Best Comedy Tournament: Nominations and Discussion
Here it is, folks, our long-awaited third genre tournament. The horror and sci-fi tournaments were really fun, so it was decided to keep it going, and here we are.
This thread is for nominating the entries that will comprise our tournament and discussing them. The process is simple and has evolved a little over the last few tournaments we've held. A person can nominate as many titles as they want, as long as there have been five other nominations in between. Each nomination has to be seconded by someone else in order to make it onto the overall list, and anyone can second anything anytime.
Once 200 titles have been seconded, nominating and seconding is done and the tournament will begin. Here's the structure:
Round 1: 20 groups of 10 titles - top 6 move on
Round 2: 15 groups of 8 titles - top 4 move on
Round 3: 12 groups of 5 titles - top 2 move on
Octofinals: 8 groups of 3 titles - top 1 moves on
Quarterfinals: 4 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
Semifinals: 2 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
Finals: 1 group of 2 titles - top 1 is the winner
And here we go!
The complete list of nominees (seconded titles):
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Life of Brian (1979)
Airplane! (1980)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Modern Times (1936)
Old School (2003)
One, Two, Three (1961)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Animal House (1978)
Spaceballs (1987)
Superbad (2007)
The General (1926)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
American Pie (1999)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Jerk (1979)
The Ref (1994)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
The Music Box (1932)
Real Life (1979)
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
Tootsie (1982)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Ruthless People (1986)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Producers (1967)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Borat (2006)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Duck Soup (1933)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Great Race (1965)
Big (1988)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Ghostbusters (1984)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The Naked Gun (1988)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
After Hours (1985)
Blues Brothers (1980)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Dogma (1999)
Stripes (1981)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Great Dictator (1940)
What About Bob? (1991)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Harold and Maude (1971)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
It Happened One Night (1934)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Harvey (1950)
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
Back to the Future (1985)
We're the Millers (2013)
Tommy Boy (1995)
The Guilt Trip (2012)
The Court Jester (1955)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Lost in America (1985)
Clerks (1994)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Zoolander (2001)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Office Space (1999)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Liar Liar (1997)
Coming to America (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Time Bandits (1981)
Elf (2003)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Three Amigos (1986)
Fletch (1985)
The Apartment (1960)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Another Year (2010)
Used Cars (1980)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Better Off Dead (1985)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Animal Crackers (1930)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Hangover (2009)
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Raising Arizona (1987)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Scary Movie (2000)
Four Rooms (1995)
Night on Earth (1991)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Clue (1985)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Top Secret! (1984)
Ted (2012)
Bad Santa (2003)
Kingpin (1996)
Police Academy (1984)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Dead Alive (1992)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Knocked Up (2007)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Biloxi Blues (1988)
Election (1999)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Trading Places (1983)
This Is the End (2013)
The Birdcage (1996)
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
Safety Last! (1923)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Caddyshack (1980)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Withnail & I (1987)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Major League (1989)
About a Boy (2002)
The Graduate (1967)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Almost Famous (2000)
The King of Comedy (1982)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Clueless (1995)
The Egg and I (1947)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Four Lions (2010)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Ed Wood (1994)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Real Genius (1985)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Friday (1995)
MASH (1970)
The Heat (2013)
Amélie (2001)
Zombieland (2009)
Twins (1988)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Analyze This (1999)
In & Out (1997)
Love Actually (2003)
Bridesmaids (2011)
The Girl Next Door (2004)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
21 Jump Street (2012)
Bad Words (2013)
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Back to School (1986)
Mallrats (1994)
The Terminal (2004)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Brazil (1985)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
The complete list of nominees (titles not seconded):