Greatest Comedy Tournament: First Round Day 4
This is Day 4 of the first round of the Greatest Comedy Tournament. If you haven’t voted on the previous day’s match-ups, they can be found here. It looks like we may get our first upset of the tournament as Galaxy Quest is currently leading Some Like It Hot in yesterday’s surprisingly close match-up.
Four match-ups will be posted everyday until the first round concludes 12 days from today. Please vote to elect the greatest comedy ever put on film and tell everyone you know to make their opinion count. Each polls will remain open for 72 hours only so don’t forget to cast a vote within that time-frame. If you want to see the full field of play and the seeding, click here.
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(4) The Princess Bride (1987) | (29) Finding Nemo (2003) |
Directed by Rob Reiner | Directed by Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich |
Cast: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest | Cast: Voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe |
IMDb Summary: A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather). | IMDb Summary: A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then travel to Sydney and search Sydney Harbour to find Nemo. |
IMDb score: 8.1/10 | IMDb score: 8.2/10 |
Which movie is the best comedy?
- (4) The Princess Bride (1987) (61%, 42 Votes)
- (29) Finding Nemo (2003) (39%, 27 Votes)
Total Voters: 69
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(4) Caddyshack (1980) | (29) Harold and Maude (1971) |
Directed by Harold Ramis | Directed by Hal Ashby |
Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray | Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cucask, Ellen Geer |
IMDb Summary: An eclusive gof course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. | IMDb Summary: Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. |
IMDb score: 7.3/10 | IMDb score: 8.1/10 |
Which movie is the best comedy?
- (4) Caddyshack (1980) (75%, 45 Votes)
- (29) Harold and Maude (1971) (25%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 60
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(4) Young Frankenstein (1974) | (29) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) |
Directed by Mel Brooks | Directed by Rob Reiner |
Cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr | Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford |
IMDb Summary: Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments. | IMDb Summary:Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship. |
IMDb score: 8.0/10 | IMDb score: 7.7/10 |
Which movie is the best comedy?
- (4) Young Frankenstein (1974) (67%, 43 Votes)
- (29) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) (33%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 64
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(4) The Great Dictator (1940) | (29) The Graduate (1967) |
Directed by Charles Chaplin | Directed by Mike Nichols |
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell | Cast: Dustin hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton |
IMDb Summary: In Chaplin's satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double...a poor Jewish barber...who one day is mistaken for Hynkel. | IMDb Summary: Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine. |
IMDb score: 8.4/10 | IMDb score: 8.2/10 |
Which movie is the best comedy?
- (4) The Great Dictator (1940) (49%, 30 Votes)
- (29) The Graduate (1967) (51%, 31 Votes)
Total Voters: 61
39 Comments
Hoping that Caddyshack makes it to the final four. I just watched a documentary on the creation of Caddyshack, pretty good watch. If anyone is interested it’s playing on the .Bio channel on Sunday ( http://www.biography.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=510360&airingid=572894 ).
As long as no one upsets Caddyshack everyone gets to live.
There’s no way it doesn’t make the Final Four!
And the Tweet button isn’t working. I’ve tried tweeting your stuff all morning and it keeps saying it’s already tweeted. I call shenanigans.
Seems to work now!
Yes it is! WEEHAW!
I’m really hoping The Great Dictator can find a way to get through this. It’s my #4 film ALL TIME, and I just love it to death. But not many people have seen it. Especially not compared to The Graduate. Which I find is a shame. If it does get out of the round, I’d love to do a post on it to try and earn it some support.
*crossing my fingers* Such tough competition.
Voted chalk for the rest. Lots of my favorite odd ball comedies.
Have to agree with you, Great Dictator is fantastic. One of Chaplin’s best. Hope it doesn’t share the fate of Some Like it Hot.
Poor Some Like It Hot muahahah. It’s crazy, there is forum posts sending people here to vote for Some Like it Hot but most people end up voting for Galaxy instead.
It seems the same thing ended up happening for The Great Dictator. Such great movies, and while I know not everyone loves them, they’re also way too unseen. And they seem to be suffering because of it. Oh well, I suppose I’ll throw my support behind some of the Brooks films.
As much as I love the older films to do well…Dictator V The Graduate…for me…there is only one winner – The Graduate – a film I absolutely adore. The Great Dictator is the influencial masterpiece but The Graduate speaks to me on so many levels I simply can’t vote for Chaplin. The Graduate is a msterpiece in its own right. Shame these two had to meet in the first round.
