Best Comedy Tournament: Round 1 - Group Q

[mae]

For the Round 1 polls, please vote for up to six titles to move on to the next round. You can vote for less, but please make sure you are not voting for more before clicking that Vote button. The poll will be open for one week. The top six titles will be moving on to Round 2.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Meet_the_Feebles_Poster.jpg/220px-Meet_the_Feebles_Poster.jpg
Meet the Feebles (1989) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Feebles)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhLPh5j3oc

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c8/Thisisspinaltapposter.jpg/220px-Thisisspinaltapposter.jpg
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63XSUpe-0o

http://images3.static-bluray.com/products/20/18669_1_front.jpg
The Music Box (1932) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Box)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmd-CVZb2jQ

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/The_Tenenbaums.jpg/220px-The_Tenenbaums.jpg
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Tenenbaums)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPO12GYknq4

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/Withnail_and_i_poster.jpg/220px-Withnail_and_i_poster.jpg
Withnail and I (1987) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sje7YgsipDA

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/See_no_evil_hear_no_evil_%28pryor%2C_wilder%29.jpg/220px-See_no_evil_hear_no_evil_%28pryor%2C_wilder%29.jpg
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDS2r7YdVM

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Major_league_movie.jpeg/220px-Major_league_movie.jpeg
Major League (1989) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_%28film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHW1doRKabg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/In_and_Out.jpg/220px-In_and_Out.jpg
In & Out (1997) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_%26_Out)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxD7Ty5ZhQE

http://oblivion.cf.letterboxd.com/resized/sm/upload/xq/4k/w2/22/fbaxxLP6PztGwLrHO0lBDquof0d-0-230-0-341-crop.jpg
Brazil (1985) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%281985_film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPFC8DA9_8

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Mister_Roberts_%281955_movie_poster%29.jpg
Mister Roberts (1955) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Roberts_%281955_film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5pThd2DVmQ

[Theli]

Another Gilliam flick... I love it, it's funny, it's just not 100% comedy to me, this time it got a vote since I am not really a fan of most of the others here, except This Is Spinal Tap, of course, one of the most hilariously quotable films of all time!

[Iwritecode]

Voting for Major League. Jake Taylor can tell you want is next on the list.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-hDl6OALv4

[mae]

Going with The Royal Tenenbaums, Withnail and I, See No Evil, Hear No Evil (one of my favorites, funny non-stop, and great fun performances from the four leads), and Brazil.

[divemaster]

Only two for me:

Withnail and I
Major League

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vycrb6nTgg

[Iwritecode]

I like this scene better.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Enh6b1qN0w

[Theli]

What no love for Spinal Tap?

[fernandito]

WHY ARE THERE ONLY TWO VOTES FOR SPINAL TAP

[divemaster]

I've actually never seen This Is Spinal Tap! :o

[fernandito]

I've actually never seen This Is Spinal Tap! :o

Catch it on Netflix (or elsewhere), it's one of the most clever comedies ever. It sits somewhere between spoof and satire, and its iconic status is on par with that of Airplane!

Fantastic comedy.

[Tommy]

Gotta love that trailer for Meet the Feebles

[fernandito]

http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/goes-to-11.jpg

[Mattrick]

Glad to see Tenenbaums doing well.

Voted: The Royal Tenenbaums, In and Out, Major League, Withnail & I

[Ben Staad]

And it's a Peter Jackson flick.


Gotta love that trailer for Meet the Feebles

[T-Dogz_AK47]

I've actually never seen This Is Spinal Tap! :o

WTF!? I find that.... Incomprehensible!!!! :doh:


http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a622/T-Dogz_AK47/OMG_zpsux5ldtkw.jpg

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Weakest bracket yet. Major League and See No Evil just to have made my mark, but could have just as easily skipped this one.

[DoctorDodge]

Another Gilliam flick... I love it, it's funny, it's just not 100% comedy to me, this time it got a vote since I am not really a fan of most of the others here, except This Is Spinal Tap, of course, one of the most hilariously quotable films of all time!

You need to watch Withnail & I, my friend. One of the few films I can think of that's as quotable as the brilliant Spinal Tap. "I feel like a pig shat in my head!" Both easily get my vote.

[fernandito]

Spinal Tap is THE quotable comedy dude.

