Best Comedy Tournament: Nominations and Discussion

[Still Servant]

So the third round is now over, the last two polls just closed. Now come the playoffs! Since I'll be mostly away for part of next week (road trip!), the next round will not be posted as usual on Monday and Wednesday, but no Friday. The first round of the playoffs, the so-called Octofinals, will be eight groups of three titles (you can vote for only one), with four polls going up this Friday, and the other four the following Monday. If all goes according to schedule, the Finals will start on June 1.

Should we take a poll on whether or not Pablo should be allowed to take a road trip?

Sure, and then it can lead to a debate over what really defines a road trip.

[mae]

Wow, the last two Quarterfinals were really close...

But we're almost there! The two Semifinals will be up shortly.

[mae]

Wow, we started on February 23 and ended on June 10. Pretty epic tournament, I thought. Overall, I hope everyone had fun and learned of some new and different movies to check out, even if your favorites didn't get far (as mine didn't).

For the record, here's the complete rundown from best to last of the entire roster:

Spoiler:

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 493.21%
2. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) 385.08%
3. Ghostbusters (1984) 373.85%
4. Office Space (1999) 349.41%
5. There's Something About Mary (1998) 269.15%
6. Dumb and Dumber (1994) 265.91%
7. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 262.28%
8. A Christmas Story (1983) 261.74%
9. Airplane! (1980) 258.51%
10. Spaceballs (1987) 243.64%
11. Beetlejuice (1988) 240.15%
12. Blazing Saddles (1974) 233.36%
13. Groundhog Day (1993) 224.60%
14. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 209.33%
15. Back to the Future (1985) 206.96%
16. Animal House (1978) 194.03%
17. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) 189.29%
18. Happy Gilmore (1996) 173.40%
19. Shaun of the Dead (2004) 173.01%
20. The Naked Gun (1988) 169.48%
21. The Hangover (2009) 166.20%
22. Clerks (1994) 165.58%
23. Caddyshack (1980) 165.44%
24. Army of Darkness (1992) 162.17%
25. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 160.71%
26. The Big Lebowski (1998) 158.03%
27. American Pie (1999) 154.85%
28. Home Alone (1990) 148.31%
29. The Princess Bride (1987) 145.65%
30. Evil Dead II (1987) 145.10%
31. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 137.91%
32. Life of Brian (1979) 134.86%
33. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) 131.45%
34. Tropic Thunder (2008) 131.40%
35. Police Academy (1984) 129.91%
36. Trading Places (1983) 127.77%
37. Clue (1985) 126.32%
38. Liar Liar (1997) 125.55%
39. The Jerk (1979) 124.61%
40. Stripes (1981) 124.27%
41. Dogma (1999) 124.08%
42. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 123.52%
43. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 123.28%
44. Coming to America (1988) 121.60%
45. Major League (1989) 118.38%
46. Elf (2003) 118.30%
47. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) 118.13%
48. The Blues Brothers (1980) 117.44%
49. Zombieland (2009) 116.85%
50. Three Amigos! (1986) 116.66%
51. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 114.34%
52. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 110.72%
53. Meet the Parents (2000) 106.68%
54. Dazed and Confused (1993) 104.37%
55. Raising Arizona (1987) 104.05%
56. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 101.20%
57. What About Bob? (1991) 99.01%
58. 48 Hrs. (1982) 98.03%
59. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) 94.29%
60. Young Frankenstein (1974) 93.22%
61. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) 89.29%
62. Superbad (2007) 86.08%
63. Fletch (1985) 84.82%
64. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) 83.57%
65. Meet the Fockers (2004) 83.11%
66. Borat (2006) 82.68%
67. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) 80.42%
68. Ted (2012) 79.76%
69. Bruce Almighty (2003) 79.03%
70. My Cousin Vinny (1992) 78.15%
71. Team America: World Police (2004) 76.67%
72. Twins (1988) 76.06%
73. MASH (1970) 75.12%
74. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) 74.57%
75. Kingpin (1996) 74.02%
76. Some Like It Hot (1959) 71.52%
77. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 71.48%
78. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 70.00%
79. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 69.29%
80. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) 68.92%
81. Friday (1995) 68.24%
82. Being John Malkovich (1999) 68.22%
83. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) 68.12%
84. Mallrats (1994) 67.85%
85. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) 66.07%
86. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) 65.34%
87. Bridesmaids (2011) 63.71%
88. Ruthless People (1986) 63.71%
89. Scary Movie (2000) 62.15%
90. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 61.90%
91. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 61.52%
92. When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 60.00%
93. Wayne's World 2 (1993) 59.98%
94. Bad Santa (2003) 58.57%
95. Annie Hall (1977) 56.84%
96. The General (1926) 56.84%
97. Top Secret! (1984) 56.66%
98. Back to School (1986) 56.60%
99. Knocked Up (2007) 56.17%
100. Animal Crackers (1930) 54.26%
101. Time Bandits (1981) 54.23%
102. Ed Wood (1994) 53.59%
103. The Trouble with Harry (1955) 50.81%
104. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) 50.57%
105. Tootsie (1982) 50.00%
106. Zoolander (2001) 49.38%
107. The Ref (1994) 49.14%
108. Modern Times (1936) 48.57%
109. Clueless (1995) 48.15%
110. 21 Jump Street (2012) 47.81%
111. Brazil (1985) 45.00%
112. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 42.36%
113. The Producers (1967) 41.73%
114. Mister Roberts (1955) 41.67%
115. The Music Box (1932) 41.67%
116. Hot Fuzz (2007) 39.29%
117. Hot Shots! (1991) 39.29%
118. Big (1988) 35.71%
119. Tommy Boy (1995) 35.71%
120. Old School (2003) 35.48%
121. Last Action Hero (1993) 34.63%
122. Harold and Maude (1971) 34.04%
123. This Is the End (2013) 33.33%
124. The Graduate (1967) 32.76%
125. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) 32.14%
126. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 32.14%
127. Duck Soup (1933) 30.00%
128. The Apartment (1960) 28.57%
129. Wedding Crashers (2005) 28.57%
130. Real Genius (1985) 27.59%
131. Sixteen Candles (1984) 27.59%
132. Almost Famous (2000) 26.67%
133. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) 26.67%
134. Biloxi Blues (1988) 26.49%
135. A Night at the Opera (1935) 25.93%
136. As Good as It Gets (1997) 25.93%
137. Dead Alive (1992) 25.93%
138. We're the Millers (2013) 25.93%
139. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 25.00%
140. Rush Hour 2 (2001) 25.00%
141. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 25.00%
142. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) 23.33%
143. The Great Dictator (1940) 23.33%
144. Analyze This (1999) 22.58%
145. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) 22.22%
146. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 22.22%
147. Better Off Dead (1985) 21.43%
148. Four Rooms (1995) 21.43%
149. Harvey (1950) 21.43%
150. Horse Feathers (1932) 21.43%
151. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 21.43%
152. Withnail and I (1987) 21.43%
153. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) 20.00%
154. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 20.00%
155. After Hours (1985) 19.35%
156. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) 19.35%
157. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) 18.52%
158. The Great Race (1965) 18.52%
159. The Ladykillers (1955) 18.52%
160. The Terminal (2004) 18.52%
161. Used Cars (1980) 18.52%
162. Death to Smoochy (2002) 17.86%
163. Meet the Feebles (1989) 17.86%
164. The Lady Eve (1941) 17.86%
165. The Nutty Professor (1996) 17.86%
166. The Girl Next Door (2004) 16.67%
167. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 16.13%
168. The King of Comedy (1982) 16.13%
169. Safety Last! (1923) 15.63%
170. Sullivan's Travels (1941) 15.38%
171. The Court Jester (1955) 15.38%
172. Amélie (2001) 14.81%
173. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) 14.81%
174. What's Up, Doc? (1972) 14.81%
175. Election (1999) 14.29%
176. I Love You, Man (2009) 14.29%
177. In & Out (1997) 14.29%
178. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) 14.29%
179. The Birdcage (1996) 14.29%
180. The Heat (2013) 14.29%
181. Bad Words (2013) 13.79%
182. Four Lions (2010) 13.33%
183. It Happened One Night (1934) 13.33%
184. One, Two, Three (1961) 12.50%
185. About a Boy (2002) 10.71%
186. Lost in America (1985) 10.71%
187. The Egg and I (1947) 10.71%
188. Ali G Indahouse (2002) 10.34%
189. Another Year (2010) 9.68%
190. The Palm Beach Story (1942) 9.38%
191. Love Actually (2003) 7.69%
192. Swimming with Sharks (1994) 7.69%
193. Night on Earth (1991) 7.41%
194. Real Life (1979) 7.14%
195. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) 7.14%
196. The Sunshine Boys (1975) 7.14%
197. Pink Flamingos (1972) 6.67%
198. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) 6.25%
199. The Guilt Trip (2012) 3.33%
200. The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) 3.23%

[fernandito]

I always have fun on these things. And I counted, have 8 films from this tournament that I hadn't seen but will now check out.
Thanks for hosting this, Pablo.

