I have an odd sense of humor. There are two people in the world that share it completely. One is my brother (apparently sense of humor is genetic), and one is my husband. How do I know we have an odd sense of humor? Because when we go to movies there will invariably be certain parts when we are the only people in the theater laughing. We all share a very, very dark sense of humor. A good example of this would be the remake of “War of the Worlds” with Tom Cruise.
Tom and his kids in the movie have just escaped a horrific Martian attack and they have found a small town on the edge of a river (or lake, can’t tell) where a bunch of people have gathered. They are bedraggled and spent. Then they hear the sound of normalcy….a train whistle. Ah, at last something is normal right? The gates come down and the train rushes past. It’s on fire. The three of use broke out in loud laughter to the horrified stares of other movie patrons. Here’s my top 15 list of funny movies/shows
1. Tie. The Simpsons. Selma’s Choice. The episode where the name for this website came from. And Raising Arizona “Ed’s father set us up in a home in suburban Tempe”–it’s in the middle of nowhere (I’m from Arizona).
2. MXC. Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Pure Brilliance.
3. Futurama. Space Pilot 3000. The brick.
4. Robot Chicken. The Star Wars Special.
5. South Park. The save the rainforest episode.
6. Evil Dead 2. When Ash sits on the chair and it breaks underneath him
7. Heavy Metal. “She had beautiful eyes”.
8. A Fish Called Wanda. Kevin Klein. “Dissapointed!”.
9. Blazing Saddles. “Let’s play chess”.
10. Young Frankenstein. “Get me the hell outta here!”.
11. Ace Ventura. “Your gun is digging into my hip….oh god….”
12. Monty Python. “Would you shut that bloody dancing up!” and “It’s just a harmless little bunny rabbit“.
13. Chasing Amy. “Black RAGE!!!”.
14. Airplane. “You ever seen a grown man naked?”.