Thursday
28Aug2008
'Ghostbusters' Named Top Comedy of the Past 25 Years
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 12:51AM
Entertainment Weekly has named the best comedies of the
past 25 years, so you know what that means: Your opinion doesn't count for
squat, even to yourself. 
No, seriously, shut the eff up - Entertainment Weekly
has spoken. These are the top 25 comedies of the past quarter century. So it is
written, so it shall be done.
All kidding aside, it's a pretty good list, with the
exception of
Beverly Hills Cop being rated so high. It's not funnier than
Spinal Tap.
Sorry. It's just not. Speaking of the Tap,
Christopher Guest
is the King of Comedy, with his co-starring role in that film joining two of his
directorial efforts -
Waiting For Guffman (#13) and
Best In Show
(#20) - on the countdown.
Ben Stiller
and
Vince Vaughn
both placed two films on the list, with
There's Something About Mary
hitting number seven. Curiously,
Tropic Thunder
made the top 20. I loved that movie, but with
Anchorman not cracking the Top 25,
I can't see how Tropic Thunder has already sewn up its legacy in a mere ten
days.
Here's the top ten:
1 -
Ghostbusters
2 -
National Lampoon's Vacation
3 - Beverly Hills Cop
4 - This is Spinal Tap
5 -
Office Space
6 -
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
7 - There's Something About Mary
8 -
The Big Lebowski
9 -
A Fish Called Wanda
10-
Dazed + Confused
For those of you wondering, The Whole Ten Yards just missed the cut; it got
three fewer votes than Agnes of God.












Reader Comments (13)
This list tells me, not enough people saw "thank you for smoking"
Where is Groundhog day???
That, my friend, is an excellent question. I wasn't really thinking of omissions, but perhaps we should. Groundhog Day definitely belongs here.
We could do a Bill Murray top 20.
No we couldn't. It would lose steam fast after about number eight.
What about me!?!? Wasn't I funny? Top 15 at least!
Seriously?
How about: Fletch, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...etc
Hello? Why National Lampoon's Vacation? National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was WAY better.
Tropic Thunder needs to gtfo. If any movie released this year deserves a spot (which, in my opinion, ought to be considered a pretty damn tall order) it was Pineapple Express.
Ghostbusters is a fine choice for #1, though.
umm...Animal House beats every single one of those by miles....not even on the list...you are awful
its all a matter of opinion but i don't know how "dumb and dumber" doesn't make a list of 25. am i the only one who has seen that movie?
Okay, first of all...The Big Lebowski should be number one. That's right, number ONE. A Fish Called Wanda should be two, it's hilarious. This Is Spinal Tap and Office Space are also fantastic, and deserve their respective spots on the list. But come on, Beverly Hills Cop can't even come close to coming close to touching these movies! It seriously wasn't that funny. If films from the 2000's can be included, then The 40 Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Superbad, and maybe even Little Miss Sunshine should be included. Others notables would be Animal House, Plains, Trains, and Automobiles, Mouse Hunt, A Christmas Story, Groundhog Day, and of course, at least ONE MONTY PYTHON FILM deserve to be on the list. I'm really tired of all kinds of magazines, websites, forums, etc. making crappy lists. Cut it out!
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