It's not the funniest comedy - or is it?... The Life of Brian.
There can be very little in this world as hard to pin down as the quality of being funny. Some people find Jimmy Carr hilarious: I think he's about as amusing as a death in the family.
Props must go, then, to the Observer, for having the balls to publish a list of the top 50 funniest films... ever, based on a reader's vote. Do you think the comedies below merited this garland, and if not, which movies would have made your own personal list?
1. Life of Brian 2. Airplane! 3. This Is Spinal Tap 4. Some Like It Hot 5. Withnail and I 6. Blazing Saddles 7. The Big Lebowski 8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 9. Duck Soup 10. Young Frankenstein 11. The Producers 12. Shaun of the Dead 13. Groundhog Day 14. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 15. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 16. The Man with Two Brains 17. There's Something About Mary 18. Annie Hall 19. Dumb and Dumber 20. Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy 21. Mr Hulot's Holiday 22. Shrek 23. Best in Show 24. Kind Hearts and Coronets 25. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 26. The General 27. A Fish Called Wanda 28. Way Out West 29. The Odd Couple 30. The Ladykillers 31. The Blues Brothers 32. Arsenic and Old Lace 33. Bringing Up Baby 34. A Night at the Opera 35. Kingpin 36. The Naked Gun 37. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 38. Raising Arizona 39. Team America: World Police 40. Trading Places 41. American Pie 42. Hot Fuzz 43. Love and Death 44. Meet the Fockers 45. Sleeper 46. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 47. Stir Crazy 48. The Music Box 49. Tootsie 50. Uncle Buck
