My kind of comedy
Like it says in the title! No real order, just added as I remember them. A comedy should be focused on one important thing: BEING FUNNY AT ANY COST. Nothing else matters, not drama, not story, it doesn't even matter if it makes sense. Am I laughing? Yes or no? Is there anything else about it that's getting in the way of my laughing? If it's funny, that's enough, but if it successfully does anything else, like reveals the meaning of life, that's just a nice bonus. Some people might find it funny when something terrible or shocking is said or when something disgusting is shown, but not me.
You may notice a lot of more recent popular comedy movies are missing here. I've seen many, many comedies released in the past few decades, including the most popular ones, but they honestly rarely make me laugh. Maybe I've just been too spoiled by the comedy brilliance of older stuff (it's hard to top Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Cary Grant, Bugs Bunny, Tex Avery, etc). Seriously, the further back in time you go the more likely you are to find the funniest stuff. In recent decades, it's been TV shows, cartoons, and foreign films that are more funny, and they're obviously inspired by the comedy of old classics.
You may notice a lot of more recent popular comedy movies are missing here. I've seen many, many comedies released in the past few decades, including the most popular ones, but they honestly rarely make me laugh. Maybe I've just been too spoiled by the comedy brilliance of older stuff (it's hard to top Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Cary Grant, Bugs Bunny, Tex Avery, etc). Seriously, the further back in time you go the more likely you are to find the funniest stuff. In recent decades, it's been TV shows, cartoons, and foreign films that are more funny, and they're obviously inspired by the comedy of old classics.
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- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsEileen BrennanTim CurryMadeline KahnSix guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.Maybe my favorite live-action comedy movie of all time.
- CreatorRowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerRobin DriscollBumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.I might dare to call this the greatest comedy series of all time.
- CreatorBob BoyleStarsRowan AtkinsonSally GraceJon GloverA clueless yet clever loner bungles his way through life in London.As Mr. Bean humor its nowhere near as good, but as its own cartoon series its great and still pretty funny. Great for kids, but it's just as fine for them to watch the live action.
- DirectorSteve BendelackStarsRowan AtkinsonWillem DafoeSteve PembertonMr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love.SOOO much better than the terrible first movie. Still not as funny as the TV show though.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsSanjay DuttUrmila MatondkarParesh RawalNandu, a small-time thief, is assigned to smuggle an unknown packet for a petty amount. With the police pursuing him, Nandu has to elude them and deliver the packet on time.Chako! Chako! MERE DADA BHOHOT BHADE SHIKHADI THAY!! BHOHOOT BHADEE!!!!!
- DirectorMehul KumarStarsAmitabh BachchanNana PatekarTabuMajor Ajit is sent to nab ex-Army officer Colonel Sodhi, who is hiding in the guise of Devraj Hathoda.The comedy style in this is so good, so hilarious, so unique, especially for an Indian film. Instantly made me a Nana Patekar far even as a kid. I was already an Amitabh Bachan fan from Sooryavansham.
- CreatorKeiichi AraiStarsShizuka FuruyaHiromi KonnoMariko HondaFollow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal.I swear I almost died laughing at some points.
- StarsTomoko KanedaYuki MatsuokaChieko HiguchiA humorous and highly unpredictable animated series following a group of high school girls and their teachers.HERRO EBURI NYUN! HAO AA YU? FAIN TSANKYUU! ......... OH MAI GAA!
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisBill StrotherA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.Whatever it is, I'm against it!
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.There ain't no sanity clause!
- StarsHiroshi KamiyaKatsuyuki KonishiKen'ichi SuzumuraHachimitsu Academy, once an all-girls school, has become co-ed, and teen Kiyoshi is one of five boys to enroll. When he is caught peeping, Kiyoshi is sent to the schools prison, where his punishment is carried out.The manga was already insanely hilarious, and the anime adapted it all perfectly.
- StarsTaishi NakagawaHirona YamazakiAoi MorikawaThe student council places 5 male students in a prison on charges of peeping on the girls in the showers, and they struggle to escape.It's amazing how well this translated to live action... the casting is perfection and each actor is hilarious, even (and especially) Asana Mamoru... a gravure model!
