My Top Comedies

Quasi Couch Potato’s Top 3 Comedies:

#3 on my list because of its classic lines and timely references is ‘Coming to America’

 ‘Coming to America’ is the brain child of Eddie Murphy.  Twenty years before the Klumps he was playing multiple characters and making us laugh to the point of stomach pain.  This movie is an all-around classic—from the very beginning with Paul Bates singing ‘She’s your queen to be’ to Eriq LaSalle’s ‘Soul Glo’ to John Amos threatening to break his foot off in James Earl Jones’ ‘royal ass’ for insulting his daughter.  I guarantee that, while watching this movie, you will not go more than 5 minutes without a hearty-out of breath-hurt your stomach laugh.   Buy the DVD on sale and watch it over…and over…and over…and over…

#2, the movie that has spawned two lackluster sequels and has helped turned Ice Cube into a household name is ‘Friday’

‘Friday’: Chris Tucker, pre-Rush Hour trilogy, need I say more?   Tucker was at his best as the comedic, crass, raunchy Smokey; delivering line after line of comedy.  Ice Cube does well as his non-gangsterish straight man and John Witherspoon gives yet another outstanding performance as Ice Cube’s ‘shit smells so bad that it peels the paint’ father.

#1, the first movie made by my hetero-life-mate; Kevin Smith

‘Clerks’ fucking rocks because of the brilliant writing of Kevin Smith.  The plot is simple, the acting is amateurish but works because the actors are regular guys in regular situations, and the dialog is BEYOND witty (especially the conversation about the contractors on ‘Return of the Jedi’; pee in your pants funny with a dash of ‘things that make you go hmmmm’).  As far as comedies are concerned this cannot be beat!   Definitely worth owning the DVD and/or Blu Ray.