Though she changed nothing but her accent, gullible heir Henry Fonda, who had fallen in and out of love with her earlier as the self-proclaimed "adventuress on the high seas", is happy to believe she is not "the same dame" and falls for her all over again. In the kingdom of Monty Python, clever wit, not the sword Excalibur, makes you the king. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)37. But regardless of viewers’ familiarity with the Upper East Side or the darkest corners of the film-maker’s psyche, they can relate to the film’s themes of longing, self-doubt and the unknowable Other. Every scene crackles with wit. Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)57. a solid 3-star recommendation, wrote “this sort of humour went out with Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and knock-knock jokes.” I don’t get to say this often, but Roger Ebert was wrong. As always, we urged the experts to go with their heart and pick personal favourites, films that are part of their lives, not just the ones that meet some ideal of greatness. Forever quotable and still relevant, with its pre-Code skewering of government and war, the film cures – or at least provides an hour’s relief from – the blues caused by the equally laughable, though not at all funny, state of today’s political affairs. It validated our deadpan stupidity. Utilising music and sound effects, it was also a marriage of sentiment and slapstick, the elements of which had to mesh with acrobatic precision. Important lessons about sexism, privilege and footwear are dispensed, as the central bromance between lead singer David St Hubbins and guitarist Nigel Tufnel implodes, then reignites. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941) 18. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925) 24. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996)83. 2:56. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)89. Brooks is unapologetically rambunctious in this feature-length sight gag about a black sheriff in a small town in the old West – Blazing Saddles doesn’t pussyfoot around political correctness, it tramples it underfoot. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938) 16. *Contains some strong language* Frankie Boyle talks about just how wonderful he thinks Glasgow is. Self-interest and love interest collide in his relationship with Virginia Cherrill as the blind flower girl whose cure, for which he handsomely pays, may prove his undoing as a suitor. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)5. “Don’t worry, we can walk to the curb from here.” “I don’t want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.” “La-di-da, la-li-da, la la.” Or we could move straight to the set pieces: the lobster bit. The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)52. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)10. For many of my generation – you know, people under 51 – the movie changed our very perception of what is funny. When the gunslinger called the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) wakes up in jail, Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) asks him: “Are we awake?” Wiping his eyes, the Kid replies: “That depends. Who needs comic dialogue when you have Charlie Chaplin? Romantic comedies will come and go, but His Girl Friday will stay, every day of the week. And that is the genius of Blazing Saddles. There is constant game-playing about fake and real beards, uniforms and offices. Comedy Greats. [Do men and women find different films to be funny? He extracts some of the highest-calibre work from all four brothers, led by Groucho, whose brilliant barrage of insults are at their pinnacle as Rufus T Firefly, the freshly appointed, supremely ineffectual leader of Freedonia. The Great is a 2020 comedy-drama television series described by its commissioner Hulu as 'anti-historical' loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great, Empress of All Russia.All 10 episodes of the first season were released on Hulu on May 15, 2020. 8 TV Shows and Comedy Stars Inspired by Monty Python And comedian Eddie Izzard told BBC News: "It's a tragedy - the good go too early. The best gags from there range from the sword duel with the pedantic Black Knight, who ends up with no arms or legs but with an attitude of unshakable bravado, to the little white bunny rabbit capable of effortlessly beheading a powerful armoured warrior. Welcome to BBC Comedy Greats, home to the best comedy from the BBC! Little wonder that The Big Lebowski perplexed critics and audiences alike on its release, in 1998 – they were expecting Fargo II and instead got something weirder and woolier but far more re-watchable. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)68. Shot in black and white (the studio tried to enforce colour), and boasting the same laboratory equipment used in 1931’s Frankenstein, Brooks and Gene Wilder (the movie’s deranged doctor and co-writer) channel the original film’s subversive wit and poignant sensibility. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, 1988)49. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)77. Of the 89 winners for best picture, only seven can really be called comedies: It Happened One Night, You Can’t Take It With You, Around the World in 80 Days, The Apartment, Tom Jones, Annie Hall, and Birdman. TV comedy greats take a bow, make ’em laugh at ceremony. – Ty Burr, Boston Globe, US (Credit: Alamy), With the Little Tramp transformed into the paranoid Adenoid Hynkel, The Great Dictator is Charlie Chaplin’s first true talkie. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)27. There are few comedies more deeply seared into our national lexicon than Airplane! The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)41. Bringing you great moments for nearly 100 years - BBC. Withnail is one of the greatest tragicomic creations in the history of cinema. Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore, Les Dawson,Dick Emery,Marty Feldman,Tony Hancock, Morecambe & Wise,Ronnie Barker & Spike Milligan. Like Peter Sellers' character says to a group of befuddled guests after disrupting their conversation, "It's good to have a laugh". (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1984)81. – Susanne Burg, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Germany (Credit: Criterion), Charles Chaplin and the characters he invents on screen embody humanity at its simplest and most eloquent. Top Secret! Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive Homepage. comment. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra, 1944)62. M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)42. Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton, Tim Buckland. Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)36. By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer. “Ben,” she said, “the BBC needs your copy on Airplane! Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008)63. Are we black?” At the end of the movie, in a stroke of metatextual brilliance, the film breaks through the fourth wall and takes the characters into the present day, to the awareness that they are acting in a Mel Brooks film called Blazing Saddles. No – we’ll lurve it, we’ll loave it, we’ll luff it. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)11. – Stephen Teo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Credit: Kino), Tom Waits and U2’s The Edge are among several rock luminaries to have confessed that This Is Spinal Tap’s realism moved them to tears. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)29. In our age of vague emojis, where earnestness feels like evangelism, we are stuck at an impasse between sincerity and ridicule. His use of sounds, noises, music and voices, in what is his last silent film, enhances his art of the pantomime and contributes to the delirious hilarity felt by the audience. And guess what? –Tara Brady, The Irish Times, Ireland (Credit: Alamy), Jacques Tati’s late masterpiece is a timeless classic that never fails to amuse us even today, half a century after it was released in 1967. The Joker’s catchphrase was the most common response to BBC Culture’s poll of 177 critics last year to determine the 100 greatest films of the 21st Century. Sons of the Desert (William A Seiter, 1933)66. In the end, the Coen brothers’ most ardently loved comedy is about American society itself, one that found itself struggling three decades later to reconcile the contradictions of the 1960s: war versus peace, hate versus love, aggression-checking achievers versus beatniks takin’ her easy for all of us. The Music Box (James Parrott, 1932)96. That canon of modern classics showed how very often ‘what makes us laugh’ is neglected when assessing cinematic greatness. 1:25. Witness the hilarious delusion of Jack Lemmon's maracas-shaking love hangover, revealing the heart of both a born conman and a queerly befuddled romantic. – Ernesto Garratt, El Mercurio, Chile (Credit: Alamy), An independent and fierce, yet ladylike heroine, a clever and dashing ex-husband and lots of sharp, witty dialogue make this movie endlessly entertaining. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)58. What's Up, Doc? Broadcast News (James L Brooks, 1987)55. Whether you're a fan of the classics or if stand up comedy is more up your street then check out our hand picked playlists full of the funniest clips by the best performers. A rueful feeling that anarchic good times are soon to end permeates the film. (Fred C Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923)82. The female side of Charlie emerges in full queasy flower in his rocky friendship with Harry Myers as a manic depressive millionaire and in his coquettish behavior with the burly boxers before an exquisitely choreographed round in the ring. This morning, TCM’s publicist called me back. That it avoids them all comes down to the stars' unflagging zest and the quicksilver cleverness of Wilder and IAL Diamond's writing, yes, but also to the unexpected tenderness with which the director treats his characters even at their most absurd. For a silent artist his use of sound here is revolutionary and even anticipates the “narrator voice” jokes that pop up on Twitter today. Yes, maybe Ernst Lubitsch wouldn’t have shot the movie had he known the full extent of the German atrocities but it makes it even more astounding how he hit the mark with this quick-paced and biting, yet elegant, satire of the Nazimindset. Divorce Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961)76. And there’s evidence that comedy is not universal, that what’s considered a joke in English dialogue may not survive translation, and certain regions of the world find some films funnier than critics in other regions do. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)91. Though other Keaton films might have better stunts and more laughs, The General is the most perfectly realised of his movies, combining adventure and comedy in the most naturalistic manner. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004) 32. And we have all 253 individual critics’ ballots for you to examine here, plus 25 critics making the case for the top 25. The subtitled balcony scene. Preston Sturges polishes a diamond out of genre tropes, offering an incisive reflection on our insistence on honesty through constant masquerading. Radio 2 profiles the lives and careers of some of the UK's greatest comedians Unrivalled for insights on vomit forensics and spontaneous combustion. The lines are on target, and the jokes keep coming. Welcome to BBC Comedy Greats, home to the best comedy from the BBC! The spirit of virtuosity made into a man, Chaplin even invents a new language that he sings in the famous singing-waiter scene. British sitcom about a father and son rag-and-bone business in London. Do men and women find different films funny? Condition is "Good". That mordantly hilarious cynicism has yet to be proven unfounded, and perhaps it's Slim Pickens' hayseed bombardier, riding the bomb like a bucking bronco, that is the most accurate analogue for our current worst-case scenario: never has it seemed so likely that the world will end with neither a bang nor a whimper but a moronic, priapic, exultant yee-haw.
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