- StarsTakahiro SakuraiBen PronskyTakuma SuzukiA satire comedy of a misfit high school with punks, robots, gorillas and much more.I had never seen a comedy like this before and I don't think I've seen any since. It's so insane. It's not trying to do anything but be funny, at any cost... no real story, no sense, nothing but pure comedy.
- StarsEric ValeCole BrownChihiro SuzukiIn the future, Japan is a wasteland with scattered humans in the Great Kanto Desert. A short-statured man named "Sunabozu" makes a living as a bounty hunter, but he has a weakness for the opposite sex.
- StarsYuri LowenthalLiam O'BrienCristina ValenzuelaA jungle boy named Hare becomes a companion of a strange girl named Guu who apparently has a strange world inside of her stomach.I love how this show aired the same year that Kirby's anime aired.
- CreatorJim HensonJack BurnsStarsJim HensonFrank OzRichard HuntKermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode.BEAKER!!! MIMIMIMIMIIMIMI. I can't tell you how much pure joy beaker gives me just by looking at his silly long face. I tried to make a Beaker of my own using a towel paper carboard tube but it didn't work out.
- CreatorJamie ShannonStarsAli EisnerJamie ShannonJason HopleyA small girl has adventures in her grandmother's back yard.This a Canadian show is about a girl not even old enough to go to school, made for toddlers, and I first watched it in 1999 when I was 11.... I couldn't stop laughing. I couldn't wait to tell my friend at school about it and he had been watching the show too and thought it was hilarious. We imitated the show all the time. I remember once my friend made me almost die laughing when he told me he saw an episode where Grandma called Mona to eat, or something, and Mona just turned around slowly and said in a deep, normal voice "YES? WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME?" hahahaha, that still make me laugh just thinking about it... I kept looking for that moment in the show but never found it, I'm sure he made it up.
- CreatorJohn KricfalusiBob CampJim GomezStarsJohn KricfalusiBilly WestHarris PeetRen, a psychotic Chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a dimwitted Manx cat who goes by the nickname Stimpy, have a host of unusual adventures.I DONT LIKE GROSS OUT HUMOR! And yet the rest of this show is so hilarious to me that I'm willing to ignore all the stuff I don't like. But there's no denying that this is the first modern cartoon to rightfully take heavy inspiration from Tex Avery and Bob Clampett but also created its own style that was essential to the existence of future cartoon megahits like Spongebob or almost any cartoon on Cartoon Network.
- CreatorJohn KricfalusiStarsJohn KricfalusiEric BauzaMike KricfalusiThe Chihuahua and Cat duo return for more adventures, but this time they are more adult-oriented.Yes there's even more gross out humour than the original series, but it's still pretty hilarious and well animated! The only reason it gets a bad rep is because of the "adult content" and on top of that, in a show people saw as "made for kids". It's the same style and kind of humour as the original show, just dialed up to 11 in grossout and with more "adult" humour.
- 19429mApproved7.1 (1.8K)ShortDirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetJohn McLeishThree fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys.Might be the funniest cartoon short of all time. And it even predated Tex Avery's most insane shorts, while being equally, if not more insane.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerDaws ButlerThe characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.CLASSIC. The animation and humor in this is timeless and it's so obvious that 90% of the best comedy cartoons in the past 30 years, since Ren & Stimpy, have been influenced by this and other Tex shorts.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigBored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerA jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his way. Much of this cartoon is a remake of Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952).Droopy may just be my favourite cartoon character ever, along with Felix. I first got acquainted with him in Tom & Jerry Kids, which is a great show, but nothing compares to the original by Tex. It was amazing when I found out how far back his history went when I thought he was just a creation of the 90s.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.The first cartoon featuring Droopy the Dog. Of course it's a classic and still hilarious today!
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancTedd PierceBabbit and Catstello, take-offs on Bud Abbott and Lou Costello try to catch the little Tweety bird, using everything from stilts to dynamite. Trouble is, the tiny bird has a vicious streak in him.I'm so glad my uncle had a VHS of some of the most classic cartoons ever, and this was on it! I was watched this every time I went over to his place, since I was very, very young, until my teens. It's still funny to me.
- CreatorOtto MessmerJoseph OrioloStarsKevin SchonPhilip Maurice HayesThom Adcox-HernandezThe beyond surreal adventures of Felix The Cat and his friends set in an incredibly weird and fantastical toon world where everything is alive and only dream logic rules. Each episode has three segments.This was one of my most favourite shows as a kid. Endlessly entertaining and with an awesome intro and theme music. I never felt like I was wating time watching it, it was always funny and he was the first character I liked even more than Bugs or Mickey.
