The Greatest Comedy Tournament: Sweet 16 Day 3
We are now finally seeing the end of the tunnel as the field as been reduced to 16 movies. Which of the remaining movies will be crowned Greatest Comedy of All-Time? Please share on Facebook and Twitter as every vote counts more than ever!
The rules for this round will be:
- Two match-ups a day for 4 consecutive days
- You can cast a vote every 6 hours (Come back often!)
- Polls will remain open for 72 hours
- Win by two votes
If you have any suggestions, opinion or insight, feel free to let us know in the comments! Thanks for participating and staying with us all this time.
Check out the Bracket >>
Vote on the Previous Day’s Match-Ups >>
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(1) Airplane! (1980) | (5) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) |
Directed by Jim Abrahams and David Zucker | Directed by John Hughes |
Cast: Robert Hays, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges | Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen |
IMDb Summary: An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley. | IMDb Summary: A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that. |
IMDb score: 7.8/10 | IMDb score: 7.9/10 |
Previous Round: 36-8 (Austin Powers) | Previous Round: 29-18 (This is Spinal Tap) |
Sweet 16: Which is the best comedy?
- (1) Airplane! (1980) (70%, 35 Votes)
- (5) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) (30%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 50
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(3) Hot Fuzz (2007) | (2) Dr. Strangelove (1964) |
Directed by Edgar Wright | Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy | Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, James Earl Jones |
IMDb Summary: Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. The pair soon stumbles upon a series of suspicious accidents. | IMDb Summary: An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. |
IMDb score: 8.0/10 | IMDb score: 8.6/10 |
Previous Round: 26-21 (Juno) | Previous Round: 31-8 (Wedding Crashers) |
Sweet 16: Which is the best comedy?
- (3) Hot Fuzz (2007) (44%, 21 Votes)
- (2) Dr. Strangelove (1964) (56%, 27 Votes)
Total Voters: 48
16 Comments
Keep it simple. Love all four, but Airplane and Strangelove get my votes.
…ditto.
Yep, Airplane and Strangelove for me as well. I’m surprised Hot Fuzz has made it this far, I thought it would get knocked out in the first round.
Had to go with Airplane and Dr. Strangelove. Hot Fuzz needs to put up more fight though!
Bueller and Hot Fuzz. While I liked Airplane, I just don’t get crazy about it like some people do.
Airplane and Dr. Strangelove!
I love it but I am really shocked Hot Fuzz got this far. Although now that most every other contender is out of the way, it’s plain to see that these are pretty evenly matched. When you really look at them, they’re more serious than funny and they are dark comedies. I never would have drawn those similarities but I guess chalk it up the Castor and Red running this and everyone’s voting.
Airplane is an easy choice but a stoning awaits me in hell for picking Fuzz. Dalton, Pegg and Frost narrowly take my vote over George C. Scott…I bet he’ll be the first one waiting for me stone in hand:P
Airplane and Strangelove. Don’t even start with this Bueller business.
I be off for, like, two days, so nobody try and sneak in Dumb and Dumber while I’m gone.
(seriously, my robot spies are on it)
The two winners here are obvious; I love Hot Fuzz but it’s no Strangelove. And I was never a big fan of Day Off anyways.
This one was actually easier than I thought it would be. Maybe I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue but I HAD to pick Airplane. Quotability, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielson and all the wackiness that is still hilarious today makes it, in my book, a contender to WIN.
And Kubrick=Win although I kinda though Hot Fuzz would be doing better…huh.
C’Mon Ferris Bueller and Hot Fuzz!
While I love Hot Fuzz it can’t compete with Dr. Strangelove. And Airplane is so quotable that it can’t lose.
Can’t believe it’s come to this. And that I have to sit back and watch my old favourites get eviscerated by the voting public. Why guys? Why!?
First one was tuff but I am one of the few people that didn’t care for either in the 2nd match-up. Went Hot Fuzz and Airplane… mainly cuz my wife’s name is Shirley… think about it.
PS. I just realized I have more comments than Red on here… how is that possible?
How can Airplane be beating Ferris Bueller? Madness, I tell you, madness! There’s far more complexity to the characters in Ferris Bueller, plus the actors are much better. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Airplane! a lot, I just don’t think it’s a serious contender for the best comedy every.
Obviously, your readership disagrees.
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