There are all sorts of things that can make a comedy movie effective that is to say, funny.
When used cleverly,running gags can be some of the funniest jokes in a comedy film.
‘A Christmas Story’ (1983)
There are too many Christmas movie classics to count.
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He’s invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process of reanimating a dead body.
Oscar winnerCloris Leachmanis brilliant as Blucher, and this running gag only adds to her performance.
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6"The wrong kid died."
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The fact thata parody is betterthan the vast majority of films in the actual genre is a huge achievement.
Walk Hardhas aged like fine wine.
5"Inconceivable!"
However, what’s perhaps most iconic aboutThe Princess Brideis how endlessly quotableit is.
Goldman findsall sorts of funny situations for Vizzini to find inconceivable, andWallace Shawn’s delivery is always on-point.
It follows Spinal Tap, England’s loudest band, on what proves to be a very eventful tour.
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The movie is comprised of on-stage performances, behind-the-scenes look at the band, and hilarious interviews.
It’s a rare occurrence, but it happens, apparently.
Alas, in the movie’s final song, he does end up spontaneously combusting on stage.
It’s a hilariously twisted moment that’seven funnier because of how out-of-left-field it feelsin the moment.
1The whole movie
‘Airplane!’
The entire movie iscomposed of brilliantly silly running gag after brilliantly silly running gag.
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It’s hard to pick a single one ofAirplane!
’s running gags, which is better than the rest, so the entire film should do, Shirley.
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