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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funny movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies, totalling 500 films, were nominated for the distinction; genres included slapstick, action comedy, screwball comedy, romantic comedy, satire, black comedy, musical comedy, comedy of manners, and comedy of errors.
Videogum was a daily Internet publication devoted to coverage of popular culture with a focus on movies, television, and trampoline accidents.Stereogum founder Scott Lapatine founded Videogum as a sister site to Stereogum in 2008, and enlisted editors Gabe Delahaye and Lindsay Robertson, who quickly gained a cult following for their humorous commentary on pop culture and the Internet.
The best-known example is The Onion, the online version of which started in 1996. [1] These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites , which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers.
From the beginning of time, when Eve asked Adam if he wanted a bite to eat, having two or more characters deliver the jokes has always meant more laughs for your money. The 20 funniest comedy ...
The "world's funniest joke" is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research. For his experiment, named LaughLab , he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes. [ 1 ]
AFI defines "animation" as a genre where the film's images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.Nine of the films are Disney properties, including two collaborative works with Pixar; the non-Disney selection is DreamWorks Animation's Shrek.
All characters, whether hero or villain, were to "have made a mark on American society in matters of style and substance" and "elicit strong reactions across time, enriching America’s film heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences".
(10 May 1899 – 22 June 1987) 6 Marilyn Monroe (1 June 1926 – 4 August 1962) Henry Fonda (16 May 1905 – 12 August 1982) 7 Elizabeth Taylor (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011) Clark Gable (1 February 1901 – 16 November 1960) 8 Judy Garland (10 June 1922 – 22 June 1969) James Cagney (17 July 1899 – 30 March 1986) 9 Marlene Dietrich