Ultimate Comedy Movie March Madness: ROUND FIVE (Sweet 16) voting now open!

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 21, 2016

What's the funniest movie of all time?

I'm not really a basketball person, but I do love comedy. So with a lot of input from online friends, I built a mammoth 256-entry March Madness bracket for comedy movies.

Here's the first piece of Round 1. The rules are simple - in each head-to-head match up, pick the movie you think is funnier. The winner will move on, and the loser will be out of the competition. I'm going to leave each survey open for 48 hours before moving on to the next set. (I wanted to make each set longer, but I didn't want to give SurveyMonkey $300 just so I could include more than ten questions per survey.)

FYI, here's the first set of match-ups:

- The Great Dictator (1940) vs. My Little Chickadee (1940)

- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) vs. A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

- Father of the Bride (1950) vs. Funny Face (1947)

- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) vs. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

- Hatari! (1962) vs. The Nutty Professor (1963)

- A Mighty Wind (2003) vs. Evolution (2001)

- The Odd Couple (1968) vs. Our Man Flint (1966)

- Dogma (1999) vs. Meet the Parents (2000)

And don't worry, this isn't some kinda click-bait. It's totally anonymous and free. So go vote!

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 22, 2016

Round 1-2

I just did the math. With only eight matches per set, if I do only one match every two days this'll take a REALLY long time. I don't want to spend that long on this (and I doubt you do, either).

CLICK HERE to vote on Round 1-2!

- (1974) Blazing Saddles vs. (1972) The Heartbreak Kid

- (1996) Cannibal! The Musical vs. (1996) Mars Attacks!

- (1980) The Blues Brothers vs. (1977) The Kentucky Fried Movie

- (1995) Tommy Boy vs. (1994) The Mask

- (1981) Stripes vs. (1984) Police Academy

- (1989) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure vs. (1989) Uncle Buck

- (1986) Ferris Bueller's Day Off vs. (1987) Amazon Women on the Moon

- (1987) The Princess Bride vs. (1988) Earth Girls Are Easy

After this, I'll release two sets at a time. This'll get us the rest of the way through Round 1 in about two weeks.

Go vote!

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 23, 2016

Round 1-1 Results!

Round 1-1 Results:

- The Great Dictator whupped My Little Chickadee, 22-2

- The Grand Budapest Hotel took down A Million Ways to Die in the West, 16-13 (close one!)

- Funny Face upset Father of the Bride, 13-10

- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy stomped Napoleon Dynamite, 24-10

- The Nutty Professor upset Hatari 21-5

- Evolution took down A Mighty Wind in a big upset, 16-13

- The Odd Couple easily beat Our Man Flint, 20-7

- Dogma smashed Meet the Parents, 28-8

Go vote for Round 1-2!

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 24, 2016

Round 1-2 results, and Rounds 1-3 and 1-4 are now open for voting!

Round 1-2 Results:

- Blazing Saddles shut out The Heartbreak Kid, 25-0 (first shutout!)

- Mars Attacks! easily upset Cannibal! The Musical 16-5

- The Blues Brothers trounced The Kentucky Fried Movie 22-2

- The Mask upset Tommy Boy in the closest of these matches 14-10

- Stripes took down Police Academy 15-10

- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure took down Uncle Buck 16-9

- Ferris Bueller easily defeated Amazon Women on the Moon 22-3

- The Princess Bride almost shut out Earth Girls Are Easy 24-1

AND THE NEXT TWO POLLS ARE NOW OPEN

CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON ROUND 1-3

- (1935) A Night at the Opera vs. Duck Soup (1933)

- (1963) McLintock! vs. The Raven (1963)

- (1973) Paper Moon vs. Shampoo (1975)

- (1984) Ghostbusters vs. The Cannonball Run (1981)

- (1988) Big vs. Heathers (1988)

- (1995) Mallrats vs. Clueless (1995)

- (1999) Office Space vs. Road Trip (2000)

- (2007) Hot Fuzz vs. Idiocracy (2006)

CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON ROUND 1-4

- (1948) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein vs. The Mouse That Roared (1959)

- (1968) Funny Girl vs. The Out-of-Towners (1970)

- (1980) Caddyshack vs. Up In Smoke (1978)

- (1984) This Is Spinal Tap vs. Dragnet (1987)

- (1990) Tremors vs. Soapdish (1991)

- (1996) Happy Gilmore vs. Half-Baked (1998)

- (2001) Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back vs. Van Wilder (2002)

- (2016) Deadpool vs. The Other Woman (2014)

GO VOTE NOW!

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 24, 2016

I actually feel a little bad for The Other Woman - that was a genuinely hilarious movie, but it's not gonna stand a chance.

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 26, 2016

Rounds 1-3 and 1-4 results are in!

The Round 1-3 and 1-4 results are in!

