Best 80s Comedies

[MrBroadway]

Discuss.

On a side note, should I watch Police Academy 2, 3, etc?

[Dicer]

Movies and Shows I assume....

Shows:
Perfect Strangers
Three's Company (Started in 70's but ran till mid 80's)
Night court

Moves:
Ghostbusters (duh)
Revenge of the nerds
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

And may many MANY more, but I don't wanna hog up the conversation

Also

Show I loved and tried to go back to and barfed: ALF, ALF did NOT hold up.

[BigusSchmuck]

Mystery Science Theater 3000?

[nopepper]

Three Amigos

It contains a plethora of laughs.

[Desh]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is still a personal favorite of mine.

[nopepper]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is still a personal favorite of mine.

Why does seemingly everyone list this one in their favs?

I think it's a good, sweet movie, but one of the best comedies of the 80s?!? Is it really THAT funny? I would argue Princess Bride, which is in that same category, is funnier than this one, and I still wouldn't label it as a full blown comedy.

Maybe I just have a more strict definition of what a "comedy" is...

[sirhcman]

Caddyshack. You can close the thread now :-p

[TR0N]

Space Balls
Stripes
Back to School
Naked Gun

[crazydean]

Caddyshack. You can close the thread now :-p

I've seen this movie several times and still don't see its appeal. It's a good movie, but I don't think it deserves the praise it gets.

Fast times at ridgemont high
Married with Children
Coming to America
Trading Places
This is Spinal Tap
National Lampoons Vacation

[esteban]

Three O'Clock High
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Comet

[MisterCrash]

I kind of liked the teen comedies of the time. My favorites include:

Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
License to Drive
Fletch (the original, not Fletch Lives)

I had watched the last two movies so much that I had them memorized.

As for TV, one show I like from the late '80s/early '90s is Charles in Charge. Very simplistic, but enjoyable. I like shows where I don't have to think too much.

Edit: oh, man, I can't believe I left out Weekend at Bernie's. Oddly enough, that movie is my 4-year-old niece's favorite film.

[Lost Monkey]

TV:

Police Squad
Cheers

Film:

After Hours
Evil Dead II
Top Secret!
Better off Dead
A Fish Called Wanda  (I saw this 3 times at the theater)
Raising Arizona

[Necromancer]

TV:

Moonlighting
Night Court
Married with Children
Red Dwarf
Black Adder
Newhart

Movies:

Ghostbusters
Airplane
Spies Like Us
Coming to America
Space Balls
Beverly Hills Cop
Vacation
Naked Gun
Revenge of the Nerds
Fletch
Three Amigos
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[esteban]

I kind of liked the teen comedies of the time. My favorites include:

Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
License to Drive
Fletch (the original, not Fletch Lives)

I had watched the last two movies so much that I had them memorized.

As for TV, one show I like from the late '80s/early '90s is Charles in Charge. Very simplistic, but enjoyable. I like shows where I don't have to think too much.

Edit: oh, man, I can't believe I left out Weekend at Bernie's. Oddly enough, that movie is my 4-year-old niece's favorite film.

I haven't watched Weird Science in a long time, but I loved that damn film. Even the Oingo Boingo song for the film is great.

Nicole Eggert (sp?) helped make Charles in Charge even better . And....Willie Ames? Is that his name? Buddy? I haven't watched this show since late80's and I remember totally random crap.

I love all the movies you listed.

The original Fletch...the pacing, the mood, the atmosphere...it's just works. My 13 year old is a harsher critic and gave it an "average" rating.

License to Drive is just friggin' fun. I rewatched it with my daughter and she was surprised how enjoyable it was (she said it was "better than average").



REAL GENIUS: it's not a perfect film, by any means, but enough of it is totally enjoyable to make it work.

SHORT CIRCUIT: I know it's offensive (casting choices....Plus, Gutenberg is usually so lame, but he is OK in this film), but I think it's a great movie.

[MisterCrash]

Real Genius was really good. The one hang-up I have with it is the scene where Val Kilmer is slicing a solid rod with a saw, and the other "genius" asks, "Is that liquid nitrogen?" I would have thought that two geniuses at one of the top tech colleges in the world would know the difference between a solid and a liquid.