There’s something way wrong with this list from Variety of the 100 all-time best comedy films. There are hundreds of those lists, of course.
But this one has Airplane at only 62. 62! And then compounds the error by making number 1 be… The Naked Gun. A fine and funny film, to be sure; but not as good as Airplane. Certainly not 61 places better than it!
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