100 All Time Best Comedies

Recently TimeOut.com posted their choices for the 100 Best Comedies of All Time.  Using just their list, here is my top ten…

• Airplane: The only other movie that made me laugh so hard was Richard Pryor Live… and why didn’t it make the 100 Best list?

• Blazing Saddles: At the time it was one of the craziest movies I had ever seen.  Mel Brooks‘ masterpiece.

• Dr. Strangelove: One of my favorite movies.  It’s not an all-out laugh fest like the first two because of the subject matter.  A masterpiece.

• Arsenic and Old Lace: My favorite Cary Grant movie.  I can watch this one anytime.

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles: I was surprised at how good this movie was.  A comedy with heart and real LOLs.

• National Lampoon’s Vacation: Probably gets bonus points because I have so many fond memories of watching it with my ex-brother in law.  I actually like Christmas Vacation better, but it didn’t make the list!

• Raising Arizona: Nick Cage’s funniest intentionally funny movie.
  

• The Pink Panther Strikes Again: I saw it in a theater back in high school and although it’s not as funny as I remembered it to be, my memories of it are good enough to get it into the top ten.

• The Princess Bride: A classic fairy tale that happens to be pretty dog-gone funny.