Movie Comedy Draft voting thread

[Umbrella]

Here is where we will all vote on the winners. It is up to the voter to determine whether a movie is a comedy, or if it fits correctly in the category. Participants may vote, but not for themselves. Please list your top three picks in order. First place votes receive 5 points, second place receives 3 points, third place receives 1 point. Voters may ask participants to explain picks, and participants may preemptively explain picks that they feel the need to.

The categories and time frames are as follows:

Categories:
Historical
Horror
Music
Parody
Dark Comedy
Romantic Comedy
Sports
Teenager
War
Wild Card (Any of the above, or a category not covered)

Time Periods (This is the movie release date. I will use IMDB as the official ruling on dates):
Before 1960
1960's
1970's
1980-1984
1985-1989
1990-1994
1995-1999
2000-2007
2008-present
Wild Card (any time period)

Voting will remain open until midnight pacific time, Sunday February 1st (Super Bowl Sunday).

The thread with the draft is below.
Movie comedy draft - Front Office Football Central

[Umbrella]

Picks by drafter:

ColtCrazy
1.1 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, War, 1960s.
2.10 - Duck Soup, Historical, pre-1960
3.1 - When Harry Met Sally, Romantic Comedy, 1985-1989
4.10 - A Fish Called Wanda, Dark Comedy, Wild Card
5.1 - The Jerk, Wild Card, 1970s
6.10 - History of the World, Part I, Parody, 1980-84
7.1 - Frozen, Music, 2008-present
8.10 - Nightmare Before Christmas, Horror, 1990-94
9.1 - Mean Girls, Teen, 2000-2007
10.10 - Jerry Maguire, Sports, 1995-99

Grover (1st place)
1.2 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Historical, 1970s
2.9 - Shaun of the Dead, Horror, 2000-2007
3.2 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Music, Wild Card
4.9 - Groundhog Day, Romantic Comedy, 1990-1994
5.2 - Spaceballs, Parody, 1985-89
6.9 - A Christmas Story, Wild Card, 1980-1984
7.2 - Kingpin, Sports, 1995-99
8.9 - Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Teenage, 2008-Present
9.2 - Stalag 17, War, Pre-1960s
10.9 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, Dark Comedy, 1960s

AENeuman
1.3 - Pulp Fiction, Dark Comedy, 1990-1994
2.8 - Big Lebowski, Sports, 1995-1999
3.3 - This is Spinal Tap, Music, 1980-1984
4.8 - Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure, Historical, 1985-1989
5.3 - Beetlejuice, Horror, Wildcard
6.8 - Napoleon Dynamite, Teen, 2000-2007
7.3 - The Lego Movie, War, 2008-present
8.8 - Animal House, Wild Card, 1970s
9.3 - It Happened One Night, Rom-Com, pre-1960
10.8 - Casino Royale, parody, 1960s

Suicane75
1.4 - MASH, War, 1970's
2.7 - Some Like Hot, Music, Pre 1960
3.4 - Caddyshack, Sports, 1980-1984
4.7 - The Producers, Historical, 1960's
5.4 - Annie Hall, Romantic Comedy, Wild Card
6.7 - Naked Gun, Parody, 1985-1989
7.4 - The Room, Dark Comedy, 2000-2007
8.7 - American Pie, Teenager, 1995-1999
9.4 - Dead Alive, Horror, 1990-1994
10.7 - Burn After Reading, Wild Card, 2008-Present

britrock88
1.5 - Toy Story, Teenager, 1995-99
2.6 - The Princess Bride, Romantic Comedy, 1985-89
3.5 - Young Frankenstein, Horror, 1970s
4.6 - The Grand Budapest Hotel, Dark Comedy, 2008-present
5.5 - The Great Dictator, War, pre-1960
6.6 - A Hard Day's Night, Music, 1960s
7.5 - A League of Their Own, Sports, 1990-94
8.6 - Tootsie, Wild Card, 1980-84
9.5 - O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Historical, 2000-07
10.6 - Clue, Parody, Wild Card

