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Word: funniest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Apparently, word about Miss Welch's brief appearance has gotten around to her fans, and little has been circulated about the film's many real merits. It's a bit daring in a few scenes. But you don't have to see it for that; it may be the funniest thing in town anyway...

Author: By Glenn A. Padnick, | Title: Bedazzled | 2/10/1968 | See Source »

...rest of the material on war, and there is unfortunately a great deal more, is best left undiscussed. Lampoon humor appears sharpest when allowed to wander outside the constraints of the particular topic. Cartoonist David McClelland, for example, is funniest when he is being irrelevant ("Where is Krishna Menon now that we need him?"), which happily he is often...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: The Lampoon | 2/6/1968 | See Source »

...best written and funniest piece in the issue, aside from the Poonies' Evelyn Wood ad on the inside back cover, is Sidney P. Lee's parody of a spy story. Lee brings laughs because he is unpredictably unLampoon, and therefore not above a well-placed "Horse-piss...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: The Lampoon | 2/6/1968 | See Source »

...slapstick and punchlines of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum return to this film too. But the funniest seem to precede the grisliest here...

Author: By Glenn A. Padnick, | Title: How I Won the War | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...film degenerates into flat-out vaudeville buffoonery, but along the way it offers enough laughs to supply an entire season of canned TV comedies. The near-perfect performances of Jackson and Wallach-recreating their stage roles-are augmented by a parade of outstanding character actors. The funniest: Charles Nelson Reilly, as a clock-watching university registrar whose face is a festival of tics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Second-Class Male | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

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