- CreatorJim DavisStarsLorenzo MusicThom HugeGregg BergerStories about Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into, and Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with fellow farm animals.I'm weird... I hate Mondays, yeah, but I never actually loved Garfield... I mean, love Garfield but not the cat himself! I guess Garfield is the first comedy I've ever seen that's like Seinfeld - the protagonist isn't such a great guy but that's part of what makes it all funny. Garfield showed the world that you could have new ideas in "animal" slapstick cartoons that doesn't require violence (but it still has that anyways, lol). Like, instead of being chased by a dog who wants to get rid of him or something that wants to eat him, he's instead chased by a clown who's annoying him to death.
I don't remember liking the Orson shorts that much as a kid, though. Even then, with that intro alone, this show was always like a party. It was one of the shows that made me wish I was at home and watching whenever I felt down at school. - CreatorCraig McCrackenStarsCathy CavadiniElizabeth DailyTara StrongThree super-powered little girls constantly save the world (or at least the city of Townsville) from monsters, would-be conquerers and a few other gross things.
- CreatorGenndy TartakovskyStarsKath SoucieJeff BennettChristine CavanaughThe misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister.Omlet du Fromage.
- CreatorRobby LondonPhil HarnageStarsBilly WestLee TockarIan James CorlettLaugh along with a variety of wildly original characters in classic animated shorts that will keep you guessing what wacky adventure is next.Most Tex fans may consider it blasphemous, but this show was my introduction to the name "Tex Avery". It's why I knew even as a kid in the 90s that his name was legendary. Once I got the internet and looked up the show, I found out that he was a real person and was the biggest influence behind most of my favorite comedy cartoons. Then I saw my first real Tex cartoon, Red Hot Riding Hood, and I was literally floored. I still actually love this homage show too, even if it can't compare to Tex's real work, but then that's a very high bar!
- A Cartoon Network segment showcasing animated shorts directed by Tex Avery.
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsAnna FarisBill HaderBruce CampbellA local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know that things are about to take a turn for the worst.This may be the only CG animated film I'll ever add to this list. It's the only one that makes me laugh! Why is this not considered an animated classic yet Despicable Me is??
- CreatorAndy BorowitzSusan BorowitzStarsWill SmithJames AveryAlfonso RibeiroA streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.I still remember how this show made me laugh until I almost couldn't breath. So many iconic moments. Will Smith was funnier than most American actors known to be "comedians", yet he gave it up as he got older, unfortunately. The kind of animated humor he was known for is probably not suitable for an older dude, I guess. But for me, when it comes to the most funny live action characters of all time, for me, Will Smith is up there with Mr. Bean and Ernest, or even Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Groucho Marx.
- StarsPankaj KapurDeven BhojaniSanjay MishraThe show follows the comedy of a man struggling to get his work done in corrupt offices.When I had Indian channels on Satellite TV, this was one of the few shows that actually caught me and I couldn't get enough of (the only other one I can even think of right now is CID). Probably the "Seinfeld" of India, the greatest Indian comedy TV show ever made, and I'm so glad I got to watch it like people in India did as it was airing.
- DirectorK. Muralimohana RaoStarsVenkatesh DaggubatiRaveena TandonGovardhan AsraniA simpleton Suraj stays in a small house with his widowed mother his friend Pandu and a Gopalji when he was a kid his family owned a huge place known as Swarna palace which went into debts.Suraj has no means of income but he wants to gift back the palace to his mother and can to anything for it doesn't matter if he has to join hands with local goon Chota Raavan.Lily is a rival of Chota Ravan whom Suraj loves but she doesn't care for him.In the universe Yamraj and Chitragupt loose and important book called Bhavishyavani which has details of every human being living on earth the book falls into Suraj's house and his luck starts after he sees his future he soon becomes a millionaire and gifts his mother Swarna palace while Lord Dharma takes all powers of Yamraj and Chitragupt and asks them to go on earth and find the book within a month if they fail all their life they will have to live on earth as human beings.One day Raja opens the book to see his future and is shattered after reading that his mother will die tonight,will Raja be able to save his mother after seeing the future and how will Yamraj and Chitragupt find the book on earth.YUM HAIN HUM! Khader Khan is an Indian comedy legend!