timmae
1.6 - Stripes, War, 1980-1984
2.5 - Hot Shots (1991), Parody, 1990-1994
3.6 - Fargo, Dark Comedy, 1995-1999
4.5 - Breakfast Club, Teenager, 1985-1989
5.6 - High Fidelity, Music, 2000-2007
6.5 - Oceans 11 (1960), Wild Card, 1960s
7.6 - Gremlins, Horror, Wildcard
8.5 - To Be Or Not To Be, Historical, Pre -1960
9.6 - Bad News Bears, Sports, 1970's
10.5 - Bridesmaids, Rom Com, 2008 to present

NobodyHere (T-3rd place)
1.7 - Blazing Saddles, Historical, 1970s
2.4 - Little Shop of Horrors(1986), Music, 1985-1989
3.7 - The Graduate, Romantic Comedy, 1960s
4.4 - Fight Club, Dark Comedy, 1995-99
5.7 - Dumb and Dumber, Teen, 1990-1994
6.4 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Horror, Pre-1960s
7.7 - Shrek, Parody, 2000-2007
8.4 - Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Wild Card, 1980-1984
9.7 - Inglorious Basterds, War, 2008-Present
10.4 - Happy Gilmore, Sports, WildCard

cartman (2nd place)
1.8 - The Blues Brothers, Music, 1980-1984
2.3 - Major League, Sports, 1985-1989
3.8 - Borat- Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Parody, 2000-2007
4.3 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Teenager, Wild Card
5.8 - Kelly's Heroes - War, 1970s
6.3 - Life Is Beautiful, Dark Comedy, 1995-1999
7.8 - Tremors, Horror, 1990-94
8.3 - The Hangover, Wild Card, 2008-Present
9.8 - Paint Your Wagon, Rom Com, 1960s
10.3 - The Gold Rush, Historical, Before 1960

Chief Rum
1.9 - Monty Python's Life of Brian, Historical, 1970s
2.2 - Airplane!, Dark Comedy, 1980-1984
3.9 - Good Morning Vietnam, War, 1985-1989
4.2 - Evil Dead 2, Horror, Wildcard
5.9 - Wayne's World, Music, 1990-1994
6.2 - The Pink Panther, Parody, 1960s
7.9 - Tin Cup, Sports, 1995-1999
8.2 - Superbad, Teen, 2000-2007
9.9 - The Philadelphia Story, Romantic, Pre-60s
10.2 - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Wild card, 2008-Present
larrymcg421(T-3rd place)
1.10 - Singin in the Rain, Music, Pre 1960
2.1 - Ghostbusters, Horror, 1980-84
3.10 - Back to the Future, Teenage, 1985-89
4.1 - Tropic Thunder, War, 2008-present
5.10 - Forrest Gump, Historical, 1990-1994
6.1 - Austin Powers, Parody, 1995-1999
7.10 - Breakfast at Tiffany's, Romantic, 1960s
8.1 - Slap Shot, Sports, 1970s
9.10 - Beverly Hills Cop, Wildcard, Wildcard
10.1 - Bad Santa, Dark Comedy, 2000-07

[SackAttack]

Grover's looks strongest top to bottom IMO

[Izulde]

I actually think ColtCrazy's is the best. Though Grover's would have the biggest mass appeal, probably.

[ColtCrazy]

Thanks.

Can honestly say I didn't have a pick where I went 'ugh, guess I'll take this to fill this category.' Very happy with how my picks went and I like all of them as movies.