-
Nigel Tufnel: You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like — I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really. It's sort of...
Marty DiBergi: What do you call this?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump."
-

Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you make ten a little louder, make that the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pauses] These go to eleven.
-

"There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

[fernandito]

And for all you ratings whores, Spinal Tap has a 95% on RT to sweeten the deal.

[fernandito]

Also, the entire Stonehenge bit is just too much. :rofl:

"I think the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."

[fernandito]

In other words, vote for Spinal Tap.

[fernandito]

I hope I'm not being obtuse.

[fernandito]

Seriously, lmk.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

It's good to see that This Is Spinal Tap is starting to pick up some votes!! :thumbsup:

[mae]

Why is Major League in the lead?

[fernandito]

because

WIIIIIIIILD THAAAAAAAAAAANG
YOU MAKE MY HEART S(AAAAAAAAAA)NG

[divemaster]

I've actually never seen This Is Spinal Tap! :o

WTF!? I find that.... Incomprehensible!!!! :doh:


http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a622/T-Dogz_AK47/OMG_zpsux5ldtkw.jpg

I know, right? I've always meant to watch it. I like Reiner as a director, and I can quote many of the famous lines from it. It's from a genre I really really like, so there's no excuse other than "haven't gotten around to it."
I suspect it will make it through, and perhaps I will have a chance to watch it before the next votes are due.

As for Major League, I'm a huge baseball fan and this one tickles my funny bone more than most. A 5-star comedy to be sure. I can see how a person who doesn't like or follow baseball might not pick up on some of the little things, but there should be enough gags and funny situations to produce a few laughs.

I watched Withnail and I last year after DoctorDodge just wouldn't shut up about it. :) I did find it funny, and it got a vote from me!

[needfulthings]

"NOW HEAR THIS" PLEASE WATCH.....
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/589/xEt6e2.jpg
BEFORE YOU VOTE.
Directed by John Ford, Mervyn Leroy & Joshua Logan.

[DoctorDodge]

Spinal Tap is THE quotable comedy dude.

-
Nigel Tufnel: You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like — I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really. It's sort of...
Marty DiBergi: What do you call this?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump."
-

Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you make ten a little louder, make that the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pauses] These go to eleven.
-

"There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

Oh yeah, I'm not disputing the greatness of Spinal Tap in terms of quotability. It's definitely a classic. It's one of the only films that's up there with W&I for us Essex folk.

But just to remind ya of how fantastic Withnail & I is:

"You got soup? Why didn't I get any soup?" "Coffee."

"We want the finest wines available to humanity! We want them here, and we want them now!"

"I fuck arses? Who fucks arses?...Maybe he fucks arses!"

And my personal favourite:
"Jesus Christ! Why have you drugged their onions?!"

Also, the entire Stonehenge bit is just too much. :rofl:

"I think the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."

Stonehenge is fucking legendary! "I don't see this as a big problem." "No, no, if it were a big problem, we wouldn't be having this conversation!" :rofl:

Vote for the 2 greatest quotable films of all-time, guys. Vote for Spinal Tap and Withnail & I.

[pathoftheturtle]

Spinal Tap and Withnail & I.Absolute cult classics, both. :thumbsup:

See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a litttle more sanitized than Stir Crazy ten years earlier. I guess one might argue that it's more evolved. I'm not sure I like it better, though.

[Iwritecode]

Why is Major League in the lead?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAkH_92koto

[mae]

It really should be SNEHNE, absolutely hysterical:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5O5jd5cqZA

[fernandito]

Glad to see Spinal Tap gaining steam, but it should be first dammit!

[mae]

Not sure I see anything at all (funny or otherwise) in that Major League clip :confused:

[Merlin1958]

Not sure I see anything at all (funny or otherwise) in that Major League clip :confused:

Well, of course!! You're from, New Jersey!!! The only funny things are across the river. You should know that. Why are there so many bridges in, Jersey? Because of all the Trolls!!! LOL

[mae]

Right, cause those hacks Wilder and Pryor don't hold a candle to the comic genius of Mr. Sheen.

[Still Servant]

I like Major League, but it's not hilarious.

[Iwritecode]

Not sure I see anything at all (funny or otherwise) in that Major League clip :confused:

I was just posting it for the line he says.