- DirectorKuku KohliStarsGovindaRaveena TandonSimranA waiter and his girlfriend devise a plan to kidnap a rich man who is his look-alike. But things go awry when they get trapped in their own plan.There's a whole song and dance number that's just full of laughing.
- DirectorDavid DhawanStarsGovindaUrmila MatondkarNagmaRaju meets Urmila in New Zealand. They have a fast romance and things are going well until Raju must make a trip back to India. While he is there, he meets Sharmila, pregnant and jilted by her boyfriend. He agrees to pretend to be her husband for her family, dump her in front of them so they will take her back after they see how unreasonable he is. The masquerade goes smoothly until Urmila appears and thinks she's been jilted. Which leads to conflict between the couple that may last for a lifetime.Next to Daud, this movie is probably the funniest that Urmila has ever been.
- DirectorJyoti SwaroopStarsSunil DuttSaira BanuMehmoodA simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
- DirectorB.H. Tharun KumarStarsVikas KalantriAnuj SawhneyAslam KhanThree young men, who are all of a marriageable age, get their hopes up on marriage, when a beautiful young woman comes to live in their neighbourhood. All three of them try a hand at romancing her, and only one succeeds.Yeh toh pagal khaana hain~
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers....RIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND! *watermelon falls out of nowhere and splats*
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.Cary Grant's face, reactions, and movements in this alone are comedic genius, yet he's not remembered as a great comedian when he's one of the funniest people ever filmed.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. LynnDue to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.I'm pixelated for this movie!
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsSancho GraciaÁngel de Andrés LópezCarmen MauraJulián Torralba is a former movie stuntman in Almeria, Spain. He and several of his colleagues, who once made a living in American Westerns shot in Spain, now are reduced to doing stunt shows for minuscule audiences on the decaying set built for those old Westerns. Julián wrestles with dark memories of the death of his son, also a stuntman, and with estrangement from his daughter-in-law Laura and her son Carlos. Carlos, a young boy, becomes intrigued with his late father's life and runs away to join Julián and his band of has-beens. There Carlos is initiated into the rambunctious life of these hard-drinking faux cowboys. But when Laura, a powerful executive looking for a new site for a tourist resort, learns that Carlos has joined the hated Julián, she moves to destroy even this remnant of Julián's once-proud career. Julián and the cowboys decide to fight back the only way they know how.
- DirectorBruce RobinsonStarsRichard E. GrantPaul McGannRichard GriffithsIn 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.Just to show how funny I think this movie is... I hate hearing the F-word, and this movie is full of it, but I still think it's one of the most smartly funny, well written comedies of all time.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.This show has been with me for nearly my whole life and has affected me more than probably any other show on this list. It never fails to make me laugh, ever since the first episode I ever watched. I EVEN LIKE THE NEW EPISODES! Yeah they're not as good as the classics, but they still make me laugh. One of the last gut-busting moments was when Homer tried to use Lenny's head as a puzzle piece.
- CreatorDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey SagalPhilip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.I think I actually like this show even better than The Simpsons!
- StarsTed LewisMadeleine BlausteinJerry LobozzoKirby crashes onto Planet Popstar and befriends the villagers that live In Cappytown. Unfortunately, King Dedede, the greedy ruler and Escargon, his assistant, aren't happy with that and do whatever they can to drive him out.POYO!
