Now, if a film has a few funny parts the entire thing is considered hilarious. Audience standards have fallen and skin has become much thinner. Once people realize it's okay to offend and to be offended again we might get some truly funny movies.
If Young Frankenstein were made today, as mild as it is, you'd have feminists and people of German ancestry lined up to file suit.

"But we don't want the Irish!"

There is absolutely no way you could get away with Blazing Saddles today! Who would protest? Blacks, Jews, Indians. Oh yeah, lets not forget the Irish!
Mongo just a pawn in the game of life.

Comedy at its core requires a certain amount of offense. And half the country has lost the ability to laugh at itself and the other half fears offending them.
Thus comedy uses shock in place of offense and also plays it safe This is pretty much a formula for the death of pre-80s style comedy.
There are always exceptions but so few and far between I can't think of an example at the moment.
"Where you headed?"
"Nowhere special."
"Nowhere special. Always wanted to go there."

Not quite the same, but one of my top favorite comedies of the last ten years is Step Brothers.
Try The Comedy and Entertainment.

As already mentioned, Political "Correctness" is one reason why. Here's another:
Let's recast it!!!
http://www.imdb.com/board/10072431/board/nest/211261941
Dumbassed over-wrought tasteless prick n00blets. So stupid!

The 70s were golden decade for music and comedy films (Mel Brooks & Woody Allen did their best work).

If you like this check out "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother". Also w/Gene wilder and Marty Feldman. Classic.

What happened to good funny movies??
Mel Brooks.

No, Blazing Saddles would never have been made today. It's a pity because it's a funny film. I prefer it to Young Frankenstein.

What's this whole pseudo-intellectual part though? Please explain
He's trying to say that people who want to appear smart like the film. That doesn't really make much sense since the humour in Young Frankenstein is not very witty or cerebral (no pun intended).

"Fido" is one of my favorites, although it's fairly obscure.

I can understand that there are plenty of people who do not enjoy this type of movie, everybody has their preferences. It would be a very dull world if everyone preferred the same things. Everyone has their own opinion of what constitutes a good comedy.
What's this whole pseudo-intellectual part though? Please explain so I can better understand what you are trying to say about those who don't share your taste in movies.

There are plenty comedies like this, ie not very good ones. This was certainly not a bad movie, but it's big time overrated. Almost all of the humor was the type that only pseudo-intellectuals think is funny. Not any laugh out loud funny, which is what most people like. really, there are VERY few truly funny comedies ever made. Meanwhile, there are a lot of great comedy tv shows.

I finally checked out Tucker and Dale, it was pretty hilarious, you all are right. More of a Shawn of the Dead vibe to it. A much better parody of the slasher films than those Scary Movie installments that just got so old.

I second Tucker and Dale, that movie is hilarious.

Thanks! I'll check those out!!

Geeze, ive seen two out of the top fifty and wasnt whole heartedly impressed. Try coopers' camera(also called coopers' christmas) its got a 6.1 on imdb, but i thought it was great. Tucker and dale vs evil wasnt bad either.

Ment that for doubl3 down a ways

Dubs, did you mean farts? Was there not enough fart humor for you? Because blazing saddles.

lol, didn't even see that.

pickings are pretty slim.
He was in Blazing Saddles Hyuk hyuk

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You do have a point about the political correctness. Sad really, because much of the politically incorrect stuff was really social commentary, well maybe not the "Oh Sweet Mystery of Life" part. It's sad when satire needs to be politically correct. Maybe that's why good satire is so seldom seen anymore.

Political correctness maybe. I saw this on TCM just now. It's hilarious ..and the cinematography and art direction: wow. But the scene where Madeline Kahn is raped by the monster and enjoys it (six times) because of his monster-sized unit (clearly, much bigger than Donald Trump's) would never get by PC censors today.