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[Stouffers]

1988 was a great year for comedies: Roger Rabbit, Beetlejuice, Naked Gun, Scrooged, Earth Girls are Easy, Coming to America, My Stepmother is an Alien, Big, Funny Farm, Great Outdoors, Twins, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, etc..

Often overlooked and definitely under appreciated are Hot to Trot and Elvira:Mistress of the Dark. As a child, these two movies were on constant replay in our bonus room VCR.

Some of us are looking for new media to consume. If you get a chance, check these two out.

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[belmarduk]

Sweet! I watched Elvira yesterday on Hulu. What a great movie.

 

[Nymphae]

The Naked Gun, Great Outdoors, Big, yeah it was a good year for comedy.

 

[Whataborman]

Funny Farm is definitely underrated. One of my favorite Chevy Chase movies, right behind the original Vacation trilogy (Vegas was an abomination that never should have been made)

 

[nush]

Elvira was the template for Bayonetta. Good movie as well.

 

[teezzy]

Elvira's movie actually was shockingly funny. Definitely a hidden gem for me. Great OP. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is also tight.

 

[thequestion]

Good list of funny films....

....except Roger Rabbit. I never found that movie funny. I found it’s comedy to be more annoying than funny.

 

[LegendOfKage]

1988 was a great year for comedies: Roger Rabbit, Beetlejuice, Naked Gun, Scrooged, Earth Girls are Easy, Coming to America, My Stepmother is an Alien, Big, Funny Farm, Great Outdoors, Twins, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, etc..

Elvira's movie actually was shockingly funny. Definitely a hidden gem for me. Great OP. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is also tight.

Some great movies, there. For anyone who hasn't seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, it's a pretty fun movie with Michael Caine and Steve Martin. It's also one of the free movies that can be streamed on You Tube.