- CreatorChuck AustenChris MoellerStarsStephen RootMaurice LaMarcheJohn MelendezTripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. The universe is modeled largely after the Star Trek universe, with references to "warp drive" and "transporter beam" technology, occasional time travel, the Federation and the Vulcans. The series also includes elements borrowed from other sources such as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Battlestar Galactica. The general setting is that known space is politically divided between two superpowers: the Confederation (led by Humans, and a parody of the Federation from Star Trek) and the Dark Clown Empire (a parody of the Galactic Empire from Star Wars). The Dark Clown Empire is a totalitarian, tyrannical police state, led by the evil Darph Bobo. In contrast, the Confederation is technically a democratic and free society, but in practice, is dominated by mega-corporations and bloated bureaucracies. Ultimately, both superpowers end up exploiting and restricting their inhabitants, albeit in different ways. For example, the value placed on life is so commercialized in the Confederation that clearly sentient robots and androids are reduced to essentially slave-status. The Dark Clown Empire practices actual slavery, and while the Confederation does not, most of its inhabitants (including the Human ones) are openly described as living in wage slavery. The only place that anyone can truly be free is in the border region between the two superpowers, which is directly controlled by neither. This borderland is known as "the Rift", hence those outlaws on the fringes of society who cling to their freedom by moving back and forth around the Confederation/Dark Clown Empire border to evade detection are said to be "Tripping the Rift." The series follows one such group of outlaws led by Chode aboard the Spaceship Bob, taking odd-jobs and usually pursuing various get-rich-quick schemes.One of the lesser funny shows on my list, but still funny. As far as "adult humor" animated shows go, I like it way more than Family Guy or South Park, but much less than The Simpsons or Futurama. In a weird way, since its Canadian, and because of Six, this kind of feels like a series related to ReBoot, lol.
- CreatorGavin BlairJohn GracePhilip MitchellStarsMichael DonovanKathleen BarrGarry ChalkIn the inner computer world of Mainframe, a guardian program sprite and his friends defend the system from threats from viruses and the User.Not known as a comedy, but the first two seasons are full of hilarious moments. Probably the funniest episodes were the Dungeons & Dragons parody or episode 3.1 (the Evil Dead and Resident Evil parody) or the Nullzilla episode.
- CreatorEd FerraraKevin MurphyStarsPeter ScolariBarbara Alyn WoodsHillary TuckWayne Szalinski is a clumsy genius who comes up with new gadgets and experiments all the time. But something usually goes wrong and gets him and his family into trouble, danger and fantastical adventure.ONE NAME: FWUFFY.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.I didn't start liking this show until it was almost done airing, by which point I was old enough to know it even existed. At first I didn't like it because all the characters are terrible people... Kramer is why I liked it the most as a kid, especially when his hair got caught on fire, but in my teens I started to appreciate the rest of the humor. You'd be crazy not to admit this is one of the most intelligently written comedies of all time.
- StarsGiancarlo CaltabianoLucinda DavisMelissa GalianosWelcome to Upper Redwood High where students share in the sensational experience of hosting and collaborating on a school radio show together called Radio Active. Chaos is found around every turn, as is Miss Atoll, the sneaky Principal.It's a travesty that this isn't seen as a Canadian TV comedy classic.
- CreatorGlenn EichlerSusie LewisStarsTracy GrandstaffWendy HoopesJulian RebolledoA smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults.If you want intelligent and witty humor, this show is a goldmine.
- CreatorTom RueggerStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleThe zany adventures of a trio of 1930s animated characters in the modern world.ANVILANIA~ Funnel Caaaaake... haha!
- DirectorAransumiKiyotaka OhataStarsAkeno WatanabeMiwa OhshiroMasumi AsanoThe story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club, which is populated only by women, several of whom have enormous breasts.It's too bad people attack this show for the obvious, typical reasons... ITS SUPPOSED TO BE A RIDICULOUS COMEDY, PEOPLE. The manga is much more funny, not to mention better in every other way, but the anime captured the same humor in its few short minutes. Kirika always makes me laugh, there was just no other female character like her by that time and I don't think there's been any like her since.... she's absolutely insane, and yet not insane at all.
- StarsLuci ChristianBrad SwaileJocelyne LoewenMaya the Goddess of Vaccine World has to send Mugimaru to Earth to find someone who will accept the Vaccine World and turn into Magical Nurse. He finds Komugi Nakahara to fight Ungrar.
- DirectorIku SuzukiStarsYuri ShiratoriMiki ItôTomokazu SekiMari Amachi is a very devout Christian who transfers to Perfect Religion Academy. A school devoted to all religions of the world in effort to make it's students the next world leaders in religion.C'mon, most people would laugh just reading the title! Right...?
The Buddha gives a girl powers to destroy evil with her butt. Yes it's hilarious, unless you're a prude. Otherwise just go and watch some standup with lots of cussing punching-down, I guess.
It's amazing how few people saw this. I don't get why anime like Excel Saga was a hit but OVAs like this weren't and ended up becoming obscure bargain bin DVDs. These even got western releases and dubs! You could get it for dirt cheep, I think I got my DVD for $3. Now you can even find it online, I think. Yet so few reviews and such low reviews... makes no sense to me.
