what happened was that we all knew that
was going to be big news for a while so
we all came down here bush clinton
wilson all of us we got our pictures
taken told you what you wanted to hear
and we
we pretty much forgot about it welcome
to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 criminally underrated
comedy movies of all time
dewey cox needs to think about his
entire life before he plays
yes you're like yoda yeah i know
this this feels weird are you are you
sure this is legal
i don't know it's fun though wouldn't it
for this list we'll be looking at comedy
films that tend not to get the attention
they richly deserve
which hilarious film needs more love let
us know in the comments
number 10 they came together well it's
kind of a corny
romantic comedy kind of story that's
true that is true
reuniting the director and some of the
cast from wet hot american summer
they came together suffered a similar
fate of mostly being overlooked
paul rudd and amy poehler star in a love
story for the ages
although this movie is more interested
in poking fun at romantic comedies than
being one
joel wait hmm yeah i might have judged
you too harshly at the party
i know this sounds crazy but would you
like to have a mia coffee with cup
despite being a bit all over the place
they came together
as witty and features an absolutely
stacked cast
there was another character that was
just as important as the two of us
new york city
so new york city is like another
character while the leads are tremendous
some of the movie's biggest laughs come
courtesy of supporting characters
like christopher maloney's roland and ed
helms eggbert
only thing i can guess is somebody else
must have gone into the bathroom
put my costume on [ __ ] in it
and left it there that is the only
logical explanation number nine kingpin
come on boy full
the name's not boy it's roy
sandwiched between dumb and dumber and
there's something about mary
kingpin is very much a must-watch fairly
brothers flick
even if it's not always treated as such
desperate for a big payday
a former bowler takes a naive amish guy
under his wing
but their journey to reno proves to be
anything but simple
this this feels weird are you are you
sure this is legal
i don't know it's fun though while a
touch on the long side
kingpin is still one hell of a ride and
features an especially memorable
performance by bill murray
in the last 17 years a day hadn't gone
by that i haven't thought about what i'd
say to you if i ever ran into you again
i bet hello irreverent
mean-spirited oddly touching and
stupidly funny
kingpin throws out a surprising amount
of curveballs and hits
way more strikes than gutter balls
number eight
tucker and dale versus evil oh hi
ho officer we've had a doozy of a day
there we were minding our own business
just doing some chores around the house
when kids started killing themselves all
over my property
now this is a doozy of a film turning
all of the slasher conventions on their
heads
tucker and dale vs evil follows two
hillbillies
as their plans to renovate their
vacation home is interrupted by a group
of college students who keep rudely
dying all over the property
there we were yep uh minding our own
business
yep making some improvements to my new
house the new house
when all of a sudden out of nowhere
these kids
started killing themselves all over my
property tucker and dale vs evil is a
comedy horror that prioritizes laughs
over frights
although the film does manage to sneak
in a few genuine scares among
its many laugh out loud moments whether
it's halloween or just a random day in
the spring
tucker and dale versus evil always hits
the spot
all right i'm gonna do it right now all
right hold up hold up
all right no whatever you say just smile
and laugh that shows confidence smile
and laugh
okay do it all right number seven
top secret now remember nick this is the
first time rock music has ever been
allowed in this country
so you're not just a performer you're an
ambassador representing america
from the same minds responsible for
airplane and the naked gun series
top secret is by no means a lesser film
in the zucker brothers or jim abrams
filmographies
starring a charismatic val kilmer as an
elvis presley-type
rock star who ends up fighting in the
resistance in east germany
top secret throws out one silly joke
after another with a ridiculous number
of them landing
is he all right oh he caught a call the
other day and he's just a little hoarse
beat an impromptu tic-tac-toe match or a
singing horse
top secret spoofs everything under the
sun and shows there is no such thing as
a punch line that's too wacky
[Music]
number six death at a funeral there's a
reason so many comedies boil down
to awful people being horrible to each
other that formula just
works if there's anything i can do
sandra
i don't put your hand there do you leave
so much marks 2007's death at a funeral
sees brothers
mothers and secret lovers coming
together to mourn the death of a
family's patriarch
a supposedly sorrowful affair that ends
up involving a lot of hallucinogens
what's going on i don't know
a pitch black comedy this film throws
anything resembling common decency out
the window
and is all the better for it what the
hell is going on
there's someone in there i knew it when
there's a naked man on the roof and a
peter dinklage in attendance
any event even a funeral can be turned
into a farce
number five beaufinger at that moment
we and by we i mean me will be important
making a movie is pretty difficult