[mae]

I always have fun on these things. And I counted, have 8 films from this tournament that I hadn't seen but will now check out.
Thanks for hosting this, Pablo.

Always a pleasure. Fun is the word Which eight, I'm curious?

[fernandito]

The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Jerk
Sullivan's Travels
Death to Smoochy
The General
Arsenic and Old Lace
Elf
See No Evil, Hear No Evil

[Girlystevedave]

What Fernando said - thanks for all the hard work you put in, Pablo.

[Iwritecode]

Wow, we started on February 23 and ended on June 10. Pretty epic tournament, I thought. Overall, I hope everyone had fun and learned of some new and different movies to check out, even if your favorites didn't get far (as mine didn't).

For the record, here's the complete rundown from best to last of the entire roster:

Spoiler:

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 493.21%
2. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) 385.08%
3. Ghostbusters (1984) 373.85%
4. Office Space (1999) 349.41%
5. There's Something About Mary (1998) 269.15%
6. Dumb and Dumber (1994) 265.91%
7. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 262.28%
8. A Christmas Story (1983) 261.74%
9. Airplane! (1980) 258.51%
10. Spaceballs (1987) 243.64%
11. Beetlejuice (1988) 240.15%
12. Blazing Saddles (1974) 233.36%
13. Groundhog Day (1993) 224.60%
14. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 209.33%
15. Back to the Future (1985) 206.96%
16. Animal House (1978) 194.03%
17. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) 189.29%
18. Happy Gilmore (1996) 173.40%
19. Shaun of the Dead (2004) 173.01%
20. The Naked Gun (1988) 169.48%
21. The Hangover (2009) 166.20%
22. Clerks (1994) 165.58%
23. Caddyshack (1980) 165.44%
24. Army of Darkness (1992) 162.17%
25. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 160.71%
26. The Big Lebowski (1998) 158.03%
27. American Pie (1999) 154.85%
28. Home Alone (1990) 148.31%
29. The Princess Bride (1987) 145.65%
30. Evil Dead II (1987) 145.10%
31. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 137.91%
32. Life of Brian (1979) 134.86%
33. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) 131.45%
34. Tropic Thunder (2008) 131.40%
35. Police Academy (1984) 129.91%
36. Trading Places (1983) 127.77%
37. Clue (1985) 126.32%
38. Liar Liar (1997) 125.55%
39. The Jerk (1979) 124.61%
40. Stripes (1981) 124.27%
41. Dogma (1999) 124.08%
42. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 123.52%
43. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 123.28%
44. Coming to America (1988) 121.60%
45. Major League (1989) 118.38%
46. Elf (2003) 118.30%
47. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) 118.13%
48. The Blues Brothers (1980) 117.44%
49. Zombieland (2009) 116.85%
50. Three Amigos! (1986) 116.66%
51. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 114.34%
52. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 110.72%
53. Meet the Parents (2000) 106.68%
54. Dazed and Confused (1993) 104.37%
55. Raising Arizona (1987) 104.05%
56. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 101.20%
57. What About Bob? (1991) 99.01%
58. 48 Hrs. (1982) 98.03%
59. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) 94.29%
60. Young Frankenstein (1974) 93.22%
61. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) 89.29%
62. Superbad (2007) 86.08%
63. Fletch (1985) 84.82%
64. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) 83.57%
65. Meet the Fockers (2004) 83.11%
66. Borat (2006) 82.68%
67. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) 80.42%
68. Ted (2012) 79.76%
69. Bruce Almighty (2003) 79.03%
70. My Cousin Vinny (1992) 78.15%
71. Team America: World Police (2004) 76.67%
72. Twins (1988) 76.06%
73. MASH (1970) 75.12%
74. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) 74.57%
75. Kingpin (1996) 74.02%
76. Some Like It Hot (1959) 71.52%
77. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 71.48%
78. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 70.00%
79. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 69.29%
80. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) 68.92%
81. Friday (1995) 68.24%
82. Being John Malkovich (1999) 68.22%
83. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) 68.12%
84. Mallrats (1994) 67.85%
85. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) 66.07%
86. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) 65.34%
87. Bridesmaids (2011) 63.71%
88. Ruthless People (1986) 63.71%
89. Scary Movie (2000) 62.15%
90. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 61.90%
91. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 61.52%