Now anime like this are just desperate fodder for "reviewers" who make a living out of trying to make anime versions of MST3K. - DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAlec GuinnessPeter SellersFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.Again, if the title alone makes you laugh, that's a good sign. It actually reminds me a lot of Clue, but Clue is funnier.
- StarsKotono MitsuishiTakehito KoyasuJason DouglasIlpalazzo wants one thing: to rule world so he can better it. Excel just wants to help. Too bad she sucks at her job.If you're looking for a weird anime... do I need to finish this sentence? You know what you're getting with that title. For some reason this is the only anime with insane and lewd humor from the 90s/2000s that actually got mainstream success and critical acclaim. Personally, I love every comedy anime like this one, so far as I've seen, as they always make me laugh. I actually saw the follow up to this anime first, Puni Puni Poemy, which may be even more insane.
- StarsCynthia MartinezBrett WeaverMonica RialThis is a 2-part OAV spin off of the Japanese anime series "Excel Saga". Shinichi Watanabe returns to deliver some of the most outrageous, outlandish, series that parodies the magic girl anime (ie: Sailor Moon). However, this thing has a lot of perverted humor including 10-year old lesbians, incest, and lots more. You have been warned!This may be even weirder than Excel Saga.
- StarsKae ArakiShigeru ShibuyaNezumiKeisuke Saji is a horndog looking for love. Akira Koizumi is an ice queen with a hidden naughty streak. Together they make a "cool" ("iketeru" in Japanese) couple.MY COSMOS IS BURNING UP!! The main character is a jerk and focusing on the wrong girl (imo) but it's no denying that it's hilarious how this guy keeps trying so hard no matter how much life (and the girl of his dreams) beats him down.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsNihad AdemiMike BellTimna Ben AriWinnipeg, 1939: Bosnian immigrant Nihad Ademi conceives of a way to harness the power of the Aurora Borealis in order to broadcast imagery of his vast and beloved adopted land from coast to coast to coast.ADEMI!!! One of the strangest documentary shorts I've ever seen.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryBea BenaderetThis starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.
- StarsFrank WelkerDon MessickCharlie AdlerAn updated version of the classic Tom & Jerry cartoons from 1940s/ 1950s. The 'kids' in these cartoons are far less violent than their parents were, but still find ways to cause plenty of trouble for each other and everyone else around them. The show also features other Tex Avery characters such as Droopy and Spike, along with their kids.Funny enough, I watched this show around the same time I watched The Wacky World of Tex Avery, and looking back, this show actually homaged Tex's work better. I like how they made Miss Vavoom a recurring character with an actual name, who's obviously inspired by Red Hot Riding Hood and Swingshift Cinderella, and some much needed female comedic representation in the world of male dominated cartoon comedians, lol (other than her it's just, what, Betty Boop? Peppy Le Pew's love interest? so unfair).
- CreatorAlan SmartStarsCharlie AdlerJohn KassirTress MacNeilleThe wacky adventures of the new young hip generation of Warner Brothers Looney Tunes characters, most of them descendants of the original classic toon cast.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBugs Bunny takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque and winds up in a Mexican bullring fighting one heck of a big bullying bull.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancErrol FlynnWhile stealing a carrot in Sherwood Forest on the king's property, Bugs gets caught by the sheriff. Bugs tricks the sheriff into letting him go, but not before he plays pranks on the hapless lawman.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.In real life, I had this amazingly perfect old barber who always played classical music from his radio. One day, I was getting a haircut from him, and The Barber of Seville's famous music came on the radio, the same music from this bugs bunny short, and I just started laughing in the barber chair. He asked me what was wrong with me. One of the best moments in my life.
- DirectorAbe LevitowStarsMel BlancJune ForayShakespeare is all ears as Bugs battles Witch Hazel in Macbeth's castle.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancBen FrommerJulie BennettBugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDaffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDaffy Duck and Bugs argue back and forth whether it is duck season or rabbit season. The object of their arguments is hunter Elmer Fudd.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanThe final installment of the "Hunting Trilogy" once again has Elmer out hunting, while Bugs and Daffy try to con him into shooting the other.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancWhen Bugs calls a cab he doesn't know it's the getaway car for a couple of bankrobbers (he does know the capital of Nevada).