Honestly, Bob Uecker is probably the funniest guy in the movie.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9myYc8Pn8o

[mae]

It may be amusing but it's nowhere near the best among this group.

[Iwritecode]

It is for me. The only other one I voted for in this group was See No Evil, Hear No Evil. I know of This is Spinal Tap and The Royal Tenenbaums but have never watched them.

The others I’ve never even heard of. That doesn't bode well for them because so far, out of the 53 movies in this tourney that I’ve never heard of, only 4 have moved on

[mae]

Time to get on that Netflix, On-Demand, or what have you ;)

[pathoftheturtle]

out of the 53 movies in this tourney that I've never heard of, only 4 have moved onWell isn't that something? http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/POTT2007/smileys/facepalm-1_zpsii75m2jl.gif (http://s148.photobucket.com/user/POTT2007/media/smileys/facepalm-1_zpsii75m2jl.gif.html)

This is an excellent group. Some are just great films, some will definitely just make you laugh. Do try to watch more.

[Iwritecode]

out of the 53 movies in this tourney that I've never heard of, only 4 have moved onWell isn't that something? http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/POTT2007/smileys/facepalm-1_zpsii75m2jl.gif (http://s148.photobucket.com/user/POTT2007/media/smileys/facepalm-1_zpsii75m2jl.gif.html)

This is an excellent group. Some are just great films, some will definitely just make you laugh. Do try to watch more.

I agree it certainly is something. I take it to mean that my taste in comedic movies lines up pretty well with a greater number of people here than I previously thought. I think there is a vocal minority that was skewing that perception. Of the 75 or so that I’ve actually seen and enjoyed, only 6 have been eliminated so far and most of the rest look like they will move on as well.

There are a handful of movies in here that I want to see eventually but only one or two that I’d never heard of. Most of the rest I doubt I’ll ever get to.

[DoctorDodge]

Only 5 votes for Withnail & I? We definitely need more, guys.

I must have some votes...I demand to have some votes!!!

[Mattrick]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbkqc2FZWa1qb75x2o1_500.png

[DoctorDodge]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6e/b9/d4/6eb9d4c1b52f0fbf0843be014b00f889.jpg

[mae]

We again have a three-way tie for last place between The Music Box, Withnail and I, and Brazil so I really hope we can break it and avoid the need for a tiebreaker.

[mae]

This is closing on Monday morning, so we need to break that tie. Need more votes!

[pathoftheturtle]

This is closing on Monday morning, so we need to break that tie. Need more votes!
No help here. I haven't voted yet, but The Music Box, Withnail and I, and Brazil are all among the ones that I must check or else feel bad about myself.

Perhaps that quality is just why they are tied for last place. :doh:

[mae]

I agree, all three are good (though I'm not sure a short like The Music Box is really appropriate among features, but I'm okay either way). I would like to avoid having to have tiebreakers for the last group, as that will prolong the first round by a week.

[fernandito]

Yesssssss

Now everyone that hasn't watched the brilliance that is Spinal Tap will now have an opportunity to do so.

:)

[pathoftheturtle]

I'm not sure a short like The Music Box is really appropriate among features
I could have gone ahead and nominated The Flying Deuces and probably gotten another second. If we had ended up with a situation where every group in Round 1 had a Laurel and Hardy picture and a Danny Kaye picture, plus one of Bill Murray's roles, a Mel Brooks movie, a Zucker Bros., a Coen Bros., a Marx Bros., and a Kevin Smith movie, that might have been more fair than what we have now, where that's basically halfway true. Maybe not the best way to use the 200 openings assigned to begin with, but this is one of the biggest problems with these polls. Everybody has a different outlook and their own policy. If you associate related works to a given competitor, it creates an advantage over a film that stands alone... particularly if you choose to ignore the negative associations. Somebody could look at the whole Police Academy series and just say "That's a lot of laughs." To admit that there are also more scenes that are NOT funny in the whole set than there are in any one of the movies requires that they decide to look at it that way. Of course it is easier to write a short film like this one that keeps you laughing the whole way through than it is to do the same for two hours. But we probably should have dealt with this before now. It might not be right to just vote for something else and pretend that the same issue doesn't still exist in the way we are judging some but not all of the other comedians as if the full context of moviemaking around them was less important.