[larrymcg421]

1.10 - Singin in the Rain, Music, Pre 1960
2.1 - Ghostbusters, Horror, 1980-84
3.10 - Back to the Future, Teenage, 1985-89
4.1 - Tropic Thunder, War, 2008-present
5.10 - Forrest Gump, Historical, 1990-1994
6.1 - Austin Powers, Parody, 1995-1999
7.10 - Breakfast at Tiffany's, Romantic, 1960s
8.1 - Slap Shot, Sports, 1970s
9.10 - Beverly Hills Cop, Wildcard, Wildcard
10.1 - Bad Santa, Dark Comedy, 2000-07


I've got three undisputably classic 80s comedies in Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, and Beverly Hills Cop. I've got a classic music comedy (Singin in the Rain) with one of the most famous movie scenes of all-time. My romantic comedy (Breakfast at Tiffany's) has a screen legend in one of her most famous roles. Few movies have the combination of critical acclaim and box office success as Forrest Gump and it is a perfect choice for its category as its a historical travelogue. Austin Powers is an inspired parody of James Bond, Bad Santa is a hilarious dark comedy, Tropic Thunder is a great modern war comedy, and Slap Shot is at or near the top of almost any sports comedy list.

[Simbo Klice]

1- larrymcg421: Runaway #1 for me, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, and Tropic Thunder were all fantastic picks.

2- cartman: Had about 5 movies I really enjoyed among his picks.

3- AENeuman: Close between him and britrock, Animal House put him over the top.

[sabotai]

Very tough vote. All of the teams are really close IMO.

[PurdueBrad]

1-Grover
2- Larrymcg
3- Suicane

I think all three did a pretty nice job of collecting some iconic films and I've got the fewest issues with category on their's. Well done everybody!

[bhlloy]

1) Grover
2) CR
3) larry

Very subjective of course

[stevew]

1)AENeuman

[Grover]

1. Suicane75
2. ColtCrazy
3. AENeuman

[timmae]

Nobodyhere

[ColtCrazy]

1. Nobodyhere
2. Grover
3. Chief Rum

Really good stuff here overall. My vote was based on who had the most of movies I could have seen me picking.

[Danny]

Grover
Nobody
Larry

[Blackadar]

1) Cartman

Some brilliant picks in this list. He leads off with the all time best teen comedy in Ferris, which my son recently saw 30 years after it came out and instantly became a Ferris disciple. The Blues Brothers is THE classical music comedy. Borat is the epitome of a parody comedy. Life is Beautiful is a great dark comedy, Tremors is the ultimate horror comedy and the original Hangover is damn funny (the sequels...not so much).

There are a number of other very good lists (though I see a number of flicks from others that are "comedies" as much as Aliens or The Shawshank Redemption are comedies) but Cartman's easily wins in my book.

[lighthousekeeper]

1. NobodyHere
2. larrymcg421
3. timmae

[Alf]

1/ Cartman
2/ Chief Rum
3/ Timmae

[Johnny93g]

I went in and tried to eliminate anyone who tried to play fast and loose with the categories, or what are considered comedies. There are probably 6 or 7 films listed that are not comedies, so you get punished in my vote!! haha, last laugh!!

1. Cartman- Major League, Borat, are great picks. Ferris Bueller in round 4 is fantastic value.
2. CR- Sarah Marshall at 10 is a amazing pick, really like GMV, and airplane picks
3.Timmae- late picks of Gremlins and Bad News Bears are great!

How could nobody pick There's Something About Mary!!!

[MIJB#19]

Every list for me had one or two eliminators, in the sense that I either hated a movie on the list, or felt that one or some are no comedies or wrongfully categorized. It also doesn't help that I haven't seen half of the movies of most lists. But I came to a decision eventually, making it:
1 Grover
2 britrock88
3 Chief Rum

[Sublime 2]

Cartman
NobodyHere
Grover

[atatange1]

1. Grover
2. AENeuman
3. Chief Rum

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

I went in and tried to eliminate anyone who tried to play fast and loose with the categories, or what are considered comedies. There are probably 6 or 7 films listed that are not comedies, so you get punished in my vote!! haha, last laugh!!
!