It has been a tough one for me – I seemed to have voted for the least favoured in each case. Harold and Maude is amazing but it won’t get through – it’s too dark for the majority of people’s tastes and Caddyshack will get the unsure voter’s vote as its more well known. But my vote went to Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby – you are my hero!!!)
NO! NO! NO! Mike Nichols, Dustin Hoffman AND Anne Baxter’s greatest cannot go out on the first round people. Vote for The freakin’ Graduate!!!!
PS. Sorry Uni.
I love The Graduate so no qualms there (it’s in my top 100). But Great Dictator is my #1 comedy all time. Besides when I think of The Graduate I think it’s funny, but it’s always struck me more as a social parody than a real comedy. Then again I’ve been wrong before
…one more vote for The Graduate!
Absolutely loving the McShay/Kiper picture.
Here’s to hoping that The Princess Bride holds up against Nemo.
Love involving football in this. Someday McShay/Kiper the beatdown will happen.
When it does, I want to either have Gruden be the special guest referee/enforcer or the color commentator…maybe team him up with Jaws.
Inigo Montoya is going to throw down on some mofos if Princess Bride doesn’t carry through the round.
This is easily my favorite group of seedings so far. What a tough bunch of picks.
It’s going to get tougher and tougher Andrew!
I look forward to it, Castor– bring it on! I’m loving chewing over which ones to vote for. Can’t wait to see what comes up tomorrow.
Very glad to hear that
It’s actually tough for me today as I haven’t seen a few of them so I’m kind of winging it. Princess Bride ought to win hands down, though having it against Nemo is brilliant so it’s not so lopsided.
I kind of wanted a When Harry Met Sally upset, but I don’t think it’s going to happen.
Haven’t seen half of them. Really want to see Princess Bride, keep hearing good things about it, so for now I am voting for Nemo. Nemo is class!
Don’t really remember The Graduate being a comedy. Like When Harry Met Sally! Good chemistry, witty dialogue.
As you don’t remember much about The Graduate Ronan – can I just say it’s brilliant so why not give it another vote!
Animation has no place in this tournament… I’m just gonna say what everyone is thinking!
Wholeheartedly disagree with my right honourable friend. Animation has every right to be included and should not be discounted. Some of the best comedies I have seen have been hand drawn or pixelated. Toy Story, Nemo, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc. knock all of the above out of the park for me.
Plus, there is nothing more subjective than the sense of humour.
I’m with Ronan! They’re often as funny if not funnier than ‘regular’ movies, especially Pixar flicks, but I also LOVE Chicken Run.
Absolutely, don’t look down on animations because they are “kiddies” entertainment Kai
I would agree with Ronan. Some animated films are much more creative and funnier than most of the shit that Hollywood has thrown at us in recent years. Much rather see Monsters, Inc. than a pathetic rom-com with Katherine Heigl. I am looking more forward to Despicable Me than seeing any remakes or sequel comedies due out this summer.
As much as I like The Graduate, I’ve never thought of it as a comedy.
How is Harold & Maude losing?
Though it is appropriate that The Great Dictator and The Graduate are tied.
Interesting how a lot of the movies this time linger so dangerously between drama and comedy. I love The Graduate but I’d never vote for it as a comedy for example.
First of all, I hate you for making me choose between The Graduate and The Great Dictator. Those are two of my favorite movies.
Second of all, it should be a common courtesy thing to only vote on match-ups when you have actually seen both movies. The only sensible reason Some Like it Hot would lose to a movie like Galaxy Quest is because many less people have seen Some Like it Hot.
I agree, but not everyone does. So I think a lot of people want to vote for what they enjoy. Besides, people also get caught up underdog/upset stories. I could see a case where about 1/3rd of the votes go because people feel Some Like it Hot is overrated. But the rest… I don’t know. I really found that shocking.
The Graduate and The Great Dictator so close (with Graduate up at the moment) is what I notch mostly up to people having not seen Great Dictator. The reason I say that is not because Graduate is bad, love the movie. Rather, it’s not so much a comedy as a dramady that leans drama about half way through.
Speaking of Dustin Hoffman and The Graduate – my Top 10 Dustin Hoffman films – http://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/1026
Rent your Chaplin people!!! Great Dictator is an ageless comedy and one of film’s greatest! The Graduate is barely a comedy — and this is a COMEDY tournament. I love The Graduate, but so sorry to see it lose to Chaplin’s first talkie which was a brilliant story and so, so funny. Shame that it lost to a dramedy…
Ah damn, sad to see a classic fall in the first round by one vote of all things. The people have spoken though :/
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