Everybody says they love funny. but.... all they ever talk about is DRAMA. See Jane's blog. She writes one message where she isn't the funniest kid you ever met, and all the readers come out of the woodwork to comment. She cracks us up, and we are silent, but she goes all introspective, and everyone wants to jump in.
And the Oscars have no love for the funny movies. You can say maybe that sense of humor is more subjective, and everyone gets a little tug at their heartstrings if someone dies, or falls in love, but are there really no funny movies that have universal appeal? Given the number of movies made each year, that hardly seems possible.
On the other hand, nobody wants to be that Chris Farley SNL character, "remember that scene, where x met y? yeah, that was really funny." You can bond over a shared sense of humor, but you can DISCUSS drama. And everyone loves to talk.
But anyway... Please post a funny movie. A gut-buster, if you will. Hopefully something I haven't seen before will appear on the list, and then I can make a trip to the TLA with the prospects of a night full of laughter in front of me. I will start. For anyone who even has a tolerance for sci-fi, do yourself a favor and rent Firefly. If your local video store doesn't carry it, let me know, and I will lend it to you.