Nobody Daily – 6/10/08

Nobody Asked Me But:

MOVIE COMEDIES

To be fair movie comedies must be divided into two categories – straight and romantic. I measure straight comedies by laugh-out-louds, while romantic comedies make me laugh sometimes, smile a lot and usually have a moment or two when my heart warms and I glow all over.

An example from each category: I have seen “Young Frankenstein” a dozen or more times so I know what the laugh lines are and when they are coming, and still I laugh. I have seen “Sleepless In Seattle” almost as many times and every time that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan finally get together on top of the Empire State Building I feel warm fuzzies.

So here are my favorites in each category:

COMEDIES

1. “Young Frankenstein”

2. “Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb”

3. “Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein”

4. “M*A*S*H*”

5. “Bananas”

Runners up – in no particular order: “A Night At The Opera,” “What’s Up Doc?,” “The Captain’s Paradise,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”

ROMANTIC COMEDIES

1. “It Happened One Night”

2. The Woody Allen trilogy – “Anne Hall,” “Manhattan,” “Hannah And Her Sisters”

3. “Adam’s Rib”

4. “Sleepless In Seattle”

5. “Lost In Translation”

Runners up – in no particular order: “When Harry Met Sally,” “As Good As It Gets,” “My Favorite Wife.”