80s comedies versus 90s comedies

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

I was looking through my dvds last night trying to find a movie to play and hit me how much more i like 80s comedies than the 90s.  Which is odd because i would really say im a product of the 90s having only been 9 in 1990.  I mean just look at some of my favs

uncle buck
Dirty rotten scoundrels
Trading places
coming to america
ghostbusters
groundhogs day

Thats just some of the ones i can think of off the top of my head.  Whats everyone think?   Agree disagree?

[Nunyerbiz]

I grew up primarily in the 80s, ages 6 thru 16, so I'm probably slanted towards that decade as well. Lot's a great 80s comedies that have generally aged well.

Blues Brothers
Better Off Dead (hasn't aged as well as I would hope, but still lots of fun)
Princess Bride
Airplane!
Naked Gun
National Lampoons Vacation / Christmas Vacation (to a lesser degree, European Vacation too)
Caddyshack (altho arguably a 70s movie)
Fletch
Revenge of the Nerds (always thought this was underrated in the big picture)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles


And now I'm spent with "off the top of my head" choices as well... Sure I missed some gems. Also, I'm fairly certain Groundhog's Day was a 90s movie... remember seeing it in the theater when I was in college in the early/mid 90s.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

oh your right it was 93.  Had a 80s vibe to me  

Forgot about blues brothers and airplane. 
Those are great.

[Starman!]

It's tough for me to choose, very tough.

[mrbasehart]

The 90s did have some great comedies though:

Bullets Over Broadway
Groundhog Day
The Hard Way
Big Lebowski
Toy Story
Clueless
Galaxy Quest
Clerks
The Wedding Singer

Maybe because we were all a little older in the 90s (excluding young pup, Starman) there's the added baggage of childhood nostalgia that comes with the 80s.

[Starman!]

Maybe because we were all a little older in the 90s (excluding young pup, Starman) there's the added baggage of childhood nostalgia that comes with the 80s.

[Nunyerbiz]

I'm having a problem considering "Toy Story" as a comedy... but the rest of them are good 90s examples.. and now that I think about it....

American Pie
Ace Ventura
Dazed and Confused
What About Bob?
Happy Gilmore
Tommy Boy
Wayne's World
Office Space
Austin Powers

Maybe it's a wash?

[mrbasehart]

I'm having a problem considering "Toy Story" as a comedy... but the rest of them are good 90s examples.. and now that I think about it....

How is Toy Story not a comedy?

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

When i look at the two lists i cant but help feel that on the whole 80s movies were smarter.  So i guess i just prefer them. 

[Nunyerbiz]

I'm having a problem considering "Toy Story" as a comedy... but the rest of them are good 90s examples.. and now that I think about it....

How is Toy Story not a comedy?

Toy Story is no more a comedy then Lady and The Tramp is a comedy. There is some line between comedy and children's fare I would think.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

Its a pretty fuzzy line i would assume. 

[mrbasehart]

I'm having a problem considering "Toy Story" as a comedy... but the rest of them are good 90s examples.. and now that I think about it....

How is Toy Story not a comedy?

Toy Story is no more a comedy then Lady and The Tramp is a comedy. There is some line between comedy and children's fare I would think.

The only thing that defines a comedy is that it sets out to make an audience laugh intentionally.  Lady in the Tramp is a love story, while Toy Story is a buddy-comedy.

[Nunyerbiz]

I'm having a problem considering "Toy Story" as a comedy... but the rest of them are good 90s examples.. and now that I think about it....

How is Toy Story not a comedy?

Toy Story is no more a comedy then Lady and The Tramp is a comedy. There is some line between comedy and children's fare I would think.

The only thing that defines a comedy is that it sets out to make an audience laugh intentionally.  Lady in the Tramp is a love story, while Toy Story is a buddy-comedy.

Well, that is an awfully broad definition... but fair enough... Lady and the Tramp never set out to make anybody laugh intentionally.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

eally? Revenge of the Nerds and Airplane were smarter than The Big Lebowski and Groundhog Day?

could comparison and what about trading places versus dumb and dumber?  or Uncle buck versus american pie?  dirty rotten scoundrels versus ace ventura?  

That sort of thing is all preference and how put the comparison.  

[Darth Geek]

eally? Revenge of the Nerds and Airplane were smarter than The Big Lebowski and Groundhog Day?

could comparison and what about trading places versus dumb and dumber?  or Uncle buck versus american pie?  dirty rotten scoundrels versus ace ventura?  

That sort of thing is all preference and how put the comparison.  

This is all because of that damn "Owner of a Lonely Heart" song again, isn't it?!