'Ghostbusters' Named Top Comedy of the Past 25 Years

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.

Comments

[Orinn]

This list tells me, not enough people saw "thank you for smoking"

[Montana]

Where is Groundhog day???

[Get The Big Picture]

That, my friend, is an excellent question. I wasn't really thinking of omissions, but perhaps we should. Groundhog Day definitely belongs here.

[Spud]

We could do a Bill Murray top 20.

[Get The Big Picture]

No we couldn't. It would lose steam fast after about number eight.

[Ron Burghandy?]

What about me!?!? Wasn't I funny? Top 15 at least!

[Kopcho]

Seriously?

How about: Fletch, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...etc

[Anon-the-Magnificent]

Hello? Why National Lampoon's Vacation? National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was WAY better.