ROUND 1-3

- Duck Soup took down A Night at the Opera 12-3 in a Marx vs. Marx movie matchup

- McLintock! defeated The Raven 8-5

- Shampoo squeaked out an upset over Paper Moon 5-4

- Ghostbusters handily beat the Cannonball Run 17-3

- Big won out over Heathers 14-5

- Mallrats came back to win over Clueless 12-8

- Office Space trounced Road Trip 18-2

- Hot Fuzz took out Idiocracy 13-7

ROUND 1-4

- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein defeated the Mouse That Roared 8-5

- Funny Girl brought down the Out-of-Towners 7-5

- Caddyshack whupped Up In Smoke 13-5

- This Is Spinal Tap won over Dragnet 10-6

- Tremors rocked Soapdish 14-1

- Happy Gilmore defeated Half-Baked 11-5

- Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back easily won against Van Wilder

- Deadpool shut out The Other Woman 16-0

Voting for rounds 1-5 and 1-6 will be posted in a few minutes.

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 26, 2016

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BIG BRACKET

It's time for Rounds 1-5 and 1-6 to kick off! Here are the match-ups:

- (1934) It Happened One Night vs. Animal Crackers (1930)

- (2004) Shaun of the Dead vs. Beerfest (2006)

- (1965) The Great Race vs. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

- (1999) GalaxyQuest vs. American Pie (1999)

- (1972) What's Up Doc? vs. The Longest Yard (1974)

- (1994) Dumb and Dumber vs. Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996)

- (1983) A Christmas Story vs. The Ice Pirates (1984)

- (1988) A Fish Called Wanda vs. Coming to America (1988)

- (1955) The Ladykillers vs. North to Alaska (1960)

- (2008) Forgetting Sarah Marshall vs. Ted (2012)

- (1968) The Producers vs. The Love Bug (1969)

- (2001) Shaolin Soccer vs. Joe Dirt (2001)

- (1977) Annie Hall vs. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

- (1997) The Full Monty vs. Bean (1997)

- (1985) Fletch vs. Ruthless People (1986)

- (1989) Major League vs. Father of the Bride (1991)

CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON ROUND 1-5

CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON ROUND 1-6

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 29, 2016

Rounds 1-5 and 1-6 results are in!

Results are in, and lots of upsets this time!

- Animal Crackers was the first upset, winning 13-3 over It Happened One Night

- Shaun of the Dead was NOT upset, and won easily over Beerfest 18-4

- The Absent-Minded Professor was next, upsetting The Great Race 13-7

- GalaxyQuest took down American Pie 17-6

- The Longest Yard (1974 film) was upset #3, taking down What's Up Doc? 12-8

- Dumb & Dumber took down Beavis and Butthead in a battle of the dumbness, 15-7

- A Christmas Story SQUEAKED past The Ice Pirates 10-9

- In our first tie, the lower-ranked Coming to America defeated A Fish Called Wanda 11-11 (since the lower-ranked movie has a harder time coming up with the tie - theoretically - the lower-ranked movie wins ties)

- The Ladykillers defeated North to Alaska 10-4

- Forgetting Sarah Marshall took down Ted 12-7

- The Producers squashed the Love Bug 16-6

- Shaolin Soccer came back from behind to take down Joe Dirt 14-8

- Every Which Way but Loose stomped Annie Hall in the biggest upset of the round (so far) 15-3

- Bean took out The Full Monty in yet another upset, 10-9

- Fletch whupped Ruthless People 15-6

- and Major League easily defeated the Father of the Bride remake 19-4

THANKS FOR PLAYING, AND THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 29, 2016

Rounds 1-7 and 1-8 voting is open!

This set marks the halfway point of Round 1. The rules are simple - in each head-to-head match up, pick the movie you think is funnier. The winner will move on, and the loser will be out of the competition. Each survey will remain open for 48 hours before we move on to the next set.

And here is the next set, Round 1-7:

- (1927) The General vs. A Day at the Races (1937)

- (1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World vs. Where the Boys Are (1960)

- (1973) The Sting vs. The Gumball Rally (1976)

- (1981) Arthur vs. Strange Brew (1983)

- (1988) The Naked Gun vs. Overboard (1987)

- (1992) Wayne's World vs. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

- (2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou? vs. Scary Movie (2000)

- (2003) Team America: World Police vs. School of Rock (2000)

CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON ROUND 1-7

And here is the next set, Round 1-8:

- (1959) Pillow Talk vs. Monkey Business (1950)

- (1969) Support Your Local Sheriff! vs. Bananas (1971)

- (1979) Life of Brian vs. Meatballs (1979)

- (1985) Pee Wee's Big Adventure vs. Three Amigos (1986)

- (1989) Parenthood vs. City Slickers (1991)

- (1996) The Birdcage vs. The Wedding Singer (1998)

- (2001) Shrek vs. The Sweetest Thing (2002)

- (2009) Zombieland vs. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON ROUND 1-8

Voting only takes a minute or two (unless you agonize over having to pick one over the other), so please go vote!

UselessTriviaMan · Mar 29, 2016

Just curious - does anyone care whether or not the imdb links are included in these posts? If so I'll keep at it, but if no one's using 'em I'll probably nix that moving forward - they're really labor-intensive.