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The Out of Towners - the original with Sandy Dennis and Jack Lemmon. No idea at the outset how funny this movie turns out to be, but it was side-splitting, tear-inducing, pants-wetting hilarious.
Most of the ones listed here I've not even seen because the trailers didn't invite me. Bestin Show was entertaining, but more in a smirking way.
For all the honors to Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy and Chaplin, I rarely find any of them funny. Abbott and Costello were funny - when I was a kid at the Saturday matinee - nine cents for a cartoon, newsreel, chapter (to be cont'd next week!), and a double feature. Back then, it was quantity over quality. Now I find subtle comedy to be more entertaining. But that's just me.
I don't know about "hysterically funny" but I did found these very amusing:
"Raising Arizona"
"Dodgeball..."
"The Other Guys"
"Bruce Almighty"
"The Waterboy"
"Naked Gun I, II..."
"Young Frankenstein"
"In the Loop"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Office Space"
"Ghostbusters"
"Galaxy Quest"
"Midnight Run"
already mentioned:
"Airplane!"
"Blazing Saddles"
"The Jerk"
A lot, but Bruce Almighty, Click (way underrated), Man On The Moon, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, Beverly Hills Ninja, The Vacation Series, The Cheech & Chong Series, What About Bob?, Anger Management, Friday, 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchorman, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Grumpy(er) old Men, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Liar Liar.
I think "The Naked Gun" will always be my favorite comedy, even over "Airplane!"
It's pretty close! Love them both. Also agree with Blazing Saddles. High Anxiety is another great Mel Brooks movie.
Other contenders were the Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder movies in the 70s.
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
The first Police Academy movie.
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