All Time Greatest: Comedy Movie!

We've been pretty lousy bloggers lately. You know it. We know it. We've gotten caught up in schoolwork... and Twitter. So to make it up to you (and to give us something to post about), we're starting a new feature called "All Time Greatest."

We'll choose a category and Adam and I will pick our personal "all time greatest" of that category.

Today's category: All Time Greatest Comedy

Urban's Pick: "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." It's a recent choice, I know. I'm surprised, too. I thought about this for awhile. At first, I wanted to pick something showy, like a Buster Keaton silent film. But then I got honest with myself... and "Anchorman" makes me laugh more every time I see it.

It's my opinion that "Anchorman" is to the 2000s what "Dumb and Dumber" was for the 1990s. It's easily quotable and has a cast that just works incredibly well together. It's delivered a number of phrases that have seeped into our collective consciousness and become catchphrases unto themselves: "I'm kind of a big deal." "Stay classy." "I love lamp." Okay, maybe not that last one, but it's still a great line.

It's got goofy 1970s costumes, outdated sexist jokes, a great soundtrack, an epic battle, and even pandas. I think "Anchorman" is the all time greatest comedy.

Rucker's Pick: "Dumb & Dumber." This was a no-brainer for me. It's easily the most quoted film in my movie quote repertoire, though "Mean Girls" occasionally gives it a run for its money. D&D is smack in the middle of classic Jim Carrey movies-- after "The Mask" and before "Liar Liar." Carrey plays "Lloyd" opposite Jeff Daniels's "Harry." Plus I also feel a personal connection to this movie since nearly every time I get a haircut, I am called "Lloyd" by more than one family member because of my resemblance to Mr. Carrey.

The number of quotable lines in D&D is nearly infinite, including, but not limited to, such classics as:

• "We got no food, we got no jobs, our pets' heads are fallin' off!!"
• "Uhh, Harry, I took care of it!"
• "So you're telling me there's a chance!"
• A) "Don't go dieing on me!"
• B) "I was robbed by a sweet old lady on a motorized cart. I didn't even see it coming!"
• After seeing hitchhikers: "Pick 'em up!"
• "Pretty bird, pretty bird."

It wasn't just the outrageously ridiculous lines, but Carrey and Daniels's ability to deliver them hilariously without making them seem over the top. D&D is one of those movies that I will watch over and over (as I did last week when TBS showed it 4 times in a row), and that is why it is my pick for all time greatest comedy!

What Do YOU Think? Agree/Disagree with Urban&Rucker? Leave your thoughts and picks for All Time Greatest Comedy in the comments!

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