The title pretty much speaks for itself...
I enjoy laughing (who doesn't?), and would love to watch a movie that causes me to do so, yet most of the recent comedies are polluted with innapropriate content. Therefore, I don't usually pick up anything labled "comedy" unless it's a "classic" (such as The Princess Bride). Do any of y'all have good recommendations for clean or fairly clean comedies?

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Yes! Paul Blart - Mall Cop.

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The Hot Sauce scene, that was horrible.

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If you are trying for a family film try disney pixars BOLT or UP

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Not a movie but Brian Regan is a clean comic whose extremely funny.

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Hot Sauce scene . . . Hot Sauce scene . . . Oh yeah, now I remember. At least Paul Blart doesn't drink, right?

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

An oldie but it still holds up. That or any of the Marx Brothers movies.

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Two movies from the Thirties: "Bringing Up Baby" (Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn) and "It Happened One Night" (Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert). "The Philadelphia Story" (not its remake "High Society," which is not funny at all) with Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart is also good for some laughs.

All are classics that I've watched numerous times when I needed a laugh. And I never really like Hepburn.

Charlie Chaplin classics can also be very, very funny.

"Up" is good, and while watching it I managed to forget that it's voiced by Ed Asner.

Margaret

P. S. Another funny movie is "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy...

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Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and Its a Mad Mad World are two of my favorites. My favorite comedy of all time though is "The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!" Fantastic.

If you are looking for something a little newer, I would recommend a season of The Office (American not British version). Seasons 1,2,and 3 are best. There is some crass humor, but I think its MUCH less offensive than most of what is on television to be honest. And it is hilarious. I laugh so hard my stomach hurts - probably because I've worked in offices just like this.

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Also, I'm pretty sure "Mall Cop" is only funny if you are a male. I have yet to meet a woman who enjoyed that film....

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I did see that movie, and enjoyed it.
"I don't drink...."
And the hot sauce scene was skipable, but overall it was an enjoyable movie.

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Was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World the one with all the celebrities and the people who were trying to find a hidden treasure? If so, I saw that, it was hilarious! I should watch it again...

But if you have cable, they've been running Andy Griffith show on some channel lately, and I've been watching them as I settle in at night, soooo clean, soooo funny....rent the first couple of seasons...Brilliant!

Nothing like good clean comedy to erase the tensions of the day. Great thing about them not being a movie, quick 20 min per episode, so perfect as a night cap before bed.

I agree with Office too, super funny, although, not quite as clean....nothings as clean as Andy.

Napoleon Dynamite always makes me crack up. Also super clean.

Blues Brothers.

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The original Producers with Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder.

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Browns Mills NJ USA
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Since other people mentioned tv series, I will throw in my all-time fave as well - The Cosby Show! It is hilarious and very clean. It did fall-off quite a bit in the later seasons, as most sitcoms do, but the earlier seasons will make you bust a gut! One of the best gifts I ever received was the complete box set on DVD last Christmas from my in-laws.

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Abilene,TX

Mr. Bean's Holiday reminds me of Charlie Chaplin. Funny stuff.

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Princess Bride
Pink Panther series
Babe
Father of the Birde (I and II)
Toy Story (I and II)
What About Bob? (can't remember the language)

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It's not a movie(well, actually, it is, now ), but Rhett & Link do some hilarious comedic music videos. You can find them on their YouTube account.

YouTube - RhettandLink's Channel

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Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

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LOVE that movie!!

watch some Chaplin films, like The Circus.

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I forgot about The Cosby Show! I loved it when I was a kid!

Napolean Dynamite is soo funny!,That would be my choice

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Toy Story, Shrek, and Ice Age are some of my favorites.

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UHF! It's Weird Al's movie from like the 80's; it is hilarious.

The Mouse that Roared

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The Pink Panther 2 is funny. You want to laugh? This one will make you laugh out loud.

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How 'bout the the Pink Panther cartoons? Some are available on Hulu and some via paid download.

And I found parts of the new Julie and Julia tears-rolling funny, although like any modern movie it has its "moments."

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Virginia
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Anchorman! ooops!!! did I just reveal my sinful movie taste...

If you want something decently pure but still hilarious try Nacho Libre lol, it's soooo stupid! I love it, but maybe u dont like that sort of thing

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I agree! He is an excellent comedian and very clean.

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Agreed. I am laughing just thinking about it . . .

what about the Madea movies... I love them but that's just me

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Good call, classic.

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The above movie, Galaxy Quest, is to comedy what Aliens is to horror, what Ben Hur is to drama and what Fried Green Tomato's is to chick flicks. It also has the star power of a John Hughes "rat pack" teen movie. Get if you simply want to see the guy who plays Monk dead pan this line, "Did you see that door stick? I'll get some of my guys on it with some WD-40."

I absolutely love What About Bob! It's one of my all-time favorite movies! It makes me laugh EVERY time!

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"A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions." -T. Brooks

Galaxy Quest is a classic in my family! Evertime we see an nameless character in a tv show, and we can guess the character is about to die, the whole family says, "There's crewman #6, who gets killed before the first commercial break."
Seriously, that movie, next to Napoleon Dynamite, is the most quoted movie in my household.

Galaxy Quest? I've never seen this movie.

Has ANYONE said Monty Python yet? If not, then that took too long! (There is one inappropriate scene, but other than that, so funny)

...Is Tommy Boy clean? I can't remember (there is probably swearing, but I don't remember other than that). That movie is waaaaayy too funny.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is SO, SO funny... a well known book, but the movie didn't do as well as it was supposed too. However, still hilarious, and one of my husband's favorite movies. And totally, totally clean.

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Tommy Boy is funny but it is not for the young ones ( no nudity but a scene of poor taste). If you have not seen it I would recommend it for the scene involving the wounded deer alone.