Overall, curious to see which movies were picked that aren't what you consider to be comedies.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

How could nobody pick There's Something About Mary!!!

Or Elf or Stepbrothers

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by stevew

Or Elf or Stepbrothers

Then you would simply add to johnny's list of what are not comedies. Very high bias against anything Will Ferrell did, not quite to Sandler's level but still.

Seriously, I think there were several movies chosen that were clearly not comedies but that's just a personal opinion and not one to argue over.

[Vince, Pt. II]

So I'm a nerd and listed each category, rated the picks 1-10 and totaled everyone's score. The winners:

1. larrymcg421
Larry won this pretty handily, actually. My list had outliers at the top and bottom, with everyone else extremely close right in the middle (sorry NobodyHere, but while I enjoy your lineup a lot, I think you miscategorized several of them). Ghostbusters was his only #1 for me, but everything else was extremely solid.

2. AENeuman
If I had seen The Lego Movie or Casino Royale, he may have overtaken larry at #1. As is a very solid lineup from top to bottom, with exceptional value late in the draft in Animal House and It Happened One Night.

3. cartman
Honorable mention to Grover, who tied cartman in my mathematical analysis, but cartman's three #1 movies in their category (Blues Brothers, Major League and Ferris Bueller's Day Off) break the tie in his favor. Borat and Tremors, while solid picks, actually hurt cartman here because their respective categories were so stacked. My unfamiliarity with The Gold Rush and Paint Your Wagon didn't help.

This draft was a blast to follow, thanks for putting it on guys.

My only 'holy crap, how was this not picked?!!?' was So I Married an Axe Murderer, which would have slotted in 2nd in the Horror category for me.

For kicks, my top three in each category:

Rom Com:
1. The Princess Bride
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. It Happened One Night

War:
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Good Morning Vietnam
3. Stripes

Historical:
1. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
2. Bill & Ted
3. Forrest Gump

Dark:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Bad Santa
3. Fargo

Parody:
1. Spaceballs
2. Naked Gun
3. Austin Powers

Music:
1. The Blues Brothers
2. This is Spinal Tap
3. Wayne's World

Horror:
1. Ghostbusters
2. Young Frankenstein
3. Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Teen:
1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. The Breakfast Club
3. Back to the Future

Sports:
1. Major League
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Caddyshack

Wildcard:
1. A Christmas Story
2. Animal House
3. Beverly Hills Cop

Top Three Miscategorized Movies:
1. Airplane! - Should have been a parody!
2. Clue - Was #4 in parodies for me, would have been #1 as a wildcard. One of my favorites.
3. Toy Story - Really, this movie was hurt by the categories available, not necessarily that it was put in the Teen category. Still probably better to me as a wildcard.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Then you would simply add to johnny's list of what are not comedies. Very high bias against anything Will Ferrell did, not quite to Sandler's level but still.

Seriously, I think there were several movies chosen that were clearly not comedies but that's just a personal opinion and not one to argue over.

I can see hating the juvenile shenanigans of Stepbrothers but Elf was really quite good.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Elf is another that could easily have been picked. A 'Holiday' category would have gone well, I think. You can easily start to bloat the draft though - Buddy comedies, Action comedies, Holidays, etc.

[B & B]

cartman
larry
grover

[ColtCrazy]

Two movies I'm surprised weren't picked:

The Odd Couple
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Both suffer from not falling in any of the categories.

Seeing that my list suffered from my personal preference (passed on Spaceballs & Austin Powers). My goal was to have the Marx Brothers, a Mel Brooks movie, and Monty Python. Got 2.5 (since Wanda involves Python alum). Like my list, though there are some strong lists against me. Can't really say there's a bad list out of any of them.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

Two movies I'm surprised weren't picked:

The Odd Couple
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Both suffer from not falling in any of the categories.

