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In reply to the discussion: I need a good comedy movie [View all]

Ptah

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19. Cast:
Sun Jul 7, 2013, 07:08 PM
Jul 2013
Principal cast

Spencer Tracy as Captain T. G. Culpeper
Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike
Buddy Hackett as "Benjy" Benjamin
Mickey Rooney as "Dingy" Bell
Edie Adams as Monica Crump
Sid Caesar as Melville Crump
Milton Berle as J. Russell Finch
Ethel Merman as Mrs. Marcus
Dorothy Provine as Emmeline Marcus-Finch
Phil Silvers as Otto Meyer
Dick Shawn as Sylvester Marcus
Terry-Thomas as Lt. Col. J. Algernon Hawthorne

Supporting cast

Jim Backus as airplane owner Tyler Fitzgerald
William Demarest as Aloysius, Chief of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Jimmy Durante as "Smiler" Grogan
Peter Falk as a cab driver
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as a cab driver
Paul Ford as Col. Wilberforce
Barrie Chase as Sylvester Marcus' girlfriend

Cameo appearances

Jack Benny as man driving a Maxwell offering help
Paul Birch as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Ben Blue as the vintage biplane pilot
Joe E. Brown as the union official giving a speech at a construction site
Alan Carney as a sergeant with the Santa Rosita Police Department
John Clarke as a helicopter pilot
Stanley Clements as a local reporter at police station
Lloyd Corrigan as the mayor of Santa Rosita
Howard Da Silva as an airport official
Andy Devine as the Sheriff of Crockett County, California
Selma Diamond as Ginger Culpeper, Captain Culpeper's wife (voice only)
Minta Durfee as a crowd extra
Roy Engel as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Norman Fell as primary detective at the "Smiler" Grogan accident site
James Flavin as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Stan Freberg as a Deputy Sheriff of Crockett County
Nicholas Georgiade as supporting detective at the "Smiler" Grogan accident site
Leo Gorcey as the cab driver bringing Melville and Monica to the hardware store
Stacy Harris as police radio voice unit F-7 (voice only)
Don C. Harvey as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Sterling Holloway as the Santa Rosita Fire Department fire captain
Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Dinckler, owner of the hardware store
Allen Jenkins as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Marvin Kaplan as service station co-owner Irwin
Robert Karnes as Simmy, a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Buster Keaton as Jimmy the Crook, Culpeper's boatman crony
Tom Kennedy as a Santa Rosita Police Department traffic cop
Don Knotts as the nervous motorist
Charles Lane as the airport manager
Harry Lauter as a Santa Rosita Police Department police dispatcher
Ben Lessy as George the steward
Bobo Lewis as vintage biplane pilot's wife
Jerry Lewis as the motorist who runs over Culpeper's hat
Mike Mazurki as the miner bringing medicine to his wife
Charles McGraw as Lt. Matthews of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Cliff Norton as a reporter
Barbara Pepper as an ice cream counter waitress (scene deleted)
ZaSu Pitts as Gertie, the Santa Rosita Police Department Central Division's switchboard operator
Carl Reiner as the Rancho Conejo airport tower controller
Madlyn Rhue as secretary Schwartz of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Roy Roberts as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer (scene deleted)
Eddie Ryder as Rancho Conejo air traffic control tower staff member
The Shirelles singing "31 Flavors" in Sylvester's home scene (voices only)
Arnold Stang as service station co-owner Ray
Nick Stewart as migrant truck driver forced off the road
The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita) as Rancho Conejo Airport firemen
Sammee Tong as a laundryman
Doodles Weaver as a hardware store employee
Jesse White as a Rancho Conejo air traffic controller

