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Naturally, they're all comedies. Some were directed by Ivan Reitman, some by Harold Ramis and John Landis. All great in their own way, some became classics, yet some could have been different with certain other actors cast in the roles.

Chevy Chase never starred with John Belushi.
John Belushi never starred with Bill Murray.

Not an original actor from SNL, but Eddie Murphy was thought of for a role in Ghostbusters (that eventually went to Ernie Hudson), but Murphy was committed to Beverly Hills Cop at the time. And everyone knows that John Belushi was going to be Dr. Peter Veckman, but his sudden demise squashed that (the role went to Bill Murray).

However, Belushi's and Ackroyd's absences from Caddyshack was ominous - Ramis dropped that ball, considering John Landis used the two in 1979's The Blues Brothers. Can't have too much of a good thing, you ask me.

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Best-Animal House

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Gotta go with Stripes

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Ghostbusters

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Bill Murray isn't an original NRFPTP he joined in '77

I voted for animal house.

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caddyshack

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Damn. I've caught bits and parts of most of those movies. But I've only ever 'actually' watched Trading Places (on TV), Ghostbusters (dur) and Blues Brothers (yay).

I guess that I would vote Blues Brothers.

Never knew that trivia about Belushi as Venkman.

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I should have read your post before selecting Caddyshack, one of the funniest films of all time. Now that I know Landis dropped the ball on it, can I change my answer to Nothing But Trouble (Chase, Aykroyd)?

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Other: Quick Change

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It may not be one of the highest grossing SNL movies, but I enjoyed Coneheads immensely. It's a funny movie, and a smorgasbord of early and later SNL cast members:

Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Michael McKean, Kevin Nealon, Jan Hooks, Julia Sweeney, Garrett Morris, Tom Davis, Laraine Newman, Tim Meadows and Jon Lovitz.

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By "original," I meant the first five years of the show.

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Don't know if this is your usual sarcasm or not, but this is easily Murray's funniest movie. :up:

I voted ANIMAL HOUSE, but I could have easily gone TRADING PLACES or CADDYSHACK.

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Talk about sarcasm. :)

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Quick Change is one of my favorite comedies of all time. "It's bad luck just seeing a thing like that."

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Spies Like Us is my all time favorite comedy so that gets my vote(even though it doesn't stand a chance). Behind that though:

1. Spies Like Us
2. Ghostbusters
3. Three Amigos
4. Blues Brothers
5. Vacation

I've been wanting to see a poll that pitts these films against other SNL era's.

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One of my favorite guilty pleasures

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Seeing this list actually exposes something for me. I like the idea of that era for those actors more than I actually like the movies they made. I suppose Caddyshack holds up pretty well, but I re-watched Ghostbusters in '09 and discovered my favorite thing about it is just Ray Parker's song. Never cared much for Chevy Chase's style of comedy, and even though I enjoy a good frat movie every now and again, Animal House never did much for me, either. Still haven't seen Blues Brothers, though.

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Nope. We still can't tell.

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Fixed.

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Voted for Ghostbusters, but Blues Brothers would have been a close second... And another one who thought Coneheads was pretty funny as well.

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1. Quick Change
2. Caddyshack
3. Blues Brothers
4. 1941

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Randy Quaid didn't join SNL until the 80's. -ohbfrank-

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I have a real soft spot for Three Amigos! The one i like most from my birthyear. One of the funniest moments ever was Steve Martin trying to get to his dumb as box pals attention by covering it with bird calls.

"kawww HEY wooo woo hey HEY yoo hoo hoo WAAAAH kawww KAWWW LOOK UP HERE LOOK UP HERE"

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There are some real classics in that list, but for my money Ghostbusters stands up as the most cohesive and enjoyable (and imaginative) of them.

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if we are including Murray then Lost in Translation.

if not, then Ackroyd with Grosse Point Blank,as Caddyshack would be out of running. close second is Ghostbusters.

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I would say 'Lost in Translation' is the best film with one of those people in it.

'Groundhog Day' would be my pick for the best comedy movie.

Edit: Well hell... I should have submitted before going to get a Coke, now I look like damned copycat.

But in reality it is YOU that is the copycat scott1598!!

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I should also say that Steve Martin is funnier than anyone who ever came out of SNL, with the possible exceptions of Bill Murray and Phil Hartman.

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Pre-1992 Steve Martin, sure.

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Which is a big part why Three Amigos! is so good. ;)

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Other: Groundhog Day

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Can I vote for Loose Cannons?

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The Stuff.

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Blues Brothers

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From this list I would say that Stripes is the one I revisit the most often. I think Bill Murray came out of the whole SNL thing best.

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Ghostbusters
Caddyshack
Spies Like Us
Vacation

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SHIT! I put Ghostbusters but completely forgot to even say this was my favorite Murray effort. Good call.

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This is probably true, although I voted for Caddyshack.

Speaking of Belushi, I always enjoyed Continental Divide.

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:) I've even seen it but I still had to look it up to see which cast member you were referring to.

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Foul Play is still my favorite movie from an original SNL member, followed by Blues Brothers.
Never got into Ghostbusters, although Bill Murray has by far had the strongest list of credits.
None of the other SNL alum- past or present- come close.