especially when the lead has no idea
he's in it
a satire of the movie business that
brings together the immeasurable talents
of steve martin and eddie murphy
beaufinger tends to be forgotten in
discussions of either comedian's best
works
it's too cerebral we trying to make a
movie here not a film
martin is delightful as the sleazy but
likable bowfinger
a producer who will use every trick in
the book to direct a movie
murphy also delivers one of his best
ever performances
doing double duty as a paranoid
hollywood a-lister and his naive body
double
does that seem a little dangerous though
no no
no we have professional stuntmen doing
the driving so you'll be completely safe
number four la story stories set in los
angeles are a dime a dozen
but there's nothing else quite like la
story what's this
an earthquake how strong is it
i give it a four written by and starring
steve martin
la's story chronicles the start of a
peculiar but sweet romance
between a journalist and a weatherman
who happens to have a traffic sign as a
wingman
showing the realities of los angeles
while also not ignoring the city's
magical allure
the film finds honesty in its absurdity
hi my name is bob i'll be your robber hi
how are you
thank you very much la's story presents
surreal gags and outlandish scenarios as
matter-of-factly as its quieter moments
allowing them to co-exist in perfect
harmony i should warn you that
what i'm old and it might take a little
while oh my god i'm young again
number three real life only six of these
cameras were ever made
only five of them ever worked we had
four of those
what's more interesting than reality
real life's albert brooks wants to film
something truly authentic
and begins a project to document the
daily lives of a typical american family
for an
entire year the felton's lived in
wisconsin
the yeagers lived in arizona you spend
the winter in wisconsin
[Laughter]
naturally it does not take too long for
this experiment to go off the rails
a parody of documentaries and co-written
and directed by brooks
real life takes plenty of subtle and not
so subtle jabs at the film industry in
general
publicity this is a trucker driver and a
trucker okay
and there's a few other people there not
here right now now of course
thanks to modern technology these people
really aren't needed but the union makes
us take them so
folks we'll see at the premiere while
quite loose on plot
real life makes up for it with plenty of
memorable sequences
and an unflinching commitment to seeing
its premise through to the bitter end
i never thought i'd say this the studio
is right
the audience loves fake they crave
fake number two waiting for guffman
generally
christopher guest and eugene levy's
collaborations are a safe bet when it
comes to high quality ensemble comedies
where i'm having a problem is sometimes
the horse comes out and i can't get past
the cow
the first of many great showcases of the
duo's talent for mockumentaries
waiting for guffman focuses on a small
town staging a theater show
that might attract attention from a new
york bigwig the oppenheimer organization
is delighted to inform you that it will
be sending a representative
mr mort guffman to view the production
and enlighten us with his comments be it
the slightly delusional albertsons
the ambitious director corki or the
scientific ufo expert
waiting for guffman fills blaine with
colorful characters that never lose
their humanity despite
their quirks witty charming and
intelligent waiting for guffman is
improvisational comedy at its best
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
black dynamite because the black
exploitation genre was seldom this funny
freeze turkeys
dirty work because if you like norm
mcdonald's brand of comedy
this film is a must-watch it smells like
fish in here what is that
what was that some sort of signal huh is
that a signal no you're wearing a wire
no it really does smell like fish in
here uhf
because weird owl is a treasure and when
the film hits it hits hard
the man who knew too little because bill
murray as an accidental spy is a solid
enough concept for a few laughs
you want to tell me what you think you
were doing sir well back in the
straightaway
95. i could have gone faster but i'd
have lost you
what about bob because frank oz bill
murray and richard dreyfuss are a recipe
for hilarity
leo i see salt and pepper is there a
salt substitute
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number one walk hard the dewey [ __ ]
story
mr cox you don't have to give him a
moment son
dewey cox needs to think about his
entire life before he plays
a flop at the box office that went on to
become a cult hit walk hard the dewey
[ __ ] story is an endlessly quotable
parody of music biopics that also has a
fantastic
soundtrack in my dreams you're blowing
me
some kisses when the wrong kid dies
dewey sets out to live life twice as
hard becoming a famous musician in the
process
covering multiple decades and containing
practically a gag a second
needs more blankets and he needs less
blankets i'm afraid you're right
walk hard is an ambitious tribute to the
music business that masterfully blends
sincerity with goofiness
don't leave me either don't leave me
edith
there's a title for a song
that's not a bad title but please don't
leave me
how many comedies can claim to feature
cameos by both elvis
and the beatles that was freaking
transcendental paul mccartney
don't you agree john lennon yes dewey
cox with meditation there's no limit to
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