George Richard's Top Ten Comedies

The movies I selected were chosen on two criteria, 1. Did they make me laugh, 2. How soon would I watch them again and 3. Are they the types of movie that has left an indelible print of some sort on your humor and damn, That's three reasons? Amongst the criteria are those above and also they often representing a body of work that would include several works by the principal. In no particular order the title, principal(s) responsible and a line from the movie.

• Love and Death - Woody Allen
  "You are the greatest lover I've ever had!" "Well I practice a lot by myself"

• All of Me - Lilly Tomlin, Steve Martin
  "Just take it and shake it"

• The Blues Brothers - John Belusi
  "We got both kinds a music, Country and western"

• Duck Soup - The Marx Bros.
  "To War! To War! We're going off to war!" (Sing)

• The Music Box - Laurel & Hardy
  "Here's another fine mess you've gotten me into"

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  "Bring forth the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch"

• Shakespeare In Love
  "Romeo and Ethyl the Pirates daughter"

• Some like it Hot - Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon
  "But I'm a man! Nobody's perfect"

• The Producers - Mel Brooks
  "Springtime for Hitler in Germany. Winter for Poland and France" (Also sung)

• The Gold Rush - Charlie Chaplin
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