great movie.
03-24-10, 09:54 AM
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BLUES BROTHERS, hands-down. Aykroyd and Belushi at their peak. A cause to warm our hearts. A plot that builds and builds and builds to a fantastic and suspenseful comic action climax recalling, for me, one of my childhood favorites, IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. And an unbelievable supporting cast of great American music-makers, including Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lee Hooker and the great man himself, Cab Calloway. Not to mention all the great comic supporting actors, including Henry Gibson, Kathleen Freeman, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Jeff Morris.
03-24-10, 02:02 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
The Blues Brothers is, of course, the right answer, but Fletch should probably be on that list somewhere.
03-24-10, 02:06 PM
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03-24-10, 02:08 PM
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A great parody would be having all the former SNL stars reprising the "Dan Aykroyd role" in Driving Miss Daisy. Here's the line they'd have to deliver: "You're a doodle, mama."
03-24-10, 02:12 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
No love for Meatballs? The crazy sex-crazed camp counciler "with a heart of gold." He stands up for Rudy (the rabbit), inspires him to run! To have the underdog win the race and win all the kids at camp as his friend! All in what seemed to be the 2nd to last day of camp.
03-24-10, 02:27 PM
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No love for Meatballs 2?
The story of Flash, a tough, inner city punk, and Meathead a naive and kindly alien, and their crazy misadventures at Camp Sasquash over the summer.
The story of Flash, a tough, inner city punk, and Meathead a naive and kindly alien, and their crazy misadventures at Camp Sasquash over the summer.
03-24-10, 03:20 PM
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03-24-10, 03:27 PM
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03-25-10, 04:34 AM
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Ghostbusters, The Jerk, The Blues Brothers, Fletch and Beverly Hills Cop are all genuine classics -- they're all both very funny comedies, and legitimately compelling movies. Once you've seen those five films, anything else is just icing on the cake.
03-25-10, 06:33 AM
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03-25-10, 06:50 AM
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03-26-10, 03:55 PM
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Can't believe there's not more love for Animal House. My favorite of all time (maybe tied w/ MP & Holy Grail).
From the list (some of my all-time favorite comedies):
1. Animal House
2. Caddyshack
3. Stripes.
and not as funny, but still entertaining
4. Trading Places
5. Ghostbusters
6. Vacation
7. Meatballs
8. Blues Brothers
Three Amigos and Neighbors are OK, but not great.
However, I've never seen "Spies Like Us". I did see an ad for it on WGN and it looked really good -- "Doctor ... doctor .... doctor ... doctor ... doctor ... doctor ... doctor ... "
From the list (some of my all-time favorite comedies):
1. Animal House
2. Caddyshack
3. Stripes.
and not as funny, but still entertaining
4. Trading Places
5. Ghostbusters
6. Vacation
7. Meatballs
8. Blues Brothers
Three Amigos and Neighbors are OK, but not great.
However, I've never seen "Spies Like Us". I did see an ad for it on WGN and it looked really good -- "Doctor ... doctor .... doctor ... doctor ... doctor ... doctor ... doctor ... "
