KaBluie

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BobO'Link

Nice detective work there! I did *lots* of looking and came up empty for any type of list. That looks to be as good a method as any... but you might want to include PG and PG-13 as many GP got re-rated PG and M typically turned into PG-13 if/when re-rated. Scratch that... it returns *no* results!

Does anyone know how to do a strike through of text here? (Thanks Trevor!) It helps to use instead of [], eh? I'm sure what I looked up had that but I overlooked the difference...

Here are a few from my collection:
GP - Kelly's Heroes (War film - lots of stars)
M - How to Commit Marriage (Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason)
M - Love God?, The (Don Knotts)
M - Paint Your Wagon (Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin)
M - Wrecking Crew, The (Dean Martin - Matt Helm film)

BobO'Link

Another MIA checklist item I just noticed: Won Award (Academy, BAFTA, etc.)

Every other challenge has this one - Comedy should too! After all there are quite a few award winning comedy films. You could even break this down into one for films and another for TV.

BobO'Link

Private Benjamin
Protocol

or just pick something from this list (IMDB advanced search using film/comedy/"fish out of water" keyword).

davidh777

Local Hero

Ash Ketchum

I went over the anime in my (visible) collection and checked various series to see which were listed on IMDB as comedy.

Here are a few:

Azumanga Daioh
Dragon Ball (TV series, but not the movies)
Excel Saga
Fancy Lala
Fruits Basket
Full Moon O Sagashite
Hanaukyo Maid Team
His and Her Circumstances
InuYasha (TV series, but not the movies)
Kimagure Orange Road (TV series)
Love Hina
Lupin III (all TV series + movies)
Maison Ikkoku
Marmalade Boy
Nana
Ranma ½
Slayers (all series + movies)
Urusei Yatsura (TV series + the movies)

jmsmath

So, does tomorrows theme of sitcoms mean watch enough TV sitcoms for an entry or watch a movie based on a sitcom? If it's the latter, anyone have any recommendations? The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Get Smart and the Sex and the City movies.

takingchase

I'm going to have to check a few of these out. Anime rarely ever grabs me but I still always try different series out in hopes that I'll enjoy it.

Any sitcom will work. It doesn't have to be a movie based off of one. So you can technically knock out two theme days at once if you watch them live tomorrow.

KaBluie

The Brady Bunch Movie
A Very Brady Sequel
The Brady Bunch In The White House
Bewitched
The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (If Get Smart is a sitcom so is Police Squad!)
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Munster, Go Home!
The Munsters' Revenge
Here Come The Munsters
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Car 54, Where Are You?
Halloween With The New Addams Family
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
Addams Family Reunion
Are You Being Served?
My Favorite Martian
Leave It To Beaver
McHale's Navy
Dad's Army
Porridge
Bless This House
Up Pompeii
The Likely Lads
Man About The House
Steptoe And Son
Steptoe And Son Ride Again
On The Buses
Mutiny On The Buses
Holiday On The Buses
Bring Me The Head Of Dobie Gillis


There are also Movies that were turned into sitcoms

MASH
Private Benjamin
Semi Tough
Foul Play
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore




Unsold Pilots that have been included on some DVDs

Black Bart (Blazing Saddles)
Revenge Of The Nerds

shadokitty

Tenchi in Tokyo and Vandread are two more comedy animes

Ash Ketchum

More from my anime collection that qualify as comedy:

Chobits
Genshiken
K-on!
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Mahoromatic
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Sherlock Hound
Tenchi Muyo! (the IMDB entry combines it with Tenchi Universe, which is odd, since they're two different series)
Tenchi Muyo in Love (but NOT Tenchi Forever)

So, the big dilemma for me is what to watch for this challenge, since I have so many unfinished or unstarted anime comedy series. The impulse is to plow through previously seen eps. of "Urusei Yatsura," since it's one of my favorites.

Anime comedy is an acquired taste, so it's hard to figure out what would work for newbies. Since TakingChase is interested in sampling anime comedy, what would be a good place for him to start?

I'd start with the Rumiko Takahashi series, "Ranma ½" and "Urusei Yatsura," since they're so often the entry points for so many new anime fans outside Japan. And they're genuinely funny and wildly imaginative. The earliest "Dragon Ball" episodes are a good place to start also, esp. now that they've got the uncut versions out in their original Japanese. The first wave of "Tenchi Muyo" OAV episodes are good, as well as the follow-up TV series, "Tenchi Universe." Interestingly, the very first Tenchi piece I saw was the movie, TENCHI MUYO IN LOVE, which is a magnificent anime movie, with comedy, romance, action, sci-fi and thriller aspects all rolled seamlessly into one. You needed to know something about the characters and their relationships to fully appreciate it, but it packs quite an impact regardless.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

The Ping Pong Club. Short episodes and they're similar to the non-preachy South Park episodes.

BobO'Link

That could be a fun checklist item for next year too. Although it might be somewhat restrictive.

KaBluie

There's probably more, these were just off the top of my head.

takingchase

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I almost feel bad that I don't get into anime as much as I do. I feel like there is this whole world of new viewings I'm missing out on. I plan to try as many series as I can for this challenge in hopes that I'll find one that hooks me in.


Unrelated from anime, I just made my wife sit down and watch The Jerk for the first time. Even with as many times as I've seen it my jaw is still all sore from laughing the whole movie.

Lastly, keep any challenge related suggestions coming. I've already started compiling all MIA checklist items so I'll be ready to go next year.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Don't almost feel bad. I'm not into anime at all. There's just a couple things I've run across I like and most of the stuff I don't.

Trevor

Clerks

Ash Ketchum

"Genshiken" is another anime series I want to recommend. I'm reading the manga now. It's about an Otaku club at a Tokyo college and is a somewhat realistic look at otaku fan culture (anime, manga, videogames, cosplay, etc.), and quite funny, too.

Trevor

Random thought just popped into my head as I was watching some Laurel & Hardy. Shirley Temple should probably be added to that classic comedians checklist item.

coyoteblue

I was thinking Margaret Rutherford, Sid James, Norman Wisdom, and Terry-Thomas.

Trevor

Thanks for making me feel stupid young; I've never heard of any of those.

coyoteblue

Well, Norman Wisdom never managed to get a break in the States (his attempt was The Night They Raided Minsky's), like Norman, Sid James is practically a British institution, but he's probably best known, over here at least, for the Carry On movies. Margaret Rutherford was primarily a character actress and she's likely best remembered here for her Miss Marple movies. Terry-Thomas...ever heard of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies? How about Danger: Diabolik (small, but fun role) or Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (another small but fun role)? He was never really a leading man.

Also a few more to consider for next years list: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Stephen Chow, Michael Hui, Ricky Hui.

BobO'Link

^^Hmmmm.... does that make me old? I've heard of all of them...

coyoteblue

I've gotten warmed up so I'll keep going. These guys aren't necessarily comedians/comics but they all made their share of comedies:

Jack Lemon, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Doris Day, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Danny Kaye, Jean Arthur, Rosalind Russel, Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, Katherine Hepburn.

And there's plenty I haven't listed, but pulling from what I've mentioned should diversify the check list nicely for next year.

KaBluie

November 4 – TGIF – Workplace comedy

I was having a little trouble coming up with something for this, all I could think of was Office Space or The Office.

But then after Googling "Workplace comedy" I realized it doesn't specify Office, which opens up this category quite a bit.

I'm going to watch Empire Records and/or Used Cars. Which ever one I find first.