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I need a good comedy movie [View all] Aerows Jul 2013 OP
What media source? iTunes? Netflix? Redbox? Amazon Instant? Cable On Demand? nt onehandle Jul 2013 #1
Any Aerows Jul 2013 #2
My wife and I think of things to watch... onehandle Jul 2013 #7
Oh good lord Aerows Jul 2013 #11
About A Boy or Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy onehandle Jul 2013 #3
That could be good Aerows Jul 2013 #6
Then Hot Fuzz or Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #10
Thank you for the recommendation Aerows Jul 2013 #27
My life in ruins refrescanos Jul 2013 #4
I might check that one out Aerows Jul 2013 #9
rat race refrescanos Jul 2013 #13
I second that recommendation. avebury Jul 2013 #14
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman and Mickey Rooney Ptah Jul 2013 #5
Old but good? Aerows Jul 2013 #8
Cast: Ptah Jul 2013 #19
One of the funniest ever, really HarveyDarkey Jul 2013 #30
An absolutely stunning cast of Comedians from an era when they were popular 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #77
Idiocracy - get it on Blockbuster on Dish TV. Completely mindless but funny movie. patricia92243 Jul 2013 #12
I'll check that one out too Aerows Jul 2013 #26
You won't regret it, I don't think krispos42 Jul 2013 #65
I watched that movie on TV and it scared the living shit out of me. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #78
Have you ever seen Red? avebury Jul 2013 #15
You are the second person to recommend it Aerows Jul 2013 #25
and I think Red2 comes out July 19 a kennedy Jul 2013 #59
Any movie that has Helen Mirren sharp_stick Jul 2013 #62
why start with the last decade ? funny is funny like the Marx Brothers olddots Jul 2013 #16
In no order: "Dick" "Cable Guy" "About a Boy" "Addams Family" "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #17
Here ya go: SaveOurDemocracy Jul 2013 #18
Ted, hilarious movie. Initech Jul 2013 #39
How about the Campaign? Initech Jul 2013 #20
I saw that recently. Incitatus Jul 2013 #32
I like the Motch Brothers = Koch Brothers reference. Initech Jul 2013 #35
Dan Aykroyd was the other... lame54 Jul 2013 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author lame54 Jul 2013 #72
I like when Zach Galiafinakis' character tells the truth... Initech Jul 2013 #75
Young Frankenstein nt LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #21
awesome movie AmyStrange Jul 2013 #22
yes AtomicKitten Jul 2013 #57
Warm Bodies AmyStrange Jul 2013 #23
Bill Cosby 49 ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #24
Airplane, any (and all) of the Naked Gun movies HarveyDarkey Jul 2013 #28
Naked Gun is funny, but sad too.. AmyStrange Jul 2013 #29
If you can go back to the 70s: What's Up, Doc? Recursion Jul 2013 #31
Only one in the last decade was "Paul" Paulie Jul 2013 #33
Ah Bowfinger, one of my personal favorites. Initech Jul 2013 #36
I second "The Birdcage" - it's great. cyberswede Jul 2013 #56
I third "The Birdcage", I fell in love with Nathan Lane in this movie..... a kennedy Jul 2013 #58
Dark Star Kali Jul 2013 #34
If you want a series, check out Archer. Initech Jul 2013 #37
I saw Hot Fuzz was suggested earlier, and I second that NuclearDem Jul 2013 #38
Hot Fuzz would be in my all time top ten, maybe five. Initech Jul 2013 #40
Get to these first 7wo7rees Jul 2013 #41
"The Money Pit"makes me laugh cause I live in one. "Sister Act"'s music is killer..... Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #42
Oscar... AnneD Jul 2013 #43
Mrs. Doubtfire, Vacation, Best in Show, Naked Gun, an old I love Lucy, Get Smart or Honeymooners nt graham4anything Jul 2013 #44
"Johnny Dangerously" Flashmann Jul 2013 #45
"My Blue Heaven" - Steve Martin playing a mafia dude in the witness protection program. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #46
What a day for a mow eh? didact Jul 2013 #47
Only if you're in a silk suit. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #48
The Great White Hype and Ruthless People MrScorpio Jul 2013 #49
Galaxy Quest RILib Jul 2013 #50
"Can you make some kind of rudimentary lathe?" krispos42 Jul 2013 #66
Duck Soup, not circa the last decade, but so what? edbermac Jul 2013 #51
Best In Show, Waiting for Guffman, Shaun of the Dead, Pineapple Express. n/t RiffRandell Jul 2013 #52
A couple of mine. Not the farcial feel-good variety but more humorous then those could ever be Populist_Prole Jul 2013 #53
I just saw "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar" last night hifiguy Jul 2013 #54
Some of my favorites: Lisa D Jul 2013 #55
This is 40 (nt) bigwillq Jul 2013 #60
Idiocracy, although it used to be funnier than it is now lunatica Jul 2013 #61
"Danny Deckchair" "Best In Show" bif Jul 2013 #63
Indeed! You reminded me of Waking Ned Devine and the original Death at a Funeral ... Myrina Jul 2013 #69
Defending Your Life tk2kewl Jul 2013 #64
If you have a darker sense of humor I recomend the movie Lo Arcanetrance Jul 2013 #67
Go see The Heat ... it was rather funny. Myrina Jul 2013 #68
I still have Casanova (2005) lying around here, have to watch it sometime. jakeXT Jul 2013 #70
Zach and Miri make a porno lame54 Jul 2013 #73
"good comedy" "nothing overly gross" "the last decade"... bluedigger Jul 2013 #74
Grandma's Boy bluesbassman Jul 2013 #76
I still think "The Inlaws" is the funniest movie I've ever seen. Demoiselle Jul 2013 #79
It's not as funny the second time bif Jul 2013 #80
Just saw "the Heat" last night very funny. we can do it Jul 2013 #81
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