Seeing that my list suffered from my personal preference (passed on Spaceballs & Austin Powers). My goal was to have the Marx Brothers, a Mel Brooks movie, and Monty Python. Got 2.5 (since Wanda involves Python alum). Like my list, though there are some strong lists against me. Can't really say there's a bad list out of any of them.

I really wanted PTA, one of my favorite categories, but I didn't really have anywhere to put it.

"You do more ball handling in an hour than Larry Bird does all night!"

[Comey]

1. Grover
2. ColtCrazy
3. AENeuman

Grover has, for me, the best mix across the board. There are a lot of strong groups here...but Grover has it for me.

[ColtCrazy]

Such an awesome movie.

[AENeuman]

Such a deep,and fun draft. I think nearly all movies are good. So it comes down to personal preference. I happen to love all but 2 of my movies. If I had to go over to one of the other houses to,watch a comedy, I think the following 2 have the highest probability they would be playing a movie I like:

1. Grover
2. NobodyHere

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

So I'm a nerd and listed each category, rated the picks 1-10 and totaled everyone's score.

...

I'll take a #1, a #2, and 2 good misclassifieds.

[Scarecrow]

My Undrafted Free Agent List:

Rom Com- There's Something About Mary
War - Private Benjamin
Historical - Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Dark - Throw Momma From The Train
Parody - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Music - The Muppet Movie
Horror - Scary Movie
Teen - Heathers
Sports - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Wildcard - The Odd Couple

[ColtCrazy]

Originally Posted by Scarecrow

My Undrafted Free Agent List:

Rom Com- There's Something About Mary
War - Private Benjamin
Historical - Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Dark - Throw Momma From The Train
Parody - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Music - The Muppet Movie
Horror - Scary Movie
Teen - Heathers
Sports - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Wildcard - The Odd Couple

That's not a bad list at all.

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by Grover

Overall, curious to see which movies were picked that aren't what you consider to be comedies.

I recognize that i can be anal about these types of things.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolfe- some funny does not equal comedy if the film isn't a comedy.

Pulp Fiction- Same as WAoVW

The Room- Obviously not intended on being a comedy. We laugh because of how inept it is. Does that make it a comedy? Not in my books, but I can totally see why it was chosed, and feel this is the type of reach i can get behind.

Fargo- funny in spots doesnt make it a comedy.

Fight Club- Not really all that funny.

Inglorius Basterds- Same as fight club. Not really that funny. Obviously Nobodyhere and I have a different view on what a comedy movie is, but i loved his Happy Gilmore pick.

Forrest Gump- Comedic/ entertaining make you smile scenes does not make this a comedy.

Again, I am anal about this kind of thing, but i do realize it is for fun, i just couldn't help myself and had to say something!

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Then you would simply add to johnny's list of what are not comedies. Very high bias against anything Will Ferrell did, not quite to Sandler's level but still.

Seriously, I think there were several movies chosen that were clearly not comedies but that's just a personal opinion and not one to argue over.

I actually love Will Ferrell, and pretty much enjoy all his work. My brother loathes him and thinks he's as unfunny as someone can be, so i do get your side to that!

[AENeuman]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

I recognize that i can be anal about these types of things.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolfe- some funny does not equal comedy if the film isn't a comedy.

Pulp Fiction- Same as WAoVW

The Room- Obviously not intended on being a comedy. We laugh because of how inept it is. Does that make it a comedy? Not in my books, but I can totally see why it was chosed, and feel this is the type of reach i can get behind.

Fargo- funny in spots doesnt make it a comedy.

Fight Club- Not really all that funny.

Inglorius Basterds- Same as fight club. Not really that funny. Obviously Nobodyhere and I have a different view on what a comedy movie is, but i loved his Happy Gilmore pick.

Forrest Gump- Comedic/ entertaining make you smile scenes does not make this a comedy.

Again, I am anal about this kind of thing, but i do realize it is for fun, i just couldn't help myself and had to say something!

