The Greatest Comedy Tournament: The Final
The highly anticipated conclusion of our Greatest Comedy Tournament is finally here. We started with 256 movies nearly 3 months ago and you have voted the field down to the final two survivors. Which one will be crowned Greatest Comedy of All-Time?
The rules for the final round of voting will be:
- Polls stay open from Thursday 7AM CT to Sunday 11:59PM CT
- Win by 3 votes
- You can vote every 6 hours
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The Final
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(1) Airplane! (1980) | (1) Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975) |
Directed by Jim Abrahams and David Zucker | Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones |
Cast: Robert Hays, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges | Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin |
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: King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles. |
IMDb score: 7.8/10 | IMDb score: 8.5/10 |
The Final! Which Movie is the Best Comedy?
- (1) Airplane! (1980) (40%, 25 Votes)
- (1) Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975) (60%, 38 Votes)
Total Voters: 63
24 Comments
“Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?”
“I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!”
“Just a flesh wound.”
“NI!”
“What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”
Do I really need to explain any further why Monty Python deserves to win?
It’s not a question of where he grips it! It’s a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
Holy Grail must win. Airplane is a classic but it’s no legend. Holy Grail is legendary. That’s really all there is to it.
I do not approve… where is my Blazing Saddles????
Both films are easily quoted, but I would have to go with Monty Python. It’s just so much smarter, and when you know people who have seen it, your non-stop quoting it.
I think the best thing about Holy Grail is how easy it is to laugh at and how young you can be and still get it. There are parts of Airplane that still go over my head (funny as it is). I was laughing hysterically at Holy Grail when I was 10.
Despite the fine points you all have made I’m going to go with Airplane.
Looks like this Airplane is going DOWN.
(hahahahahahah)
((I see your pun and raise you…))
Well, Monty Python are the Holy Grail of comedy…
Gahh, I can’t decide. First time this has happened. I’d have to rewatch both again before being able to decide.
A truly epic matchup! Gah. So intense.
Oh, got another reason for why Monty Python should win:
“She turned me into a newt!”
“A newt?”
“…I got better.”
Love it.
Of course Monty Python is kicking arse. I’m going to clomp around work with kid cups on do my coconut noises! Woohoo!
Great job with this throughout! Nicely done. Still hurting over the tough Annie Hall loss….
surprised at how not close this race is so far
Yep, after all this… a little bit of dramatic tension is needed. If this were a film, we’d be cutting frantically and tensely back and forth between the Pythons and the Airplane! cast as they tried to frantically out surreal each other.
Still, there’s no shame in only being “the second best” comedy of all time.
I have never seen Monty Python. I need to add this to my Netflix queue.
What a final pairing? I’ll definitively have to go with Airplane on this one. Most Monthy Python hasn’t aged good at all. They tend to be more of sketch collections. I remember Airplane as hillarious funny in the same way as Naked Gun was… What film eliminated that one btw???
Monty Python, my dears. Predictable but awesome.
My wife is named Shirley so I gotta go Airplane! And I still say GBusters was robbed!
Gotta go with Monty Python here. I don’t think it’s the best, but it’s better than Airplane.
Is it just me, or could you almost have called this match-up from the start? It just seems so… right it boils down to these two.
Anyway, good hustle guys on organising this and putting it all together – you guys have just done an excellent job all summer.
Great ending to a great tournament! I missed out on voting in the final stages but I can’t argue with Holy Grail. So the Brits won in the end! hehe!
Wow, I wish I had been around for this tournament. Looks like a lot of fun… you guys oughta do something similar this summer. Maybe action movies?
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