1979-1989: Greatest Comedy Decade Ever?

To appease my Loisaida amigo, I will stray from the sports talk for a bit and waste a little bit of time on the job discussing an unparalleled decade in cinema comedy. This is obvioulsy going to be up for much debate, but just looking at the plethora of comedies and comedians starring in these movies is undeniable. The reason I went with 1979 and not 1990 on the other end is one reason and one reason only. Maybe the reason I love 80's comedies so much, The Jerk. This is Steve Martin at his peak. At this point in his career he would laughed at the cheesiness of Cheaper by the Dozen. This man definitly makes it into my list of top 5 comedic actors of the 80's.

The Jerk started this decade off on an amazing note and the hits just kept coming. The very next year people, Caddyshack. I challenge you to play a round of golf and not at least once reference this movie. Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Rodney Dangerfield (two more of my top 5 in those 3) brilliant! This just started the comedy brilliance that is the comedy team. Bill Murray goes on to do Ghostbusters with Dan Akroyd (let me not forget DA did The Blues Brothers the same year as Caddyshack). What a run for him. A little later Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short get together for one of our greater influences, The Three Amigos. The same year Ghostbusters came Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd get together and deliver comedic gold with Trading Places. This is a movie I have had a on repeat the last few weeks and if you need convincing watch the scene when they are all on the train trying to steal the crop reports, if you don't laugh at Eddie Murphy's character than stop reading right now.

Eddie finishes off the decade with a couple Beverly Hills Cop movies (admittedly never seen but heard good things) and Coming to America (look out for the homless Dukes in this one).

And on a side note another thing that makes these movies so appealing is the unnecessary but much welcomed nudity that we just don't see in comedies today.

Obviously I've left many movies and actors off this entry, so feel free to comment with some additional entries and points but the point is; go back to your roots and discover the golden age of comedy.

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