92. When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 60.00%
93. Wayne's World 2 (1993) 59.98%
94. Bad Santa (2003) 58.57%
95. Annie Hall (1977) 56.84%
96. The General (1926) 56.84%
97. Top Secret! (1984) 56.66%
98. Back to School (1986) 56.60%
99. Knocked Up (2007) 56.17%
100. Animal Crackers (1930) 54.26%
101. Time Bandits (1981) 54.23%
102. Ed Wood (1994) 53.59%
103. The Trouble with Harry (1955) 50.81%
104. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) 50.57%
105. Tootsie (1982) 50.00%
106. Zoolander (2001) 49.38%
107. The Ref (1994) 49.14%
108. Modern Times (1936) 48.57%
109. Clueless (1995) 48.15%
110. 21 Jump Street (2012) 47.81%
111. Brazil (1985) 45.00%
112. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 42.36%
113. The Producers (1967) 41.73%
114. Mister Roberts (1955) 41.67%
115. The Music Box (1932) 41.67%
116. Hot Fuzz (2007) 39.29%
117. Hot Shots! (1991) 39.29%
118. Big (1988) 35.71%
119. Tommy Boy (1995) 35.71%
120. Old School (2003) 35.48%
121. Last Action Hero (1993) 34.63%
122. Harold and Maude (1971) 34.04%
123. This Is the End (2013) 33.33%
124. The Graduate (1967) 32.76%
125. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) 32.14%
126. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 32.14%
127. Duck Soup (1933) 30.00%
128. The Apartment (1960) 28.57%
129. Wedding Crashers (2005) 28.57%
130. Real Genius (1985) 27.59%
131. Sixteen Candles (1984) 27.59%
132. Almost Famous (2000) 26.67%
133. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) 26.67%
134. Biloxi Blues (1988) 26.49%
135. A Night at the Opera (1935) 25.93%
136. As Good as It Gets (1997) 25.93%
137. Dead Alive (1992) 25.93%
138. We're the Millers (2013) 25.93%
139. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 25.00%
140. Rush Hour 2 (2001) 25.00%
141. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 25.00%
142. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) 23.33%
143. The Great Dictator (1940) 23.33%
144. Analyze This (1999) 22.58%
145. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) 22.22%
146. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 22.22%
147. Better Off Dead (1985) 21.43%
148. Four Rooms (1995) 21.43%
149. Harvey (1950) 21.43%
150. Horse Feathers (1932) 21.43%
151. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 21.43%
152. Withnail and I (1987) 21.43%
153. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) 20.00%
154. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 20.00%
155. After Hours (1985) 19.35%
156. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) 19.35%
157. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) 18.52%
158. The Great Race (1965) 18.52%
159. The Ladykillers (1955) 18.52%
160. The Terminal (2004) 18.52%
161. Used Cars (1980) 18.52%
162. Death to Smoochy (2002) 17.86%
163. Meet the Feebles (1989) 17.86%
164. The Lady Eve (1941) 17.86%
165. The Nutty Professor (1996) 17.86%
166. The Girl Next Door (2004) 16.67%
167. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 16.13%
168. The King of Comedy (1982) 16.13%
169. Safety Last! (1923) 15.63%
170. Sullivan's Travels (1941) 15.38%
171. The Court Jester (1955) 15.38%
172. Amélie (2001) 14.81%
173. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) 14.81%
174. What's Up, Doc? (1972) 14.81%
175. Election (1999) 14.29%
176. I Love You, Man (2009) 14.29%
177. In & Out (1997) 14.29%
178. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) 14.29%
179. The Birdcage (1996) 14.29%
180. The Heat (2013) 14.29%
181. Bad Words (2013) 13.79%
182. Four Lions (2010) 13.33%
183. It Happened One Night (1934) 13.33%
184. One, Two, Three (1961) 12.50%
185. About a Boy (2002) 10.71%
186. Lost in America (1985) 10.71%
187. The Egg and I (1947) 10.71%
188. Ali G Indahouse (2002) 10.34%
189. Another Year (2010) 9.68%
190. The Palm Beach Story (1942) 9.38%
191. Love Actually (2003) 7.69%
192. Swimming with Sharks (1994) 7.69%
193. Night on Earth (1991) 7.41%
194. Real Life (1979) 7.14%
195. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) 7.14%
196. The Sunshine Boys (1975) 7.14%
197. Pink Flamingos (1972) 6.67%
198. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) 6.25%
199. The Guilt Trip (2012) 3.33%
200. The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) 3.23%

Minus There's Something About Mary and maybe Ghostbusters, that's not a bad top 10.

[Merlin1958]

For all that you do, Pablo. This Bud is for you!!! Many thanks!!!

[Heather19]

I love these tournaments, it's always a fun time. Thanks for all the hard work you put into it Pablo.

[Still Servant]

Thanks, Pablo!

[mae]