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February 25, 2011 4:02 PM   Subscribe

Which movies made you laugh so hard it hurt/made you pee yr pants?

bonus points for also tickling the brain.
posted by Jason and Laszlo to Media & Arts (44 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is basically a chatfilter/survey question. -- jessamyn

 
This is chatfilter and almost certain to get nuked, but my favorite stuff has been stand-up pieces by Louis CK and Patton Oswalt. That shit has be rolling.
posted by disillusioned at 4:03 PM on February 25, 2011


Not exactly a movie, but definitely Venture Bros. The South Park movie, when it came out, was awesome, same as Team America: World Police.

I also used to get stoned before going to the local indie cinema, and laughed my ass off at The Bad Lieutenant (Harvey Keital) and The Good Woman of Bangkok. People actually moved away from where I was sitting. So I used to be a bad person.
posted by KokuRyu at 4:06 PM on February 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


The Gods Must Be Crazy, especially part II.
Jackass.
posted by neuron at 4:06 PM on February 25, 2011


Airplane!
posted by lampshade at 4:10 PM on February 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


This Is Spinal Tap
posted by lukemeister at 4:11 PM on February 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


Wedding Crashers
posted by Sassyfras at 4:12 PM on February 25, 2011


Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, History of the World Pt 1
posted by roger ackroyd at 4:13 PM on February 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


omg.. Spaceballs!
posted by SamanthaK at 4:15 PM on February 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Kenny, Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita, Blazing Saddles.
posted by ceri richard at 4:16 PM on February 25, 2011


Others not yet mentioned: Withnail and I. Hot Fuzz. Bringing Up Baby. Fear of a Black Hat. Life of Brian. Hollywood Shuffle. Kentucky Fried Movie. Brain Candy.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:16 PM on February 25, 2011


Many of the above, plus Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Hangover.
posted by kyleg at 4:18 PM on February 25, 2011


Hangover is the best of the very recent.
posted by oblio_one at 4:18 PM on February 25, 2011


Modern Times.
What! No Beer?
Duck Soup.
posted by paulsc at 4:20 PM on February 25, 2011


While this thread lasts, I'll plug "A New Leaf" with Walter Mathau. I watched it while I was home sick one day. One of the funniest things I ever saw.
posted by bonobothegreat at 4:20 PM on February 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Dumb and Dumber makes the wife and I laugh.

Tommy Boy and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation get me laughing every time.
posted by sanka at 4:21 PM on February 25, 2011


The opening scene of Super Troopers...so good. I almost choked on my popcorn I was laughing so hard.
posted by wondercow at 4:21 PM on February 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


No one has mentioned The Big Lebowski yet?

You are all out of your element.
posted by Sauce Trough at 4:21 PM on February 25, 2011


The Producers
posted by catwash at 4:22 PM on February 25, 2011


Raising Arizona
posted by theredpen at 4:23 PM on February 25, 2011


Super Troopers. So much good stuff.
Airplane!
Top Secret!
All of the Naked Gun movies.
posted by xedrik at 4:24 PM on February 25, 2011


The Full Monty
posted by Jacqueline at 4:24 PM on February 25, 2011


Malibu's Most Wanted
posted by perhapses at 4:25 PM on February 25, 2011


Freddie Got Fingered. but I definitely recommend vetting it yourself before screening it for anybody else, spouses included.
posted by aunt_winnifred at 4:25 PM on February 25, 2011


Life of Brian
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:26 PM on February 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


District 9
posted by a humble nudibranch at 4:27 PM on February 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Airplane!
American Pie and American Pie 2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Spaceballs
posted by SisterHavana at 4:27 PM on February 25, 2011


I know you asked movies, but Blackadder, Seasons 2 & 4 meet the laugh-so-much-I-hurt & tickle-the-brain criteria best for me.

I think the first Ghostbusters & Waiting for Guffman are pretty damn funny, too.
posted by smirkette at 4:33 PM on February 25, 2011


I just remembered the one that made me and my wife almost die of laughter (at the end). Welcome to Collinwood.
posted by perhapses at 4:35 PM on February 25, 2011


District 9
WHAT?
posted by rabbitrabbit at 4:35 PM on February 25, 2011 [3 favorites]


Pee-wees Big Adventure
Mars Attacks
posted by kimdog at 4:36 PM on February 25, 2011


In The Loop
Pineapple Express
Withnail & I
Shaolin Soccer
Shaun of the Dead
posted by turkeyphant at 4:38 PM on February 25, 2011


Get Me to the Greek was surprisingly funny. I actually laughed out loud. Who knew?!
posted by missstoner at 4:39 PM on February 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


The Happening
posted by Kloryne at 4:41 PM on February 25, 2011


(I'm not purposefully being snarky about that either. It really made me gut laugh.)
Also The Room.
posted by Kloryne at 4:42 PM on February 25, 2011


Animal House!
posted by straw at 4:43 PM on February 25, 2011


There's Something about Mary.
The 40 Year Old Virgin
posted by cashman at 4:49 PM on February 25, 2011


This is no chatfilter because there is one correct answer. Clouseau.
posted by Namlit at 4:50 PM on February 25, 2011


harold and kumar go to white castle.
posted by kpht at 4:52 PM on February 25, 2011


I still love A Night at the Roxbury, and I don't care what you think of me.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
posted by easy, lucky, free at 4:52 PM on February 25, 2011


Bachelor Party; Kentucky Fried Movie & all pre-Hot Shots Zucker; Raising Arizona; A Fish Called Wanda; Monty Python & The Holy Grail; This is Spinal Tap; Animal House; Caddyshack; Jackass; The Hangover
posted by mcgordonliddy at 4:58 PM on February 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


If you've never seen The Big Bus, it's the movie Airplane wanted to be, but released 4 years earlier...
posted by paulsc at 4:58 PM on February 25, 2011


It's a Gift

KUMQUATS!
posted by Rat Spatula at 5:02 PM on February 25, 2011


Super Troopers!
posted by OmieWise at 5:13 PM on February 25, 2011


Zoolander
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Airplane!
The Pink Panther (with Steve Martin)

I'm sure there are some that are just slipping my mind at the moment.
posted by Giggilituffin at 5:14 PM on February 25, 2011


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