Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

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.

My New Year's resolution is not to read any posts about Facebook politics. TIA for your cooperation in helping me to reach my goal!

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

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.

Fine. We'll add Canadian Bacon. Are you satisfied now?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Fine. We'll add Canadian Bacon. Are you satisfied now?

My other resolution is to bookmark all the posts that will make Fringey smile to read when she returns.

This does not make the list, despite your desperate and borderline blasphemous allusion to bacon.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

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

no lifetime achievement awards.

So you didn't get "The Meaning of Life"?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

My New Year's resolution is not to read any posts about Facebook politics. TIA for your cooperation in helping me to reach my goal!

sorry. it was a fresh wound. i cut easily but I callous quickly. I will honor your request.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

So you didn't get "The Meaning of Life"?

you said "Even though their best stuff was earlier, both Monty and Woody deserve to have an entre on that list."

that implies to me that you were offering those choices based upon their past work. with Woody Allen, I guess you ain't arguing, plus, once he started fucking his girlfriend's adopted seventeen year old, I have trouble laughing at some of the earlier "genius" movies; one in particular.

On M of Life, I don't think it worth being on the list. It was a great try, but ultimately too uneven. Plus, by then their humor was a bit played out. You're younger than me. Was that the first monty python you saw, because I'd say the first MP thing one sees will be on some top list forever.

[Penske_Account]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

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

By 1. Ghostbusters, does that mean Ghostbusters was funniest. If so, that's a gate to legitimacy for this list and confirms why I gave up my subscription to EW.

Also, thanks for letting me friend you.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Penske_Account

Also, thanks for letting me friend you.

i'm just quoting this to record the day your humor dropped to ggg levels.

cheers!

[Penske_Account]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

My New Year's resolution is not to read any posts about Facebook politics. TIA for your cooperation in helping me to reach my goal!

Twitter in the O-9?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

you said "Even though their best stuff was earlier, both Monty and Woody deserve to have an entre on that list."

that implies to me that you were offering those choices based upon their past work. with Woody Allen, I guess you ain't arguing, plus, once he started fucking his girlfriend's adopted seventeen year old, I have trouble laughing at some of the earlier "genius" movies; one in particular.

On M of Life, I don't think it worth being on the list. It was a great try, but ultimately too uneven. Plus, by then their humor was a bit played out. You're younger than me. Was that the first monty python you saw, because I'd say the first MP thing one sees will be on some top list forever.

If it's some Thursday night, and I feel like watching TV, and have to scroll down into the 300s to find a movie, I'm more likely to sit and watch the Meaning of Life for a while than any of those others, because it still makes me laught. And Monty Python stays fresh through more viewings than anything but Princess Bride.

Crimes and Misdemeanors isn't as funny as vintage Woody. But it's still got "There's Something About Her" by a good bit.

When was "My Cousin Vinny" made? Because that's another one that's wildly hilarious and stands up to many viewings.

[Penske_Account]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

i'm just quoting this to record the day your humor dropped to ggg levels.

cheers!

After having posted on lawyer or law student chat boards on the internets since the UUnet boards back in the early 90s, when I was on the federal dole, npi, yesterday, as noted by Sidd, I acheived my funniest post ever. Two thoughts:

-after a milestone event like that, there is sure to be a dropoff;

-notwithstanding the above, if you perservere, even at a point where you career looks over, even after multiple retirements, your best days can still be ahead of you.

I am like Evander holyfield. With two ears. If he had beaten the Russian dude.

[Penske_Account]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

If it's some Thursday night, and I feel like watching TV, and have to scroll down into the 300s to find a movie, I'm more likely to sit and watch the Meaning of Life for a while than any of those others, because it still makes me laught. And Monty Python stays fresh through more viewings than anything but Princess Bride.

Crimes and Misdemeanors isn't as funny as vintage Woody. But it's still got "There's Something About Her" by a good bit.

When was "My Cousin Vinny" made? Because that's another one that's wildly hilarious and stands up to many viewings.

The original or the remake?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Penske_Account

After having posted on lawyer or law student chat boards on the internets since the UUnet boards back in the early 90s, when I was on the federal dole, npi, yesterday, as noted by Sidd, I acheived my funniest post ever. Two thoughts:

-after a milestone event like that, there is sure to be a dropoff;

-notwithstanding the above, if you perservere, even at a point where you career looks over, even after multiple retirements, your best days can still be ahead of you.

I am like Evander holyfield. With two ears. If he had beaten the Russian dude.

People say Mickey Rourke just did his best work ever, in the wrestler. But it's only because he is so funny looking now, that it's like a train wreck.

think about it.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

If it's some Thursday night, and I feel like watching TV, and have to scroll down into the 300s to find a movie, I'm more likely to sit and watch the Meaning of Life for a while than any of those others, because it still makes me laught. And Monty Python stays fresh through more viewings than anything but Princess Bride.

okay. then say so in the first place next time.

[Penske_Account]

Is the last post of the year measured accoridng to East Coast or West coast time?

Or Hawaii? Does Obama still post here?