80s Comedy Movies

A Fish Called Wanda
Big Trouble in Little China
Teen Wolf

We were trying to explain the concept of our beloved Teen Wolf to our 7-year-old after we made a reference to Styles surfing on the car.

Me: "It's a movie about a teenager who starts to turn into a wolf."
7: "So, was he bitten by a werewolf?"
Janny: "No, he inherited it somehow. But when he turns into a werewolf, it makes him cooler."
Me: "Yeah, and specifically, like, really good at basketball. He doesn't bite people or anything."
7: "..."
Me, to Janny: "In hindsight, that movie sounds asinine, doesn't it?"
Janny: "Wow, that might be the worst movie premise ever."
 
We were trying to explain the concept of our beloved Teen Wolf to our 7-year-old after we made a reference to Styles surfing on the car.

Me: "It's a movie about a teenager who starts to turn into a wolf."
7: "So, was he bitten by a werewolf?"
Janny: "No, he inherited it somehow. But when he turns into a werewolf, it makes him cooler."
Me: "Yeah, and specifically really good at basketball. He doesn't bite people or anything."
7: "..."
Me, to Janny: "In hindsight, that movie sounds asinine, doesn't it?"
Janny: "Wow, that might be the worst movie premise ever."

Um, he's not just good at basketball.

He's a really good dancer, can surf on top of a van, lead act in a play, and is QUITE the ladies' man.

Not to mention his ability to dig deeper as a human during his free throws to fight through the adversity of Mick standing directly under the basket.

So freaking good I can't stand it.
 
Night shift. Fonzie and Michael Keaton were in it.
Can’t remeber the name but Emilio esters and Charlie sheen were garbage men
Better off dead is my favorite

Quick story. My family and I are in planes trains and automobiles. U can’t really see us but we can see us. We happened to be on a lay over at Chicago ohair and they just had everyone pretend that they were being normal
 
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Night shift. Fonzie and Michael Keaton were in it.
Can’t remeber the name but Emilio esters and Charlie sheen were garbage men
Better off dead is my favorite

Quick story. My family and I are in planes trains and automobiles. U can’t really see us but we can see us. We happened to be on a lay over at Chicago ohair and they just had everyone pretend that they were being normal
Men at Work
 
I could have sworn animal house was early 80s..nope.
 
Um, he's not just good at basketball.

He's a really good dancer, can surf on top of a van, lead act in a play, and is QUITE the ladies' man.

Not to mention his ability to dig deeper as a human during his free throws to fight through the adversity of Mick standing directly under the basket.

So freaking good I can't stand it.

I have seen that movie probably 10 times in the course of my childhood, maybe more. I still just love it. But it never sounded bizarre to me until I tried to summarize it to a child!
 
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Cheech and Chong's Next Movie seemed like the height of hilarity at one time to someone here. The welfare office scene...
 
Going for ones I haven't seen in this thread yet.

Christmas Vacation
Back to the Future
Wildcats
The Money Pit
Outrageous Fortune
 
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I have seen that movie probably 10 times in the course of my childhood, maybe more. I still just love it. But it never sounded bizarre to me until I tried to summarize it to a child!

You mean how like nobody freaks out that there's a werewolf taking over the popularity of the school and the hot girl bangs him?
 
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Going for ones I haven't seen in this thread yet.

Christmas Vacation
Back to the Future
Wildcats
The Money Pit
Outrageous Fortune

Ugh you beat me to Money Pit, one of my favorites love that movie. So many Tom Hanks movies in the 80s were great.
 
Vacation and Xmas vacation get all the love but European Vacation is pretty hilarious.

"Pig in a Poke" at the beginning alone is legendary. We'll be pigs!
 
Repeating several that were mentioned. Chronological order.

Airplane!
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
This is Spinal Tap
Lost in America
Back to the Future (Parts I & II)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Say Anything

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Honorable mention: Caddyshack, Stripes, Gremlins, Sixteen Candles, Trading Places, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Naked Gun, Top Secret! , When Harry Met Sally.

Underrated: Back to School, Fletch, UHF, Uncle Buck.
 

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