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancStan FrebergJohn T. SmithWhile vacationing in the Ozark Mountains, Bugs Bunny encounters Curt and Pumpkinhead Martin, two dimwitted hillbillies who are duped by Bugs into a violent square dance.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsVinod KhannaRishi KapoorAmitabh BachchanThree brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya PradaRanjeet BediA workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.
- DirectorNabh Kumar 'Raju'StarsGovindaUrmila MatondkarDimple KapadiaDevyani is a woman's activist, and a social worker, living in Bombay for several years. She has a younger sister, Radhika, who is of marriage age. Devyani would prefer Radhika be independent, financially and otherwise, rather than be dependent on a male. When Rahul Kumar comes to live in the neighborhood, he is instantly attracted to Radhika, but has to prove himself to her sister first.The goat and balcony scene....
- DirectorRaman KumarStarsSadashiv AmrapurkarRakesh BediKajal ChakrabortyRaja saves the life of a young girl, Radha, with amnesia. Over time, they decide to marry each other. When Radha's parents find her and get her treated, she has no memory of Raja or their marriageI still laugh thinking of Aarti's acting in this, it's just too bad it was mimicking a mentally ill person. Also the fight scene where Govinda keeps disappearing to avoid getting hit until suddenly he somehow teleports into an airplane.
- DirectorShashilal K. NairStarsShah Rukh KhanJackie ShroffJuhi ChawlaWhen a cop's partner is killed in the line of duty, he assumed guardianship of his orphaned children while investigating the murder.I still remember my whole family laughing like crazy at Juhi Chawala's scenes.
- DirectorIndra KumarStarsAamir KhanAjay DevgnJuhi ChawlaTwo rich friends, hating the poor, were challenged by their children's love lives. Thus starts the war between love and money.Only the first half is a comedy, but what a comedy. Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawala are one of the funniest couples ever, second only to Sanjay and Urmila.
- DirectorManoj AgrawalStarsGovindaRani MukerjiJohny LeverRaj, a detective, goes on a Europe trip for his friend's case. During the trip, he falls in love with Anjali, who is impersonating her best friend. Their journey together ensues romance and comic confusion.Me, my brother, and cousins mimicked so much from this movie.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMary PickfordWilliam HainesWalter JamesThe tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood is threatened by a dangerous street gang.
- DirectorPaul PowellStarsMary PickfordWharton JamesKatherine GriffithAn orphan's optimistic outlook brings a change to the ill-tempered town in which she resides to her aunt.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsMary PickfordMadlaine TraverseCharles WellesleyThe wealthy but selfish parents of a lonely young girl begin to rethink what is important to them after a servant's irresponsibility results in a crisis.
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsMary PickfordAlbert AustinHarold GoodwinA London laundress attempts to rise above her station in order to capture the love of a wealthy young man, thus missing out on the truer love of one of her own class.
- DirectorErnst LubitschRaoul WalshStarsMary PickfordHolbrook BlinnIrene RichRosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
- DirectorDanny LeinerStarsAshton KutcherSeann William ScottJennifer GarnerTwo potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.I avoided this movie for a few years, and when I finally saw it I was shocked that I actually liked it and found it pretty funny. It's surprisingly weird and pretty ridiculous.
- DirectorFran Rubel KuzuiStarsKristy SwansonDonald SutherlandPaul ReubensFlighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
- DirectorMototsugu WatanabeStarsMako TakigawaYukijirô HotaruKyôko HashimotoDoctor Sawaru Ogenki and his nurse Ruko Tatase run the Ogenki Clinic and they help patients solve their sexual problems.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJane RussellMarilyn MonroeCharles CoburnShowgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsJane RussellJeanne CrainAlan YoungTwo Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York, as well as getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJason RobardsStella StevensDavid WarnerA hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
- DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsMarilyn MonroeLaurence OlivierRichard WattisAn American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.As far as Monroe comedies go, this is probably at the top. Funnier than Some Like It Hot, imho.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTom EwellEvelyn KeyesWhen his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor.Along with Prince and the Showgirl, definitely one of the funnier Monroe movies.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.Has to be one of the more elaborately funny short films ever made. It never ceases to amaze me how cartoon-like real life people in silent films could be. These real people were predecessors to cartoon characters, its mind blowing.