Calmamity: I will not be the only person who thought he got mauled by a tiger.

Yep. "Eaten by tiger" was my first thought.

Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Inaditch: Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

dnicoloff: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

So that's a NO, right?

Inaditch: Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Singular or plural?

These are mostly just off the top of my head, and I recognize that the determination of "good" will just come down to taste:
Singular:
Happy Gilmore - even though I tend to not like Sandler - this one always makes me laugh
Fletch - too bad there were no sequels made.....yep...not a single sequel.
Austin Powers
Napoleon Dynamite
Maverick
Orgazmo
Dave

In the Plural category:
The Blues Brothers
The Goonies
The Three Amigos

Inaditch: Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Young Frankenstein.

And then...

Arthur (the original one)
Private Benjamin
Cat Ballou
Bean

wildcatben: Inaditch: Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Singular or plural?

These are mostly just off the top of my head, and I recognize that the determination of "good" will just come down to taste:
Singular:
Happy Gilmore - even though I tend to not like Sandler - this one always makes me laugh
Fletch - too bad there were no sequels made.....yep...not a single sequel.
Austin Powers
Napoleon Dynamite
Maverick
Orgazmo
Dave

In the Plural category:
The Blues Brothers
The Goonies
The Three Amigos

Napoleon Dynamite does not belong on that list. There was exactly 2 moments in that entire movie that were laugh out loud funny(Uncle Rico chucking steaks at Napoleon, and the scene where Uncle Rico shocks the shiat out of himself with the "Time Machine". The rest was sad wtf type moments that only someone intentionally trying to latch onto something weird would enjoy.

Also, add Billy Madison to the list.

Loved him in "Arrested Development"...

wildcatben: Inaditch: Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Singular or plural?

These are mostly just off the top of my head, and I recognize that the determination of "good" will just come down to taste:
Singular:
Happy Gilmore - even though I tend to not like Sandler - this one always makes me laugh
Fletch - too bad there were no sequels made.....yep...not a single sequel.
Austin Powers
Napoleon Dynamite
Maverick
Orgazmo
Dave

In the Plural category:
The Blues Brothers
The Goonies
The Three Amigos

The Exorcist


what?



More of a dark comedy I guess

Reckless Kelly
Johnny Dangerously

wildcatben:


Fletch - too bad there were no sequels made.....yep...not a single sequel.

Fletch Lives wasn't as good as the first, but it wasn't as bad as I remembered it.

wildcatben: Fletch - too bad there were no sequels made.....yep...not a single sequel.

Ok, I agree with some of those choices. Maybe half mentioned are worth watching. The only one I could think of was Bucky Larson *shudder*

rickycal78: Napoleon Dynamite does not belong on that list. There was exactly 2 moments in that entire movie that were laugh out loud funny... The rest was sad wtf type moments that only someone intentionally trying to latch onto something weird would enjoy.

Others will hate you for saying that aloud, but when they do you can take solace in the fact that I am celebrating you, sir.

/Similar to 'Reefer Madness' no one enjoys' Napoleon Dynamite' while they're watching it.. they enjoy telling other people about it later.

Hey Mr. Cat Poop and velvet_fog - stop trying to destroy my carefully constructed reality where there were no sequels to Fletch or the Matrix and no Star Wars movies after Episode VI.

I started watching the Dana Carvey Show for the first time this week. Carell kills me with the horrible pranksters and waiters who are nauseated by food sketches.

/Meanwhile at Fabio's house...

Harold and Kumar, people!

Schindler's List
Bronco Billy
Flash Gordon
Michael Clayton
etc.

/ I'm laughing just typing this

LonMead: Calmamity: I will not be the only person who thought he got mauled by a tiger.

Yep. "Eaten by tiger" was my first thought.

Same here. I was thinking "Did he learn nothing about not working with animals after 'Evan Almighty'?"

Super Mario Brothers

Cool Hand Luke.

THX: 1138

I actually kind of want to see this.

/Mostly 'cause of Steve Buscemi

cirby: And then...

Arthur (the original one)
Private Benjamin
Cat Ballou
Bean

I'm just going to assume Cat Ballu and Private Benjamin are really shiatty movies

Siegfried is locked in an opaque box, with a potion that, in less than 1 minute, has a 50% chance of turning him into Roy. You wait one minute. Before opening the box, who do you believe is inside, Siegfried or Roy?

Answer: Steve Carrell
(Would also accept Kirby Van Burch as answer)

/Schrödinger's illusion box

Inaditch: Have there been any good comedies where the name of the movie is the name of the character?

Yeah, like 50. You might wanna get out more.

I just can't get into him as an actor. I think he's funny but this whole Will Ferrell-esque, wouldn't-it-be-great-if-I-played-this-character-straightly-earnest character actor thing he's got going on just doesn't do it for me.

He's slowly turning into Joe Estevez.

Calmamity: I will not be the only person who thought he got mauled by a tiger.

Guilty.

moothemagiccow: Cat Ballou

Man....how hot was Jane Fonda? She's the reason westerns take place in desserts.

Dammit! that saleswomen told me that was a one of a kind outfit!

Couldn't be any worse than the S&F cartoon named, I kid you not, "Sigfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible." I bet they are.