I understand and mostly agree with you. I think TV has changed my opinion. Show like orange is new black, shameless, breaking bad, nurse Jackie, are all more heavy than funny, but still are considered comedies.

[Buccaneer]

It is funny that for that last 25 years, PTA has been my favorite comedy. It even was both of my brother's favorite comedy as well. I asked AENeuman if it was still his favorite and said no, it probably didn't age well (I don't know about our other brother). For me, I don't know, haven't given it any thought. While I agree with Johnny's list about non-comedies, I do like most of those movies. But I'm old school in that I grew up with Laurel & Hardy, Three Stooges and really love the slapstick, laugh-out-loud comedies of the 1980s. Nowadays, people seems to want to use shock and dark themes as comedy.

Perhaps JPhillips can give his opinion on how comedy has changed.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

I recognize that i can be anal about these types of things.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolfe- some funny does not equal comedy if the film isn't a comedy.

Understandable, but everything I looked at in considering the movie, is that it is considered to be a black comedy.

[saldana]

can i just pick a winner and not second and third?

i would vote Grover as #1

[rockboy70]

1) Chief Rum
2) timmae
3) Grover

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

I recognize that i can be anal about these types of things.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolfe- some funny does not equal comedy if the film isn't a comedy.

Pulp Fiction- Same as WAoVW

The Room- Obviously not intended on being a comedy. We laugh because of how inept it is. Does that make it a comedy? Not in my books, but I can totally see why it was chosed, and feel this is the type of reach i can get behind.

Fargo- funny in spots doesnt make it a comedy.

Fight Club- Not really all that funny.

Inglorius Basterds- Same as fight club. Not really that funny. Obviously Nobodyhere and I have a different view on what a comedy movie is, but i loved his Happy Gilmore pick.

Forrest Gump- Comedic/ entertaining make you smile scenes does not make this a comedy.

Again, I am anal about this kind of thing, but i do realize it is for fun, i just couldn't help myself and had to say something!

I pretty much agree with you. The commonality of these movies is that they're "quirky", which isn't necessarily the same thing as being a comedy. I understand Tarantino films are hard to classify. They tend to blend genres a bit, but it's really not that hard to figure out in the long run. A serious scene of a man being raped doesn't generally appear in a comedy, even a dark one. Look at the motion picture business itself for how they're classified. For instance, Pulp Fiction won the Golden Globe award in 1995 for Best Drama, not best comedy (Babe won that). When you went to the video store to look for these movies, they were under dramas and not under comedies. That to me is the real key - where would you find these in a video store? Of course, that's just my personal opinion.

[Glamorous Mucus]

@Johnny93g & Blackadar

I think all those movies are comedies except for The Room. Fargo, Pulp Fiction, and Fight Club are all commonly cited as dark/black comedies.

Anyway, my votes are:

1. ColtCrazy
2. AENeuman
3. britrock88

[Glamorous Mucus]

I challenged myself to do a complete set of 10 that weren't chosen, using all the date and category rules. Here's my "NIT" bracket:

Dark Comedy - Jackie Brown (1997)
Historical - Ed Wood (1994)
Horror - An American Werewolf in London (1986)
Music - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Parody - In the Loop (2009)
Romantic Comedy - The Apartment (1960)
Sports - Best in Show (2000)
Teen - Repo Man (1984)
War - The General (1926)
Wildcard - The Sting (1973)

Others I considered included:

Wreck-It Ralph 2012
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
The Incredibles 2004
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Enthiran 2001
Amelie 2001
Enchanted 1997
Waiting for Guffman 1996
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
Big Trouble in Little China 1986
Brazil 1985
After Hours 1985
Manhattan 1979

[The Jackal]

1) Grover
2) larry
3) AENeuman

[Grover]

Last two days to vote bump!

[tarcone]

I would have put Tucker and Dale vs. Evil in the Horror category. Great movie. Funny stuff.

1) Grover
2) ColtCrazy
3) cartman