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Post by concealer on Nov 9, 2023 0:24:59 GMT -5
I forget if I ranted here about it before but the Zany Guy movie was the best type of comedy, and is also, sadly, dead since around 2010. My definition of a Zany Guy movie is a movie whose protagonist is exceptionally zany, eccentric, unrealistic, or otherwise absurd. The movie also must be titled after the Zany Guy himself. SNL alum are responsible for the great majority of them.
Some examples:
Joe Dirt
Zoolander
Austin Powers
Tommy Boy
Hot Rod
Ace Ventura
The Cable Guy
Anchorman
Malibu’s Most Wanted
Macgruber
Wayne’s World
The Pest
Clifford
Discuss Zany Guy movies
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Post by ehmvincent on Nov 9, 2023 0:28:17 GMT -5
Run Ronnie Run never gets the love it deserves.
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Post by anointed on Nov 9, 2023 0:30:46 GMT -5
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Post by Porch Honky on Nov 9, 2023 0:39:23 GMT -5
Tropic Thunder
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Post by burp on Nov 9, 2023 0:54:57 GMT -5
Run Ronnie Run never gets the love it deserves.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL
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Post by antipasto on Nov 9, 2023 0:55:21 GMT -5
The Waterboy
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Post by Jon Joseph in a golf cart. on Nov 9, 2023 1:05:06 GMT -5
Dumb and Dumber
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Post by James K on Nov 9, 2023 1:06:26 GMT -5
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY
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Post by ironfistedfuckup on Nov 9, 2023 1:20:23 GMT -5
The master of disguise
It’s pat (maybe?)
Black knight
Grandmas boy
The zany guy genre is stacked
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Post by TheCauldronGlow on Nov 9, 2023 1:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by concealer on Nov 9, 2023 1:25:17 GMT -5
Didn’t even mention any Sandlers, which are almost all this genre
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Post by pbcookies on Nov 9, 2023 1:25:18 GMT -5
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Post by pbcookies on Nov 9, 2023 1:26:47 GMT -5
concealer, does Napoleon Dynamite count? I feel like the tone is quite different from these other ZGMs just trying to get a feel for this
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Post by pbcookies on Nov 9, 2023 1:31:01 GMT -5
I know this doesn't strictly fit the rules, but come on
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Post by concealer on Nov 9, 2023 1:33:25 GMT -5
concealer, does Napoleon Dynamite count? I feel like the tone is quite different from these other ZGMs just trying to get a feel for this I believe so. A unique, eccentric character whose name is also the movie title. Zany implies a high energy which I know isn’t Napoleon, but the spirit is just a completely unusual, original character. Night at the Roxbury is a bit more questionable to me given the lack of character name title and also being an equally shared duo. Dumb & Dumber is a close one, and perhaps gets away with the duo aspect due to the title being referential to them. I generally like to think of it as a true singular zany entity pillar of a character movie |
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Post by pbcookies on Nov 9, 2023 1:37:29 GMT -5
easily my #1 ZGM  |
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Post by antipasto on Nov 9, 2023 1:38:15 GMT -5
Didn’t even mention any Sandlers, which are almost all this genre I haven’t seen Hubie Halloween, but it’s likely the true last bastion for this genre |
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Post by billyjackhaynessmile on Nov 9, 2023 1:39:08 GMT -5
Fletch proto zany guy?
It’s Pat zany non-binary?
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Post by BIL Security Team Alpha on Nov 9, 2023 2:51:07 GMT -5
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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Post by Porch Honky on Nov 9, 2023 3:14:13 GMT -5
Major Payne
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Post by pisswizard on Nov 9, 2023 3:22:44 GMT -5
Bad Boy Bubby.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Nov 9, 2023 3:39:49 GMT -5
Run Ronnie Run never gets the love it deserves.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL
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Post by TheCauldronGlow on Nov 9, 2023 4:15:02 GMT -5
Drinking beers and watching pauly shore movies. Just finished son in law, and now we're watching Encino man. Son in law was pretty zany I feel. Dude pauly shore in his prime is like, gold. Love that dude.
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Post by F.F Woodycooks on Nov 9, 2023 4:36:43 GMT -5
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Post by TheCauldronGlow on Nov 9, 2023 4:55:46 GMT -5
Honorable mention to Ben stiller. Dude rocks and I like his movies.
Zoolander
Tropic thunder
Heartbreak kid
Along came polly
Meet the parents/fockers
Duplex
May be blurring the lines a bit with some of those, but still.
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Post by TheCauldronGlow on Nov 9, 2023 5:40:08 GMT -5
Watching wedding crashers rn. Classic.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Nov 9, 2023 6:04:40 GMT -5
The Brothers Solomon
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Nov 9, 2023 6:05:55 GMT -5
Fubar
The Stoned Age
Now I’m just getting into “movies I got hammered with like 10 other dudes in the room and watched” territory. So I think I’m on task.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Nov 9, 2023 6:06:43 GMT -5
Strange Wilderness. Low tier. But still funny as shit to me.
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Post by emerald_wizard on Nov 9, 2023 7:05:15 GMT -5
I regularly discuss with my friends how much we miss this genre of comedy. Then apatow ruined everything with his funny/sad melodramatic formula that almost every mainstream comedy follows now. Shit stinks.
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