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my all time favorites are 'Some Like It Hot', 'Tootsies', and
many of the Woody Allen's movies including the one where he
took at Japanese movie and dubbed with an entirely different
script. The funniest movie would have been Austin Powers (I)
co-written and directed by Woody Allen.

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Re: speaking of funny movies... BKing 19:07:00 03/17/00 (0)
Want to see my collection of off-color Italian hand gestures?
What's up Tiger Lily (nt) T. Buns 21:31:19 03/16/00 (1)
trg
- that's it!!! (nt) caa 00:35:19 03/17/00 (0)
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What!? Tom �. 13:30:50 03/16/00 (1)
Jay Roach directed both Austin Power movies with Mike Myers as the writer.
Tom �.
- Re: What!? Stephen Hayes 13:42:58 03/16/00 (0)
  I think that maybe he's speaking hypothetically, as in "Wouldn't it have been funny (or funnier?) if Woody Allen had co-directed and written Austin Powers.
Re: speaking of funny movies... Mike K 13:28:46 03/15/00 (1)
Bringing Up Baby - Hepburn and Grant;
The Barber Shop - W.C. Fields;
A Fish Called (Named?) Wanda;
Many silent movies by the likes of Chaplin, Keaton, and others
are masterpieces of humor that have never been equaled.
- the great comics....Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Stan & Ollie, Fields, ...etc. petew 14:56:46 03/19/00 (0)
  Mike, you are so right. What's so awsome about these absolute masters of the art of physical comedy is that you can see them over and over and over without diminishing the impact one bit, in fact, you begin to earn interest on your investment.
  Two of my favorite bits: Stan and Ollie have a small sailboat with an enclosed cabin, that they are fixing-up in the backyard. Now, you know the gag with boats is all about the water--only there's no water anywhere to be seen. I can't do justice to how funny this is--it is by far the best they've ever done. The whole reel can't be more than 10 or 15 minuites. Piss your pants funny.
  My other favorite is W.C. Fields at the pool table, about to do a "break". This is the best "shaggy dog" gag ever done anywhere ever. It is absolutely the pinicle of physical comedy, timing, and the art of the story. He was a master without peer.
  I hope all these gags get saved. I enjoyed Tom Hanks in the "Money Pit", but he was completely passive--it made me long for the days of the truely great physical comics. Gone forever.

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