The Ten Greatest Comedies: On Hot Shots! Part Deux, Airplane, and the Gay Marriage Debate

The Ten Greatest Comedies in the History of the Universe.

I like comedies. Sometimes it's a movie, sometimes a TV show, sometimes something else. These are my ten favorites. At least for today.

1. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993): From the misspelling of assassination in the opening credits till Valeria Golino dead pans her famous, "Don't get me started,"  this is one of the most hilarious films of our time.

2. Airplane (1980): "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

3. The Gay Marriage Debate (0001 to present): Can you believe we are still wasting time on this? Here's a solution: Against gay marriage? Don't marry a gay.

Valeria Golino. Makes reciting the alphabet sexy.

4. Madagascar (2005): "Did he just say "Grand Central Station," or "My aunt's constipation."?" (and is that punctuation correct?) My kids, and they are all either in college or recently graduated thereof, still quote this movie, and I still love watching it with them.

5. Seinfeld (1989-1998): I guess that everyone has their Seinfeld story or favorite character. Mine was Kramer. The guy knew how to enter the room, but I also admire George Costanza for always dating above the rim.

6. Night Shift (1982): A long time before Michael Keaton got all serious, he played a  likable loser in Night Shift. An engaging story about two morgue attendants turned pimps. Favorite quote? "Barney Rubble, what an actor."

7. The 2012 NCAA BCS National Championship Game: Alabama led 28-0 at half and it wasn't even that close. Easily the biggest joke of the 2012 college football season. If it proved one thing, it proved that God is certainly not a Catholic.

8. Twilight (2011): I guess it isn't supposed to be funny, but...Kristen Stewart... how do you act an entire movie without changing your expression?

9. The Nutty Professor (1963): As a kid these Jerry Lewis movies were the staple of my comedic diet. Slapstick, yet subtle, Eddie Murphy's remake can't touch it.

10. Politics: Do I really need to expand on this? We live in an age where democracy has been reduced to Facebook vitriolics. I wonder what this guy would think of that.

See you tomorrow.