I scream, you scream, we all scream for her.
 

Tonight I had some cherry pie that did not taste so good to make me cry. Maybe it's because I am an immature boy stuck in a grown man's body instead of an actual grown man. Or maybe the pie really wasn't that much of a sweet surprise.

The lyrics to that song, as Maude Lebowski would say, are ludicrous.

Swingin' in the living room,
Swingin' in the kitchen.
Most folks don't cause,
They're too busy bitchin'.
Swingin' in there cause,
She wanted me to feed her.
So I mixed up the batter,
And she licked the beater.

What?

Outstanding.

Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

According to EW:

25. WITHNAIL AND I (1987)
24. THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD (1988)
23. AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (1997)
22. OLD SCHOOL (2003)
21. CLERKS (1994)
20. BEST IN SHOW (2000)
19. CLUELESS (1995)
18. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004)
17. TROPIC THUNDER (2008)
16. SUPERBAD (2007)
15. TRADING PLACES (1983)
14. WEDDING CRASHERS (2005)
13. WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (1996)
12. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)
11. THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (2005)
10. DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993)
9. A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)
8. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998)
7. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998)
6. SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT (1999)
5. OFFICE SPACE (1999)
4. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
3. BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984)
2. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983)
1. GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

Take out the following:

Clueless
40 Year Old Virgin (barely laughed)
Wedding Crashers (funny for 15 minutes)
South Park (was funny when it came out, but not really that funny anymore)

Some of these were funny at the time, but aren't quite as funny anymore:

There's Something about Mary (FRANKS AND BEANS!)
Austin Powers (I have to admit, I enjoyed it when I first saw it)

These movies need to be on the list:

The Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Raising Arizona
The Princess Bride
Revenge of the Nerds

My top five would be:

(1) The Big Lebowski
(2) Office Space
(3) Trading Places
(4) Rushmore
(5) The Royal Tennenbaums

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

couple of thouhgts:

1 after tonight you'll have to replace Trading Places. what goes in?
2 Harry Met sally is a comedy? Really?
3 All the mindless SNL drivel on there can stay, but doesn't clerks and napoleon need to be about it.
4 Fargo is funnier than about 10 of these. Of course the laughs are at the expense of minnesotians, but fuck them.
5 Ghostbuster and NLV are not funnier than TBL.
6 why won't you friend me?

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

[keanu]Whoa![/keanu]

More reason to hate NYE.*


*Another is that preparations in times square are a "developing story" per CNN.**


** Maybe that's more a reason to hate CNN.com.

Feed the World
 

I was in Africa for the past week or so and I can report conclusively on a few things:

1. The only water flowing there is NOT the bitter sting of tears. There are some lakes, rivers, etc.

2. There IS snow in Africa at Christmastime. I saw some.

3. The Christmas bells that ring there are NOT the clanging chimes of doom.

I have the feeling that the members of Band-Aid were not as informed as I presumed them to be at the time.

In other news, Santa is black and quite handsome and, as far I could tell, everyone in Kenya voted for Obama.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Re: Feed the World
 

Penis goes where?

Re: Feed the World
 

Did you give them a gift that is greater than life?

Re: Feed the World
 

I note that you did not report on whether they knew it was Christmastime at all.

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

Was the vote limited to adolescents?

Even though their best stuff was earlier, both Monty and Woody deserve to have an entre on that list. Crimes and Misdemeanors would be my choice for Woody; the Meaning of Life is 25 this year (ok, for a few more hours). How about some other non-US stuff? Amelie, The Big Monty, Local Hero? All funnier than half the list.

Princess Bride has to be in the top 5. How about "I Married An Axe Murderer" - Mike Myers's funniest by far.

And thanks for friending me.

Re: A Fairy Tale of FB (serious Wonkage)
 

Heavens, no. Less has never been that desperate!* (Not to mention that I don't do casual sex, being wingnut and all.)

As NB said, it's just unrequited love on the internet.

*He did kiss me once to keep me from having to kiss Paigow, for which I remain truly grateful.

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

by that logic you should add "Dracula Dead and Loving It."

no lifetime achievement awards.

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

I don't friend people. I have to be friended.

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

2 on So I Married an Axe Murderer. -2 for including fancy euro movies.

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

You accuse the list of being tailored to adolescents and then suggest "Axe Murderer"? That movie stunk like ass. A beat poet in 1993 would either starve or be clubbed to death, preferably both. Even Phil Hartman couldn't save it.

What's amazing to me is not that Trading Places is 25 years old, but that Eddie Murphy is now 25 years older than he was when he made Trading Places and 48 Hrs. Leave aside that he hasn't made a funny live action movie in 15 of those years, the man doesn't age.

BTW, Princess Bride is a great movie, but "funny" would only be the fourth or fifth adjective I would use to describe it. If you're making a list of comedies it wouldn't qualify on technical grounds, so its absence from this list is forgivable.

Re: Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years
 

I'm sure. you think I'd give you the chance to deny my request? I'm Hank fucking Chinaski. A man like me cannot be made to look stupid.