there is no vs. Caddyshack is it. Gilmore is not even in the same realm as the shack

HAPPY GILMORE is funnier but for repeat viewing it's CADDYSHACK.
CADDYSHACK has the hot babe and better soundtrack.

IMHO, 'Happy Gilmore' is a better movie in terms of storytelling, but the performances in 'Caddyshack'are in a class of their own.

Caddyshack, but I do like Happy Gilmore.
Caddyshack had an overall stronger ensemble. Chase, Murray, Knight three of the greats. Even if you consider Sandler a great (debatable, but I can see it), the rest of the cast can't measure up to the Caddyshack guys. Julie Bowen is smokin' hot, Carl Weathers is a kick, and Christopher McDonald is ok, but overall just not as strong.
Also, both films are about how respect for others and social class do not correlate, but Caddyshack is much better at it. The plot might meander, but it does a great job of getting it's point across through different characters in different ways. HG is slicker and tighter, but it's more clumsy in it's themes (yes, I used themes when discussing a Sandler movie). Sandler beats you over the head with his "blue-collarness", but the movie doesn't really address the issues in any kind of realistic manner. Meanwhile, Caddyshack is much more real in the way it addresses social class, racism and even religion.
It helps that I worked in the golf industry for a time. Caddyshack, for all its slapstick, rings far too true in many ways. You would think some of the dialogue was over the top. Lines like "Some people just don't belong", "The Jew, the Catholic and the Colored boy", and many others you would think are just in there for effect, are actually spot on. I've heard things very close to this IN RECENT YEARS. In short, the movie is not only funny, but it "gets it". It gets the issues it is lampooning and it manages to do so in a truthful way.

They are similar in that both purport to be comedies centered around golf. Caddyshack was both funny and groundbreaking try to find something similar that predates Caddyshack while Happy Gilmore was well Adam Sandler playing Adam Sandler playing golf.

Not even close, Caddyshack

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knowing happy Gilmore is hilarious may be the only sane thing about you

Caddyshack is the best, Happy Gilmore doesn't even compare to Caddyshack. I Caddyshack you have the Murray bros., Chase, Dangerfield, Knight. The cast was perfect; and perfect comedy is what we got. It is my favorite comedy, and always will be.
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Caddyshack has the home turf advantage on this board.

No point in even asking this question on the "Caddyshack" boards.
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When Caddyshack came out, it had stuff in it that was considered pretty edgy. The candy bar in the pool, teenage drunk vomiting, and RODNEY! My dad took me cuz it was R rated, and we both about peed ourselves, and went back to the theater two more times during its run.
Animal House and Caddyshack laid the groundwork for Happy Madison,which I also enjoyed.

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for me, Caddyshack wins hands down!! I like the occasional Adam Sandler movie but he basically plays the same person in every film.
Lets build a snowman!

i don't know what adam would say but i know mamma said "caddyshack is da debil!"

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I wonder what Adam Sandler would say?

Caddyshack blows happy away

I'll go with Happy Gilmore.
I did like Rodney Dangerfield and also the 2 topless girls : one in the pool, shown for 1 second and the other the niece of that rich judge.

I love both . they great golf flicks. It would be difficult to pick one. Bill Murray was genius in this.

Caddyshack
Kid on bike "Where you going?"
Charlie Bright ""Somewhere".

This is absolutely the worst comparison ever.
I know you don't get much from a 33 year old film on imdb boards. But are you SERIOUSLY comparing the two. I grew up in the nineties and in the happy Madison era,
Caddyshack is a landmark, staple comedy film of all time greats.
The golf in caddyshack has almost minimal to do with what makes the movie so great. There are almost a dozen different subplots and storylines going on at once and it's all articulated and barely contained in the film there is so much masterful comedy.
Not to even justify this argument. But to shell ONE aspect of why this movie stands head and shoulders above happy and anything Adam Sandler will ever create
Is the type of humor, the type of classy, smart and subtle humor that does not need for the actors to degrade themselves, the game of golf or any potty mouth humor Sandler uses in order to stand on its own in its own way, and is surberbly funnnier. Yes we have one duck/fart joke amongst dozens of humor beyond all HG combined. The lines by Smails nephew, the groundhog, yes a groundhog, A Caddy's friends younger brother funnier than any penguin or chubs McGee could ever resonate with, the relationship lines, and true character acting by judge smails himself. The only blatant and outgoing attempts at comedy are Al's over the top jokes. Which even then get out shadowed by the rest of the casts subtle humor. I'll admit the story line is inconsistent or even intocongruent at times, but is far beyond storylines of an alligator, a grandma, maybe not caretaker as Stiller was funny, but only in 'shock' comedy of the 90s, which is no longer funny while CS lasts. Its also a true terstament to golf, golf lore and relationships made on the Golf Course as Happy is not.
I hate to say it, but with Caddyshak its one of those things, if you don't get it, or too impatient you just DON'T get it. It's rarely true in movies. But the fact you are comparing it only shows that the level of humor in happy Madison, makes more sense to you than that or Harold Ramis, bill Murray or any of that cast and people is a sad sign. This is one of the most funniest, genuine and timeless movies of ALL TIME.

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I think you're insane.