[mae]

Meanwhile we're still tied here for sixth! Gotta break that tie!

[mae]

The poll has closed. The following six titles are moving on to the next round:


Major League (1989) 53.57%
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 42.86%
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) 35.71%
Brazil (1985) 25.00%
Mister Roberts (1955) 25.00%
The Music Box (1932) 25.00%


And the following four titles have been eliminated:


The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 21.43%
Withnail and I (1987) 21.43%
Meet the Feebles (1989) 17.86%
In & Out (1997) 14.29%

[Mattrick]

Royal Tenenbaums is gone....so is Withnail and I....I don't want to live in this world! lol

[mae]

Yeah I'm rather shocked that a lesser known film like Mister Roberts beat them out.

[DoctorDodge]

So my favourite film of all time has been voted out already. Huh.

Excuse me one moment:

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1500275/dr-cox-window-smash-o.gif

Oh well.

[pathoftheturtle]

Yeah, let's blame Mister Roberts after Major League somehow got like a thousand votes.

I guess that kind of thing is just not even news anymore. You simply get used to it eventually and try to work around uncritically, like bad weather or gun violence.

[Still Servant]

So my favourite film of all time has been voted out already. Huh.

Excuse me one moment:

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1500275/dr-cox-window-smash-o.gif

Oh well.

I'll get to Withnail and I eventually, don't you worry.

[Mattrick]

This round was tough for me :(

[mae]

Yeah, Major League getting first place makes no sense. But some here really like it for some reason.

[Iwritecode]

Little known fact about Major League. The White Sox actually won the world series in that movie. It's not brought up until the sequel and it's kind of a throw-away line by Harry Doyle but it's there.

Since the White Sox are the "villian" team in the sequel he says something about how they beat the Indians in the championship series and then lucked out again in the World Series.

EDIT:

"Out to spoil the fun are those pale hosers from the windy city, who squeaked by the tribe a year ago in the playoffs and lucked out again in the world series."

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5dh5hQ83us

LOL Mo on steriods and a great song!!! The greatest closer never to save an actual game!!! LOL

[Still Servant]

Little known fact about Major League. The White Sox actually won the world series in that movie. It's not brought up until the sequel and it's kind of a throw-away line by Harry Doyle but it's there.

Since the White Sox are the "villian" team in the sequel he says something about how they beat the Indians in the championship series and then lucked out again in the World Series.

EDIT:

"Out to spoil the fun are those pale hosers from the windy city, who squeaked by the tribe a year ago in the playoffs and lucked out again in the world series."

It took the White Sox a little longer to win their first championship since 1917 in real life, but the real life Indians still haven't won since 1948.

:doh:

[Iwritecode]

Little known fact about Major League. The White Sox actually won the world series in that movie. It's not brought up until the sequel and it's kind of a throw-away line by Harry Doyle but it's there.

Since the White Sox are the "villian" team in the sequel he says something about how they beat the Indians in the championship series and then lucked out again in the World Series.

EDIT:

"Out to spoil the fun are those pale hosers from the windy city, who squeaked by the tribe a year ago in the playoffs and lucked out again in the world series."

It took the White Sox a little longer to win their first championship since 1917 in real life, but the real life Indians still haven't won since 1948.

:doh:

True, but they are still second on the list. There's another team that's been waiting since 1908.

[pathoftheturtle]

Little known fact about Major League. The White Sox actually won the world series in that movie. It's not brought up until the sequel and it's kind of a throw-away line by Harry Doyle but it's there.

Since the White Sox are the "villian" team in the sequel he says something about how they beat the Indians in the championship series and then lucked out again in the World Series.

EDIT:

"Out to spoil the fun are those pale hosers from the windy city, who squeaked by the tribe a year ago in the playoffs and lucked out again in the world series."

It took the White Sox a little longer to win their first championship since 1917 in real life, but the real life Indians still haven't won since 1948.

:doh:

True, but they are still second on the list. There's another team that's been waiting since 1908.. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/POTT2007/smileys/taptaptap_zpsi6dzr6ix.gif (http://s148.photobucket.com/user/POTT2007/media/smileys/taptaptap_zpsi6dzr6ix.gif.html)
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