Recommend some "clean" comedy movies

[billd91]

Monty Python's The Life of Brian
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Bye
Thanee

Someone's forgetting when Brian opens the window after having sex with Judith. Full frontal Graham Chapman.
There's also plenty of swearing.
Brilliant movie, though. Shame it doesn't pass the original poster's appropriateness critiera.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

It may be clean but I found it CHRONICALLY unfunny and not worthy of a recommendation. Far FAR better to get hold of the movie it's supposedly based on - "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Ethel Merman, Arnold Stang, Sid Ceaser, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Dick Shawn, Terry Thomas, Jim Backus, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Don Knotts, Carl Reiner, Jimmy Durante, even Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, and Jerry Lewis. It's a fair amount of slapstick but it's funny and it's clean. The only downside is it's a bit long at 2hr 41min (has an intermission!).

I agree absolutely. Rat Race was terrible. Go with the original - I have never laughed as loud or as long in any movie.

I would also recommend

All of Me I can't remember any swearing or 'gross' humour but I do remember it as being darn funny!
The Impostors defintely a love it or hate it type of comedy. Very slap stick in places but well acted by Oliver Platt and Stanley Tucci.
Amelie a charming romatic comedy that has some truly stellar moments in it.
Leap of Faith I have an inexplicable attraction to this movie. I just love it and sometimes watch it 3 or 4 nights ina row.

I will also second (third?) the recommendations for Back to the Future (I & III are the cleanest probably) and Young Frankenstien (if you don't own this go buy it. NOW!)

Honestly I find that comedies are the movies I buy the least as the humour can wear thin after a while the ones I listed are the comedies I find that have the longest 'staying power' to continue to amuse me.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

I will also second (third?) the recommendations for Back to the Future (I & III are the cleanest probably) and Young Frankenstien (if you don't own this go buy it. NOW!)

Fourthed. I have them in my collection. I just didn't mention them as they'd been mentioned already.

Honestly I find that comedies are the movies I buy the least as the humour can wear thin after a while the ones I listed are the comedies I find that have the longest 'staying power' to continue to amuse me.

Actually, that's true of almost all of my DVD collection. I don't buy movies that I don't expect to be watching more than once. With that as a yardstick my collection is only 160 or so DVD's.