[Brickcity]

Good thing Clockwork Orange was not amongst the listed comedies.

Ha! I haven't read through this whole thread, so in case no one mentioned it, one Kubrick movie that IS one of the greatest (dry) comedies of all time: Dr. Strangelove.

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Better Off Dead was about a teen's repeated (failed) suicide attempts until he finds love.  It was hilarious.

Mick, you are the first person I have ever heard (besides myself) to recommend Better Off Dead.

I loved that movie in high school.  On the other hand, my girlfriend's parents never took another movie recommendation from me again.

I even recently searched for a 1967 Camaro SS because of that film.

I want to show it to my own teenagers, but oddly it's not available on any streaming service.  I wonder if there are some right issues.   I may need to break down and buy the DVD.

https://youtu.be/AnOn-67-LAU?t=47

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And in my family you had better be familiar with Old School and Anchorman which get quoted a lot. But nothing, nothing gets quoted as much as Stripes.

In our family, it's Wedding Crashers...before Wedding Crashers, it was Stripes.

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I highly recommend the book, "Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story." Yes, the majority of the book is about behind-the-scenes happenings during production. But, the first few chapters address the history of the some of the key guys who created National Lampoon, Animal House, etc. And, of course, Caddyshack. The last chapter - re Bill Murray - is reason enough to read it. As the New York Times' reviewer put it, “I opened this book thinking, 'Why Caddyshack?' I closed it completely exhilarated by the way it answers that question. This is a tough, sharp history of comedy and competitiveness, of rising stars and brilliant upstarts. Of difficult egos, awful behavior, fragile friendships, bursts of inspiration, and blizzards of cocaine―told by the survivors and shaped by Chris Nashawaty's welcome insight and perspective.”

Great book.  Very entertaining.  Some borderline criminal stuff, particularly w/respect to the actress in both Animal House and Caddyshack.

BTW, one of the great books I've read about behind the scenes happenings in Hollywood is this gem: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

[Brickcity]

Good thing Clockwork Orange was not amongst the listed comedies.

Ha! I haven't read through this whole thread, so in case no one mentioned it, one Kubrick movie that IS one of the greatest (dry) comedies of all time: Dr. Strangelove.

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Better Off Dead was about a teen's repeated (failed) suicide attempts until he finds love.  It was hilarious.

Mick, you are the first person I have ever heard (besides myself) to recommend Better Off Dead.

I loved that movie in high school.  On the other hand, my girlfriend's parents never took another movie recommendation from me again.

I even recently searched for a 1967 Camaro SS because of that film.

I want to show it to my own teenagers, but oddly it's not available on any streaming service.  I wonder if there are some right issues.   I may need to break down and buy the DVD.

https://youtu.be/AnOn-67-LAU?t=47

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And in my family you had better be familiar with Old School and Anchorman which get quoted a lot. But nothing, nothing gets quoted as much as Stripes.

In our family, it's Wedding Crashers...before Wedding Crashers, it was Stripes.

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I highly recommend the book, "Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story." Yes, the majority of the book is about behind-the-scenes happenings during production. But, the first few chapters address the history of the some of the key guys who created National Lampoon, Animal House, etc. And, of course, Caddyshack. The last chapter - re Bill Murray - is reason enough to read it. As the New York Times' reviewer put it, “I opened this book thinking, 'Why Caddyshack?' I closed it completely exhilarated by the way it answers that question. This is a tough, sharp history of comedy and competitiveness, of rising stars and brilliant upstarts. Of difficult egos, awful behavior, fragile friendships, bursts of inspiration, and blizzards of cocaine―told by the survivors and shaped by Chris Nashawaty's welcome insight and perspective.”

Great book.  Very entertaining.  Some borderline criminal stuff, particularly w/respect to the actress in both Animal House and Caddyshack.

BTW, one of the great books I've read about behind the scenes happenings in Hollywood is this gem: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood