{"id":8152,"date":"2012-09-11T22:19:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T03:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2012-09-11T22:19:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T03:19:05","slug":"whats-so-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/whats-so-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s so funny?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Research” has determined the ten funniest movies of all time<\/a>. Meh. There are a few minor omissions, such as anything from the Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, Ealing Studios, Mel Brooks or Woody Allen, or movies such as Local Hero<\/em><\/strong> or The Wrong Box<\/em><\/strong>. Most films on the list I have no desire whatsoever to see.<\/p>\n

I’m not that much of a moviegoer, so I can’t authoritatively list the true ten funniest movies ever made. Instead, I present some of my favorite comic movie scenes, only one of which is from a listed movie.<\/p>\n

The mirror scene (Duck Soup<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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Groucho meets Alky Briggs (Monkey Business<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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Raul’s Wild Kingdom (UHF<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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Dr. Pratt (The Wrong Box<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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The cello (Take the Money and Run<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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Frog hunting (The Triplets of Belleville<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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Bonus: Belleville Rendez-vous<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Latin lesson (Life of Brian<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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… and any random scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/em><\/strong>, and all of Laurel & Hardy’s Big Business<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

(Via The Port Stands at Your Elbow<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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